NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Operator's Guide

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Section 7, “Accessing External Utilities and Applications,” describes the NonStop
NET/MASTER MS interfaces to:
The Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) product, which
processes commands for monitoring and controlling network subsystems and
objects
Guardian utilities, TACL routines, and other external conversational-mode
and block-mode applications
The NetStatus network monitoring application
The DSM/Problem Manager (DSM/PM) product
Section 8, “Communicating With Remote Systems,” tells you how to start and stop
links, establish sessions, and communicate with remote systems.
Section 9, “Using Edit Services,” describes the Edit Services facility, from which
you can create, modify, view, and delete edit files and perform trial compilations
of Network Control Language (NCL) procedure source files. You can also use the
facility to test NCL panels.
Section 10, “Automating Operations Tasks With NCL Procedures,” introduces the
NonStop NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) and provides basic
instruction on creating and executing NCL procedures to automate operations
tasks.
Section 11, “User Services,” describes the User Services facility, which allows you
to access custom applications written specifically for your installation.
The glossary defines NonStop NET/MASTER MS and Tandem system terms and
abbreviations used in this manual.
The index provides an alphabetic access point to significant terms and topics
discussed in this manual.