DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS Readme First Product Release: 5-March-1999 Updated This Readme: 14-May-1999 Dear Customer, This letter contains a brief description of DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS software. It also explains how to copy the kit to your system and what to do after you copy the kit. The following are the topics in this letter: 1.0 About DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS 2.0 File Names and Sizes 3.0 Download the Files Using Anonymous FTP 4.0 After You Copy the Files 1 About DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS DSNlink is a service tool that allows Compaq customers to re- ceive product support electronically from their Customer Support Center. Customers can submit service requests, copy files, and search technical support databases for articles and engineering change orders. Product specialists respond to service requests electronically and, if granted permission, can also log in to a customer's system to diagnose and correct problems remotely. DSNlink Version 2.2C is an engineering change order (ECO) kit. It contains bug fixes for DSNlink Version 2.2. It also has several new features. You must have DSNlink Version 2.2 on your system to install DSNlink Version 2.2C. 1.1 What's New in DSNlink Version 2.2C? DSNlink Version 2.2C includes the following features: o The software is Year 2000 Ready. o The kit includes new modem scripts, and some existing scripts were changed. o The DSN TEST command has new qualifiers to test modem connec- tions. o There are new mail parameters for cross-platform consistency. o You can now adjust the pipeline depth in the Network Exer- ciser. o The Network Exerciser displays the effective baud rate when looping messages between your system and the host. 1 For detailed information, see the DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS Release Notes. 2 File Names and Sizes Make sure your system has enough free disk space before copying the files. The software kits and their sizes in blocks are listed in Table 1. ________________________________________________________________ Table_1:__Software_Kits_________________________________________ Installed Compressed Uncompressed File System____File_Name_________Size_______File____________Size_____ Size Alpha DSNLINKC022.A_ 11,982 DSNLINKC022.A 18,954 10,700 DCX_AXPEXE VAX DSNLINKC022.A_ 11,950 DSNLINKC022.A 18,954 10,900 __________DCX_VAXEXE____________________________________________ The compressed file you download has kits for both Alpha and VAX systems. The installation procedure, which installs the uncom- pressed file, deletes the unneeded files. For more information about uncompressing the files and starting the installation, see Section 4. Table 2 lists the DSNlink Version 2.2C documentation files. ________________________________________________________________ Table_2:__Documentation_File_Names______________________________ File_Name_____________Description_______________________________ DSNLINK022C_IG.PS DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS Installa- DSNLINK022C_IG.TXT tion Guide DSNLINK022C_ This Readme letter README.TXT DSNLINK022C_RN.PS DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS Release DSNLINK022C_RN.TXT Notes DSNLINK022C_QRC_ DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS Quick 8x11.PS Reference Card (8.5 x 11-inch paper) DSNLINK022C_QRC_ A4.PS (A4_paper_size)_________________________________________________ 2 3 Download the Files Using Anonymous FTP To download the DSNlink kit using FTP: 1. Enter this command: $ ftp ftp.support.compaq.com 2. At the Name prompt enter anonymous, for example: Name (ftp1.support.compaq.com:jones): anonymous 3. At the Password prompt enter your electronic mail address, for example: 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: jojo.jones@mail.address 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. 4. Set the default to one of the following directories: o To get the kit for an Alpha system: FTP> cd /public/DSNlink/ovms-alpha o To get the kit for a VAX system: FTP> cd /public/DSNlink/ovms-vax Be sure to use the capitalization shown in the commands and examples. 5. Download these compressed save sets with the binary and get commands as follows: o For the Alpha kit: FTP> binary 200 Type set to I. FTP> get DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_AXPEXE 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_AXPEXE (16.63.0.111,2222) (6134784 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. local: DISK$USER1:[JONES]DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_AXPEXE;1 remote: DSNLINK022.A_DCX_AXPEXE 6134784 bytes received in 00:00:02.90 seconds (84.00 Kbytes/s) o For the VAX kit: FTP> binary 200 Type set to I. FTP> get DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_VAXEXE 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_VAXEXE (16.63.0.126,3138) (6118400 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. local: DISK$USER1:[JONES]DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_VAXEXE;1 remote: DSNLINK022C.A_DCX_VAXEXE 6118400 bytes received in 00:00:03.17 seconds (71.80 Kbytes/s) 3 6. Download the documentation files. For a list of the file names see Table 2. For example: FTP> get DSNLINK022C_IG.PS . . . 7. Enter the quit command to exit FTP. 8. If you downloaded the files to a system running an operating system other than OpenVMS, move the files to the OpenVMS system where you want to install DSNlink. 4 After You Copy the Files After you copy the files to your system, do the following: 1. Uncompress the DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_AXPEXE or DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_ VAXEXE file with the RUN command. For example: $ RUN DSNLINKC022.A_DCX_AXPEXE FTSV DCX auto-extractible compressed file for OpenVMS (AXP) FTSV V3.0 -- FTSV$DCX_AXP_AUTO_EXTRACT Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corp. 1993 Options: [output_file_specification [input_file_specification]] The decompressor needs to know the filename to use for the decompressed file. If you don't specify any, it will use the original name of the file before it was compressed, and create it in the current directory. If you specify a directory name, the file will be created in that directory. Decompress into (file specification): Opening and checking compressed file... Decompressing (press Ctrl-T to watch the evolution)... Creating decompressed file... Original file specification: DISK$DEV0:[MISFELDT.AES.DSNLINK.DCX]DSNLINK C022.A;1 Decompressed file specification: DISK$USER1:[DENNIS]DSNLINKC022.A;1 Successful decompression, decompression report follows: File Size: 11981.52 Blocks, 5990.76 Kbytes, 6134536 bytes Decompression ratio is 1 to 1.58 ( 58.19 % expansion ) Elapsed CPU time: 0 00:00:11.05 Elapsed time : 0 00:00:11.36 Speed : 100060.86 Blocks/min, 50030.43 Kbytes/min, 853852.63 bytes/sec The uncompressed save set, DSNLINKC022.A, is now ready to install. 2. Print or display the DSNlink Version 2.2C for OpenVMS Instal- lation Guide and follow the instructions. 4 Thank you for using DSNlink! For further assistance, please contact your Customer Support Center. DSNlink Program Office Compaq Customer Support Center Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996, 1998, 1999 All rights reserved. 5