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:
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
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.
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.
