elsen@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (12/19/89)
There's an apparent problem in NCP (VMS version 5.2) allowing nodes
to be entered with a node_number being equal to zero as in
NCP>set node 'node address 11.0 ! for example.
I recently stumbled across this when configuring an Ultrix
system which ,quite correctly, doesn't allow for node entries
such as the ones mentioned above.
(On of our LAN managers had introduced a node at the VMS side with
a DECnet address being equal to 11.0)
Both the VMS and Ultrix DECnet manuals explicitly state that node_numbers
range between 1 and 4096.
VMS Ncp should report a 'parameter out of range' error when adding node
'11.0' as Ultrix NCP does correctly.
Also does anyone know whether it's possible to do a 'copy known nodes'
in Ultrix ncp ?
I tried my VMS equivalent but to no avail.Yeah I know perhaps I should
RFTM with respect to Ultrix NCP.
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psi%02062166012::elsen (PSI MAIL)michaud@decvax.dec.com (Jeff Michaud) (12/21/89)
> Both the VMS and Ultrix DECnet manuals explicitly state that node_numbers > range between 1 and 4096. Hmm, if the manuals say 4096 then that sounds like a bug. A Phase IV DECnet address is 16 bits, 6 bits for the area and 10 bits for the node number within the area. 2 to the 10th power is only 1024 (ie. not 4096). > Also does anyone know whether it's possible to do a 'copy known nodes' > in Ultrix ncp ? VMS's NCP's "copy known nodes" command is VMS specific (ie. its not part of the network management architecture for Phase IV). The DECnet-ULTRIX equiv. functionality is provided in the unsupported update_nodes utility. If you have V3.0 or later then you have to install the unsupported subset first. update_nodes is documented in the release notes with the other unsupported utilities. Hope that helps. Merry Xmas and Happy Networking :-) /--------------------------------------------------------------\ |Jeff Michaud michaud@decwrl.dec.com michaud@decvax.dec.com| |DECnet-ULTRIX #include <standard/disclaimer.h> | \--------------------------------------------------------------/