DECnet/E and DECnet-Plus

From: Johnny Billquist <bqt_at_update.uu.se>
Date: Mon Jan 26 05:15:09 2004

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:

> >I have gotten a lot of DECnet-IV systems talking to DECnet-Plus. What you'll
> >need to do is register the DECnet-IV systems and then flush the naming cache.
>
> I've done this with RSX-11M and VAX/VMS without any problem, it's DECnet/E that seems to be the problem. I don't know if I've failed to set something up correctly on the RSTS/E side, or what.
>
> >After that, you should be able to connect to the Phase-IV system.
>
> Directory Service: Local name file
>
> Node name: LOCAL:.rstse
> Phase IV synonym: RSTSE
>
> Address tower protocol and selector values:
> Session: DNA_SessionControlV2 (SC2)
> 00 13
> Transport: DNA_NSP (NSP)
> (no selector value)
> Routing: DNA_OSInetwork (CLNS)
> 49::00-3C:AA-00-04-00-97-F2:20 (60.663)
>
>
> Number of nodes reported on: 1
>
> $ set host rstse
> %SYSTEM-F-NOSUCHOBJ, network object is unknown at remote node
> $
>
> On the RSTS/E system console, I get the following:
>
> Event type 34.1, Object spawn failure
> Occurred 10-Jan-17 17:40:49.5 on node 60.663 (RSTSE)
> Reason: Unknown Object identification
> Source node = 1.652
> Source process = 0 0 0 HEALYZH
> Destination Process = 42
>
> There are a couple of odd things about this error, one is that "SHOW
> DATE" on the RSTS/E system shows 24-JAN-04 05:40 PM, so it looks like
> DECnet/E has a Y2k problem. The other is that the source node is
> 60.652, not 1.652 like the error message states.
>
> The Y2k error shouldn't be a problem, as my RSX-11M system works with
> the wrong date.
>
> On a positive note, I finally got things setup so I can connect to the
> RSTS/E system via LAT from the VMS system :^)

A few things that might help: Please tell the results of the following on
the RSTS/E system.

> SHOW KNOWN OBJECTS
> SHOW EXEC CHARA

(That's in NCP on atleast RSX and VMS phase IV)

        Johnny

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