DECnet-RSX V4.5 Guide to Network Management Utilities Oct89

This document, titled "DECnet-RSX Guide to Network Management Utilities" (October 1989, Order Number: AA-EB30C-TC), is a technical manual for network managers responsible for building, maintaining, and managing DECnet-RSX nodes within a DECnet network. It specifically covers DECnet implementations running on RSX-11M, RSX-11S, RSX-11M-PLUS, and Micro/RSX operating systems (versions 4.3 and 4.5).

The manual is divided into four main parts:

Part I: Core Network Management Utilities (CFE, NCP, VNP) This section details the primary utilities for network management:

• Configuration File Editor (CFE): A privileged utility used to modify and display parameters in the permanent network configuration file (CETAB.MAC).
• Network Control Program (NCP): A utility for loading, controlling, monitoring, and testing network software, primarily modifying the volatile (running) database. It supports both local and remote command execution.
• Virtual Network Processor (VNP): A privileged utility (not for Micro/RSX) used to modify or display DECnet-RSX software configuration within the system image file.

Part II: Network Management Tools This part describes several specialized network management tools and their commands:

• Console Carrier Requester (CCR): For remote access to console services.
• Event File Interpreter (EVF): Used to format machine-readable event logs for analysis.
• KMX/KMY/KMV Dump Analyzer (KDA): Analyzes microcode dumps from specific hardware for fault diagnosis.
• LAT Control Program (LCP): Manages the Local Area Transport (LAT) process on service nodes.
• Network Crash Dump Analyzer (NDA): Helps determine the cause of network crashes by analyzing system and network data structures from crash dumps.
• Network Display Program (NTD): Provides real-time displays of network resources, node summaries, and area summaries.
• Queue Manager (QUE): Interfaces with the File Transfer Spooler (FTS) to initialize queues, processors, and manage user-queued FTS requests.
• Trace Interpreter Task (TRI): Diagnoses software problems on X.25 PSI lines by tracing and interpreting message frames.
• Proxy Access: Explains how to manage and enable remote user access to accounts on a node without requiring traditional account credentials.

Part III: Error Messages This section provides a comprehensive summary of error messages for all the utilities and tools discussed in the manual.

Part IV: Appendixes Includes reference information such as process names and object type codes.

Overall, the document serves as an essential reference for network managers, providing detailed command syntax, usage guidelines, restrictions, and error handling information to effectively operate and troubleshoot DECnet-RSX networks.