Installing and Managing HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol Network Manager's Guide (36957-90157)

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Verify Installation and Update LAN Configuration
Updating the Network Directory
Updating the Network Directory
For your installation, you may decide to provide users with NS node
names for remote systems that do not support probe. MPE/iX FTP users
can enter an NS node name instead of the IP address to connect to
remote systems which have been identified in the network directory. If
you are using ARPA domain names, refer to the subsection in this
chapter called “Configuring ARPA Domain Names.”
The steps for updating the network directory are:
1. Run NMMGR.PUB.SYS.
2. From the Open Configuration/Directory File screen, verify that the
network directory file name displayed is NSDIR.NET.SYS, then
press the
[Open Directory] key.
3. The Network Directory Main screen is displayed. Press the
[Update Dir] key to continue.
4. The Network Directory Select Node Name screen is displayed. Enter
a new node name at the node name field, and select Y or N for Global.
The node name must be in the form:
nodename.domain.organization.
Press the
[Add] key to proceed.
Each field in the node name must be 16 or fewer characters starting
with an alphabetic character.
5. The Network Directory Data screen is displayed. Enter the IP
address for the remote node you are adding to the network directory,
and select the correct type. Select type 1 (IP) for a node that supports
Ethernet using ARP.
For remote nodes that use Ethernet but do not support ARP, enter
the IP address and type 5 (LAN/ETHERNET). You must also enter
the LAN station address in the field, Additional Address (six
hexadecimal bytes, separated by dashes (XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX)).
Under the heading Transport services, the field, Checksum for TCP
required (Y) or optional (N) must be set to yes (Y) for multivendor
communication. This will activate checksumming only for the
connection specified. Note that setting checksum to yes in the
network directory overrides a value of no set in the Transmission
Protocol Configuration (TCP) Screen (path
@NETXPORT.GPROT.TCP). HP recommends setting a no TCP
checksum in the TCP screen because a value of yes turns on
checksum for all connections (creating unnecessary overhead).
6. Press the
[Save Data] key to save the new node name configuration.