This guide explains how to set up and maintain a network of Silicon Graphics® workstations and servers. It includes information on TCP/IP networking, including SLIP and PPP, UUCP networking, and configuring the sendmail mail transfer agent.
The standard network communications software that runs on Silicon Graphics workstations is derived from the networking software in the 4.3BSD UNIX® releases from the University of California at Berkeley and the Sun® Microsystems RPC® (remote procedure call) system. The IRIX operating system implements the Internet Protocol suite and UNIX domain sockets using the 4.3BSD UNIX socket mechanism. The system also supports access to the underlying network media by means of raw sockets.
IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “About Networking Products”, discusses Silicon Graphics standard hardware and software networking products and describes the standard software configuration (files, daemon, processes).
Chapter 2, “Planning a Network”, provides insight into planning a network. It includes internet addressing, the hosts database file, when to use certain applications, how to subnet a network, security issues, and heterogeneous network considerations.
Chapter 3, “Setting Up a Network”, describes, through example, the process of configuring a network (homogeneous and heterogeneous), how to set up a router, and basic troubleshooting advice.
Chapter 4, “Introducing Network Management”, describes the various tools available for managing a network, including backup strategies, performance issues, and fault isolation.
Chapter 5, “SLIP and PPP”, describes the features and functions of SLIP and details how to connect two stations using SLIP.
Chapter 6, “BIND Name Server”, provides an overview of the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) server, also known as named. It also provides an example setup procedure and general information on managing and troubleshooting BIND.
Chapter 7, “Unified Name Service ”, provides an overview of the Unified Name Server, nsd. It considers the interconnections with other name services and contains general information on troubleshooting UNS.
Chapter 8, “UUCP”, compares TCP/IP and UUCP and describes the features and functions of the UUCP networking utilities. It also provides a setup example and information about common UUCP error messages.
Chapter 9, “IRIX sendmail”, provides an overview of the mail system, the sendmail program, and the alias database. It contains a planning checklist and a setup example for various sendmail configurations.
Appendix A, “BIND Standard Resource Record Format”, provides detailed information about all standard resource record formats used in BIND configuration files.
Appendix B, “IRIX sendmail Reference”, provides a concise reference to sendmail as it is implemented from the sendmail standard.
These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:
| Bold | Keywords and literal command-line arguments (options/flags) | |
| Helvetica Bold | Hardware labels | |
| Italics | Executable names, filenames, glossary entries (online, these show up as underlined), IRIX commands, manual/book titles, new terms, tools, utilities, variable command-line arguments, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements | |
| Fixed-width type | Error messages, prompts, and onscreen text | |
| Bold fixed-width type | User input, including keyboard keys (printing and nonprinting); literals supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements (see also <>) | |
| ALL CAPS | Environment variables | |
| “” | (Double quotation marks) Onscreen menu items and references in text to document section titles | |
| () | (Parentheses) Following IRIX commands—surround reference page (man page) section number | |
| [] | (Brackets) Surrounding optional syntax statement arguments | |
| <> | (Angle brackets) Surrounding nonprinting keyboard keys, for example, <Esc>, <Ctrl+D> | |
| # | IRIX shell prompt for the superuser (root) | |
| % | IRIX shell prompt for users other than superuser |
Internet Request For Comment documents are available from the Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC) at the following address:
Network Solutions
Attn: InterNIC Registration Services
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 22070
Phone: 1-800-444-4345 or 1-703-742-4777
Internet Request For Comment documents are also available by anonymous ftp from various sites, such as ftp.ds.internic.net.
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