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Banyan VINES Commands

Banyan VINES Commands

The Banyan VINES protocol is a networking system for personal computers. "VINES" is an acronym for Virtual Network System. This proprietary protocol was developed by Banyan and is derived from Xerox's XNS protocol. Cisco's implementation of VINES has been designed in conjunction with Banyan.

Cisco's implementation of Banyan VINES provides routing of VINES packets on all media types. Although the software automatically determines a metric value that it uses to route updates based on the delay set for the interface, Cisco's software implementation allows you to customize the metric. Cisco's implementation also offers address resolution to respond to address requests. MAC-level echo support is also available for Ethernet, IEEE 802.2, Token Ring, and FDDI media. Name-to-address mapping for VINES host names also is supported, as are access lists to filter outgoing packets.

Use the commands in this chapter to configure and monitor VINES networks. For VINES configuration information and examples, refer to the "Configuring Banyan VINES" chapter in the Router Products Configuration Guide.

clear vines cache

To delete entries from the VINES fast-switching cache table, use the clear vines cache EXEC command.

clear vines cache [interface interface | neighbor address | server network]
Syntax Description
no argument Deletes the entire fast-switching cache.
interface interface (Optional) Deletes from the fast-switching cache table any entry that has one or more paths that go through the specified interface.
neighbor address (Optional) Deletes from the fast-switching cache table any entry that has one or more paths via the specified neighbor router.
server network (Optional) Deletes from the fast-switching cache table any entry whose network number part of the destination address matches the specified network address.The argument network can be either a 4-byte hexadecimal number or a 4-byte decimal number (if you have issued a vines decimal command).
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The fast-switching cache table is a table of routes used when fast switching is enabled.

Examples

The following example deletes from the fast-switching cache table all entries from the VINES fast-switching cache table:

clear vines cache 

The following example deletes all entries whose destination server has the address 30002E6D:

clear vines cache server 30002E6D
Related Commands

show vines cache
vines decimal
vines route-cache

clear vines ipc

To delete VINES IPC connection blocks from the router, use the clear vines ipc EXEC command.

clear vines ipc number
Syntax Description
number Hexadecimal number of the IPC connection to delete.
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

An IPC connection entry is built each time the router initiates or receives an IPC DATA message from a router that is not already in this table.

Examples

The following example deletes IPC connection 0x1D from the table of VINES IPC connections:

clear vines ipc 1D
Related Command

show vines ipc

clear vines neighbor

To delete entries from the neighbor table, use the clear vines neighbor EXEC command.

clear vines neighbor {network | *}
Syntax Description
network Network number of the neighbor whose entry should be deleted from the neighbor table. The argument network can be either a 4-byte hexadecimal number or a 4-byte decimal number (if you have issued a vines decimal command).
* Deletes all entries from the neighbor path table except the entry for the local router.
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The neighbor table contains an entry for each of the router's neighbor nodes.

Deleting an entry from the neighbor table also deletes any routes in the routing table that have that neighbor as the first hop and all fast-switching cache entries that have that neighbor as the first hop in any of their paths.

Example

The following example deletes all entries from the neighbor table:

clear vines neighbor *
Related Commands

clear vines route
show vines neighbor
show vines route
vines decimal
vines neighbor
vines route

clear vines route

To delete network addresses from the routing table, use the clear vines route EXEC command.

clear vines route {network | *}
Syntax Description
network Network number of the entry to delete from the routing table. The argument network can be either a 4-byte hexadecimal number, a 4-byte decimal number (if you have issued a vines decimal command), or a host name (if you have issued a vines host command).
* Delete all entries from the routing table.
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

Deleting an entry from the routing table with the clear vines route command also deletes any entries in the fast-switching table that are a part of that logical network.

Example

The following example deletes all entries from the VINES routing table:

clear vines route *
Related Commands

clear vines neighbor
show vines neighbor
show vines route
vines decimal
vines host
vines route

clear vines traffic

To clear all VINES-related statistics that are displayed by the show vines traffic command, use the clear vines traffic EXEC command.

clear vines traffic
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The clear vines traffic command clears only the statistics displayed by the show vines traffic command. It has no effect on the value of the VINES counters retrieved by SNMP.

Example

The following example zeros all VINES-related traffic statistics:

clear vines traffic 
Related Command

show vines traffic

ping

To determine basic network connectivity, use the ping EXEC command.

ping [vines] [address]
Syntax Description
vines (Optional) Specifies the VINES protocol. If you omit this keyword, the router prompts for it.
address (Optional) Address of system to ping. If you omit the address, the router prompts for it.
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The ping command determines network connectivity by sending datagrams to another host on the network.

The pacing interval you are prompted for allows pings to be limited to a specified rate, for example, one per second, instead of the default, which is transmitting them as fast as possible. The pacing interval can be a value from 0 to 3600 seconds. The default is 0 seconds, which is equivalent to as fast as possible.

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the ping command:

Router# ping vines 27AF92:1 
Type escape sequence to abort. 
Sending 5, 100-byte VINES Echos to 27AF92:1,
timeout is 2 seconds: 
!!!!! 
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 4/7/8 ms
Router# ping
Protocol [ip]: vines
Target VINES address: 27AF92:1 
Repeat count [5]: 10
Datagram size [100]: 500
Pacing interval in seconds [0]: 
Verbose [n]: 
Type escape sequence to abort. 
Sending 10, 500-byte VINES Echos to 27AF92:1,
timeout is 2 seconds: 
!!!!!!!!!! 
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 4/7/8 ms

show vines access

To display the VINES access lists currently defined, use the show vines access EXEC command.

show vines access [access-list-number]
Syntax Description
no argument Displays all VINES access lists.
access-list-number (Optional) Number of the access list to display.
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines access command:

Router# show vines access
Vines access list 1
 deny   SPP 30015800:0001 00000000:00000000 202 00123456:8005 00000000:0000 249
 permit IP 00000000:0000 FFFFFFFF:FFFF 00000000:0000 FFFFFFFF:FFFF
Vines access list 101
 deny   SPP 00112233:0001 00000000:0000 0006 0000 
             00123456:8005 00000000:00000000 0000 FFFF
 permit IP 00000000:0000 FFFFFFFF:FFFF 00000000:0000 FFFFFFFF:FFFF

Table 14-1 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES Access Field Descriptions
Field Description
Vines access list ... Number of the VINES access list.
deny Networks to which access is denied.
permit Networks to which access is permitted.
Related Commands

vines access-list (standard)
vines access-list (extended)
vines access-list (simple)

show vines cache

To display the contents of the VINES fast-switching cache table, use the show vines cache EXEC command.

show vines cache [address | interface interface | neighbor address | server network]
Syntax Description
no arguments Displays all entries in the VINES fast-switching cache table.
address (Optional) Displays the entry in the fast-switching cache table for the specified station.
interface interface (Optional) Displays all neighbors in the fast-switching cache table that are accessible via the specified interface. interface is the interface type and unit number. For example, specify Ethernet interface 0 as "ethernet0" or "e0."
neighbor address (Optional) Displays all routes in the VINES fast-switching cache table that have the specified neighbor as their first hop. address is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes, a 4-byte decimal number in the same format (if you have issued a vines decimal command), or a host name (if you have issued a vines host command).
server network (Optional) Displays all entries in the VINES fast-switching cache table that are in the specified logical network. network can be either a 4-byte hexadecimal number or a 4-byte decimal number (if you have issued a vines decimal command).
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from show vines cache command. This sample shows all entries in the VINES fast-switching cache table.

Router# show vines cache
Vines fast switching cache version is 36
Hash  Destination     Int    Age  Length  MAC Header
13/00 Router1        *T0      46   16/18  10005A746A3600003080FB06BCBC03BA
27/00 Router2         E1      11   14/14  00000C01D87C00000C0158010BAD
                     *T0      11   16/18  00003000435500003080FB06BCBC03BA
3E/00 Router3        *T0      42   16/18  10005A6FBC15000003080FB06BCBC03BA
72/00 30002E6D:0001   E1      32   14/14  00000C01D87C00000C0158010BAD
                     *T0      32   16/18  00003000435500003080FB07BCBC03BA
                      T0      32   16/18  10005A6FBC1500003080FB06BCBC03BA
                      T0      32   16/18  10005A6FBC1500003080FB06BCBC03BA
FE/00 Router4        *E2     264   14/14  00000C0124EA00000C0151AF0BAD

Table 14-2 describes fields shown in the display.

Note that neighbor information is not explicitly displayed by the show vines cache command. However, you can determine it by looking at the neighbor and routing tables (using the show vines neighbor and show vines route commands, respectively).


Show VINES Cache Field Descriptions
Field Description
Vines fast switching cache version ... Version number of the VINES fast-switching cache table. The number is incremented each time an entry is added to or deleted from this table.
Hash Position of this entry in the neighbor table.
Destination Name or address of the destination station.
Int Interface out which the packet will be sent. An asterisk preceding the interface name indicates that this is the next entry that will be used for the destination.
Age Age of the entry, in seconds.
Length Stored length of the packet's MAC header, followed by a slash and the actual length of the MAC header. Both lengths do not include the length of the Type field. These two lengths may differ because the initial bytes of Token Ring and FDDI frames are not stored.
MAC Header MAC header that will be used to reach the destination.
Related Commands

clear vines cache
show vines neighbor
show vines route
vines decimal
vines route-cache

show vines host

To display the entries in the VINES host name table, use the show vines host EXEC command.

show vines host [name]
Syntax Description
no argument Displays the entire contents of the VINES host name table.
name (Optional) Displays the entry in the VINES name table that has the specified name.
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines host command:

Router# show vines host
Name          Address
Router1       0027AF9A:0001
Router2       0027D0E4:0001
Router3       002ABFAA:0001
Router4       30015800:0001

Table 14-3 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES Host Field Descriptions
Field Description
Name Name of the VINES host.
Address Address of the VINES host.
Related Command

vines host

show vines interface

To display status of the VINES interfaces configured in the router and the parameters configured on each interface, use the show vines interface EXEC command.

show vines interface [interface unit]
Syntax Description
no arguments Displays values for all interfaces, and displays all VINES global parameters.
interface unit (Optional) Displays values for a specific interface. The arguments are an interface type and a unit number. An example is "ethernet 0."
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines interface command:

Router# show vines interface
VINES address is 3000902D:0001
 Next client will be 3000902D:8001
 Addresses are displayed in hexadecimal format.
 Slowest update interval is 90 seconds
 Roll Call timer queue:
  Neighbor Router3-Et2-0000.0c01.24ea in 180 seconds
  Sequence: 01029DD7, Packet ID: 00000003
 Reassembly timer queue:  (empty)
 Retry timer queue:  (empty)
Hssi0 is down, line protocol is down
 VINES protocol processing disabled
Fddi0 is up, line protocol is up
 VINES broadcast encapsulation is ARPA
 Interface metric is 0008 [0 5000] (0.1000 seconds)
 Split horizon is enabled
 ARP processing is dynamic, state is learning (for another 18 seconds)
 Special serverless net processing enabled
 Outgoing access list is not set
 Fast switching is enabled
 Routing updates every 90 seconds. Next in 50 seconds.
 Next synchronization update in 11:58:17.
 Nodes present: 0 5.5x servers, 0 5.5x routers, 0 5.5x clients
                 0 4.11 servers, 0 4.11 routers, 0 4.11 clients
 Neighbors:  none.

Table 14-4 describes the fields that may be shown in the display.


Show VINES Interface Field Descriptions
Field Description
VINES address is ... Address of the router.
Next client will be ... Address the router will assign to the next client that requests an address. This line is interesting only if the router has been configured via the vines arp-enable command to respond to address assignment requests.
Addresses are... Indicates whether addresses will be displayed as decimal or hexadecimal numbers.
Slowest update interval is... Indicates the longest time interval (in seconds) between routing updates on any of the router's interfaces.
Roll Call Timer...
Neighbor...
Displays a list of all neighbor paths for which an RTP request will be sent on a regular basis, and the interval until that timer expires.
Sequence Current SRTP sequence number for this router.
Packet ID Identifier number that will be used on the last SRTP update message sent by this router
Reassembly Timer... Displays a list of all neighbor paths for which an SRTP update is currently being reassembled, and the interval until that timer expires.
Retry Timer... Displays a list of all neighbor paths for which an SRTP request is currently being retried, and the interval until that timer expires.
Hssi0/Ethernet 0/Ethernet 1 is up/down Type and number of interface, and whether it is currently active and inserted into network (up) or inactive and not inserted (down).
Line protocol is ... Indicates whether the software processes that handle the line protocol believe the interface is usable (that is, whether keepalives are successful). This field can report the values "up," "down," and "administratively down."
VINES protocol processing disabled Indicates that VINES processing is not enabled on the interface (that is, you have not issued a vines metric command on the interface).
VINES broadcast encapsulation is ... Type of encapsulation used for VINES broadcast packets, as defined with the vines encapsulation command. This field can report the values "arpa," "vines-tr," and "snap."
Interface metric ... Metric that has been configured for the interface with the vines metric command. The metric is shown in internal form, configuration form, and in seconds.
Split horizon ... Indicates whether split horizon has been enabled or disabled (via the vines split-horizon command).
ARP processing... Indicates whether this interface will process ARP packets, as specified by the vines arp-enable command.
Special serverless net processing ... Indicates whether this interface is defined via the vines serverless command as being connected to a serverless network.
Outgoing access list ... Indicates whether an access list is set.
Fast switching ... Indicates whether fast switching has been enabled via the vines route-cache command). The value reported in this field can be "enabled," "disabled," or "not supported."
Routing updates every ...
Next in ...
Frequency of routing updates, in seconds. This also indicates when the next routing update will be transmitted on the interface. You set the update interval with the vines update interval command.
Routing updates contain ... Indicates whether routing updates contain all entries in the routing table or just changes to the table since the last update was sent. You set the method used with the vines update deltas command.
Next synchronization... Indicates when the next SRTP synchronization update will be sent.
Nodes Present... Indicates the number and type of all VINES-speaking devices present on the given physical network segment.
Neighbors...
0 Router2
List of all VINES neighbor on that interface and what version of the RTP protocol they are running. 0 means RTP, and 1 means SRTP.

Related Commands

vines arp-enable
vines encapsulation
vines metric
vines route-cache
vines serverless
vines split-horizon
vines update deltas
vines update interval

show vines ipc

To display information about any currently active IPC connections, use the show vines ipc EXEC command.

show vines ipc
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

Information about the IPC protocol formats, data sequences, and state machines can be found in Banyan documentation.

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines ipc command:

Router# show vines ipc
Vines IPC Status:
Next Port: 513
Next Connection: 3
Next check in: 27 sec
Connection 2, state: connected
 Local address: Router1, id 0002, last port: 0200
 Remote address: Router2, id 0002, last port: 0001
 Last send seq: 0005, Last rcvd seq: 0005
 Next send ack: 0005, Last sent ack: 0005
 Server metric 4, last hop 0, bias 0, total 800 (ms)
 Send ACK in 0 ms, Retransmit in 0 ms
 Idle check in 0 sec
 Retransmit queue contains 0 packets
 No packet in reassembly

Table 14-5 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES IPC Field Descriptions
Field Description
Next Port: IPC port number that the router will use when a new, unique IPC port number is needed.
Next Connection: IPC connection number that the router will use when a new, unique IPC connection number is needed.
Next check in: When the router will make the next pass of the IPC connection table to examine each of the connection-specific timers.
Connection 2, state: ... State of a particular connection. Possible states are connecting, connected, idle, and dead.
Local address: VINES IP address of the local side of the connection.
last port: Last port number used on this particular connection by the local host.
Remote address: VINES IP address of the remote side of the connection.
last port: Last port number used on this particular connection by the remote host.
Last send seq: Last sequence number sent on this particular connection used by the local host.
Last rcvd seq: Last sequence number received on this particular connection used by the local host.
Next send ack: Next acknowledgment number that will be sent on this particular connection by the local host.
Last sent ack: Last acknowledgment number that has been sent on this particular connection by the local host.
Server metric Metric value from this host to the remote host's server or router.
last hop Metric value from the remote host's server or router to the remote host itself. If the remote host is a server or router, this value should be zero.
bias Bias added to the metric to account for variance in the round-trip delay of a message going to the remote host.
total Total metric value used to reach the remote host. It is the sum of the three previous numbers.
Send ACK in ... Time, in seconds, until the next acknowledgment message is sent by the local host.
Retransmit in ... Time, in seconds, until a message is retransmitted by the local host.
Idle check in ... Time, in seconds, until this connection will be checked to see if it has been idle for 30 seconds.
Retransmit queue contains ... packets Number of messages that have been sent but not acknowledged.
No packet in reassembly Number of packets that have been received and are being reassembled into a larger message.

show vines neighbor

To display the entries in the VINES neighbor table, use the show vines neighbor EXEC command.

show vines neighbor [address | interface interface | server number]
Syntax Description
no arguments Displays all entries in the VINES neighbor table.
address (Optional) Displays the entry for the specified neighbor.
interface interface (Optional) Displays all neighbor paths in the neighbor table that use the specified interface.
server number (Optional) Displays all entries in the neighbor table that have the specified network number.
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Displays

The following is sample output from the show vines neighbor command. This sample shows all entries in the VINES neighbor table.

Router# show vines neighbor
6 neighbors, 7 paths, version 14, next update 34 seconds
Address        Hardware Address   Type  Int    Flag Age  Metric  Uses
Router1        -                  HDLC  Se0    R0*  n/a   0230      7
Router2        -                  -     -      C1   -        -      -
Router3        0000.0c01.24ea     ARPA  Et2    R0*  42    0020      9
Router4        -                  PPP   Se1    R1   n/a   0230      0
 Router4       0000.0c01.0506     ARPA  Et0    R1.  n/a   0020      0
 Router4       0000.0c01.9ac9     VINES To0    R1*  n/a   0020      0
Router# show vines neighbor router3
3 neighbors, 4 paths, version 7, next update 24 seconds
Address          Hardware Address     Type  Int       Flag Age  Metric    Uses
Router3          0000.0c01.24ea       ARPA  Et2       R0*   42   0020        9
  RTP Counters:
    Interface Ethernet2, address Router3-Et2-0000.0c01.24ea
      Timers:
     Roll Call: 00:03:00
    Received counters:
        Requests:   00000000
        Responses:  00000000
        Updates:    00000000
        Redirects:  00000000
        Unknown:    00000000
Router# show vines neighbor router4
3 neighbors, 4 paths, version 7, next update 5 seconds
Address          Hardware Address     Type  Int       Flag Age  Metric    Uses
Router4          -                    -     -         R1     -      -        -
  SRTP Counters:
    Interface Ethernet0, address Router4-Et0-0000.0c01.0506, state up
      Origin 0001BE9A, Local 00006262, Flags 0001, ID 007F
      Timers:
        Reassembly: not active
        Retry request: not active
      Received counters:
        Requests:   specific   changes      full      null   unknown
                    00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000
        Updates:      failed      less     equal  one more   greater
          null:     00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000
          change:   00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000
          full:     00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000
          sync:     00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000
        Redirects:  00000000
        Reinits:    00000000
      Transmitted counters:
        Requests:    unknown  specific   changes      full      null
                    00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000
        Updates:    00000000
        Responses:  00000000
        Redirects:  00000000
        Reinits:    00000000

Table 14-6 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES Neighbor Field Descriptions
Field Description
neighbors Number of neighbors in the neighbor table.
paths Number of paths to the neighbor.
version Version number of the VINES neighbor table. The number is incremented each time a route or path is added to or deleted from this table.
next update Time, in seconds, until the next routing update is sent.
Address Address of the neighbor station. The neighbor's name is displayed if you have issued a vines host command.
Hardware Address MAC address of the router interface through which the VINES neighbor in this entry can be reached.
Type Type of MAC-level encapsulation used to communicate with this neighbor.
Int Type and number of interface through which the VINES neighbor can be reached
Flag This field is a three-column field.

The first column indicates how the path was learned. It can be one of the following values:

  • C--Connected (that is, this is the entry for this router).

  • D--Learned via an RTP redirect message.

  • P--Placeholder. This neighbor is currently used as the next hop for a static route.

  • R--Learned via an RTP update message.

  • S--Static path entry (entered with the vines neighbor command).

The second column indicates what version of the RTP protocol this neighbor is running. It can be one of the following values:

  • 0--Version 0 of the RTP protocol. This is the version used by VINES servers prior to VINES version 5.50.

  • 1--Version 1 of the RTP protocol, commonly called SRTP. This is the version used by VINES servers in VINES version 5.50 and later.

The third column indicates how this path will be used. It can be one of the following values:

  • *--An asterisk means that this is the next path that will be used next when forwarding a frame to that neighbor.

  • .--A dot means that this is the alternate path that will be used in round-robin fashion.

  • Blank--No value means this is backup path that will not be used.

In the sample output, there are two paths to Router4 with the same metric. These two paths will be used in a round-robin fashion, and the Token Ring path will be the next one of the two used. There is a third path to Router4 via the serial line, but this will not be used unless both of the other paths are lost.

Age Age of this VINES neighbor table entry, in seconds. This entry will show an age of "n/a" for RTP Version 0 neighbors on WAN interfaces, when the interface has been configured for delta-only updates. In all other cases, this entry will contain a number.
Metric Distance to this neighbor. This normally is the same as the interface metric, but may be different because of network topology or router configuration.
Uses For all entries except placeholders, indicates the number of times that path was used to forward a packet. For placeholder entries, indicates the number of static routes that use the neighbor as the first hop.
RTP Counter: This section shows counters that are specific to a neighbor port that is running the RTP protocol only. If the neighbor has multiple interfaces, then multiple sections will show up in this part of the display.
Interface ... Identifies the network interface and full identifier for a neighbor port.
Timers:
Roll Call
Identifies whether or not the roll call timer is active for this neighbor, and if so, when it will expire.
Received Counters Indicates the number and type of RTP packets received from this neighbor port.
SRTP Counter: This section shows counters that are specific to a neighbor port that is running the SRTP protocol. If the neighbor has multiple interfaces, then multiple sections will show up in this part of the display.
Interface ... Identifies the network interface and full identifier for a neighbor port.
Timers:
Reassembly
Identifies whether or not the reassembly timer is active for this neighbor, and if so, when it will expire.
Timers:
Retry
Identifies whether or not the retry timer is active for this neighbor, and if so, when it will expire.
Received Counters Indicates the number, type, and sequence number of matching SRTP packets received from this neighbor port.
Transmitted Counters Indicated the number and type of SRTP packets transmitted explicitly to this neighbor port.

Related Commands

clear vines neighbor
clear vines route
show vines cache
vines host
vines neighbor
vines update deltas
vines update interval

show vines route

To display the contents of the VINES routing table, use the show vines route EXEC command.

show vines route [number | neighbor address]
Syntax Description
no arguments Displays all entries in the VINES routing table.
number (Optional) Displays the routing table entry for the specified network.
neighbor address (Optional) Displays all routes in the VINES routing table that have the specified neighbor as their first hop.
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines route command. This sample shows all entries in the VINES routing table.

Router# show vines route
Worf              Worf              R0*       2       2      0
Succubus          Succubus          R1*       2       2      0
Aloe              -                 C1        -       -      -
Vera              Vera              R0*       2       2      0
Falcon            Falcon            R0*       2       2      0
Zangbutt          Worf              R0*       2       4      0
Zangbutt         		 Vera              R0        2       4      0
Router# show vines route Router1
8 servers, 10 routes, version 58, next update 32 seconds
Network       Neighbor     Flags     Age      Metric   Uses

                           Origin    Local    Flags

Router1       Router2      R0*       n/a       0250      0
                           001AFE7B  00010FCA  0009

Table 14-7 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES Route Field Descriptions
Field Description
servers Number of servers in the routing table.
routes Number of routes in the routing table.
version Version number of the VINES routing table. This number is incremented each time a server or route is added to or deleted from this table.
next update Time, in seconds, until the next routing update is sent.
Hash Position of this entry in the routing table.
Network Name or number of the remote network. Networks take the name of the server that defines the network.
Neighbor Next hop to the destination network.
Flags This field is a series of single-column fields.

The first column indicates how the route was learned. It can be one of the following values:

  • C--Connected (that is, this is the entry for this router).

  • D--Learned via an RTP redirect message.

  • R--Learned via an RTP update message.

  • S--Static entry (entered with the vines route command).

The second column indicates what version of the RTP protocol this router is running. It can be one of the following values:

  • 0--Version 0 of the RTP protocol. This is the version used by VINES servers prior to VINES version 5.50. This version number will also be shown if the route was learned via a pre-5.50 server, and thus the version information was lost.

  • 1--Version 1 of the RTP protocol, commonly called SRTP. This is the version used by VINES servers in VINES version 5.50 and later.

An asterisk in the third column indicates that this route will be used next when forwarding a frame to that server.

The fourth column indicates whether that route will be used to forward a broadcast from a serverless network. It can be one of the following values:

  • N--This server is considered to be the nearest server and is on a directly connected network.

  • n--This server is considered to be the nearest server but is not on a directly connected network.

The fifth column contains the letter "S" if the route is in a suppression state.

The sixth column contains the letter "h" if this path has a metric that is higher than the best metric for this neighbor. This indicates that the path is not eligible for use in load sharing.

Age Age of this VINES routing table entry, in seconds. An age of n/a indicates the destination is accessible via a neighbor that is sending delta-only updates. Note that even though the neighbor entry for Pica has an age, there is no age available for its routing table entry or other routing entries reachable via Pica. This is because the periodic hello messages from Pica contain no routing information, only neighbor reachability information.
Metric Distance to this server. This normally is the distance to the neighbor router plus the distance advertised by that neighbor. This does not hold for static routes.
Uses Number of times this route has been used to forward a packet.
Origin Last known timestamp that originated from this server. If this field is not valid, as indicated by the following set of flags, then it will be zero.
Local Local timestamp then this route entry was learned or last changed.
Flags This field is a series of bit flags presented as a hexadecimal number. The following are the defined values:

  • 0001--The neighbor of this server reaches it through a LAN interface.

  • 0002--The neighbor of this server reaches it through a WAN interface.

  • 0004--The neighbor of this server reaches it through a non-VINES interface.

  • 0008--The origin timestamp for this entry is not valid. The entry is either for a pre-5.50 server, or the entry was learned via a pre-5.50 server.

Related Commands

clear vines neighbor
clear vines route
show vines cache
vines route
vines update deltas
vines update interval

show vines services

To display information about the router's current time, use the show vines services EXEC command.

show vines services
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines services command:

Router# show vines services
Server Service:
 Time is 22:20:20 UTC Apr 22 1993
 Time last adjusted (+1 sec) by Server1, 1:47:18 ago.
 Time epoch is SS@Aloe@Servers-132, started 3w3d ago.
 Next wakeup in 0:29:54

Table 14-8 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES Services Field Descriptions
Field Description
Time is ... Current time (in the format hours:minutes:seconds) and date.
Time last adjusted ... Server that last adjusted the time, how much it adjusted the time, and how long ago it was adjusted. For times within the last 24 hours, the time format is hours:minutes:seconds. For times longer ago than 24 hours, the time format is weekswdaysd.
Time epoch is ... Name of the current time epoch (in the format name-number), and when it was established.
Next wakeup in ... Time, in seconds, until the router will send a "time synchronization" message.
Related Commands

vines time access-group
vines time participate
vines time set-system
vines time use-system

show vines traffic

To display the statistics maintained about VINES protocol traffic, use the show vines traffic EXEC command.

show vines traffic [interface unit]
Syntax Description
no arguments Displays values for all interfaces and display all VINES global parameters.
interface unit (Optional) Displays values for a specific interface. The arguments are an interface type and a unit number. An example is "ethernet 0."
Command Mode

EXEC

Sample Display

The following is sample output from the show vines traffic command:

Router# show vines traffic
SYSTEM TRAFFIC:
  Rcvd: 204 total, 12708 bytes, 0 format errors, 0 not enabled,
        15 local dst, 189 bcast, 0 forwarded
        0 no route, 0 zero hops
        0 checksum errors, 3 IP unknown, 0 IPC unknown
        3 bcast forwarded, 1 bcast helpered, 0 dup bcast
  Sent: 21 packets, 1278 bytes
        0 unicast, 21 bcast, 0 forwarded
        0 encap failed, 0 access failed, 0 down
        0 bcast fwd, 3 not fwd (toward source)
        0 notlan, 0 not gt4800, 0 no pp charge
   ARPv0: Rcvd 0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/0/0/0
   ARPv1: Rcvd 0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/0/0/0
     ICP: Rcvd 0/0/0, Send 0/0
     IPC: Rcvd 17, Sent 8
   RTPv0: Rcvd 2/10/0/0/170/0/0/5, Sent 0/6/00/0/91/10/0
   RTPv1: Rcvd 0/0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/3/60/0
     SPP: Rcvd 0, Sent 0
    Echo: Rcvd 5, Sent 5
   Proxy: Rcvd 0, Sent 0
IPC TRAFFIC BY PORT NUMBER:
Broadcast: Other:00000000, 01:00000000, 02:00000000, 03:00000000, 04:00000000
              05:00000000, 06:00000000, 07:00000000, 08:00000000, 09:00000000
              0A:00000000, 0B:00000000, 0C:00000000, 0D:00000000, 0E:00000000
              0F:00000000, 10:00000000, 11:00000000, 12:00000000, 13:00000000
              14:00000000, 15:00000000, 16:00000000, 17:00000000, 18:00000000
              19:00000000
 Helpered: Other:00000000, 01:00000000, 02:00000000, 03:00000000, 04:00000000
              05:00000000, 06:00000000, 07:00000000, 08:00000000, 09:00000000
              0A:00000000, 0B:00000000, 0C:00000000, 0D:00000000, 0E:00000000
              0F:00000000, 10:00000000, 11:00000000, 12:00000000, 13:00000000
              14:00000000, 15:00000000, 16:00000000, 17:00000000, 18:00000000
              19:00000000
  Unicast: Other:00000000, 01:00000000, 02:00000000, 03:00000000, 04:00000000
              05:00000000, 06:00000000, 07:00000000, 08:00000000, 09:00000000
              0A:00000000, 0B:00000000, 0C:00000000, 0D:00000000, 0E:00000000
              0F:00000000, 10:00000000, 11:00000000, 12:00000000, 13:00000000
              14:00000000, 15:00000000, 16:00000000, 17:00000000, 18:00000000
              19:00000000
 Proxied: Other:00000000, 01:00000000, 02:00000000, 03:00000000, 04:00000000
              05:00000000, 06:00000000, 07:00000000, 08:00000000, 09:00000000
              0A:00000000, 0B:00000000, 0C:00000000, 0D:00000000, 0E:00000000
              0F:00000000, 10:00000000, 11:00000000, 12:00000000, 13:00000000
              14:00000000, 15:00000000, 16:00000000, 17:00000000, 18:00000000
              19:00000000
P_Replies: Other:00000000, 01:00000000, 02:00000000, 03:00000000, 04:00000000
              05:00000000, 06:00000000, 07:00000000, 08:00000000, 09:00000000
              0A:00000000, 0B:00000000, 0C:00000000, 0D:00000000, 0E:00000000
              0F:00000000, 10:00000000, 11:00000000, 12:00000000, 13:00000000
              14:00000000, 15:00000000, 16:00000000, 17:00000000, 18:00000000
              19:00000000
Interface Hssi0:
  Rcvd: 0 packets, 0 bytes, 0 format errors, 0 not enabled,
        0 local dst, 0 bcast, 0 forwarded,
        0 no route, 0 zero hops
        0 checksum errors, 0 IP unknown, 0 IPX unknown
        0 bcast forwarded, 0 bcast helpered, 0 dup bcast
  Sent: 0 packets, 0 bytes
        0 unicast, 0 bcast, 0 forwarded
        0 encap failed, 0 access failed, 0 down
        0 bcast fwd, 0 not fwd (toward source)
        0 notlan, 0 not gt4800, 0 no pp charge
   ARPv0: Rcvd 0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/0/0/0
   ARPv1: Rcvd 0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/0/0/0
     ICP: Rcvd 0/0/0, Send 0/0
     IPC: Rcvd 0, Sent 8
   RTPv0: Rcvd 0/10/0/0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/0/00/0/0/0/0
   RTPv1: Rcvd 0/0/0/0/0/0, Sent 0/3/60/0
     SPP: Rcvd 0, Sent 0
    Echo: Rcvd 0, Sent 0
   Proxy: Rcvd 0, Sent 0

Table 14-9 describes the fields shown in the display.


Show VINES Traffic Field Descriptions
Field Description
SYSTEM TRAFFIC: This section displays statistics about all VINES packets handled by the router.
Rcvd: This section displays statistics about VINES packets received by the router.
total
packets
Total number of VINES packets received.
bytes Total bytes in all the VINES packets received.
format errors Number of VINES packets that had errors in the format of the VINES IP header. Currently, the only thing checked is the length field in the header. The number of packets with format errors is included in the count of total packets received (in the Rcvd: field).
not enabled Number of VINES packets received on an interface on which VINES was not enabled. These packets are not included when counting the total packets received (in the Rcvd: field).
local dst Number of packets accepted for further processing because they were addressed to the router's unicast address.
bcast Number of packets accepted for further processing because they were addressed to the router's broadcast address.
forwarded Number of packets not accepted for further processing but that were simply forwarded out another interface.
no route Number of packets discarded because the router did not know how to reach the destination.
zero hops Number of packets discarded because the hop count field in the VINES IP header was zero.
checksum errors Number of packets accepted by the router for further processing (the sum of the "local dest" and "bcast" fields) that were discarded because the checksum was bad.
IP unknown Number of packets accepted by the router (the sum of the "local dest" and "bcast" fields) that were discarded because the IP protocol type was unknown.
IPC unknown Number of packets accepted by the router for further processing (the sum of the "local dest" and "bcast" fields) that were discarded because the IPC port number was unknown.
bcast forwarded Number of broadcast packets accepted by the router for further processing (as shown in the "bcast" field) that were forwarded because they had a nonzero hop count. (Note that the sum of the "bcast forwarded," "bcast helpered," and "dup bcast" fields will not equal the total number of broadcast packets received.)
bcast helpered Number of broadcast packets accepted by the router (as shown in the "bcast" field) that were "helpered" to a Banyan server. (Note that the sum of the "bcast forwarded," "bcast helpered," and "dup bcast" fields will not equal the total number of broadcast packets received.)
dup bcast Number of broadcast packets accepted by the router (as shown in the "bcast" field) that were classified as duplicates and discarded. (Note that the sum of the "bcast forwarded," "bcast helpered," and "dup bcast" fields will not equal the total number of broadcast packets received.)
Sent: This section displays statistics about VINES packets sent by the router.
packets Total number of VINES packets sent.
bytes Total bytes in all the VINES packets sent.
unicast Number of unicast packets originating at the router.
bcast Number of broadcast packets originating at the router.
forwarded Number of unicast packets that were forwarded from another interface.
encap failed Number of packets not sent because of an encapsulation failure. This usually happens when entries in a map for a public data network, such as X.25 or Frame Relay, are missing.
access failed Number of packets not sent because the destination was denied by an access list.
down Number of packets not sent because the interface was down.
bcast fwd Number of broadcast packets that were forwarded from another interface.
not fwd (toward source) Number of broadcast packets that were not forwarded because this interface is the interface on which the broadcast was received.
not lan Number of broadcast packets that were not forwarded because they were marked for LANs only and this interface is not a LAN (for example, it might be a serial interface.)
not gt Number of broadcast packets that were not forwarded because they were marked for high-speed interfaces only and this interface is a low-speed interface (line speed of 4800 baud or less).
no pp charge Number of broadcast packets that were not forwarded because they were marked to send only to networks that do not have per-packet charging and this interface is to a network that has per-packet charging.
ARPv0: This section displays statistics about VINES ARP packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd x/x/x/x/x Number of ARP packets received of type 0, 1, 2, 3, and other.
Sent x/x/x/x Number of ARP packets sent of type 0, 1, 2, and 3.
ARPv1: This section displays statistics about VINES SARP packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd x/x/x/x/x Number of SARP packets received of type 0, 1, 2, 3, and other.
Sent x/x/x/x Number of SARP packets sent of type 0, 1, 2, and 3.
ICP: This section displays statistics about VINES ICP packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd x/x/x Number of ICP packets received of type 0, 1, and other.
Sent x/x Number of ICP packets sent of type 0 and 1.
IPC: This section displays statistics about VINES IPC packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd Number of IPC packets received.
Sent Number of IPC packets sent.
RTPv0: This section displays statistics about VINES routing protocol (RTP) packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x Number of RTP packets received of type 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and other. The counts of type 0, type 2, type 3, and other RTP packets should always be zero.
Sent x/x/x/x/x/x/x Number of RTP packets sent of type 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
RTPv0: This section displays statistics about VINES routing protocol (RTP) packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd x/x/x/x/x Number of SRTP packets received of type 0, 1, 2, 3, and other. The count of other SRTP packets should always be zero.
Sent x/x/x/x/x Number of SRTP packets sent of type 0, 1, 2, 3.
SPP: This section displays statistics about VINES SPP packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd Number of SPP packets received.
Sent Number of SPP packets sent.
Echo: This section displays statistics about VINES echo packets sent and received by the router.
Rcvd Number of MAC-level echo packets received.
Sent Number of MAC-level echo packets sent.
Proxy: This section displays statistics about VINES proxies sent and received by the router. A proxy is when a client sends a query directly to the router for which the router does not have the intelligence to respond. The router then sends these queries to a Banyan server, and when it receives the response from the server, the router relays it back to the client.
Rcvd Number of proxy queries received by the router.
Sent Number of proxy queries sent by the router.
IPC TRAFFIC BY PORT NUMBER: This section displays statistics about VINES Interprocess Communications Protocol (IPC) packets. The information displayed in this section is particularly useful when a serverless network is connected to the router.
Broadcast: Number of VINES IPC messages, by destination port number, received by the router because they were addressed to the VINES IP broadcast address.
Helpered: Number of broadcast messages that were sent toward a Banyan server because they were received on an interface for a serverless network.
Unicast: Number of VINES IPC messages, by destination port number, received by the router because they were specifically addressed to the VINES IP address of the router.
Proxied: Number of unicast messages received that were sent to a Banyan server because they were received on a serverless interface and because the router did not know how to respond to the message.
P_Replies: Number of responses to a proxy query that were received from a Banyan server.
Interface ... This section displays statistics about the individual interfaces in the router. The fields in this section have the same meanings as the fields of the same name in the "SYSTEM TRAFFIC" section, except that the statistics are for the particular interface, not for the entire router.
Related Commands

clear vines traffic
vines serverless

trace

To determine the path that a packet takes when traversing a VINES network, use the trace EXEC command.

trace [vines] [address]
Syntax Description
vines (Optional) Specifies the VINES protocol. If you omit this keyword, the router prompts for it.
address (Optional) Address of a node. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

This command does not produce the names of any VINES servers that are traversed.

The trace test characters are explained in Table 14-10.


Trace Test Characters
Character Meaning
nn msec For each node, the round-trip time for each probe in nn milliseconds.
* The probe timed out.
? Unknown packet type.
Sample Display

The following is sample output from the VINES trace command:

Router# trace 27AF92:1 
Type escape sequence to abort. 
Tracing the route to COINSPINNER (27AF92:1)
 0 Farslayer (30002A2D:1) 0 msec 4 msec 4 msec
 1 Coinspinner (27AF92:1) 4 msec 4 msec 8 msec
Router# trace
Protocol [ip]: vines
Target vines address: 27AF92:1 
Numeric display [n]:
Timeout in seconds [3]:
Probe count [3]:
Minimum Time to Live [0]:
Maximum Time to Live [15]:
Type escape sequence to abort. 
Tracing the route to COINSPINNER (27AF92:1)
 0 Farslayer (30002A2D:1) 0 msec 4 msec 4 msec
 1 Coinspinner (27AF92:1) 4 msec 4 msec 8 msec

vines access-group

To apply an access list to an interface, use the vines access-group interface configuration command. To remove the access list, use the no form of this command.

vines access-group access-list-number
no vines access-group
access-list-number
Syntax Description
access-list-number Number of the access list. All outgoing packets defined with either standard or extended access lists and forwarded through the interface are filtered by the entries in this access list. For standard access lists, access-list-number is a decimal number from 1 to 100. For extended access lists, access-list-number is a decimal number from 101 to 200.
Default

No access list is applied.

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

The vines access-group command applies an access list created with the vines access-list command to an interface.

You can apply only one access list to an interface.

Example

In the following example, access list 1 is applied to Ethernet interface 0:

interface ethernet 0
vines access-group 1
Related Commands

vines access-list (standard)
vines access-list (extended)

vines access-list (standard)

To specify a standard VINES access list, use the following version of the vines access-list global configuration command. To remove the access list, use the no form of this command.

vines access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} protocol source-address
source-mask
[source-port] destination-address destination-mask
[destination-port]
no vines access-list access-list-number
Syntax Description
access-list-number Number of the access list. This is a decimal number from 1 to 100.
deny Denies access if the conditions are matched.
permit Allows access if the conditions are matched.
protocol VINES protocol ID number or name. It can be a value from 1 to 255 or one of the following protocol keywords:

· ARP--Address Resolution Protocol

· ICP--Internet Control Protocol

· IP--VINES Internet Protocol

· IPC--Interprocess Communications

· RTP--Routing Update Protocol

· SPP--Sequence Packets Protocol

source-address Address of the network from which the packet is being sent. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
source-mask Mask to be applied to source-address. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal value. Place ones in the bit positions you want to mask. These bits correspond to the bit in the address that should be ignored.
source-port (Optional) Number of the local port from which the packet is being sent. This argument is required when the protocol specified is IPC or SPP, and is not accepted when any other protocol is specified. It can be a number from 0x0000 through 0xFFFF. Well-known local port numbers have values from 0x0001 through 0x01FF. Transient local port numbers have values from 0x0200 through 0xFFFE. Table 14-11 in the "Usage Guidelines" section lists some IPC port numbers.
destination-address Address of the network to which the packet is being sent. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
destination-mask Mask to be applied to destination-address. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal value. Place ones in the bit positions you want to mask. These bits correspond to the bits in the address that should be ignored.
destination-port (Optional) Number of the local port to which the packet is being sent. This argument is required when the protocol specified is IPC or SPP, and is not accepted when any other protocol is specified. It can be a number from 0x0000 through 0xFFFF. Well-known local port numbers have values from 0x0001 through 0x01FF. Transient local port numbers have values from 0x0200 through 0xFFFE. Table 14-11 in the "Usage Guidelines" section following lists some IPC port numbers.

Default

No standard VINES access list is specified.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

A standard VINES access list filters packets based on their protocol, source and destination addresses, and source and destination address masks, and optionally on their source and destination ports.

Use the vines access-group command to apply an access list to an interface.

Keep the following in mind when configuring VINES network access control:

If you specify a protocol type of IPC, the port (either source-port or destination-port) can be one of the values shown in Table 14-11.


Some VINES IPC Port Numbers
IPC Port Number (Hexadecimal) Service
0x0003 Back End (only on PCs; it is the 25th line notification)
0x0004 Mail Service
0x0006 "VINES Files" File Service
0x0007 Server Service
0x000F StreetTalk Service
0x0012 Network Management
0x0013 VINES Security
0x0016 StreetTalk Directory Assistance
0x0017 StreetTalk Directory Assistance Service Listening Port
0x0019 Systems and Network Management
Examples

In the following example, the first line prohibits any communication on StreetTalk port (port number 0xF); the second line permits all other communication:

vines access-list 1 deny   IPC 0:0 ffffffff:ffff 0xf 0:0 ffffffff:ffff 0xf
vines access-list 1 permit IP 0:0 ffffffff:ffff     0:0 ffffffff:ffff

The following example filters all mail service on Ethernet interface 0 and permits all other traffic:

interface Ethernet 0
vines access-group 101
!
vines access-list 101 deny ipc 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF 4 0 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF 0 0xF FFF
vines access-list 101 permit ip 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF
Related Commands

A dagger (+) indicates that the command is documented in another chapter.

priority-list protocol +
show vines access
vines access-group
vines access-list
(extended)
vines access-list (simple)

vines access-list (extended)

To create an extended VINES access list, use the following version of the vines access-list global configuration command. To remove an extended access list, use the no form of this command.

vines access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} protocol source-address
source-mask
[source-port source-port-mask] destination-address
destination-mask
[destination-port destination-port-mask]
no vines access-list access-list-number
Syntax Description
access-list-number Number of the access list. This is a decimal number from 101 to 200.
deny Denies access if the conditions are matched.
permit Allows access if the conditions are matched.
protocol VINES protocol ID number or name. The number can be a value from 1 to 255 or one of the following protocol keywords:

· ARP--Address Resolution Protocol

· ICP--Internet Control Protocol

· IP--VINES Internet Protocol

· IPC--Interprocess Communications

· RTP--Routing Update Protocol

· SPP--Sequence Packets Protocol

source-address Address of the network from which the packet is being sent. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
source-mask Mask to be applied to source-address. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal value. Place ones in the bit positions you want to mask. These bits correspond to the bits in the address that should be ignored.
source-port Number of the local port from which the packet is being sent. This argument is required when the protocol specified is IPC or SPP, and is not accepted when any other protocol is specified. It can be a number from 0x0000 through 0xFFFF. Well-known local port numbers have values from 0x0001 through 0x01FF. Transient local port numbers have values from 0x0200 through 0xFFFE. Table 14-12 in the "Usage Guidelines" section lists some IPC port numbers.
source-port-mask (Optional) Mask to be applied to source-port. This argument is required when the protocol specified is IPC or SPP, and is not accepted when any other protocol is specified. It can be a number from 0x0000 through 0xFFFF. These bits correspond to the bits in the port that should be ignored.
destination-address VINES address of the network to which the packet is being sent. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
destination-mask Mask to be applied to destination-address. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal value. Place ones in the bit positions you want to mask. These bits correspond to the bits in the address that should be ignored.
destination-port Number of the local port to which the packet is being sent. This argument is required when the protocol specified is IPC or SPP, and is not accepted when any other protocol is specified. It can be a number from 0x0000 through 0xFFFF. Well-known local port numbers have values from 0x0001 through 0x01FF. Transient local port numbers have values from 0x0200 through 0xFFFE. Table 14-12 in the "Usage Guidelines" section lists some IPC port numbers.
destination-port-mask (Optional) Mask to be applied to destination-port. This argument is required when the protocol specified is IPC or SPP, and is not accepted when any other protocol is specified. It can be a number from 0x0000 through 0xFFFF. These bits correspond to the bits in the port that should be ignored.
Default

No extended VINES access list is specified.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

An extended VINES access list filters packets based on their protocol, source and destination addresses, and source and destination address masks, and optionally on their source and destination ports, and source and destination port masks. This differs from the standard access list filters in that you can specify port masks.

Use the vines access-group command to assign an access list to an interface.

Keep the following in mind when configuring VINES network access control:

If you specify a protocol type of IPC, the port (either source-port or destination-port) can be one of the values shown in Table 14-12.


Some VINES IPC Port Numbers
IPC Port Number (Hexadecimal) Service
0x0003 Back End (only on PCs; it is the 25th line notification)
0x0004 Mail Service
0x0006 "VINES Files" File Service
0x0007 Server Service
0x000F StreetTalk Service
0x0012 Network Management
0x0013 VINES Security
0x0016 StreetTalk Directory Assistance
0x0013 StreetTalk Directory Assistance Service Listening Port
0x0019 Systems and Network Management
Example

In the following example, the first line prohibits communication from any client process to the service on IPC port 0x14; the second line permits all other communication:

vines access-list 101 deny   IPC 0:0 ffffffff:ffff 0x14 0 0:0 ffffffff:ffff 0 0xFFFF
vines access-list 101 permit IP 0:0 ffffffff:ffff     0:0 ffffffff:ffff
Related Commands

A dagger (+) indicates that the command is documented in another chapter.

priority-list protocol +
show vines access
vines access-group
vines access-list
(standard)
vines access-list (simple)

vines access-list (simple)

To create a simple VINES access list, use the following version of the vines access-list global configuration command. To remove a standard access list, use the no form of this command.

vines access-list access-list-number {deny | permit} source-address source-mask
no vines access-list access-list-number
Syntax Description
access-list-number Access list number. It is a number from 201 to 300.
deny Denies access if the conditions are matched.
permit Allows access if the conditions are matched.
source-address Address of the network from which the packet is being sent. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal number in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
source-mask Mask to be applied to source-address. This is a 6-byte hexadecimal value. Place ones in the bit positions you want to mask. These bits correspond to the bits in the address that should be ignored.
Default

No simple VINES access list is specified.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

A simple VINES access list filters packets based on their source address and source address mask. These access lists are used to decide which stations to accept time updates from.

Use the vines access-group command to assign an access list to an interface.

Keep the following in mind when configuring VINES network access control:

Example

The following example defines an access list that accept time updates only from the stations on networks 30015800 and 30004355; it defines time updates from all other sources:

vines access-list 201 permit 30015800:0001 00000000:0000
vines access-list 201 permit 30004355:0001 00000000:0000
vines access-list 201 deny 00000000:0000 FFFFFFFF:FFFF
interface ethernet 0
vines access-group 201
Related Commands

show vines access
vines access-group
vines access-list
(standard)
vines access-list (simple)
vines time access-group
vines time participate
vines time set-system
vines time use-system

vines arp-enable

To enable the processing of ARP packets, use the vines arp-enable interface configuration command. To disable the processing of ARP packets, use the no form of this command.

vines arp-enable [dynamic]
no vines arp-enable [dynamic]
Syntax Description
no keyword Always respond to ARP and SARP requests on this interface.
dynamic (Optional) Responds only to ARP and SARP requests on this interface if there are no other VINES servers present.
Default

Enabled with the dynamic option.

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

Client systems on VINES networks are assigned network addresses dynamically. When a VINES client boots, it has no knowledge of their addresses and preferred servers. Immediately after it initializes its hardware interface, the client sends broadcast requests asking a server to provide it with a network-layer address. In a network that has a server, our routers do not normally respond to these broadcast requests. However, on a network that has only clients and no servers (called a serverless network), the router does need to respond to the broadcast requests so that all the clients on that serverless network can acquire network addresses. By default, the router will respond to ARP requests and assign addresses to network clients only if there is no VINES server present on that network segment. When it does, the router then acts as a network communication service provider for the client. You may configure the router to respond to these requests even if a VINES servers is present, or never to respond to these requests. If the router assigns an address, it will generate a unique network number based on its own VINES address.

A VINES file server must still be present somewhere on the network in order for the client to continue the booting process.

Example

The following example configures a router when Ethernet interface 1 is a network that does not contain any VINES servers:

interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
!
interface ethernet 1
vines metric 2

The following example configures a router to always provide ARP service on Ethernet interface 1, even when VINES servers are present on that network:

interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
!
interface ethernet 1
vines metric 2
vines arp-enable
Related Command

vines propagate
vines serverless

vines decimal

To display VINES addresses in decimal notation, use the vines decimal global configuration command. To return to displaying the addresses in hexadecimal, use the no form of this command.

vines decimal
no vines decimal
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Default

Addresses are displayed in hexadecimal.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

When displaying addresses, the router always uses a name if one has been configured via the vines host command. The vines decimal command affects the radix in which the address is presented when a name is not available.

Example

The following example displays VINES addresses in decimal:

vines decimal
Related Commands

clear vines cache
clear vines neighbor
clear vines route
show vines cache
vines host

vines encapsulation

To set the MAC-level encapsulation used for VINES broadcast packets, use the vines encapsulation interface configuration command. To disable encapsulation, use the no form of this command.

vines encapsulation [arpa | snap | vines-tr]
no vines encapsulation
Syntax Description
arpa (Optional) ARPA encapsulation. This is the default encapsulation for Ethernet interfaces.
snap (Optional) SNAP encapsulation. This encapsulation uses an IEEE 802.2 SNAP header. It is the default encapsulation for all media except Ethernet and Token Ring.
vines-tr (Optional) Our VINES Token Ring encapsulation. This is the default encapsulation for Token Ring interfaces.
Default

ARPA encapsulation for Ethernet
VINES Token Ring encapsulation for Token Ring
SNAP encapsulation for all other media

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

You can choose a MAC-level encapsulation type for each Ethernet, Token Ring, or IEEE 802.2 interface.

Setting the MAC-level encapsulation type with the vines encapsulation command affects broadcast packets sent by the router. The router keeps track of which encapsulation is used by each of its neighbors and uses the same style of encapsulation when talking directly to a neighbor.

You should not use this command with the current versions of VINES software that are available. This command is present for future interoperability when Banyan begins using encapsulations other than the current default ones.

Example

The following example configures IEEE 802.2 SNAP encapsulation on Ethernet interface 0:

vines routing
!
interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
vines encapsulation snap

vines host

To associate a host name with a VINES address, use the vines host global configuration command. To delete the association, use the no form of this command.

vines host name address
no vines host
name
Syntax Description
name VINES host name. It can be any length and sequence of characters separated by white space.
address Number of a VINES network. You enter it in the current VINES radix, in the format network:host, where network is 4 bytes and host is 2 bytes.
Default

Hosts are displayed by address.

Command Mode

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

The router maintains a table of the mappings between host names and addresses.

When displaying addresses, the router uses the name instead of the numerical address if you have configured one with the vines host command.

Our software provides only static name-to-address bindings for the VINES protocol. This is completely separate from Banyan's distributed naming system, StreetTalk. The router does not learn names from StreetTalk, nor does the router provide names to StreetTalk.

Example

The following example assigns names to four VINES servers:

! cisco names
vines host FARSLAYER 30002A2D:0001
vines host DOOMGIVER 30000A83:0001
! VINES PS/2 server
vines host COINSPINNER 0027AF92:0001
! PC clone client
vines host STUFF 0027AF92:8001
Related Commands

clear vines neighbor
clear vines route
show vines host
vines decimal

vines input-network-filter

To filter the information contained in routing messages received from other stations, use the vines input-network-filter interface configuration command. To disable this filtering, use the no form of this command.

vines input-network-filter access-list-number
no vines input-network-filter
Syntax Description
access-list-number Number of the access list. It is a decimal number from 201 to 300.
Default

No filtering.

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

VINES routing messages contain topological entries that allow service and client nodes to select the best paths to destinations. This command provides filtering ability to an administrator so that they may selectively determine which routing entries should be accepted from other routers and which routing entries should be dropped. This command may be useful in enforcing administrative policies of local server usage.

Example

The following example prevents a route to one specific server from ever being learned via interface Ethernet 0:

vines routing
!
vines access-list 201 deny 27AF9A:1 0:0
vines access-list 201 permit 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF
!
interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
vines input-network-filter 201

vines input-router-filter

To filter received routing messages based upon the address of the sending station, use the vines input-router-filter interface configuration command. To disable this filtering, use the no form of this command.

vines input-router-filter access-list-number
no vines input-router-filter
Syntax Description
access-list-number Number of the access list. It is a decimal number from 201 to 300.
Default

No filtering.

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

VINES routing messages contain topological entries that allow service and client nodes to select the best paths to destinations. This command provides filtering ability to an administrator so that they may selectively determine the routers from which routing entries will be accepted.

Example

The following example prevents the router from ever learning routing information from one specific server on interface Ethernet 0:

vines routing
!
vines access-list 201 deny 27AF9A:1 0:0
vines access-list 201 permit 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF
!
interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
vines input-router-filter 201

vines metric

To enable VINES routing on an interface, use the vines metric interface configuration command. To disable VINES routing, use the no form of this command.

vines metric [whole [fractional]]
no vines metric
Syntax Description
whole (Optional) Integer cost value associated with the interface. It is optional for all interface types. If you omit whole, the router automatically chooses a reasonable value. These values are listed in Table 14-13 in the "Usage Guidelines" section. For additional information, refer to the discussion and table in the "Usage Guidelines" section. If whole is zero, then a fractional portion must be supplied.
fractional (Optional) Fractional cost value associated with the interface expressed in 10,000ths. It is optional for all interface types, but may only be present if a whole number portion is specified. This number will be rounded to the nearest 1/16th. If you omit both whole and fractional numbers, the router automatically chooses a reasonable value. These values are listed in Table 14-13 in the "Usage Guidelines" section. For additional information, refer to the discussion and table in the "Usage Guidelines" section.

Default

Disabled

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

The metric is the cost value associated with the interface media type. It is generally inversely proportional to the speed of the interface. The lower the delay metric, the more like it is that the router will use that interface.

Our router automatically chooses a reasonable metric. These numbers match as closely as possible the numbers a Banyan server would choose for an interface of the same type and speed.

When enabling VINES for a serial interface, you should keep in mind that the VINES metric is based upon the configured bandwidth for the interface. To insure that the router selects the correct VINES metric, you need to make sure that the correct bandwidth has been configured. To do this, first issue the show interface command to determine the speed of the interface. Then issue the bandwidth command to set the bandwidth rate that is appropriate for that interface type and speed.After that, issue the vines metric command and the router will choose a metric appropriate to that speed. If you do not issue the bandwidth command first, you will need to either reissue the vines metric command or issue it with a metric number to get an appropriate metric.

Banyan servers use these metrics to compute timeouts when communicating with other hosts. If you do specify a metric, be careful that you do not set this number too high or too low. Doing so could disrupt the normal function of the Banyan servers.

Table 14-13 lists some example delay metric values.


Example Delay Metric Values
Interface Type Old Format New Internal Format New Configuration File Format Seconds
FDDI 1 0010 1 0000 0.2000
Ethernet 2 0020 2 0000 0.4000
16-Mb Token Ring 2 0020 2 0000 0.4000
4-Mb Token Ring 4 0040 4 0000 0.8000
T1 HDLC 35 0230 35 0000 7.0000
56-kb HDLC 45 02D0 45 0000 9.0000
9600 baud HDLC 90 05A0 90 0000 18.0000
4800 baud HDLC 150 0960 150 0000 30.0000
2400 baud HDLC 250 0F00 250 0000 50.0000
1200 baud HDLC 450 1C20 450 0000 90.0000
T1 X.25 45 02D0 45 0000 9.0000
56-kb X.25 55 0370 55 0000 11.0000
9600 baud X.25 100 0640 100 0000 20.0000
4800 baud X.25 160 0A00 160 0000 32.0000
2400 baud X.25 260 1040 260 0000 52.0000
1200 baud X.25 460 1CC0 460 0000 92.0000
Examples

The following example enables VINES routing on Ethernet interface 0 and sets the metric to 2:

vines routing
!
interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2

The following example enables VINES routing on FDDI interface 0 and sets the metric to 0.25:

vines routing
!
interface fddi 0
vines metric 0 2500
Related Commands

A dagger (+) indicates that the command is documented in another chapter.

bandwidth +
vines routing
vines update deltas
vines update interval

vines neighbor

To specify a static path to a neighbor station, use the vines neighbor interface configuration command. To remove a static path from the neighbor table, use the no form of this command.

vines neighbor address mac-address encapsulation [whole [fractional]]
no vines neighbor
address mac-address
Syntax Description
address VINES IP address of the station to which to add or remove a static path.
mac-address MAC-level address used to reach the neighbor station.
encapsulation Encapsulation type to use on the media. It can be one of the following values:

· arpa--Use ARPA encapsulation. This is recommended for Ethernet interfaces.

· snap--Use an IEEE 802.2 SNAP header. This is recommended for FDDI interfaces.

· vines-tr--Use our VINES Token Ring encapsulation. This is recommended for Token Ring interfaces.

whole (Optional) Delay metric to use on the neighbor. For more information, refer to the discussion and table in the "Usage Guidelines" section. If you omit this argument, the metric used is that specified with the vines metric command for the selected interface.
fractional (Optional) Fractional metric value associated with this neighbor. This number will be rounded to the nearest 1/16th. If you omit both whole and fractional numbers, then the interface metric will be used.
Default

No static paths are specified.

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

You can configure static neighbor entries only on Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring interfaces.

The decision to use a static path or a dynamic path is always determined by the relative metric numbers.

Be careful when assigning static paths. If a static path is assigned with a better metric than the dynamic paths and the link associated with the static path is lost, traffic may stop being forwarded, even though an alternative path might be available.

The metric is the cost value associated with the interface media type. It is generally inversely proportional to the speed of the interface. The lower the delay metric, the more like it is that the router will use that interface.

This command is useful for testing VINES networks with test equipment that does not generate hello packets.

Table 14-14 lists some example delay metric values.


Example Delay Metric Values
Interface Type Old Format New Internal Format New Configuration File Format Seconds
FDDI`

1

0010

1 0000

0.2000

Ethernet

2

0020

2 0000

0.4000

16-Mb Token Ring

2

0020

2 0000

0.4000

4-Mb Token Ring

4

0040

4 0000

0.8000

T1 HDLC

35

0230

35 0000

7.0000

56-kb HDLC

45

02D0

45 0000

9.0000

9600 baud HDLC

90

05A0

90 0000

18.0000

4800 baud HDLC

150

0960

150 0000

30.0000

2400 baud HDLC

250

0F00

250 0000

50.0000

1200 baud HDLC

450

1C20

450 0000

90.0000

T1 X.25

45

02D0

45 0000

9.0000

56-kb X.25

55

0370

55 0000

11.0000

9600 baud X.25

100

0640

100 0000

20.0000

4800 baud X.25

160

0A00

160 0000

32.0000

2400 baud X.25

260

1040

260 0000

52.0000

1200 baud X.25

460

1CC0

460 0000

92.0000

Example

The following example defines a static path to the neighbor station at address 12345678:0001 using ARPA encapsulation:

interface ethernet 0
vines neighbor 12345678:0001 0001.0002.0003 arpa 20
Related Commands

clear vines neighbor
show vines neighbor
show vines route
vines route

vines output-network-filter

To filter the information contained in routing updates transmitted to other stations, use the vines output-network-filter interface configuration command. To disable this filtering, use the no form of this command.

vines output-network-filter access-list-number
no vines output-network-filter
Syntax Description
access-list-number Number of the access list. It is a decimal number from 201 to 300.
Default

No filtering.

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

VINES routing messages contain topological entries that allow service and client nodes to select the best paths to destinations. This command provides filtering ability to an administrator so that they may selectively determine which routing entries should be passed on to other routers. This command may be useful in enforcing administrative policies of local server usage.

Example

The following example prevents all routes from being advertised to interface Ethernet 0 except the route to one single server:

vines routing
!
vines access-list 201 permit 27AF9A:1 0:0
vines access-list 201 deny 0:0 FFFFFFFF:FFFF
!
interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
vines output-network-filter 201

vines propagate

To modify how routers forward a broadcast packet, use the vines propagate interface configuration command. To return to the default forwarding scheme, use the dynamic form of this command.

vines propagate [dynamic]
no vines propagate [dynamic]
Syntax Description
no argument Always propagate broadcasts messages on this interface.
dynamic Propagate broadcasts on this interface only if there are no servers on any local network.
Default

Dynamic forwarding

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

The vines propagate command affects how the router decides whether to forward a broadcast packet out an interface. The normal decision is based on the settings of both the "hop count" and "class" fields of the VINES IP header, and also whether or not there are any servers present on any of the local network segments. In the default configuration, the router first looks to see if there are any local servers, and if so, follows the normal rules of VINES IP and forwards the broadcast out this interface based upon the "hop count" and the "class" field. If there are no local servers, then the router looks only at the "hop count" field before forwarding the broadcast out this interface. Enabling this command with no argument tells the router to always ignore the "class" field and make the forwarding decision based solely upon the "hop count" field. The no form of this command tells the router to always examine both the "hop count" and "class" fields.

Example

The following example always ignores the "class" field of the VINES IP header when deciding whether to forward a broadcast packet on interface Serial0:

interface serial 0
vines propagate
Related Commands

vines arp-enable
vines serverless

vines redirect

To determine how frequently a router sends an RTP redirect message on an interface, use the vines redirect interface configuration command. To restore the default, use the no form of this command.

vines redirect [seconds]
no vines redirect
Syntax Description
seconds (Optional) Interval, in seconds, that the router waits after sending a redirect message on an interface before it sends another redirect message on that same interface. If you specify a value of 0, the router never sends redirect messages on that interface.
Default

1 second

Command Mode

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

VINES routing redirect packets contain topological entries that allow service and client nodes to select the best paths to destinations. When a service node determines that it should not be forwarding packets between two nodes, it sends a redirect packet to the sending node informing it of the better path.

Example

The following example prevents redirect messages from ever being sent on Ethernet interface 0:

vines routing
!
interface ethernet 0
vines metric 2
vines redirect 0

vines route

To specify a static route to a server, use the vines route global configuration command. To remove a static route from the routing table, use the no form of this command.

vines route number address metric
no vines route
number address [fractional]
Syntax Description
number Number of the server to which