X.25 Overview
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QLLC and DLSw or APPN
You must run DLSw or APPN when you use QLLC. The router transmits the SNA
data contained within QLLC packets over SDLC or LLC (token ring, Ethernet,
frame relay) data links that use DLSw services.
QLLC works with all media that X.25 supports. You can establish as many as 128
simultaneous QLLC VCs on a physical link.
To configure DLSw, see Configuring DLSw Services. To configure APPN, see
Configuring APPN Services.
NPSI
IBM’s NCP Packet Switching Interface (NPSI) software allows SNA hosts to
attach to X.25 networks, and to support virtual circuits for both incoming and
outgoing calls. NPSI makes X.25 virtual circuits appear to SNA hosts as
point-to-point (SDLC) links.
How QLLC Works
The interfaces that you configure for QLLC conversion are the serial interfaces of
the X.25 network that connect to the remote devices with which you want your
local SNA devices to communicate.
Sequence of Connections with QLLC
When an X.25 attached device -- for example, a 3174 -- wants to send data to an
IBM host, the 3174 sends an X.25 call request packet. The IBM host running
NPSI receives the call request, and establishes a QLLC session with the 3174.
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