RSC/MP Installation and Configuration Guide

NetBIOS Network Interface

Configuration

This section shows how to configure the NetBIOS Network Interface (NIF) by:

Setting up addressing.

Using the options in the PIPE.INI file.

The NetBIOS network interface (NIFNB) is used to transmit RSC/MP data over a

NetBIOS network. Each host and workstation must be configured with its own Pipeman

process and network interface. All traffic between the two systems is transmitted on a

single NetBIOS session, regardless of the number of logical connections that exist

between the two systems.

The NetBIOS NIF provides two methods of address resolution:

Its own address resolution by the implementation of an address resolution protocol

for those NetBIOS implementations that support broadcast (the default).

A user-defined session name for those NetBIOS implementations that do not

support broadcast. Access to these systems require using the Resolver section.

See Creating the [RESOLVER] Section (optional, for workstations only) on

page 5-15, for more information about the Resolver section.

Prerequisites to Configuring

To configure the NetBIOS NIF, you should be familiar with the NetBIOS software that is

installed on yo ur system.

NIFNB NIF naming conventions follow the standard Piccolo NIF naming conventions

and may be represented by any symbolic name in the PIPE.INI NifList option.

Whatever name is chosen, there must be a unique section specifying the NIF

configuration information.

Before starting Piccolo on a NonStop NonStop system, you must at a minimum,

customize the MultilanLine and MultilanGateway options. See Configuration Options

Reference on page 7-2 for more information about the NetBIOS network options that

are used in the NIF-nifname section in the PIPE.INI file.

NetBIOS Network Interface Addressing

NIFNB implements an address resolution protocol (ARP) tha t provides the easiest way

for workstation to contact hosts by name. This ARP is a special function of the Piccolo

NIFNB, and should not be confused with any other ARP (suc h as the ARP included in

the standard TCP/IP protocol suite). When configuring RSC/MP over NetBIOS, you

must decide whether to use ARP.

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