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Qualifiers_(General)

 

/ALL
   Sets data for all LAN devices. If you specify a device name, all
   matching LAN devices are selected, for example: E to select all
   Ethernet devices, F for FDDI, I for Token Ring, EW to select all
   Ethernet PCI Tulip devices.
 

/DEVICE_SPECIFIC
      /DEVICE_SPECIFIC=(FUNCTION="xxxx",VALUE=(n1,n2,n3...n16))
      /NODEVICE_SPECIFIC

   Allows some device-specific parameters to be adjusted. These
   are useful for debug purposes or for experiments while doing
   performance measurements. Like other LANCP commands which affect
   devices, this command requires SYSPRV privilege.

   Specify the negated qualifer to clear all device-specific
   parameter data.

   These functions are described in a text file on the system,
   SYS$HELP:LAN_COUNTERS_AND_FUNCTIONS.TXT.
 

/DLL
      /DLL or MOPDLL=(enable-option, exclusive-option, size-option,
      knownclientsonly-option)

   Provides the MOP downline load service settings for the device.

   Note that defaults apply to creation of an entry in the device
   database. If an existing entry is being modified, fields not
   specified remain unchanged.

   You can specify the following keywords with this qualifier:

   o  enable-option

            ENABLE
            DISABLE (default)

      Specify ENABLE or DISABLE to indicate that MOP downline load
      service should be enabled or disabled for the device.

   o  exclusive-option

            EXCLUSIVE
            NOEXCLUSIVE (default)

      Specify EXCLUSIVE to indicate that no other provider of MOP
      downline load service is allowed on the specified LAN device
      at the same time as LANACP. Specify NOEXCLUSIVE to indicate
      that the LAN MOP downline load service can coexist with other
      implementations (in particular, the DECnet Phase IV and DECnet
      Plus implementations that include MOP support).

      Note that when you select NOEXCLUSIVE, LANACP responds only
      to MOP downline load requests directed to nodes defined in the
      LAN node database.

   o  size-option

            SIZE=value

      Use SIZE=value to specify the size in bytes of the file data
      portion of each downline load message. The permitted range
      is 246 to 1482 bytes. The default value is 246 bytes, which
      should allow any client to load properly. Note that some
      clients may not support the larger size.

      The recommended size for better load performance and less
      server overhead is the largest size that results in successful
      loads of all clients. The 1482 value is derived from the
      maximum packet size for CSMA/CD (Ethernet) of 1518 bytes less
      the 802e header and CRC (26 bytes) and MOP protocol overhead
      (10 bytes).

      You can override the size on a per-node basis. See the SET
      NODE commands for details.

   o  knownclientsonly-option

            KNOWNCLIENTSONLY
            NOKNOWNCLIENTSONLY (default)

      Specify KNOWNCLIENTSONLY to indicate that MOP downline
      load requests should be serviced only for clients defined
      in the LAN permanent node database. When you select
      NOKNOWNCLIENTSONLY, LANACP searches the LAN$DLL directory
      for any images requested by clients that are not defined in
      the LAN node database.

      Note that this option is not available when NOEXCLUSIVE mode
      has been selected. When NOEXCLUSIVE mode is selected, LANACP
      services MOP downline load requests only for clients defined
      in the LAN node database.
 

/MAX_BUFFERS
      /MAX_BUFFERS=value

   Sets the maximum number of receive buffers to be allocated and
   used by the LAN driver for the LAN device.
 

/MIN_BUFFERS
      /MIN_BUFFERS=value

   Sets the minimum number of receive buffers to be allocated and
   used by the LAN driver for the LAN device.
 

/PERMANENT
      /PERMANENT (SET DEVICE only)

   Updates the device entries in the LAN volatile device database
   with any data currently set in the permanent database. This
   allows you to update the volatile database after changing data
   in the permanent database, rather than repeating the commands for
   each updated entry to apply the changes to the volatile database.
 

/TAG
      /TAG=value

   Specifies the IEEE 802.1Q tag for the VLAN device.
   value is the IEEE 802.IQ tag number.
 

/TRACE
      /TRACE=size-option, mask-option, stop-option
      /NOTRACE

   Provides the LAN driver trace settings for the device. By
   default, most LAN drivers do tracing of error conditions and
   state changes. Tracing is controlled by an event mask that
   selects the events to trace, a stop mask that specifies when
   to stop tracing, and the size of the trace buffer.

   You can change tracing settings at any time. The LAN driver
   allocates the trace buffer from non-paged pool. You can calculate
   the amount of pool needed by multiplying the number of entries by
   the size of each entry, 32-bytes.

   The impact of tracing on the system is negligible for error
   and state change events, more significant when all events are
   selected, and very significant when full packet tracing is
   enabled.

   The command SHOW DEVICE/TRACE displays trace results as well as
   the trace mask.

   You can specify the following keywords with this qualifier:

   o  size-option

            SIZE=value

      Use SIZE=value to specify the size of the trace buffer in
      entries, each 32 bytes. The default is 2048 entries. The
      permitted range is 256 to 1000000.

      The size MOD 3 encodes the amount of packet data to include,
      either 35 bytes, 66 bytes, 97 bytes, or the entire packet.

   o  mask-option

            MASK=(value1,value2)

      Use MASK=(value1,value2) to specify the trace mask to select
      which type of entries should be collected in the trace
      buffer. The first 32 bits consist of events common to most
      LAN drivers. The second 32 bits consist of events specific to
      the LAN driver for the specified device.

   o  stop-option

            STOP=(value1,value2)

      Use STOP=(value1,value2) to specify the trace mask to select
      which type of entries should stop tracing. When a trace entry
      is made that matches one of the bits in the stop mask, the
      trace mask is cleared so that you can look at the trace data
      accumulated so far.
 

/UPDATE
      /UPDATE (DEFINE DEVICE only)

   Adds LAN devices that are not currently in the LAN permanent
   device database to that database. The initial entry for the
   device uses default values for all parameters. To update the
   permanent database with current information from the volatile
   database, use the DEFINE DEVICE command with the /VOLATILE
   qualifier. You can combine the /UPDATE and /VOLATILE qualifiers
   in a single DEFINE DEVICE command.
 

/UPDATE
      /UPDATE (SET DEVICE only)

   Adds LAN devices that are not currently in the LAN volatile
   device database to that database. The initial entry for the
   device uses default values for all parameters. To update the
   volatile database with current information from the permanent
   database, use the SET DEVICE command with the /PERMANENT
   qualifier. You can combine the /UPDATE and /PERMANENT qualifiers
   in a single SET DEVICE command.
 

/VLAN_DEVICE
      /VLAN_DEVICE=device-name
      /NOVLAN_DEVICE

   Specifies the physical LAN device that is to host the VLAN
   device. The /NOVLAN_DEVICE qualifier requests deactivation of
   the VLAN device.

   When deactivating the VLAN device, the device-name is not
   required because the VLAN driver knows which device is hosting
   the VLAN device.

   Note that a VLAN device cannot be deactivated if any applications
   continue to use the device.
 

/VOLATILE
      /VOLATILE (DEFINE DEVICE only)

   Updates the device entries in the LAN permanent device database
   with any data currently set in the volatile database. This allows
   you to update the permanent database after changing data in the
   volatile database, rather than repeating the commands for each
   updated entry to apply the changes to the permanent database.