With the MOP (Maintenance Operations Protocol) module, you can: - Downline load and upline dump - Use the console carrier on a network server - Use the configuration monitor - Run lookback tests To set up a basic MOP configuration, invoke the configuration procedure: $ @sys$manager:net$configure Then select Option 1 "Perform an entire configuration", and answer YES to the Load MOP question to create new MOP client and circuit scripts. Then select Option 8 "Configure MOP Client database" as many times as necessary to ADD or DELETE MOP Clients. Once MOP has been correctly configured, net$configure will have created net$mop_client_startup.ncl and net$mop_circuit_startup.ncl scripts. The client script must contain, in addition to any default client information, CREATE MOP and ENABLE MOP commands. You may then add or delete MOP Clients at any time by invoking net$configure and selecting Option 8 "Configure MOP Client database" option. Anytime after MOP has been configured, you may control whether or not MOP starts automatically at boot time by defining (or not defining) the following system logical: $ define/system/nolog net$startup_mop true You will find this and other logicals (including some which affect MOP performance) in the net$logicals.com procedure. (Refer to HELP NETWORK_MANAGEMENT LOGICAL_NAMES for additional information on the net$logicals.com procedure.) Anytime after MOP has been configured, if no NET$MOP process is present, you may re-start it manually by: $ @sys$system:startup network mop For additional information on the configuration and use of MOP, refer to the DECnet-Plus Network Management book.