Re: Some more ethernet questions

["Neil Palmer" <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Starting at V4R2 the STRTCP command automatically runs STRHOSTSVR.
At V4R3 IBM were recommending that instead of adding STRTCP to the startup
program, you add an autostart job entry to subsystem QSYSWRK using an IBM
supplied job description:
ADDAJE SBSD(QSYSWRK)  JOB(STRUPTCPIP)  JOBD(QSYS/QTOCSTRTCP)

Starting with V5R1 TCP/IP startup is controlled via an IPL attribute
(CHGIPLA).

A quick way to see what TCP/HOST/NFS servers are started when TCP starts
is to RUNQRY *NONE QATOCSTART
You can use UPDDTA (or WRKDBF, etc.) to change the *YES/*NO values in that
file if you want.  Make sure you keep the *YES/*NO in uppercase.
The other way to change ALL the startup values requires use of OpsNav as
not all can be set from CFGTCP, #20

...Neil




Hello from germany,

answers inline :

Rosewood schrieb:

> Thanks to a lot of help from you guys, all has been going well.  If any
> of yall come through Wichita, KS some time (and im over 21 then) look me
> up, Ill buy ya a beer.
>
> I have a few more questions.
>
>   1:  How do I get TCP/IP to run on IPL?  PS - The agents that use these
> AS400s don't need nor use them for HTTP/POP/SMTP/FTP ETC servers - can
> these different ones not be started up always as well ? (I think I got
> that figured out from TCPADM screen).

There is a startup program which is call when the system starts its
controlling
subsystems, this is done during a sucessful IPL procedure.
The location/name of the program that is called is controlled by a system
value
(WRKSYSVAL  QSTRUPGM), the object defined there has to be a valid
CL-PGM. There is an IBM-supplied template for this, which you can retrieve
to have a starting point for your own self-made startup program.
(RTVCLSRC QSYS/QSTRUP, I put this source on QGPL/QCLSRC(QSTRUP))
I usually do NOT modify this and recompile, instead, I always leave the
original
from IBM in place (because of release changes) and in the first line of my
own
startup PGM  I do a CALL on this one to have the "IBM-things" done before
I
add on my "specials". Like this, you never loose modifications on an
upgrade of
your OS/400, you just have to change the sysval again ...
How is TCPIP being started then ?
For me the code in my QSTRUPTCP called PGM is looking like this

    PGM
    CALL (QSYS/QSTRUP)
    MONMSG (CPF0000)
    STRTCP
    MONMSG (CPF0000)
    STRHOSTSVR (RCDPCL *TCP)
    MONMSG (CPF0000)
    . . . .


    MONMSG (CPF0000) is only to avoid any messages to keep the system from
starting up correctly, because some job is waiting for an answer in
QSYSOPR  ...

HTH, greetings, Philipp Rusch