1  START

2  DEVICE
   Starts activity on a LAN device.  Equilvalent to SET DEVICE.

   Requires PHY_IO privilege.

   Format

     START DEVICE device-name

3  Parameter

device-name

   Specifies the LAN device name. The device name has the form ddcu, where
   dd is the device identifier, c is the controller designation, and u is
   the unit number.

   LAN devices are specified as the name of the template device, which is
   unit 0. For example, the first EI Ethernet device is specified as EIA0,
   the second as EIB0, and so on. You can specify the first EI device, for
   example, as EIA, EIA0, or EIA0:.

   A partial device name, accompanied by the /ALL qualifier, selects all
   matching devices. For example: E to select all Ethernet devices, V for
   VLAN devices, EI for Ethernet EI devices, no device name to select
   all LAN devices.

3  Qualifiers_(General)

/ALL

   Starts activity on all LAN devices. If you specify a device name,
   all matching LAN devices are selected, for example: E to select all
   Ethernet devices, V for VLAN devices, EW to select all Ethernet
   EW devices.

/OUTPUTFILE

   /OUTPUTFILE=filespec

   Writes command output to the specified file.

/TEST

   /LOOP
   /RECEIVE
   /TOGGLE
   /TRANSMIT

   These qualfiers implement test functionality built into LANCP for
   purposes of debug and validation. The test functionality is described
   in a text file on the system, SYS$HELP:LAN_COUNTERS_AND_FUNCTIONS.TXT.

/TRACE

   /TRACE=(size-option, mask-option, stop-option)

   This command is identical to SET DEVICE/TRACE, see that command
   for details.