SERVER section of the configuration file

The SERVER section of the configuration file defines a server to which the Client daemon may connect.

There may be more than one SERVER section. The first server listed is the default. The section name also stores the value entered in the Server name field of the Configuration Tool.

Table 1. SECTION SERVER
Entry in the INI file Configuration Tool field
SECTION SERVER Server name
DESCRIPTION Description
INITIALTRANSID Initial transaction
MODELTERM Model terminal definition
REGION To assign the server to a Workload Manager server group, enter the name of the server group here, for example
REGION=MYGROUP

Otherwise, omit the entry.

UPPERCASESECURITY Use uppercase security. Set to Y to enable, otherwise set to N.
PROTOCOL Network protocol. Valid entries are SNA, TCPIP, or LOCALNP (Named pipe). The Network protocol must correspond to an entry in the DRIVER section; see DRIVER section of the configuration file.

Other entries in this section depend upon the protocol selected.

Table 2. SECTION SERVER: additional entries for the TCP protocol
Entry in the INI file Configuration Tool field
NETNAME Hostname or IP address
PORT Port
CONNECTTIMEOUT Connection timeout
SRVIDLETIMEOUT Server idle timeout (mins)
TCPKEEPALIVE Send TCP/IP KeepAlive packets. Set to Y to enable, otherwise set to N.
Table 3. SECTION SERVER: additional entries for the SNA protocol
Entry in the INI file Configuration Tool field
LOCALLUNAME Local LU name
LUALIASNAMES Use Local LU alias name. Set to Y to enable, otherwise set to N. This setting applies only to Windows operating systems.
NETNAME Partner LU name
PARTNERLUALIAS Use Partner LU alias name. Set to Y to enable, otherwise set to N. On Windows operating systems this option should only be set to Y when LOCALLUALIAS is also set to Y.
MODENAME Mode name
SRVIDLETIMEOUT Server idle timeout (mins)
Table 4. SECTION SERVER: additional entry for the LOCALNP protocol
Entry in the INI file Configuration Tool field
NAMEDPIPENAME Named pipe name