Cisco 1000 Series Routers

Document ID: 10694

Contents

Introduction
Prerequisites
      Requirements
      Components Used
      Conventions
How to Invoke the NBPtest Facility on a Cisco Router
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Introduction

This document shows how to invoke the NBPtest facility on a Cisco router. The NBPtest facility can be most helpful when you want to determine what resources are on the AppleTalk network.

Prerequisites

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this document.

Components Used

This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.

Conventions

Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.

How to Invoke the NBPtest Facility on a Cisco Router

This is a description of how to invoke the NBPtest facility on a Cisco router:

cisco-router#
cisco-router#ping                       

!--- Invoke the extended ping function.

Protocol [ip]: appletalk
Target AppleTalk address: nbp           

!--- This starts NBPtest facility.


nbptest>?                              

!--- Type ? for help.

Tests are:

lookup:     lookup an NVE.  prompt for name, type and zone
parms:      display/change lookup parms (ntimes, nsecs, interval)
zones:      display zones
poll:       for every zone, lookup all devices, using default parms
help|?:     print command list
quit:       exit nbptest

nbptest> parms                          ! Always start by adjusting the
maxrequests [5]:  1                     ! parms to these defaults.  They
maxreplies [1]:  200                    ! are TAC recommendations.
interval [5]:  5


!--- This example looks up all resouces in the zone "Infosource".

nbptest>
nbptest> lookup
Entity name [=]:                     ! = is wild card, or type the exact name
Type of Service [=]:                 ! i.e., AFPServer
Zone [Twilight]:  Infosource         ! Zone of interest
                                     ! ** Don't input extra spaces **

!--- Output deleted due to length



!--- This example looks up the types of services that "Sales Server" provides.

nbptest>lookup
Entity name [=]:  Sales Server
Type of Service [=]:
Zone [Infosource]:

(7214n,35a,244s)[1]<-(7214.35.2): 'Sales Server:AFPServer@Infosource'
(7214n,35a,8s)[1]<-(7214.35.2): 'Sales Server:SNMP Agent@Infosource'
(7214n,35a,4s)[1]<-(7214.35.2): 'Sales Server:Workstation@Infosource'
NBP lookup request timed out
Processed 3 replies, 6 events
nbptest>
nbptest>quit
cisco-router#  

!--- Back to router prompt

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