Getting Started with OpenVMS System Management
Defines areas of OpenVMS System Management and describes why each is important, how it fits into the larger management task, and points out the parallels to UNIX and Windows NT counterparts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started with OpenVMS System Management
Chapter 9: Network
Overview
OpenVMS has the capability to:
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Network computers with a variety of protocols.
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Configure, start, and stop protocols.
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Maintain display characteristics and usage, and tune protocols.
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Support various applications using the protocols.
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Manage network topology as defined by the protocol, such as routing and domain name servers.
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Manage security across the network.
OpenVMS supports several network protocols. Each one is managed separately. The rest of this chapter briefly describes each one. The reader is encouraged to carefully examine the Compaq/HP documentation before jumping into this subject. To give you a feel for the complexity of these products, one chapter is dedicated to each of these protocols in the System Management Manual. In addition, there are 11 more manuals for TCP/IP and 10 manuals for DECnet-Plus (also called DECnet Phase V). Thus, the following information is introductory.
TCP/IP
TCP/IP is familiar to all system managers. In OpenVMS its management has been automated through the use of a script. It can also be managed with a command-line interface of about 100 commands. Multinet and TCPW are also licensed TCP/IP stacks for OpenVMS.
The Compaq/HP-supported software is called TCP/IP version 5.3 at this writing. It is configured with a script called TCPIP$CONFIG and managed with the TCPIP command. When the system is booted, SYSTARTUP_VMS should be modified to include a line such as the following:
$ @SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$STARTUP
The configuration script is shown in part, as follows. Once an option is selected, another menu is displayed. To illustrate the...
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