Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Managing Clients and Requesters
Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/XM System Management Manual—426761-001
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Starting ROUTER Objects
To start each TCP, the associated PATHMON process creates the TCP process by
running the program file indicated by the PROGRAM attribute of the TCP object, as
recorded in the SuperCTL file. This attribute specifies the name of the file that contains
the TCP’s object code. The PATHMON process then passes the TCP definition to the
TCP process. The TCP uses the information in the TCP definition to initialize itself and
start its backup process.
For the syntax of the START TCP command, refer to START TCP
on page 11-60.
Starting ROUTER Objects
To start a ROUTER object or all ROUTER objects in the Pathway/XM environment,
use the START ROUTER command.
For example, the following command starts the router named ROUTER01:
>> START ROUTER ROUTER01
The next command starts all ROUTER objects configured in the SuperCTL file:
>> START ROUTER *
After reading the ROUTER definition from the SuperCTL file, PXMCOM
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Assigns a primary and backup processor (CPU) to the router from the information
specified for the NODE object associated with this router.
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Starts the ROUTER object, which starts the socket listener process that detects
connection requests and distributes those connections to TERM objects.
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Modifies the TERM objects associated with this ROUTER object by naming the
router process as the assigned file attribute.
If you enter a START TERM command before the ROUTER associated with the TERM
is running, the PATHMON process returns an error message.
For the syntax of the START ROUTER command, refer to START ROUTER
on
page 11-58.
Starting TERM Objects
To start a TERM object, a set of TERM objects, or all TERM objects in the
Pathway/XM environment, use the START TERM command.
For example, the following command starts the TERM named TERM-001:
>> START TERM TERM-001
The next command starts the TERM objects in the group ABC:
>> START TERM GROUP ABC
Note. You must execute START ROUTER before you start any of the TERM objects
associated with that router. If a router is not started before its associated terminals, the
terminals cannot be started.