Using the HP DTC 16RX Manager

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Testing connections using the rdtcping command

Finding the status of DTC LAN board or a port

The rdtcstat command obtains status information about a DTC or a DTC port

and lists it to the standard output.

rdtcstat dtcname [dtcport] [>filename]

Examples

To obtain status information about the DTC named dtc3:

rdtcstat dtc3

To obtain status information about Port 1 of the DTC named dtc3 and copy the

result to a ﬁle called rainbow:

rdtcstat dtc3 1 >rainbow

Finding information about DTC uploads

The command rdtcupload -d ﬁnds out if any uploads have occurred on the DTCs

downloaded by this DTC Manager. It lists the upload ﬁles on the screen and places

the upload ﬁles in the directory /usr/<tftp_directory>/tmp/:

rdtcupload -d

You should regularly clear the ﬁles in this directory as each upload ﬁle occupies

2.2 MBytes.

Testing connections using the rdtcping command

The rdtcping command is used as a troubleshooting tool to perform a connection

test. The rdtcping command sends one ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

echo packet to the speciﬁed DTC which is echoed back. A message indicates

whether or not the DTC responded. Both the rdtcping command and the standard

ping command are useful to check if a DTC is still up and running, at least at the IP

level of the networking stack.

You can only use the rdtcping command on the DTCs listed by the command

rdtclist -d.