Robot/NETWORK 9.0 Communication
Introduction
This document provides background details about how Robot/NETWORK communicates, including its user profile, its communication jobs and programs, and the servers and TCP/IP ports these jobs and programs use.
Robot/NETWORK User Profile and Password
- User profile: RBTNETPT.
- Password: Robot/NETWORK ships with a default password for RBTNETPT.
This profile is used by Robot/NETWORK to communicate between OS/400 servers.
An administrator can change this password using the Network System Maintenance panel. The password is encrypted before it is written to the password file.
Robot/NETWORK Servers/Ports
The table below describes the servers that Robot/NETWORK accesses and the ports it uses to communicate with these servers:
|
Server |
Port(s) |
|
DDM |
446, 447 |
|
Remote Command |
8475 |
|
Remote Data Queue |
8472 |
|
Telnet |
23 |
|
SNMP |
161 |
Robot/NETWORK Communication
The following table lists the major Robot/NETWORK software communication component(such as monitor jobs and programs), describes their major functions, the types of communication they perform, and the servers they use to communicate.
|
Component |
Description |
Type of Communication |
Servers Used |
|
User interactive sessions |
Configures Robot/NETWORK on your systems |
Node-to-Host; Host-to-Node; Host-to-Host (if more than one host in Network) |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
NetHost1 |
Host monitor job for packet installation |
Host-to-Node |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
NetHost2 |
Host monitor job that processes Node statistics. This includes events from all products, including cross-system reactivity message from Robot/CONSOLE, and statuses from Robot/SAVE. |
Host-to-Host; Host-to-Node |
DDM, Remote Command, Remote Data Queue |
|
NetHost3 |
Host monitor job for enterprise monitoring |
Robot/NETWORK enterprise monitoring supports four enterprise monitoring setups: -NetView: No remote communication; a system alert is created -SNMP Traps: Host-to-SNMP server -HPOpenView: Host-to-VPO (Vantage -CommandPost: Host-to-Command Post system |
|
|
NetHost4 |
Host monitor job that processes Robot/NETWORK 8 Node statuses. This job is inactive if there are no Robot/NETWORK 8.0 systems in your network. |
Host-to-Node |
Remote Command |
|
NetNotify |
Host monitor job for status escalation |
Host-to-Host |
Remote Data Queue |
|
NetNode |
Node monitor job that receives and processes statuses |
Node-to-Host |
Remote Data Queue |
|
NetNode2 |
Node monitor job that sends product statuses to Host monitor job |
Node-to-Host |
Remote Data Queue |
|
Display Link |
Host feature that displays Help/Systems producton remote system |
Host-to-Node |
DDM, Remote Command, Telnet |
|
RBNSNDRBT, RBNSNDRBC, RBNSNDREP commands |
Node commands that send product records to Host product master |
Node-to-Host; Host to Node |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
RBNHCLEAN, RBNNCLEAN commands |
Host and Node commands that remove systems from Robot/NETWORK |
Node-to-Host; Host-to-Node; Host-to-Host (if more than one host in Network) |
Remote command |
|
Robot/SCHEDULE |
Node feature that setup cross-system reactivity |
Node-to-Node (including the Host's Node) |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
NETWORK System Setup |
Host feature that maintains network systems, system defaults, and system passwords |
Host-to-Node; Host-to-Host (if more than one host in Network) |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
RBNSETHOST command |
Host command to move the Host to a Node system (run on a Node with the Host library installed) |
Node-to-Node |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
RBNPRDPOLL command |
Host command that retrieves product information from Nodes |
Host-to-Node; Node-to-Host |
Remote Command, Remote Data Queue |
|
RBNPOLL and RBNPOLLSYS |
Host command that polls Robot/NETWORK Nodes |
Host-to-Node |
Remote Command, Remote Data Queue |
|
NETWORK Status Center |
Host command that submits network command option |
Host-to-Node |
DDM, Remote Command, Remote Data Queue |
|
RBNUPDESC |
Host command that updates the Node-to-Host escalation command |
Host-to-Node |
Remote Data Queue |
|
Packet reversal |
Host feature that is option 12: Host Packet Control |
Host-to-Node |
DDM, Remote Command |
|
Node Operation |
Host feature that starts and stops Robot/NETWORK on all Nodes |
Host-to-Node |
Remote Command |
Updated March 29, 2004