Establishing a Server Management Session

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Managing InfoServer Systems

Understanding LASTport Protocols

Understanding InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Functions

Establishing a Server Management Session

You can establish a server management session from a local or remote console terminal:

For a local session, you connect a terminal capable of interpreting VT100 ANSI escape sequences to the serial port on the rear of the InfoServer system unit (MMJ1 on the InfoServer 150 unit). The terminal must be set to 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity.

For a remote session, you make a connection to the InfoServer system through a local area terminal (LAT) server.

Like many network servers, the InfoServer system advertises a LAT service for its management interface and accepts connections from remote terminals attached to terminal servers. Therefore, any terminal attached to a terminal server on the extended LAN can act as a console terminal for the InfoServer system (if the user knows the InfoServer management password).

Determining the Server's Default Service Name

To make a remote connection to the InfoServer system for the first time, you must determine the server's default name. To do this, add the four-character prefix LAD_ to the hexadecimal Ethernet datalink address on the InfoServer system's cabinet. You can change this default name by using the InfoServer command SET SERVER NAME.

The server's name is the LAT service name to which you connect. For example, if the default server name is LAD_08002B15009F, you would enter the following command at the terminal server's prompt to manage the InfoServer system:

Local> CONNECT LAD_08002B15009F

Refer to your terminal server user's guide for information about the establishment of LAT service connections.

Entering an InfoServer Password

After you connect to the InfoServer system, you must enter an InfoServer password to establish the management session. The default server password is ESS. You can change the password with the InfoServer command SET SERVER PASSWORD.

Example

The following example shows the establishment of a sample session using a DECserver 500 terminal server:

Local> CONNECT LAD_08002B133C1C
Password: ESS (not echoed)
Local -010- Session 1 to LAD_08002B133C1C established

DEC InfoServer V3.1

InfoServer> SHOW SERVER

In this example, the terminal server's prompt is Local>, and a LAT session is established to the InfoServer system whose service name is LAD_08002B133C1C. The InfoServer system prompts for a server password. When you enter the correct password, the server prompts for InfoServer commands with the InfoServer> prompt.

Ending a Session

At the end of the management session, you can enter the EXIT command at the InfoServer> prompt. This command returns you to the terminal server's Local> prompt if the management session is over a LAT connection.

Server Management Commands

Summary of InfoServer Commands summarizes InfoServer commands and their functions.

Table 1 Summary of InfoServer Commands
Command Function

BACKUP
Saves InfoServer-formatted disks.

BIND
Establishes a connection to the specified ODS-2 service and creates the virtual device VDK1 for that service.

CLEAR
Erases the console terminal screen.

COPY
Copies data from one disk or partition to another.

CRASH
Causes the server software to take a recognizable bugcheck, creating a dump if crashdump processing is enabled.

CREATE
Creates a new partition or service.

DELETE
Deletes a partition or service that was previously created.

DISCONNECT
Terminates a LASTport or LAT terminal server session.

ERASE
Erases the specified disk or partition; erases FUNCTIONS or SERVICES data from nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM).

EXIT
Terminates the management session.

HELP
Displays help text for the InfoServer commands.

INITIALIZE
Formats a read/write disk into an InfoServer disk.

LOOP
Automatically repeats any valid InfoServer command.

MONITOR
Automatically repeats valid InfoServer commands every 3 seconds, clearing the screen and placing the cursor at the home position.

PURGE
Purges old versions of VXT software.

REBOOT
Shuts down and reboots the server.

RECORD
Records data from an InfoServer disk or partition to a compact disc.

RESTORE
Resets the server to a previously saved system configuration.

RETRIEVE
Restores InfoServer-formatted disks saved by the BACKUP command.

REWIND
Rewinds an InfoServer tape.

SAVE
Saves configuration and service data for recovery after a server reboot.

SET
Sets partition, service, or server parameters.

SHOW
Displays the server's parameters and counters.

UNBIND
Deletes the VDK1 virtual device and terminates the connection to the remote service.

UNLOAD
Rewinds and unloads an InfoServer tape.

UPDATE
Installs one or more new software products or functions.

VERIFY
Validates the on-disk structure of a device formatted with the INITIALIZE command.

ZERO
Sets internal server counters to 0.

**Table 1** **Summary of InfoServer Commands**
Command	Function
BACKUP	Saves InfoServer-formatted disks.
BIND	Establishes a connection to the specified ODS-2 service and creates the virtual device VDK1 for that service.
CLEAR	Erases the console terminal screen.
COPY	Copies data from one disk or partition to another.
CRASH	Causes the server software to take a recognizable bugcheck, creating a dump if crashdump processing is enabled.
CREATE	Creates a new partition or service.
DELETE	Deletes a partition or service that was previously created.
DISCONNECT	Terminates a LASTport or LAT terminal server session.
ERASE	Erases the specified disk or partition; erases FUNCTIONS or SERVICES data from nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM).
EXIT	Terminates the management session.
HELP	Displays help text for the InfoServer commands.
INITIALIZE	Formats a read/write disk into an InfoServer disk.
LOOP	Automatically repeats any valid InfoServer command.
MONITOR	Automatically repeats valid InfoServer commands every 3 seconds, clearing the screen and placing the cursor at the home position.
PURGE	Purges old versions of VXT software.
REBOOT	Shuts down and reboots the server.
RECORD	Records data from an InfoServer disk or partition to a compact disc.
RESTORE	Resets the server to a previously saved system configuration.
RETRIEVE	Restores InfoServer-formatted disks saved by the BACKUP command.
REWIND	Rewinds an InfoServer tape.
SAVE	Saves configuration and service data for recovery after a server reboot.
SET	Sets partition, service, or server parameters.
SHOW	Displays the server's parameters and counters.
UNBIND	Deletes the VDK1 virtual device and terminates the connection to the remote service.
UNLOAD	Rewinds and unloads an InfoServer tape.
UPDATE	Installs one or more new software products or functions.
VERIFY	Validates the on-disk structure of a device formatted with the `INITIALIZE` command.
ZERO	Sets internal server counters to 0.

The InfoServer system provides a Help facility that contains information about each server command, including parameters, qualifiers, and examples of its use. For detailed information about InfoServer commands, refer to the InfoServer System Operations Guide .

Understanding LASTport Protocols

Understanding InfoServer Client for OpenVMS Functions