HP-UX DCE Version 2.0 Release Notes

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HP-UX DCE Version 2.0 provides the features of OSF DCE 1.2.1, along
with HP value-added features and bug fixes.
HP-UX DCE Version 2.0 Overview
HP-UX DCE server makes the functionality of Open Software
Foundation (OSF) DCE 1.2.1 available on HP systems running HP-UX
11i v2. HP-UX DCE also includes HP value-added tools. HP-UX DCE 2.0
provides the functionality of HP-UX DCE 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.9
along with new features and bug fixes.
HP-UX DCE client software is bundled with the HP-UX operating
system; other DCE software is distributed as layered software.
IMPORTANT DCE-SEC-Server is available and supported on HP-UX 11i v1 and
HP-UX 11i v2. It is not available on HP-UX 11i v3.
This release note describes HP-UX DCE 2.0 for the HP-UX 11i v3
operating system. For information about HP-UX DCE application
development tools, refer HP-UX DCE Version 2.0 Application
Development Tools for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Note (5991-7724).
HP-UX DCE Features
HP-UX DCE provides two types of features:
•Primary features
• Value-added features
The primary features of HP-UX DCE include:
• All of the functionality of OSF DCE 1.2.1, except for Global Directory
Service (GDS), Concert Multi Thread Architecture (CMA) threading,
tracing facility, Distributed File Service (DFS) and the DFS extended
file services.