CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface Part I Introducing the DECnet-VAX Version 5.4 Extensions Product 1 Guide to the Documentation 1.1 Checklist of Documentation by Kit 1.2 Documentation Roadmap 1.2.1 For Planning and Learning 1.2.2 For Preinstallation and Installation 1.2.3 For Postinstallation 1.2.4 For Performing OSI File Operations 1.2.5 For Managing the Components 1.2.6 For Programming 1.2.7 For Using and Managing Additional X.25 Features 2 What's New 2.1 Checklist of Components 2.2 New Features 2.2.1 Increased OSI Interoperability 2.2.2 DECnet/OSI Network Management 2.2.3 DECnet-VAX: Client of the Namespace 2.2.4 Product Features and Associated Components 2.3 Preparing for the Transition to DECnet/OSI 2.4 Comparison with DECnet-VAX V5.4 2.5 Dependencies 3 Product Components: Overview 3.1 DECnet-VAX Extensions Component 3.1.1 Installation 3.1.2 Documentation 3.1.3 DECnet-VAX DNS Extension 3.1.3.1 Installation 3.1.3.2 Documentation 3.1.3.3 VAX Distributed Name Service (DNS) Overview 3.1.3.4 Documentation 3.1.4 Network Control Language (NCL) 3.1.4.1 Documentation 3.1.5 Common Trace Facility (CTF) 3.1.5.1 Documentation 3.1.6 Tools for Network Management Support and Node-Name Management 3.1.6.1 Installation 3.1.6.2 Documentation 3.1.7 DECnet/OSI Event Dispatcher (EVD) 3.1.7.1 Documentation 3.1.8 CMIP Management Listener (CML) 3.1.8.1 Documentation 3.1.9 Digital Distributed Time Service (DECdts) Clerk Component 3.1.9.1 Installation 3.1.9.2 Documentation 3.2 Digital Distributed Time Service (DECdts) Server Component 3.2.1 Installation 3.2.2 Documentation 3.3 VAX OSI Transport Service (VOTS) Component 3.3.1 Installation 3.3.2 Documentation 3.4 VAX Packetnet System Interface (P.S.I.) and VAX P.S.I. Access Component 3.4.1 VAX P.S.I. 3.4.2 VAX P.S.I. Access 3.4.3 Combination Systems 3.4.4 VAX P.S.I. and VAX P.S.I. Access Features 3.4.4.1 Programming Interfaces 3.4.4.2 X.29 Terminals 3.4.4.3 VAX P.S.I. Mail 3.4.4.4 VAX P.S.I. Accounting 3.4.4.5 X.25 Security 3.4.4.6 DECnet Communications over PSDNs (VAX P.S.I. only) 3.4.5 Documentation 3.4.6 PSDN Support and Documentation 3.5 Wide Area Network (WAN) Device Drivers (WANDD) Component 3.5.1 Should You Install WANDD? 3.5.2 Documentation 3.6 VAX OSI Applications Kernel (OSAK) Component 3.6.1 Should You Install the OSAK Component? 3.6.2 Documentation 3.7 File Transfer, Access and Management (FTAM) Component 3.7.1 Should You Install FTAM? 3.7.2 Documentation 3.8 Network Service Access Point (NSAP) Documentation Part II Performing DECnet/OSI Network Management 4 Introduction to DECnet/OSI Network Management on DECnet-VAX Extensions Nodes 4.1 Coexistence of Phase IV Network Management and Phase V Network Management on DECnet-VAX Extensions Nodes 4.1.1 Converting NCP Command Procedures 4.2 What Is DECnet/OSI Network Management? 4.2.1 Relationship of DECnet/OSI Layers to Modules and Entities 4.2.2 Modules and Entities 4.3 Introduction to Using NCL 4.4 Components of NCL Commands 4.4.1 Verbs 4.4.2 ADD and REMOVE 4.4.3 CREATE and DELETE 4.4.4 DISABLE and ENABLE 4.4.5 SET 4.4.6 SHOW 4.4.7 Entity Name 4.4.8 Attribute Specifiers 4.4.9 Characteristics 4.4.10 Counters 4.4.11 Identifiers 4.4.12 Status Attributes 4.4.13 Specifying Set Values 4.5 DECnet/OSI Event Dispatching 4.5.1 Event Dispatching Concepts 4.5.2 Using Event Filters 4.5.3 Event-Dispatching Management Tasks 4.5.4 Creating and Enabling the Event Dispatcher 4.5.5 Configuring Outbound Streams 4.5.6 Configuring Event Sinks 4.5.7 Configuring Event Filtering 4.5.7.1 Passing Events 4.5.7.2 Blocking Events 4.5.7.3 Ignoring Events 4.5.7.4 Displaying Filter Settings 4.5.8 Connecting and Disconnecting Event Streams 4.5.8.1 Automatic Connection 4.5.8.2 Manual Connection 4.5.9 Report Formats 4.6 Help with Learning NCL 5 Converting NCP Commands to NCL Commands 5.1 NCP Commands that DECNET_MIGRATE Converts 5.2 Command Descriptions CONVERT COMMAND CONVERT NCP_FILE CONVERT DCL_FILE EDIT 6 Creating a Report of the Network's Configuration 6.1 Command Descriptions COLLECT REPORT 7 Managing the Coexistence of Phase IV and Phase V in the Level 2 Network 7.1 Setting Up Interphase Links 7.2 Configurations That Do Not Require Manually Created Interphase Links 7.3 Configurations That Require Manually Created Interphase Links 7.4 Configurations That Require Multiple Interphase Links 7.5 Configurations with Multiple Interphase Links Between Two Subnetworks 7.6 Special Considerations Regarding Network Costs 7.7 Command Description CREATE IPL_INITIALIZATION_FILE Part III Using the Namespace for DECnet-VAX 8 Understanding and Creating NSAP Addresses 8.1 IDP Values 8.2 DSP Values 8.3 NSAP Entry and Display Formats 8.4 Converting Phase IV Addresses to NSAPs 8.5 Converting NSAPs to Phase IV Addresses 8.6 Various Forms of the NSAP That NCL Displays 8.7 How to Obtain a Unique IDP for Your Network 8.7.1 For a Private Network (AFI 49) 8.7.2 Allocation Authority for Single-Country Organizations (AFI 39) 8.7.3 Allocation Authority for International Organizations (AFI 47) 8.7.4 Using an X.25 Data Network Address for the IDI (AFIs 37 and 53) 8.7.5 Using a Telex Number for the IDI (AFIs 41 and 55) 8.7.6 Using a Telephone Number for the IDI (AFIs 43 and 57) 8.7.7 Using an ISDN Number for the IDI (AFIs 45 and 59) 8.8 References 9 The DECnet-VAX DNS Extension 9.1 How the DECnet-VAX DNS Extension Works 9.2 Preparing to Use the Namespace for DECnet-VAX 9.3 Enabling the DECnet-VAX DNS Extension 9.4 What To Do If a Namespace Already Exists 10 Managing Node Names in the Namespace with DECNET_DNS_REGISTER 10.1 Using DECNET_DNS_REGISTER 10.2 Initializing the Namespace for DECnet 10.3 Creating a Command File to Register Phase IV Nodes in the Namespace 10.4 Creating Directories for Registering Node Names 10.5 Creating Backtranslation Directories for New Network Areas and IDPs 10.6 Registering a Phase IV Node 10.7 Registering a Phase V Node 10.8 Changing the Information Registered for a Node 10.9 Removing a Node from the Namespace 10.10 Changing the Name of a Node in the Namespace 10.11 Changing the Network's IDP or a Node's Area Number 10.11.1 Changing the Network's IDP 10.11.2 Changing a Node's Area 10.11.3 Using Option 8 to Change the IDP or Area Number 10.12 Showing the Information Registered for a Node in the Namespace 10.13 Adding Members to the Access Control Group 10.14 Removing Members from the Access Control Group 10.15 Showing Members of the Access Control Group 10.16 Enabling and Disabling Autoregistration of Phase V Nodes A Phase IV Components and Corresponding Phase V Entities B DNS and DECdns Interoperability FIGURES 2-1 Components in Relation to DNA Layers: Phase IV Node 2-2 Components in Relation to DNA and DECnet/OSI Layers: Phase IV Node with DECnet-VAX Extensions 4-1 Entity Naming Hierarchy 4-2 DECnet/OSI Layers and Associated Modules 4-3 Relationship of Outbound Streams and Event Sinks 4-4 Sample Event-Dispatching Sequence 7-1 Configuration with Only Adjacent Areas 7-2 Configuration Requiring Manually Created Interphase Links 7-3 Two Configurations with Multiple Interphase Links 7-4 Single Interphase Link Between Two Subnetworks 7-5 Multiple Interphase Links Between Two Subnetworks 8-1 Parts of a Network Service Access Point (NSAP) 8-2 Sample NSAP TABLES 2-1 Media Kits 2-2 Network Management with NCP and NCL 2-3 Product Features and Associated Components 2-4 DECnet-VAX V5.4 and DECnet-VAX V5.4 with Extensions: A Comparison 3-1 DECnet-VAX Extensions Component Documentation 3-2 DECnet-VAX DNS Extension Documentation 3-3 DNS Documentation 3-4 NCL Documentation 3-5 CTF Documentation 3-6 DECNET_MIGRATE and DECNET_DNS_REGISTER Documentation 3-7 EVD Documentation 3-8 Network Management Architecture Documentation 3-9 DECdts Clerk Documentation 3-10 DECdts Documentation 3-11 VOTS Documentation 3-12 VAX P.S.I. and VAX P.S.I. Access Documentation 3-13 WANDD Documentation 3-14 OSAK Documentation 3-15 FTAM Documentation 3-16 NSAP Documentation 4-1 Relationship of Tasks and DECnet/OSI Modules 5-1 NCP Commands That DECNET_MIGRATE Converts 8-1 Information for Building Unique NSAPs 10-1 Management Tasks with DECNET_DNS_REGISTER A-1 NCP-NCL Equivalents