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Appletalk phase 2 monitoring commands, Atecho, Appletalk phase 2 monitoring command summary – IBM SC30-3865-04 User Manual

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ap2config>set node 2 2

Accessing the AppleTalk Phase 2 Monitoring Environment

To access the AppleTalk Phase 2 monitoring environment, enter the following
command at the

+

(GWCON) prompt:

+ protocol ap2

AP2>

AppleTalk Phase 2 Monitoring Commands

This section describes the AppleTalk Phase 2 monitoring commands which allow
you to view the parameters and statistics of the interfaces and networks that
transmit AppleTalk Phase 2 packets. Monitoring commands display configuration
values for the physical, frame, and packet levels. You also have the option of
viewing the values for all three protocol levels at once.

Enter the AppleTalk Phase 2 monitoring commands at the

AP2>

prompt. Table 52

shows the commands.

Table 52. AppleTalk Phase 2 Monitoring Command Summary

Command

Function

? (Help)

Displays all the commands available for this command level or lists the
options for specific commands (if available). See “Getting Help” on page
xxvi.

Atecho

Sends echo requests and watches for responses.

Cache

Displays the cache table entries.

Clear
Counters

Clears all cache usage counters and packet overflow counters.

Counters

Displays the overflow count of AP2 packets for each interface.

Dump

Displays the current state of the routing table for all networks in the internet
and their associated zone names.

Interface

Displays the current addresses of the interfaces.

Exit

Returns you to the previous command level. See “Exiting a Lower Level
Environment” on page xxvii.

Atecho

The atecho command sends AppleTalk Echo Requests to a specified destination
and watches for a response. This command can be used to verify basic AppleTalk
connectivity and to isolate trouble in the AppleTalk internetwork.

Syntax:

atecho

dest_net dest_node

dest_net

Specifies the destination AppleTalk network number, in decimal. This is a
required parameter.

dest_node

Specifies the destination AppleTalk node number, in decimal. This is a
required parameter.

AppleTalk Phase 2 Configuration Commands (Talk 6)

Chapter 4. Configuring and Monitoring AppleTalk Phase 2

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