NS3000/iX Operations and Maintenance Reference Manual (36922-90042)

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Using NETTOOL
Using the NETTOOL Tools
display only the started X.25 NI.)
4. The program will display the contents of the internal X.25 tables.
The information prints only once. To get new, updated information,
you will need to run X25STAT again.
XPPERF
The XPPERF tool measures the performance of the TCP/IP protocol
stack, the UDP/IP stack, or X.25 level 3 direct access. The program
interfaces to the transport through the IPC intrinsics. You must run
XPPERF on both the local system and a remote system for the test to
work, with the program on the remote system started first. To use this
tool, perform the following steps.
1. Have someone at the remote location run NETTOOL on the remote
system by entering the program name at the MPE prompt:
NETTOOL.NET.SYS
The root menu will appear.
2. The remote user should select the XPPERF tool from the main menu.
3. The remote user will be prompted for the protocol, the mode
(master/slave), and other test values.The user must specify slave as
the mode. The remote user should set other values as agreed upon.
4. Run NETTOOL on the local system by entering the program name at
the MPE prompt:
NETTOOL.NET.SYS
The root menu will appear.
5. Select the XPPERF tool from the main menu.
6. Respond to the prompts as required, or press
[RETURN] to accept
defaults. For the local system, you must specify master as the mode.
7. XPPERF will write the measured data to a file named XPERFD in the
local group.