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OpenVMS Associated Products Release Notes
This chapter contains installation and support information about a broad range
of OpenVMS associated products.
For notes about using compilers, linkers, and run-time library routines, see
Chapter 6.
3.1 Layered Product Support
The Software Public Rollout Reports for OpenVMS list the availability of
Compaq’s software products shipping on the Software Products Library kits
(CD–ROM consolidations) for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX.
The reports contain the product name and version, the operating system version
required to support the product, and the volume ship date for the product. The
information in these tables is continually evolving and is subject to change.
The reports are intended for public distribution and are updated monthly. The
information is not provided in these release notes because of the changing nature
of the information.
These reports are available from the OpenVMS home page on the World Wide
Web in the OpenVMS Products section. Use the following URL to access the
OpenVMS Software Public Rollout Reports for OpenVMS:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/os/swroll/index.html
If you do not have Internet access, you can find the operating system support
information on any of the quarterly Software Products Libraries, in the following
directory:
[README]SW_COMPAT_MATRIX.PS (.TXT)
The Software Public Rollout Reports are also available from your Compaq support
representative.
3.2 Compaq Advanced Server Version 7.3 for OpenVMS (Alpha
Only)
V7.3
Advanced Server V7.3 for OpenVMS includes support of the following features:
• Member server role (allowing the server to participate in Windows 2000
native-mode domains)
• Greater compatibility with a wide variety of clients and legacy applications,
with support of:
– Extended character sets, in addition to Extended File Specifications
OpenVMS Associated Products Release Notes 3–1