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Configuring TCP/IP Services
3.2 Automatic Configuration of TCP/IP Services Using DHCP Client
The startup procedure invokes TCPIP$CONFIG, which sets up the
environment for the DHCP client and designates any unconfigured interfaces
to be under DHCP client control. The procedure enables the following set of
services automatically:
FTP client
TELNET client
TELNET server
SMTP
For more information about DHCP, see the Compaq TCP/IP Services for
OpenVMS Management manual.
• Run TCPIP$CONFIG. Choose option 2 from the Core Environment
Configuration menu to configure the Internet interface, and then choose
option 2 from the Interface Configuration menu:
Configuration options:
1 - Configure interface manually (Current default)
2 - Let DHCP configure interface
You can also use TCPIP$CONFIG to configure additional services and
parameters, as needed.
3.3 Running TCPIP$CONFIG
The TCPIP$CONFIG procedure displays menus from which you do the following:
• Make selections that enable components for your system. To select the
default, press the Return key.
• Start or stop TCP/IP Services software.
• Verify the configuration.
To get started, enter:
$ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG
3.3.1 Converting Existing TCP/IP Services Configuration Files (Upgrade Only)
If you have a TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (UCX) configuration in place from a
V4.x version of the product, and you have never configured a V5.x product on the
system, the procedure begins by asking you whether to convert the old TCP/IP
Services configuration files:
Convert the old configuration files [Y]
Unless you respond NO to the prompt, the procedure converts existing
configuration files to new configuration files.
If you have already configured this product, the procedure indicates that no new
configuration files are being created:
Checking TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS configuration database files.
No new database files were created.
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