AREA AUTHENTICATION TYPE
Support: L1,IP
Default: None Value: None or Simple
Type of authentication to be used for level 1 LSPs, PSNPs, and CSNPs.
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBER
Support: IP
Default: 0 Value: 1-65535
Autonomous system number of the local system. This characteristic is
supported only if the value of the routing protocols supported
characteristic includes EGP. You can modify this characteristic only
when the status attribute routing state is off.
DNA ADDRESS FORMAT
Support: End
Default: True Value: Boolean
If true, specifies that NSAP addresses are DNA structured, and that
NSAP address autoconfiguring is possible. If false, this specifies
that NSAP addresses for this node are constructed from the
characteristic manual network entity titles and the selectors
supplied by the transport protocol module NSP and/or OSI transport.
DOMAIN AUTHENTICATION TYPE
Support: L2,IP
Default: None Value: None or simple
Type of authentication to be used for level 2 LSPs, PSNPs, and CSNPs.
GENERATE CHECKSUMS
Support: All
Default: False Value: Boolean
If true, specifies that checksums are generated for data, error
report, and ES-IS PDUs initiated by this node. If false, these
checksums are not generated. It is strongly recommended that, for
performance reasons, you use the default value indicating no checksum
generation.
IP REASSEMBLY TIME
Support: IP
Default: 10 Value: 1-255
Maximum time, in seconds, for which IP fragments are held while
awaiting reassembly.
LIFETIME
Support: All
Default: 63 Value: 2-255
Value to be placed in the <quote>lifetime field of originating data
packets. This value should be greater than the maximum number of hops
in any path in the network, plus the maximum packet lifetime in
half-seconds.
MANUAL AREA ADDRESSES
Support: L1,L2
Default: No area address Value: Set of area addresses
Area addresses to be used for this node. An area address cannot be a
Phase IV address or the address DefaultArea. If the characteristic
manual L1 algorithm has the value routing vector, this set must
be empty, and the characteristic phaseiv address must not be 0.0. If
the characteristic phaseiv address is 0.0, there must be at least one
area address.
MANUAL L1 ALGORITHM
Support: L1
Default: Routing Vector Value: see below
Type of routing algorithm to be used within the area. You can modify
this characteristic only when the entity is disabled.
link state - The DECnet-Plus link-state algorithm is used.
routing vector - The Phase IV routing-vector algorithm is used.
MANUAL L2 ALGORITHM
Support: L2
Default: Routing Vector Value: see below
Type of routing algorithm to be used at level 2. You can modify this
characteristic only when the entity is disabled.
LINK STATE - The DECnet-Plus link-state algorithm is used.
ROUTING VECTOR - The Phase IV routing-vector algorithm is used.
MANUAL NETWORK ENTITY TITLES
Support: End
Default: No NETS Value: set of NETS
Network entity titles NETs to be used for this node. If the
characteristic dna address format is set to false, there must be
at least one NET.
MAXIMUM BUFFERS
Default: 100 Value: 1-65535
Specifies the guaranteed number of buffers for forwarding. More
buffers may be used if they are available. You can only increase the
characteristic value.
MAXIMUM PATH SPLITS
Support: L1,L2
Default: 2 Value: 1-32
Maximum number of equal cost paths to split traffic between. You can
modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled.
MINIMUM LSP TRANSMISSION INTERVAL
Support: L1,L2
Specifies the minimum interval in seconds between transmissions of
an LSP from a particular source. When changed the timer must be reset.
PHASEIV ADDRESS
Support: All
Default 0.0 Value: Phase IV address
Specifies a Phase IV compatible address for communication with other
Phase IV nodes. The default address, 0.0, indicates that no Phase IV
compatible address is provided for the node. You can modify this
characteristic only when the entity is disabled.
PHASEIV AREA MAXIMUM COST
Support: L2
Default: 1022 Value: 1-1022
Maximum cost of a path to a reachable Phase IV area. This
characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that is,
the routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV AREA MAXIMUM HOPS
Support: L2
Default: 30 Value: 1-30
Maximum number of hops in a path to a reachable Phase IV area. This
characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that
is, the routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV BROADCAST ROUTING TIMER
Support: L1,L2
Default: 10 Value: 1-65535
Maximum interval, in seconds, between broadcast routing messages on
broadcast circuits. This characteristic is only used by the Phase IV
routing algorithm that is, the routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV BUFFER SIZE
Support: All
Default: 576 Value: 1-65535
Size, in octets, of buffers used for routing to adjacent Phase IV
nodes. This value is actually six octets greater than the maximum
buffer size, and does not include the headers for the Routing and
Data Link layers.
PHASEIV MAXIMUM ADDRESS
Support: L1,L2
Default: 1023 Value: 1-1023
Maximum node number within the Phase IV area. This characteristic is
only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that is, the
routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV MAXIMUM AREA
Support: L2
Default: 63 Value: 1-63
Maximum Phase IV area number. This characteristic is only used by the
Phase IV routing algorithm that is, the routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV MAXIMUM COST
Support: L1,L2
Default: 1022 Value: 1-1022
Maximum cost of a path to a reachable node within the Phase IV area.
This characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm
that is, the routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV MAXIMUM HOPS
Support: L1,L2
Default: 30 Value: 1-30
Maximum number of hops in a path to a reachable node within the Phase
IV area. This characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing
algorithm that is, the routing-vector algorithm.
PHASEIV MAXIMUM VISITS
Support: All
Default: 63 Value: 1-63
Maximum number of visits that a packet can make to this node before
Routing assumes that the packet is looping. This characteristic is only
used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that is, the routing-vector
algorithm.
PHASEIV PREFIX
Support: All
Default: Hex 49 Value: address prefix
Prefix for Phase IV addresses. If the characteristic phaseiv address
is not 0.0, a DECnet-Plus area address is formed by adding the area
portion of the Phase IV address to this prefix. You can modify this
characteristic only when the entity is disabled.
PROBE RATE
Support: End
Default: 20 Value: 1-65535
Number of packets after which a probe is sent. This characteristic is
used only on multilink end systems, on circuits without cache entries
for the destination.
PROTOCOLS
Support: IP
Default: Value: IP or ISO8473
The protocol stacks that are enabled on this system. These can be
either or both of the above values. The value of this characteristic
derives from an argument to the create command. You cannot modify
this characteristic.
REDIRECT HOLDING TIME
Support: L1,L2
Default: 600 Value: 1-65535
Holding time, in seconds, to be specified in Redirect PDUs generated
by this node.
RIP RECEIVE METRIC CLASS
Support: L2,IP
Default: External Value: External or Internal
The class to be associated with routes received through RIP. This
value may be overridden by a routing receive route entity. This
characteristic is supported only if the routing protocols supported
characteristic includes the RIP routing protocol.
RIP SEND LOCAL METRIC
Support: L2,IP
Default: 1 Value: 0-16
The metric value used by RIP when announcing routes derived from local
information. This value is used unless it is overridden by a routing
send route entity. This characteristic is supported only if the
routing protocols supported characteristic includes the RIP routing
protocol.
RIP SEND METRIC CLASSES
Support: L2,IP
Default: Internal Value: set of external, internal
Routes received through routing protocols other than RIP with metric
classes in this set are candidates for announcement in RIP messages
subject to the route propagation policy in force. Routes with metric
classes not in this set will not be announced. Each value in this set
may be overridden separately by a more specific propagation policy
specified by a routing send route or routing send route route
source entity. This characteristic is supported only if the routing
protocols supported characteristic includes the RIP routing protocol.
RIP SEND REPLACEMENT METRIC
Support: L2,IP
Default: 1 Value: 0-16
The metric value used by RIP when announcing routes derived through
other routing protocols. This value is used unless it is overridden by
a routing send route entity. This characteristic is supported only
if the routing protocols supported characteristic includes the RIP
routing protocol.
ROUTE PROPAGATION
Support: L2,IP
Default: No Route Propagation Value: set of protocol pairs
The default route propagation to be performed. The set may include
the following protocol pairs:
EGP to IS-IS IS-IS to RIP
EGP to RIP RIP to EGP
IS-IS to EGP
If a particular value is not present in the set, routes are not
propagated between those two protocols in that direction. This
characteristic is supported only if the routing protocols supported
characteristic includes either of the EGP or RIP routing protocols.
ROUTING PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED
Support: L2,IP
The set of routing protocols supported by this implementation. You
cannot modify this characteristic.
EGP
IS-IS
RIP
SEGMENT BUFFER SIZE
Support: All
Default: 570 Value: 0-65535
Maximum segment size, in octets, to be used by the Transport layer. A
value of zero means that the segment size is unlimited.
SEND SOURCE QUENCH
Support: L1,L2,IP
Default: False Value: Boolean
Specifies whether an ICMP source quench packet is sent when an IP
packet is discarded because of congestion. If false, ICMP source
quench packets are never sent.
SOURCE QUENCH INTERVAL
Support: L1,L2,IP
Default: 100 Value: 1-65535
Minimum time, in milliseconds, between transmission of successive
ICMP source quench packets.
SUMMARY ADDRESSES
Support: L2,IP
Default: No address Value: Set of summary addresses
Summary address information to be included in level 2 link state
packets sent by this node.
TIME TO LIVE
Support: IP
Default: 35 Value: 1-255
Specifies the value to be placed in the time to live field of
originating IP packets. This value should be greater than the maximum
number of hops in any path on the network.
TYPE
Support: All
Default: No default Value: see below
Routing type of this node. You cannot modify this characteristic.
ENDNODE - The node is an end node.
L1router - The node is a level 1 router.
L2router - The node is a level 2 router.
VERSION
Version number of the DNA Network Routing layer architecture
specification to which this implementation conforms. You cannot modify
this characteristic.