Configuring HCON

HCON supports attachment to an SNA network as a Type 2.1 Node. For this attachment, the SNA network characteristics are configured using SMIT, and SNA Services must be installed on your system. For more information, read "Configuring SNA Services for Use with HCON".

The configuration of HCON provides session user and session characteristics information. With this information, HCON establishes a session with a host computer. To configure HCON, you must complete the following tasks.

Prerequisites

• The HCON program and messages should be installed on your system. For installation information, refer to the AIX Installation Guide.
• Beginning with Version 2.1.3, to register HCON users, to set the maximum number of sessions, and to create an HCON session profile, you must have root user authority.

Procedure

1. Set up the HCON connection devices:
   1. To use HCON with SNA (using SNA standalone sessions), carry out the steps in "Configuring SNA Services for Use with HCON"
   2. To use HCON with a Host Interface Adapter (HIA) (for HIA sessions) or a 3270 Connection Adapter (for DFT sessions), configure the appropriate communication adapter with the smit devices command.
   3. To use HCON with TCP/IP, configure both TCP/IP and the appropriate communication adapter with the smit tcpip and smit devices commands.
2. Register HCON users using the smit hcon or mkhconu command.
3. Beginning with Version 2.1.3, set the maximum number of sessions using the smit hcon command or the sethcons command.
4. Define HCON session profiles using the smit hcon command or the mkhcons command.
5. Configure the host for use with HCON.
6. Make sure that each HCON user has an appropriate logon ID on the host.

   Note: It is not advisable to use a : (colon) when entering information into SMIT text-entry fields. SMIT interprets a : (colon) as a field delimiter.

Optional Steps

Optionally, you can:

• Customize the keyboard and color definition tables for HCON (either for the entire system or an individual user).
• Develop shell procedures that invoke the HCON file transfer process.
• Set up automatic logon procedures for connecting to the host computer using automatic logon (AUTOLOG).
• Add a new terminal for use with HCON.