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Basics of NMMGR

Getting Help

Help is available for many of the NMMGR screens you will be using. It

is available for all unguided NS conﬁguration screens. It is also

available for the screens used to conﬁgure the distributed terminal

subsystem and those used for guided NS conﬁguration. You can also get

help on general topics and NMMGR commands.

Getting Help on Screens

The simplest way to use the help facility is to press the [Help] function

key while at the screen for which you need information. (Entering HELP

in the command window also presents you with the help information for

the current screen.) You will immediately be presented with text that

describes the screen, each parameter conﬁgured using the screen, and

the operation associated with each of the screen’s function keys.

Help messages are provided as an aid to conﬁguration and are not

intended to be a complete reference. They provide only the information

that is immediately needed to understand how to use a screen. If you

need more detailed information than is provided by a help message,

refer to the conﬁguration guide for the link you are conﬁguring.

Entering Help Mode

You can also access the NMMGR help system by entering a ? in the

command window. This puts you into help mode, and presents you with

a list of available help topics. One of these topics, Index, provides a list

of parameters and the screens on which they are conﬁgured. Path

branching information is included where appropriate. You can browse

through the topics until you terminate help mode by typing end, exit,

or :. Terminating help mode returns you to the screen where you

entered help mode.

Getting Help on Speciﬁc Topics

You can use the HELP command followed by a keyword to get help on a

list of speciﬁc topics. The following are the available help keywords:

• Enter HELP OVERVIEW to see a brief explanation of the operation of

NMMGR.

• Enter HELP ROADMAP to see a map of the screen structure of

NMMGR. You will also receive a list of additional keywords,

consisting of the subsystems supported by NMMGR. Each of these

subsystem names, such as LINKCONF, can be used as a help message

qualiﬁer to obtain a map of the screens pertaining to the listed

subsystem. A qualiﬁer, which also is considered a keyword, must

follow the main keyword with a comma separating the two