Establishes a node address for the local node, in the form area-number.node-number where the area-number is in the range 1 to 63 and the node number is in the range 1 to 1023. If the area-number is not specified, a default value of 1 is assumed. You need not supply the area number in the node-address if your node is in area 1. This parameter is required when you configure the local node.