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NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual

Chapter 13  Network Directory 

The screens in this chapter are those you would see when configuring the
Network Directory.  The Network Directory branch of NMMGR begins with a
screen called the Network Directory Main screen.  Figure 13-1 shows the
screen flow for configuring the Directory screens.  Screens unique to the
Network Directory are indicated by bold boxed screens.  [FUNCTION]
denotes the function key used at a screen to invoke the next screen on
the screen flow.


          Figure 13-1.  Network Directory Main Screen Flow 

The network directory is a set of files that contain information used by
the node to communicate with other nodes in the internetwork.  (An
internetwork or internet is a collection of networks.)

The network directory is managed through two interfaces:  NMMGR screens,
and a command-driven interface called maintenance mode, to collect and
merge directory information from remote nodes into the directory on the
local node.  This chapter describes the screen interface along with a
general discussion of the functions of the network directory.  The
command-driven interface (maintenance mode) is described in detail in
Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities.

You use NMMGR to perform the following network directory functions: 

   *   Add, modify, and delete entries in the directory.

   *   Review and inspect directory information.

   *   Merge a remote directory with a directory on the local node.

   *   Automatically update directories on a group of remote nodes by
       using a background stream job, controlled from a central
       administrative node.  Central administrative nodes are described
       in more detail later in this chapter.

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