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DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
Introduction and User's Guide
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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
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

Preface
Preface Preface
Part I
Part I DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Overview
Chapter 1
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
Chapter 2
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)
Part II
Part II Conceptual Information
Chapter 3
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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