HP 12076A LAN/1000 Link
Node Manager's Manual
NOTICE
Printing History
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Preface
Purpose
Assumptions
Related Reading
Organization
Table of Contents
3"6
3"7
3"8
3"9
Node Manager Operations
5"5
5"6
5"7
Group I: Commands Not Containing the FileAddress Parameter
5"8
5"58
LANVCP Operations
6"1
6"2
6"4
List of Illustrations
Tables
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Introduction
Identification
Installation
System Requirements
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Software
System Memory
LANVCP Operation
Node Manager Software Services
Configuration Services
Statistical Services
Diagnostic Services
Event Logging Services
Implementation Considerations
Designating Nodes
General Information
Open Systems Interconnection Model
Note
IEEE 802 Service Types
Transmission Frames
Format
Preamble
Start Frame Delimiter
Destination Address
where:
CA = Card Address bits comprising the lower six hex digits
Globally Administered Address
Locally Administered Address
Individual node address
Source Address
Length
Protocol Data Unit
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Control
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Information
Poll bit (for commands) or Final bit (for responses) as previously defined
bit values establish the Logical Link Control services provided, Type
and/or Type
bits are reserved and are set to •0
bits are for Receive Window Size defined for Type 2 services
Pad
Frame Check Sequence
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Software Installation
Installation Summary
Modules Provided
Answer File Entries
Table Generation
Example 31. Sample Table Generation Entries for Two LANIC Cards Installed
(An asterisk •*" denotes a comment line)
sc1, lu1
are Card 1's select code (in Octal), and logical unit number
sc2, lu2
Linking Node Manager Software
Using LAN8023.CMD
Driver and Node Manager Initialization
Verifying the System
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Node Manager Operations
Node Manager Modules
Command Processing
Command Entry Errors
Command Execution Errors
Files and Directories
MCAST.TXT
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EL.TXT
Driver Interface
Driver's Class Table
Packet Routing
Saving Orphan Packets
RAM & NOVRAM
Driver's Copy
Node Manager Software Initialization
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Finding Link File Directories
Entering User Commands
Initialization Errors
Post Initialization
Packet Filter Addressing Modes
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Multiple LANIC Cards
Using Node Manager
Parameter Notation
Getting Started
Exiting the Node Manager Software
Using the Help Facility
NM
Using the Command Stack
Command Entry
Timeout Error Messages
Command Execution
Node Manager Commands
Group I: Commands Not Containing the FileAddress Parameter
Group II: Commands Containing the FileAddress Parameter
Retrieving the ADR Parameter
Configuration Commands
Read Link Configuration Command (RC)
Multicast Address Considerations
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RC Command Examples
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Set Link Configuration Command (SC)
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Station Address Considerations
Download Server Station Address Considerations
File Server Station Address Considerations
Packet Filter Mode Considerations
SC Command Examples
Update Link Configuration Command (UC)
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UC Command Example
Insert Multicast Address Command (IM)
IM Command Examples
Delete Multicast Address Command (DM)
DM Command Examples
Create Link File Directories Command (CD)
CD Command Example
Purge Link File Directories Command (PD)
PD Command Example
CK Command Examples
Diagnostic Commands
The Rep Parameter
1.Press any key, resulting in the Command Monitor system program prompt (CM>)
2.Set the break flag for the NM module, as follows:
LANIC Self%Test Command (TC)
The syntax for this command is:
This is the •target" Station Address of the node whose LANIC card undergoes
TC Command Examples
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Do External Loopback to MAU Command (EL)
EL Command Examples
Example 2. External Loopback Test Failure
Issue TEST Loopback Command (TEST)
This is the •target" Station Address of the node to which the TEST command
See Table 5"1 for default addresses
process, on the ADR node, for which the IEEE 802.2 TEST command packet is
directed, and from which an IEEE 802.2 TEST response packet is desired. This
DSAP Considerations
Self%Addressed TEST Packets
Errors
TEST Command Examples
Example 2. Incorrect MSGLEN Parameter
MSGLEN
Rep
Example 4. Self"Addressed TEST Commands
XID Command (XID)
process (on the ADR node) for which the IEEE 802.2 XID command packet is
directed and from which the XID response packet is desired. This parameter is
required and entered as a two"digit hexadecimal number
set (see •The Rep Parameter" discussed earlier in this chapter)
Self%Addressed XID Packets
XID Command Examples
Event Log Commands
Read Event Log File Command (RE)
RE[,FileAddress]
where
TIME
DATE
List Facility
RE Command Examples
Example 3. Bad Packet Entry in Event Log File
Example 4. Trace Packet Entry in Event Log File
Statistics Commands
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Statistics Description
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Read Link Statistics Counters Command (RS)
This is the Logical Unit number of the LANIC card through which the command is
local LANIC card. See Table 5"1 for default values
RS Command Example
ZS Command Example
LANVCP Operations
Memory%Based System, LAN, and VCP
Hardware and Software Requirements
IPL_BUILD and IPL_EDIT - Configuration Files
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Examples
Format of IPL_TABLE.TXT
Selecting the System File to Download
DISPATCH - Monitoring LAN Packets
VCPMT Monitor
RMVCP - Remote VCP
/BREAK
/EXIT
/HELP
/READ
/WAIT
Examples
RMVCP Memory Dump Session
RMVCP
enter
number of
byte pages of
Downloading Over a LAN Link
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Error Codes & Descriptions
NMGR Error Codes
Driver Error Codes
LANVCP Error Codes
-14:Unexpected_session received message in error, type: <VCP message type
VCPMT initialization was unable to open the error printer file (LU 1)
-17:Interactive session received message in error, type: <VCP message type
-19:Error in reading download file, FMP error: <FMP error
-23:Memory dump failed on LAN address <address
NM Command Summary
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IEEE 802 Family Relationships
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Record of Changes
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Index