Digital Equipment MUXserver 100 User manual

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MUXserve'r

100

Network

ReferenC'9 Manual·

MUXserver 100 Network

Reference

Manual

2nd Edition, November 1986

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CONTENTS

Page

CHAPTER

THE

MUXserver 100

I~NVIRONMENT

1.1

GENERAL

INFORMATION

....................

1-1

1.2 LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND

THE

LAT

ARCHITECTURE

1-3

1.3 WIDE AREA NETWORKS AND STATISTICAL

MULTIPLEXERS

.....

.1-3

1.3.1

1.3.2

1.3.3

1.3.4

1.4

1.4.1

1.4.2

1.5

1.6

1.6.1

1.6.2

Statistical

Multiplexing.

Composite Links . . . . . .

Multiplexer Configuration

Asynchronous

Ports

-Mapping

THE

SERVER

MANAGER ENVIRONMENT

The

Supervisor

Ports

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Privileged

and

Non-Privileged Commands

DATABASES ON

THE

MUXserver 100

.....

THE

TERMINAL

USER

ENVIRONMENT

Local Mode

................

Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

...

1-4

.1-5

.1-8

.1-9

....

1-10

1-11

1-12

· 1-12

CHAPTER

SETTING

THE

MUXserver 100 AND

ITS

TERMINALS

2.1

ENTERING

PRIVILEGED STATUS

...........

...

2-2

2.2

SETTING

THE

PRIVILEGED PASSWORD

.........

2-2

2.2.1

Setting

the

Privileged Password On

the

MUXserver 100

...

2-2

2.2.2

Setting

the

Password On

the

DECmux II

..........

2-3

CONTENTS 1

2.3

2.4

2.4.1

2.4.2

2.4,3

2.5

2.5.1

2.5.1.1

2.5.2

2.6

2.7

2.7.1

2.7.2

2.7.3

2.7.4

2.7.5

2.8

2.9

2.9.1

2.9.2

2.10

SETTING

THE

PASSWORD

......

SETTING

THE

SERVER

CHARACTERISTICS

Network Operation

Characteristics

and

Dumping

Characteristics

......

Server

Administration

Characteristics

. . . . . . .

SETTING

THE

COMPOSITE

LINK

PARAMETERS.

Setting

Link

Speed

and

Line Type

the

MUXserver

100 .

Switch Selection of RS-232

RS-422

Long

Line Drive .

Setting

Link

Speed

and

Line Type on

the

DECmux

Unit

SETTING

THE

NETWORK

MAP

. . . . . . .

SETTING

THE

PORT

CHARACTERISTICS

Session

Control

Characteristics

Port

Data

Characteristics

Flow Control

Characteristics

. .

Switch

Characteristics

. . . . .

Port

Administration

Characteristics

MUXserver

100 INITIALIZATION

SETTING

CHARACTERISTICS

FACTORY

SPECIFICATIONS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Resetting

the

MUXserver

100

Factory

Settings.

Page

.2-8

· . 2-10

2-11

· 2-12

2-13

2-16

2-18

· 2-20

2-22

· 2-26

2-29

· 2-30

2-32

2-33

· 2-35

2-37

· 2-38

Resetting

the

DECmux

Unit

Factory

Settings

SETTING

PRINTERS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

...

2-39

CHAPTER

3 MANAGING

AND

MONITORING

3.1

3.1.1

3.1.2

3.1.3

3.1.4

3.1.4.1

3.1.4.2

3.2

3.2.1

3.2.2

3.2.3

3.2.4

3.2.5

MANAGING

THE

MUXserver

100

Security

Management

.......

Service Mode

Management

. . . . . .

Communication with Terminal

Users

Remote

Management

the

MUXserver

100

(By

Means

the

Ethernet)

. . . . . . . . . .

Setting

Up a

Remote

Console . . . . . . .

.3-1

.3-2

3-3

3-4

.3-6

Using

MUXserver

100

Commands

on a

Remote

Console

MONITORING

THE

MUXserver

100 (By

Means

the

Network

Remote

Console

Supervisor

Port

Terminal)

.3-7

.3-8

Show

Counters

Show

Nodes.

Show

Server

Show

Port

Show

Users.

.3-9

· . 3-10

· 3-10

· . 3-11

· 3-11

2 CONTENTS

3.2.6

3.3

3.3.1

3.3.2

3.3.2.1

3.3.2.2

Show Queue

.......................

MONITORING

THE

REMOTE

DECmux

II NETWORK

Show Communications

Communications

Status

Map

.....

Page

· 3-11

· 3-12

3-13

CHAPTER 4 MUXserver 100

TROUB]~ESHOOTING

4.1

4.2

4.2.1

4.2.2

4.2.2.1

4.2.2.2

4.2.2.3

4.2.2.4

4.2.3

4.2.4

4.2.4.1

4.2.4.2

4.2.5

4.2.6

4.3

4.3.1

4.3.2

4.3.3

4.3.4

4.3.5

4.3.5.1

4.3.5.2

4.4

4.4.1

4.4.2

4.4.3

4.4.4

4.5

4.5.1

WHAT TO DO

FIRST

....................

.4-6

PROBLEMS

AFFECTING

ALL PORTS . . . .

4-7

Server

Green Light Off . . . . . . . . . .

.4-8

Error

Messages on

the

Supervisor

Port

Terminal

........

4-9

nnn1 -

Server

Paranleters

Checksum

Error

. . .

4-9

nn1n

-Hardware Revision Level Checksum

Error

. . . 4-10

n1nn

Ethernet

Loopback

Error

. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

1nnn

Ethernet

Heartbeat

Error.

.......

4-12

No Supervisor

Port

Messages

...

. 4-12

Down-line Loading Problelns . . . . . . 4-13

Down-line Load

Starts,

Then

Fails

.......

4-13

Down-line Load Does Not

Start

. 4-14

Message Number 913 Appears . . . .

.........

4-17

Terminal

Port

Terminal Hardware Problems

.....

. 4-19

PROBLEMS

INVOLVING

THE

COMPOSITE

LINKS . 4-20

Check

the

GREEN

Light of

the

DECmux

II . . . .

4-22

Green

LED

on Steady,

DSR

Light Off (RS-232 Lines ONLY)

(This Applies

Both

the

lVlUXserver 100 and

the

DECmux

II).

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 4-22

All Indicators OK -Check Composite Link

Parameters

....

4-23

Error

Message -'Synchronous

Port

Connection

Error'

. . 4-23

Diagnostic

Tests

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

Diagnostic

Tests

with

the

Composite Link Installed

· 4-24

Diagnostic

Tests

Using LOOPBACK Connectors

PROBLEMS

AFFECTING

INDIVIDUAL

PORTS.

Terminal Display is W

ronl~

. . . . . . . . . .

Error

Messages Displayed, Green Light ON . .

File

Transfer

Fails

............

A Line

Printer

Fails

a Remote Access

Port

4·26

· 4-28

......

4-28

· 4-33

· 4·34

· 4-34

PROBLEMS

INVOLVING

SERVICE

NODES.

. . . .

. 4-36

Message Timing Problem . . . . . . . . . . . .

....

4-36

CONTENTS 3

4.5.2

4.5.3

4.5.4

4.5.5

4.6

4.7

4.7.1

4.7.2

4.7.3

Page

LAT Protocol Errors . . . . . . . .

.......

4-37

Group Codes

Mismatch.

. . . . . . . . 4-38

Service Node Software Not Running . . . . . 4-39

Service Node Not Available. . . . . . .

......

4-39

PROBLEMS

INVOLVING

THE

ETHERNET

..........

4-40

DIGITAL SERVICE

......

,..........

. 4-40

Before you Contact DIGITAL

.....

Repackaging

the

Server for

Shipment

Forwarding Up-line Dump

Data

....

· 4-41

CHAPTER

5 MUXserver 100 COMMAND

DESCRIPTIONS

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.10

5.11

5.12

5.13

5.14

5.15

5.16

5.17

5.18

5.19

5.20

5.21

5.22

5.23

5.24

5.25

5.26

5.27

5.28

BACKWARDS

...

. ·

.5-2

BROADCAST

....

. .

...

5-3

COMMUNICATIONS

.....

. ·

.5-4

CONNECT

...........

. .

....

5-5

CONNECT (Part of

the

Communications Sub-directory)

....

5-7

DEFINE

SET

-PORT

...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5-9

DEFINE

SET

SERVER.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

DISCONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

DISCONNECT (Part of

the

Communications

Sub-directory).

. 5-25

FORWARDS . . . . . . . . 5-25

HELP.

. .

...........

.........

5-26

INITIALIZE.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

LOCK.

. . .

..................

5-29

LOGOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

LOOP.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 5-30

MAP.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5-32

MAPHELP

(Part

the

Communications Sub-directory)

5-38

MONITOR COMMUNICATIONS

5-35

MONITOR COUNTERS . . . . . . . . . 5-36

MONITOR

QUEUE.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

REMOVE

QUEUE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5-37

RESTART

(Part of

the

Communications Sub-directory) . . 5-38

RESUME

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

SAVE (Part of

the

Communications Sub-directory) . . . . . 5-40

SET

NOPRIVILEGED . . . . . . . . 5-40

SET

PRIVILEGED . . . . . . . . 5-41

SET

SESSION

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

SHOW

COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43

CONTENTS

5.29

5.30

5.31

5.32

5.33

5.34

5.35

5.36

5.37

5.38

5.39

5.40

5.41

5.42

5.43

SHOW COUNTERS

SHOWNODES

SHOWPORTS

SHOW QUEUE .

SHOW

SERVER

SHOW SERVICES

SHOW

SESSIONS

SHOWUSERS

SHOW (Part of

the

Communications Sub-directory)

STATUS (Part of

the

Communications Sub-directory)

START

TEST

.....................

STOP

TEST

PORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SYSTEM (Part of

the

ComlTlUnications Sub-directory)

TEST

(Part of

the

Communications Sub-directory) . .

ZERO COUNTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Page

5-44

· 5-48

5-51

· 5-52

5-53

· 5-56

5-59

· 5-60

· 5-61

...

5-62

· 5-62

5-64

...

5-66

· 5-68

CHAPTER 6 DECmux II OPERATION

6.1

6.1.1

6.1.1.1

6.1.1.2

6.1.2

6.2

6.2.1

6.2.2

6.2.3

6.2.3.1

6.2.4

6.3

6.3.1

6.3.2

6.3.3

6.3.4

6.3.5

6.3.6

6.3.6.1

6.3.6.2

6.3.6.3

6.3.7

CONTROLS AND

INDICA~rORS

Indicators . . . . . . . . . .

Start-Up Indicator . . . . .

Data

Set

Ready Indicators .

Controls

.........

OPERATION

........

Starting

Your DECmux

IJ[

Master/Slave . . . . . . . .

Multiplexer Network . . .

Remote Supervisor Commands

DECmux II Off-Line

Diag~nostic

.6-1

6-1

.6-1

.6-2

.6-4

6-4

...........

6-5

..........

6-5

.6-5

DECmux II COMMAND PItOCESSOR SUMMARY ·

.6-6

CONNECT Command

.....

COpy

Command . . . . .

DISCONNECT Command

EXIT Command

HELP

Command . . . . .

MAP

Command.

. . . . . .

Link Selection (Only possible on

the

MASTER)

Port

Selection

.......

Exiting

the

MAP Conllnand

MAP

HELP

Command . . . . .

.6-7

6-8

.6-8

6-9

...

6-10

· . 6-11

· . 6-12

· . 6-13

CONTENTS 5

6.3.8

6.3.9

6.3.10

6.3.11

6.3.12

6.3.13

6.3.14

6.3.15

6.3.16

6.4

PASSWORD Command

PORT

Command . . .

RESTART

Command

SAVE Command . .

SHOW

Command.

STATUS Command

SYSTEM

Command

HALT Command . .

TEST

Command

ASYNCHRONOUS PORT MODEM

CONTROL.

Page

6-14

· 6-15

· 6-18

6-18

6-19

6-20

...

6-21

6-23

6-24

CHAPTER

7 DIAGNOSTICS

7.1

7.1.1

7.1.1.1

7.1.1.2

7.1.1.3

7.1.2

7.1.2.1

7.1.2.2

7.1.3

7.1.3.1

7.1.3.2

7.1.3.3

7.2

7.2.1

7.2.2

7.2.2.1

7.2.2.2

7.2.2.3

7.2.2.4

7.2.2.5

7.2.2.6

7.2.2.7

7.2.2.8

DIAGNOSTIC MODULES . . . . . . . . . . . .

7-1

Module A - Server Memory and Tinler

Tests

. . 7-2

Module B - UART Transmit/Receive

Test

.7-2

Module C - Network Interface (NI) Transmit/Receive

Tests

. .

7-3

Module D - Hardware Exerciser

Error

Types . .

Soft

Errors

Hard

Errors

ODT

.....

Examine

(E)

Command.

Examine

Byte (EB) Command .

(R)

Conlmand

.....

TESTING

DECmux

II . . . . . . .

TEST

Command

.......

DECmux

II Diagnostic

Summary

Offline

Test

1 - Basic Option

Test

Offline

Test

2 - Asynchronous

Port

External

Test

Offline

Test

3 - Asynchronous Internal Logic

Test

Offline

Test

4 - Composite

External

Port

Test

. .

Offline

Test

5 - Composite Internal Logic

Test

Offline

Test

6 - Broadcast

Test

.....

Offline

Test

7 - Echo

Test

. . . . . . .

Offline

Test

8 - Modem Control

Test

.7-4

.7-7

7-10

· 7-11

· 7-12

· 7-13

7-13

· 7-15

7-16

· 7-16

· 7-17

· 7-19

7-19

· 7-21

7-21

7-23

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