DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Installation and Configuration


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DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Client Components Configuration Menu 
 
Configuration options: 
 
        1  - FTP              Disabled 
        2  - LPR/LPD          Disabled 
        3  - NFS Client       Disabled 
        4  - REXEC and RSH    Disabled 
        5  - RLOGIN           Disabled 
        6  - SMTP             Disabled 
        7  - TELNET           Disabled 
 
        A  - Configure options 1 - 7 
       [E] - Exit menu 
 
 
Enter configuration option: A [Return]
 

Enable the client components you plan to use, or enter option A to configure options 1 through 7. The following FTP client script is an example of the display for each client component:


 
FTP CLIENT Configuration 
 
Service is not enabled. 
 
         FTP CLIENT configuration options: 
 
                 1 - Enable service on this node 
 
                [E] - Exit FTP_CLIENT configuration 
 
Enter configuration option: 1 [Return]
 
The FTP SERVER is enabled. 
 
* Do you want to configure the FTP SERVER [NO] ? [Return]
 

After you configure the client components (and their related server components, if applicable), the Server Components menu is displayed:


 
DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Server Components Configuration Menu 
 
Configuration options: 
 
         1  -  BIND              Disabled 
         2  -  BOOTP             Disabled 
         3  -  TFTP              Disabled 
         4  -  FTP               Disabled 
         5  -  LPR/LPD           Disabled 
         6  -  NFS               Disabled 
         7  -  PC-NFS            Disabled 
         8  -  PORTMAPPER        Disabled 
         9  -  TELNET/RLOGIN     Disabled 
        10  -  SNMP              Disabled 
        11  -  NTP               Disabled 
        12  -  METRIC            Disabled 
        13  -  POP               Disabled 
        14  -  FINGER            Disabled 
        15  -  RMT               Disabled 
        16  -  LBROKER           Disabled 
        17  -  DHCP              Disabled 
         A  -  Configure options 1 - 17 
        [E] -  Exit menu 
 
        Enter configuration option: A [Return]
 

Enable the server components you plan to use, or enter option A to configure options 1 through 17.

The following BIND server configuration script is an example of a display for server components, although some components prompt you for additional information.


 
BIND SERVER Configuration 
 
Service is not defined in the SYSUAF. 
Service is not defined in the TCPIP$SERVICE database. 
Service is not enabled. 
 
        BIND SERVER configuration options: 
 
                1 - Enable service on this node 
 
               [E] - Exit BIND configuration 
 
Enter configuration option: 1 [Return]
 
The TCPIP$AUX identifier already exists with value 3655. 
 
  Checking for BIND template files in SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$BIND] 
  Creating template SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$BIND]TCPIP$BIND_CONF.TEMPLATE 
  Creating file SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$BIND]127_0_0.DB 
  Creating file SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$BIND]ROOT.HINT 
 

After you configure the server components, press Return to go to the main Configuration menu. Enter option 4, Optional Components.

3.2.5 Configuring the Optional Components

You may need to configure optional product components if you plan to do one or more of the following:

When you enter option 4 from the Main Configuration menu, the Optional Components menu displays the following menu options:


 
DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Optional Components Configuration Menu 
 
Configuration options: 
 
        1 - Configure PWIP Driver (for DECnet-Plus and PATHWORKS) 
        2 - Configure SRI QIO Interface (INET Driver) 
        3 - Set up Anonymous FTP Account and Directories 
 
        A - Configure options 1 - 3 
       [E] - Exit menu 
 

Enter the options that are appropriate for your system: the PWIP driver, the SRI QIO interface, or Anonymous FTP accounts or directories.

3.3 Using TCPIP$CONFIG Option Commands

If you are an experienced TCP/IP Services user, you may want to bypass the configuration menus to enable or disable functionality, as follows:

  1. Log in to the SYSTEM account.
  2. Run the command procedure and include appropriate options and keywords in the command line:


    $ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG [option] {DISABLE | ENABLE} [CLUSTER] 
    

    The options and keywords are:
    ALL Configures the core environment and all client and server components.
    CLUSTER Configures all specified components clusterwide (except for the BIND server and SMTP, which you cannot configure clusterwide).
    CLIENT Configures all client components and related software.
    ENABLE Enables the specified components.
    DISABLE Disables the specified components.
    MINIMUM Configures the domain, Internet interfaces, remote login, FTP client, FTP server, TELNET client, and TELNET server.
    SERVER Configures all server components and related software.
    WORKSTATION Configures the BIND resolver, the domain, dynamic routing, Internet interfaces, time zone, remote login, remote shell, remote executive, FTP client, FTP server, TELNET client, TELNET server, and SMTP.

    For example, the following command enables the client components for the entire cluster:


    $ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG CLIENT ENABLE CLUSTER 
    

    Note

    The procedure implements two levels of enabling and disabling: clusterwide and single node (except for the BIND server and SMTP, which are configured and enabled as node-specific only).

3.4 Starting TCP/IP Services

You must start TCP/IP Services after you configure the standard software and optional components, but before you run tests or customize the environment.

Start TCP/IP Services on your system as follows:

  1. Access the main Configuration menu:


    $ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG 
    

  2. Enter option 6 (Startup DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS).

3.5 Verifying the Configuration

You can verify the configuration by running the installation verification procedure (IVP).

You should run the IVP if the following apply:

Before you run the IVP, make sure TCP/IP Services has started and you have SYSPRV, OPER, NETMBX, and TMPMBX privileges.

Run the IVP as follows:

  1. Run the command procedure:


    $ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG 
    

  2. Enter option 7 (Run tests), and then enter option 1 (Internet IVP) from the Test menu. If the IVP does not complete successfully, the procedure displays error messages. All IVP errors use the same format as OpenVMS system messages. For example:


    %TCPIP-E-IDENT, explanation of error. 
     
    

    Table 3-2 lists some common problems that cause IVP error messages. If the recommended action does not correct the problem, contact your Compaq support representative.

    Table 3-2 Troubleshooting IVP Errors
    Problem Corrective Action
    Network configuration is incorrect. Shut down TCP/IP Services and rerun the configuration procedure.
    Startup fails. Check the system parameters in the MODPARAMS.DAT file and adjust them if necessary. (See Section 1.2.7.)

    Shut down and restart TCP/IP Services.
    The installation kit is defective. Request a replacement kit.
    The IVP fails because the PAK is missing. Register a DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS PAK.

  3. To run the IVP any time after exiting the configuration procedure, run the IVP command procedure as follows:


    $ @SYS$TEST:TCPIP$IVP
    

3.6 Additional Configuration Tasks

After you run TCPIP$CONFIG and enable the functionality and components appropriate for your network, you need to complete additional configuration tasks to enable access to product applications. TCP/IP Services provides a management command interface and logical names you can use to modify or customize the software for your environment.

The additional configuration tasks include:

For information about these and other configuration tasks, see the DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management guide.

3.7 Automatically Starting and Stopping TCP/IP Services

To allow TCP/IP Services software to start automatically when the system starts up and to stop automatically when the system shuts down, edit the SYS$COMMON[SYSMGR]:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM file and include the following commands:


@SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$STARTUP
 
@SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$SHUTDOWN 

Because the UCX$STARTUP.COM and UCX$SHUTDOWN.COM files are no longer applicable, delete any definition of them from SYS$COMMON[SYSMGR]:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.

For TCP/IP Services to start after you log in to your OpenVMS account, the OpenVMS systemwide login procedure (typically SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM) must have World read and execute protections (W:RE).

To display the current protections, enter:


$ DIRECTORY SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM /PROTECTION 

If the protections are not W:RE, enter:


$ SET PROTECTION=(W:RE) SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM 

3.8 Specifying TCP/IP Services as the Transport for DECwindows Applications

To enable TCP/IP Services as the transport interface for DECwindows applications, add the following line to the SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM command procedure:


$ DECW$SERVER_TRANSPORTS == "DECNET,LOCAL,TCPIP" 

Then restart DECwindows:


$ @SYS$STARTUP:DECW$STARTUP RESTART 

If DECnet or DECnet-Plus software runs on the system, start it.

To display DECwindows applications from a DECwindows client (remote host) to a DECwindows server (your workstation), proceed as follows:

  1. Set up security on the remote host.
  2. Add the remote client to the local hosts database.
  3. Add the following line to SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM:


    $ DECW$SERVER_TRANSPORTS == "DECNET,LOCAL,TCPIP" 
    

  4. Set the display for the applications to the remote host:


    $ SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=remote_host/TRANSPORT=TCPIP 
    


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