Chapter 13 Network Directory

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The screens in this chapter are those you would see when configuring the Network Directory. The Network Directory branch of NMMGR begins with a screen called the Network Directory Main screen. Figure 13-1 “Network Directory Main Screen Flow” shows the screen flow for configuring the Directory screens. Screens unique to the Network Directory are indicated by bold boxed screens. [FUNCTION] denotes the function key used at a screen to invoke the next screen on the screen flow.

Figure 13-1 Network Directory Main Screen Flow

The network directory is a set of files that contain information used by the node to communicate with other nodes in the internetwork. (An internetwork or internet is a collection of networks.)

The network directory is managed through two interfaces: NMMGR screens, and a command-driven interface called maintenance mode, to collect and merge directory information from remote nodes into the directory on the local node. This chapter describes the screen interface along with a general discussion of the functions of the network directory. The command-driven interface (maintenance mode) is described in detail in Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities.

You use NMMGR to perform the following network directory functions:

Add, modify, and delete entries in the directory.
Review and inspect directory information.
Merge a remote directory with a directory on the local node.
Automatically update directories on a group of remote nodes by using a background stream job, controlled from a central administrative node. Central administrative nodes are described in more detail later in this chapter.

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