User guide

Basic XNIC Commands
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Table 8.2 lists the most useful XNIC commands, organized by
network environment and task.
Table 8.2 XNIC tasks and commands
Task Command
Display information about the XNIC
characteristics.
show server characteristics
Each parameter displayed may be altered using the appropriate
SET/CHANGE/DEFINE command.
If you have a VT100-compatible terminal, the show server
characteristics command displays a stack of overlapping
screens which can be cycled for display with the arrow keys.
Display Document Services for Printing
(DS/P) parameters. (Refer to the Document
Services for Printing Guide.)
show server dsp
Display the overall server configuration
and start-up parameter setting.
show server local
Display the server node configuration.
show node
Display the overall network configuration,
including the XNIC hardware address and
the protocols currently supported.
show server network
Print Network Interface Configuration for
Ethernet or Token Ring sheets
show config port 1
If DS/P is enabled this command is disabled on the XNIC.
Change the login password from the
default of access at the prompt
showing #.
define server login password password_1
(where password_1 is the new login password)
Change the privileged password from the
default of system at the prompt
showing password>.
define server privilege password password_2
(where password_2 is the new privileged password)
This command changes the SU user password.
Disable protocols on the XNIC.
define server authorize protocol disabled
(where protocol is one of the following: NetWare, AppleTalk,
TCP/IP, LAT, NetBIOS, All, or None.)
Enable protocols on the XNIC.
define server authorize protocol enabled
(where protocol is one of the following: NetWare, AppleTalk,
TCP/IP, LAT, NetBIOS, All, or None.)
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