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Table of Contents
- Intended Use for Architected Interfaces
- Who Uses Architected Interfaces?
- Installing Operating System Architected Interfaces
- INSTOS
- AIFINTR
- How to Ship Products That Use Operating System
Architected Interfaces
- Using INSTOS
- Using AIFGLOBINSTALL
- Types of Operating System Architected Interfaces
- Access Management Architected Interfaces
- Information Access Architected Interfaces
- Functionality Access Architected Interfaces
The MPE/iX Architected Interface Facility provides reliable, high-performance
development tools for 900 Series HP 3000 system management suppliers. The
MPE/iX Architected Interface Facility provides specialized procedures,
architected interfaces (AIFs), for use by software suppliers and internal and
external solutions creators. AIFs provide easy and high-performance access,
manipulation, or interception of Hewlett-Packard proprietary operating system
and subsystem processes.
AIFs are a software layer between non-operating system software and internals,
providing controlled access to MPE/iX internal functionality and data
structures. AIFs, executing at user privileged mode (PM), provide a window
into MPE/iX internal operations.
AIFs do not supply a direct image of MPE/iX internals, but rather abstract the
operating system structures. For example, a management utility needs to know
everything about a specific session but does not need to know the format of
the internal structure's contents. This abstraction gives AIF users
independence from MPE/iX details and most implementation changes.
AIFs do not provide new operating system functionality, but instead provide
supported mechanisms for taking advantage of existing MPE/iX functionality
and data structures.
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NOTE: AIFs will change to reflect changes to MPE/iX internals.
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It is necessary to have either the HP Pascal/iX or HP C/iX compilers, since
the only programming languages supported by AIFs are C and Pascal.
Since AIFs are available only for use with the MPE/iX operating system, a 900
Series HP 3000 computer system is required.
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