This command creates a subdirectory (that is, the Link File directory) and two files under the root directory, FILES802, on a designated File Server (disk"based) node.
The Link File directory's name will identify the node to which it is associated since it contains the node's Station Address (in a compressed form).
A node's Link File directory will contain two files: MCAST.TXT and EL.TXT. On initialization, Node Manager software will write the Multicast Addresses contained in the MCAST.TXT file to the respective node. When the node is properly configured, •bad", •orphan", and •trace" packets will be logged to the EL.TXT file. (See Chapter 4.)
The syntax of this command is:
CD[,[ADR][,[FileAddress][,LU#]]]
where: |
|
ADR | This is the •target" Station Address, that is, the disk"based node on which |
| the Link File directory will be created. It is entered as 6 pairs of |
| hexadecimal digits separated by hyphens. See Table 5"2 for default |
| addresses. |
FileAddress | This is a 6"byte Station Address of the node for which a Link File directory |
| is created. Through a mapping process, Node Manager uses this entry to |
| name the Link File directory (see Chapter 4). FileAddress is entered |
| using 6 pairs of hexadecimal digits separated by hyphens. See Table 5"2 for |
| default entry values. |
LU# | This identifies the Logical Unit number of the LANIC card through which |
| the command is transmitted and from which a response is received. It is a |
| number in the range 2 to 255 (decimal) established during system |
| generation; hence, it always applies to a local LANIC card. See Table 5"2 |
| for default values. |
Note that the ADR parameter is the File Server Station Address for the node specified by FileAddress. However, neither the local nor remote Node Manager variable for storing the File Server Station Address is updated with this information. In other words, after a CD command is executed, the FileAddress node still does not •know" its File Server Station Address.
The SC or UC commands are used to update a node's File Server Station Address variable maintained by the Node Manager software. In addition, these commands may configure the File Server Station Address as the Download Server Station Address (in NOVRAM) to make it more permanent. Refer to the SC and UC command descriptions for additional information.
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