[HECnet] taking the first step

Dear Johnny, I am taking the first steps in building a useful hobbyist OpenVMS 7.3/VAX machine and am at a point where I (a) have downloaded and compiled the bridge program on a linux gateway box, and (b) am starting to configure DECNet Plus with the goal of getting on HECNet. I would like the nodename to be QCOCAL if possible (historical reasons, the first nodename when I joined DEC was QCOCAL). Also, can you help me with choosing between LOCAL and DECdns, and assign me an area and a node number? Once I have this configured, the next step will be to get bridge to work and test if I can reach other Vaxen over HECnet. The following is a dump of what I did so far. Also copying Poolak Banerjee, a fellow ex-DEC VAX enthusiast and my ex-boss at DEC, who is closely following progress on this VAX.

Thank you very much, Supratim Sanyal Germantown, Maryland, USA -- *DUA1:[RUMTUK]$ start/network decnet** *Copyright 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. %NET$STARTUP-W-NONETCONFIG, this node has not been configured to run DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS use SYS$MANAGER:NET$CONFIGURE.COM if you wish to configure DECnet %NET$STARTUP-I-OPERSTATUS, DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS operational status is OFF *DUA1:[RUMTUK]$ @SYS$MANAGER:NET$CONFIGURE.COM** *Copyright Compaq Computer Corporation 2000. All rights reserved. DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS network configuration procedure This procedure will help you create or modify the management scripts needed to operate DECnet on this machine. You may receive help about most questions by answering with a question mark '?'. %NET$CONFIGURE-I-SETUPNEW, setting up for new configuration You have the option of choosing the following directory services for your system: Local file (LOCAL) - A local namespace that uses flat naming. DECdns - A distributed namespace. Domain - A naming service that uses DNS/BIND. The Local file has the capability to hold 100,000 nodes, and it can even scale beyond that number. The actual number of nodes that the Local file can hold depends on the space available on your system. If you choose to enter more than one directory service for your system, the ordering of this list is *very important*, as the first directory service entered in this list will be considered the primary directory service to use on the system. The primary directory service is considered the first choice to use when looking up naming information for the system. If you are running a DNS Clerk on this system, or plan to run a DNS Clerk on this system, DECdns *must* be the first service in the list. Enter an *ordered* list of the directory services you want to use on the system. If you enter more than one directory service, separate them by commas. * Enter the directory services to use on the system [DECdns,Local,Domain] : Local Enter a node name for each directory service chosen. For the directory service Domain, you will enter a fully qualified host name for DNS/BIND. The fully qualified host name includes the host name part and the domain name part. For example: Domain - smilee.lkg.dec.com For the directory services DECdns and Local file, you will enter a node full name. The node full name is the name of your system's node object in the directory service. It includes the namespace nickname, and the full list of directories leading to the node object name. Examples of node full names for the directory services DECdns and Local file include: Local file - LOCAL:.TomThumb DECdns - XYZ_CORP:.sales.west_coast.WillyLoman For the Local file, the namespace nickname LOCAL is prepended to the full name and is terminated with a colon (:). The namespace nickname "LOCAL" means that the Local file is used. The node object name must begin with a dot (.), and no element of the name (namespace name, directory, or node object name) can be a null string. Please note that the namespace nickname "LOCAL" is reserved, and indicates that the Local file will be used on this system. The Local file has the capability to hold 100,000 nodes, and it can even scale beyond that number. The actual number of nodes that the Local file can hold depends on the space available on your system. ** Enter the full name for directory service LOCAL : **LOCAL:.QCOCAL** * The node synonym is an alphanumeric character string between 1 and 6 characters long that contains at least one alphabetic character. If this system had previously been running DECnet Phase IV software, then the old nodename should be used as the synonym. If this system is joining a DECnet network for the first time, any name can be used for the synonym, as long as it meets the criteria listed above, and is unique within the network. * What is the synonym name for this node? : QCOCAL * What type of node (Endnode or Router)? [ENDNODE] : A DECnet-Plus system may or may not use a DECnet Phase IV-style node address. A node address of 0.0 indicates that this DECnet-Plus system will be communicating with OSI systems only. If your network contains some systems running DECnet Phase IV, you may want to specify a compatible address in order to communicate with them. If your network consists solely of OSI systems, this is not required. The DECnet Phase IV node address consists of an area number (between 1 and 63), and a node number within the area (between 1 and 1023). ** Enter PhaseIV Address [1.1] : **42.420** *%NET$CONFIGURE-I-SCANCONFIG, scanning device configuration - please wait Determining DTSS timezone rules from OpenVMS information... %NET$CONFIGURE-I-CREDEFOSITEMPLATE, created default OSI templates %NET$CONFIGURE-I-EVDDEFAULT, providing default Event Dispatcher configuration %NET$CONFIGURE-I-MAKEACCOUNT, this procedure creates user account CML$SERVER %NET$CONFIGURE-I-MAKEACCOUNT, this procedure creates user account MAIL$SERVER %NET$CONFIGURE-I-MAKEACCOUNT, this procedure creates user account VPM$SERVER %NET$CONFIGURE-I-MAKEACCOUNT, this procedure creates user account MIRRO$SERVER %NET$CONFIGURE-I-MAKEACCOUNT, this procedure creates user account PHONE$SERVER By default, MOP is not started by NET$STARTUP. In order to make this system service MOP requests, NET$STARTUP_MOP must be defined to signal NET$STARTUP to load the MOP software. This symbol is normally defined in SYS$STARTUP:NET$LOGICALS.COM. Answering YES to the following question will modify SYS$STARTUP:NET$LOGICALS.COM for you, to enable MOP service on this system. Answering NO will remove the logical name definition from SYS$STARTUP:NET$LOGICALS.COM. Note that this will have no effect if the NET$STARTUP_MOP is defined elsewhere. * Load MOP on this system? [NO] : Summary of Configuration Node Information: Node Type: ENDNODE Directory Services Chosen: LOCAL Primary Directory Service: LOCAL Local Full name: LOCAL:.QCOCAL Node Synonym: QCOCAL Phase IV Address: 42.420 Phase IV Prefix: 49:: Autoconfiguration of Network Addresses: Enabled Session Control Address Update Interval: 10 Routing ESHello Timer: 600 Routing ES Cache Size: 512 Device Information: Device: XQA0 (DELQA): Data Link name: CSMACD-0 Routing Circuit Name: CSMACD-0 Transport Information: NSP Transport: Configured Maximum number of logical links: 200 Maximum Transmit and Receive Window: 20 Maximum Receive Buffers: 4000 Flow Control Policy: Segment Flow Control OSI Transport: Configured Maximum number of logical links: 200 Maximum Transmit and Receive Window: 20 Maximum Receive Buffers: 4000 OSI applications over TCP/IP: Enabled DECnet applications over TCP/IP: Enabled Congestion Avoidance Disabled Event Dispatcher Configuration: Sinks: local_sink Outbound Streams: local_stream Phase IV Relay: Enabled * Do you want to generate NCL configuration scripts? [YES] : %NET$CONFIGURE-I-CHECKSUM, checksumming NCL management scripts * Do you want to start the network? [YES] : %STDRV-W-NOTSYSTEM, STARTUP is not running from the SYSTEM account. -STDRV-W-UNPREDICT, Results are unpredictable. Copyright 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. %NET-I-LOADED, executive image LES$LES_V30.EXE loaded %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$ALIAS.EXE loaded %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$SESSION_CONTROL.EXE loaded %NET$STARTUP-I-STARTPROCESS, starting process DNS %NET-I-LOADED, executive image SYS$NAME_SERVICES.EXE loaded %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000273 %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$NODE_STARTUP.NCL; %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$CSMACD.EXE loaded %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$CSMACD_STARTUP.NCL; %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$SESSION_STARTUP.NCL; %LES-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000274 %LES-I-LOADING, loading NET$ component NETMANPPI from SYS$COMMON:[SYS$LDR]LES$NETMAN.EXE;1 %LES-I-LOADING, loading NET$ component NETMANLDR from SYS$COMMON:[SYS$LDR]LES$NETMANLDR.EXE;1 %LES-I-LOADING, loading NET$ component LES$ROUTING from SYS$COMMON:[SYS$LDR]NET$ROUTING_ES.EXE;1 %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$ROUTING_STARTUP.NCL; %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$TRANSPORT_NSP.EXE loaded %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$NSP_TRANSPORT_STARTUP.NCL; %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$TPCONS.EXE loaded %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$TRANSPORT_OSI.EXE loaded %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$OSI_TRANSPORT_STARTUP.NCL; %NET-I-LOADED, executive image NET$OSVCM.EXE loaded %NET$STARTUP-I-STARTPROCESS, starting process ACP %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000275 %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000276 %NET$STARTUP-I-EXECUTESCRIPT, executing NCL script SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]NET$SEARCHPATH_STARTUP.NCL; %NET$STARTUP-I-OPERSTATUS, DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS operational status is RUNNING-MAJOR %NET$CONFIGURE-I-FLUSHCACHE, flushing selected cache entries Node 0 at 2016-05-14-17:20:28.850+00:00Iinf %NET$CONFIGURE-I-NODERENAMED, node successfully renamed to LOCAL:.QCOCAL Node 0 Session Control at 2016-05-14-17:20:30.030+00:00Iinf Node 0 Session Control at 2016-05-14-17:20:30.040+00:00Iinf Node 0 Session Control at 2016-05-14-17:20:30.050+00:00Iinf Node 0 Session Control at 2016-05-14-17:20:30.060+00:00Iinf Node 0 Session Control at 2016-05-14-17:20:30.420+00:00Iinf Characteristics Maintain Backward Soft Links = True Directory Service: Local name file Error - Node name lookup failure LOCAL:.QCOCAL Number of nodes reported on: 0 %NET$CONFIGURE-W-NODENOTREG, node is not completely registered yet in the LOCAL directory service %NET$CONFIGURE-I-IMPORTFILECREATED, created the DECNET_REGISTER import file Directory Service: Local name file Updating nodes listed in SYS$MANAGER:DECNET_REGISTER_IMPORT_FILE_QCOCAL.TXT Number of nodes registered: 1 Number of nodes modified: 0 %NET$CONFIGURE-I-REGSUCCESS, node has been successfully registered in the LOCAL directory service Node 0 at 2016-05-14-17:20:32.940+00:00Iinf %NET$CONFIGURE-I-NODERENAMED, node successfully renamed to LOCAL:.QCOCAL %STDRV-W-NOTSYSTEM, STARTUP is not running from the SYSTEM account. -STDRV-W-UNPREDICT, Results are unpredictable. 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