Defining the OptiConnect TCP/IP interface
Before you start TCP/IP over OptiConnect, define a new interface to the TCP/IP configuration with the Add TCP/IP Interface (ADDTCPIFC) command. The interfaces defined are logical interfaces.
Required parameters
- Internet address (INTNETADR): This parameter specifies an IP address that the local system responds to on this interface. An interface is associated with a line description. The IP address is specified in the form nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, where nnn is a decimal number ranging form 0 through 255. An IP address is not valid if it has all binary ones or all binary zeros for the network identifier (ID) portion or the host ID portion of the address. If you enter the IP address from a command line, enclose the address in single quotation marks (' ').
- Line description (LIND): The Add TCP/IP Interface (ADDTCPIFC) and Change TCP/IP Interface (CHGTCPIFC) commands have been changed to allow a new special value of *OPC for the LIND parameter. This special value is used to connect the TCP/IP interface with the OptiConnect transport layer.
- Subnet mask (SUBNETMASK): This parameter specifies the subnet mask, which is a bit mask that defines which portion of the IP address is treated as the (sub)network address and which portion is treated as a host address on the given subnet.
Optional parameter
- Associated local interface (LCLIFC): The local interface is an optional parameter with which the IP address, defined in INTNETADR, will be associated. Defining an interface with an associated local IP address means that the associated local IP address will be used as the source IP address in packets that originate from the interface. If no associated local IP address is specified, the source IP address on outbound packets will only be the INTNETADR IP address of the interface. Any local LAN (token ring, Ethernet, or Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)) or *VIRTUALIP interface can be used for LCLIFC.
- *NONE: No associated local interface used.
- local-interface: Specify an associated local interface for the interface to be added.
The specified associated local interface must already exist.
Parent topic:
Configuring TCP/IP over OptiConnect