HPlogo SNA IMF/XL Node Manager's Guide: HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems

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This manual describes Hewlett-Packard Company's Systems Network Architecture Interactive Mainframe Facility (SNA IMF) for the MPE/XL operating system. Systems Network Architecture (SNA) is a comprehensive specification for distributed data processing networks, developed by IBM.

SNA IMF allows interactive communications between an HP 3000 computer and an IBM host, by emulating the major features of an IBM 3270 control unit, using the protocols of a Node Type 2.0 and Logical Unit Types 1, 2, and 3 (LU.T1, LU.T2, and LU.T3). This manual describes the steps to install and configure SNA IMF on the HP 3000 system.

NOTE: 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 what is known as compatibility mode.

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