Installation

Phase 4: Initialize and Verify the Router

RGETXR: Use the Rgetxr command to display the XNS routing table for this node. Verify that entries exist for all of the XNS networks represented in your network map. Check the next hop entries to determine the route the XNS packets will take to each destination network. Verify that the number of hops to these networks is what you expect. A very large hop count metric value may indicate that the route is considered invalid. Check the type field for an ‘‘I’’ (invalid) entry.

RGETD: Use the Rgetd command to display the DECnet router configuration table. Verify that all DECnet circuit groups are available.

RGETDN: Use the Rgetdn command to display the DECnet router level 1 (intra-area) routing table for a local or remote HP router. Verify that the router has learned about all routers and end nodes in its area. Also, trace the paths to the destination nodes to verify that the hop counts and path costs are as expected.

RGETDA: Displays the DECnet router level 2 (inter-area) routing table for a local or remote router. Verify that the router has learned about a path to all areas. Trace the paths to the level 2 router in the destination area to verify that hop counts and path costs are as expected. Note that DECnet routing services on HP routers are always level 1 and level 2 routing services, but this may not be true for DECnet routing services from other vendors.

RGETATR: Displays the AppleTalk routing table. Verify that network range entries exist for all AppleTalk networks. The network ranges should be consistent with those recorded on the network map.

Check the next hop entries to determine the route that AppleTalk packets will take to each destination network. Verify that the number of hops to these subnets is what you expect. Check the status field to verify that there are no entries that are marked suspect or bad.

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