CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Part I    Managing the System

  1      Tools for Managing the DECNIS

  1.1     Introduction:  SNMP and DEC CMIP
    1.1.1      Two Management Protocols
    1.1.2      SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
    1.1.3      DEC CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol)

  1.2     Management Model:  CMIP

  1.3     Management Modules
    1.3.1      Entities
    1.3.2      Entity Attributes
    1.3.3      Example
    1.3.4      Entities and Management
    1.3.5      Entities Implemented in the DECNIS

  1.4     Using NCL
    1.4.1      What Is NCL?
    1.4.2      Management Systems
      1.4.2.1      Supported Management Hosts
      1.4.2.2      General Requirements for Management Hosts
    1.4.3      Starting NCL and Issuing Commands
    1.4.4      Security for NCL Commands
      1.4.4.1      Example:  Supplying Access Control Information in NCL Commands
    1.4.5      Using a Default Node for NCL Commands
    1.4.6      Setting Default Security for NCL Commands

  1.5     Static and Dynamic Management
    1.5.1      Dynamic Management:  Definition
    1.5.2      Static Management:  Definition

  1.6     NCL Script Files and CMIP Files
    1.6.1      NCL Script Files
    1.6.2      CMIP Files and Combined Files
    1.6.3      Converting an NCL Script File to a CMIP File
    1.6.4      Creating a Combined File

  1.7     Using the DECNIS Configurator to Create the NCL Script File and Configuration Load File
    1.7.1      DECNIS Configurator Description
    1.7.2      Procedure

  1.8     User NCL Script Files
    1.8.1      Introduction
    1.8.2      Types of User NCL Script File
    1.8.3      How the DECNIS Uses the User NCL Script Files
    1.8.4      Example

  1.9     Modifying the Combined File
    1.9.1      Before You Start
    1.9.2      Starting MOD_FLSH
    1.9.3      MOD_FLSH Display
    1.9.4      Exiting from MOD_FLSH
    1.9.5      Getting Help
    1.9.6      Adding a File
    1.9.7      Deleting a File
    1.9.8      Extracting a File
    1.9.9      Displaying the Combined File

  1.10    Using CMIP Over TCP
    1.10.1     What TCP Enables You to Do
    1.10.2     Managing the DECNIS Over TCP
    1.10.3     Managing Other Systems from the DECNIS
      1.10.3.1     Effect of Setting NCL Transport to TCP
      1.10.3.2     Switching Back to DECnet Transport

  1.11    Using the DECnet/OSI Naming Services
    1.11.1     Introduction
    1.11.2     DECdns
    1.11.3     Local Namespace
    1.11.4     The DECNIS and the Naming Services

  1.12    Translation of Node Names on the DECNIS
    1.12.1     Introduction
    1.12.2     Tower Sets

  1.13    Entering Tower Sets in the Known Towers Database
    1.13.1     Introduction
    1.13.2     Entering Tower Sets Using the DECNIS Configurator
      1.13.2.1     Using a Naming Service
      1.13.2.2     Creating Tower Sets Without Using the Naming Services
      1.13.2.3     Result
    1.13.3     Entering Tower Sets in the Known Towers Database Using NCL Commands
    1.13.4     Tower Set Structure
    1.13.5     Example:  Adding a Tower Set Using NCL

  1.14    Creating MOP Circuits for Loopback Testing
    1.14.1     Introduction
    1.14.2     Procedure

  1.15    DECNIS Trace Facility

  1.16    DECmcc

  2      Using a Console Terminal on the DECNIS

  2.1     Introduction
    2.1.1      Console Port Location
    2.1.2      Requirements

  2.2     Starting the Console
    2.2.1      Console Prompt

  2.3     Exiting from the Console

  2.4     Using Telnet to Set Up a Remote Connection to the Console
    2.4.1      Introduction
      2.4.1.1      DECNIS Telnet Implementation
    2.4.2      Requirements for the Remote Terminal System
    2.4.3      Setting Up Telnet on the DECNIS
    2.4.4      Connecting to the DECNIS Console
    2.4.5      Character Echoing Options
      2.4.5.1      Remote Echoing
      2.4.5.2      Local Echoing
      2.4.5.3      Procedure for Selecting Echoing Options
      2.4.5.4      Returning to the Telnet Prompt from the Console Prompt
    2.4.6      Disabling Telnet Connections
    2.4.7      Specifying Allowed Connections
      2.4.7.1      Procedure
      2.4.7.2      Changing Allowed IP Addresses
      2.4.7.3      Showing Allowed Telnet Connections

  2.5     Using Console Commands
    2.5.1      Displaying Console Command Descriptions
    2.5.2      Help with Console Command Parameters
    2.5.3      Console Command Summary

  2.6     Editing Console Commands
    2.6.1      Controlling the Output from Console Commands

  2.7     Disabling Autobauding and Setting the Console Speed
    2.7.1      Procedure:  Disabling Autobauding
    2.7.2      Autobauding Restored When DECNIS Is Restarted

  2.8     Setting Inactivity Timeout Periods
    2.8.1      Procedure
      2.8.1.1      Disabling Inactivity Timeout

  2.9     Disabling and Enabling the Modem
    2.9.1      Procedure

  2.10    Automatic Modem Disconnection

  2.11    Setting and Disabling a Console Password
    2.11.1     Procedure:  Setting a Password
    2.11.2     Procedure:  Disabling a Password

  2.12    Looking Up IP Addresses and Node Names
    2.12.1     Requirement
    2.12.2     Procedure

  2.13    Loading and Dumping the DECNIS
    2.13.1     Booting the DECNIS
    2.13.2     Dumping the DECNIS
    2.13.3     Loading the DECNIS
    2.13.4     Restarting the DECNIS
    2.13.5     Selecting the Files to Be Loaded from Flash Memory
    2.13.6     Finding the Flash Index Numbers
      2.13.6.1     Entering Incorrect Index Numbers

  2.14    Using the Network Control Language
    2.14.1     Starting NCL
    2.14.2     Setting the Terminal Screen Size
      2.14.2.1     Procedure
    2.14.3     Exiting from NCL
    2.14.4     NCL Command Format
      2.14.4.1     Managing the Local DECNIS
      2.14.4.2     Managing a Remote Node
      2.14.4.3     Supplying Access Control Information
      2.14.4.4     Using Default Nodes
    2.14.5     Setting Default Security
    2.14.6     Managing the DECNIS and Other Nodes
      2.14.6.1     Specifying the Node
      2.14.6.2     Using DECnet Node Names in NCL Commands
      2.14.6.3     Using IP Addresses in NCL Commands
      2.14.6.4     Using IP Node Names in NCL Commands
      2.14.6.5     How the DECNIS Interprets Node Names and Addresses
    2.14.7     Help on NCL
    2.14.8     Editing NCL Commands
      2.14.8.1     Line Length
      2.14.8.2     Command Length
    2.14.9     Displaying NCL Output
      2.14.9.1     Controlling the Display of NCL Output
      2.14.9.2     The More Prompt
    2.14.10    Restrictions
      2.14.10.1    SNAPSHOT Command
      2.14.10.2    NCL File Generation
      2.14.10.3    DECdns Names in NCL Commands

  2.15    Using Console Break-in
    2.15.1     Procedure
    2.15.2     The Break-In Commands

  2.16    The ROM Console Program
    2.16.1     Starting the ROM Console Program
    2.16.2     ROM Console Commands
    2.16.3     Dumping the DECNIS
      2.16.3.1     Set and Show Self-Test
      2.16.3.2     Show All Command

  3      Configuring SNMP on the DECNIS

  3.1     Introduction

  3.2     MIBs
    3.2.1      MIB Definition
    3.2.2      Groups and Objects

  3.3     Overview

  3.4     Access Control
    3.4.1      Community Names
    3.4.2      Example

  3.5     MIBs Supported by the DECNIS
    3.5.1      MIBs and MIB Groups
    3.5.2      Location of MIBs

  3.6     Traps
    3.6.1      Definition
    3.6.2      Traps Supported by the DECNIS

  3.7     Configuring the DECNIS to Be Manageable Using SNMP
    3.7.1      Introduction
    3.7.2      Configuring the DECNIS to Respond to SNMP Requests
    3.7.3      Example
      3.7.3.1      Result
    3.7.4      Using NCL to Configure the DECNIS to Send Traps
    3.7.5      Using SNMP to Configure the DECNIS to Send Traps

  3.8     Using SNMP to Manage the DECNIS

  4      Setting Up Event Logging on the DECNIS

  4.1     Event Logging on the DECNIS
    4.1.1      Outbound Event Streams
    4.1.2      Example

  4.2     Event Sinks
    4.2.1      Requirement to Set Up Event Sinks