Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) Subsystem Interface Development Guide

Overview of DSNM
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NetCommand
NonStop NET/MASTER MS
NonStop NET/MASTER MS is a network-management product that allows you to
monitor and manage a single Tandem system or an entire network from a single
terminal. Having NonStop NET/MASTER MS installed on your system also allows
your local system to be monitored and/or managed remotely as part of a network of
systems managed by NonStop NET/MASTER MS, SOLVE management services, and
NetView products.
With NonStop NET/MASTER MS, you can:
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View event messages generated by both local and remote systems throughout a
network.
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Issue commands to remotely control and gather information about any peer system
in the network, and have the responses displayed on your local terminal.
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Run Tandem NonStop Kernel utilities, TACL routines, and other external
conversational-mode utilities, and control Tandem block-mode applications.
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Write and execute custom applications and operations management automation
procedures with NonStop NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL), a
high-level language for automating system and network-management tasks.
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Browse activity log files, where messages arriving at your local NonStop
NET/MASTER MS system are logged.
NetCommand
The NetCommand management application is a conversational user interface to DSNM,
primarily for command and control operations. NetCommand provides a secure TACL
environment for operational control of subsystems throughout a distributed network.
As the manager of the system, you can define operator profiles and exercise control over
operator capabilities. NetCommand is extensible by using user-written TACL routines
and macros; these can be entered into any operator’s command set.
NetCommand allows an authorized operator direct access to the DSNM command set, as
well as access to individual subsystem command interfaces or other utilities, such as the
Peripheral Utility Program (PUP) or the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF). It also
maintains an audit trail of operator commands and command responses through every
operator session.
With the DSNM command set, you can:
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Control various subsystems in a network by removing resources from service and
restoring them later (ABORT, STOP, START).
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Display status information about network objects (AGGREGATE, INQUIRE,
STATUS).
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Gather information about how network objects are configured (INFO).