SNA or no SNA

[Jim Lynn_1]

How can I tell if SNA is being used on a server running HPUX 10.20 ? I fumble through SAM and didn't see anything there referencing SNA configuration.

[John Poff]

Hi,

I'm pretty sure that your SNA software on HP-UX would be something extra that was purchased. Take a look at the output from 'swlist' and see if you find an SNA product there.

It looks like HP has [or had] a product called HP SNAplus2:

http://www.hp.com/products1/unixserverconnectivity/adapters/snaplus2/snaplus2_link.html

Maybe you'll find something like that in your swlist if you are running it?

JP

[Mel Burslan]

My brief encounter with SNA running on HP/UX was a couple of years ago, but the software doesn't necessarily come from HP, and if that is the scenario, the likelihood of finding it in your swlist output is not very high since not a lot of companies, package their products to suit HP's swdepot format, rather they give you a script to run and place the necessary files to their respective places.
SAM having no reference to the original poster's SNA configuration, makes me think, their SNA connectivity is through a 3rd party package, most likle provided by IBM for obvious reasons.
if there is a process related to SNA running in the memory, actively, a command like this

ps -ef | grep -i sna

brings it up, maybe along with some unwanted extra lines but it should be easier to sort it out from this limited list of processes.

Configuration in this case should be a matter of editing the configuration file of this, so-called application. Place and properties of which can be determined by the documentation provided by the company supplying this software.

I know this is very generalistic answer but, without know which exact product you are running to establish SNA connectivity, it is not possible to provide anything more specific.

Hope it helps.

[Michael Tully]

Wow SNA!

I thought I was the only person in the world still putting up with this monstrosity, albeit on an 11i system. It is certainly not free and no idea on the cost. We use to connect to our mainframe via an NT server. (We don't want to go Token Ring)

Doing a swlist list should give this sort of information if it is installed.

# swlist -l product | grep SNA
3270-Common R6.11.11.001 Common files for SNAP2-3270 and TN3270
SNAplus2-Common R6.11.11.001 Common files
SNAplus2-Link R6.11.11.001 Supports communication over SDLC, QLLC, and LAN links

# swlist -a revision # Initializing...
# Contacting target "beaver"...
#
# Target: beaver:/
#

#
# Bundle(s):
#

B5725AA B.3.4.115
B6834AA B.01.01
BUNDLE11i B.11.11.0102.2
CDE-English B.11.11
FDDI-00 B.11.11.02
FibrChanl-00 B.11.11.06
Fwuu B.11.00.04.02
GOLDAPPS11i B.11.11.0112.6
GOLDBASE11i B.11.11.0112.6
GigEther-00 B.11.11.14
HPUX11i-OE-Ent B.11.11.0109
HPUXBase64 B.11.11
HPUXBaseAux B.11.11.0109
HWEnable11i B.11.11.0112.5
J2720BA R6.11.11.001 *** SNA ***
OnlineDiag B.11.11.05.10
RAID-00 B.11.11.01
perl B.5.6.1.C
#
# Product(s) not contained in a Bundle:
#

OMNIBACK-II A.04.00
SIR 1.51
gcc 3.0.1

SNA Appears under the Networking and Communications section of SAM if it's loaded. (11i does don't know about 10.20)
If it does not, then you could check under /opt/sna
Look under /opt/sna/bin for the binaries and you if you have X capabilities, under /opt/sna/bin/X11

Regards
Michael