Planning for Node Configuration

Node Worksheet Information

Table 4-1

Configuration Worksheet Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

 

Screen

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

(FDDI Link name)

 

FDDI Configuration

This represents the FDDI card for

 

 

 

 

which you are configuring a link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100VG-AnyLAN

 

LAN Configuration

This represents the 100VG-AnyLAN

 

Link name)

 

 

card for which you are configuring a

 

 

 

 

link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100Base-T Link

 

LAN Configuration

This represents the 100Base-T card

 

name)

 

 

for which you are configuring a link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(X.25 Link name)

 

X.25 Configuration

The name of the link used by X.25 iX

 

 

 

 

System Access. It must match the link

 

 

 

 

name configured during configuration

 

 

 

 

of the datacommunications and

 

 

 

 

terminal subsystem (DTS).

 

 

 

 

 

(Point-to-Point Link

Point-to-Point Configuration

This represents the PSI card for

 

name)

 

 

which you are configuring a link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local node name

 

Main

The node name is the name by which

 

 

 

 

the HP e3000 computer is known in

 

 

 

 

the network. The format of a node

 

 

 

 

name is

 

 

 

 

nodename.domain.organization

 

 

 

 

where the total number of characters

 

 

 

 

is 50 or fewer, and each field contains

 

 

 

 

16 or fewer characters (alphanumeric,

 

 

 

 

underscore, or hyphens). The first

 

 

 

 

character of each field must be

 

 

 

 

alphabetic.

 

 

 

 

 

Local domain name

NS Configuration

The name of the system in ARPANET

 

 

 

 

standard format. It is composed of

 

 

 

 

labels, with each label separated by a

 

 

 

 

period. Labels must start with a letter

 

 

 

 

or digit and have as interior

 

 

 

 

characters only letters, digits,

 

 

 

 

hyphens(-), or underbars (_). There

 

 

 

 

may be any number of labels, but the

 

 

 

 

total length of the name, including

 

 

 

 

periods, is limited to 255 characters.

 

 

 

 

(If not using domain names for

 

 

 

 

network access, leave the local node

 

 

 

 

name in this field.)

 

 

 

 

 

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