NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual - Edition 9 (36922-90040)

1 Overview

NS 3000/iX network subsystems on HP e3000 computers are conﬁgured

using a utility called the node management conﬁguration manager

(NMMGR). NMMGR uses a series of VPLUS screens to display and

accept conﬁguration data. Conﬁguration data is stored in a

hierarchically structured ﬁle, of ﬁle type NCONF, called

NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS. The network services, network transport, data

communications conﬁgurator, and logging services use

NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS to get the information they need to operate.

NMMGR may be used to conﬁgure the network in two ways.

• Guided Conﬁguration directs you through an established

sequence of conﬁguration screens for the type of network you are

conﬁguring. In general, you should always use Guided Conﬁguration

to establish your initial network conﬁguration and in most cases for

network maintenance and updating.

• Unguided Conﬁguration (manual conﬁguration) allows a more

random type of access to NMMGR screens. Unguided conﬁguration

is more appropriate when examining or modifying the ﬁelds of a

single screen or of a few speciﬁc screens.

These two methods are not mutually exclusive; they may, with some

restrictions, be used in conjunction with one another during

conﬁguration. Refer to Chapter 2 , “Introductory Screens,” (Figure 2-1)

for the screen ﬂow of the introductory screens for guided and unguided

conﬁgurations.