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XEROX SDD ARCHIVES I have read and under~t0o~ Pages To ----------- Reviewer Date XEROX ---- -----' .,ZIS};).]) -/9...3 I of Pages Ref BUSINESS SYSTEMS Systems Development Department To: Distribution Date: October 10, 1978 From: Hal Murray Org: SDD/SD System Architecture Subject: Alto Gateway Operation Filed: [Iris] AltoGateway.bravo&press 111is memo documents the operation of the Alto Gateway program. You are assumed to be reasonably familiar with Altos. Familiarity with Mesa will be very helpful. You might also want to read Ed Taft's memo titled "Nova Gateway Operation". It is stored on [IVY] GatewayOperation.press. I have avoided any details of the current network topology since it is changing frequenlly. There arc two documents that are very helpful when trying to track down network troubles. They are [MAXC] AltoNetwork.prcss and [MAXC] Pup-Network. txt. I suggest that you keep a reasonably up to date copy handy. There is also a one page summary on Iris] AltoGateSummary.bravo&press. 1. Normal Operation Power Up and such The only problem with turning a Gateway Alto on and/or off is setting the time if there is not another Gateway connected to the n011nal Ethernet. If the Alto asks you to set the date and time, the trick is to use text such as in "Jul" rather than a number for the month. If you get really frustrated, tC or SIIIFT-SWA'f will also get you past this problem. Starting the Gateway Program Type the command Gateway followed by carriage return. The program will, read the parameter file, print out a few messages about boot files, print a few informational messages, pause for a while, and finally print the message "Gateway of date-time in operation". At this point the Gateway program is running. However, it takes approximately one minute for new routing infonnation to be propagated throughout the inter-network, so it may not be possible for connections to bt: established through the Gateway during the first minute after