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Summary of OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features
Table 1–1 (Cont.) Summary of OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 Software
Features
Associated Products Features
Compaq DECwindows Motif for
OpenVMS
Compaq DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Version 1.2-6 provides a full
range of changes and enhancements for your desktop.
Compaq Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE) for
OpenVMS
The following enhancements are available in Compaq DCE for
OpenVMS Version 7.3:
• The NT Lan Manager security in DCE RPC is fully functional.
• New Ethernet devices may be defined with the system logical
DCE$IEEE_802_DEVICE.
DECram Version 3.0 (Alpha) DECram Version 3.0 contains the following performance enhancements
for Galaxy customers:
• Capability to use Galaxy shared memory to create an OpenVMS
shared memory disk
• Faster access for data in a shared disk environment
DECram Version 3.0 and supporting documentation are included in the
OpenVMS Version 7.3 CD-ROM in the [.DECRAM_030] directory.
Enterprise Capacity and
Performance (ECP)
Beginning with OpenVMS Version 7.3, the performance management
tools ECP Data Collector for OpenVMS and the ECP Performance
Analyzer for OpenVMS are included with the operating system.
Kerberos for OpenVMS Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide
strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key
cryptography.
LDAP API (Alpha) The LDAP API is an addition to OpenVMS that provides the capability
to access remote directory services such as X.500, ActiveDirectory or
Novell’s NDS using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Compaq provides the tools to create a client or add LDAP functionality
to an existing application so that it can access remote directories.
Compaq PATHWORKS for
OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
OpenVMS Version 7.3 supports Compaq PATHWORKS V6.0D for
OpenVMS (Advanced Server). Earlier versions of PATHWORKS for
OpenVMS servers must be upgraded.
Compaq Service Tools and
DECevent
The Compaq Services new web-based service tool functionality is known
as Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES). The Compaq System Tools
CD-ROM included in the OpenVMS Version 7.3 CD-ROM package
includes WEBES. (WEBES includes the Compaq Crash Analysis Tool
(CCAT) and Compaq Analyze components.)
In addition to WEBES, the Compaq System Tools CD-ROM
includes DECevent, DSNLINK, and the Revision and Configuration
Management (RCM) tools.
Compaq TCP/IP Services for
OpenVMS Version 5.1
Compaq TCP/IP Services contains new functionality and enhancements
for OpenVMS Version 7.3.
Summary of OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features 1–9