Tru64 UNIX

This document, "Tru64 UNIX Network Administration: Connections," is a manual for experienced system and network administrators. It describes tasks for configuring and managing network interfaces, transports, and services on systems running Tru64 UNIX.

Key areas covered include:

• Basic Network Connections (Chapter 2): Configuring Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, NetRAIN (automatic network adapter failover), link aggregation, and network daemons, with a focus on IPv4.
• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) (Chapter 3): Details on IPv6 addressing, deployment using various tunneling methods (automatic, 6to4, configured), planning, configuration as a host or router, and post-configuration tasks.
• Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) (Chapter 4): How to configure IPsec for secure connections, including concepts like security associations, key exchange (manual and IKE), and certificates. It also addresses performance considerations.
• Mobile IPv6 (Chapter 5): The environment, operation, planning, and configuration of Mobile IPv6, focusing on correspondent nodes and routers.
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) (Chapter 6): Planning and configuring ATM environments, including Classical IP, LAN Emulation, and IP Switching.
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (Chapter 7): Centralizing and automating IP address administration, planning DHCP, and configuring DHCP servers and clients.
• Point-to-Point Connections (Chapter 8): Setting up SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) and PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) connections, including hardware verification and authentication methods.
• Local Area Transport (LAT) (Chapter 9): Configuration and management of LAT services for terminal servers, printers, and host-initiated connections.
• Troubleshooting (Chapters 10 & 11 and Appendix A & B): Diagnostic maps and tools for solving network and service problems across all covered protocols (IPv4, IPv6, Mobile IPv6, IPsec, ATM, DHCP, SLIP, PPP, LAT), along with information on monitoring interfaces and interpreting IPsec messages.

The manual emphasizes the use of the SysMan Menu utility for configuration tasks over manual file editing to maintain system integrity.