The screens in this chapter are those you would
see when configuring the Network Directory. The Network Directory
branch of NMMGR begins with a screen called the Network Directory
Main screen. Figure 15-1 “Network Directory Main Screen Flow” shows the
screen flow for configuring the Directory screens. Screens unique
to the Network Directory are indicated by bold boxed screens. [FUNCTION]
denotes the function key used at a screen to invoke the next screen
on the screen flow.
Figure 15-1 Network Directory Main Screen Flow
![[Network Directory Main Screen Flow]](img/gfx122.gif)
The network directory is a set of files
that contain information used by the node to communicate with other
nodes in the internetwork. (An internetwork
or internet is a collection of networks.)
The network directory is managed through two interfaces: NMMGR
screens, and a command-driven interface called maintenance
mode, to collect and merge directory information from
remote nodes into the directory on the local node. This chapter
describes the screen interface along with a general discussion of
the functions of the network directory. The command-driven interface
(maintenance mode) is described in detail in Using the
Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities.
You use NMMGR to perform the following network directory functions:
Add, modify, and delete entries in
the directory.
Review and inspect directory information.
Merge a remote directory with a directory on the
local node.
Automatically update directories on a group of remote
nodes by using a background stream job, controlled from a central
administrative node. Central administrative nodes are described
in more detail later in this chapter.
