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

8 Communicating With Remote
Systems
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What Is in This Section NonStop NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) can operate within a single
system, a network of NonStop NET/MASTER MS systems, or a network comprising
NonStop NET/MASTER MS, the SOLVE management services, and NetView systems.
Three functional components of NonStop NET/MASTER MS are primarily concerned
with handling remote communication:
The Inter-NET/MASTER Connection (INMC) component of NonStop
NET/MASTER MS defines and controls links between systems.
An INMC link is a logical connection to a remote peer system. You can establish
sessions with remote NonStop NET/MASTER MS, the SOLVE management
services, or NetView systems from your local system if INMC links have been
established between your local system and the remote systems with which you
want to communicate (the target systems).
The Inter-System Routing (ISR) component of NonStop NET/MASTER MS
routes classes of event (or alert) messages between NonStop NET/MASTER MS
systems, between NonStop NET/MASTER MS and SOLVE management services
systems, and between NonStop NET/MASTER MS and NetView systems.
The Remote Operator Control (ROC) component of NonStop NET/MASTER MS
handles remote access to NonStop NET/MASTER MS, the SOLVE management
services, and NetView systems through INMC links.
This section describes how to:
Start and stop links with remote systems
Display information about links with remote systems
Log on to and off from remote systems
Send commands to remote systems
Resolve problems with remote links
Establishing a Session
With a Remote System
Before you can receive messages from or send commands to a remote system:
A link between your local system and the target remote system must have been
defined.
(This section assumes that INMC links to remote systems have already been
defined by the system manager at your site, as described in the NonStop
NET/MASTER MS System Management Guide. )
The link must be started and the status of the link must be ACTIVE.
The SHOW LINKS command displays the link name, status, and message
identifier associated with each link defined on the network.