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Operating the Network
Test Network Services
Test Network Services
In order to test that you have successfully configured and brought up
your NS node, HP provides an NS validation test called
QVALNS.NET.SYS. QVALNS is a program which modifies a file called
TQVALNS and streams it as a temporary job (JQVALNS). The job purges
and creates various files, and then runs a program called NSTEST.
NSTEST tests the network services (VT, RFA, RDBA, and NFT).
To run the NS validation test, follow the step below:
Step 1. Run the NS validation test on your own node. This tests the software
loopback capability. Issue the following command, where node is the
node portion of your own node name:
RUN QVALNS.NET.SYS;INFO=node
Step 2. Run the NS validation test on another system on the same network.
Select a remote node on the network and make sure that the link and
the network services are up on the remote system by issuing the
following commands on that node (NM capability required):
NETCONTROL STATUS
NSCONTROL STATUS
If the link or network services have not been started, either pick
another node or start them.
Note the node name of the remote node (given in the last line of output
from the NETCONTROL STATUS command). If you followed the
configuration steps in this manual, the second and third portions of the
node name (the domain and organization) should be the same as the
second and third portions of the local node.
Step 3. Run the NS validation test across the link by issuing the following
command at the local node, where node is the node portion of the
remote node name:
RUN QVALNS.NET.SYS;INFO=node
If you encounter problems, see the NS 3000/iX Operations and
Maintenance Reference Manual and to the NS 3000/iX Error Messages
Reference Manual for information on diagnostics and troubleshooting.