BUS-TECH 40-01459-D0-001, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...terpriseExpress Adapter ESCON INSTALLATION GUIDE Installation Guide Part Number 40 01459 D0 001 129 Middlesex Turnpike Burlington Ma 01803 781 272 8200 Fax 781 272 0342 www bustech com PCI ESCON Adapt...

Page 2: ...NOT MET UNDER CERTAIN UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS IN OTHER INSTALLATIONS IT IS THE USER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE OF HIS PARTICULAR INSTALLATION COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS DEPENDS ON T...

Page 3: ...ESCON CONFIGURATION 15 Overview 15 Configuration 18 CHAPTER 5 TCP IP DIRECT CONNECT 23 Windows 2000 24 Installation 24 Deleting a Link 28 Windows NT 29 Link Configuration 36 Mainframe Configuration 3...

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Page 5: ...tion is organized into distinct chapters Refer to those chapters specific to completing the task s you are performing What is Included in This Publication This User s Guide contains the following chap...

Page 6: ...takes the reader through some troubleshooting steps to be tried when the adapter is not working properly What s New in this Release Plug and Play drivers for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server have been a...

Page 7: ...ssing efficiency the on board data buffering capability allows the ESCON adapter to respond to channel activity even when the PCI bus is temporarily busy Data from the channel can be buffered into on...

Page 8: ...and MPC Point to Point MPCPTP connections Related Documentation Other Bus Tech documents which may prove useful in administering and maintaining the PCI ESCON Adapter include Document Number Title 40...

Page 9: ...r Slot 2 MB Hard Disk Space for Bus Tech Drivers Software Windows The supported releases of Microsoft software are Windows 2000 Server Windows NT Server version 4 0 with a minimum of Service Pack 3 ap...

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Page 11: ...are platform manufacturer but have some commonalties among vendors These steps should guide you through a successful installation of the ESCON adapter Step 1 Ensure the PCI system is powered down The...

Page 12: ...nnector top and a serial port bottom Plug the IBM compatible ESCON channel cable directly into the ESCON connector Ensure the cable end is fully inserted into the socket You should hear a click as the...

Page 13: ...nstalled in the appropriate environment Windows 2000 Server will automatically detect Bus Tech s PCI ESCON Adapter the first time your server is powered on after installing the adapter Once detecting...

Page 14: ...then the floppy disk When it finds the PBSA drivers it will prompt you for approval to install Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 Confirm PBSA Driver Install Windows 2000 will install the new drivers At the end of...

Page 15: ...Driver Installation 9 Figure 3 4 New Found Hardware Wizard Completing...

Page 16: ...iver must be installed once for each PCI ESCON Adapter installed in the system The following step by step procedure will install the driver into your Windows NT Server Step 1 From the Windows NT Serve...

Page 17: ...Driver Installation 11 Figure 3 6 Network Screen 3 From the Select Network Adapter screen Figure 3 7 click the Have Disk button Figure 3 7 Add Network Adapter...

Page 18: ...rive and press OK 5 The Select OEM Option dialog box will be displayed Figure 3 9 Highlight select the Bus Tech PCI ESCON Adapter and click OK Figure 3 9 Select OEM Option Screen 6 Once the addition p...

Page 19: ...Configuration 7 As shown in Figure 3 11 the adapter should now be listed in the Network Adapters box Clicking Close will cause the system to configure the network and prompt you to restart the system...

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Page 21: ...ame s channel 2 The controller is only able to communicate with a single mainframe the one it is physically attached to An ESCON director overcomes these restrictions by attaching multiple downstream...

Page 22: ...red for each PU defined in the gateway These addresses must be coded with UNIT 3174 in the CNTLUNIT macro of the IOCDS For Bus Tech TCP IP Passthrough and TCP IP Direct Connect two adjacent unit addre...

Page 23: ...UNIT macro in the I O Configuration Data Set IOCDS to 02 as shown in the following example CNTLUNIT LINK 02 Then set the channel link 01 in the adapter s configuration Logical Partition Address LPARS...

Page 24: ...TCP IP Direct Connect or MPC for Windows Clicking a Configure ESCON button will immediately display the ESCON devices configured for the adapter see Figure 4 6 and allow you to add modify or remove d...

Page 25: ...onfiguration may be accessed through the system Control Panel From the main screen of Control Panel double click the Network Icon See Figure 4 4 Figure 4 4 Windows NT Control Panel Select the Adapters...

Page 26: ...lick Add Figure 4 7 Add Device Dialog Complete the Channel Link Address LPAR CUAdd Base Device Address and Emulation Type fields in the Add ESCON Devices dialog Figure 4 7 according to the description...

Page 27: ...c Press Add to add the device s to the ESCON configuration file The ESCON Adapter Properties dialog will re display now showing the new devices Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Adapter Properties with New Device...

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Page 29: ...terface compliant with the Network Driver Interface Specification NDIS This allows Microsoft s TCP IP stack to communicate with the ESCON adapter in the same fashion it would use to communicate with a...

Page 30: ...ease 4 and above HSAS provides support for applications using Universal Datagram Protocol UDP The System 390 SAP R 3 implementation uses HSAS TCP IP to retrieve data from DB 2 running under OS 390 MPC...

Page 31: ...o the Link Configuration section later in this chapter 4 Once you have defined the Link click OK to continue the install Installation may take several minutes depending on your server An installation...

Page 32: ...es Figure 5 7 Figure 5 7 New Local Connection 6 Uncheck Client for Microsoft Networks File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks and DLC Protocol since these services are not supported on the mai...

Page 33: ...is the address a mainframe based application will use to establish contact with the Windows 2000 server Figure 5 9 The address must be in the same IP subnet as the address assigned to this link on th...

Page 34: ...emove a previously installed TCP IP Direct Connect link from Windows 2000 you must uninstall the TCP IP Direct Connect Adapter This is accomplished using the Device Manager in the Windows 2000 Compute...

Page 35: ...discussed in the MPC for Windows NT Installation Guide The PBSA driver must be installed before TCP IP Direct Connect see Page 10 Step 1 From the Windows NT Control Panel invoke Network configuration...

Page 36: ...Adapter 3 Click the Add button to add a new adapter The Select Network Adapter dialog box will display a list of adapters included with Windows NT Figure 5 13 Figure 5 13 Select Network Adapter 4 Cli...

Page 37: ...nstall the driver Figure 5 15 Select OEM Option 7 The TCP IP Direct Connect Adapter Properties screen for Channel to Channel CTC link type Figure 5 16 will display If MPC for Windows NT is installed o...

Page 38: ...pe and Link properties in order to complete the install Please refer to the Link Configuration section later in this chapter 8 After defining the fields click Close to save your values and return to t...

Page 39: ...e or protocol bound to TCP IP Direct Connect Figure 5 18 Adapter Bindings 10 Click Close to end network configuration Windows NT will perform an automatic bind process TCP IP Direct Connect is bound t...

Page 40: ...th the server Figure 5 21 Note that the mainframe IP address and this address must be in the same subnet Also remember that if Microsoft IP forwarding is to be used in the server this IP address must...

Page 41: ...ssigning an IP Address to the ESCON Adapter 13 Click OK Windows NT will complete the binding process and prompt you to reboot the server You must reboot for network changes to take affect Installation...

Page 42: ...his ESCON adapter If no paths are available you will have to define the ESCON configuration Click on Configure ESCON Refer to Chapter 4 Read Device Select the device from the list of available devices...

Page 43: ...on Unit must match what is defined on the mainframe for this connection or packet loss will occur The recommended MTU for CTC connections is 32000 To configure MPC links either HSAS or MPCPTP please r...

Page 44: ...e as Serial Channel to Channel SCTC devices OS 390 Version 2 Release 4 and above uses the HCD Configuration Utility a menu based interactive program to complete this task Refer to the OS 390 HCD User...

Page 45: ...OBUFFERSIZE 65535 LINK LINKCTC1 CTC 0 DEVCTC1 HOME 201 168 1 33 LINKCTC1 GATEWAY Direct Routes Routes that are directly connected to my interfaces Network First Hop Link Name Packet Size Subnet Mask S...

Page 46: ...K BTILINK CTC 0 BTI200 HOME 192 168 4 1 BTILINK GATEWAY Network First hop Driver Packet size Subnet mask 192 168 4 BTILINK 4096 0 DEVICE BTI202 CTC 202 IOBUFFERSIZE 65535 LINK BTILINK CTC 0 BTI202 HOM...

Page 47: ...static IP routing in multihomed servers Static IP routing may be used to route TCP IP traffic across the PCI ESCON Adapter to the IBM mainframe This chapter discusses how to configure both your netwo...

Page 48: ...ward Figure 5 25 shows how the network might look after a PCI ESCON Adapter and TCP IP Direct Connect have been added to the server Figure 5 25 Installing TCP IP Direct Connect into Network Notice tha...

Page 49: ...ork configuration add a static route to the router between the Ethernet and Token Ring LANs that re directs all traffic destined for 207 168 12 129 the mainframe to 207 168 12 68 the server Since all...

Page 50: ...t gateway and that will be all that is needed The one notable exception to that rule is a single segment LAN with no gateways Figure 5 27 Figure 5 27 Simple Network with No Gateways In this situation...

Page 51: ...TCP IP Direct Connect 45 Figure 5 28 Windows 95 TCP IP Properties...

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Page 53: ...be used to help isolate whether a problem is hardware or software related Each LED will illuminate in one of three colors The top LED illuminates Red Yellow or Green The bottom LED illuminates Red Or...

Page 54: ...low and then Red again the adapter is not working properly Power down your server and re install the adapter Power the server back on If the condition repeats itself contact your service provider If t...

Page 55: ...the configuration defined on your mainframe s In Windows 2000 you may display an ESCON adapter s device configuration using the Device Manager in the Computer Management utility Figure 6 1 Figure 6 1...

Page 56: ...SCON Device Configuration The ESCON Devices tab shows the devices configured for this adapter Verify that the units defined here match those defined on the mainframe Make sure you are using the correc...

Page 57: ...sole Figure 6 4 Since TCP IP Direct Connect is seen as a LAN connection by Windows 2000 a disconnect icon will display if TCP IP Direct Connect is not active Figure 6 4 Windows 2000 Console If TCP IP...

Page 58: ...nfiguration matches the DEVICE statement of the TCP IP Profile Figure 6 6 In the example a40 indicates a channel address of a and a subchannel address of 40 Keep in mind that a CTC link actually uses...

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Page 63: ...90 Standards PCI 2 1 Compliant Connectors ESCON ESCON MIC Serial Port DB9 Software On Board Emulations 3174 for SNA 3172 for TCP IP 3490 for data movement applications 3088 for data movement applicat...