DECnet-RSX V4.5 Network Management Concepts and Procedures Oct89

This document, titled "DECnet-RSX Network Management Concepts and Procedures" (October 1989), serves as a comprehensive guide for network managers responsible for building, maintaining, and managing DECnet-RSX and DECnet-RSX/PSI nodes within a DECnet network. It specifically addresses DECnet software implementations for RSX-11M, RSX-11S, RSX-11M-PLUS, and Micro/RSX operating systems, and describes system management procedures for RSX-11 PSI systems, all conforming to Digital Network Architecture (DNA) and CCITT X.25 recommendation.

The manual covers:

• Network Management Overview: Introduces the roles and responsibilities of a network manager and the core utilities (CFE, NCP, VNP) for interacting with network databases (permanent, volatile, system image file).
• Network Management Components: Details the configuration and parameters of fundamental network elements such as nodes (identification, access control, routing parameters), routing components (areas, node types), objects, lines (types, devices, parameters), and circuits (types, identification, parameters, states). It also covers event logging mechanisms and various network counters for performance monitoring.
• Operating Procedures: Provides instructions for starting up, shutting down, and monitoring both local and remote DECnet-RSX/PSI nodes using display commands and event logging.
• Network Testing: Describes various loopback tests (node level, circuit level, X.25 line level) for fault isolation, and introduces utilities like the X.25 Trace Interpreter Task (TRI) and KMX/KMY/KMV Microcode Dump Analyzer (KDA).
• Host Services: Explains down-line loading and up-line dumping operations for remote nodes, including task loading for RSX-11S systems, and remote console facilities (CCR).
• Configuration Guidelines: Offers guidance on choosing network buffer parameters and designing multi-area networks, addressing potential configuration problems like partitioned areas and area leakage.
• Internal Structure: Provides an overview of the software components and their interactions within DECnet-RSX/PSI.

Appendices offer command summaries for CFE, NCP, and VNP, object type codes, event class and type summaries, network counter summaries, and RSX-11 PSI component states and state transitions for quick reference.