The online HELP facility allows you to access reference and tutorial information about the DECserver 200. Choose one of the following options:
o Enter TUTORIAL to see a succession of HELP frames with "getting
started" information on basic DECserver functions (for beginners)
o Enter HELP for full information on how to use the HELP facility
o Choose a HELP topic from the following list:
BACKWARDS FORWARDS RESUME
BROADCAST HELP SET
CONNECT LIST SHOW
DEFINE LOCK TEST
DISCONNECT LOGOUT
Topic? list
LIST
Use the LIST command to display information from the permanent database.
LIST option
The option value is a topic about which you need information.
Additional HELP is available for the LIST options:
PORTS SERVER SERVICES
LIST Subtopic? server
SHOW/LIST SERVER
Use the SHOW SERVER command to display information about the current
operational state of the server. Use LIST SERVER to show values for the
permanent server characteristics.
Command formats:
SHOW SERVER [CHARACTERISTICS]
[COUNTERS ]
[STATUS ]
[SUMMARY ]
LIST SERVER [CHARACTERISTICS]
[SUMMARY ]
The default option for SHOW/LIST SERVER is CHARACTERISTICS.
Additional help available for:
CHARACTERISTICS COUNTERS STATUS SUMMARY
SHOW/LIST SERVER Subtopic?
LIST Subtopic?
Topic? show
SHOW
Use SHOW commands to display current status or information from the server's
operational database.
SHOW option
The option value is the topic about which you need information.
Additional HELP is available for the SHOW options:
NODES PORTS QUEUE SERVER SERVICES SESSIONS USERS
SHOW Subtopic?
Topic?
Local> show server
DECserver 200 V2.0 BL29 LAT V5.1 ROM BL20 Uptime: 6 08:14:20
Address: 08-00-2B-0B-C4-EA Name: BAMBI Number: 0
Identification: AMDF Network - Server BAMBI
Circuit Timer: 80 Password Limit: 3
Console Port: 1 Queue Limit: 24
Inactivity Timer: 30 Retransmit Limit: 8
Keepalive Timer: 20 Session Limit: 64
Multicast Timer: 30 Software: PR0801ENG
Node Limit: 100
Service Groups: 0
Enabled Characteristics:
Announcements, Broadcast, Dump
Local> help
Topic? tutorial
TUTORIAL HELP
LOGGING INTO THE DECSERVER
To login to the DECserver you may be required by your server manager to enter a login password. If you are not required to do so, go on to the next screen. If you are, here are the steps to take to log in.
1 Press <RETURN> twice; a number sign (#) appears along with an audible "beep".
2 Enter the login password. (You get the password from your server manager.)
For example, to log in with the password A1B2C3...
<RETURN> <RETURN> enter <RETURN> twice
# A1B2C3 type the password (which is not echoed)
3 If you make a mistake, the prompt reappears (and the "beep") to let you try again. You have several chances to enter the correct password.
4 If you use a dial-in modem, you have 60 seconds to respond to the # prompt with the correct password. If you don't, the server disconnects your modem.
If you do not need to enter a login password, press <RETURN> twice to log into
your DECserver.
When you log in, an introductory line of text appears...
DECserver 200 Terminal Server V1.0 (BL20) - LAT V5.1
If your port does not have a permanent username defined, enter your name (1 to
16 keyboard characters) after the following text appears...
Please type HELP if you need assistance
Enter username>
The Local> prompt appears after you type your username.
If your port does have a permanent username, here's what you see...
Please type HELP if you need assistance
Local>
USING ONLINE HELP
Online help is documentation about DECserver commands that is
stored in server memory. You can see this documentation
interactively on your terminal while you are using the DECserver. The HELP command gives you access to online help. You
can use it in two ways:
You can type HELP at the Local> prompt...
Local> HELP
This generates a succession of HELP "frames", "menus", and prompts.
Frames are made up of the information that can fit on one or more
terminal screens. Menus are lists of topics you can choose from.
Alternatively, you can specify topics and subtopics when you
enter the HELP command. For example...
Local> HELP SET PORT
This command produces online documentation that describes the SET
PORT command.
SOME DEFINITIONS
The primary function of the DECserver is to allow you to connect to "services" offered on your network. A service can be a computer system that you can use just as though your terminal were attached directly to the system, or it can be a function offered by such a system. In addition, services can be set-up to
allow access to printers, dial-out modems, personal computers and terminal switches. To connect to a service, you only need to know the service name.
A "service node" is a computer system or server that offers services.
A "session" is a connection to a service. You can have one or more simultaneous sessions with one service, or more than one service. The connection you are using at any one time is called your "current session". Your other sessions are inactive, but can be resumed by using server commands or session switches.
"Service mode" is your environment when you interact with a service. For example, if the service is a computer system, your environment is the same as a terminal directly wired to the system. You can all use the system's commands and resources.
"Local mode" is your environment when you interact with the DECserver using commands entered at the Local> prompt.
CONNECTING TO A SERVICE
Use the local mode SHOW SERVICES command to display a list of services you can use.
Local> SHOW SERVICES
To connect to a service (establish a session with the service) enter the DECserver CONNECT command with the name of the service you want. For example, for a service called SALES, enter the following command:
Local> CONNECT SALES
This command places you in service mode in an active session with the service SALES.
RETURNING TO LOCAL MODE FROM A SERVICE SESSION
To return to local mode without ending your session, press <BREAK> or press your local switch character. Both these characters are, in effect, DECserver commands that instruct the server to go back to local mode.
The <BREAK> character must be set up to permit this (by default it is), and the local switch character must be defined (by default it is not).
Use the HELP command for more details on setting up the <BREAK> character and local switch character.
NOTE
Some modems interprets the <BREAK> character as a command to end
your dial-in connection. If you are using one of these modems,
do not use <BREAK> to return to local mode.
Your session, now inactive, is still your current session because
it is the session your were using most recently.
RESUMING YOUR SERVICE SESSION FROM LOCAL MODE
To resume your current session (and service mode) while your are in local mode, enter the DECserver RESUME command.
Local> RESUME
You go back to where you left off when before returning to local mode.
DISCONNECTING FROM A SERVICE
To end your current session while in service mode, use the command that terminates whatever process you are using. For example, you can terminate a session on a VAX/VMS system by typing the VMS LOGOUT command. Refer to the documentation for the service node that offers the service.
To end your current session while in local mode, enter the DECserver DISCONNECT command.
Local> DISCONNECT
You cannot resume a service session after you end the connection with DISCONNECT.
CONNECTING TO A SECOND SERVICE
The DECserver allows you to have several sessions at one time, to the same or to different services. To connect to a second (or subsequent) service, simply enter another CONNECT command from local mode, specifying the name of the service. For example, to connect to the service PRODUCTION, enter the following command:
Local> CONNECT PRODUCTION
To resume one of your non-current sessions, use the FORWARDS command to switch to your next session, or the BACKWARDS command to switch to your previous session. Alternatively, you can use the RESUME command and specify the session
number. You can find this number from the SHOW SESSIONS display:
Local> RESUME SESSION 2
To disconnect a particular session, use the DISCONNECT command and specify the session number. For example:
Local> DISCONNECT SESSION 1
LOGGING OUT OF THE DECSERVER
To logout from the DECserver, enter the DECserver LOGOUT command (in local mode).
Local> LOGOUT
LOGOUT disconnects all sessions. A DECserver message appears verifying the logout.
The next batch of stuff comes from DECServer 500:
Local> show users
Port Username Status Service
5 LC-1-5 Connected VTCC1
6 LC-1-6 Connected VTCC1
7 LC-1-7 Connected VTCC1
8 LC-1-8 Connected VTCC1
34 LC-3-2 Connected VTCC1
53 LC-4-5 Local Mode
67 LC-5-3 Connected VTCC1
Local> show devices all
Device Device Port Device CSR Vector Total
Slot Name Type List Status Address Address Errors
1 CONSOLE DL 0 Running 177560 60 1
2 NETWORK DEQNA Running 174440 120 37
3 LC-1 CXY08 1-8 Running 160440 310 2
4 LC-2 CXY08 17-24 Running 160460 320 0
5 LC-3 CXY08 33-40 Running 160500 330 1
6 LC-4 CXY08 49-56 Running 160520 340 0
7 LC-5 CXY08 65-72 Running 160540 350 0
8 LC-6 CXY08 81-88 Running 160560 360 0
9 LC-7 CXY08 97-104 Running 160600 370 5085
10 LC-8 CXY08 113-120Running 160620 400 15
Local> show server
DECserver 500 V1.0 LAT V5.1 ROM V1.0.2 Uptime: 12 7:18:36
