VMS NCP allows node_number being zero !?
Jeff Michaud
michaud at decvax.dec.com
Thu Dec 21 18:59:02 AEST 1989
> Both the VMS and Ultrix DECnet manuals explicitly state that node_numbers
> range between 1 and 4096.
Hmm, if the manuals say 4096 then that sounds like a bug.
A Phase IV DECnet address is 16 bits, 6 bits for the area
and 10 bits for the node number within the area. 2 to the
10th power is only 1024 (ie. not 4096).
> Also does anyone know whether it's possible to do a 'copy known nodes'
> in Ultrix ncp ?
VMS's NCP's "copy known nodes" command is VMS specific (ie. its
not part of the network management architecture for Phase IV).
The DECnet-ULTRIX equiv. functionality is provided in the
unsupported update_nodes utility. If you have V3.0 or later
then you have to install the unsupported subset first. update_nodes
is documented in the release notes with the other unsupported
utilities.
Hope that helps. Merry Xmas and Happy Networking :-)
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