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Configure Sessions to use ID Manager to Assign Terminal IDs

From InfoConnect, you can establish host connections using the Terminal ID Management Add-On.

The ID Manager configures and monitors a pool of resource IDs that can be used to establish a host session. Resource IDs work in place of the required address or identifier for a particular terminal type. This eliminates the need to configure a terminal ID (GPID or LU) for each and every client. You can use ID Manager with 3270, 5250, UTS, ALC and T27 terminal emulation sessions.

When a session is configured to use ID Manager, InfoConnect obtains an ID before the session connects and then holds on to the ID throughout the session. When the session disconnects, the ID is returned to its pool. A different ID may be used the next time the session connects.

Note

The Terminal ID Manager Add-on requires the base installation of the Management and Security Server, which provides the Administrative Server. It is not included with the Management and Security Server license. To activate this product, you must purchase a separate license.

Requirements

  • A Micro Focus centralized management server, with a Terminal ID Manager configured as shown in the Terminal ID Manager Guide in the Host Access Management and Security Server Documentation.

  • You need to know the complete URL for the ID Manager server. For example, https://servername:port/tidm. If you use the default port for http (80) or https (443), the colon and port number are not required.

  • You need to know the parameters that the ID Manager requires to allocate an ID (for example the pool name).

Note

HTTP has been disabled in the Host Access Management and Security Server for versions 12.8.0, and all subsequent versions.

In upgrades, where clients had been configured to access the Terminal ID Manager over HTTP, those clients must be updated to use the HTTPS port. The MSS Certificate also needs to be imported to the appropriate certificate/trust store, if not already done.

To use the Path Wizard to configure ID Management

  1. From the InfoConnect Workspace, open the Create New Document dialog box.

  2. Select an ALC, UTS, or T27 terminal template and click Create.

  3. Click Create Path.

  4. When the Use ID Management check box appears in the Path Wizard, select it and continue.

  5. In the Reflection ID Management Server URL box, enter the URL for the ID Manager server.

  6. Click Next to continue.

  7. Under Obtain ID using, select the options that are required by the ID Manager to allocate an ID, such as pool name. (Options that aren't supported by InfoConnect are unavailable.)

  8. Click OK and complete the session creation.

To use the Database Editor or InfoConnect Manager to configure ID Management

  1. Open the path configuration dialog box for any of the following Unisys and Airlines transports:

    • ALC (MATIP, UDPFRAD, TCPFRAD or SABREIP)

    • T27 (TCPA)

    • UTS (INT-1 or MATIP)

  2. Select the Use ID Management check box and click Configure ID Management.

To configure ID Management for connections to IBM hosts

  1. Open a 3270 or 5250 terminal session.

  2. Open the Document Settings dialog box.

  3. Under Host Connection, click Set Up ID Management.