Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 PowerPatch 2 (Software Release C.75.02) (30216-90352)

Chapter 3
Technical Articles
Enhanced Host-Based DTC Management Functionality
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Supportability and Other Enhancements
To support the enhancements listed above, the following TermDSM and DTCCNTRL functions have also been
enhanced:
TermDSM commands:
CONNECT This command now displays the appropriate information for all supported connection types
through both the X.25 and Direct connect cards that are going to any system that has been
allowed access from the DTC.
MULTI This new command allows you start or stop the X.25 and/or PAD protocols on multiple X.25
cards in one or more DTCs with one command.
X25SITE This new command displays information on X.25 system-to-system connections between HP
e3000 systems. This feature displays the same information as the X.25 Site Management
feature that was available on the OVDTCMgr platform.
DTCCNTRL enhancements:
• All new and changed NMMGR DTS configuration screens are fully supported by Dynamic Configuration.
• To prevent configuration discrepancies that could occur when changes to PAD devices were only partially
successful, DTCCNTRL will now try to verify that the changes to all PAD devices on a card will succeed
before proceeding with the changes.
OVDTCMgr Featuress That Are Not Supported
Some features of the OVDTCMgr workstation are not supported on the HP e3000 host. They are:
Telnet Access Card This card is long out of support and all of the features provided by this
card have other viable alternatives on the HP e3000.
Monitor functions The following monitor functions are not supported: Describe, DTC Polling,
Alarm Logging and Display.
Diagnose functions The following diagnose functions are not supported: Extended PING.
DTC Tools DTC Tools – The following DTC tools are not supported: Find Port; In
Manage Multiple DTCs, the Delete DTC configuration and paste
configurations to DTCs, boards or ports.
Local and Remote DTC Manager Access
Migrating to Host-Based Management
In order to ease the transition from the OVDTCMgr PC-Based solution to Host-Based management, the
following features are available and these behaviors occur when your system is updated to the new
host-based versions of the DTS subsystem.
• Although it is now an unsupported configuration, the OVDTCMgr platform still is able to manage the
DTCs for connection to the HP e3000. HP recommends that you migrate your DTS configuration to
Host-Based management at the earliest opportunity.
• When you reboot your system after updating with this release, DTS recognizes that the data in the DTS
subsystem of the NMCONFIG file is the old format but still creates a valid DTS configuration. DCC displays
the following warning message: