Control Data Cyber 170 Series Operator's Manual page 5

PREFACE
This manual contains information and procedures necessary to establish and ('ontrol oper-
ation of a CONTROL DATA® Network Operating System (NOS) Version 1. 0 and is in-
tended for use by the central site (system) operator. The NOS system was developed
by Control Data Corporation to provide network capabilties for time-sharing and trans-
action
processing~
in addition to local and remote batch processing on CDC@ CYBER
170 Series Model
172~ 173~
174, and 175 Computer
Systems~
CDC® CYBER 70 Series
Model
72~ 73~
and 74 Computer Systems, and CDC@ 6000 Series Computer Systems.
The operator is assumed to be familiar with the CDC CYBER 1
70~
CDC CYBER 70, or
6000 Series Computer Systems and with operating system concepts in general.
Operators with limited or no previous NOS experience are encouraged to direct their
initial attention to the following sections of this manual.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Appendix B
Appendix D
Introduction
Deadstart: This section describes the process by which. the
NOS system is made operational and ready to process
user jobs.
Operation Under DSD Control: This section provides infor-
mation concerning console operation and the DSD commands
that form the primary operator interface to the NOS
system. Notes of caution are included with the description
of commands that should be used with extreme care or at
the direction of the site analyst.
DSD Displays: This section contains a description and
illustration of the DSD displays that may be brought to the
console screens to monitor system operation.
Operator Messages: This section contains an alphabetical
listing of the status and error messages that are issued by
the system.
Peripheral Equipment Operation: This section contains
information concerning the manual operation of each peri-
pheral device associated with the NOS system.
Since the job requirements of the system operator may vary from one installation to
another, this manual should be used in conjunction with established policies and pro-
cedures provided by the installation.
Although all information contained in this manual is considered relevant and necessary
for a system operator, a substantial amount of the information is directed toward an
experienced operator thoroughly familiar with the subject and its application with re-
spect to system operation. For example, before use of the commands described in
sectionS, Operation Under DIS Control, is permitted, an installation may require that
the operator have an overall understanding of NOS system operation. Another in-
stallation may specify which DIS commands the operator can use, if any. This may
also apply to the procedures described in section 5, Permanent File Utilities~ section
6~
Queue / Dayfile Utilities, and se ction 7, System Utility Operation. Generally, the
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