Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Chapter 6
6	Pseudoterminal Driver
6.1	Pseudoterminal Operations
6.1.1	Creating a Pseudoterminal
6.1.2	Canceling a Request
6.1.3	Deleting a Pseudoterminal
6.2	Pseudoterminal Driver Features
6.3	Pseudoterminal Driver Device Information
6.4	I/O Buffers
6.5	Pseudoterminal Functions
6.5.1	Reading Data
6.5.2	Writing Data
6.5.3	Using Write with Echo
6.5.4	Flow Control
6.5.5	Event Notification
6.5.5.1	Input Flow Control
6.5.5.2	Output Stop
6.5.5.3	Output Resume
6.5.5.4	Characteristics Changed
6.5.5.5	Output Abort
6.5.5.6	Terminal Driver Read Events
6.6	Pseudoterminal Driver Programming Example
6.6.1	Design Overview
Chapter 7
7	Shadow-Set Virtual Unit Driver
7.1	Introduction
7.2	Configurations
7.2.1	Supported Hardware
7.2.2	Compatible Disk Drives and Volumes
7.3	Driver Functions
7.3.1	Read and Write Functions
7.4	Error Processing
Chapter 8
8	Using the OpenVMS Generic SCSI Class Driver
8.1	Overview of SCSI
8.2	OpenVMS SCSI Class/Port Architecture
8.3	Overview of the OpenVMS Generic SCSI Class Driver
8.4	Accessing the OpenVMS Generic SCSI Class Driver
8.5	SCSI Port Features Under Application Control
8.5.1	Setting the Data Transfer Mode
8.5.2	Enabling Disconnection and Reselection
8.5.3	Disabling Command Retry
8.5.4	Setting Command Timeouts
8.6	Configuring a Device Using the Generic Class Driver
8.6.1	Disabling the Autoconfiguration of a SCSI Device (VAX Only)
8.7	Assigning a Channel to GKDRIVER
8.8	Issuing a $QIO Request to the Generic Class Driver
8.9	Generic SCSI Class Driver Device Information
8.10	Call a Generic SCSI Class Driver
Chapter 9
9	Local Area Network (LAN) Device Drivers
9.1	Local Area Network (LAN) Terminology
9.2	Supported Communication Devices
9.2.1	OpenVMS VAX Lan Devices
9.2.2	OpenVMS Alpha Lan Devices
9.2.3	Supported Industry Standards
9.3	LAN Controller Characteristics
9.4	Fast Ethernet LANs (Alpha Only)
9.5	Gigabit Ethernet LANs (Alpha Only)
9.6	LAN ATM Network Support (Alpha Only)
9.6.1	LAN Emulation over an ATM Network (Alpha Only)
9.6.1.1	LAN Emulation Components (Alpha Only)
9.6.1.2	LAN Emulation Topology (Alpha Only)
9.6.2	Classical IP Over an ATM Network (Alpha Only)
9.7	Supporting and Configuring LAN Emulation over ATM (Alpha Only)
9.7.1	Enabling SONET/SDH (Alpha Only)
9.7.2	Booting (Alpha Only)
9.7.3	Configuring an Emulated LAN (ELAN) (Alpha Only)
9.7.4	Configuring ATM hardware
9.7.4.1	Configuring a GIGAswitch/ATM for ELAN
9.7.5	Configuring an Application to Recognize a LAN Device
9.7.5.1	Configuring a LAT over an Emulated LAN
9.7.5.2	Configuring PATHWORKS over an Emulated LAN
9.7.5.3	Configuring Digital TCP/IP Services over an Emulated LAN
9.7.5.4	Configuring LAST over an Emulated LAN
9.7.5.5	Configuring DECnet over an Emulated LAN
9.8	Ports and LAN Configuration
9.8.1	Driver Initialization and Operation
9.9	Ethernet Addresses
9.9.1	Format of Ethernet Addresses
9.9.2	Ethernet Address Classifications
9.9.3	Selecting an Ethernet Physical Address
9.9.4	Ethernet Physical and Multicast Address Values
9.9.5	Token Ring Functional Address Mapping
9.10	Configuring ISA Devices (Alpha Only)
9.10.1	OpenVMS LAN Devices Requiring Configuration (Alpha Only)
9.10.1.1	DE203 Ethernet (Alpha Only)
9.10.1.2	DW110 Token Ring (Alpha Only)
9.11	Configuring the Ethernet Media Type from the Console (Alpha Only)
9.12	Frame Formats
9.12.1	CSMA/CD Frames
9.12.2	FDDI Frames
9.12.3	Token Ring Frames (Alpha Only)
9.12.4	ATM ELAN Frames (Alpha Only)
9.12.5	802.2/802.1 Headers
9.12.6	Token Ring Source Routing Header (Alpha Only)
9.13	Format Parameter
9.14	Features of Packet Formats
9.14.1	Ethernet Packet Format
9.14.1.1	Ethernet Protocol Types
9.14.1.2	Ethernet Packet Padding
9.14.1.3	Protocol Type Sharing
9.14.2	IEEE 802 Packet Format
9.14.2.1	Class I Service Packet Format
9.14.2.2	User-Supplied Service Header Format
9.14.2.3	Service Access Point (SAP) Use and Restrictions
9.14.3	IEEE 802 Extended Packet Format
9.14.3.1	Protocol Type PID Sharing (Alpha Only)
9.15	LAN Device Information
9.16	LAN Function Codes
9.16.1	Read
9.16.2	Write
9.16.3	Set Mode and Set Characteristics
9.16.3.1	Set Controller Mode
9.16.3.2	Set Mode Parameters for Packet Formats
9.16.3.3	Set Mode Parameter Validation
9.16.3.4	Shutdown Controller
9.16.3.5	Enable Attention AST
9.16.3.6	IO$M_SET_MAC Functional Modifier to IO$M_SETMODE
9.16.3.7	IO$M_UPDATE_MAP Functional Modifier to IO$_SETMODE (Alpha Only)
9.16.3.8	IO$M_ROUTE Functional Modifier to IO$_SETMODE (Alpha Only)
9.16.4	Sense Mode and Sense Characteristics
9.16.4.1	IO$M_SENSE_MAC Functional Modifier to IO$_SENSEMODE
9.16.4.2	IO$M_SHOW_MAP Functional Modifier to IO$_SENSMODE (Alpha Only)
9.16.4.3	IO$M_SHOW_ROUTE Functional Modifier to IO$_SENSEMODE (Alpha Only)
9.17	I/O Status Block
9.18	Application Programming Notes
9.18.1	Promiscuous Mode
9.18.2	Local Area Network Programming Examples
9.19	References

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