This manual describes Hewlett-Packard's Systems Network Architecture
Interactive Mainframe Facility (SNA IMF) for both the MPE V (SNA
IMF/V) and MPE XL (SNA IMF/XL) operating systems. Systems Network
Architecture (SNA) is IBM's specification for distributed
data processing networks. This manual describes the features and
uses of Hewlett-Packard's SNA IMF, which communicates in
an SNA environment.
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 | NOTE: In this manual, the term SNA IMF is used when the information
being given is true for both SNA IMF/V and SNA IMF/XL. The terms
SNA IMF/V and SNA IMF/XL are used when a distinction between the
two systems is necessary. MPE/iX, Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX,
is the latest in a series of forward-compatible operating systems
for the HP 3000 line of computers. In HP documentation and in talking with HP 3000 users, you
will encounter references to MPE XL, the direct predecessor of MPE/iX. MPE/iX
is a superset of MPE XL. All programs written for MPE XL will run
without change under MPE/iX. You can continue to use MPE XL system
documentation, although it may not refer to features added to the
operating system to support POSIX (for example, hierarchical directories). Finally, you may encounter references to MPE V, which is the
operating system for HP 3000s, not based on the PA-RISC architecture.
MPE V software can be run on the PA-RISC (Series 900) HP 3000s in
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SNA IMF allows interactive and programmatic communications between
an HP 3000 computer and an IBM host computer. SNA IMF emulates an
IBM 3274 cluster controller, with attached 3278 display stations
and 3287 printers, functioning as a Type 2 node in an SNA network.
This manual describes SNA IMF intrinsics, the programmatic
interface to SNA IMF. SNA IMF intrinsics allow communication between applications
on the HP 3000 and applications on the remote host.
For information on Pass Thru, SNA IMF's interactive
interface, see Using SNA IMF Pass Thru.
For information on installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting
SNA IMF, see the SNA IMF/XL Node Manager's Guide for
SNA IMF/XL or Installing and Troubleshooting SNA IMF for
SNA IMF/V.
