CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Introduction to OSAK Software

  1.1     OSAK Software Management

  1.2     Test and Diagnostic Tools
    1.2.1      Installation Verification Procedure
    1.2.2      OSAK Trace Utility
    1.2.3      Logging Events

  1.3     Privileges

  1.4     System Quotas

  1.5     User Quotas

  1.6     Starting the OSAK Software

  1.7     Stopping the OSAK Software

  2      Defining the OSAK Software Environment

  2.1     OSAK Control Program
    2.1.1      Starting OSAKCP
    2.1.2      OSAKCP Help
    2.1.3      OSAKCP Prompts
    2.1.4      Recalling Previous Commands
    2.1.5      Comments in OSAKCP Commands
    2.1.6      Using KNOWN
    2.1.7      Leaving OSAKCP
    2.1.8      OSAKCP Commands
      2.1.8.1      ADDRESS and ALIAS Databases Commands
      2.1.8.2      Counter, Timer, and Logging Commands
      2.1.8.3      OSAK Software Version 1.1 Commands

  2.2     OSAK Software Management
    2.2.1      Databases
    2.2.2      Format of Database Entries
      2.2.2.1      Object Identifiers
      2.2.2.2      Presentation Address Format
      2.2.2.3      ASCII
      2.2.2.4      Hexadecimal

  3      ADDRESS Database

  3.1     Items in the Database
    3.1.1      ADDRESS
      3.1.1.1      Restrictions on the TSEL
      3.1.1.2      Restrictions on Upper-Layer Addresses
    3.1.2      Using the FILE Parameter
    3.1.3      Using ACSE Parameters
    3.1.4      Using TEMPLATE, T_CLASS, and T_OPTIONS

  3.2     OSAKCP ADDRESS Commands
    3.2.1      CREATE
      3.2.1.1      Format
      3.2.1.2      Example
    3.2.2      DELETE
      3.2.2.1      Format
      3.2.2.2      Example
    3.2.3      MODIFY
      3.2.3.1      Format
      3.2.3.2      Example
      3.2.3.3      Using MODIFY with TEMPLATE, T_CLASS, and T_OPTIONS
    3.2.4      SHOW
      3.2.4.1      Format
      3.2.4.2      Example

  4      ALIAS Database

  4.1     Items in the Database

  4.2     OSAKCP ALIAS Commands
    4.2.1      CREATE
      4.2.1.1      Format
      4.2.1.2      Example
    4.2.2      DELETE
      4.2.2.1      Format
      4.2.2.2      Example
    4.2.3      MODIFY
      4.2.3.1      Format
      4.2.3.2      Example
    4.2.4      SHOW
      4.2.4.1      Format

  5      Counters and Timer

  5.1     Counters

  5.2     Counter Commands
    5.2.1      SHOW SESSION
      5.2.1.1      Format
      5.2.1.2      Example
    5.2.2      ZERO SESSION COUNTERS
      5.2.2.1      Format
      5.2.2.2      Example

  5.3     Timer

  5.4     Timer Commands
    5.4.1      CLEAR SESSION DISCONNECT_TIMER
      5.4.1.1      Format
    5.4.2      SET SESSION DISCONNECT_TIMER
      5.4.2.1      Format
      5.4.2.2      Example
    5.4.3      SHOW SESSION
      5.4.3.1      Format
      5.4.3.2      Example

  6      Logging

  6.1     Controlling Logging
    6.1.1      LOGGING
    6.1.2      SINK

  6.2     Logging Commands
    6.2.1      ENABLE LOGGING
      6.2.1.1      Format
      6.2.1.2      Example
    6.2.2      DISABLE LOGGING
      6.2.2.1      Format
      6.2.2.2      Example
    6.2.3      SHOW LOGGING
      6.2.3.1      Format
      6.2.3.2      Example
    6.2.4      SET LOGGING SINK
      6.2.4.1      Format
      6.2.4.2      Example

  7      OSAK Trace Utility

  7.1     Overview

  7.2     Tracing Options

  7.3     Setting Up Tracing
    7.3.1      Interactive Interface
    7.3.2      Specifying the Trace File

  7.4     Understanding OSAK Trace Output
    7.4.1      Session
    7.4.2      PPCI and Presentation Contexts
    7.4.3      Presentation Contexts and the User-Data Term
    7.4.4      Using the Trace Utility to Locate a Problem

  8      Problem Solving

  8.1     Finding the Problem

  8.2     Checking That the OSAK Software Is Working

  8.3     Pinpointing an OSAK Software Problem

  8.4     Checking Other Common Errors
    8.4.1      Problems Establishing a Connection
    8.4.2      Problems with Unexpected Termination

  8.5     Checking for Programming Errors

  A   Return Values from OSAKCP

  B   Reporting Problems

  FIGURES

  1-1        OSAK and the OSI Seven-Layer Reference Model

  7-1        The Structure of a TSDU

  7-2        Layout of Session Trace Data

  7-3        Layout of Presentation and Presentation Context Trace Data

  7-4        Sample Trace Output File

  TABLES

  3-1        Items in the ADDRESS Database

  3-2        AP_TITLE and AE_QUALIFIER Parameters

  4-1        Items in the ALIAS Database

  A-1        OSAK Software Return Values