TCP/IP Configuration and Management Manual

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3 Configuring the NonStop
TCP/IP Subsystem
This section discusses a set of command files that you can use to start and configure
your NonStop TCP/IP environment over a network connected to a NonStop system.
This section also provides information about networking services provided by NonStop
TCP/IP and explains how to configure the OSS environment to use NonStop TCP/IP.
See Appendix A, Configuration Reference, for reference information about the DNS
server and the standard resource record format.
LAN-Based Connection
Configuration 1: Startup Files for a Host in a Basic NonStop TCP/IP Environment on
page 3-2 and Configuration 2: Startup Files for a Host in a Subnet Addressing
Environment on page 3-8 show the startup command files for two, complex, NonStop
TCP/IP, LAN-based environments. You can perform the startup procedure manually,
command by command, but you will find it much more efficient to build a set of
command files that you can run whenever you want to start your NonStop TCP/IP
environment. For a given system, you typically use two files for starting and configuring
your NonStop TCP/IP environment:

TCPIPUP2 is a TACL command file that serves as the main command file.
TCIPUP2 calls the other files and brings up the NonStop TCP/IP subsystem by:

Accessing several SCF files that add, configure, and start NonStop TCP/IP
objects

Starting the NonStop TCP/IP, LISTNER, and TELSERV processes
TCPIPUP2 also sets the HOSTS file parameter if you do not have a domain name
server

SCFSBNT adds, configures, and starts the SUBNETs and routes.
These are the basic files that are used for configuring the NonStop TCP/IP software.
You may have more files than this depending upon the size of your NonStop TCP/IP
environment.
Note. You must understand the basics of SCF to optimize your understanding of the
configuration of a NonStop TCP/IP environment. If you are not already familiar with the
basics of using SCF, see the SCF Reference Manual for G-Series RVUs or the SCF
Reference Manual for H-Series RVUs.