CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Required Software 1.2 Overview 1.2.1 Setting Up Network Facilities 1.2.2 Configuring the DECNIS 1.2.3 Loading the DECNIS Part I Installation and Configuration 2 Installing the Software 2.1 Installing the Software 2.1.1 Installation Requirements 2.1.2 Overwriting Previous Versions 2.1.3 Installing the DECROU Software 2.1.4 Installing the DECNIS Software 2.2 Online Documentation 2.3 The DECNIS V3.1 Software Images 2.3.1 Which Image Is Loaded? 2.3.2 How the DECNIS Uses the Double Image 2.3.3 Loading the Double Image 2.3.4 Editing the Double Image 2.3.5 Load Host or Part Nonvolatile Memory Loading 2.3.6 Full Nonvolatile Memory Loading 2.3.7 Updating the DECNIS 2.4 What to Do Next 2.4.1 Reporting Problems 2.5 Updating a Configuration 2.5.1 Updating the NAI 2.5.2 Updating Your Configuration 3 Setting Up the Network Application Interface 3.1 What Is the NAI? 3.2 Who Should Set Up the NAI? 3.3 Before You Start 3.4 Setting Up the NAI 3.5 Starting the Network 3.6 Starting the NAI Automatically 3.7 Stopping the NAI 3.8 Ethernet Drivers 3.8.1 Ethernet Drivers Provided 3.8.2 Support for Other NDIS Drivers 3.8.3 Installing NDIS Drivers 3.8.4 Master PROTOCOL.INI File 3.9 Removing Network Systems 3.9.1 Removing PATHWORKS Version 4 3.9.2 Removing PATHWORKS Version 5 4 The Router Management Menu 4.1 Calling Up the Menu 4.2 Router Management Menu Options 4.2.1 Selecting Options 4.2.2 Moving Back 5 Using the Load-Host Configurator 5.1 What Is the Load-Host Configurator? 5.1.1 Using BOOTP/TFTP 5.1.2 Using MOP 5.2 Starting the Load-Host Configurator 5.3 Menu Options 5.4 How to Enter Load Information 5.5 Load Information 5.5.1 Load Client Name 5.5.2 Hardware Address 5.5.3 IP Address 5.5.4 Phase IV Address 5.5.5 Type of Loading 5.5.6 Specifying a Dump File 5.6 Getting Help 5.7 Errors 5.8 The Load-Host Data File 5.8.1 Saving the Load-Host Data File 5.9 What Happens to the Load Information 6 Using the DECNIS Configurator 6.1 What Is the DECNIS Configurator? 6.2 Starting the DECNIS Configurator 6.3 Using the DECNIS Configurator Keys 7 Getting Help when Running the Configurators 7.1 How to Get Online Help 7.2 Help on Fields and Menu Choices 7.3 Help on the Configurators 7.4 Keys to Get Help 8 Setting Up and Using BOOTP/TFTP 8.1 Introduction 8.1.1 What Is BOOTP/TFTP? 8.2 Before You Start 8.3 Starting the BOOTP/TFTP Server 8.3.1 Starting: Foreground Mode 8.3.2 Starting: Background Mode 8.4 Starting the BOOTP/TFTP Server Automatically 8.5 The BOOTP/TFTP Server Window 8.6 Displaying the Foreground Mode BOOTP/TFTP Server Window 8.6.1 The Foreground Mode Menu 8.7 Displaying the Background Mode BOOTP/TFTP Server Window 8.7.1 The Background Mode Menu 8.8 Stopping the BOOTP/TFTP Server 8.8.1 Foreground Mode 8.8.2 Background Mode 9 Loading a DECNIS 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Before You Load 9.2.1 BOOTP/TFTP Loading 9.2.2 MOP Loading 9.3 How to Load 9.3.1 Loading a DECNIS 9.4 How to Reload 9.4.1 Default Type of Reloading 9.4.2 Reloading from a Load Host 9.4.3 Reloading from a Specified MOP Load Host 9.5 More Information About Loading Part II Using DECNIS Applications on the PC 10 Using the Load-Host Configurator Options 10.1 Delete a Router 10.1.1 Deleted Files 10.2 Modify a Router 10.2.1 After Modifying 10.2.2 Modifying Type of Loading 10.3 Restore a Router 10.3.1 Automatic Restore 10.4 Update a Router 10.4.1 Automatic Update 10.4.2 Update: Full Nonvolatile Memory 10.4.3 Update: Part Nonvolatile Memory 10.4.4 Update: Load Host Loading 11 Using the Network Control Language 11.1 What Is NCL? 11.2 Using NCL 11.2.1 NCL Command Format 11.2.2 Node Names in NCL Commands 11.2.3 Setting Up DECnet Node Names 11.2.4 Example 11.3 Help on NCL 11.3.1 Structure of NCL Help 11.4 Editing NCL Commands 11.4.1 Line Length 11.4.2 Command Length 11.5 Displaying NCL Output 11.5.1 The More Prompt 11.6 Exiting from NCL 11.7 Restrictions 11.7.1 SNAPSHOT Command 11.7.2 SHOW Command for SNAPSHOT 11.7.3 DECdns Names in NCL Commands 12 Connecting to a Console 12.1 Selecting CONSOLE 12.2 Before You Start 12.3 Connecting to the DECNIS Console Port 12.4 Exiting from the Console 12.5 More Information Part III Appendixes A Information Required for Load-Host Configuration B DECNIS Files B.1 DECNIS Online Documentation B.2 Files Created on a PC B.2.1 Saved Version of the DECNIS Data File B.3 Files Loaded from a PC to a DECNIS B.4 How BOOTP/TFTP Finds the Load Files on the DECNIS C MOP Loading to a DECNIS from a PATHWORKS V5 Load Host C.1 Before You Begin C.2 Procedure C.3 Moving Profile Files C.3.1 What You Need to Do C.3.2 Profile File Names C.3.3 Example C.4 DECNIS Hardware Address C.4.1 Finding the Port Hardware Address C.4.2 Procedure C.5 Example D MOP Loading to a DECNIS from a PATHWORKS V4.1 Load Host D.1 Procedure TABLES 2-1 Prerequisite Information 2-2 Images and Management Processor Cards 3-1 NETSET Information 3-2 Ethernet Drivers Provided 6-1 Configurator Keys 7-1 Keys Used to Get Help 8-1 BOOTP/TFTP Server Menu: Foreground Mode 8-2 BOOTP/TFTP Server Menu: Background Mode 11-1 Keys for Editing NCL Commands 11-2 Keys to Control NCL Output 12-1 Starting the Console A-1 Load-Host Configuration Information B-1 Documents Installed B-2 DECNIS File Names on PCs B-3 Files Loaded C-1 Hardware Address Assignment C-2 Examples of Hardware Address Assignment on a DECNIS 600