Operating Your Network

You perform most of the daily operations required by the NS network through the use of the provided NS 3000/iX network commands. Complete information on the syntax and function of all the commands is contained in Chapter 7 “Commands” of this manual.

The NETCONTROL START command allows you to initiate the network transport as well as the individual networks on an active transport. The NETCONTROL STOP command allows you to stop an individual NI or all active entities of the network transport.

To start and stop the Network Services after the network is started, you use the NSCONTROL START and NSCONTROL STOP commands. The NSCONTROL ABORT command is useful when you need to terminate services immediately.

See Chapter 2 “Operating Your Network” for step-by-step instructions for using these commands.