HP e3000/iX Network Planning and Configuration Guide (36922-90037)

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MPE/V to MPE/iX Migration

Reconﬁguration Guidelines

Once your MPE/V NS conﬁguration ﬁles have been converted for use

with the MPE/iX version of NS you will need to reconﬁgure your

network to account for the implementation differences between

NS 3000/V and NS 3000/iX. Run the NMMGR utility against the

conﬁguration ﬁle generated by the ﬁle conversion process and perform

the following reconﬁguration tasks:

• Conﬁgure the physical path of all links for your network. This

conﬁguration consists of a channel number (ccc) and subchannel

number (sss) in the form ccc.sss. There is no channel or

subchannel associated with NS on MPE V.

• Since the LAP-B protocol is the only point-to-point link-level protocol

supported on the MPE/iX computer, you must reconﬁgure links that

were conﬁgured as bisynchronous links on NS 3000/V as LAP-B

links, or remove them from the network conﬁguration.

• Conﬁgure the Distributed Terminal Subsystem (DTS) according to

the needs of your installation. Refer to Conﬁguring Systems for

Terminals, Printers, and Other Serial Devices for instructions on how

to conﬁgure the DTS.

The above conﬁguration tasks are a general summary of what you will

need to do to reconﬁgure your network to run on MPE/iX. You should be

aware that there are many changes to individual screens and screen

ﬁelds. Refer to this guide for information on individual screens and

screen ﬁelds.