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5 A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
All of the topics discussed in the Administration section of the CommKit Host Interface for NCR
PCI Computers Installation and Administration Guide apply to IP-CommKit as well. There are few
minor changes and additions that are noted below:
5.1 F ILES T HAT G ROW
dkipd creates a log file in /var/opt/dk/log/dkipdlog. This file will grow continuously, although at a
very slow rate compared to other log files, and should be cleaned out periodically by the system
administrator.
5.2 DKITRC S CRIPT F ILE
In addition to starting dkdaemon and dkserver, dkitrc starts dkipd.
5.3 S PECIAL D EVICE F ILES
The minor devices for the diagnostic channels, /dev/dk/diag0, etc., are not created for IP-
CommKit. These devices were used for managing hardware diagnostics for the fiber interface
board that is part of the CommKit Host Interface. IP-CommKit uses the LAN interface on your
host computer, and thus relies on the hardware diagnostics supplied with the LAN interface.
IP-CommKit has one additional special device file, /dev/dk/dkip, tied to minor device number
16384. This device is used exclusively by dkipd to initialize the driver when it starts up.
5.4 P RINTER A DMINISTRATION
There are several figures in this section that show fibers connecting hosts to CPM-HS boards in
the switches. With IP-CommKit, the hosts are connected to UTMs in the switches through IP
networks.