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                     DECnet-20 Beware File

                         February 1980

                           VERSION 2




                          AA-J693A-TM

























COPYRIGHT (C) 1979,1980 BY
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, MAYNARD, MASS.


THIS SOFTWARE IS FURNISHED UNDER A LICENSE AND MAY BE USED  AND
COPIED  ONLY  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LICENSE AND
WITH  THE  INCLUSION  OF  THE  ABOVE  COPYRIGHT  NOTICE.   THIS
SOFTWARE  OR  ANY  OTHER  COPIES THEREOF MAY NOT BE PROVIDED OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER PERSON.  NO TITLE TO  AND
OWNERSHIP OF THE SOFTWARE IS HEREBY TRANSFERRED.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO  CHANGE  WITHOUT
NOTICE  AND  SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY DIGITAL
EQUIPMENT CORPORATION.

DIGITAL ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR RELIABILITY OF
ITS SOFTWARE ON EQUIPMENT WHICH IS NOT SUPPLIED BY DIGITAL.
DECnet-20 V2 Beware File                                 Page 2


1.0  GENERAL INFORMATION

     Be sure to strictly follow the installation procedures  in
the   DECnet-20   Programmer's  Guide  and  Operations  Manual.
Installing  DECnet-20  V2  is  more  complex  than   installing
DECnet-20 V1.



1.1  Installation of 32K Word DN20s

     DECnet-20 V2 for DN20s  with  only  32K  words  of  memory
requires special generation procedures, which are documented in
the appendix.

     DN20 systems with 32K have no  additional  maintainability
features  other than what was available in DECnet-20 V1.  Thus,
NCP  (Network  Control  Program)   commands   such   as   "SHOW
{COUNTS|STATUS}  KNOWN  LINES"  and  "SET  STATE LINE line-id",
which were unavailable for DECnet-20 V1, will not work for  32K
configurations in DECnet-20 V2.



2.0  BEWARE ITEMS

2.1  Acceptance Procedures

     When running the DECnet acceptance  tests,  AUTO-DUMP  and
AUTO-LOAD  for the DN20 front end must be disabled.  Failure to
do so will prevent operation of the loopback tests.  Any  "node
OFFLINE" operator messages that appear during the loopback test
should be ignored.

     There is an error in the DECnet-20 manual in  the  section
describing  the line loopback tests for the DECsystem-2020.  In
step 21, section 10.3.3, the order of two  commands  should  be
reversed:

        NCP>SET LOCAL LOOPBACK DISABLED KDP_0_0
        NCP>SET STATE LINE KDP_0_0 OFF




2.2  DN20 System Cannot be Loaded if Generated Incorrectly

     The hardware configuration options specified for the  DN20
system image during network generation must be installed on the
DN20 hardware for the system image to be  successfully  loaded.
If  hardware  is  specified  that does not exist, the DN20 node
will crash a few seconds after it is loaded.  It  is  important
to  know exactly what line interfaces are installed on the DN20
and generate the DN20 software for no more than this.   If  you
plan to get more line interfaces in the near future, you cannot
DECnet-20 V2 Beware File                                 Page 3


generate them in ahead of time.

     Failure  to  adhere  to  this  restriction  will   prevent
successful installation of DECnet-20.



2.3  DN20 Crashes When Node Initialization is to Itself

     If the DN20 attempts to node initialize over a  line  that
is  in  loopback,  it will crash.  The crash could be caused by
installing a loopback  connector  or  by  placing  a  modem  in
loopback  on  a  line  that  is  in  the  ON  state.   See  the
suggestions section of the DOC file for the  proper  method  of
performing line loopback.



2.4  Patch Required to DECnet-20 for 2020

     NETCON issues a warning message at startup  and  fails  to
correctly  perform  a  number  of the SHOW STATUS commands on a
2020 with only one physical  KMC/DUP  line.   To  correct  this
problem  the following patch should be made.  This patch is for
a system with only DUP_0_0 installed.  This patch must  not  be
installed on a system with two DUP lines.

In NSPSRV at NDGLI+7 replace

        NDGLI+7/ MOVEI T3,2 

                with

        NDGLI+7/ MOVEI T3,1




2.5  KMC/DUP Problem

     There is a known problem with the KMC/DUP  hardware.   The
symptoms   are   that  the  KMC/DUP  line  becomes  'hung'  and
investigation of the EIA interface reveals that  the  DN20  has
Request-to-Send  up  continuously.   The  problem  is likely to
happen whenever the modem on the KMC/DUP line is powered on/off
or is disconnected with the line in the ON state.

     To prevent this problem from happening, turn the line  off
with   the   SET  STATE  LINE  line-id  OFF  command  prior  to
disconnecting or powering off a modem on any  line.   The  line
can then be turned on again when the modem is reconnected.

     The simplest way to recover from this problem,  should  it
occur, is to reload the DN20.
DECnet-20 V2 Beware File                                 Page 4


2.6  DN200 Jobs Submitted on Cardreader not Queued

     Punched cards read at a DN200  remote  station  may  never
appear  in  the  batch  queue.   The cardreader driver, CDRIVE,
which is a part of GALAXY, fails to place the card stream  into
the batch input queue.  A one instruction change to the Network
Unit Record Device (NURD) module will correct the  problem.   A
new  copy  of  NURD.MAC,  which  contains  the change, has been
placed on the RJE-20 distribution tape.  To incorporate the new
module  into your GALAXY system the following procedures should
be followed:

     1.  Restore the contents of the RJE-20 Distribution Tape.

     2.  Copy the file NURD.MAC from PS:<DECNET> to PS:<BUILD>,
         or  the  directory  to  which  you restored the GALAXY
         source files in Step 20 of Appendix G of  the  TOPS-20
         Software Installation Guide, AA-4195G-TM.

     3.  Follow the instructions of Appendix G to  rebuild  and
         install the LPTSPL and CDRIVE components of the GALAXY
         system.











                          APPENDIX A

        NETWORK GENERATION OF DECnet-20 V2 FOR 32K DN20



A.1  OVERVIEW

     A 32K  DN20  has  marginal  memory  capacity  for  running
DECnet-20 V2.  To maintain most DECnet-20 V1 functionality, the
72-hour testing (TEST72) capability on a production system  has
been  dropped.  Consequently, users having a 32K DN20 will need
to generate two DN20 systems, one for use during the acceptance
procedures, and another for use during production.

     The acceptance procedure involving UETP (executing in  the
TOPS20  system)  and  TEST72 (executing in the DN20) can be run
only by loading a DN20 that has TEST72 configured and does  not
have   the   Topology  Notification  capability.   Likewise,  a
production DN20 system  must  have  the  Topology  Notification
capability and must not have TEST72 configured.



A.2  CONFIGURATION CONSTRAINTS

     There are constraints on configuration options for  a  32K
DN20.   The  configuration  options are selected by commands to
the NETGEN program.  The  only  supported  32K  DN20  parameter
values are:

      o  HARDWARE - Either 1 DUP11 (not a KMC-DUP  combination)
         or  1  DMC11.   [Note:   this  does  NOT mean that you
         cannot run a DN20 that has KMC-DUP hardware installed,
         just that the KMC must not be configured.]

      o  SOFTWARE - 20 CCBs, 12 RDBs, and 8  SDBs;   all  other
         parameters  must be defaulted.  The only exceptions to
         this are identification parameters such  as  password,
         node-name, and node-number.
NETWORK GENERATION OF DECnet-20 V2 FOR 32K DN20        Page A-2


A.3  EXAMPLES OF NETGEN TYPE-INS

     During the generation procedure, it is  advised  that  you
create a separate directory for each configuration to eliminate
any confusion.  Examples of various configuration sessions  are
offered below.



A.3.1  Acceptance Procedure Configuration


@RUN NETGEN
TOPS-20 Network Configurator for DN2x or DN200, Version: V2.2-39
NETGEN>EXCLUDE (from Configuration) KDP (number) 0
NETGEN>INCLUDE (in Configuration) DUP11 (number) 0
NETGEN>CCBS 20
NETGEN>RDBS 12
NETGEN>SDBS 8
NETGEN>EXCLUDE (from Configuration) TASK (type) Topology-Notification 
NETGEN>SAVE ACC32K
NETGEN>FINISH
NETGEN>EXIT
@




A.3.2  Production Configuration


@RUN NETGEN
TOPS-20 Network Configurator for DN2x or DN200, Version: V2.2-39
NETGEN>EXCLUDE (from Configuration) KDP (number) 0
NETGEN>INCLUDE (in Configuration) DUP11 (number) 0
NETGEN>CCBS 20
NETGEN>RDBS 12
NETGEN>SDBS 8
NETGEN>EXCLUDE (from Configuration) TASK (type) 72-Hour-Test 
NETGEN>SAVE PRO32K
NETGEN>FINISH
NETGEN>EXIT
@