CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Part I   NCL Overview

  1      Introduction to NCL

  1.1     Rights Identifiers Required for Use of NCL
    1.1.1      Access to Local Network Data
    1.1.2      Access to Remote Network Data (OpenVMS)

  1.2     Network Management Graphical User Interface

  1.3     Getting Started with NCL
    1.3.1      Invoking NCL (Digital UNIX)
    1.3.2      Invoking NCL (OpenVMS)
    1.3.3      Accessing Online NCL Help Information
    1.3.4      Creating Log Files
    1.3.5      Connecting to a Remote Node by Address

  1.4     Common NCL Commands
    1.4.1      add and remove
    1.4.2      create and delete
    1.4.3      disable and enable
    1.4.4      set
    1.4.5      show

  1.5     NCL Command Syntax
    1.5.1      Verbs
    1.5.2      Entity Name
    1.5.3      Attribute Specifiers
      1.5.3.1      Attribute Groups
      1.5.3.2      Characteristics
      1.5.3.3      Counters
      1.5.3.4      Identifiers
      1.5.3.5      Status Attributes
    1.5.4      Arguments
    1.5.5      Prepositional Phrases
      1.5.5.1      Qualifying NCL Commands
      1.5.5.2      Restrictions of With Clause
    1.5.6      Using Abbreviations
    1.5.7      Specifying Full Names in an NCL Request
    1.5.8      Specifying Hex Strings (OpenVMS)
    1.5.9      Using Wildcard Characters in a Command
    1.5.10     Recalling a Command
    1.5.11     NCL Command Output
      1.5.11.1     NCL Command Output (Digital UNIX)
      1.5.11.2     NCL Command Output (OpenVMS)
    1.5.12     Displaying Unique Identification (UID) Values
    1.5.13     Specifying Access Control Information
    1.5.14     Establishing Default Context

  1.6     Using Snapshot
    1.6.1      Using Snapshot (Digital UNIX)
    1.6.2      Using Snapshot (OpenVMS)

  1.7     Setting Up Optional Initialization or Key Definition Files
    1.7.1      KEYPAD Definition for NCL

  1.8     Defining Symbols (Digital UNIX)

  1.9     Accessing Name Service Information

  1.10    Using NCP for Remote Network Management

  1.11    Console Carrier

  Part II   NCL Reference

  2      Node Module

  2.1     node
    2.1.1      Entity Name
    2.1.2      Commands
    2.1.3      Arguments
    2.1.4      Characteristic Attributes
    2.1.5      Counter Attributes
    2.1.6      Identifier Attributes
    2.1.7      Status Attributes
    2.1.8      Event Messages (Digital UNIX)
    2.1.9      Exception Messages (Digital UNIX)

  3      Alias Module (OpenVMS)

  3.1     alias
    3.1.1      Counter Attributes
    3.1.2      Exception Messages

  3.2     alias port
    3.2.1      Characteristic Attributes
    3.2.2      Counter Attributes
    3.2.3      Identifier Attributes
    3.2.4      Status Attributes
    3.2.5      Exception Messages

  4      CSMA-CD Module

  4.1     csma-cd
    4.1.1      Characteristic Attributes
    4.1.2      Exception Messages

  4.2     csma-cd port
    4.2.1      Counter Attributes
    4.2.2      Identifier Attributes
    4.2.3      Status Attributes

  4.3     csma-cd station
    4.3.1      Arguments
    4.3.2      Characteristic Attributes
    4.3.3      Counter Attributes
    4.3.4      Identifier Attributes
    4.3.5      Status Attributes
    4.3.6      Event Messages
    4.3.7      Exception Messages

  5      DDCMP Module (OpenVMS)

  5.1     ddcmp
    5.1.1      Characteristic Attributes
    5.1.2      Exception Messages

  5.2     ddcmp link
    5.2.1      Arguments
    5.2.2      Characteristic Attributes
    5.2.3      Counter Attributes
    5.2.4      Identifier Attributes
    5.2.5      Status Attributes
    5.2.6      Event Messages
    5.2.7      Exception Messages

  5.3     ddcmp link logical station
    5.3.1      Characteristic Attributes
    5.3.2      Counter Attributes
    5.3.3      Identifier Attributes
    5.3.4      Status Attributes
    5.3.5      Event Messages
    5.3.6      Exception Messages

  5.4     ddcmp port
    5.4.1      Identifier Attributes
    5.4.2      Status Attributes

  6      Device Module

  6.1     device
    6.1.1      Characteristic Attributes
    6.1.2      Status Attributes
    6.1.3      Exception Messages

  6.2     device unit
    6.2.1      Commands
    6.2.2      Arguments
    6.2.3      Characteristic Attributes
    6.2.4      Counters
    6.2.5      Identifier Attributes
    6.2.6      Status Attributes
    6.2.7      Event Messages
    6.2.8      Exception Messages (OpenVMS)

  7      DECdns Modules

  7.1     DNS Server Module

  7.2     DNS Clerk Module
    7.2.1      Event Messages

  8      DECdts Module

  8.1     Event Messages

  9      Event Dispatcher Module

  9.1     event dispatcher
    9.1.1      Commands
    9.1.2      Characteristic Attributes
    9.1.3      Counter Attributes
    9.1.4      Status Attributes
    9.1.5      Event Messages
    9.1.6      Exception Messages (Digital UNIX)

  9.2     event dispatcher outbound stream
    9.2.1      Commands
    9.2.2      Arguments
    9.2.3      Characteristic Attributes
    9.2.4      Counters Attributes
    9.2.5      Identifier Attributes
    9.2.6      Status Attributes
    9.2.7      Event Messages
    9.2.8      Exception Messages

  9.3     event dispatcher relay
    9.3.1      Status Attributes
    9.3.2      Exception Messages

  9.4     event dispatcher relay logging
    9.4.1      Counter Attributes
    9.4.2      Identifier Attributes
    9.4.3      Status Attributes
    9.4.4      Event Messages

  9.5     event dispatcher sink
    9.5.1      Commands
    9.5.2      Arguments
    9.5.3      Characteristic Attributes
    9.5.4      Counter Attributes
    9.5.5      Identifier Attributes
    9.5.6      Status Attributes
    9.5.7      Event Messages
    9.5.8      Exception Messages

  9.6     event dispatcher sink inbound stream
    9.6.1      Commands
    9.6.2      Counter Attributes
    9.6.3      Identifier Attributes
    9.6.4      Status Attributes
    9.6.5      Event Messages

  10     FDDI Module

  10.1    fddi
    10.1.1     Characteristic Attributes
    10.1.2     Exception Messages

  10.2    fddi station
    10.2.1     Arguments
    10.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    10.2.3     Counter Attributes
    10.2.4     Identifier Attributes
    10.2.5     Status Attributes
    10.2.6     Event Messages
    10.2.7     Exception Messages

  10.3    fddi station link
    10.3.1     Commands
    10.3.2     Arguments
    10.3.3     Characteristic Attributes
    10.3.4     Counter Attributes
    10.3.5     Identifier Attributes
    10.3.6     Status Attributes
    10.3.7     Event Messages
    10.3.8     Exception Messages

  10.4    fddi station phy port
    10.4.1     Characteristic Attributes
    10.4.2     Counter Attributes
    10.4.3     Identifier Attributes
    10.4.4     Status Attributes
    10.4.5     Event Messages
    10.4.6     Exception Messages

  10.5    fddi port
    10.5.1     Counter Attributes
    10.5.2     Identifier Attributes
    10.5.3     Status Attributes

  11     Frame Module (OpenVMS)

  11.1    frame
    11.1.1     Characteristic Attributes
    11.1.2     Status Attributes

  11.2    frame link
    11.2.1     Arguments
    11.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    11.2.3     Counter Attributes
    11.2.4     Identifier Attributes
    11.2.5     Status Attributes
    11.2.6     Exception Messages

  11.3    frame port
    11.3.1     Identifier Attributes
    11.3.2     Status Attributes

  12     HDLC Module

  12.1    hdlc
    12.1.1     Characteristic Attributes

  12.2    hdlc link
    12.2.1     Arguments
    12.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    12.2.3     Counter Attributes
    12.2.4     Identifier Attributes
    12.2.5     Status Attributes
    12.2.6     Event Messages
    12.2.7     Exception Messages

  12.3    hdlc link logical station
    12.3.1     Commands
    12.3.2     Counter Attributes
    12.3.3     Identifier Attributes
    12.3.4     Status Attributes
    12.3.5     Event Messages

  12.4    hdlc port
    12.4.1     Identifier Attributes
    12.4.2     Status Attributes

  13     LAPB Module

  13.1    lapb
    13.1.1     Characteristic Attributes

  13.2    lapb link
    13.2.1     Arguments
    13.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    13.2.3     Counter Attributes
    13.2.4     Identifier Attributes
    13.2.5     Status Attributes
    13.2.6     Event Messages
    13.2.7     Exception Messages

  13.3    lapb port
    13.3.1     Identifier Attributes
    13.3.2     Status Attributes

  14     LLC2 Module

  14.1    llc2
    14.1.1     Characteristic Attributes

  14.2    llc2 port
    14.2.1     Identifier Attributes
    14.2.2     Status Attributes

  14.3    llc2 sap
    14.3.1     Characteristic Attributes
    14.3.2     Counter Attributes
    14.3.3     Identifier Attributes
    14.3.4     Status Attributes
    14.3.5     Event Messages
    14.3.6     Exception Messages

  14.4    llc2 sap link
    14.4.1     Characteristic Attributes
    14.4.2     Counter Attributes
    14.4.3     Identifier Attributes
    14.4.4     Status Attributes
    14.4.5     Event Messages
    14.4.6     Exception Messages

  15     Loopback Application Module

  15.1    loopback application
    15.1.1     Commands
    15.1.2     Characteristic Attributes
    15.1.3     Exception Messages

  16     Modem Connect Module

  16.1    modem connect
    16.1.1     Characteristic Attributes

  16.2    modem connect data port
    16.2.1     Identifier Attributes
    16.2.2     Status Attributes

  16.3    modem connect line
    16.3.1     Commands
    16.3.2     Arguments
    16.3.3     Characteristic Attributes
    16.3.4     Counter Attributes
    16.3.5     Identifier Attributes
    16.3.6     Status Attributes
    16.3.7     Interchange Circuit Attributes
    16.3.8     Event Messages
    16.3.9     Exception Messages

  17     MOP Module

  17.1    mop
    17.1.1     Characteristic Attributes
    17.1.2     Status Attributes
    17.1.3     Exception Messages

  17.2    mop circuit
    17.2.1     Commands
    17.2.2     Arguments
    17.2.3     Characteristic Attributes
    17.2.4     Counter Attributes
    17.2.5     Identifier Attributes
    17.2.6     Status Attributes
    17.2.7     Event Messages
    17.2.8     Exception Messages

  17.3    mop circuit operation
    17.3.1     Identifier Attributes
    17.3.2     Status Attributes

  17.4    mop circuit station
    17.4.1     Identifier Attributes
    17.4.2     Status Attributes

  17.5    mop client
    17.5.1     Commands
    17.5.2     Arguments
    17.5.3     Characteristic Attributes
    17.5.4     Identifier Attributes
    17.5.5     Exception Messages

  18     NSP Module

  18.1    nsp
    18.1.1     Characteristic Attributes
    18.1.2     Status Attributes
    18.1.3     Exception Messages

  18.2    nsp local nsap
    18.2.1     Counter Attributes
    18.2.2     Identifier Attributes
    18.2.3     Status Attributes
    18.2.4     Event Messages

  18.3    nsp local nsap remote nsap
    18.3.1     Counter Attributes
    18.3.2     Identifier Attributes
    18.3.3     Status Attributes
    18.3.4     Event Messages

  18.4    nsp port
    18.4.1     Counter Attributes
    18.4.2     Identifier Attributes
    18.4.3     Status Attributes

  19     OSAK Module

  19.1    osak
    19.1.1     Commands
    19.1.2     Characteristic Attributes
    19.1.3     Counter Attributes
    19.1.4     Status Attributes
    19.1.5     Event Messages
    19.1.6     Exception Messages

  19.2    osak application
    19.2.1     Characteristic Attributes
    19.2.2     Counter Attributes
    19.2.3     Identifier Attributes
    19.2.4     Status Attributes
    19.2.5     Event Messages
    19.2.6     Exception Messages

  19.3    osak application invocation
    19.3.1     Characteristic Attributes (OpenVMS)
    19.3.2     Counter Attributes
    19.3.3     Identifier Attributes
    19.3.4     Status Attributes
    19.3.5     Exception Messages

  19.4    osak port
    19.4.1     Characteristic Attributes
    19.4.2     Counter Attributes
    19.4.3     Identifier Attributes
    19.4.4     Status Attributes

  20     OSI Transport Module

  20.1    osi transport
    20.1.1     Characteristic Attributes
    20.1.2     Status Attributes
    20.1.3     Exception Messages
    20.1.4     X.25/CONS Configuration
    20.1.5     RFC1006 and RFC1006 Extension Configuration (OpenVMS)

  20.2    osi transport application (OpenVMS)
    20.2.1     Characteristic Attributes
    20.2.2     Counter Attributes
    20.2.3     Identifier Attributes

  20.3    osi transport local nsap
    20.3.1     Counter Attributes
    20.3.2     Identifier Attributes
    20.3.3     Status Attributes
    20.3.4     Event Messages

  20.4    osi transport local nsap remote nsap
    20.4.1     Counter Attributes
    20.4.2     Identifier Attributes
    20.4.3     Status Attributes
    20.4.4     Event Messages

  20.5    osi transport port
    20.5.1     Commands
    20.5.2     Counter Attributes
    20.5.3     Identifier Attributes
    20.5.4     Status Attributes

  20.6    osi transport template
    20.6.1     Characteristic Attributes
    20.6.2     Identifier Attributes
    20.6.3     Exception Messages

  21     Routing Module

  21.1    Support for Attributes and Events

  21.2    routing
    21.2.1     Arguments
    21.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    21.2.3     Counter Attributes
    21.2.4     Preset Attributes
    21.2.5     Status Attributes
    21.2.6     Event Messages
    21.2.7     Exception Messages

  21.3    routing circuit
    21.3.1     Arguments
    21.3.2     Characteristic Attributes
    21.3.3     Counter Attributes
    21.3.4     Identifier Attributes
    21.3.5     Status Attributes
    21.3.6     Event Messages
    21.3.7     Exception Messages

  21.4    routing circuit adjacency
    21.4.1     Arguments
    21.4.2     Identifier Attributes
    21.4.3     Status Attributes
    21.4.4     Exception Messages

  21.5    routing circuit ip address translation
    21.5.1     Identifier Attributes
    21.5.2     Status Attributes

  21.6    routing circuit ip reachable address
    21.6.1     Arguments
    21.6.2     Characteristic Attributes
    21.6.3     Identifier Attributres
    21.6.4     Status Attributes
    21.6.5     Exception Messages

  21.7    routing circuit reachable address
    21.7.1     Arguments
    21.7.2     Characteristic Attributes
    21.7.3     Identifier Attributes
    21.7.4     Status Attributes
    21.7.5     Exception Messages

  21.8    routing destination area
    21.8.1     Identifier Attributes
    21.8.2     Status Attributes

  21.9    routing destination cache
    21.9.1     Identifier Attributes
    21.9.2     Status Attributes

  21.10   routing destination node
    21.10.1    Identifier Attributes
    21.10.2    Status Attributes

  21.11   routing egp group
    21.11.1    Characteristic Attributes
    21.11.2    Identifier Attributes
    21.11.3    Status Attributes
    21.11.4    Exception Messages

  21.12   routing egp group egp neighbor
    21.12.1    Arguments
    21.12.2    Characteristic Attributes
    21.12.3    Counter Attributes
    21.12.4    Identifier Attributes
    21.12.5    Status Attributes
    21.12.6    Event Messages
    21.12.7    Exception Messages

  21.13   routing ip destination address
    21.13.1    Identifier Attributes
    21.13.2    Status Attributes

  21.14   routing permitted neighbor
    21.14.1    Characteristic Attributes
    21.14.2    Identifier Attributes
    21.14.3    Exception Messages

  21.15   routing port
    21.15.1    Counter Attributes
    21.15.2    Identifier Attributes
    21.15.3    Status Attributes

  22     Session Control Module

  22.1    session control
    22.1.1     Commands
    22.1.2     Characteristic Attributes
    22.1.3     Counter Attributes
    22.1.4     Status Attributes
    22.1.5     Event Messages
    22.1.6     Exception Messages

  22.2    session control application
    22.2.1     Characteristic Attributes
    22.2.2     Counter Attributes
    22.2.3     Identifier Attributes
    22.2.4     Status Attributes
    22.2.5     Exception Messages

  22.3    session control backtranslation softlink
    22.3.1     Commands
    22.3.2     Counter Attributes
    22.3.3     Identifier Attributes
    22.3.4     Status Attributes
    22.3.5     Event Messages

  22.4    session control port
    22.4.1     Counter Attributes
    22.4.2     Identifier Attributes
    22.4.3     Status Attributes

  22.5    session control proxy (Digital UNIX)
    22.5.1     Characteristic Attributes
    22.5.2     Counter Attributes
    22.5.3     Identifier Attributes
    22.5.4     Status Attributes
    22.5.5     Exception Messages

  22.6    session control tower maintenance
    22.6.1     Commands
    22.6.2     Counter Attributes
    22.6.3     Identifier Attributes
    22.6.4     Status Attributes
    22.6.5     Event Messages

  22.7    session control transport service
    22.7.1     Arguments
    22.7.2     Counter Attributes
    22.7.3     Identifier Attributes
    22.7.4     Status Attributes
    22.7.5     Exception Messages

  23     Token Ring Module (Digital UNIX)

  23.1    token ring
    23.1.1     Characteristic Attributes
    23.1.2     Exception Messages

  23.2    token ring station
    23.2.1     Arguments
    23.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    23.2.3     Counter Attributes
    23.2.4     Identifier Attributes
    23.2.5     Status Attributes
    23.2.6     Event Messages
    23.2.7     Exception Messages

  23.3    token ring port
    23.3.1     Counter Attributes
    23.3.2     Identifier Attributes
    23.3.3     Status Attributes

  23.4    source route
    23.4.1     Commands
    23.4.2     Counter Attributes
    23.4.3     Identifier Attributes
    23.4.4     Status Attributes

  23.5    FA map
    23.5.1     Characteristic Attributes
    23.5.2     Counter Attributes
    23.5.3     Identifier Attributes
    23.5.4     Status Attributes
    23.5.5     Exception Messages

  24     X.25 Access Module

  24.1    x25 access
    24.1.1     Arguments
    24.1.2     Characteristic Attributes
    24.1.3     Counter Attributes
    24.1.4     Status Attributes
    24.1.5     Event Messages

  24.2    x25 access application
    24.2.1     Characteristic Attributes
    24.2.2     Identifier Attributes
    24.2.3     Status Attributes
    24.2.4     Exception Messages

  24.3    x25 access dte class
    24.3.1     Arguments
    24.3.2     Characteristic Attributes
    24.3.3     Identifier Attributes
    24.3.4     Status Attributes
    24.3.5     Exception Messages

  24.4    x25 access filter
    24.4.1     Characteristic Attributes
    24.4.2     Counter Attributes
    24.4.3     Identifier Attributes
    24.4.4     Status Attributes

  24.5    x25 access port
    24.5.1     Counter Attributes
    24.5.2     Identifier Attributes
    24.5.3     Status Attributes

  24.6    x25 access reachable address
    24.6.1     Arguments
    24.6.2     Characteristic Attributes
    24.6.3     Identifier Attributes
    24.6.4     Exception Messages

  24.7    x25 access security dte class
    24.7.1     Identifier Attributes
    24.7.2     Status Attributes

  24.8    x25 access security dte class remote dte
    24.8.1     Arguments
    24.8.2     Characteristic Attributes
    24.8.3     Counter Attributes
    24.8.4     Identifier Attributes
    24.8.5     Status Attributes

  24.9    x25 access security filter
    24.9.1     Characteristic Attributes
    24.9.2     Identifier Attributes
    24.9.3     Status Attributes

  24.10   x25 access template
    24.10.1    Characteristic Attributes
    24.10.2    Identifier Attributes

  25     X.25 Client Module (OpenVMS)

  25.1    x25 client
    25.1.1     Arguments
    25.1.2     Characteristic Attributes
    25.1.3     Counter Attributes
    25.1.4     Status Attributes
    25.1.5     Event Messages
    25.1.6     Exception Messages

  26     X.25 Protocol Module

  26.1    x25 protocol
    26.1.1     Characteristic Attributes

  26.2    x25 protocol dte
    26.2.1     Arguments
    26.2.2     Characteristic Attributes
    26.2.3     Counter Attributes
    26.2.4     Identifier Attributes
    26.2.5     Status Attributes
    26.2.6     Event Messages
    26.2.7     Exception Messages

  26.3    x25 protocol dte pvc
    26.3.1     Arguments
    26.3.2     Characteristic Attributes
    26.3.3     Counter Attributes
    26.3.4     Identifier Attributes
    26.3.5     Status Attributes
    26.3.6     Event Messages
    26.3.7     Exception Messages

  26.4    x25 protocol group
    26.4.1     Characteristic Attributes
    26.4.2     Counter Attributes
    26.4.3     Identifier Attributes
    26.4.4     Status Attributes
    26.4.5     Exception Messages

  27     X.25 Relay Module

  27.1    x25 relay
    27.1.1     Arguments
    27.1.2     Characteristic Attributes

  27.2    x25 relay client
    27.2.1     Characteristic Attributes
    27.2.2     Counter Attributes
    27.2.3     Identifier Attributes
    27.2.4     Status Attributes
    27.2.5     Event Messages
    27.2.6     Exception Messages

  27.3    x25 relay pvc
    27.3.1     Arguments
    27.3.2     Characteristic Attributes
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