[HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues

[Kari Uusim ki]

DECnet-plus (or as called in Tru64unix ; DECnet-OSI) includes everything needed to communicate with DECnet Phase IV nodes. It is only a matter of configuration.
You can use the DECnet-plus for OpenVMS documentation, because NCL vocabulary is exactly the same on both platforms. On Tru64unix the other DECnet related commands differ from OpenVMS; like
SET HOST -> dlogin
DIR -> dls
etc

The DECnet-plus documentation resides at:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/decnetplus.html

Are you trying to configure your Tru64unix system to communicate with HECNET Phase IV nodes?
If so, why don't you just use the provided configuration tool? That's a lot easier than trying to accomplish the configuration manually.




On 13.2.2013 22:26, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
Can you point me to documentation that mentions how to integrate it with Phase IV?   Targeted for Tru64 as well? ;)
Finding documentation that meets both criteria is proving difficult...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kari Uusim  ki" <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:21:29 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues


If you have all or some entities already created, you cannot do it again.
You should first shut the DECnet-plus (DECnet-OSI) down to remove all
the entities before you can try to create and enable them again.

There should be template scripts on the system which you can edit to
make them suit your configuration.

It would help a lot to read the DECnet-plus manuals to get a clear
picture of how it works and how to manage it.



On 13.2.2013 20:47, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
bash-4.0# ncl < start_routing.ncl

Node 0 CSMA-CD
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.048-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class

REASON: Already Exists
Description: Already Exists


Node 0 CSMA-CD Station csmacd-1
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.062-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class

REASON: Already Exists
Description: A Station with this name already exists


Node 0
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.091-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists


Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.114-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Set
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists


Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.121-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Set
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists


Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.126-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Enable
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists

bash-4.0# cat start_routing.ncl
create csma-cd
create csma-cd station csmacd-1 communication port tu0
enable csma-cd station csmacd-1
create routing circuit circuit-1 type csma-cd
#
# The following command sets the inactive area address, which is used
# to enable transmission and receipt of ISO 8473 Inactive Subset PDUs,
# also known as Null Internet.   This functionality is disabled by
# default.   To enable Null Internet, remove the comment character
# from the following command.
#
create node 0 routing type endnode
set node 0 routing phaseiv address = 9.3
enable node 0 routing
set node 0 routing circuit circuit-1 enable phaseiv address true
set node 0 routing circuit circuit-1 data link entity csma-cd station csmacd-1
enable node 0 routing circuit circuit-1

If the stuff already exists, why is the second half of the script failing?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kari Uusim  ki" <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:39:27 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues

On 13.2.2013 20:23, b4 at gewt.net wrote:

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*From: *b4 at gewt.net
*To: *hecnet at update.uu.se
*Sent: *Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:09:03 PM
*Subject: *[HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues

Hello!

I (think) I am following the correct NCL syntax here...but..

ncl> create node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 type = csma-cd
ncl> set node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 data link entity csma-cd

Here should be the data link entity defined completely as is done below.
It would be more clear if you use another name for the routing circuit
entity than is used for the csma-cd station entity.

ncl> set node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 enable phaseiv address true
ncl> enable node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0

Node 0 Routing Circuit csmacd-0
AT 2013-02-13-13:05:26.514-05:00I-----

FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Enable
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class

REASON: Open Port Failed
Description: The Open Port call to the specified Data Link failed

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

____
This is the script:

create csma-cd
create csma-cd station csmacd-1 communication port tu0
enable csma-cd station csmacd-1
create routing circuit circuit-1 type csma-cd
#
# The following command sets the inactive area address, which is used
# to enable transmission and receipt of ISO 8473 Inactive Subset PDUs,
# also known as Null Internet. This functionality is disabled by
# default. To enable Null Internet, remove the comment character
# from the following command.
#
create node 0 routing type endnode
set node 0 routing phaseiv address = 9.3
enable node 0 routing
set routing circuit circuit-1 enable phaseiv address true
set routing circuit circuit-1 data link entity csma-cd station csmacd-1
enable routing circuit circuit-1




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