CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page How to Use This Manual Part I Installing the DEC WANrouter 100/500 1 Preparing to Install the DEC WANrouter 100/500 1.1 Setting Up the DEC WANrouter 1.2 Prerequisite Software 1.3 Prerequisite Hardware 1.4 Distribution Kit 1.5 Installing DEC WANrouter 100/500 on Multiple Load Hosts 1.5.1 VAXcluster Load Hosts 1.5.2 Other Load Hosts 1.6 Installation Procedure Requirements 1.6.1 Privileges Required to Install the DEC WANrouter 100/500 1.6.2 Disk Space Required 1.6.3 Process Account Quotas Required 1.6.4 VMSINSTAL Requirements 1.7 Backing Up Your System Disk 1.8 Installation Time 2 Installing DEC WANrouter 100/500 2.1 General Information 2.1.1 Getting Help 2.1.2 Release Notes 2.1.3 Aborting the Installation 2.1.4 Files and Logical Names Added to the System 2.2 Installing the Release Notes 2.3 Installing the DEC WANrouter Software 2.3.1 Running VMSINSTAL 2.3.2 Installation Questions 2.3.3 Informational Messages 2.4 Error Messages 2.5 Post-Installation Tasks 2.6 Network Information Part II Configuring the DEC WANrouter 100/500 3 Introduction to Configuration 3.1 Steps in Configuring the DEC WANrouter 3.2 The Configuration Programs 3.2.1 Running VROU$HOST_CONFIG.COM 3.2.1.1 Sections in the Load-Host Configuration Program 3.2.2 Running VROU$ROUTER_CONFIG.COM 3.2.2.1 Down-Line Loading to a DECnet/OSI Router 3.2.2.2 Sections in the Router Configuration Program 4 Using the Configuration Programs 4.1 Starting VROU$HOST_CONFIG.COM 4.2 Using VROU$HOST_CONFIG.COM 4.3 Starting VROU$ROUTER_CONFIG.COM 4.4 Using VROU$ROUTER_CONFIG.COM 4.4.1 Entering information 4.4.2 Moving Within a Section 4.5 Options Menu 4.5.1 Continue to New Section 4.5.2 Add 4.5.3 Modify 4.5.4 Delete 4.5.5 Sections Menu 4.6 Creating and Converting the NCL Script 4.7 Exiting and Quitting 4.8 Requirement to Complete Configuration 4.9 Getting Help 4.9.1 Help on a Specific Field or Menu Choice 4.9.2 Help on Sections 4.9.3 Help on the Configuration Procedures 4.10 Keys Used in the Configuration Program 5 Information You Need for Configuration 5.1 Decision Points 5.1.1 DECnet/OSI 5.1.2 Communications Protocols 5.1.2.1 Internet Protocol (IP) Routing 5.1.2.2 Synchronous Protocols 5.1.2.3 X.25 Connections 5.1.3 Distributed Naming Service (DNS) 5.2 Information Required by VROU$HOST_CONFIG.COM 5.3 Information Required by VROU$ROUTER_CONFIG.COM 6 Post-Configuration Tasks 6.1 Editing the NCL Script File 6.2 Converting the NCL Script to CMIP 6.2.1 Convert Command 6.2.2 NCL Script and CMIP File Names 6.3 Loading the DEC WANrouter 6.4 Restoring Server Information 6.4.1 Automatic Restore 6.4.2 Restore a Server Option Part III Reference Information A Keys Used in the Configuration Program B Effect of Modifying C Lists of Files Installed C.1 SYS$HELP C.2 SYS$COMMON C.3 SYS$MANAGER C.4 SYS$MESSAGE C.5 SYS$SYSTEM C.6 SYS$TEST D Example VMS Installation FIGURES 4-1 Example Options Menu TABLES 1-1 Media Used to Install the DEC WANrouter Software 1-2 Disk Space Required for the DEC WANrouter Software 1-3 Process Account Quotas 5-1 Configuration Information: VROU$HOST_CONFIG.COM 5-2 Configuration Information: Router Node 5-3 Configuration Information: Routing Options 5-4 Configuration Information: CSMA/CD Options 5-5 Configuration Information: Lines 5-6 Configuration Information: X25 Circuits 5-7 Configuration Information: OSI Reachable Addresses 5-8 Configuration Information: IP Reachable Addresses 5-9 Configuration Information: Event Logging 6-1 NCL and CMIP Files A-1 Keys Used in the Configuration Program A-2 Keys Used for Help B-1 Effect of Modifying Information