DRPADMIN(1M)

NAME
drpadmin - Digi Realport Configuration Utility

SYNOPSIS

drpadmin

DESCRIPTION
The drpadmin utility is invoked by the system administrator to add, remove, or change the configuration of RealPort-enabled Products used with the drp driver.

When invoked, drpadmin begins a question-and-answer terminal conversation with the user. The user may add a RealPort-enabled product, show the current configuration, or remove a previously configured unit.

In the add operation, the user is asked for:

Remote node name or IP address
    The TCP/IP node name, or the numeric dot-address of the Digi ethernet-based serial device.

Number of ports
    The number of tty devices to be created for this unit. If this number is less than the number of physical ports, only the entered number will be available to the Realport Driver. If this number is greater, the additional devices will not be usable unless/until the hardware is expanded.

Realport tty device id
    This one or two character alphanumeric string is used to generate the /dev/ttyXN, /dev/prXN and /dev/cuXN device names for this unit. Here X is the entered string, and N is a 2 digit port number in the range 01 to 64.

Network link speed
    This parameter should be specified only when the network connection from the HP-UX machine to the remote device includes a WAN link slower than 1 MBit/second. The user may enter either simply the WAN speed (eg 56000 for a 56K Frame Relay link) or he may enter a complete WAN speed string as documented in the drpd(1m) manual page.

When all data is entered, the add command creates all devices, creates skeleton entries for the tty devices in /etc/inittab and /etc/ttytype, and spawns an instance of the drpd daemon. The new device is then immediately available.

In the show operation, the program simply displays the contents of the /etc/conf/digi/drp.conf file with the more program. The fields displayed are:

    (1) Unit number (needed for the remove operation)
    (2) Node name or IP address
    (3) Number of ports
    (4) Realport tty device id
    (5) Network link speed (most often blank)

In the remove operation, the user is first asked for the unit number to delete as displayed by the show command. The command then kills the associated drpd daemon, deletes all associated devices, and removes all references to associated devices entered into /etc/termcap and /etc/ttytype by the add command. The configuration changes take effect immediately.

To change the configuration of a remote device, the unit must first be removed and then added back into the configuration.

SEE ALSO
ditty(1), drpd(1m), drp(7)