VMS Help LANCP, CONNECT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

1 - NODE

    Opens a MOP console carrier connection to the specified node.
    This allows a local terminal to act as the console for a remote
    system.

    Format

      CONNECT NODE  node-specification

 1.1 - Parameter

 node-specification

    Supplies either the node name or the node address of the target
    node. If you supply the node name, the node address is obtained
    by looking up the node name in the LAN volatile node database. If
    you supply the node address, the corresponding node need not be
    defined in the LAN volatile node database. The canonical form of
    the address consists of 6 hexadecimal byte characters separated
    by hyphens. Use a colon as the separator character to indicate
    the bit-reversed form of the address.

 1.2 - Qualifiers

 1. 2.1 - /DEVICE

       /DEVICE=device-name

    Specifies the LAN controller device name to be used for the
    connection. For example, you can specify a DEMNA controller as
    EXA, EXA0, or EXA0:.

 1. 2.2 - /DISCONNECT

       /DISCONNECT=disconnect-character

    Specifies a character that you can use to terminate the
    connection to the remote node. To terminate a connection, press
    Ctrl/disconnect-character. You can select any ASCII character
    from @ through Z, except C, M, Q, S, Y; the default disconnect
    character is D.

 1. 2.3 - /PASSWORD

       /PASSWORD=16hexdigits

    Supplies the password to be used when the connection
    is initiated, in hexadecimal (for example,
    /PASSWORD=0123456789ABCDEF). The default password is zero. You
    can omit leading zeros.

 1. 2.4 - /V3

    Indicates that MOP Version 3 formatted messages are to be used
    to make the connection. By default, LANCP determines the format
    by sending MOP Request ID messages to the remote node first in
    MOP Version 4 format, then in Version 3 format, repeating this
    process until a response is received or timeout occurs.

    You can specify the format:

    o  To allow connection to nodes that do not support Request ID
       messages

    o  As a means of getting around implementation problems with one
       of the formats

 1. 2.5 - /V4

    Indicates that MOP Version 4 formatted messages are to be used
    to make the connection. By default, LANCP determines the format
    by sending MOP Request ID messages to the remote node first in
    MOP Version 4 format, then in Version 3 format, repeating this
    process until a response is received or timeout occurs.

    You can specify the format:

    o  To allow connection to nodes that do not support Request ID
       messages

    o  As a means of getting around implementation problems with one
       of the formats

 1.3 - Examples

    1.LANCP> CONNECT NODE GALAXY/DEVICE=EWA0

      This command attempts a console-carrier connection to node
      GALAXY using the Ethernet device EWA0.

    2.LANCP> CONNECT NODE 08-00-2B-11-22-33/DEVICE=EWA0/PASSWORD=0123456789AB

      This command attempts a console-carrier connection to the given
      node address using the Ethernet device EWA0, with the specified
      password.