Good Morning Chris, Here's the link to the Attachmate tech-note:
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2353.html <http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2353.html>I did the command D TCPIP,TN3070E,T,PROF,DET and the output is very interesting: EZZ6080I TELNET PROFILE DISPLAY PERSIS FUNCTION DIA SECURITY TIMERS MISC (LMTGCAK)(OATSKTQSWHRT)(DRF)(PCKLECXN2)(IPKPSTS)(SMLT) ------- ------------ --- --------- ------- ---- ******* **TSBTQ***RT EC* BB******* *P**STS *DD* *DEFAULT ------- -----------T --- --------- I---ST- --L- *TGLOBAL ------- ------------ --- -B------- ------* ---- *TPARMS ******* **TSBTQ***RT EC* BB******* IP**ST* *DL* CURR PERSISTENCE NOLUSESSIONPEND NOMSG07 NOTKOSPECLU NOTKOGENLU NOCHECKCLIENTCONN NODROPASSOCPRINTER KEEPLU 0 (OFF) FUNCTIONS NOOLDSOLICITOR NOSINGLEATTN TN3270E SNAEXTENT UNLOCKKEYBOARD BEFOREREAD UNLOCKKEYBOARD TN3270BIND SEQUENTIALLU NOSIMCLIENTLU NO WLMCLUSTERNAME NO HNLOOKUP REFRESHMSG10 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3277 D4B32782,**N/A** TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-2-E NSX32702,SNX32702 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-2 D4B32782,SNX32702 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-3-E NSX32702,SNX32703 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-3 D4B32783,SNX32703 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-4-E NSX32702,SNX32704 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-4 D4B32784,SNX32704 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-5-E NSX32702,SNX32705 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3278-5 D4B32785,SNX32705 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-2-E NSX32702,SNX32702 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-2 D4B32782,SNX32702 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-3-E NSX32702,SNX32703 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-3 D4B32783,SNX32703 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-4-E NSX32702,SNX32704 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-4 D4B32784,SNX32704 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-5-E NSX32702,SNX32705 O,O TELNETDEVICE IBM-3279-5 D4B32785,SNX32705 TELNETDEVICE LINEMODE INTERACT,**N/A** TELNETDEVICE IBM-DYNAMIC D4C32XX3,D4C32XX3 TELNETDEVICE IBM-3287-1 **N/A** ,D6328904 TELNETDEVICE TRANSFORM D4B32782,**N/A** DIAGNOSTICS DEBUG EXCEPTION DEBUG ROUTING CONSOLE NOFULLDATATRACE SECURITY PORT 23 CONNTYPE BASIC KEYRING **N/A** CRLLDAPSERVER **N/A** ENCRYPTION **N/A** CLIENTAUTH **N/A** NOEXPRESSLOGON NONACUSERID NOSSLV2 TIMERS INACTIVE 1800 PROFILEINACTIVE 1800 KEEPINACTIVE 0 (OFF) PRTINACTIVE 0 (OFF) SCANINTERVAL 120 TIMEMARK 1800 SSLTIMEOUT **N/A** MISCELLANEOUS SMF SMFINIT 0 (OFF) SMFTERM 0 (OFF) SMFINIT NOTYPE119 SMFTERM NOTYPE119 MAX LIMITS MAXRECEIVE 65536 MAXVTAMSENDQ 50 MAXREQSESS 20 MAXRUCHAIN 0 (OFF) LINEMODE NOBINARYLINEMODE SGA CODEPAGE ISO8859-1 IBM-1047 TRANSFORM NODBCSTRANSFORM NODBCSTRACE ----- PORT: 23 ACTIVE PROF: CURR CONNS: ------------------------------------------------------------ FORMAT SHORT TCPIPJOBNAME NO AFFINITY TNSACONFIG DISABLED 90 OF 90 RECORDS DISPLAYED The command D TCPIP,TN3270E,T,CONN,LUNAME=TELNE2A8 with the T and LUNAME worked thanks Patrick :-) EZZ6065I TELNET CONNECTION DISPLAY CONNECTED: 07:38:37 01/27/2011 STATUS: SESSION ACTIVE CLIENT IDENTIFIER FOR CONN: 0003CDE9 SECLABEL: **N/A** CLIENTAUTH USERID: **N/A** HOSTNAME: NO HOSTNAME CLNTIP..PORT: 10.6.11.89..2241 DESTIP..PORT: 10.254.76.30..23 LINKNAME: VIPA01L PORT: 23 QUAL: NONE AFFINITY: TCPIPMVS STATUS: ACTIVE BASIC ACCESS: NON-SECURE PROTOCOL: TN3270E DEVICETYPE: IBM-3278-2-E TYPE: TERMINAL GENERIC OPTIONS: ETET---- 3270E FUNCTIONS: BSR---- NEWENV FUNCTIONS: -- LUNAME: TELNE2A8 APPL: CICSPRDT USERIDS RESTRICTAPPL: **N/A** EXPRESSLOGON: **N/A** LOGMODES TN REQUESTED: SNX32702 APPL SPECIFIED: SNX32702 MAPPING TYPE: CONN IDENTIFIER OBJECT ITEM SPECIFIC OPTIONS LUMAP GEN: NL (NULL) >*DEFLUS* -------- DEFLT APPL: **N/A** USS TABLE: NL (NULL) >VTMUSS0N P------- INT TABLE: **N/A** PARMS: PERSIS FUNCTION DIA SECURITY TIMERS MISC (LMTGCAK)(OATSKTQSWHRT)(DRF)(PCKLECXN2)(IPKPSTS)(SMLT) ------- ------------ --- --------- ------- ---- ******* **TSBTQ***RT EC* BB******* *P**STS *DD* *DEFAULT ------- -----------T --- --------- I---ST- --L- *TGLOBAL ------- ------------ --- -B------- ------* ---- *TPARMS ******* **TSBTQ***RT EC* BB******* IP**ST* *DL* TP-CURR ******* **TSBTQ***RT EC* BB******* IP**ST* *DL* <-FINAL 35 OF 35 RECORDS DISPLAYED I appreciate everyone's help on this issue. Chris, after you the the tech-note from Attachmate, let me know if you think I'm not going resolve my timeout problem... Thanks. . . * * *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *Application Support / Quality Assurance* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-332* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Six Consecutive Years* On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Chris Mason <chrisma...@belgacom.net>wrote: > George > > You need to insert the "T" between "TN3270E" and "CONN" just as indicated > by Patrick Lyon. > > It is only from Communications Server V1R10 that it becomes unnecessary. > > - > > If this still doesn't work - although I expect it will now work - you can > also try > using the LU name, for example: > > LUNAME=TELNE588 > > or the IP address and port number, for example: > > IPPORT=10.210.12.190..1303 > > - > > > The other thing I noticed is that the number changes very quickly. > > I don't understand what you mean here, you have shown two examples of use > of the command for two different connections. As far as I can tell from the > manuals the number shown as the "connection identifier" corresponds to some > sort-of control block reference within the TN3270E program or maybe the > Communications Server IP main address space and so you should not try to > give it any external significance. > > I think you may be seeing a wide variation in the numbers because you have > a > busy system and there is not such a variation in the examples in the > manuals > because they are taken from otherwise idle test systems. > > - > > Incidentally, since it was nearby in the System Administrator’s Commands > manual, I noticed the > > DISPLAY,TCPIP,TN3270E,T,PROF,DET > > command. This could be a quick way to show what your TN3270E PROFILE > data set looks like for the purposes of following up on all the possibly > relevant > TN3270E program functions which might be affecting your original problem. > > - > > Which reminds me, what do you mean by the sentence(?): > > > We found a tech-note in Attachmate's database that seems to be helping > the timeout problem. > > Has the problem disappeared so that the only time a client's SNA session > and > TCP connection are ended is following a deliberate disconnection or the > timeout specified by the TN3270E PROFILE, 30 minutes (1800 seconds)? > > Is there an on-line reference to the "tech-note in Attachmate's database" > you > could provide so that I could check it out? > > - > > Something I noted in your command output is that, because the mode name > shown in the "connection list" is "SNX32702", the TN3270E "device code" > must > be one of IBM-3278-2, IBM-3278-2-E, IBM-3279-2 or IBM-3279-2-E, probably > IBM-3278-2-E. > > - > > Finally, I actually took the trouble to look up the EZZ6035I message and I > see > I jumped to a wrong conclusion when I explained the "missing comma" > problem. > > >...>> EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 26 MOD: EZBTMPRP > >...>> RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >...>> PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32702 > > >...> The missing comma means that the analysis "sees" a third positional > parameter, PARM3, which doesn't belong on the statement. With the comma in > place the two names all become one long parameter - as it needs to be. > > In the way the error messages are to be interpreted, PARM3 is indeed the > parameter in error but it is shown as PARM3 because it is the parameter in > error and not because it occupies the 3rd positional parameter position in > the > statement. PARM2, on the other hand, does *not* occupy the 2nd positional > parameter position in the statement - as I should have noted - but is the > statement in error - or at least the first 8 characters of the statement in > error - thus "TELNETDE". > > I hope that clears that up! > > Chris Mason > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:08:12 -0500, George Rodriguez > <george.rodrig...@palmbeachschools.org> wrote: > > >I tried the decimal conversion of the hex number shown, but it was still a > >no go...The other thing I noticed is that the number changes very quickly. > >When I enter the command: > > > >D TCPIP,TN3270E,TELNET,CONN > > > >It displays this: > > > > EN TSP > >CONN TY IPADDR..PORT LUNAME APPLID PTR LOGMODE > >-------- -- ---------------------- -------- -------- --- -------- > >000396FB 10.210.12.190..1303 TELNE588 CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > > > >then when I do it again: > > > >EZZ6064I TELNET CONNECTION DISPLAY 373 > > EN TSP > >CONN TY IPADDR..PORT LUNAME APPLID PTR LOGMODE > >-------- -- ---------------------- -------- -------- --- -------- > >000399EC 10.66.14.176..2025 TELNE66A CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > > > >Here's what I get with the command: > > > >D TCPIP,TN3270E,CONN,CONN=235259 > >EZZ6048I TELNET DISPLAY COMMAND FAILED WITH RCODE 803E > >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: *N/A* MOD: EZBTMCMD > > RCODE: 803E-00 Parameter on command is invalid. > > PARM1: PARM2: PARM3: CONN > > > >Any other ideas? > >* > >* > >*George Rodriguez* > >*Specialist II - IT Solutions* > >*Application Support / Quality Assurance* > >*PX - 47652* > >*(561) 357-7652 (office)* > >*(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* > >*School District of Palm Beach County* > >*3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* > >*Room B-332* > >*West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* > >*Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Six Consecutive Years* > > > > > > > >On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Chris Mason > <chrisma...@belgacom.net>wrote: > > > >> George > >> > >> I scanned the IP System Administrator’s Commands manual in order to > check > >> on this matter of the CONN operand. There's no actual explanation but > it's > >> suspicious that, when entered as a command operand, the value is always > >> decimal in the examples whereas the CONN column in output is clearly > >> hexadecimal. It's not at all "user-friendly" that the number would need > to > >> be > >> converted - particularly when very large as yours are! > >> > >> If this is correct your 38B37 needs to be entered as 232247. This is > >> clearly > >> useless operationally. There's a faint chance that you can enter the > number > >> in > >> any C format so you could try 0x38B37. That is just a wild guess but > it's > >> worth > >> a try. > >> > >> Chris Mason > >> > >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:56:20 -0500, George Rodriguez > >> <george.rodrig...@palmbeachschools.org> wrote: > >> > >> >Hi Chris, > >> > > >> >Thanks for the comma...It worked. In one of my previous posts I > explained > >> >that the command you're asking me enter is not working. When I looked > at > >> the > >> >manual, it showed this: > >> > > >> >D TCPIP, tnproc,Telnet,CONNection > >> > > >> >When I entered it, this was the output: > >> > > >> >D TCPIP,TN3270E,TELNET,CONN > >> >EZZ6064I TELNET CONNECTION DISPLAY > >> > EN TSP > >> >CONN TY IPADDR..PORT LUNAME APPLID PTR LOGMODE > >> >-------- -- ---------------------- -------- -------- --- -------- > >> >00038B37 10.213.10.216..3431 TELNE040 CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > >> >00038C33 10.150.6.55..1560 TELNE0AD CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > >> >00038B39 10.213.12.143..1144 TELNE041 CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > >> >00038C35 10.114.12.232..3289 TELNE0AE CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > >> >00038B3B 10.234.14.200..3055 TELNE042 TPE > >> >00038C37 38.101.18.2..35276 TELNE0AF CICSPRDT TAE SNX32702 > >> > > >> >When I used number from the column CONN and use it on your command > this > >> s > >> >what I got: > >> > > >> >D TCPIP,TN3270E,CONN,CONN=38B37 > >> >EZZ6048I TELNET DISPLAY COMMAND FAILED WITH RCODE 803E > >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: *N/A* MOD: > EZBTMCMD > >> > RCODE: 803E-00 Parameter on command is invalid. > >> > PARM1: PARM2: PARM3: CONN > >> > > >> >Am I doing something wrong? > >> >* > >> >* > >> >*George Rodriguez* > >> >*Specialist II - IT Solutions* > >> >*Application Support / Quality Assurance* > >> >*PX - 47652* > >> >*(561) 357-7652 (office)* > >> >*(561) 707-3496 (mobile)* > >> >*School District of Palm Beach County* > >> >*3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* > >> >*Room B-332* > >> >*West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* > >> >*Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Six Consecutive Years* > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Chris Mason > >> <chrisma...@belgacom.net>wrote: > >> > > >> >> George > >> >> > >> >> Two points: > >> >> > >> >> 1. You do not need the TELNETDEVICE statements since the names > you are > >> >> providing are set up by default. Please read that TELNETDEVICE > tutorial > >> >> post - > >> >> carefully and tell me about anything you do not understand. That > Table - > >> >> it's > >> >> 33 in my manual - is just telling you what is set up by default so > only > >> if > >> >> you > >> >> need to change the default do you need to use a TELNETDEVICE > >> statement. > >> >> > >> >> 2. The reason you have an error is that there needs to be a comma > >> between > >> >> the first and second mode table entry names without any blanks. For > >> example > >> >> > >> >> TELNETDEVICE 3278-2-E NSX32702,SNX32702 > >> >> > >> >> The missing comma means that the analysis "sees" a third positional > >> >> parameter, PARM3, which doesn't belong on the statement. With the > >> comma in > >> >> place the two names all become one long parameter - as it needs to > be. > >> >> > >> >> My advice in order to try to keep your life as simple as possible is > to > >> >> throw out > >> >> all these TELNETDEVICE statements. > >> >> > >> >> Two more things: > >> >> > >> >> A. In case the Attachmate change does not help, we should be > prepared in > >> >> knowing what all of the PROFILE data set in the TN3270E procedure > looks > >> >> like > >> >> so I would be obliged if you would post it. > >> >> > >> >> B. Mainly for curiosity but following up on our discussions > concerning > >> the > >> >> RFC > >> >> 2355 negotiation - and assuming there is a standard Attachmate > >> >> configuration - I would like to know what "device type" you are > actually > >> >> using. > >> >> You need to look for a line like > >> >> > >> >> PROTOCOL: TN3270E LOGMODE: SNX32702 DEVICETYPE: IBM-3278-2-E > >> >> > >> >> in a > >> >> > >> >> DISPLAY tcpip,tnserv,CONN,CONN=nnn > >> >> > >> >> command output. > >> >> > >> >> In any case, you should probably be familiar with the use of this > >> command > >> >> when looking into problems with your TN3270 connections. > >> >> > >> >> Chris Mason > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:04:58 -0500, George Rodriguez > >> >> <george.rodrig...@palmbeachschools.org> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >Hi Chris, > >> >> > > >> >> >Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. We found a tech-note in > >> >> >Attachmate's database that seems to be helping the timeout problem. > In > >> the > >> >> >next few days we are rolling it out to more than the 3 telnet > terminals > >> >> that > >> >> >the change was applied to. > >> >> > > >> >> >I did make the following change to the telnet profile based on a > table > >> >> >(Table 26. Device type and logmode table) in the manual: > >> >> > > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3278-2-E NSX32702 SNX32702 > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3278-3-E NSX32702 SNX32703 > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3279-3-E NSX32702 SNX32703 > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3278-4-E NSX32702 SNX32704 > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3279-4-E NSX32702 SNX32704 > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3278-5-E NSX32702 SNX32705 > >> >> >TELNETDEVICE 3279-5-E NSX32702 SNX32705 > >> >> > > >> >> >but I'm getting these errors: > >> >> > > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 26 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32702 > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 27 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32703 > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 28 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32703 > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 29 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32704 > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 30 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32704 > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 31 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32705 > >> >> >EZZ6035I TELNET DEBUG PROFILE WARNING,LINE: 32 MOD: > EZBTMPRP > >> >> > RCODE: 8043-00 Parameter not used for this statement. > >> >> > PARM1: PARM2: TELNETDE PARM3: SNX32705 > >> >> > > >> >> >Can you help me out of this jam? > >> >> > > >> >> >Thanks... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > Home of Florida's first LEED Gold Certified School Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. 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