Using NS3000/iX Network Services (36920-90008)

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Preface
This document is for persons wishing to program or interactively use
NS 3000/iX network services. The network services (NS) enable
HP 3000 systems and other NS-compatible systems to communicate
with each other and share resources.
Audience
This manual is intended for interactive users as well as programmers.
In order for you to use NS 3000/iX, you should be familiar with some of
the more common MPE/iX commands and intrinsics.
The descriptions of Network File Transfer (NFT) in this manual only
cover transfers between HP 3000’s using NS 3000/iX. For specifics on
using NFT between a PC and an HP 3000, refer to the User Guide for
HP PC Network Services.
Organization of This Manual
The Introduction in this manual presents an overview of NS 3000/iX,
discussing the architecture of the network and introducing the network
services. The remaining chapters provide detailed documentation for
individual network services. In general, they give an overview of the
particular service, explain all relevant commands and intrinsics, and
illustrate these commands and intrinsics with examples.
Appendix A, “Migration From NS 3000/V to NS 3000/iX Network
Services,” describes the differences between NS 3000/iX and NS 3000/V.
Appendix B, “Migration From DS/3000 to NS 3000/iX Network
Services,” describes the differences between NS 3000/iX and DS/3000.
The appendixes also describe migration between the services.
Related Publications
For information on related publications, refer to the MPE/iX
Documentation Guide.
As mentioned in Edition 3, 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
may not refer to features added to the operating system to support
POSIX (for example, hierarchical directories). Finally, you may
encounter references to MPE V, which is the operating system for
HP 3000s not based on the PA-RISC architecture. MPE V software can
be run on the PA-RISC HP 3000s (Series 900) in what is known as
compatibility mode.