Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 (Software Release C.70.00) HP e3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems Volume 12, Issue 1 Manufacturing Part Number: 30216-90312 E0201 U.S.A.
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Contents 1. Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) Communicator Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 1, Overview--Communicator Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 2, Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 3, New Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents 3. New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Console Function Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 The GSP LAN/Console access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents MAXPIN SCALING CHANGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 HPMAXPIN VARIABLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 FIVE DIGIT PIN NUMBERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 PCS/iX (SCOPE) Enhanced with Expanded Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) 1 Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) This Communicator 3000 provides general and detailed information on the new and enhanced functionality for the MPE/iX 7.0 Release (C.70.00), as well as information on support, release strategy and installation prerequisites. This MPE/iX 7.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) Communicator Summary Communicator Summary Following are brief descriptions of the articles and chapters. Chapter 1, Overview--Communicator Summary This chapter provides a summary of information contained in this manual. It also provides information about obtaining MPE patches from the HP Electronic Support Center. Chapter 2, Announcements Important announcements regarding availability of products and services are included in this chapter. • Introducing MPE/iX 7.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) Communicator Summary Chapter 7, Catalog of User Documentation • A listing of all new or updated manuals at the time of the MPE/iX7.0 Release. Topics in 6.5 Communicator on the Growth Solution and other Topics. • Large Files overview -- describes the changes to the MPE/iX operating systems as a result of the introduction of Large File functionality. • AIFs for Large Files -- describes the four modified intrinsics for handling Large Files.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) Communicator Summary • DLT8000 Differential Tape Drives -- describes the capabilities of the DLT8000 differential tape drive. • TERMDSM: User Interface Change under System Diagnostics -- describes the features of the new diagnostic interface named Support Tools Manager (STM). • HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H on the HP 3000 -- describes the new HP disk array supported on the HP 3000.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) MPE/iX Patches on HP IT Resource Center MPE/iX Patches on HP IT Resource Center by Patch Support Team Commercial Systems Division MPE/iX patches for MPE/iX Releases are available on the IT Resource Center (previously the HP Electronic Support Center) to all customers. Features and Benefits The new patch access and delivery system benefits all MPE/iX customers with: • Improved overall communication between HP and customers.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) MPE/iX Patches on HP IT Resource Center Electronic Digests If you want to keep yourself up-to-date on the latest development of MPE/iX patches, you can sign up for the daily Security Bulletin and weekly mpeix_patch Bulletin. Once you have subscribed to these two bulletins, you will receive these digests on a periodic basis via electronic mail. HP IT Resource Center will inform you proactively about newly developed security and GR patches.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.00) MPE/iX Patches on HP IT Resource Center running an earlier version than is available, you should download and install the newer one from the download page. AUTOPAT Installation Document Retrieval AUTOPATINST is the “DOCID” of the document with instructions to assist you in installing one or more patches needed by your MPE/iX system using the AUTOPAT installation tool. 1.
Overview—MPE/iX Release 7.0 (C.70.
Announcements Introducing MPE/iX 7.0 Release 2 Announcements Introducing MPE/iX 7.0 Release Welcome to the newest MPE/iX Release -- 7.0! In this release, we introduce two new server families: the HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class, based on our state of the art PA-RISC hardware and available at hardware speeds unprecedented in the HP e3000 family. Improved performance is expected across the board, but performance gains from this raw horsepower will especially be seen in single-threaded batch applications.
Announcements Introducing MPE/iX 7.0 Release Before Deciding On MPE/iX Release 7.0 -- Some Important Notes: Due to development schedule conflicts, much of the newly introduced functionality in MPE/iX Release 6.5 Express 2 is not yet present in MPE/iX Release 7.0. This functionality will be available in an early 7.0-based Express release, which is due to ship in June or July of 2001 and which will be proactively distributed ("pushed") to all HP e3000 customers with current support contracts.
Announcements MPE/iX Release 6.0 End Of Support Extended MPE/iX Release 6.0 End Of Support Extended MPE/iX Release 6.0's End Of Support date has been extended to April 30, 2002. After that date, HP will no longer generate new Release 6.0 patches and will not accept support calls on Release 6.0 based problems. Customers should plan on updating all their HP e3000 systems to a later release before April 30, 2002. Release 6.0 first shipped in October, 1998. This Release 6.
Announcements HP Will Retire Support of HP 3000 9x7 Servers HP Will Retire Support of HP 3000 9x7 Servers Introduced almost a decade ago, the HP 3000 9x7 Servers were once the workhorse of the HP 3000 family. In recent years, however, the 9x7’s have been replaced by more powerful, affordable, smaller and efficient HP e3000 platforms. With the increasing scarcity of repair parts, HP announced in December 2000 that support for all HP 3000 9x7 Servers will be ending on April 30, 2002.
Announcements Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX In order to streamline the development and test of future MPE/iX releases, the PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter (A1747A) and old CIB I/O based HP 3000 Servers does work with MPE/iX Release 6.5, 7.0, and later releases. The PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter was discontinued in May 1999 and has an end of support date of November 1, 2001.
Announcements Discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link Disk Drives Discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link Disk Drives In May 1993, Hewlett-Packard Company introduced a family of High Availability Fiber Link disk arrays. Those Fiber Link (HP-FL) disk arrays were discontinued in August of 1997, along with other standalone Fiber link disk drives. The Fiber Link disk arrays were HP’s first RAID devices built for high availability, high performance, high capacity and distances up to 500 meters.
Announcements Obsolete Products Removed from as of 6.5 Obsolete Products Removed from as of 6.5 by Allan Hertling CS R&D Numerous products that have reached their “End of Support Life” were removed from the SUBSYS tape for the 6.5 release and later. The following obsolete products have been removed.
Announcements Obsolete Products Removed from as of 6.5 Product Number Product Description HP32020B Netware/iX This product removal from the SUBSYS tape will affect you if one or more of these products reside on your system. During an FOS Update If your system contained any of the above listed products, the associated library modules were removed from the system libraries.The product files will not be removed. NOTE The products listed above are obsolete and no longer supported.
Announcements Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL by Sue Meloy CS-R&D The following products are obsolete and no longer being shipped: • B1718A Resource Sharing • B3160A CCSY Access Server • B3162A CCSY Access SQL • 32571A Coop.
Announcements Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL Also, modules HP32589_01 and NWOLC_01 in XL.PUB.SYS and segment PPCDIAG in SL.PUB.SYS are installed by this product. Files Related to B3160A CCSY Access Server HDPMC000.PPC.SYS ADMENUS.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE HDPHC000.PPC.SYS DHDPGINP.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE ADFRM000.PPC.SYS DHDPMODS.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE TRFRM000.PPC.SYS DHDPMAP.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE HDSP.PPC.SYS SSAMPL1.PPCUTIL.
Announcements Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL Files Related to 32571A Coop. Services/XL HCS.PPC.SYS HCSERVER.PPC.SYS SHCSAMP.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE HCSMAST.NET.SYS SAMPXEQ.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE HCSSERV.NET.SYS JHCSAMP.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE HCSFILE.NET.
Announcements Important Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 6.5 and Later Important Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 6.5 and Later by Gary Robillard CS-R&D Product Overview HP Predictive Support provides proactive hardware support and helps increase the uptime of your systems by monitoring system memory and disk/tape drives. When the HP Predictive Support software detects a potential problem, it sends a message to the HP Response Center.
Announcements Important Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 6.5 and Later NOTE The sysstart must have a creator of MANAGER.SYS in order to be automatically executed during system startup. Additionally, the first line of sysstart should be the STARTUP directive. You should insure that there is a “SPOOLER LP;OPEN” and a “STREAMS 10” command before the “STREAMJPSMON.PRED.SYS” command in the SYSSTART file.
Announcements Important Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 6.5 and Later The following peripherals are no longer supported: Any HPIB or FLEX Interface Disk, including but not limited to: HPC2200A 335MB HPIB Disk HPC2202A 670MB HPIB Disk HPC2203A 670MB HPIB Disk HPC2281A 335MB HPIB Disk HPC2282A 670MB HPIB Disk HPC2201A 670MB Flex Disk HPC2204A 1.34GB Flex Disk The following SCSI disks are no longer supported: HPC2460x 420MB Disk HPC2461x 673 MB Disk HPC2462x 1.
Announcements Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System Hewlett-Packard would like to make you aware of a special free service provided for all customers of HP e3000 and HP 9000 computer systems. This service gives customers a direct route to Hewlett-Packard for obtaining information relating to the security of their Hewlett-Packard Computer System(s).
Announcements Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System Subscribing to HP IT Resource Center Security Bulletin Services Once you have placed your name on the subscriber list for future Security Bulletins (see instructions below), you will receive them via e-mail on the day they are issued by HP. As referenced below, you can also view a list of past Security Bulletins issued in the “HP Security Bulletins Archive.
New Networking 3 New Networking This chapter contains the following articles about the New Networking capabilities.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console by John Spitzer & Jeff Bandle Commercial Systems Division Introduction The release of MPE on the PA-RISC N-Class and A-Class platforms demonstrates HP’s Commercial Systems Division’s commitment to supporting the new PCI based I/O architecture for HP e3000 platforms. The change to the PCI I/O architecture affects all devices that are connected to the system.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console console requests such as tape requests and spooler status messages. This is configured as ldev 20 on the system. • Remote console: This port provides a modem capable port for remote support access. This is the only port on the Core I/O card that supports a modem connection. It is not recommended for this port to be used for general user dial-in access. In most environments, this port is used to provide a remote connection for Predictive support.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console Console mirroring Users of the GSP are categorized with two sets of capabilities. A console Operator can use the system’s console, manage the system when a problem occurs (rebooting it, etc,...), diagnose system failures through GSP logs and allow a pre-configured remote console to connect. This is the usual set of capabilities required to operate and manage a system.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console Functionality Local, remote, UPS ports On the first three physical serial ports, you will see almost no difference in console functionality between the new PCI driver and the HP-PB (NIO) driver that is available on previous platforms. The driver supports the three serial ports for local console, remote modem port and the UPS port. Unsupported functionality There are two console features that are no longer supported on the N-class and A-class systems.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console Details of selected commands: Security Options (SO): This command is used to configure GSP users and passwords. The default configuration is no users are configured. All connections to the GSP have administrator capability. The first user configured is created as administrator. Once created, several console mirroring rules will come into play.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console [F10] key then [F8]. F2 Genrl:Emulation=HPTerm F6 Ports: EIA Baud Rate=9600 EIA Data Forma=8/1/N EIA Parity Check=Off EIA Xmit=No Protocol EIA_Recv=Xon-Xoff(XPC) Enhanced=On F7 Host:Comm Mode=CharacterLocal Echo=Off F9 Emul:Terminal ID: 70096 The HP C1099A terminal is the model that is officially supported on the N-Class and A-Class systems. However, there have been no steps taken to preclude operation with other terminals.
New Networking MPE/iX A-Class and N-Class Console The serial ports on the Core I/O card are configured on the following I/O paths: 0/0/4/0.0 - console; Ldev 20 0/0/4/0.1 - remote session 0/0/4/0.2 – UPS device Modem protocols CCITT Mode – In this protocol the driver waits for RI before raising DTR. It also requires the modem to assert DSR, RTS and DCD before a connection is established.. Bell Mode - This is sometimes called Bell simple protocol. The driver raises DTR when it can accept a connection.
New Networking PCI WAN Sync MUX (Adapter Card and Driver) PCI WAN Sync MUX (Adapter Card and Driver) by Learning Products Team Commercial Systems Division The new class of HP e3000 systems has PCI-bus based hardware architecture. So new drivers must be developed to support new PCI-based peripheral devices, including a new WAN Sync MUX card.
New Networking PCI WAN Sync MUX (Adapter Card and Driver) The PCI WAN Sync MUX Add-on Adapter Card has the following features. • Multi-port card (8 ports) • Can support multiple WAN protocols such as HDLC-NRM(SDLC), HDLC-LAPB (AND x25), HDLC-LAP-D (ISDN), Frame Relay, etc. • “Intelligent” card with on-board memory and downloadable firmware. • Protocols will be running on the card. • Can support running of multiple protocols on different ports at the same time.
New Networking Multi-function core I/O card Multi-function core I/O card by Learning Products Team Commercial Systems Division The Core I/O card is a component installed in the N-Class and A-Class systems that contains all the I/O components necessary to configure a bootable system (not including disks and tapes drives and terminals).
New Networking Multi-function core I/O card connector. Path 0/0/2/0 (from the A5150A) is provided with a special HD 50-pin SE connector: this connector only supports an 8-bit data path so only “narrow” SCSI devices such as the DDS-3 Tapes may be connected. See the section titled PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems for details on configuring and using these SCSI ports.
New Networking The PCI 100Base-T Link Product The PCI 100Base-T Link Product by Learning Products Team Commercial Systems Division Introduction The N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 systems have a PCI-bus based hardware architecture, so new drivers (link products) have been developed to support new PCI-based peripheral devices. This includes a new 100Base-T LAN adapter card.
New Networking The PCI 100Base-T Link Product Configuring PCI 100Base-T links As with HP-PB (NIO) 100Base-T Fast Ethernet, the 100Base-T links are configured in NMCONFIG using NMMGR. The NMMGR link configuration screen is for a generic 100Base-T link and can be used to configure 100Base-T on either HP-PB or PCI platforms. When the 100Base-T link is started via another network subsystem (e.g.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards 4 PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards This chapter contains technical articles that provide information about new PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class systems for the MPE/iX 7.0 release.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems. PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems. by Jim Hawkins Commercial Systems Division With the introduction of N-Class and A-Class Systems, new device adapter cards are required for the support of SCSI peripherals. These new cards also require new software and new SYSGEN configuration values.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems. A5149A - Single Port Ultra 2 SCSI (PCI bus) Adapter Card. This card plugs into a PCI Bus on the system and presents a single SCSI Bus to the outside world. This SCSI Bus is capable of operating in either LVD or SE Mode. This determination is made automatically by the card based upon the devices and termination present on the Bus; there is no software control for this feature. This bus must be terminated.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems. Table 4-1. SCSI Bus Widths and Speeds SCSI Classification HP Card Id (signal type) SCSI Bus Width (Bits) Maximum Data Rate (MegaBytes/Sec) Ultra2 SCSI A5149A, A5150A (LVD/SE) 8 40 16 80 Wide Ultra2 SCSI “ “ The above “Maximum Data Rate” values are maximums that these cards can achieve.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems. Table 4-2. SCSI Bus Length vs. Number of Devices by Bus Type SCSI Classification SE (Meters) HVD (Meters) LVD (Meters) Maximum Allowed Devices (Note 2) Wide Ultra SCSI 1.5 -- -- 8 Wide Ultra SCSI 3 -- -- 4 Ultra2 SCSI Note 1 Note 1 12.5 8 Wide Ultra2 SCSI Note 1 Note 1 12.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards on HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Systems. referred to as “Fast/Wide SCSI” or F/W SCSI. These devices are connected via a 68 pin cable with 16 data bits (2 bytes) and use a +-5 volt differential signal to communicate at up to 20 Mbytes per second. The term “Fast-Wide SCSI” is actually incomplete in defining the type of device being used; a more proper term would be High Voltage Differential SCSI (HVD) using Fast Wide signaling.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems by Jim Hawkins Commercial Systems Division Device configuration for N-Class and A-Class systems is accomplished using the same tools (SYSGEN, IOCONFIG) as existing HP e3000 Systems. Your MPE/iX 7.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems Command Description ------- ----------- BOot [PRI|ALT|] Boot from specified path PAth [PRI|ALT] [] Display or modify a path SEArch [DIsplay|IPL] [] Search for boot devices COnfiguration menu Displays or sets boot values INformation menu Displays hardware information SERvice menu Displays service commands DIsplay Redisplay the current menu HElp [
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems BOot [PRI|ALT|] Boot from specified path DIsplay Redisplay the current menu HElp [] Display help for specified command RESET Restart the system MAin Return to Main Menu ---- For the purposes of this article we are only interested in the I/O information for this system. The “IO” function will provide two sets of information in two sections.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems Local bus adapter 1/12 7 0x7820 0xa00 0x0 Path Vendor Device Bus Slot Description (dec) Id Id # # ----------- ----- ---- ---- --- --- PCI DEVICE INFORMATION Ethernet cntlr 0/0/0/0 0x1011 0x19 0 Built_In SCSI bus cntlr 0/0/1/0 0x1000 0xc 0 Built_In SCSI bus cntlr 0/0/2/0 0x1000 0xf 0 Built_In SCSI bus cntlr 0/0/2/1 0x1000 0xf 0 Built_In Comp.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems Table 4-3. Card Type with Vendor Id. and Device Id. Card Type Vendor Id Device Id A4800A (SP HVD) 0x1000 0xf (same as A5159A) A5159A (DP HVD)* 0x1000 0xf (same as A4800A) A5149A (SP LVD/SE) 0x1000 0xc A5150A (DP LVD/SE)* 0x1000 0xb * Dual Port Cards, presenting two independent SCSI Buses, will have a pair of paths, one for each SCSI Bus.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems Path# Device Path (dec) Device Path (mnem) Device Type ----- ----------------- ------------------ ----------- P0 0/0/1/0.2 extscsi.2 Sequential access media P1 0/0/2/0.6 intscsia.6 Random access media P2 0/0/2/1.6 intscsib.6 Random access media P3 0/1/0/0.8 Random access media P4 0/12/0/0.3 Random access media P5 1/10/0/0.4 Random access media P6 1/12/0/0.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems Scanning PCI BUS 50 +............................... Scanning PCI BUS 60 *................................ Scanning PCI BUS 80 *............................... Scanning PCI BUS 90 ................................ Scanning PCI BUS A0 ................................ Scanning PCI BUS C0 ................................ Scanning PCI BUS D0 +...............................
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems If you were to build a new configuration file for an N-Class system and wanted the device 0/0/2/0.6.0 to be our LDEV #1 (system/boot disk), you would issue the following commands in SYSGEN. io> ap 0 id=pat_ioa_bc io> ap 0/0 id=pat_pci_bc io> ap 0/0/2 id=pci_device io> ap 0/0/2/0 id=A5159A << This is the Device Adapter Card (ID from Example #1) io> ap 0/0/2/0.6 id=pseudo io> ad 1 path=0/0/2/0.6.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems LDEV: 7 DEVNAME: ID: HPC1553A PATH: 0/0/1/0.6.0 CLASS: TAPE TAPE2 OUTDEV: 0 RSIZE: 128 MPETYPE: DDUMP 24 MODE: DEVTYPE: TAPE MPESUBTYPE: 7 TAPE1 This covers the basics of configuring a single Disk and single Tape; now, on to the special cases. The MPE/iX Operating System requires several logical devices to be present in order to function properly.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Device Configuration Examples for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Systems CLASS: LP LDEV: PP 10 DEVNAME: ID: JOBTAPE_ID PATH: 0/0/1/0.17.0 CLASS: JOB OUTDEV: LP RSIZE: 128 MPETYPE: 24 MODE: JA DEVTYPE: TAPE MPESUBTYPE: 2 JOBTAPE From the screen output shown in “Console Display #4” it can be seen that we have another disk drive at path “1/10/0/0.4”.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 by Jim Hawkins Commercial Systems Division Our basic goal is to have a useful set of SCSI peripherals available for use with N-Class and A-Class Systems, (Interfaces such as HP-IB and HP-FL are not supported). As always, we have a strong desire to protect our customers’ existing hardware investment.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 * These Core I/O SCSI Buses are internal to the System. Each supports connection of a single LVD disk. ** This connection exclusively supports 8-bit wide SCSI transfers. Therefore only DDS3 and 7980 Tape Devices are supported; other devices will not function or will loose data. *** Dual Port Cards are not supported on A-Class systems. Table 4-5.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Table 4-8. HP SMART Stand Alone and Rack Mount Disks: HP Product SCSI Interface Disk Size (in Gigabytes) Example Product ID C6388A/C6389A SE 4 GB ST34373W C6392A/C6393A SE 9 GB ST19171N C6394A/C6395A SE 9 GB ST39173W C6398A/C6399A SE 18 GB ST318404W C6390A/C6391A HVD 4 GB ST34373W C6396A/C6397A HVD 9 GB ST39173WD C6400A/C6401A HVD 18 GB ST318404WD Table 4-9.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Table 4-12. Tape Devices: Description SCSI Interface HP Product Number HP DDS-3 6 Tape Changer SE A3716A 1/2” Reel Tape SE HP7980S 1/2” Reel Tape SE HP7980SX DLT7000 HVD C6531A DLT8000 HVD C6378A Table 4-13.
PCI-SCSI Device Adapter Cards SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Misc. SCSI Hardware and Software: A5814A - SCSI-FIBRE CHANNEL ROUTER/EXTENDER (HVD) HP Mirrored Disk/iX Software (SE or HVD disks) SCSI Devices that will NOT be supported on N-Class and A-Class HP e3000.
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Technical Articles 5 Technical Articles The following articles are about upgrades of various applications for MPE/iX 7.0 • Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. • PCS/iX (SCOPE) Enhanced with Expanded Limits • QUERY/iX Enhancements Respond to User Requests • New HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers • New Release of Hardware Diagnostics (STM) for MPE/iX 7.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. By Scott J. McClellan MPE/iX System Architect Commercial Systems Division INTRODUCTION The maximum number of concurrent processes (sometimes refereed to as MAXPIN) is a key constraint limiting MPE/iX in high-growth, high-end customer environments.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. Compatibility Mode data structure. The PCB is very heavily referenced by various components of the Compatibility Mode Operating System. Over the years, there have been many changes to the PCB data structure that have expanded its capacity. The current MAXPIN limit is a function of PCB capacity, and is limited by 16-bit CM addressing restrictions. In Release 7.0, the PCB has been rearchitected as Native Mode data structure.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. HOW TO MAKE SURE PROGRAM EVENT FILE LOGGING IS ENABLED The "SYSGEN>log/show slog" command can be used to display the current setting for various system logging events. The "status" corresponding to the "Program File Event" (event number 116) must be "ON." Example 5-1. SYSGEN>log/show slog :sysgen [snip ...] sysgen> log [snip ...
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. Example 5-2. LOGTOOL LOGTOOL>list log=587 type=116 SYSTEM ERROR LOG REPORT ======================= Report Date/Time: THU, DEC 7, 2000 - 6:47 PM ======================================================================= THU, DEC 7, 2000 6:45 PM LOG0587.PUB.SYS #S3 (PIN 74) PROGRAM FILE EVENT EVENT TYPE: BIGPIN:Get'My'PCB'Offset DELTA P: STATUS: PROGRAM FILE NAME: $0 $0 PPINTEST.TESTPINS.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. GROUP: TESTPINS ACCOUNT: SYS JSNAME: ======================================================================= TYPE DESCRIPTION ====== ==================== 116 PROGRAM FILE EVENT ====== ==================== Total records checked = 117. COUNT ========== 3 ========== Records selected = 3.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. improves resource utilization on low-end system (especially with respect to resident memory usage). The MAXPIN scaling algorithm has been around for several MPE/iX releases (originally introduced when MAXPIN was increased from 1559 to 3119 – Release 2.0 timeframe). When this algorithm was originally introduced, we supported several systems with VERY small minimum memory requirements. Many of these systems are now obsolete.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. maximum MAXPIN was 8190. HPMAXPIN VARIABLE A new system variable, HPMAXPIN, has been defined in Release 7.0. HPMAXPIN will return the maximum number of concurrent processes supported on any given system. HPMAXPIN is a standard, pre-defined integer, read-only CI variable. Example 5-3. HPMAXPIN VARIABLE :help hpmaxpin HPMAXPIN system.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. :SHOWQ The :SHOWQ command is a much older MPE command - existing long before MPE/iX. The output of :SHOWQ is also much more "column oriented" (compared to :SHOWPROC). In general, users are discouraged from making assumptions regarding specific column numbers in command output. Various CI functions have been added in MPE/iX to assist users in parsing output without relying on column (e.g. the "word" function).
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. Q PIN JOBNUM L Lddddd#Lddddd Q PIN JOBNUM L Lddddd#Lddddd Key: L = Letter d = Digit (decimal) # = # character :SHOWPROC The :SHOWPROC command is a fairly new MPE/iX command. In addition, the output from :SHOWPROC is not columnar by nature. In particular, for the :SHOWPROC ;TREE command, it would be very difficult to parse the output using column numbers.
Technical Articles Future Support For Greater Than 8190 Concurrent Processes. QPRI CPUTIME STATE JOBNUM PIN (PROGRAM) STEP D202 0:00.232 WAIT J10 xxxxx :RUN SPFLSTNR.LASER D202 00:13:46 WAIT J10 xxxxx (SPFLSTNR.LASER.
Technical Articles PCS/iX (SCOPE) Enhanced with Expanded Limits PCS/iX (SCOPE) Enhanced with Expanded Limits By James Overman Computer Systems Division The Performance Collection Software (PCS/iX) product (also known as SCOPE/iX) HP B1794B for MPE/iX has been enhanced to support larger numbers of disks, CPU's, and other system resources with the version B.13.52 shipped in MPE/iX 7.0. This PCS version produces modified format Raw Logfiles (version D of LOGGLOB.SCOPE.SYS, etc.
Technical Articles QUERY/iX Enhancements Respond to User Requests QUERY/iX Enhancements Respond to User Requests By James Overman Enterprise Support Services Organization R&D The newest release of QUERY/iX HP32216D.03.17 (and later) contains enhancements that were requested by customers through the SIGIMAGE User's Group. These enhancements are the support of the Expanded TurboIMAGE Limits and the Find-by-Record-Number option.
Technical Articles QUERY/iX Enhancements Respond to User Requests Floating Decimal Option with Native Mode QUERY The PARM=%777 option is now available with the Native Mode version of QUERY. It was previously only available with the Compatibility Mode version of QUERY. The availability of this feature on Native Mode QUERY will allow the Compatibility Mode version of QUERY to be discontinued in a future release. With this change, Native Mode Query (QUERY.PUB.SYS and QUERYNM.PUB.
Technical Articles New HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Servers New HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Servers By Dave Snow With MPE/iX Release 7.0, HP is introducing new HP e3000 A- and N-Class Servers which in new sales situations will replace the HP e3000 9x8, 9x9KS and 997 Servers. The HP e3000 9x8, 9x9KS and 997 Servers will continue to be sold on a limited basis into the 2CH2001 with add-on processors being sold into C2002.
Technical Articles New HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Servers uninterruptible power supply (UPS) control; and one 10/100BaseT LAN connection (not activated until MPE/iX Express 1). Until MPE/iX Express 1 begins shipping in the June/July 2001 timeframe, all HP e3000 Servers have bundled in a 10/100BaseT LAN card (which will use one of the I/O slots). HP e3000 N-Class Servers can also support one or two internal disk drives of 9, 18 or 36 Gbytes in size.
Technical Articles New HP e3000 N-Class and A-Class Servers Tier option.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.0 and Possible Bootup Failures HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.0 and Possible Bootup Failures By Dave Snow With the MPE/iX Release 7.0, a number of new model strings will now be returned by the MPE/iX function HPCPUNAME. Following is a list of the new approved ASCI model strings for HP e3000 Servers supported with MPE/iX Release 7.0.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.0 and Possible Bootup Failures processors installed in the server may result in the server not successfully booting until an HP field CE properly sets the model strings. Mismatches related to processor module frequencies or mismatchers from attempting to boot MPE/iX on an HP 9000 A- or N-Class Server will be the most frequent reason for "model string failure to boot" error messages.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.0 and Possible Bootup Failures Model Description Model String Returned by HPCPUNAME HP e3000 997/900 Servers Never supported by HP. HP e3000 997/1000 Servers SERIES 997-1000 HP e3000 997/1100 Servers Never supported by HP.
Technical Articles New Release of Hardware Diagnostics (STM) for MPE/iX 7.0 New Release of Hardware Diagnostics (STM) for MPE/iX 7.0 MPE/iX 7.0 contains an updated version of the STM online diagnostics that were introduced in MPE/iX 6.5. Changes for this release include: • More recent code ported from HP-UX version of STM (Mar 00 release). • Support for N-Class and A-Class computers. • System Info tool • Identify tools for PCI cards, so that PCI cards are properly labelled on the system map.
Product Release History Product Changes by Releases 6 Product Release History This chapter contains tables that provide information on the currently supported Commercial Systems MPE/iX releases and products, and the systems supported for the 7.0 Release.. Product Changes by Releases The following table provides information on the currently supported Commercial Systems MPE/iX releases and products. Included are the MPE/iX release or SUBSYS VUF and a list of products introduced.
Product Release History Product Changes by Releases Table 6-1. MPE/iX Product Releases Release SUBSYS C.65.00 C.65.00 Date Code Product(s) Introduced/Added MPE/iX Release 6.5 (Platform Release) Support for large files Increased TCP connections Support for 511 Disks Support Tools Manager (STM) Enterprise Management Solution HP Secure Web Console Apache for MPE/iX LDAP C-SDK/iX NEWCI Command C.65.02 C.65.02 C.70.00 C.70.00 92 R4046 Express 2 based on Release 6.
Product Release History Supported Releases Supported Releases Table 6-2. Supported System Release Matrix Supported Releases Supported Systems Support Termination Date Release 6.0 (60.
Product Release History Supported Releases Table 6-2. Supported System Release Matrix Supported Releases Supported Systems Support Termination Date Release 6.5 (65.xx) 9x7, 9x7LX, 9x7RX, 9x7SX, 6 months following next Mainline release after 7.
Product Release History Supported Releases Table 6-2. Supported System Release Matrix Supported Releases Supported Systems Support Termination Date Release 7.0 (70.00) A400-100-110, A500-100-140 A500-200-140* N4000-100-220, N4000-100-330, N4000-100-440 N4000-200-440*, N4000-300-440*, N4000-400-440*, N4000-300-550*, N4000-400-550* 6 months following 2nd Mainline release after 7.
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Catalog of User Documentation 7 Catalog of User Documentation This chapter provides a listing of customer manuals for the HP e3000 computer system that have been introduced or changed since the MPE/iX 6.5 Release. With this release, you will receive two CD-ROM documentation CDs: an HP Instant Information CD and a MPE/iX Documentation Collection PDF Format CD. Using the PDF Format CD-ROM requires that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
Catalog of User Documentation MPE/iX 7.0 New or Updated Manuals MPE/iX 7.0 New or Updated Manuals This section lists customer manuals introduced or updated for MPE/iX 7.0. Table 7-1. MPE/iX 7.0 New or Updated Manuals Manual Title Part No. Latest Edition Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 7.
Index Numerics 10Base-TX connection, 41 B BIGPIN, 69 bus termination, 47 C Commercial Systems MPE/iX releases and products, 91 connectivity, 39 console tasks, 33 core I/O card, 32, 41 D device adapter cards, 46 dial-back access, 36 documentation list, 97 E electrical signaling types, 49 Electronic Support Center, 30 F fast wide devices, 46 find, 80 Floating decimal option, 81 G GSP commands, 35 GSP user capabilities, 34 Guardian Service Processor, 32, 41 H HP Electronic Support Center, 11 HP SupportLine MP
Index W WAN connectivity, 39 write access, 34 100 Index
