Following are brief descriptions of the articles and chapters.
Chapter 1 Announcements
Important announcements regarding availability of products
and services are included in this chapter.
Introducing MPE/iX 6.5 Release -- provides overview of 6.5
enhancements.
Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX -- details the
discontinuance of support for certain older servers and the HP-IB
device adapter.
Discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link Disk Drives --
describes discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link disk
drives.
Obsoleted Products Removed from Release 6.5 -- lists the obsolete
products that have been removed from the SUBSYS tape for the 6.5
release.
Files associated with Obsoleted Products -- Lists the files
associated with these obsoleted products: Resource Sharing, CCSY
Access Server, CCSY Access/SQL and Cooperative Services/XL.
Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System --
Describes the process for obtaining security patches for HP
systems.
Chapter 2, Overview--Communicator Summary
This chapter provides a summary of information contained in
this manual. It also provides information about obtaining MPE patches
from the HP Electronic Support Center.
Chapter 3, Growth Solution
This chapter provides technical articles about the Growth
Solution, including the following topics:
Large Files overview -- describes the changes to the MPE/iX
operating systems as a result of the introduction of Large File
functionality.
AIFs for Large Files -- describes the four modified intrinsics for
handling Large Files.
AIFs for Multiple Job Queues -- describes the enhanced
functionality for obtaining queue information about multiple job
queues.
Increase in Number of TCP Connections -- describes an enhancement
to allow 20000 connections.
Dispatcher Multiple Runqueues -- describes the changes to the
Dispatcher module including improved system performance.
Increased System Limits - an overview -- provides a list of the
increased system limits.
Support for 511 Disks on MPE -- describes how to
configure more than 255 disks.
Increased Number of DSTs -- describes the increased
number of data segments.
User-defined Job Queues and ALTJOB HIPRI Enhancements --
describes the enhancement to 255 user-defined
job queues possible on Release 6.5.
NEWCI Command (CI Elimination) -- describes the
functionality and implementation of the NEWCI command.
Compatibility Considerations for COBOL and C -- describes the
issues for COBOL and C as they relate to Large Files.
C/iX Supports 64-bit Integers -- describes enhancement to C/iX
compiler to provide full support for a 64-bit integer data
type.
FTP Support for Large Files
Chapter 4, DCM
This chapter provides technical articles about the following topics:
Enterprise Management Solution -- describes a way to manage
distributed IT environments using Legato Backup Solution.
Support Tools Manager (STM) -- describes a method for handling
complex data centers replacing the Sysdiag diagnostics
system.
Enhanced Message Source Template for HP 3000 Agents
in ITO -- describes a new set of source templates installed on the
Management Server.
HP Secure Web Console -- describes a new HP product
which provides secure console access from web browsers.
TurboSTORE Support for DLT -- describes the capability
for fast search on DLT drives.
DLT4000/DLT7000 Differential Tape Support on MPE/iX -- describes
the capabilities of the DLT4000 and DLT 7000 differential
tape drives.
DLT8000 Differential Tape Drives -- describes the
capabilities of the DLT8000 differential tape drive.
TERMDSM: User Interface Change under System Diagnostics --
describes the features of the new diagnostic interface named
Support Tools Manager (STM).
HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H on the HP 3000 --
describes the new HP disk array supported on the HP 3000.
DVD Support on the HP 3000 -- provides information about replacing
older CD-ROM drives with the DVD drive, while still permitting the
use of CD-ROM disks.
DLT 7000 and Legato Storage Node Usage--provides
listing of supported Legato Storage Node and DLT Libraries.
HP SureStore E Disk Array XP256 -- describes the high-capacity,
high-speed mass storage, with continuous data availability,
ease of service, scalability, and connectivity.
Chapter 5, Internet, Interoperability and Databases
Large Transactions for IMAGE Users -- describes the solutions for
large transactions available for IMAGE users
XM User Checkpoint Priority Control -- describes the Transaction
Manager process to write out dirty pages to reduce response
time.
Transact/iX Expanded B-Tree and File Open Enhancement -- describes
the enhancements to Transact/iX to support B-Trees and File
Open.
Apache for MPE/iX -- describes new server software which enables
your HP 3000 to function as a full-featured web server.
Introducing LDAP C-SDK/iX -- describes a set of client APIs in C
language for MPE/iX applications to access X.500 network
directories.
MPE/iX Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for Java, Version 1.2 --
describes the enhancements to the new release of JAVA for
MPE/iX.
HP Driver for JDBC -- provides information about the Java API that
enables development of Java applications and applets with a wide
range of relational databases.
Chapter 6, Announcing a Post-6.5 Release Patch
This chapter provides an article about the IMAGE/SQL Date
Mapping enhancement. It describes migrating your ACTINFO files and using
the new commands, UPDATE TYPE and SPLIT.
Chapter 7, How to Order
This chapter provides information on how to order MPE/iX subsystem products.
Chapter 8, Product Release History
This chapter adds product information for MPE/iX Release 6.5 and updates the
termination dates in the Supported System Release Matrix table.
Chapter 9, Catalog of User Documentation
This chapter provides two types of manual listings:
A listing of all new or updated manuals at the time of the MPE/iX
6.5 Release.
A current listing of the MPE/iX manuals grouped by
collections.