This manual describes Hewlett-Packard Company's Systems
Network Architecture link products for the MPE/iX operating system:
SNA/SDLC Link/iX (HP 30291A)
SNA/X.25 Link/iX (HP 30298A)
SNA/Token Ring Link/iX (HP J2249A)
Systems Network Architecture (SNA) is a comprehensive specification for
distributed data processing networks, developed by IBM. This manual
describes the steps in configuring the HP e3000 computer system
as a node in an IBM SNA network.
NOTE: MPE/iX, Multiprogramming Executive with Integrated POSIX,
is the latest in a series of forward-compatible operating systems
for the HP e3000 line of computers.
In Hewlett-Packard documentation and in talking with HP e3000 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 might not refer to features
added to the operating system to support POSIX (for example, hierarchical
directories).
Audience
This manual addresses the HP node manager responsible for
planning, configuring, and monitoring the operation of an HP e3000
SNA data communications subsystem. Note that node manager (NM) or
network administrator (NA) capabilities are required to configure
data communications subsystems on the HP e3000.