Format: START TRANSPORT /qualifier Start LASTDRIVER transport. By default, LASTCP will initialize the first ethernet controller for LASTDRIVER. LASTCP will first try to start the device specified in the /DEVICE qualifier. If not specified, LASTCP will start the device specified in the LAST$DEVICE logical name. Finally, if neither LAST$DEVICE nor /DEVICE are specified, LASTCP will attempt to start all ethernet device based on an internal table. The LAST transport should not be started until after DECnet has been started. If the LAST transport is started before DECnet, DECnet will fail to start properly.
1 /DEVICE
Format: START TRANSPORT/DEVICE=(list-of-devices) Start the transport using the device(s) specified. This qualifier will override LASTCP's default device table and the LAST$DEVICE logical name.
2 /TIMEOUT
Format: START TRANSPORT /TIMEOUT=n Specifies the minimum interval in seconds to be used by the server transport to determine when inactive clients should be disconnected. An inactive client is one that has been turned off or otherwise isolated from the server. By default, the server's timer is specified by the client transport. This qualifier allows a minimum value to be enforced on all connections. n represents an integer in the range 60-65534 seconds.
3 /CIRCUIT_MAXIMUM
Format: START TRANSPORT /CIRCUIT_MAXIMUM=n Set the maximum number of nodes that may simultaneously be connected. The default maximum circuits is 80.
4 /GROUP
Format: START TRANSPORT /GROUP=n Grouping is a method for segmenting LANs such that services associated with certain nodes will not be by seen by other nodes. An example of such an environment would be an extended LAN. Here, a network manager may wish to restrict nodes to services offered on their own LAN segment. When specifying a group, the user should enter a number between 0 and 1023 inclusive. The default group is group zero.
5 /CHECKSUM
Format: START TRANSPORT /CHECKSUM Establish mandatory data checksumming for all messages exchanged between the current node and any remote node. LASTDRIVER computes a checksum for all messages, and verifies the checksum on all received messages.
6 /CONTROLLERS
Format: START TRANSPORT /CONTROLLERS=([{controller letter,}...])
This qualifier allows the user to specify which Ethernet controllers
are to be initialized for LASTDRIVER. The default is to initialize the
first ethernet controller.
This qualifier may not be used if the /ALL_ETHERNET qualifier is used.
6.1 – examples
START TRANSPORT /CONTROLLERS=(A,B) This command instructs LASTCP to initialize controllers A and B with the LAST protocol. START TRANSPORT /CONTROLLERS=B This command instructs LASTCP to initialize controller B with the LAST protocol.
6.2 – unit-names
A unit name is of the form DDCU: where
DD is the device type
C is the controller field
U is the unit number
When specifying controllers for LASTDRIVER use the controller field of
the unit name.
XQA0 is controller A
XEB0 is controller B
7 /ALL_CONTROLLERS
Format: START TRANSPORT /ALL_CONTROLLERS This qualifier instructs LASTCP to start the LAST protocol on all Ethernet adapters available. This qualifier may not be used if the /CONTROLLERS qualifier is used. The default is to start only the first ethernet controller.
8 /TRANSMIT_QUOTA
Format: START TRANSPORT /TRANSMIT_QUOTA=n This qualifier establishes the number of transmit buffers LASTDRIVER may use to communicate with a remote node. The default is to use 5 transmit buffers.
9 /SLOW_MODE
Format: START TRANSPORT /SLOW_MODE This qualifier instructs LASTDRIVER to require remote transmitters to use a TRANSMIT_QUOTA of 1 when communicating with this node. This qualifier is not normally used.
10 /NODE_NAME
Format: START TRANSPORT /NODE_NAME=name This qualifier instructs LASTCP to initialize LASTDRIVER with the node name specified. If not specified, LASTCP will use the DECnet node name.