DECnet Phase IV on Integrity

[Paul Whapshott]

Hi,
I have an RX2620 Integrity Server running vms8.3.
I am having problems however getting DECnet phase 4 configured.
I have run net$config to configure but this returns the following errors;
%NCP-W-INVPVA, Invalid parameter value , Physical Ethernet address
Line = EIA-0

%NCP-W-INVPVA, Invalid parameter value , Physical Ethernet address
Line = EIA-1

%NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component , Circuit
Circuit = EIA-0

%NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component , Circuit
Circuit = EIA-1

%NCP-I-NOINFO, No information in database
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 000004F3

I have looked and there are EI devices and I have configured TCPIP.

$ sho dev ei/fu

Device EIA0:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled, device is a template only.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 0 Default buffer size 512
Current preferred CPU Id 0 Fastpath 1
Current Interrupt CPU Id 0

Operating characteristics: Link down, Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50

Device EIA3:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "TCPIP$INETACP" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 0000041C Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 1500

Operating characteristics: Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50
Protocol name IP Protocol type 08-00

Device EIA4:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled.
Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "TCPIP$INETACP" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 0000041C Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 1500

Operating characteristics: Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50
Protocol name ARP Protocol type 08-06

Device EIA5:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "TCPIP$INETACP" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 0000041C Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 1500

Operating characteristics: Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-50
Protocol name IPV6 Protocol type 86-DD

Device EIB0:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled, device is a template only.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 0 Default buffer size 512
Current preferred CPU Id 0 Fastpath 1
Current Interrupt CPU Id 0

Operating characteristics: Link down, Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51

Device EIB2:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "TCPIP$INETACP" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 0000041C Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 1500

Operating characteristics: Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51
Protocol name IP Protocol type 08-00

Device EIB3:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "TCPIP$INETACP" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 0000041C Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 1500

Operating characteristics: Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51
Protocol name ARP Protocol type 08-06

Device EIB4:, device type i8254x, is online, network device, error logging is
enabled.

Error count 0 Operations completed 0
Owner process "TCPIP$INETACP" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 0000041C Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 1500

Operating characteristics: Autonegotiation.

Speed (Mbits/sec) 1000
Def. MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51 Current MAC addr 00-18-FE-28-B0-51
Protocol name IPV6 Protocol type 86-DD


Any help gratefully received.


Regards,

Paul

[Karl Rohwedder · Accepted solution]

Paul,

are we talking Phase IV or phase V:
Phase IV -> NETCONFIG.COm
Phase V -> NET$CONFIGURE.COM

But since the message say NCP I assum NET$CONFIG was a typo.

Pls. note, that DECnet has to be started 1st on any interface, because it wants to change the address of the interface.

regards Kalle

[Paul Whapshott]

Thanks Kalle,

That was it I had configured and started tcpip first. then tried to configure decnet phase 4.

I stopped tcpip and configured decnet 4 without problem then restarted tcpip.

Thanks,

Paul

[Colin Butcher]

Hello,

In a multiple NIC environment I'd recommend you use Phase V in Phase IV compatible mode. It givs you better control over which NICs the protocol starts on and on which NICs the MAC address wil change for Phase IV compatible addressing.

Cheers, Colin (http://www.xdelta.co.uk).