List of Illustrations

Figure 1"1HP 1000 A"Series Connected to an IEEE 802.3 LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1"2
Figure 1"2

Node Manager Software Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 1"3

Node Manager Software Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 2"1

Layers of the OSI Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 2"2

HP 12076A Relationships to Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 2"3IEEE 802.3 Frame and Location of IEEE 802.2 Sublayer . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 2"4

IEEE 802.2 Sublayer Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 4"1

NM Software Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 4"2Typical User Command Processing Through Node Manager Modules . . .

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Figure 4"3

Link Files in File Server Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure 4"4Node Manager Software Initialization for Posting Class Numbers . . . . . .4"14
Figure 5"1

Deciphering the Packet Error Byte, ERR# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure C"1

IEEE 802 Family Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tables

Table 4"1

Initial Factory Settings Contained in NOVRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 4"2

Receive Packet Filter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"1ADR and LU# Defaults for Group I Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"2ADR, FileAddress, and LU# Defaults for Group II Commands . . . . . . .

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Table 5"3Definitions of the RC Command Parameter, PAR# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5"12
Table 5"4

Receive Packet Filter Mode Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"5

LANIC Card Status Bit Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"6

SC PAR# Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"7

PAR"Value Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"8

Interpretation of TC Command Self"Test Failed Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"9

Interpretation of EL Loopback Test Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"10

IEEE 802.2 Control Field Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 5"11

Statistics Information Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table A"1Command Execution Errors Returned by the NMGR Module . . . . . . . . .

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Table A"2

Driver Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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