Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 (Software Release C75.00) HP e3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems Volume 13, Issue 1 Manufacturing Part Number : 30216-90336 E0802 U.S.A.
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Contents 1. Overview — MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00) Communicator Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 1, Overview — Communicator Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 2, Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Fibre Channel Adapter Card Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fibre Channel Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fibre Channel Adapters and Peripherals Supported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fibre Channel Device Adapter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.5 and Possible Bootup Failures. . . 81 Model Strings Cannot be Set by Customers or by Resellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 N-Class and A-Class Supported Devices Rules of Thumb:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Usage of Column Alias Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POSIX pthread (Draft 10) APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Overview — MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00) 1 Overview — MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00) This Communicator HP e3000 provides general and detailed information on the new and enhanced functionality for the MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00), as well as information on support, release strategy and installation prerequisites. This MPE/iX 7.
Overview — MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00) 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.
Overview — MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00) Communicator Summary Chapter 7, Catalog of User Documentation This chapter provides a listing of all new or updated manuals at the time of the MPE/iX7.5 Release.
Overview — MPE/iX Release 7.5 (C.75.00) 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 7.5 (C.75.00) 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 7.5 (C.75.00) MPE/iX Patches on HP IT Resource Center 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. Access the HP IT Resource Center WEB site (previously the Electronic Support Center) using the appropriate WEB address for your country. 2. In the Main Menu, Click on the link, “Search Technical Knowledge Base.” 3.
Announcements MPE/iX Release 7.5 Features 2 Announcements MPE/iX Release 7.5 Features MPE/iX Release 7.5 is designed to further enhance our HP e3000 product offering that capitalizes on the PCI architecture of the A- and N-Class systems running MPE/iX. These enhancements provide additional functionality, increased performance and connectivity advancements MPE/iX Release 7.5 enables the new A- and N-Class systems to higher speed and performance as provided by the new PA-8700 processors.
Announcements MPE/iX Release 7.5 Features HP Surestore Disk System 2300 (DS2300) The HP DS2300 is a 3U, 14-LP-disk, Ultra160 enclosure. Redundant hot-swappable components ensure system uptime. Mixed disk environment support, flexible deployment options, and upgradability to Ultra320 protect your investment. This device is also supported on MPE/iX 7.0 Express 1. Internet and Interoperability WebWise v.
Announcements MPE/iX Release 7.5 Features Performance and Capacity Improvements LDEV 1 Now Supports more than 4GB Disk Space Prior to Release 7.5, MPE/iX supported and used only 4GB of disk space of LDEV 1 disk, even though the physical disk itself had more than 4GB disk space (such as 18GB, 36GB, 73GB) With the enhancement, the limitation on LDEV 1 using only 4GB is now removed so that LDEV 1 can use up to the maximum capacity of the physical disk.
Announcements HP Announces Transition Plan for HP e3000 Server Series HP Announces Transition Plan for HP e3000 Server Series In November 2001, Hewlett-Packard began advising customers to transition from HP e3000 servers to other HP server platforms over the next five years. The rapid evolution of technology away from proprietary platforms and customer and partner decisions to move to other platforms led to the transition plan.
Announcements Software Distribution Media (6250 bpi Tapes) Software Distribution Media (6250 bpi Tapes) Hewlett-Packard has stopped using 6250 bpi tapes for the distribution of HP software with the shipment of MPE/iX Release 7.0. Customers can no longer sign up for 6250 bpi software distribution media. Customers with existing contracts that call for 6250 bpi tapes will still receive these tapes for releases prior to MPE/iX Release 7.
Announcements HP 5000 Printers and HP e3000 A-/N-Class Support Update HP 5000 Printers and HP e3000 A-/N-Class Support Update In the April, 2001 HP e3000 Business Servers Configuration Guide and the MPE/iX 7.0 Communicator, it was incorrectly stated that the HP 5000 Fanfold Printers were supported on the HP e3000 A-/N-Class Servers.
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 1. Use your browser to access the HP IT Resource Center web page at: http://us-support.external.hp.com US, Canada, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America http://europe-support.external.hp.com Europe 2. Logon with your User ID and password (or register for one). Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password. 3. Once you are on the Hewlett-Packard IT Resource Center home page, click on “Support Information Digests.
Internet and Interoperability 3 Internet and Interoperability This chapter contains the following articles: • WebWise replaces APACHE in FOS • Introducing Sendmail for MPE/iX 7.
Internet and Interoperability WebWise Replaces Apache in FOS WebWise Replaces Apache in FOS By Mark Bixby, Commercial Systems Division The HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server version A.01.00 was first introduced as a separately purchasable add-on product for MPE/iX 6.5 or greater. But as of MPE/iX 7.5, the WebWise web server has been updated to version A.03.00 and replaces Apache in FOS as a no-extra-cost bundled product. This is the second release of the HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server.
Internet and Interoperability WebWise Replaces Apache in FOS New Apache Functionality Since 1.3.14 Most of the Apache Software Foundation development work since 1.3.14 consists of portability enhancements and bug fixes for various problems including security issues. Some minor new functionality has also been added, as partially listed below: • A new LogFormat directive of %c to display the connection status when each request is completed.
Internet and Interoperability WebWise Replaces Apache in FOS In addition to updating /APACHE/PUB/conf/httpd.conf, it is strongly recommended to update all of the other configuration files in the same directory by using the corresponding *.sample files. Several new configuration subdirectories have been created to contain additional configuration files required by the SSL functionality.
Internet and Interoperability Introducing Sendmail for MPE/iX 7.5 Introducing Sendmail for MPE/iX 7.5 By Mark Bixby, Commercial Systems Division Previously available as unsupported freeware, Sendmail is now bundled into MPE/iX 7.5 FOS as a fully supported product, which allows you to send and receive SMTP-based e-mail. The initial A.01.00 release of Sendmail for MPE/iX is based on the 8.12.1 Internet open source version from sendmail.org.
Internet and Interoperability Introducing Sendmail for MPE/iX 7.5 • Compatibility with the HP-UX Sendmail file layout DNS Issues The number one cause of Sendmail installation problems is due to improper system naming and/or a lack of DNS entries describing your HP e3000. Please verify the following before you attempt to run Sendmail for the first time: • /bin/uname -n should report your HP e3000 hostname as a single token, i.e., “JAZZ” instead of “JAZZ.EXTERNAL.HP.COM”.
Internet and Interoperability Introducing Sendmail for MPE/iX 7.5 Migration from Sendmail 8.9.1 Many HP e3000 machines have been running the unsupported freeware version of Sendmail 8.9.1, available from http://www.bixby.org/mark/sendmailix.html. The following considerations apply if you are migrating from 8.9.1 to 8.12.1: • The 8.9.1 daemon job stream file /SENDMAIL/PUB/JDAEMON is not modified by the 8.12.1 installation process, and it is not compatible with the 8.12.1 distribution.
Internet and Interoperability Introducing Sendmail for MPE/iX 7.5 — The gatewayed Usenet newsgroup of comp.sys.hp.mpe.
4 Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems by Senthil Kumar, Commercial Systems Division This section contains articles providing information about the following topics: Fibre Channel Device Adapter Support • Introduction • SCSI-FC Router vs.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems • Introduction • TDUTIL Sample Output HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with FC Devices HP SureStore Virtual Array 7100 on the HP e3000 HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 30 Chapter 4
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Device Adapter Support Fibre Channel Device Adapter Support Introduction With MPE/iX Release 7.5, support has been introduced for new Fibre Channel Device Adapter cards on N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 systems. These PCI-bus based adapter cards provide the ability to connect a Fibre Channel device directly to the HP e3000 system using Fibre channel cables. Prior to MPE/iX 7.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Device Adapter Support effectively used by the host system. SCSI-FC router can be viewed more as a quick and easier way of allowing fibre channel connectivity for HP e3000 systems. But this will not be able to meet the fibre channel storage needs of HP e3000 customers for long.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Device Adapter Support more ports to provide a physical interface for communicating with other nodes via their ports. The port is a hardware attachment that allows the node to send and receive information via the physical interface. Ports may be integrated into the device or packaged as a separate pluggable card.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Device Adapter Support Since a fabric topology is complex and costlier, fibre channel technology allows FC devices to be connected in a rather simpler topology called the Arbitrated Loop or Private Loop topology. A private loop is just a ring-like connection of FC devices and host systems, with each entity physically connected only to its adjacent one on either side.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Adapters and Peripherals Supported Fibre Channel Adapters and Peripherals Supported This section gives the list of supported fibre channel adapters and peripherals on N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 systems with MPE/iX 7.5. Fibre Channel Device Adapter Card The Fibre Channel Device Adapter Card supported on MPE/iX 7.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Adapters and Peripherals Supported Fibre Channel Topologies Supported The following fibre channel topologies are supported on HP e3000 N- and A-class systems using FC device adapter cards: • Fabric • Arbitrated loop (Private and Public) HP e3000 systems will not support point-to-point topology in actual fibre channel sense.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Fibre Channel Adapters and Peripherals Supported Table 4-1 Cabling Required for Connecting Fibre Channel Peripherals Description Product Number Fibre Type Fibre Size Cable Length Fibre Optic Cable LC/LC Connector C7524A Duplex 50/125 2 meter C7525A Duplex 50/125 16 meter C7526A Duplex 50/125 50 meter C7527A Duplex 50/125 200 meter C7529A Duplex 50/125 2 meter C7530A Duplex 50/125 16 meter Adapter Kit (includes 2-me
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices Device configuration for FC adapter cards on N-Class and A-Class systems is accomplished using the same tools (SYSGEN, IOCONFIG) as existing HP e3000 Systems. Your MPE/iX 7.5 Release software has default configuration files like CONFACL1, CONFNCL1, etc.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices HElp [
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices I/O MODULE INFORMATION WARNING: The system io configuration does not match the expected io configuration. There may be missing or extra lower bus converters. There could also be one or more lower bus converters that are not configured as expected.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices SCSI bus cntlr 1/4/0/0 0x1000 0xc 160 9 Information Menu: Enter command > The hardware path can loosely be interpreted as: System Bus Location / Local Bus Number / PCI Device / PCI Device Function Each path marked “SCSI bus cntlr” represents a separate SCSI Bus. Each path marked “Fibre channel” represents a separate fibre channel port.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices Determining SCSI Devices Connected to Your System The N-Class system has a built in function that will search for SCSI devices attached to the system. This function is available on the Main Menu as the Search command.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices Configuring Fibre Channel Adapter Card The steps needed in SYSGEN to configure a Fibre Channel adapter card, i.e., one at path 0/8/0/0. As with the SCSI adapter, start by configuring System Bus Location equal to zero (“0”). Then configure Local Bus Number equal to eight (“8”), PCI Device equal to zero (“0”), and PCI Function equal to zero (“0”).
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices When the system is rebooted with FC adapter configured, the software driver for the FC adapter card initializes the card and identifies FC devices connected to the card. At this time, a message appears on the system console saying: td: claimed Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass Storage card at 0/8/0/0 Scanning for fibre channel devices at 0/8/0/0. This may take a while...
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices The above sample output shows that there is a Fibre Channel Adapter card configured in the system at path 0/8/0/0. Under this card, there are some devices listed. Path 0/8/0/0.0 shows an FC N_Port (Node Port) which indicates the fibre channel port of a device connected to the card. FC N_port is required to be configured in SYSGEN while configuring devices.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices io> lp 0/8/0/0.0.0 PATH: ID: 0/8/0/0.0.0 LDEV: 1 HPDARRAY TYPE: DISC PMGR: SCSI_DISK_AND_ARRAY_DM PMGRPRI: 5 LMGR: LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER MAXIOS: 0 Note that the PMGR will be set to “SCSI_DISK_AND_ARRAY_DM”. This software manager is the same that is used for SCSI disk LUNs. At this point we have successfully configured the LUNs under the FC device XP512.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices Now we can shutdown the system and come back to the Boot Command Handler Main Menu. From the Main menu, set the primary path of the system to the long format path of the FC disk, which we had noted down earlier.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices To verify the changes done in the configuration: io> lp 0/8/0/0 PATH: 0/8/0/0 LDEV: ID: A6795A TYPE: DA PMGR: FC_DAM PMGRPRI: 6 LMGR: MAXIOS: 0 io> lp 0/8/0/0.95 PATH: 0/8/0/0.95 LDEV: ID: FC_NPORT TYPE: DA PMGR: FCP_NM PMGRPRI: 6 LMGR: MAXIOS: 0 io> ld 1 LDEV: 1 DEVNAME: 00000100 ID: HPDARRAY RSIZE: PATH: 0/8/0/0.95.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Configuration Examples for Fibre Channel Adapters and Devices Default Configuration Groups for Using FC Disk as LDEV-1 MPE/iX 7.5 Release software comes with four new default configuration groups which can be used while configuring an FC disk connected through the FC adapter card as LDEV-1.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility FCSCAN is a new utility introduced in MPE/iX Release 7.5 to scan and print Fibre Channel Devices connected to the HPe3000 system. This utility can be used by MPE/iX System Administrators to know what FC devices are available in the system for configuring through SYSGEN. FCSCAN utility is present in the system as FCSCAN.PUB.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility 0/8/0/0.27.0 SEAGATE ST39103FC disk 0/8/0/0.8.0.255.1.11.0 The output from FCSCAN utility shows the following information: • SYSGEN PATH: — Hardware path of the FC adapter card or device. This is the path used in SYSGEN to configure the card or device in the system. • DESCRIPTION: — Description about whether the path specifies an FC card or device.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility io> lp 0/8/0/0.0.1 PATH: ID: 0/8/0/0.0.1 LDEV: 60 HPDARRAY TYPE: DISC PMGR: SCSI_DISK_AND_ARRAY_DM PMGRPRI: 8 LMGR: LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER MAXIOS: 0 io> lp 0/8/0/0.0.105 PATH: ID: 0/8/0/0.0.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility that this option prints only the N_Port paths and not the paths of individual LUNs under the N_Ports. By looking at this simplified output format, the System Administrator can quickly identify what FC devices are connected to the FC cards in the system.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility was run with hardware scan option, it actually probed the FC devices and recognized that the new device has been connected. Thus by looking at this output, the System Administrator can get the hardware paths of LUNs under N_Port 95 and use them to configure these disks in SYSGEN. Note that now under card 0/8/0/0, the N_Port 0 is missing. It is possible that the device got disconnected.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems FCSCAN — Fibre Channel Device Scan Utility Any changes to the fibre channel topology in order to add or delete switches/hubs should be done while the system is not running MPE/iX. After a topology change, it may be necessary to reconfigure even existing FC devices in the system because their hardware paths may have changed.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems TDUTIL — Fibre Channel Diagnostic Utility TDUTIL — Fibre Channel Diagnostic Utility TDUTIL is a new utility introduced in MPE/iX 7.5 for obtaining information on fibre channel host bus adapters, supported on HP e3000 systems. This utility provides the ability to display information such as the N_Port ID, Node World-Wide Name, Port World-Wide Name, link speed, chip revision number, VPD (Vital Product Data) information and more.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems TDUTIL — Fibre Channel Diagnostic Utility The Driver State represents the state of the software driver controlling the adapter card. When the driver and the card are functioning properly, the Driver state should be ONLINE. Any other state can be considered a transient one with the exceptions of the states AWAITING_LINK_UP and OFFLINE.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters This section describes how to use STM to gather information about the Fibre Channel adapters and diagnose problems. If you are not familiar with STM, check out the new STM MPE/iX Quick Reference Guide at the following URL: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/diag. Then select MPE/iX Diagnostics.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters 18 0/6 PCI Bus Adapter (782) 19 0/6/0/0 FC Interface (HP6795A_Tac Information 20 0/6/2/0 FC Interface (HP5158A_Tac Diagnose 21 8 MEMORY (9b) 22 160 CPU (5cb) 23 162 CPU (5cb) cstm> SEL DEV 19 cstm>INFO -- Updating Map -Updating Map... cstm>IL -- Converting a (1368) byte raw log file to text. -Preparing the Information Tool Log for FC Interface on path 0/6/0/0 File ..
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters • Logtool utility extracts log errors and allows them to be viewed. This tool provides information about a Fibre Channel adapter without resetting the adapter. cstm>RU LOGTOOL -- Logtool Utility -To View a Summary of Events in a Raw Log 1. Select a raw (unformatted) log file. (File Menu -> "Select Raw") The current log file ends in ".cur", e.g. "log1.raw.cur".
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters -- Converting a (1804) byte raw log file to text. -Preparing the Logtool Utility: View Raw Summary File ... .... ######.cup.hp.com : ##.##.##.### .... -- Logtool Utility: View Raw Summary -- Summary of: /var/stm/logs/os/log542.raw.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters -- Logtool Utility: Set Format Filter -Date and time of first log entry: Mon Jan 21 08:37:28 2002 Date and time of last log entry: Mon Feb 4 10:26:00 2002 Format entries logged within the following dates/times: Starting Date and Time:: (mm/dd/yyyy|hh:mm:ss)[01/21/2002|08:37:28] (return) Ending Date and Time:: (mm/dd/yyyy|hh:mm:ss)[02/04/2002|10:26:00] (return) Lowest Entry id :
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters Enter selection [done]: (return) Product Qualifiers: 1 HP6795A_Tachyon_XL2 2 HPA6188A 3 Enter selection [done]: 1 Product Qualifiers: * 1 HP6795A_Tachyon_XL2 2 HPA6188A 3 Enter selection [done]: (return) Loggers: 1 SCSI_DISK_AND_ARRAY_DM 2 FC_DAM 3 FCP_NM 4 SCSI_TAPE_DM Enter selection [done]: 2 Logtool Utility>FR -- Logtool Utility: Format Raw Log File -- Select a directory int
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters Summary of: /var/stm/logs/os/log542.fmt9 Formatted from: /var/stm/logs/os/log542.raw.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters -- Converting a (8168) byte raw log file to text. -Preparing the Logtool Utility: View Formatted Log File ... ....#####.cup.hp.com : ##.##.##.###.... -- Logtool Utility: View Formatted Log -- Formatted Output of: /var/stm/logs/os/log542.fmt9 Formatted from: /var/stm/logs/os/log542.raw.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems Using HP Support Tools Manager (STM) with Fibre Channel Adapters Fibre Channel Driver received an ERQ Frozen interrupt from the adapter.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SureStore Virtual Array 7100 on the HP e3000 HP SureStore Virtual Array 7100 on the HP e3000 By Walter McCullough Commercial Systems Division Product Brief The HP SureStore Virtual Array 7100 is HP’s newest mid-range fibre channel disk storage system that is the replacement for the 12H AutoRAID. The VA7100 holds from 4 to 15 disk drives.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SureStore Virtual Array 7100 on the HP e3000 • Ldev 1 as a boot device is supported. Host Hardware/Firmware Requirements SCSI HBA (NIO based machines): • F/W SCSI Device Adapter HP28696A. Firmware version 3728 • SCSI-FC Fabric Router A5814A #003. Firmware version 8.01.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SureStore Virtual Array 7100 on the HP e3000 • Some users have reported slow performance times when doing the first restore to the array. This problem can be corrected by changing the Data Resiliency Mode, from the Command View SDM utility, to Performance Mode only during the restore. Remember to reset the mode back to Normal when the restore has completed.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 By Walter McCullough, Commercial Systems Division Product Brief The A5814A option 003 SCSI-Fibre Channel Fabric Router allows those HP e3000s limited to SCSI HBAs access to HP’s newest portfolio of fibre channel storage arrays. Connected to an HP e3000, the router supports a number of fibre channel products.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 • SCSI-2 HVD: 68-pin High Density • Device Support: — HP28696A F/W SCSI I/O HPPB card (NIO based machines) — HP4800A F/W SCSI I/O card (PCI based machines) — HP5159A F/W SCSI I/O card (PCI based machines) • Supports: Command Processing, Tagged Queuing, Disconnect/Reconnect, Synchronous and Asynchronous data transfer Fibre Connectivity • Protocol: ANSI Fibre Channel (FC-PH) and ANSI Fibre Channel Ar
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 Host Hardware/Firmware Requirements SCSI HBA (NIO based machines): • F/W SCSI Device Adapter HP28696A. Firmware version 3728 • SCSI-FC Fabric Router A5814A #003. Firmware version 8.01.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 5. The process will take approximately 15 seconds. 6. Power off the router. Step Three: Operating Mode 1. Power off the router. 2. On SW2 of the router, set DIP switches 0 and 2 to the down position to activate the “host” operating. 3. Attach the router to the host/server with the appropriate SCSI cable. Ensure that cable and connectors are securely fastened. 4.
Fibre Channel Device and Adapter Support on HP e 3000 Systems HP SCSI-FC Fabric Router for the HP e3000 74 Chapter 4
5 Technical Articles The following articles are about upgrades of various applications for MPE/iX 7.5: • Updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers • HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Disk System 2300 (DS2300) for the HP e3000 • HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Tape Array 5300 for the HP e3000 • HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.
Technical Articles Updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers Updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers By Kriss Rant, Commercial Systems Division With MPE/iX Release 7.5, HP is introducing updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers which are based on the PA-8700 processor technology. The updated HP e3000 entry level A-Class servers replace the current A-Class configurations, which are based on the 110 and 140 MHz PA-8500 processors.
Technical Articles Updated HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers Server Product Number Description Relative Perf. SW Tier N4000-100-380 A6103C N4000 1-way server using a 380 MHz processor 15 4 (330) N4000-200-380 A6103C plus A7015A proc. N4000 2-way server using 380 MHz processors 27 4 (330) N4000-100-500 A6914C N4000 1-way server using a 500 MHz processor 20 4 (330) N4000-200-500 A6914C plus A7016A proc.
Technical Articles HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Disk System 2300 (DS2300) for the HP e3000 HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Disk System 2300 (DS2300) for the HP e3000 by Kriss Rant and Jim Hawkins, Commercial Systems Division The HP Surestore Disk System 2300 is a fourteen-slot Ultra160 SCSI (160 MB/s LVD SCSI) capable interface storage enclosure.
Technical Articles HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Tape Array 5300 for the HP e3000 HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Tape Array 5300 for the HP e3000 by Kriss Rant, Commercial Systems Division The HP Surestore Tape Array 5300 provides a high availability rack mount solution for HP Surestore DLT80, DAT24(DDS-3), DAT40(DDS-4) and DVD-ROM modules. Dual redundant power supplies, which can be hot-swapped, are available. (These are standard on the factory-integrated version.
Technical Articles HP Announces Availability of the HP Surestore Tape Array 5300 for the HP e3000 Table 5-1 Product Number C2978A (Continued) Option Description 0.5m 68-pin HDTS-68-pin HDTS SCSI cable for interconnecting two drive modules. SCSI Cable for A/N-Class Systems C2361B 1.0-meter 68-pin HDTS — 68-pin VHDCI multi-mode cable C2362B 2.5-meter 68-pin HDTS — 68-pin VHDCI multi-mode cable C2363B 10.0-meter, 68-pin HDTS — 68-pin VHDCI cable C2365B 5.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.5 and Possible Bootup Failures HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.5 and Possible Bootup Failures By Kriss Rant, Commercial Systems Division With the MPE/iX Release 7.5, a number of new model strings are now 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 7.5.
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.
Technical Articles HPCPUNAME Model Strings Supported With MPE/iX Release 7.
Technical Articles 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.
Technical Articles SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Table 5-3 SCSI Storage Enclosures: Description SCSI Interface(s) HP Product Number HP High Availability Storage Solution (HP HASS) SE, HVD A3312A, A3311A HP SMART Family of Data Storage Products SE, HVD C4317A, C4318A SureStore E Disk System HVD10 HVD A5616A/AZ HP SureStore DS2100, DS2300 Disk Storage Systems LVD A5675A/AZ, A6490A/AZ Table 5-4 N-Class and A-Class System Internal Disk Modules: SCSI Interfa
Technical Articles SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Table 5-6 HP Product HP SMART Stand Alone and Rack Mount Disks: Disk Size (in Gigabytes) SCSI Interface 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 5-7 HP Product SureStore E Disk Syste
Technical Articles SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Table 5-9 Supported Disk Array Products: (Continued) Description SCSI Interface XP256 Internal Disk Capacity HVD Table 5-10 A57xx Read Only Disks: Description SCSI Interface HP DVD-ROM Table 5-11 SE HP Product Number C4314A Tape Devices: Description SCSI Interface HP Product Number HP DDS-3 SE HPC1553A HP DDS-3 6 Tape Changer SE A3716A ½” Reel Tape SE HP7980S ½” Reel Tape SE HP7980SX DLT700
Technical Articles SCSI Interface and Device Support for N-Class and A-Class HP e3000 Table 5-13 TA5300 Modules Description Interface Product Number DLT80m LVD Interface C7456A DLT40m LVD Interface C7497A DLT24m LVD/SE Interface C7498A Misc.
Technical Articles HP e3000 PA-8700 A-Class and N-Class Core I/O Card HP e3000 PA-8700 A-Class and N-Class Core I/O Card By John Spitzer, Commercial Systems Division Introduction MPE/iX release 7.5 introduces support for the HP e3000 PA-8700 N-Class and A-Class hardware platforms. The Core I/O card is one of the hardware components of these platforms that has undergone significant improvement.
Technical Articles HP e3000 PA-8700 A-Class and N-Class Core I/O Card ID: C1099A PATH: 0/0/4/1.0 RSIZE: 40 DEVTYPE: TERM MPETYPE: 16 MPESUBTYPE: 0 CLASS: TERM I/O Paths Used for the Console I/O Serial Ports The serial ports on the PA-8700 Core I/O card are configured on the following I/O paths: 0/0/4/1.0 - console; Ldev 20 0/0/4/1.1 - remote session 0/0/4/1.
Technical Articles HP e3000 PA-8700 A-Class and N-Class Core I/O Card Additional Helpful Console Information The PA-8700 version of the GSP has added the EX command. This command allows you to exit and cause a close of your connection to the GSP. When this command is issued, and after confirmation, your session is disconnected and all other connections revert to the console mode.
Technical Articles SHUTDOWN — New CI Command SHUTDOWN — New CI Command by S Shashikala, Commercial Systems Division Enhancements Summary Presently MPE/iX supports the =SHUTDOWN with console interrupt [CTRL] [A]. The =SHUTDOWN command performs an implicit =LOGOFF of all sessions, including the session logged at the system console. The CPU halts, and console interrupt [CTRL] [A] is ineffective.
Technical Articles SHUTDOWN — New CI Command All communication lines must be closed before issuing a SHUTDOWN command. Otherwise, a manual halt of the system may be necessary. Note that data will be lost if a transmission is in progress when the halt is performed. Also, if NS lines were left open before issuing the SHUTDOWN, lines to the remote system remain open and any remote sessions will be effectively “hung”.
Technical Articles SHUTDOWN — New CI Command 5. Perform a configuration UPDATE to your system with the CSLT tape created under SYSGEN. 6. After UPDATE is complete, use the ISL AUTOBOOT command to enable the autoboot feature. At the ISL prompt enter: ISL> AUTOBOOT ON ISL> START start_options Once the above steps are complete & the autoboot feature is enabled, the command :SHUTDOWN SYSTEM;RESTART will completely shutdown the system and the startup needs no operator intervention.
Technical Articles SHUTDOWN — New CI Command DIsplay Redisplay the current menu HElp [
Technical Articles SHUTDOWN — New CI Command Processor is starting autoboot process. To discontinue, press any key within 10 seconds. 10 seconds expired. Proceeding... Trying Primary Boot Path Booting... .. .. ..
Technical Articles Introducing Samba/iX Version 2.0.7 on MPE/iX 7.5 Introducing Samba/iX Version 2.0.7 on MPE/iX 7.5 The new version of Samba/iX 2.0.7 is released as part of FOS MPE/iX 7.5. The Samba/iX 2.0.7 version of software resides inside the SAMBA account in HFS directories under /SAMBA/SMB207. The previous version of Samba/iX 1.9.16p9 still exists inside the SAMBA account in HFS directories under /SAMBA/PUB. You can only run one version of Samba/iX server at one time.
Technical Articles Introducing Samba/iX Version 2.0.7 on MPE/iX 7.5 WARNING Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft does not guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk. 1. Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE). 2. From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key: \system\currentcontrolset\services\rdr\parameters 3.
Technical Articles Announcing Heartbeat High Availability Cluster/iX Announcing Heartbeat High Availability Cluster/iX By Walter McCullough Commercial Systems Division General Information Cluster/iX for the HP e3000 is an orderable product that allows the user to create a multiple server configuration with any HP-supported dual-ported array to form a non-complex high availability cluster.
Technical Articles Announcing Heartbeat High Availability Cluster/iX • Cluster/iX version B.00.00 for MPE/iX version 7.5 Documentation Refer to the manual, MPE/iX High Availability Cluster/iX User’s Manual, (Part No. B9480-90001), included with the product, for more information.
Technical Articles Support Tools Manager (STM) Updated for MPE/iX 7.5 Support Tools Manager (STM) Updated for MPE/iX 7.5 by Allen Hertling — CSY The newest released version of the On-Line Diagnostics (aka MESA Diagnostics) for the HP e3000 product named Support Tools Manager (STM) is B8343AA.75.01. This release provides support for new hardware, improvements in the functionality of STM, and correction of several reported defects.
Technical Articles Support Tools Manager (STM) Updated for MPE/iX 7.5 Program Changes The Menu version of STM (MSTM) has been removed from the product. The MSTM program added no functionality to the online diagnostics but confused users as to the product features due to the extensive HP-UX options which were not applicable to the HPe3000. Users entering MSTM.PUB.SYS will now be directed to use the command-driven CSTM.PUB.SYS.
Technical Articles Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.5 Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.5 By Gary Robillard – Commercial Systems R&D Product Overview The HP Predictive Support software (referred to as Predictive in the rest of this article) provides proactive hardware support and helps increase the uptime of your systems by monitoring system memory and disk/tape drives. When Predictive detects a potential problem, it sends a message to the HP Response Center.
Technical Articles Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.5 5. The Predictive Support Monitor (PSMOND.PRED.SYS) startup model has changed. The JPSMON.PRED.SYSjob has been modified to start PSMOND. To have Predictive monitor your system, JPSMON.PRED.SYS must always be running. We chose not to change the name of the job from JPSMON.PRED.SYS to JPSMOND.PRED.SYS so that customers would not have to change their existing environment. The sysstart.pub.sys file does not need to be modified, and if the JPSMON.PRED.
Technical Articles Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.5 This was done because a job being streamed from the sysstart file must have existing passwords for user, account and group embedded. The original logon was MANAGER.SYS, and it was perceived as a security violation to embed the MANAGER.SYS passwords. The install job creates the PREDMON user with OP,ND,SF,BA capabilities. The PREDMON.SYS user is NOT created with IA capability. Also, the JPSMON.PRED.
Technical Articles Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.
Technical Articles Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.
Technical Articles Support for Using the Entire Disk Space on LDEV 1 Support for Using the Entire Disk Space on LDEV 1 By Ushadevi H N, Commercial Systems Division Beginning with MPE/iX 7.5 release, the MPE/iX operating system uses the full capacity of the disk configured as LDEV 1. This article explains the enhancement and briefly describes the user level changes for customers to use the system appropriately after installing MPE/iX 7.5 release. Background Before the 7.
Technical Articles Support for Using the Entire Disk Space on LDEV 1 where n is the number determined in “Estimating Disk Space” as given in the MPE/iX System Maintenance Manual. For 7.5 the above equation needs to be changed to: : BUILD AXLDEV1;DISC=n,1,1;DEV=**$SYSTEM_MASTER In case the requested space is not available within the 4GB, an error indicating out of space is returned (even if enough space is available beyond the first 4GB) when creating this file.
Technical Articles Support for Using the Entire Disk Space on LDEV 1 Compatibility Issues • STORE/RESTORE If files stored from MPE/iX 7.5 are restored to a machine with a pre-7.5 OS, the following warning message may appear. This is due to the $SYSTEM_MASTER interpretation (explained above) and can be ignored. The files that show this warning are restored on LDEV 1. COULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO THE SYSTEM MASTER VOLUME • SYSTEM REBOOT after MPE/iX 7.
Technical Articles UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements By Bob Berliner — Commercial Systems Division Introduction In response to user community requests, the UPS Monitor/iX subsystem of MPE/iX has been enhanced in Release 7.5 to provide new capabilities related to the system’s handling of AC power failures at UPS devices. The UPSUTIL utility program for UPS subsystem management has been correspondingly enhanced to support the new features of UPS Monitor/iX.
Technical Articles UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements New UPS Monitor Configuration Options The following new configuration options are made available by this enhancement. Each option requires one new line in the UPS Monitor’s configuration file, either the default UPSCNFIG.PUB.SYS configuration file, or another UPS Monitor configuration file that you have established via UPSUTIL’s Newconfig command.
Technical Articles UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements Powerfail Low Battery Action This option allows you to override (at your risk!!) the UPS monitor’s default action of causing a special System Abort in case, during an AC power failure, a UPS device signals “low battery charge” condition. You can force the system to continue running even after the UPS has notified the system of its “low battery charge” condition by using the “keep running” form of this configuration option.
Technical Articles UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements configuration options for powerfail command file, powerfail grace period, and powerfail low battery action. In addition, a new command, RESETPFAIL, has been added to UPSUTIL. It clears-out status display information pertaining to any prior execution of the “powerfail command file”. Status Display Enhancements a sample of the new version of the UPSUTIL status display.
Technical Articles UPS Monitor/iX and UPSUTIL Enhancements 5. Powerfail Command File: Similar to the powerfail grace period status display, this line shows the current state of the powerfail command file: either “Not Running” (no powerfail, or powerfail has not yet exceeded the grace period time), or “Running” (power failure in progress and has exceeded the grace period; the user’s powerfail command file is now being executed), or “Completed” (powerfail command file execution completed).
Technical Articles AS Clause Enhancement in ALLBASE/SQL AS Clause Enhancement in ALLBASE/SQL by Sekhar N.D CSY — Databases Objectives of the Enhancement The objective of the enhancement is to allow users to specify an alias name for the items in the Select Statement. The specified alias name is returned as the column heading in the query result.
Technical Articles AS Clause Enhancement in ALLBASE/SQL • The name can be up to 20 characters in length. • The name can be made of any combination of letters (a to z, A to Z), decimal digits (0 to 9), $, #, @, or underscore (_).
Technical Articles POSIX pthread (Draft 10) APIs POSIX pthread (Draft 10) APIs by Ranjani Narayan Commercial Systems Division Introduction For sometime now, customers of HP e3000 have been facing problems with the threads implementation on MPE/iX. Though DCE did some “workaround” to get around these problems, this was insufficient for multiple reasons. These were done only for DCE applications. Customers with JAVA and other applications using POSIX implementation of threads would not be satisfied.
Technical Articles POSIX pthread (Draft 10) APIs pthread_atfork, pthread_sigmask, pthread_kill, pthread_mutex_init, pthread_mutex_destroy, pthread_mutex_lock, pthread_mutex_trylock, pthread_mutex_unlock, pthread_cond_init, pthread_cond_destroy, pthread_cond_signal, pthread_cond_broadcast, pthread_cond_wait, pthread_cond_timedwait, pthread_attr_setscope, pthread_getschedparam, pthread_setschedparam, pthread_attr_init, pthread_attr_destroy, pthread_attr_setstacksize, pthread_attr_getstacksize, pthread_create,
Technical Articles IODFAULT Generic Device IDs IODFAULT Generic Device IDs by Larry Nichoalds, CSY Labs Starting with MPE release 7.5, generic device ids have been added to the IODFAULT file to help facilitate the configuration of I/O devices. The generic IDs are particularly useful for configuring disks, since they tend to change every few months and their respective IDs tend to be quite cryptic. Now they need only be identified as the disk type category.
Technical Articles IODFAULT Generic Device IDs { ********** HPDARRAY DISC 4 Disk Array ********** } 2 0128 SCSI_DISK_AND_ARRAY_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0008 & NONE NONE DISC+SPOOL 0 DA 0 FALSE FALSE { ********** CDROM DISC 4 CDROM ********** } 2 0128 SCSI_DISC_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0008 NONE NONE & NONE 0 DA 0 FALSE FALSE { ********** DVD DISC 4 DVD ********** } 2 0128 SCSI_DISC_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0008 NONE NONE & NONE 0 DA 0 FALSE FALSE { ********** DDS TAPE DDS 24 7 ******
Technical Articles More Opened Files in MPE/iX Programs More Opened Files in MPE/iX Programs by Janardhanan.PS, Prakash.SR — Commercial Systems Division Introduction When a file is opened by a process, an entry is made in a table of finite size. The number of files that can be opened concurrently in a program depends on the size of this table. It also depends on several other resources used in the program. In a POSIX program, many resources are treated as files for ease of reference.
Technical Articles More Opened Files in MPE/iX Programs The second table is the Process Local File Access State Table (PLFAST) which is used primarily for unblocked input/output to files. In this table, a series of bitmaps are kept in which each bit represents the state of one of the possible files that a process may have opened. This table is always memory resident. This table also exists in the system global space and is expanded there itself.
Technical Articles Support for 2851 userlog Processes Support for 2851 userlog Processes By Jyothi BS — Commercial Systems Division Background Current Limit At present 1140 user processes (users) are allowed access per User logging process. With an increased number of high-end systems and increased number of users, this limit may become a roadblock to many that employ User Logging. The Objective of the solution is to increase the maximum number of user level processes to 2851 from the current 1140 level.
Technical Articles TurboIMAGE Scalability II TurboIMAGE Scalability II by Tien-You Chen, Commercial Systems Division The Put/Del semaphore is an internal lock, one for each database, used to serialize DBPUT, DBDELETE and DBUPDATE (CIU) operation to ensure the physical integrity of the database. Because of the serialization, TurboIMAGE may not be able to scale up well with the system growth. The TurboIMAGE scalability I (a.k.a.
Technical Articles Attach Enhancement in Image/SQL Attach Enhancement in Image/SQL by Maheedhar PV — Commercial Systems Division Introduction Currently, when a database is attached to Allbase DBE through the IMAGESQL utility, all the datasets including automatic masters are attached. Similarly, at the time of attaching all the compound items are split into simple items. This enhancement to IMAGESQL utility is to add two new options for the ATTACH command.
Technical Articles Attach Enhancement in Image/SQL Conclusion This enhancement: • Does not change the default behavior of the ATTACH command of IMAGESQL utility • Allows a new option NOAUTO in the ATTACH command not to attach the automatic masters • Allows a new option NOAUTOSPLIT in the ATTACH command not to split the compound items.
Technical Articles Large File Data Set (LFDS) Large File Data Set (LFDS) by Tien-You Chen, Commercial Systems Division Overview When TurboIMAGE was introduced, the size of a data set was limited to 4GB (this was the MPE limitation until recently). When users demanded a larger data set, JUMBO data set was introduced, which can have a maximum size of 396GB (max. size per chunk multiplied by max. no. of chunks = 4GB * 99 = 396GB).
Technical Articles Support for 3000 NS Servers Support for 3000 NS Servers By Prashanth Bhat K, Commercial Systems Division Background Prior to the 7.5 release, a maximum of 2600 NS servers could be created using the nscontrolcommand. With this change the number of simultaneous servers on MPE/iX 7.5 onwards has increased to 3300. This limit can only be achieved on systems where the BIGPIN ( greater than 8190 system wide process) enhancement is enabled.
Technical Articles Support for 3300 Jobs and Sessions Support for 3300 Jobs and Sessions By Indu S, Commercial Systems Division Background Prior to the 7.5 release, 3010 user logins (jobs and sessions) were allowed simultaneously to access the machine. With this enhancement in 7.5, 3300 jobs and sessions can be invoked simultaneously. Solution Objective To increase the maximum number of jobs and sessions from 3010 to 3300.
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 7.5 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 Release C.65.00 MPE/iX Product Releases (Continued) SUBSYS Date Code C.65.00 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.70.00 134 R4046 Express 2 based on Release 6.
Product Release History Product Changes by Releases Table 6-1 Release C.70.01 MPE/iX Product Releases (Continued) SUBSYS C.70.01 Date Code Product(s) Introduced/Added A and N-Class High End Functionality: IOVA (Large Memory) MP Support 100 Base-T on Core IO card Big Pin Support 6.5 Express 2 Functionality HAFO HA Cluster/iX Image/SQL (HP36385B ALLBASE/SQL (HP3621-02A) TurboIMAGE/iX (HP30391C) I&I New Functionality Apache Ph. II-B Samba/iX 2.0.7 DCE 1.2.1 RPC 1.2.
Product Release History Product Changes by Releases Table 6-1 Release C.75.00 MPE/iX Product Releases (Continued) SUBSYS C.75.00 Date Code Product(s) Introduced/Added A and N-Class Enhancements: PA-8700 Core I/O Card Updated A- and N-Class Servers HP Surestore Disk Array 5300 HP Surestore Tape Array DS2300 HPCPUNAME Model Strings SCSI Interface and Device Support I&I New Functionality: SendMail Samba 2.0.
Product Release History Supported Releases Supported Releases Table 6-2 Supported Releases Release 6.0 (60.
Product Release History Supported Releases Table 6-2 Supported Releases Release 6.5 (65.
Product Release History Supported Releases Table 6-2 Supported Releases Release 7.0 (70.
Product Release History Supported Releases Table 6-2 Supported Releases Release 7.5 (75.
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 7.0Release. 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 7.5 New or Updated Manuals MPE/iX 7.5 New or Updated Manuals This section lists customer manuals introduced or updated for MPE/iX 7.5. Table 7-1 MPE/iX 7.5 New or Updated Manuals Manual Title Part No. Latest Edition Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections Manual Title Order Part Number Part Number Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info View on the WEB * Communicators and System Software Maintenance Manuals Communicator e3000 (7.5) 30215-90336 30216-90336 Aug-02 B y Communicator e3000 (7.0 Exp 1) 30216-90328 30216-90328 Feb-01 B y Communicator e3000 (7.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Manual Title Using HP 3000: Fundamental Skills Tutorial Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Manual Title Order Part Number Part Number Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info View on the WEB * Data Dictionary Managing Information Network Primer 5958-8527 5958-8527 Nov-86 HC n Data Types Conversion Programmer’s Guide 32650-60010 32650-90015 Oct-89 B y DBChange Plus Technical Addendum for MPE/iX Release 4.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Order Part Number Part Number Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Self-Paced Training Guide 30601-90203 30601-90207 May-92 P y HP ALLBASE/4GL Software Update Notice B.06 Release 5961-7797 5063-3725 Feb-93 HC y HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual 35360-90051 35360-90052 Jan-92 P y HP ALLBASE/BRW SW Update Notice for MPE/iX (BRW A.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info View on the WEB * Order Part Number Part Number System Debug Reference Manual 32650-90901 32650-90901 Feb-01 B y The POSIX.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info View on the WEB * Order Part Number Part Number Mirrored Disk/iX User’s Guide 30349-90003 30349-90005 Jun-92 B y MPE/iX High Availability Cluster/iX User’s Guide B9480-90003 B9480-90003 Aug-02 B y NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide B3933-90002 B3933-90002 Jun-97 P .pdf NBSpool Release Notes Version 9.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Manual Title Order Part Number Part Number Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info View on the WEB * HP PA-RISC Computer Systems System Upgrade Guide (9X9KS) - A2375-90010 Feb-97 P .pdf I/O Upgrade Manual (9X9KS) - A2375-90027 Jan-98 P .pdf Installation Guide (99X Family) - A1809-90001 Oct-97 P .
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst. Info View on the WEB * Order Part Number Part Number HP-PB 100VG-AnyLAN Network Adapter Installation and Service Guide B5426-90001 B5426-90001 Aug-97 B y LU 6.2 API Application Programmer’s Reference Guide 30294-61000 30294-90008 Jun-92 B y Managing Host-Based X.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
Catalog of User Documentation Manual Collections Table 7-2 Manual Collections (Continued) Latest Edition How Available? HC = Hardcopy only P = PDF CD B = PDF & Inst.
