TCP/IP Configuration and Management Manual

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About This Manual
This manual describes G-series and H-series Release Version Updates (RVUs) of HP
NonStop TCP/IP.
Who Should Use This Manual
This manual describes the installation, configuration, and management of the NonStop
TCP/IP subsystem. It is for system managers, operators, and others who configure and
manage the NonStop TCP/IP subsystem.
Required Background
This manual assumes familiarity with the standard TCP/IP family of protocols
described in the RFCs and IENs and familiarity with configuring IP networks.
Appendix B, NonStop TCP/IP Processes and Protocols, reviews these protocols but is
not meant to replace reference books which present this information in depth. You
should be familiar with NonStop system architecture, the networking product ServerNet
LAN Systems Access (SLSA), Ethernet 4 ServerNet adapters (E4SAs), Token-Ring
ServerNet adapters (TRSAs), Gigabit Ethernet ServerNet adapters (GESAs), Gigabit
Ethernet 4-port ServerNet adapters (G4SAs), and Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM).
This manual also assumes that you are familiar with NonStop systems, including the
NonStop operating system.
Prerequisite Materials
This subsection lists reference material that you can use to acquire the required
background.
For an overview of TCP/IP, see the book TCP/IP Illustrated by W. Richard Stevens,
Prentice Hall, 1994.
For an in-depth explanation of the Domain Name Server, see the book DNS and BIND
by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Request for Comments (RFC) is a series of documents published by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF). The following RFCs are referred to in that manual and
can be located on the Internet at: http://ds.internic.net/ds/rfc-index.html.
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RFC 1577 “Classical IP and ARP Over ATM”
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RFC 768 “User Datagram Protocol”
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RFC 791 “Internet Protocol”
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RFC 792 “Internet Control Message Protocol”
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RFC 793 “Transmission Control Protocol”