Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 1800, FRX4000, FRX6000, NetView Service Point User Manual

NetView Service Point

on

SmartSwitch 1800, FRX4000,

FRX6000, and Frame Relay Module

Supplemental Software

User Guide

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About This Manual

R elat e d Docume n t s

Gateway Da emon ( GateD) software, Release 3.5.5, is maintained and developed by Cornell
University and its collabora tors. The vers ion of GateD use d wit h thi s Cable tron produc t has
been modified.

Netlink is a tr ademark of Ca bletron Syst ems, Inc. All other product designations a re the
property of their respective owners.

Rev Date Reason for Update
01 June 1996 Initial relea se of document
02 Febr uary 1997 Product name change
03 Ma rch 1998 Product name cha nge

This manual describes how to ac cess the NetView Service Point function in a SmartSwitch
1800, 9W004, FRX4000, or FRX6000 from a NetView host. It is assumed that the user has a
working knowledge of NetView, so this document does not attempt to explain how to use
NetView.

These a ppropriate pr oduct-specific user guide(s) can be ordered from Cabletron Syst ems:

●

SmartSwitch 1800 Release 4.0 User Guide, Cabletron number 09-44-06-018.

●

9W004 Rele ase 4.0 User Guide, Cabl etron number 09-41-06-169.

●

N etlink FRX4000 & FRX6000 Release 4.0 User G uide, Cabletron number
09-41-06-162.

Supplemental Software User’s Guide iii

iv NetV iew Service Point

Introduction

NetView suppo rt in Cabletron frame relay access pr oducts provides manag er access
to downstream SDLC devices, and allows the manager to diagnose problems and
change parameters in the node to ov ercome some problems.

The NetView host (focal point) sends commands to the service point in the form o f
NMVTs (net work managem ent vecto r transports). The service point functio n trans­lates in formation from the node into NMVTs and responds to the host.

T he various user guides (F RX4 000/6000, Smart S wit ch 1800, and Fra me Relay
Module) describes the NetView func tion in the related products. The remainder of this
document des cri bes the supported operations on t he NetVi ew hos t.

Installing the C abletron Supplement al Software

It is strongly recommended that the software be installed by
someone familiar with NetView.

To install the Cabletro n software into the h ost device, follow this procedure :

1. Upload the binary/E BCDIC files (all file s without filename ex te nsions) from the
PC to a tempora ry or workin g Partition e d Data Se t (PDS) on the host, as fo llows :

a. Insert the 3.5" (DOS) NetView diskette into the device and edit the f ile

SENDER.BAT, replacing the lower cas e letter s with va lues appropriat e to your

configuration.
b. Log onto your target host and set it up for a file transfe r.
c. Execute UPLOAD.BAT from the PC.

2. Edit Host PDS member "NSS" as follows:
a. Find the sample name " SAMPLE. "
b. Ent er the name s (as known to V TAM) of the Netw ork Manage me nt P Us that

identify each Netlink node to NetVi ew.

c. Optionally, enter the Data Set Name to record configuration change requests.

3. Copy or move all members whose f o urth character is a "U" or " V" to a NetView
Pan el dataset. Copy or move all other mem bers to a Clist dataset.

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Oper ation

To invoke the program, enter
to the f ollow ing:

SD L C Int e r ne t wo r k St at us P a ne l

PF 1-Help 3-End 4-Ln Status 5-Frm Rly 6-Cfg 7-Pg u p 8-Pg dn 9-Restart 11-Rfsh

R-S Service Prod S oftware Config Last Loaded

Point Name Status Type Version Name Date Time

BD0NVSP ACTIV OLX 3200 OLXCONF 11F eb1998 17:45
BD1N VSP INAC T
BD2NVSP ACTIV OLX 3200 OLXCONF 12F eb1998 08:52

F igur e 1 Ma in Stat us Panel

NSS

from the NCCF. This will display a screen similar

D at a Disp layed

Service Point Name
Status

– is the status (ac tive or inactiv e) of the PU.

Prod Type
Software Version
Co nf ig Nam e
Last Loaded

– will always be

– is the time of the last IPL.

Function Key Operations

Pressing one of the function key s listed below will perform the appropriate operation:

[PF1] Help

[PF3] End
[PF7], [PF8] Pg_up,Pg_down

[PF11] Rfsh

OLX

.

– is the cu rrent v ers ion of the Cabletron software.

– is alwa ys

OLXCONF

.

– wi ll dis pl a y a "ro ad map " of the pa n e ls (sc reens ), sh ow n in

Fi gure 2.

– will exit to the NCCF (NetView Controls Command Facility) .

– will scroll the scr e en up or down if there is more

information to display.

– will re- display the screen with updated values.

2 NetV iew Service Poin t

Help Panel

Moving the cursor to an entry under

[PF4] (Ln_Status

) will display a line status scr een for that service point, as described

under "Line Status Panel."

Main Status Panel

Service Point Name

( in F igure 1) and pr es s i ng

Line Status Panel

Line S tatus Pan el

Line Stats Line Config

PU Status Panel

PD Stats

PU Co nf i g

Ha r dwa re Config Pan e l

RT and SY S L OGs

Frame Relay

FR C o nfi g

Figure 2 On-Line Help Panel

Service Point: BD0NV SP SDLC Line Status Panel Version: 3200

PF 1-Help 2-Exit 3-End 4-PU Status 5-Line Stats 6-Config 7-Act 8-Dea ct 10-Disp

Line Actual Desired
Name Status Status Port Interface DTR DSR CTS DCD

LINE11 AC TIV ACTIV 0/0 RL P/960 ON ON ON OFF
LINE12 AC TIV ACTIV 0/1 RL P/960 ON ON ON ON

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F igur e 3 L ine St atus Panel

D at a Disp layed

Li ne Na m e

– is the Name configured on the first screen of the Cab letron device S NA
Port record, or if that parameter is not config ured, the Name in the NetView Param­eters part of the Network Defaults record.

Actual Status
Desired Status

– is the cu rrent status (active or inactive) of the line.

– mat ches the Blo cked Port Flag (N = activ e, Y = inactiv e) config ure d

on the first screen of the SNA Port reco rd.

– i s t he R LP an d port that defines the li ne.

Port
Interface
DTR/DSR/CTS/DCD

– is alwa ys

Function Key Operations

Pressing one of the fu nction keys listed below will per form the appropriate operation
fr om the Li ne St at us panel :

[PF1] Help
[PF3] End

Moving the cursor to an entry under Line Name and pressing a supported function key
gives you these additional options:

[PF4] PU_Status

under "P U S tat us P ane l " lat er.

RLP/960

.

– a re the cur rent states (On, Off) of the modem sign als on the line.

– will display the Help panel (Figure 2).

– w ill return yo u to the M ain Statu s pan el (Figure 1).

– w ill display th e PU Status panel for that line, as describ ed

[PF6] Config

to change the values of some parameters. See "Line Configuration
Panel" later.

[PF7] Act
[PF8] Deact

– will activate the line.

– will displa y a sc reen of parameter s for that line, and allo w you

– will de-activate the line.

4 NetV iew Service Poin t

PU Status Panel

Service Point: BD0NV SP PU S tatus Pan el Version: 3200|
Line name: LIN E4

PF 1-Help 2-Exit 3-End 4-PU Stats 6-C onfig 7-Act 8-Deact 10-Display 11-Refresh

SDLC LLC2
PU Actual Desired POLL Ac tual LANCON
Name Status Status ADDR Statu s Status MAC A ddress XID

PUC3 ACTI V ACTIV C3 ACTIV AC TIV FF FFFFFF DCE3 00DCE301

Figure 4 PU Status Panel

Da t a Disp layed

PU Name
SDLC Actual Status
Desired Status

screen of the SNA Port record.

PO LL AD DR

of the SNA Port record.

LLC2 Actual Status
LANCON Status

with Netlink's SDLC Link Server.)

MA C Addr es s

of the SNA Port record.

XID

– is the PU Name co nfigured in the Cabletron device SNA Port record.

– is the Istatus (active or inactive) configured on the PU parame ters

– is the Lo cal SAP Address configured on the LLC2 Parameters screen

– is the Lo cal MAC Addr ess conf igu red on the LLC2 Paramete rs scr een

– is the ID created fro m IDBLK and IDNUM in the SNA Port record.

Function Key Operations

Pressing one of the function keys listed below will perform the appropriate operation
from the PU Status panel:

[PF1] Help

– is the current status (active or inactive) of the PU.

– is the current status (active or inactive) of the LLC2 session.

– is not app lic a ble. (Th is is from part of the software that is shar e d

– w ill display the Help panel (Figure 2).

[PF3] End

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– will return you to the Line Sta tus panel (Figure 3).

Mo ving the curs or to a n ent ry under P U Name and pressing a suppor ted funct ion key
gives you these additional options:

[PF6] Config

[PF7] Act
[PF8] Deact

Line C onfigurati on Panel

Service Point: BD0NVSP SDLC Line Configuration P anel Version: 3200|
Line name: LIN E11
Actual Status: AC TIV
Desire d Status : ACTIV

PF 1-Help 2-Exit 3-End 4-PU Stats 6-C onfig 7-Act 8-Deact 10-Display 11-Refresh

ISTATU S ACT ACTI VTO 10
NRZI NO RCVCLO CK DTE
CLOCK EXTERNAL PAUSE 40
SPEED 9600 RETR IES 5
MAXIN 7 LPDATYPE 2
MAXOUT 7 LINKROLE PRIMARY
MO DULO 8

– will displa y a sc reen of parameter s for that line, and allo w you
to change the values of some parameters. See "Line Configuration
Panel" later.

– will activate the line.

– will de-activate the line.

F igur e 5 Line C onfigur ation Pa nel

Configurable Parameters

ISTATUS

will caus e the line to be enabled (if
undergoes IPL. The line will remain in that state until either an on-line port disable or
enabl e is perform ed on the Cabletron device (as described in the User Guide) or a

NRZI

VARY IN ACT

or

VARY ACT

is sent f rom the NetVIEW manager.

is the inverse of the parameter NRZ in the SNA Port record in the Cabletron device.
The setting determine s the level of data encoding:

= NRZ, wh ich means that 1 r epres ents high -lev el e ncodin g and 0 is low-level.

No

= NRZI, which means that 1 rep resents no change in level and 0 is a change.

Yes

CLOCK

is equivalent t o the C abletron de vi ce parameter
whether the port will generate the clock necessary to synchronize traf fic ove r the link.

INTERNAL

6 NetV iew Service Poin t

= Yes,

EXTERNAL

= No.

) or disabled (if

ACT

INACT

Generate Clock

) the next time the node

, which speci fies

SPEED

is th e line speed. Valid line speeds are:

ACTIVTO

is the activity timer (Ti).

RCVCLOCK

is equivalent to the Cabletron device parameter
the clock to be looped back from th e D TE using the term inal timi ng signal. Valid
valu es are

PAUSE

is eq ui v a le nt to t he C abl et ron de vi ce paramet er
between poll s by the Cabletron device TPA D of its PU when the PU has no data to
send. Valid values are

75 150 300 600 1200
2400 4800 9600 14.4K 19.2K
24K 28.8K 38.4K 48K 56K
64K 72K 112K 128K 168K
192K 224K 256K 280K 320K
336K 384K 392K 448K 504K
512K 560K 576K 616K 640K
672K 704K 728K 768K 784K
832K 840K 896K 952K 960K

1.008M 1.024M 1.064M 1.088M 1.12M

1.152M 1.176M 1.216M 1.232M 1.28M

1.288M 1.344M 1.4M 1.408M 1.456M

1.472M 1.512M 1.536M 1.568M 1.6M

1.624M 1.664M 1.668M 1.728M 1.792M

1.856M 1.92M 1.984M 2.048M

, which allows

, which is the time

and N.

Y

(milliseconds).

0-125

Rcv Clock (TT) from DTE

No Data Poll Period

RETRIES

is equivalent to th e Cabletron d evice par ameter
the maximum numb er of times the SNA port will attempt to se nd a frame after expi­ration of the

LPDATYPE

No Response Poll Period

spec ifies the version of LPDA (1 or 2) that will be used.

Function Key Operations

Pressing one of the function keys listed below will perform the appropriate operation
from the Line Configuration panel:

[PF1] Help
[PF2] Exit
[PF3] End

up date th e Ca bl et ron de vi ce d a ta base v a l ues . After yo u s el e ct
you will be r e turned to the M ain Statu s pan el (Figure 1).

Maximum Retransmissions

. Valid values are

1-99

.

, which is

– w ill display the Help panel (Figure 2).
– w ill return you to the Line Status panel (Figure 3).
– will ask whether you want to commit the change s, which will

or No,

Yes

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M oving the curs or to a paramet er and pres si ng a s upported func t ion key gi ves you
these additional options:

[PF6] Modify

[PF7] Activate
[PF8] Deact
[PF10] Disp lay
[PF11] Refr esh

PU Configur ation Panel

Service Point: BD0NVSP PU Lin e Configurati on Panel Vers ion: 3200|
Line name: LIN E11 PU Name: P UC3
Actual Status: AC TIV Desir ed S tatus: ACTIV

PF 1-Help 2-Exit 3-End 4-PD Stats 6-Modify 7-Act 8-Deac t 10-Display 11-Refr esh

SDLC Address C3 Response Time r (T1) 10
I STATUS ACTIV Ack Timer (T2) 100
MAXDATA 265 Inactivity Timer (Ti) 30
MAX OUT Se e Line Con fig LANI N (N3) 001
MO DUL O Se e Li ne Con f ig LANO UT ( Tw) 001
DATMODE HALF retries (N2) 008
REPLYTO 1.0 Bandwidth Allocation (BAG) 00
R E TRIE S Se e Li ne Con f ig
LP DS RESI D 80

A UT O CAL L E NABL E Lo cal SAP 04
Auto Retry Tout 60 Local MAC Address 4000000000C3
Auto Retry Ct 00 PU Type LLC 2
Local S ub 1123
Remote Sub 2223

– will allow yo u to change the configure d values of the

parameter, if the parameter is display ed in gr e en.

– will activate the line.

– will de-act ivate the line.

– will display output from the r uncmd.

– wil l re-display the screen with update d values.

SDLC LLC2

Figure 6 PU Configura tion Panel

Configurable Parameters

IST ATUS

will cause the PU to be enabled ( if
is activated. T he PU will remain in that state until either an on-line SDLC PU disable
or enable is perform ed on the Cabletron device (as described in t he User Guide) or a

VARY IN ACT

MAXDATA

or

VARY ACT

is sent from the NetVIEW manager.

is equivalent to the Cabletron device parameter
valu es are

REPLYTO

25-4105

.

is equivalent to the Cabletron device parameter
between polls by the TPAD port of its PU when the PU is not responding. The TPAD
will continue to poll at this interval up to the number of times specified by

8 NetV iew Service Poin t

) or disabled (if

ACT

) the next time the line

INACT

Maximum Bytes per Frame

No Resp Poll Period

, which is the time

. Va lid

RETRIES

(Cabletron device parameter
(milliseconds).

LPDARESID

is the LPDA Resource ID, which d efin es LUs on the PU. The v a lue m ust match the
LOCADDR defined on VTAM. Valid values are

AUTOCALL

caus es auto matic calling between SNA ports when the controlle r becom e s active. Th e
valid val ue s are

Aut o Ret r y Tout

is equivalent to the Ca bletron devi ce paramet er
between autocall retries. Valid v alu es are 15-255 (seconds).

Auto Retry Ct

is equivalent to th e Cabletron d evice par ameter
maxim um number of tim e s an autocall will be sent. Valid values are
a valu e of

Local S ub

is th e subscriber ad dress of the local (to the Cabletron device) end of an SNA con­nection.

Remote Sub

is th e address of the remo te (to the Cabletron device) end of an SNA connection.

Maximum Retransmissions

ENABLE

allows indefinit e retries .

0

and

DISABLE

). Valid valu es are

.

0-255

40-9999

.

Autocall Retry Time

Autocall Retry Count

, which is the time

, which is the

. Note that

0-255

Response Ti mer (T1 )

is used to detect the failure to receive a required acknowledgment or resp onse from
the remote link station . The valid values are
station will start the timer when it transmits one of these:

●

an Information LPDU.

●

a Command LPDU with the P bit set to B'1.' (If this LPDU is sent while the timer
is already running, the link station will reset and restart it.)

The link statio n will reset T1 when it receives one of these:

●

A REJ LPDU, provided a Command L PDU with P bit set to B'1' is not out­standing.

●

A Respons e LPDU with the F bit s et to B '1.'

●

An Information or Supervisory LPDU with an N(R) greater than the last N(R)
received and less than or equ al to the line station's V(S), provided a Command
LPDU with P bit set to B'1' is not outstanding.

If additional LPDUs are set from the remote link station after the local station has reset
T1, the timer will be restarted if acknowledgments of or responses to those LPDUs are
outstandin g. If no acknowledg men ts/re spons es are outstanding, the link station will
start the inactivity time r. (See "Ti" later.)

If T1 expires and acknowledgme nts /responses ar e still outsta nding , the link station
will send one of the following, then restart T1:

(x 100 milliseconds).The link

0-250

●

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A Su per visory LPDU with the P bit s et to B'1,' to so lic it rem ote lin k station
status.

●

An y Unnumbered LPDUs that wer e not responded to the first time they were
sent.

If a cknowledgments/response s are still outstanding after N2 tries (see that entry), the
link station will decla re the link inoperative.

Ack Timer (T2)

is used by the link station to delay sending an acknowledgment o f a received Infor­mation LPDU. Valid values are

The timer is started wh en the LPDU is received and reset when the acknowledgment
is sent. If the timer expires before the acknowledgment is sent, it must be sent as soon
as possible.

Inactivity Timer (Ti)

is used by the link station to detect an inoperative conditi on in either th e rem ote link
station or the transmission medium. Vali d values are

The timer will be sta rted if T1 has been reset (for one of the reasons listed under "T1"
earlier), and additional LPDUs have been sent by the remote link station, and there are
no o uts ta nding acknowle dg ment s or re sp on ses from th e local link station.

If the local station does not receive an LPDU before Ti expires, th e station must send
an LPDU with the P bit set to B '1' to solicit the re mote station's status. Recovery then
proceeds as described under "T1 " earlier.

100-5000

(millis econds).

1-50

(seconds).

LANIN (N3)

is the number of Information LPDUs that will be received befo re sending an ackn owl­edgment. Valid values are

This par a meter is us ed in conjunction with T2 to allow stati ons to reduce traffic. A
counter is initialize d to N3, and will be dec r e men te d by one each tim e a valid
sequential Informati on LPDU is received . When the counter reaches
edgm en t is sent.

N3 is res et wh enever an Inform ation or Supervisory acknowled gmen t LPDU is sent
by th e local statio n.

LANOUT (Tw)

is the max imum number of sequentially numbered Inform ation LPDUs that the link
station can have outstanding . Valid values are

Ret r ie s (N 2)

is the maximum number of times that an LPDU (including Information LPDUs resent
after a checkpoint operation) will be sent following expiration of T1. Valid values are

.

0-255

Ban dwidt h Allocati o n (BAG)

assigns the host to one of sixteen groups whose parameters regulate bandwidth usage.
See " Band width Allocatio n Groups " in the C abletr on devi ce User Gu ide. Val id values
ar e

0-16

.

1-127

.

an a ckn ow l -

0

.

1-127

Local SA P

is the rem ote SAP address used to connect the PU to the host. This parameter is rel­evant only in a connection to a 317 4 or AS/400-ty pe setup where a specific source

10 NetV iew Service Poin t

SAP addres s is required. If the LLC2 session wi ll be run over a native LLC2 frame
rela y interface, the parameter will be ignored.

Local MAC Address

identif ie s the PU to the host. Like the local SA P add ress, this parameter is releva nt
only in a connection to a 3174 or AS/400-type setup where a specific sourc e MAC
addr ess is required. If the LLC2 session will be run over a native LLC2 frame relay
interface, the paramet er will be ignore d.

PU Typ e

is SDLC or LLC 2.

Function Key Operations

Pressing one of the function keys listed below will perform the appropriate operation
from the PU Status panel:

[PF1] Help
[PF2] Exit
[PF3] End

– w ill display the Help panel (Figure 2).
– w ill retu rn you to the PU Status panel (Figu re 4 ).
– will ask whether you want to commit the change s, which will

up date th e Ca bl et ron de vi ce d a ta base v a l ues . After yo u s el e ct

Yes

or No,

you will be r e turned to the M ain Statu s pan el (Figure 1).

M oving the curs or to a paramet er and pres si ng a supported functi on ke y gives you
these additional options:

[PF6] Modify

– will allow you to change the configure d values of the

param eter, if the paramet er is displayed in green.

[PF7] Act
[PF8] Deact
[PF10] Display
[PF11] Refresh

– will activate the line.

– will de-activate the line.

– will display output from the r uncmd.

– w ill re-display the sc reen with updated values.

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