DECnet-Plus

This manual, "DECnet-Plus FTAM and Virtual Terminal Use and Management" (November 1996), provides comprehensive information on the File Transfer, Access, and Management (FTAM) and Virtual Terminal (VT) applications within the DECnet-Plus product set, supporting OpenVMS VAX/Alpha and Digital UNIX systems.

The document is structured for two main audiences:

• Users: Details how to use FTAM for file operations (copying, appending, deleting, listing, renaming) and Virtual Terminal for accessing remote systems, including file specifications, command syntax for OpenVMS (DCL) and Digital UNIX, and basic error recovery procedures.
• System and Network Managers: Explores the underlying OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) concepts, covering the Application, Presentation, and Session layers, their protocols (e.g., ISO 8571 for FTAM, ISO 9040/9041 for VT), services, and entities. It provides guidance on managing the OSI Application-Entity database (e.g., isoapplications file, aliases, Service Access Point selectors), configuring and maintaining FTAM and VT listeners, handling virtual filestore information, and setting up various gateways (DAP-FTAM, FTAM-FTP, LAT/VT, Telnet/VT, CTERM/VT) to enable interoperability with DECnet, Internet, LAT, and CTERM networks. It also addresses system resource requirements (quotas, privileges) and lower-layer addressing information (X.25, IEEE 802, Internet).

Appendices include detailed command summaries and error messages for both FTAM and Virtual Terminal. The manual aims to facilitate communication and file exchange across diverse, multi-vendor network environments.