Before you make any configuration changes it is very important
to plan thoroughly. Changes that you make can cause disruption,
not only to the users of your local node but possibly to users all
around the network.
You may find it useful to draw a diagram of any changes that
you are making to the topology of the network. If you are adding
or removing connections to other nodes, draw a picture showing your
node and the other nodes. You can use the Motif administration program
to gather configuration information about all of the existing connections
and add that information to your diagram.
When you add new resources to your diagram, it is easy to
see whether they duplicate existing ones, or whether any names clash.
Similarly, your diagram can help you decide which resources you
need to remove and help you avoid deleting essential ones.
Once you determine the changes you need to make, you can collect
the configuration information that you need. You can use the task
sheets in the online help files for the Motif administration program,
or the planning worksheets described in “Planning Worksheets”, to guide you in collecting configuration
information for specific SNAplus2 functions.
Planning Worksheets |
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Before
you begin to configure resources for SNAplus2, gather all of the
configuration data for the new resources. To record all of the information
for a particular function or application that you need to support,
use the planning worksheets in Appendix A “Configuration Planning Worksheets”
You will probably need to gather configuration information
from several sources, such as network administrators, host administrators,
application programmers, and end users.
If you are trying to connect to another node, the administrator
at that node is a key contact. The administrator for a node can
tell you names, addresses and characteristics of all the resources
on that node. Often, you will need to ensure that matching configuration
parameters are entered at the local node and the remote node.
Task Sheets |
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The online help screens in the Motif administration program
contain task sheets that provide guidance for specific
configuration tasks. The task sheets contain pointers to all of
the help screens for the dialogs that you will use to enter the
configuration information. You can use these to browse the help
and see exactly what data you must collect.
The task sheets also refer to more detailed help for each
of the individual windows and dialogs that you must use to enter
configuration information. Those help screens explain each field
that you must fill in or select.
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