DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
Introduction and User's Guide

Contents (summary)

• Part I DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Overview
• Chapter 1 Introducing DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
• Chapter 2 DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Components
• Part II Conceptual Information
• Chapter 3 DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Concepts
• Chapter 4 X.25 Networking Concepts
• Part III Using DECnet-Plus Utilities
• Chapter 5 DECnet Network Operations
• Chapter 6 File Operations to and from Other DECnet and DECnet-Plus Nodes
• Part IV Glossary
• Glossary
• Index
• Figures
• Tables

Contents

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  Part I DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Overview

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  Chapter 1 Introducing DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
  • 1.1 Preparing for a Migration to DECnet-Plus
    • 1.1.1 Differences Between DECnet Phase IV and DECnet-Plus Phase V
  • 1.2 OSI and IETF Standards Supported
  • 1.3 Dependencies and Licenses
    • 1.3.1 DECnet Licenses
    • 1.3.2 Name Services
      • 1.3.2.1 Choosing the Local Namespace
      • 1.3.2.2 Choosing DECdns
      • 1.3.2.3 Choosing DNS/BIND
    • 1.3.3 DECdts Time Server
    • 1.3.4 Intermediate System
    • 1.3.5 X.25
    • 1.3.6 OSI Application Development
  • 1.4 Distributed Networking
    • 1.4.1 Distributed System Services
    • 1.4.2 Distributed Network Applications
  • 1.5 OpenVMS Cluster Systems
    • 1.5.1 DECnet-Plus OpenVMS Cluster Alias
    • 1.5.2 OpenVMS Cluster Configuration Procedure

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  Chapter 2 DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Components
  • 2.1 Features of DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
    • 2.1.1 OpenVMS Software Components
  • 2.2 DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Base System
    • 2.2.1 DECnet Over TCP/IP
    • 2.2.2 Digital-Supplied Session Control Applications
    • 2.2.3 Programming Interfaces
    • 2.2.4 OSI Transport Service
    • 2.2.5 NSP Transport Service
      • 2.2.5.1 End-System-to-Intermediate-System (ES-IS) Routing
    • 2.2.6 Network Management
    • 2.2.7 Name Service
      • 2.2.7.1 Local Namespace
    • 2.2.8 Time Service
  • 2.3 X.25
    • 2.3.1 X.25 Native Software
    • 2.3.2 X.25 Access Software
  • 2.4 Wide Area Network Device Drivers
  • 2.5 OSAK
    • 2.5.1 OSAK API
    • 2.5.2 OSAK Software and Management Facilities
      • 2.5.2.1 Protocol Machine
      • 2.5.2.2 Network Control and Management Facilities
      • 2.5.2.3 OSAK Trace Utility
    • 2.5.3 Active and Passive Addresses
  • 2.6 FTAM
    • 2.6.1 FTAM Gateway
  • 2.7 Virtual Terminal (VT)
    • 2.7.1 VT Gateways
      • 2.7.1.1 LAT/VT and VT/LAT Gateways
      • 2.7.1.2 VT/Telnet and Telnet/VT Gateways
  • 2.8 Management Tools and Utilities
    • 2.8.1 Network Control Language (NCL)
      • 2.8.1.1 Network Management Graphical User Interface (NET$MGMT)
    • 2.8.2 Network Control Program (NCP)
    • 2.8.3 Common Trace Facility (CTF)
    • 2.8.4 CMISE API
    • 2.8.5 Network Management Support Tools
    • 2.8.6 DECnet-Plus Event Dispatcher (EVD)
    • 2.8.7 CMIP Management Listener (CML)

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  Part II Conceptual Information

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  Chapter 3 DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Concepts
  • 3.1 Communications Architecture: The OSI Reference Model
    • 3.1.1 Comparison of DNA Phases
  • 3.2 Data Flow
  • 3.3 OSI Terminology
    • 3.3.1 Protocols
    • 3.3.2 Protocol Stacks (Towers)
    • 3.3.3 Dialogues
    • 3.3.4 Entities
    • 3.3.5 Services
      • 3.3.5.1 Service Primitives
      • 3.3.5.2 Service Access Points (SAPs)
  • 3.4 The Upper Three OSI Layers
    • 3.4.1 Presentation and Session Entities
  • 3.5 DNA Session Control Layer
    • 3.5.1 Objects and Applications
    • 3.5.2 Protocol Towers
    • 3.5.3 Address Resolution
    • 3.5.4 Address Selection
    • 3.5.5 Connection Control
    • 3.5.6 Digital-Supplied Session Control Layer Applications
  • 3.6 Transport Layer
    • 3.6.1 Transport Layer Ports and Session Layer Ports
    • 3.6.2 Supported Transport Protocols
      • 3.6.2.1 OSI Transport Protocol
      • 3.6.2.2 Network Services Protocol (NSP)
    • 3.6.3 OSI Transport Service
      • 3.6.3.1 OSI Transport Service Functions
      • 3.6.3.2 OSI Transport Templates
      • 3.6.3.3 OSI Transport Connections
  • 3.7 Network Layer
    • 3.7.1 Network Services
      • 3.7.1.1 Connectionless-Mode Network Service (CLNS)
      • 3.7.1.2 Connection-Oriented Network Service (CONS)
    • 3.7.2 Broadcast Network Connections: The Routing Process
      • 3.7.2.1 Compliance with OSI Packet Formats and Addressing
  • 3.8 Data Link Layer
    • 3.8.1 Support for CSMA-CD Protocol on a LAN
      • 3.8.1.1 Extended LANs
      • 3.8.1.2 Intermediate System
      • 3.8.1.3 Multicircuit End Systems
      • 3.8.1.4 Areas and Multihomed Systems
    • 3.8.2 Support for the HDLC Protocol
      • 3.8.2.1 LAPB Support
    • 3.8.3 Support for the DDCMP Protocol
      • 3.8.3.1 Synchronous DDCMP
      • 3.8.3.2 Asynchronous DDCMP
      • 3.8.3.3 Converting DDCMP Links to HDLC Links
  • 3.9 Physical Layer
    • 3.9.1 CSMA-CD LAN Interface
    • 3.9.2 Modem Connect Module
  • 3.10 Network Management
    • 3.10.1 Network Management Components
    • 3.10.2 How the Director Works
      • 3.10.2.1 Management Access Relationship
      • 3.10.2.2 Management of Remote DECnet Phase IV Nodes
      • 3.10.2.3 Support for Phase IV NCP and the NICE Protocol
      • 3.10.2.4 Maintenance Operation Protocol (MOP) Support
    • 3.10.3 Configuration Procedure for DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS

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  Chapter 4 X.25 Networking Concepts
  • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.1.1 Packet Switching Data Networks (PSDN)
    • 4.1.2 PADs and Character-Mode Terminals
  • 4.2 X.25 Protocols
    • 4.2.1 Packet Level
    • 4.2.2 Frame Level
    • 4.2.3 Physical Level
  • 4.3 Implemented Standards
    • 4.3.1 Related CCITT Standards
    • 4.3.2 Related OSI Standards
  • 4.4 How Connections Are Made and Data Is Transferred
    • 4.4.1 Physical Connections
    • 4.4.2 Logical Channels
      • 4.4.2.1 Virtual Circuits
      • 4.4.2.2 Logical Channel Numbers
    • 4.4.3 DTE Addresses
    • 4.4.4 Controlling the Flow of Packets
  • 4.5 Optional Facilities of Public and Private PSDNs
    • 4.5.1 DTE Parameters
    • 4.5.2 PAD Parameters
  • 4.6 Network Profiles
  • 4.7 PSDNs Supported by Digital's X.25 Products

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  Part III Using DECnet-Plus Utilities

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  Chapter 5 DECnet Network Operations
  • 5.1 How You Can Use DECnet
    • 5.1.1 Performing Operations using DCL Commands
  • 5.2 Specifying Node Names
    • 5.2.1 Phase IV-Style Node Synonyms
    • 5.2.2 Name Abbreviation Using Local Roots
    • 5.2.3 Logging In to Other DECnet Nodes
  • 5.3 Accessing Remote Files
    • 5.3.1 Specifying Files
    • 5.3.2 Specifying Files on a Non-OpenVMS System
    • 5.3.3 Protecting Files
  • 5.4 File Operations
    • 5.4.1 Displaying Remote Directories and Files
    • 5.4.2 Public Directories
    • 5.4.3 Copying and Printing Remote Files
      • 5.4.3.1 The COPY Command
      • 5.4.3.2 The APPEND Command
      • 5.4.3.3 The PRINT/REMOTE Command
    • 5.4.4 Other Remote File Operations
      • 5.4.4.1 Edit
      • 5.4.4.2 Delete
      • 5.4.4.3 Purge
      • 5.4.4.4 Search
      • 5.4.4.5 Compare
      • 5.4.4.6 Sort
      • 5.4.4.7 Merge
      • 5.4.4.8 Examine
      • 5.4.4.9 Back Up
  • 5.5 Using the Mail and Phone Utilities
    • 5.5.1 The MAIL Command
      • 5.5.1.1 Sending Files and Long Messages
    • 5.5.2 The Phone Utility

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  Chapter 6 File Operations to and from Other DECnet and DECnet-Plus Nodes
  • 6.1 General DECnet Restrictions
  • 6.2 OpenVMS to Digital UNIX or ULTRIX Network Operations
    • 6.2.1 File System Constraints
      • 6.2.1.1 File Formats and Access Modes
      • 6.2.1.2 OpenVMS RMS Interface
      • 6.2.1.3 File Specifications
    • 6.2.2 DCL Considerations
      • 6.2.2.1 COPY
      • 6.2.2.2 DIRECTORY
  • 6.3 OpenVMS to MS-DOS Network Operations
    • 6.3.1 File System Constraints
      • 6.3.1.1 File Formats and Access Modes
      • 6.3.1.2 OpenVMS RMS Interface
      • 6.3.1.3 File Specifications
    • 6.3.2 DCL Considerations
      • 6.3.2.1 COPY
      • 6.3.2.2 DIRECTORY
  • 6.4 OpenVMS to RSX Network Operation Using RMS-based FAL
    • 6.4.1 File Formats and Access Modes
    • 6.4.2 OpenVMS RMS Interface
    • 6.4.3 File Specifications
    • 6.4.4 DCL Considerations
      • 6.4.4.1 COPY

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  Part IV Glossary

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  Glossary
  • G.1 Definitions
  • G.2 Acronyms

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  Index

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  Figures
  • 2-1 DNA Phase V DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
  • 2-2 Component Relationships
  • 2-3 OSAK Software on DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Systems
  • 3-1 OSI Reference Model
  • 3-2 OSI Reference Model: Data Flow
  • 3-3 The Relationship of PDUs, User Data, and SDUs
  • 3-4 Service User, Service Provider, and SAP Interaction
  • 3-5 SAPs at Different OSI Layers
  • 3-6 ES-IS and IS-IS Protocols
  • 4-1 Packet Switching Equipment
  • 4-2 Packets Traveling Over a PSDN
  • 4-3 Connecting Character-Mode DTEs to a PSDN
  • 4-4 X.25 Protocol Levels
  • 4-5 Structure of a Packet
  • 4-6 Structure of a Frame
  • 4-7 CCITT Packet-Switching Recommendations
  • 4-8 Virtual Circuits Versus Logical Channels
  • 4-9 DTE Address Example

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  Tables
  • 1-DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Documentation
  • 1-1 DNA Phases
  • 1-2 OSI Standards Supported by DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
  • 1-3 DECnet Phase IV and DECnet-Plus Licensing
  • 2-1 Functions and Associated Software
  • 2-2 OSAK Software: Summary of ISO Standards Implemented
  • 3-1 Layers of the OSI Reference Model and Their Functions
  • 3-2 Layer Names: DNA Phase IV and DNA Phase V
  • 3-3 Functions of the OSI Transport Protocol Classes
  • 1-Acronyms
  • 2-ISO and IEC Acronyms in Transition

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