Other Information

References

After successful installation, to get started with NSO refer to "NSO Getting Started Guide" available with NSO Installer. Also available in $NCS_DIR/doc/ncs_getting_started.pdf

Refer to "NSO Users Guide" for detailed information on NSO. Available in $NCS_DIR/doc/ncs_user_guide.pdf

In addition to the User Guide, we recommend you to browse through the variety of useful examples found under $NCS_DIR/examples.ncs. Each example has a README file explaining its purpose and usage.

For NSO System Administration details refer to " NSO Administration Guide" available in $NCS_DIR/doc/ncs_admin_guide.pdf

FAQs

Below you can find few frequently asked questions or common mistakes by customers.

1.

Is there a dependency between the NSO Installation Directory and Runtime Directory?

No, there is no such dependency.

2.

Do you need to source the ncsrc file before starting NSO?

Local Install - Yes.

System Install - No. (By default, the environment variables are configured and set on the shell while system install).

3.

Can you start NSO from a directory, which is not a NSO runtime directory?

Local Install - No (To start NSO, you need to point to the Run directory).

System Install - Yes.

4.

Can you stop NSO from a directory, which is not a NSO runtime directory?

Local Install - Yes.

System Install - Yes.

5.

For evaluation and development purposes, instead of Local Install you made a System Install. Now you cannot build or run NSO examples as described in README files. How can you proceed further?

The easiest method is to Uninstall system installation using ncs-uninstall --all and do a Local Install from scratch.

6.

Can we move NSO Installation from one folder to another ?

Local Install - Yes.

You can move the directory where you installed NSO to a new location in your directory tree. Simply move NSO's root directory to the new desired location, and update this file: $NCS_DIR/ncsrc (and ncsrc.tcsh if you want) This is a small and handy script that sets up some environment variables for you. Update the paths to the new location. The $NCS_DIR/bin/ncs and $NCS_DIR/bin/ncsc scripts will determine the location of NSO's root directory automatically.

System Install - No.

Support

  • If you are evaluating NSO, you should have a designated support contact.

  • If you have a NSO support agreement, please use the support channels specified in the agreement.

  • In either case, please do not hesitate to send us any questions or feedback you may come up with.