Ref: 99970049 Title: Rel Note - SW/1-PCS Ver 2.0 (pt no 5347-00 ) Date: 12/13/89 Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991. All rights reserved. SW/1-PCS Version 2.0 TO: PCS/1 Users FROM: 3Com Corporation SUBJECT: SW/1-PCS Version 2.0 DATE: November 17, 1989 Enclosed are three distribution diskettes containing SW/1-PCS Version 2.0 and hardware diagnostics to be used on your personal computer. This release memo is an addendum to the PCS/1 User's Guide (May 1989 edition) and the ILANA Installation Guide (December 1989 edition). It outlines the features added and bugs fixed since Version 10010. It also describes the compatibility, limitations, and known problems of Version 2.0. ** CAUTION ** Consult your installation guide before installing your ILANA board. When setting ILANA base memory, make sure no other add-on boards (such as VGA board, hardware debugger, and so forth) are using the same memory address. New in This Release =================== - Software should be installed by network manager to ensure security. - ILANA/XT board can be configured for a 32-kilobyte window. - Local HOSTS file lets you store host names and internet addresses. - Access control support with additional access control commands. - Domain name service support. - PIng command available to test operability of network hosts. - PCSBAPI can be installed as a TSR or TLM program. - New hardware diagnostics program supports 32-kilobyte windows. - Four IP security options are now available per RFC-1038. - New SETDefault command parameters. - New SHow command parameters. - The NetBIOS scope feature is available and changeable by using the SETDefault command. ** NOTE ** 3Com changed its software version numbering scheme in early 1989. Instead of using a five-digit number, such as 20060, 3Com now uses two- or three- digit numbers, such as 2.2 and 2.21. Higher version numbers represent more recent releases. For example, 2.21 is more recent than 2.2, 2.2 is more recent than 20060, and 20060 is more recent than 20000. Compatibility ============= SW/1-PCS Version 2.0 can operate with the following products and software releases: CS/1 running SW/1-TCP Version 3.0 or higher CS/1 running SW/1-T-SNA Version 21000 or higher CS/1 running SW/20-TCP Version 3.0 or higher CS/50 running SW/50-TCP Version 3.0 or higher CS/100 running SW/100-TCP Version 3.0 or higher CS/200 and CS/210 running SW/200-TCP Version 3.0 or higher NCS/AT running SW/AT Version 10000 or higher NCS/2 running SW/2-NCS Version 20000 or higher GS/3-IP running SW/3-IP Version 10000 or higher Personal computer running SW/PCS-TCP Version 20000 or higher IB/2 running SW/20-IB Version 20000 or higher Table 1 illustrates the hardware and firmware compatibility of SW/1-PCS Version 2.0. Table 1 Hardware/Firmware Compatibility Product Boards PROMS PCS/1 ILANA/XT P1 MMON Rev. 04 or higher Rev. 01A or higher PCS/1 ILANA/AT P1 MMON Rev. 01A or higher Software Installation ===================== The software installation procedure has changed since Version 10010. While a network user could install Version 10010, the network manager should install Version 2.0 to ensure network security. Refer to the PCS/1 User's Guide for the software installation procedure. If your PC has more than 512K of base memory, you cannot use the 080000 and 090000 base addresses. New Features ============ The following features have been added to SW/1-PCS since Version 10010. Refer to the PCS/1 User's Guide for further information on these features. - Version 2.0 supports an ILANA/XT board with a 32-kilobyte shared memory window. ** NOTE ** Follow the instructions in the PCS/1 User's Guide to configure the ILANA/XT board for a 32-kilobyte window. In addition, you must place a shorting plug on Pin C at configuration area E2. - You can create a local hosts file, which is a database containing the host names and internet addresses, on your PCS/1 working disk. PCS/1 uses this file to resolve commands that reference host names. - Version 2.0 supports access control, which ensures that only authorized users can access the network. - These are the new commands that you can enter at the PCSMGR> prompt when access control is in effect: - The LOGIn command allows you to gain access to the network if you are an authorized user. - The LOGOut command allows you to disconnect from the network. - The PASSWord command allows you to change your password for network login. - Version 2.0 supports the Domain name service for resolving commands that reference internet names. - Another new command that can be entered at the PCSMGR> prompt is the PIng command. It is available whether or not access control is in effect. It determines whether a host on the network is operating. - Version 2.0 supports the NetBIOS scope ID. If the NetBIOS scope ID is set to anything other than null, only those names with the same scope ID are recognized. The NetBIOS scope ID can be displayed and changed within the PCS Manager program. - The SHow GLobal command allows you to view the current Net BIOS scope. - To set the NetBIOS scope to "netbios.3com.com", type the following as one line: SETDefault NetBiosScopeId= "netbios.3com.com" - The SETDefault command supports the following new parameters: - The SECurityServerAddress parameter allows you to specify the address of the 3Com Network Control Server (NCS) that acts as the security server. This parameter is available only when access control is in effect. You can set it before or after network login. - The DomainName parameter specifies the default domain string for all domain names entered on the personal computer. If access control is in effect, this parameter is available only after network login. It is also available if access control is disabled. - The NameServerType parameter determines the type of name service (IEN116 or Domain name service) used by the personal computer. If access control is in effect, this parameter is available only after network login. It is also available if access control is disabled. - To set the NetBIOS scope to "netbios.3com.com", type the following as one line: SETDefault NetBiosScopeId= "netbios.3com.com" - The SHow command supports the following new parameters: - The SHow GLobal command displays the values of three new parameters: DomainName, NameServerType and NetBiosScopeId. These parameters are described under the SETDefault command. - The SHow GatewayServer command displays the internet address of the default Gateway server. The GatewayServer parameter is only available when access control is in effect and you have not logged into the network. If access control is disabled or you have logged into the network, use the SHow InternetServers command to display the internet address of the Gateway server. - If access control is in effect, the SHow InternetServers command displays the internet address of the Security Server, in addition to the internet addresses of the Audit Trail Server, the Name Server, and the Gateway Server. - If access control is in effect, the SHow LOgin command displays the login name that has been used to log into the network. - The SHow SecurityServer command displays the internet address of the NCS that acts as the security server. This command is available only when access control is enabled and you have not logged in to the network. If you have logged in, use the SHow InternetServers command to display the internet address of the security server. - You can optionally invoke PCSBAPI as a terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) program or as a terminate-and-leave-memory (TLM) program. If you want to make PCSBAPI a TLM program, include either the /F or /T parameter in the PCSBAPI command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you want to make it a TSR program, use neither of these parameters. - SW/1-PCS Version 2.0 includes a separate diskette that contains a new hardware diagnostics program. This diskette should supersede any previous version of diskette. The old program will not work with a 32K window. See Appendix D in the ILANA Installation Guide for information on hardware diagnostics. The following new feature is not described in the PCS/1 User's Guide: - IP Security options are now available. These options are set in the ILANALOD command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. There are four options available: - Security level can be set to one of the following values: LU (unclassified) LC (confidential) LS (secret) LT (top secret) If you do not specify a value for security level, the default value LU (unclassified) is used. - Authority mask can be set to one of the following values: AGE (GENSER) ASI (SIP) ASP (SPINTCOM) ACR (CRITICOM) If you do not specify a value for authority mask, the default value AGE (GENSER) is used. - The secure option flag determines whether packets are sent with secure options when security level is unclassified and authority mask is GENSER. To send packets with secure options, set this value to SS. If you do not specify a value for this option, the default is no secure options sent. - The source routed datagram flag determines whether or not source routed datagrams are accepted. To set this option to no source routed datagrams accepted, use the value NSR. If no value is specified, the default is source routed datagrams accepted. For example, to set the IP security level to secret (LS) and the authority mask to GENSER (AGE), and to disable the receipt of source routed datagrams, specify the following (on a single line) for the ILANALOD line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file: ILANALOD /LS /AGE /NSR xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx The x's represent the IP address. Known Problems ============== The following is a list of problems that exist in SW/1-PCS Version 2.0: - You should be able to indicate that no Enter Command Mode (ECM) character is to be used by specifying no ECM character on the PCSBAPI command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Currently, however, if no ECM character is specified, the default character ([Ctrl] + ^) is used. - If the NameServerType parameter is set to Domain, and you use the "SHow NAmes" command with the -s option, a message similar to the following appears: Querying the Secondary Name Server... If the NameServerType parameter is set to Domain, and you use the "SHow NAmes" command with the -p option, a message similar to the following appears: Querying the Primary Name Server... In fact, regardless of the option specified, when NameServerType is Domain, PCS/1 resolves the name by querying the local HOSTS file, the Primary Name Server, and the Secondary Name Server, in that order. - If you use the PASSWord command to change your password, the new password must be no longer than 14 characters. Otherwise, an error message appears and you must reboot your personal computer. After rebooting, you cannot use the old password to log in. Limitations =========== The following is a list of limitations in SW/1-PCS Version 2.0: - If PCS/1 is configured to use a 128-kilobyte window and to support 64 sessions, you must use the internet address, not the internet name, to connect to a host for the 64th session. - To enable or disable access control, you must ensure that the PCSGLOBL.DAT file is in the path that is specified by the SET PATH command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. - When PCS/1 is running the FTP File Transfer Service, using the GET or RECv command to transfer a large file from a host to a full floppy diskette may disconnect the system from the host. The system responds to the GET command by displaying the following message: Lost connection with After disconnection, the system displays the "ftp>" prompt. If the file to be transferred is small, the system functions correctly. It maintains the connection and displays the following warning message: Out of space on local disk - The ILANA board cannot be configured to run from the E0000 segment of the personal computer. - To use NetBIOS, the default gateway address must be set to 0. - The Quote command is displayed in the FTP help screen, but is not supported. - To use PCS 3270, note the following: - When the window size is 128K, you can have up to (but not including) 32 sessions. - When the window size is 64K, you can have up to (but not including) 16 sessions. - When the window size is 32K, you must have above four sessions. Additions/Changes to the Manuals ================================ - The ILANA board can coexist with the following boards: - Intel Above Board - AST RAMPage! Board - AST RAMPage AT Board - AST Advantage Board Documentation ============= The following manuals are shipped with SW/1-PCS Version 2.0: - PCS/1 User's Guide (May 1989) (Part Number: 09-0102-01) - ILANA Installation Guide (December 1989) (Part Number: 09-0154-00) If you have further questions, please contact your network supplier or 3Com for help. Trademarks ========== ILANA/XT and ILANA/AT are trademarks of 3Com Corporation. Intel and Above are trademarks of Intel Corporation. RAMPage!, RAMPage AT, and Advantage are registered trademarks of AST Corporation.