HP Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS and HP PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

HP PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

Sharing of Network Resources by Heterogeneous Users

Services provided by PATHWORKS Advanced Server are accessible to PATHWORKS clients as

well as to Microsoft clients. All clients using the services of a PATHWORKS Advanced Server

must be properly licensed. (For more information, see the section SOFTWARE LICENSING.)

Files are stored on the server in native OpenVMS RMS format. This allows information stored

by the PCs using PATHWORKS Advanced Server to be shared with traditional OpenVMS users.

In addition, this feature allows information to be shared among all clients.

Network Transports

PATHWORKS Advanced Server supports TCP/IP, DECnet (Phase IV), DECnet-Plus (formerly

known as DECnet/OSI), and NetBEUI network transport software. One or more transport stacks

can work concurrently on the server.

Both the TCP/IP and DECnet network transports are sold as separate HP products and require

separate licenses.

NetBEUI transport software is included with PATHWORKS Advanced Server software. Using

NetBEUI transport software, LAN Manager clients can access the server in the LAN for ﬁle and

print shares. NetBEUI is recommended for use in small LAN-only environments of 50 nodes or

less. For information about supported network transport software, see the section SOFTWARE

REQUIREMENTS.

NetBIOS Interface

PATHWORKS Advanced Server supports the NetBIOS interface in TCP/IP, DECnet, and

NetBEUI networks, using multiple transport stacks on a single controller or on different network

controllers. However, a NetBIOS programming interface is not provided.

NetBIOS support under TCP/IP includes both a p-node and a b-node RFC 1001/1002

implementation. Therefore, the NetBIOS interface can be used under TCP/IP in both LAN and

WAN environments. The PATHWORKS Advanced Server Conﬁguration Manager utility allows

you to select one or both of the following methods for NetBIOS name resolution for WANs:

• LMHOSTS ﬁle

• Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)

• DNS

Note: Enabling DNS allows the server and clients to use a speciﬁed DNS name server

for NetBIOS name resolution as a last resort if all other methods fail to resolve a NetBIOS

name. DNS is also used by server clients to resolve the server cluster alias and to

provide dynamic load balancing and failover on servers in an OpenVMS Cluster in a WAN

environment. The DNS name server used for load balancing must support dynamic updates

(Berkeley Internet Name Domain [BIND] server, Version 8.1.1 or later).

DNS is not conﬁgured as a replacement for WINS or LMHOSTS but rather as a supplement.

The Advanced Server still uses WINS, LMHOSTS, or broadcast methods for resolving

names.