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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
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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
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