Conference azur::mcc

2669.0. "How should Remote Node Entity work?" by ODIXIE::PEACOCKR () Tue Mar 31 1992 18:20

    I am a little confused about how the Remote Node Entity works.....
    
    Here's the scenario:  
    
    The DECMCC system is NODE_A.  It is not a router.  NODE_B, which has been 
    set up as a Phase 4 Icon is a router.
    
    If I click on NODE_B and go into it's Remote Node Entity and then
    select a specific "child" to show status - will I get the "reachable" or
    "unreachable", or will I just get "- NOT RETURNED -" for state?
    
    Is is possible to get the status returned on some nodes and nothing on
    others?  Is there something that has to be set up on these Remote Node
    Children to allow them to return the STATE value?
    
    Does the DECMCC system itself (NODE_A) have to be a Router to get this state
    returned properly?  (I didn't think so)
    
    The reason I'm asking it that I talked to a customer who wanted to
    create an alarm on Node Reachability using example C-2 in the 1.1
    Alarms documentation and got an error message.  Then he tried clicking
    on NODE_B's Remote Nodes and all he got back was "NOT RETURNED".
    
    
    (I realize that alarming on DECNET Events sinked from the Router might
    be a better way to do this - but this is what he wanted to try)
    
    Anyway, my overall lack of DECNET and DECMCC knowledge has me rather
    confused.  So if anyone could just briefly explain how this works and
    what I should be seeing I would appreciate it.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Rick