Data Interface Pairs - How To
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Configure Data Interface Pairs
View the Data Interface Pairs
Between Two Computers
Delete Data Interface pairs
Configure Data Interface Pairs
Before You Begin
- When you create a data interface between two computers, you must
ensure that there is a network path between the two computers. If there is
no network path between the two computers all operations will fail. If
necessary, check with your network administrator to determine whether a
given interface pair is valid.
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
configure data interface pairs:
- From the Tools menu in the CommCell console, click Control Panel,
and then double-click Data Interface Pairs.
Alternatively, in the
CommCell Browser, right-click the Client computer for which you wish to
configure data interface pair, and select Properties. In the
Advanced tab of the properties dialog box, click the Add button
in the Data Interface Pairs area.
- The Data Interface Pairs Wizard guides you through the process of
creating Data Interface Pairs between any two computers.
Click Next to continue.
- Select the names of computers for which you wish to define the Data
Interface Pairs and then click Next.
- Click Add.
- Select or type the names of interface that must be used between the two
computers.
If necessary, you can type in the IP address of the NIC cards that must
be used to communicate between the 2 computers.
- The interface names between the two computers are listed in the following
dialog box.
If you have multiple interfaces defined for the computers, click the
check box associated with the data interface pair you wish to enable.
You
can select multiple interface pairs between the computers, if necessary. The
system will use a round-robin algorithm when multiple pairs are selected.
- Click Next to continue.
- Click Finish to save the information.
View the Data Interface Pairs between two Computers
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
view the data interface pairs between two computers:
- From the Tools menu in the CommCell console, click Control Panel,
and then double-click Data Interface Pairs.
- From the Data Interface Pairs Wizard dialog box, click Next to
continue.
- Select the names of computers for which you wish to view the Data
Interface Pairs and then click Next.
- A list of interface pairs defined for the two computers are listed.
- Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
Delete Data Interface Pairs
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
delete data interface pairs:
- From the Tools menu in the CommCell console, click Control Panel,
and then double-click Data Interface Pairs. Select the names of computers
of which you wish to delete the Data
Interface Pairs and then click Next.
Alternatively, in the CommCell
Browser, right-click the client computer of which you wish to delete the
data interface pair, and select Properties. Select the Advanced
tab from the client's Properties dialog box. From the Data Interface
Pairs list, select the pair that you wish to delete and click the Delete
button.
- The Data Interface Pairs Wizard displays the list of data
interface pairs available.
- Select the data interface pair you wish to delete, and then click the
Delete button.
- Select Next to review the details and click Finish to
delete the selected data interface pair.