TCP/IP Management Programming Manual

HP NonStop TCP/IP Management Programming Manual—529636-001
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6 Commands and Responses
This section describes each of the commands and responses in the programmatic
control-and-inquiry interface to the TCP/IP subsystem. Each description includes the
syntax, object types, command tokens, response tokens, and operational notes
associated with the commands. In this section, command numbers, types, tokens, and
values are represented in DDL. For a brief explanation of DDL as it applies to SPI, see
the SPI Programming Manual.
The commands available in the programmatic interface allow an application to:
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Change the attributes of a TCP/IP process and subnets
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Start and stop the operation of TCP/IP subnets and routes
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Add or remove a subnet or route to or from the TCP/IP subsystem
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Obtain attribute values
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Obtain statistics and status information
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Obtain information about the object names known to the TCP/IP subsystem
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Trace the activity of a TCP/IP process or subnet
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Change the system resources used by a TCP/IP process
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Obtain the version of the TCP/IP subsystem
Table 6-1 on page 6-3 lists and gives the symbolic names of the commands available
in the programmatic control-and-inquiry interface to the TCP/IP subsystem.
Commands by Object Type
The TCP/IP subsystem can recognize four object types in a control-and-inquiry
command. The object types recognized vary with each command. Three of the object
types: PROC, SUBNET, and ROUTE, have a hierarchical relationship, where SUBNET
and ROUTE are peer objects that are subordinate to the PROC object. This hierarchy
means that the PROC object type controls the SUBNET and ROUTE object types.
The fourth object type recognized by the TCP/IP subsystem is the NULL object. The
NULL object type is not included in the object-type hierarchy and is used only when the
object type is unnecessary, as in the GETVERSION command.