Table of Contents

Document Contents
Audience
Document Organization
Document Conventions
Related Documentation
Cisco Connection Online

About This Guide

This section describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View Mainframe Installation Guide. It also refers to related publications and other sources of information.

Document Contents

This guide contains information about the following topics:

• Introducing the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View Mainframe application

• Installing and configuring the mainframe application

• Updating VTAM and NetView or SOLVE:Netmaster

• Using the mainframe application

• Troubleshooting the mainframe application

For details not covered in this guide, and for last-minute changes and caveats, see the Release Notes for CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View Software Release 3.0.

Audience

This guide is for the IBM mainframe system administrator or network technical support personnel who installs and configures the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View mainframe application.

The reader should be familiar with the following topics:

• Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS)

• Systems Network Architecture (SNA)

• Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM)

• Time Sharing Option Extensions (TSO/E)

• NetView or SOLVE:Netmaster

• Logical Unit 6.2 (LU 6.2) protocols (if used for connection to the workstation)

• Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack on MVS (if used for connection to the workstation)

Document Organization

This guide contains the following chapters:

• "Introducing the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View Mainframe Applications," introduces the functions and commands of the mainframe application.

• "Preparing to Install the Mainframe Application," describes how to prepare to install the mainframe application.

• "Installing the Mainframe Application," describes the system requirements for the mainframe application, how to load mainframe data sets from the distribution tape, and additional steps to perform before the workstation can receive SNA management data from VTAM.

• "Updating the Mainframe Application Software," explains how to configure the mainframe application to use LU 6.2 or TCP/IP connectivity, perform MVS and VTAM updates, customize parameter cards, and update NetView or SOLVE:Netmaster.

• "Using the Mainframe Application," describes how to start and stop the mainframe tasks and how to use the mainframe commands.

• "Troubleshooting the Mainframe Application," describes how to detect and correct problems with the mainframe application.

• "Installing CiscoWorks Blue in a Different Zone," describes how to install in a zone other than the MVS zone.

• "Mainframe/Workstation Installation Checklist," is a checklist that you can use to communicate important installation information between the Maps or SNA View workstation installer and the mainframe installer.

Document Conventions

This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.

Command descriptions use these conventions:

• Commands and keywords are in boldface font.

• Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.

• Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional. Alternative but optional keywords are grouped in brackets ([ ]) and separated by a vertical bar (|).

• Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and separated by a vertical bar (|).

Examples use these conventions:

• Terminal sessions and information that the system displays are printed in a screen font.

• Information that you enter is in boldface screen font. Variables you enter are printed in italic font.

• Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are shown in angle brackets (< >).

• Information that the system displays is in screen font, with default responses in square brackets ([ ]).

This guide also uses the following conventions:

• Menu items and button names are in boldface font.

• A menu item that you are to select is indicated by the following convention:
  Select Administer > CiscoWorks System > Process Mgr.

• Directories and filenames are in italic font.

Note   Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in the manual.

Related Documentation

The CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View documentation set includes the following documentation:

Users who will be using "Troubleshooting the Mainframe Application," should be familiar with the following IBM publications:

• VTAM Resource Definition Reference

• MVS Message Reference

• VTAM Customization

The following IBM publications are recommended reading for a broader understanding of the topics covered in this guide:

• VTAM Operation Guide

• VTAM Programming

• VTAM Programming for LU 6.2

• TSO/E Operator Guide

• NetView Installation Guide

• NetView Installation and Administration Guide

• NetView Application Programming Guide

The following SOLVE publication is recommended for use with SOLVE:Netmaster:

• SOLVE:Netmaster Implementation and Administration Guide

The following Cisco publication is recommended for configuring security:

• Cisco IOS Software Security Configuration Guide

Cisco Connection Online

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Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCO provides a wealth of standard and value----added services to Cisco's customers and business partners. CCO services include product information, product documentation, software updates, release notes, technical tips, the Bug Navigator, configuration notes, brochures, descriptions of service offerings, and download access to public and authorized files.

CCO serves a wide variety of users through two interfaces that are updated and enhanced simultaneously: a character-based version and a multimedia version that both reside on the World Wide Web (WWW). The character-based CCO supports Zmodem, Kermit, Xmodem, FTP, and Internet e-mail, and it is excellent for quick access to information over lower bandwidths. The WWW version of CCO provides richly formatted documents with photographs, figures, graphics, and video, as well as hyperlinks to related information.

You can access CCO in the following ways:

• WWW:  http://www.cisco.com

• WWW:  http://www-europe.cisco.com

• WWW:  http://www-china.cisco.com

• Telnet:  cco.cisco.com

• Modem:  From North America, 408 526-8070; from Europe, 33 1 64 46 40 82. Use the following terminal settings: VT100 emulation; databits: 8; parity: none; stop bits: 1; and connection rates up to 28.8 kbps.

For a copy of CCO's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), contact cco-help@cisco.com. For additional information, contact cco-team@cisco.com.

You can access the CiscoWorks Blue web page using the following URL:

  http://www.cisco.com/go/cwblue

Note   If you are a network administrator and need personal technical assistance with a Cisco product that is under warranty or covered by a maintenance contract, contact Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 800 553-2447, 408 526-7209, or tac@cisco.com. To obtain general information about Cisco Systems, Cisco products, or upgrades, contact 800 553-6387, 408 526-7208, or cs-rep@cisco.com.

Posted: Mon Sep 4 09:09:28 PDT 2000
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