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BINL Server Configuration


How do I

After you start the BINL Server Configuration program, use it to change or view configuration information. The primary tasks are:


Start or stop the BINL server

To start the BINL server:

  1. In the Configuration Management tree, click BINL with the right mouse button to display the menu.
  2. Click Start.

To stop the BINL server:

  1. In the Configuration Management tree, click BINL with the right mouse button to display the menu.
  2. Click Stop.

Create or modify configuration information

To create or modify a configuration or items in the configuration, use the menu bar (Configure) or double-click an item on the BINL Server Configuration window to open the BINL Server Configuration program windows and notebooks.


Locate configuration information

Find a configuration item

To find an item in the configuration, click Edit > Find on the BINL Server Configuration window and fill in the information on the Find window.

Locate additional information

To see the information defined for a configuration item, select the item in the configuration. You see a banner with information about the item, at the bottom of the window, and additional information for the item such as a list of the active options and their values.

Locate similar items

To view similar items in the configuration, use the View menu. For example, to view LSA1 groups, click View > LSA1 Group View.

To view all the options defined in the configuration, click View > Option View.

To return to a view of the entire configuration, click View > Main View.

Find items that use the same option

To locate all the items that define or inherit the same option:

  1. Click View > Option View.

  2. Click an option to display all the configuration items that define or inherit that option.

Change the configuration view

Expand and collapse the view

View an item in the overall configuration

To view an item in relation to the overall configuration if you are viewing the item in a subset view, click the item and then click View > Main View. The highlighted item appears in a display of the entire configuration.

Resize the columns in the details pane

To resize the columns in the details pane:

  1. Position the pointer in the area containing column heads.

  2. When the pointer changes to a double-arrow move pointer, click and drag to the left or right

  3. When the column is the desired width, release the mouse button.

View the configuration file

To view the contents of the configuration file without closing the BINL Server Configuration program, use the View menu:

Definition statements occur in the configuration file in the same sequence as the items appear in the Current Configuration pane.

Configuration files are stored by default in the directory specified by the ETC environment variable. If you save a configuration file in another directory, it must be in the ETC directory before the BINL server can use the file. The default file name for the BINL configuration file is BINLSD.CFG.


Add comments

Comments help organize your configuration for ease of use, reminding you of significant entries, organizational groups, server settings, and other important administrative information.

To add a global comment for the configuration, click Configure > Add Comment. The comment appears in the configuration display and is also saved in the configuration file.


View the clipboard

Checking the contents of the clipboard can be helpful before you paste an entry into a configuration. To see results of your latest cut or copy operation in the clipboard, click Contents of Clipboard on the View pull-down.


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