CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Introduction to VOTS Management

  1.1     Management Tools
    1.1.1      The VOTS Configuration Procedure
    1.1.2      Interactive NCL
    1.1.3      The Script File
    1.1.4      Event Logging
    1.1.5      How to Use the Tools

  1.2     VOTS Management Tasks

  2      VOTS Network Management Entities

  2.1     The OSI Transport Module

  2.2     The Routing Module

  2.3     The X25 Access Module

  3      Configuring the OSI Transport Service

  3.1     Creating and Deleting the OSI TRANSPORT Entity

  3.2     Enabling and Disabling the OSI TRANSPORT Entity

  3.3     Modifying the OSI TRANSPORT Entity
    3.3.1      DELAY FACTOR and DELAY WEIGHT
      3.3.1.1      Estimating the Round Trip Delay
    3.3.2      MAXIMUM RECEIVE BUFFERS
    3.3.3      MAXIMUM REMOTE NSAPS
    3.3.4      MAXIMUM TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS
    3.3.5      MAXIMUM WINDOW

  4      Configuring the Connectionless Network Service

  4.1     Introduction
    4.1.1      Establishing Outbound Connections Using CLNS
    4.1.2      Establishing Inbound Connections Using CLNS
    4.1.3      CLNS Management Tasks

  4.2     Configuring the Transport Service
    4.2.1      NSAP SELECTOR

  4.3     Configuring CLNS OSI Transport Templates
    4.3.1      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DELAY TIME
    4.3.2      CHECKSUMS
    4.3.3      CLASSES
    4.3.4      CLNS INACTIVE AREA ADDRESS
    4.3.5      INBOUND
    4.3.6      INITIAL RETRANSMIT TIME
    4.3.7      KEEPALIVE TIME
    4.3.8      LOOPBACK
    4.3.9      NETWORK SERVICE
    4.3.10     RETRANSMIT THRESHOLD
    4.3.11     USE CLNS ERROR REPORTS

  4.4     Configuring the Routing Module
    4.4.1      DNA ADDRESS FORMAT
    4.4.2      GENERATE CHECKSUMS
    4.4.3      LIFETIME
    4.4.4      MANUAL NETWORK ENTITY TITLES
    4.4.5      PROBE RATE

  4.5     Configuring Routing Circuits
    4.5.1      DATA LINK ENTITY
    4.5.2      IDLE TIMER
    4.5.3      INACTIVE AREA ADDRESS
    4.5.4      INITIAL MINIMUM TIMER
    4.5.5      MANUAL DATA LINK SDU SIZE
    4.5.6      MANUAL ROUTERS
    4.5.7      MAXIMUM CALL ATTEMPTS
    4.5.8      MAXIMUM SVC ADJACENCIES
    4.5.9      RECALL TIMER
    4.5.10     RESERVED ADJACENCY
    4.5.11     RESERVE TIMER
    4.5.12     TEMPLATE
    4.5.13     TRANSMIT VERIFIER
    4.5.14     TYPE
    4.5.15     X25 FILTERS

  4.6     Configuring Reachable Addresses
    4.6.1      ADDRESS PREFIX
    4.6.2      COST
    4.6.3      DTE ADDRESSES

  4.7     Configuring X25 Access Templates
    4.7.1      CALL DATA
    4.7.2      DESTINATION DTE ADDRESS
    4.7.3      DTE CLASS

  4.8     Configuring X25 Access Filters
    4.8.1      CALL DATA MASK
    4.8.2      CALL DATA VALUE
    4.8.3      INBOUND DTE CLASS
    4.8.4      SENDING DTE ADDRESS

  5      Configuring the Connection-Oriented Network Service

  5.1     Introduction
    5.1.1      Establishing Outbound Connections Using CONS
    5.1.2      Establishing Inbound Connections Using CONS
    5.1.3      CONS Management Tasks

  5.2     Configuring the OSI Transport Service
    5.2.1      CONS FILTERS
    5.2.2      DISCONNECT HOLDBACK
    5.2.3      MAXIMUM MULTIPLEXING
    5.2.4      MAXIMUM NETWORK CONNECTIONS

  5.3     Configuring CONS OSI Transport Templates
    5.3.1      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DELAY TIME
    5.3.2      CHECKSUMS
    5.3.3      CLASSES
    5.3.4      CONS TEMPLATE
    5.3.5      CR TIMEOUT
    5.3.6      ER TIMEOUT
    5.3.7      INBOUND
    5.3.8      INITIAL RETRANSMIT TIME
    5.3.9      KEEPALIVE TIME
    5.3.10     LOOPBACK
    5.3.11     MAXIMUM NSDU SIZE
    5.3.12     NETWORK SERVICE
    5.3.13     RETRANSMIT THRESHOLD

  5.4     Configuring X25 Access Templates
    5.4.1      CALL DATA
    5.4.2      DTE CLASS

  5.5     Configuring X25 Access Filters
    5.5.1      CALL DATA MASK
    5.5.2      CALL DATA VALUE
    5.5.3      INBOUND DTE CLASS

  6      Configuring Applications

  6.1     Receiving Inbound Connection Requests

  6.2     Configuring Passive Applications
    6.2.1      CALLED TSELS
    6.2.2      FILE NAME
    6.2.3      USER NAME

  7      Starting and Stopping VOTS

  7.1     Starting VOTS

  7.2     Stopping VOTS

  8      Monitoring the VOTS System

  8.1     Introduction

  8.2     OSI Transport Module
    8.2.1      OSI TRANSPORT
    8.2.2      OSI TRANSPORT LOCAL NSAP
    8.2.3      OSI TRANSPORT LOCAL NSAP REMOTE NSAP
    8.2.4      OSI TRANSPORT PORT

  8.3     Routing Module
    8.3.1      ROUTING
    8.3.2      ROUTING CIRCUIT
    8.3.3      ROUTING CIRCUIT ADJACENCY
    8.3.4      ROUTING PORT

  FIGURES

  2-1        OSI Transport Module Entity Structure

  2-2        Routing Module Entity Structure

  2-3        X.25 Access Module Entity Structure

  TABLES

  2-1        VOTS Network Management Entities

  3-1        OSI TRANSPORT Characteristics

  4-1        OSI TRANSPORT Characteristics for CLNS

  4-2        OSI TRANSPORT TEMPLATE Characteristics for CLNS

  4-3        ROUTING Characteristics

  4-4        ROUTING CIRCUIT Characteristics

  4-5        ROUTING CIRCUIT REACHABLE ADDRESS Characteristics

  4-6        X25 ACCESS TEMPLATE Characteristics

  4-7        X25 ACCESS FILTER Characteristics

  5-1        OSI TRANSPORT Characteristics for CONS

  5-2        OSI TRANSPORT TEMPLATE Characteristics

  5-3        X25 ACCESS TEMPLATE Characteristics

  5-4        X25 ACCESS FILTER Characteristics

  6-1        OSI TRANSPORT APPLICATION Characteristics

  8-1        OSI TRANSPORT Status Attributes

  8-2        OSI TRANSPORT LOCAL NSAP Attributes

  8-3        OSI TRANSPORT LOCAL NSAP REMOTE NSAP Attributes

  8-4        OSI TRANSPORT PORT Attributes

  8-5        ROUTING Attributes

  8-6        ROUTING CIRCUIT Attributes

  8-7        ROUTING CIRCUIT ADJACENCY Status Attributes

  8-8        ROUTING PORT Attributes