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How To Use the Network Control Language (NCL) Commands To Manage a Router

Using PC Modem Access to Transfer Configuration and NCL Display

Using PC Modem Access toTransfer Configuration and NCL

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With an IBM-compatible personal computer (PC host) connected to the router’s console port, you can use the Zmodem protocol with two NCL commands, Zput and Zget, to do the following:

Copy a router configuration to the PC host for storage.

Copy a router configuration from the PC host to the original router or to other routers.

Copy the displayed output of certain NCL commands into a PC host file.

The PC must be emulating a VT100 or ANSI terminal, and can be connected either directly or using a modem to the router’s console port. Also, the PC must be running a Zmodem-compatible terminal emulation program such as PROCOMM PLUS*. This section describes the use of NCL commands with the PROCOMM PLUS terminal emulation program (version 2.01).

You can use other PC host versons of Zmodem. However, the exact procedure for invoking them depends on how each is implemented, and is likely to differ from the procedures shown on the following pages.

The commands available in this category are the following:

Zput: Copies NCL command output or the router configuration from the router to a file on the console PC. Refer to page 7-33.

Zget: Copies a router configuration from a file on the console PC to the router. Refer to page 7-36.

Recommended Hardware Connections:

For direct and modem hardware connections between the PC host and the router, refer to the “HP Cables” and “Other Standard Cables” sections in appendix A of the Installation Guide for the correct cables.

* PROCOMM PLUS is a product of Datastorm Technologies, Inc.

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