CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 About This Manual 1.1.1 Prerequisite Tasks 1.2 Required Steps Part I Configuring the DECNIS 2 Starting the DECNIS Configurator 2.1 Before You Start 2.2 Starting the DECNIS Configurator: PC Load Hosts 2.3 Starting the DECNIS Configurator: OpenVMS Load Hosts 2.4 Starting the DECNIS Configurator: Digital UNIX Load Hosts 3 DECNIS Configurator Sections 3.1 Identify the DECNIS Node 3.2 Select Network Interface Cards 3.3 Configuration Options 3.4 Routing 3.4.1 System IP Address 3.5 Lines 3.6 X.25 Circuits 3.6.1 Special Points About X.25 DA Circuits 3.7 Tunnel Circuits 3.8 Frame Relay Connections 3.9 Bridge Filtering 3.10 OSI Reachable Addresses 3.11 IP Reachable Addresses 3.12 PVCs 3.13 Groups 3.14 LLC2 3.15 X.25 Server Clients 3.15.1 Definitions of X.25 Gateway Systems and Client Systems 3.15.2 Filters 3.16 X.25 Security 3.17 Incoming Security for X.25 Server Clients 3.18 Outgoing Security for Client Systems 3.19 Event Logging 3.20 Database Sizing 3.21 NCL Script 4 Using the DECNIS Configurator 4.1 Introduction and Main Menu 4.1.1 The Sections 4.1.2 The Options Menu 4.1.3 Meaning of the Options in the Options Menu 4.2 Entering Information 4.2.1 Selecting from a Menu 4.2.2 Horizontal Menus 4.2.2.1 Series of Horizontal Menus 4.2.3 Typing in Data 4.3 Moving Within and Between Sections 4.3.1 Moving Forward Within a Section 4.3.2 Moving Back Within a Section 4.3.3 Moving to a New Section 4.3.4 Moving to a Previous Section 4.3.5 Restriction on Leaving a Section 4.4 What You Can Do from the Options Menu 4.4.1 Adding an Item 4.4.2 Modifying a Completed Section 4.4.3 Deleting an Item 4.4.4 Using the Sections Menu 4.4.5 Saving an Incomplete Configuration 4.5 Exiting and Quitting the DECNIS Configurator 4.5.1 Definition of Exiting 4.5.2 How to Exit from the Configurator 4.5.3 Definition of Quitting 4.5.4 How to Quit the Configurator 4.6 Errors when Running the DECNIS Configurator 5 Creating the Configuration Files 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 More About NCL Script Files 5.2 Creating the Master NCL Script File 5.2.1 Create NCL Script Section 5.2.2 How to Create the Master NCL Script File 5.2.3 Errors when Creating the NCL Script File 5.3 User NCL Script Files 5.3.1 Purpose of the User NCL Script Files 5.3.2 Why Use the User NCL Script Files? 5.3.3 User NCL Script File Names 5.3.4 General Recommendations for Editing User NCL Script Files 5.3.5 Special Recommendations for Editing the User NCL Script Files 5.3.6 Long NCL Commands 5.4 Creating a Configuration Load File 5.4.1 Methods for Creating the CMIP File or the Combined File 5.4.2 Creating the CMIP File Within the Configurator 5.4.3 Creating a CMIP File After Exiting from the Configurator 5.4.4 Creating the Combined File Within the Configurator 5.4.5 Creating a Combined File After Exiting from the Configurator 5.4.6 Requirement to Create CMIP or Combined File 5.5 Logging Errors During CMIP Compilation 5.5.1 CMIP Error Log Files 5.5.2 The NCL Checking Utility in the Configurator 5.5.3 Running the NCL Checking Utility 5.5.3.1 Procedure 5.5.3.2 Result 5.5.3.3 Special Requirement 5.5.3.4 Example Log File 5.5.4 CMIP Errors Logged during Loading 5.5.5 Location of Load Files 5.6 DECNIS Data Files 5.6.1 Saved Version of the DECNIS Data File 6 Modifying Your Configuration 6.1 Introduction 6.2 How to Modify Your Configuration 6.2.1 Completing an Incomplete Configuration 6.3 Steps to Take After Modifying a DECNIS Configuration 6.4 Effects of Modifying a DECNIS Configuration 6.5 Effects of Modifying Load-Host Information 6.5.1 Steps to Take After Modifying a Load-Host Configuration 6.5.2 How the DECNIS Configurator Uses Load-Host Information 6.5.3 Load-Host Modifications Affecting DECNIS Configuration 6.6 Copying and Modifying a Configuration 6.6.1 Before You Copy 6.6.2 Copying the Configuration to Another DECNIS 6.6.3 Sections to Check Part II Loading 7 Loading a DECNIS 7.1 Introduction 7.1.1 MOP and BOOTP Loading 7.1.1.1 Types of Connection for Loading 7.2 Loading the DECNIS for the First Time 7.3 Reloading the DECNIS 7.3.1 Reloading Using the Default Type of Loading 7.3.1.1 Entering the NCL LOAD Command 7.3.1.2 Powering Up 7.3.1.3 Using the Console 7.3.2 Reloading from a Load Host 7.3.2.1 Entering NCL Commands 7.3.2.2 Powering Up 7.3.2.3 Using the Console 7.3.3 Reloading from a Specified MOP Load Host 7.4 Errors While Loading 7.4.1 NCL Script Errors Logged to the Console Terminal 7.5 Disabling and Restoring Loading from a MOP Load Host 7.5.1 Disabling MOP Loading 7.5.2 Restoring MOP Loading 7.6 Enabling Dumping 7.6.1 Enabling Dumping Temporarily 7.6.2 Enabling Dumping Permanently 7.6.3 Dumping Using the Dump Button 7.7 Restricting Connections Used for Loading and Dumping 7.7.1 Introduction 7.7.2 Types of Restriction 7.7.3 Cannot Restrict Individual Connections 7.7.4 Restrictions on Protocols Used for Loading and Dumping 7.7.5 Restrictions on Cards Used for Loading and Dumping 7.8 Commands to Manage Loading and Dumping Restrictions 7.8.1 Entity and Attributes Used for Restricting Loading and Dumping 7.8.1.1 HARDWARE SLOT Entity 7.8.1.2 FUNCTIONS DISABLED Attribute of the HARDWARE SLOT Entity 7.8.2 Commands Used to Restrict Loading and Dumping 7.8.3 ADD Command 7.8.4 REMOVE Command 7.8.5 SHOW Command 7.9 Moving a DECNIS 7.10 How the DECNIS Loads Its Software 7.11 How the DECNIS Dumps Its Software 7.11.1 Load Hosts and Dumping 7.11.2 How Dumping Works 8 Nonvolatile Memory Loading 8.1 Introduction 8.1.1 Methods for Setting Up Nonvolatile Memory Loading 8.1.2 How Nonvolatile Memory Loading Works 8.2 Setting Up Nonvolatile Memory Loading in the Load-Host Configurator 8.2.1 Results of Choosing 8.3 Setting Up Nonvolatile Memory Loading Using Commands 8.3.1 Method for Setting Up Nonvolatile Memory Loading 8.3.2 Creating a Combined File 8.3.3 HARDWARE DEBUG FLAGS Command to Load from a Load Host 8.3.4 Example: Setting Up Nonvolatile Memory Loading 8.3.4.1 Before You Begin 8.3.4.2 Available Information 8.3.4.3 Procedure 8.4 Loading a New Image or Configuration File 8.5 Forcing the DECNIS to Load from the Load Host 8.5.1 When to Force a Load from the Load Host 8.5.2 Methods of Forcing a Load from the Load Host 8.6 Version 7-07 ROMs and Nonvolatile Memory Loading 8.6.1 Finding the ROM Version Used by the DECNIS 9 Using the DECNIS as a Proxy Load Host 9.1 Introduction 9.1.1 Definition of Proxy Load Host 9.1.2 Using the DECNIS as a Proxy Load Host 9.1.3 Example: Proxy Load Host 9.2 Setting Up Proxy Loading: DECnet and MOP 9.2.1 Requirements for the Real Load Host 9.2.2 Requirements for the DECNIS Proxy Load Host 9.2.2.1 Supported Data Link 9.2.2.2 Configuration: Proxy Load Host 9.2.3 Requirements for Target Systems 9.2.4 Information Required 9.2.5 Procedure 9.2.5.1 Enter Commands in the User NCL Script Files 9.2.6 Example NCL Commands: DECnet/OSI for OpenVMS Real Load Host 9.2.7 Example NCL Commands: DECnet/OSI for Digital UNIX Real Load Host 9.3 Setting Up Proxy Loading: TFTP and MOP 9.3.1 Requirements for the Real Load Host 9.3.2 Requirements for the DECNIS Proxy Load Host 9.3.3 Requirements for Target Systems 9.3.4 Information Required 9.3.5 Procedure 9.3.5.1 Enter Commands in the User NCL Script Files 9.3.6 Example NCL Commands: PC Real Load Host 9.3.7 Example NCL Commands: Digital UNIX Real Load Host 10 Using the DECNIS as a BOOTP Gateway 10.1 Introduction 10.1.1 Definition of BOOTP Gateway 10.1.2 Example: BOOTP Relay 10.2 Setting Up the DECNIS as a BOOTP Gateway 10.2.1 Requirements for BOOTP Servers 10.2.1.1 Type of System 10.2.1.2 BOOTP Load File Locations 10.2.2 Requirements for BOOTP Gateways 10.2.2.1 Type of Data Link 10.2.2.2 Configuration: BOOTP Gateway 10.2.3 Requirements for BOOTP Clients 10.2.3.1 Configuration 10.2.4 Information Required for BOOTP Relay Configuration 10.2.5 Procedure 10.2.5.1 Enter Commands in the User NCL Script Files 10.2.6 Example 10.2.6.1 Available Information 10.2.6.2 Procedure Part III Appendixes A Information You Need for Configuration B Configuration and Load Files B.1 Files Created by the Configurators B.2 DECNIS Load Files B.3 Location of DECNIS Load Files on Digital UNIX BOOTP Load Hosts B.3.1 Directory Used for Storing Load Files B.3.1.1 Softlinks Automatically Created B.3.2 Load files on Non-Digital BOOTP Load Hosts B.3.3 File Names Required on Digital UNIX BOOTP Load Hosts C Using DECdns and the Local Namespace with the DECNIS C.1 Introduction C.2 Specifying the Use of a Naming Service C.3 DECdns or Local Namespace? C.4 Registering the DECNIS in a Namespace C.4.1 Requirements for Successful Registration C.4.2 Errors When Registering the DECNIS in the Namespace C.4.3 Adding Tower Sets to the DECNIS Entry C.4.4 Errors When Adding Tower Sets to the DECNIS Entry C.5 Naming Service Error Log File C.6 Completing Name Service Registration C.6.1 Managing the DECNIS Before Registration Is Complete C.7 Swapping the DECNIS Hardware D Loading from a DECnet-VAX Phase IV Load Host D.1 Introduction D.2 Procedure D.2.1 Hardware Address D.2.1.1 Finding the Hardware Address D.2.1.2 Procedure D.2.1.3 Example D.2.2 Example FIGURES 3-1 DECNIS Configurator Sections 9-1 DECNIS Acting as a Proxy Load Host 10-1 DECNIS Acting as a BOOTP Gateway 10-2 BOOTP Relay Example TABLES 1-1 Steps to Set Up the DECNIS 5-1 User NCL Script File Names 5-2 CMIP Error Log Files 6-1 Effect of Modifying DECNIS Information 6-2 Effect of Modifying Load-Host Information on DECNIS Information 7-1 Values of FUNCTIONS DISABLED Attribute 8-1 Types of Loading A-1 Configuration Information: DECNIS Node A-2 Configuration Information: Network Interface Cards A-3 Configuration Information: Configuration Options A-4 Configuration Information: Routing A-5 Configuration Information: Lines A-6 Configuration Information: Bridge Filtering A-7 Configuration Information: X25 Routing Circuits A-8 Configuration Information: Tunnel Circuits A-9 Configuration Information: Frame Relay Connections A-10 Configuration Information: OSI Reachable Addresses A-11 Configuration Information: IP Reachable Addresses A-12 Configuration Information: PVCs A-13 Configuration Information: Groups A-14 Configuration Information: LLC2 A-15 Configuration Information: X.25 Server Clients A-16 Configuration Information: Filters A-17 Configuration Information: X.25 Security A-18 Configuration Information: Incoming Security for X.25 Server Clients A-19 Configuration Information: Outgoing Security for Client Systems A-20 Configuration Information: Event Logging A-21 Configuration Information: Database Sizing B-1 DECNIS File Names on PCs B-2 DECNIS File Names on OpenVMS Systems B-3 DECNIS File Names on Digital UNIX Systems B-4 Files Loaded from PC Load Hosts B-5 Files Loaded from OpenVMS Load Hosts B-6 Files Loaded from Digital UNIX Load Hosts B-7 File Names Required for Digital UNIX BOOTP Loading C-1 Naming Service Error Log Files D-1 Hardware Address Assignment D-2 Examples of Hardware Address Assignment