DECserver 300 Use Jun89

This document, the "DECserver 300 Use" manual (Order No. AA-NE43A-TE, June 1989), serves as a tutorial guide for users of interactive terminals connected to a DECserver 300. It provides comprehensive information on nonprivileged server commands and general server functions.

The DECserver 300 is a Local Area Network (LAN) component designed to connect terminals and printers to the network via its sixteen ports, allowing access to network services or offering devices as services.

Key topics covered in the manual include:

• Getting Started: Logging in and out, accessing on-line help, establishing and ending service sessions, and understanding automatic failover.
• Session Management: Details on establishing, switching between, and disconnecting multiple service sessions, including specific guidance for terminals supporting Session Management (TD/SMP) for simultaneous data exchange and independent session contexts.
• Connectivity: How to connect to available services, specific network nodes, and ports.
• Configuration: Changing port and session characteristics such as switch characters, data transmission settings (character size, parity, speed, flow control), user identifiers, message reception, and queuing support.
• Information Display: Using SHOW and LIST commands to view operational and permanent information about the server, ports, service nodes, network services, sessions, and users.
• Utilities: Performing file transfers, locking terminals, testing port connections, and broadcasting messages.
• A comprehensive Command Summary is also included.