HP 3000 Manuals

SNA Link/iX Node Manager's Guide

SNA/Token Ring Link Overview 

SNA/Token Ring Linkis composed of hardware and software:

   *   Token Ring HP-Precision Bus (HP-PB) adapter card(hardware)

   *   SNA Transport(software)

   *   Token ring link module(software)

   *   Token ring link driver(software)

The SNA/Token Ring Link uses the HP Token Ring HP-PB adapter card to
connect to the token ring LAN. The SNA/Token Ring Link implements an IEEE
802.2 type II driver to handle connection-oriented traffic and IEEE 802.5
Token-Passing Ring Medium Access Control (MAC) deterministic access
method.

As a token ring allows an any-to-any connection, users on an HP 3000 can
run different applications on different remote systems.  Figure 1-5 shows
how SNA/Token Ring Link and the SNA services implement HP 3000-to-IBM
host or HP 3000-to-AS/400 communication.


          Figure 1-5.  SNA/Token Ring Link Communications 

Host Hardware and Software Requirements 

SNA/Token Ring Link requires this IBM host hardware:

   *   An IBM System/370-compatible mainframe 
       (for example, Model 370, 303x, and 43xx).

   *   An IBM 37xx-compatible communications controller 
       that supports an NCP Token Ring Interface (NTRI) connection or an
       IBM 3174 Establishment Controller that supports Token Ring.

SNA/Token Ring Link requires this IBM host software:

   *   MVS/SP or MVS/XA operating system.

   *   ACF/NCP network control program.

   *   ACF/VTAM telecommunications access method.

   *   NCP Token Ring Interface (NTRI) software(NCP version 4 release 3
       or later for the IBM 3725, and version 5 release 4 for the IBM
       3745).

For more-specific information, contact your Hewlett-Packard sales
representative.

AS/400 Hardware and Software Requirements 

SNA/Token Ring Link requires this IBM AS/400 hardware:

   *   An IBM AS/400 computer system with the appropriate communications
       controller card installed.

SNA/Token Ring Link requires this IBM AS/400 software:

   *   OS/400 operating system (all SNA-related software is included
       within the OS/400 operating system).

For more-specific information, contact your Hewlett-Packard sales
representative.

HP 3000 Hardware and Software Requirements 

You can run SNA/Token Ring Link on an HP 3000 Series 900 HP-Precision Bus
(HP-PB) system that has at least 32MB of real memory.  Depending on your
system configuration, more memory might be required.  Contact your
Hewlett-Packard sales representative for more information.

SNA/Token Ring Link requires this HP 3000 hardware:

   *   An HP 3000 Series 900 HP-PB computer system.

   *   An HP Token Ring HP-PB Adapter Cardand the appropriate IBM Type 1
       token ring cables (contact your Hewlett-Packard sales
       representative for more information).  One Token Ring Card is
       required for each active link to the remote system.

   *   A block mode terminal 
       that is supported by VPLUS, for use with the Node Management
       Services (NMS) NMMGR configuration manager.

SNA/Token Ring Link requires this HP 3000 software:

   *   HP 3000 Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX (MPE/iX)
       operating system.

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