HP SNA APPC/LU6.2 Programming Inteface for OpenVMS

HP SNA APPC/LU6.2 Programming SPD 26.88.12
Interface for OpenVMS, Version 2.6
• Display_tp
• Initialize_session_limit
• Process_session_limit
• Reset_session_limit
User Interface
Users of the APPC product should be experienced
OpenVMS application programmers. They can use any
of the OpenVMS programming languages that conform
to the OpenVMS Calling Standard to create application
programs that interact with application programs on an
IBM system. The user documentation provides exam-
ple programs written in the native form of the following
languages:
• MACRO-32
• BASIC
• BLISS-32
•C
• COBOL
• FORTRAN
• PASCAL
• PL/I
Users of the APPC product are not required to have a
knowledge of SNA.
INSTALLATION
Installation services from HP are recommended for
a customer’s first purchase of the software product.
These services provide for installation of the software
product by an experienced software specialist.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
Processors Supported
For information about supported processors, refer to
the OpenVMS Operating System for I64, Alpha and
VAX Software Product Description (SPD 82.35.xx and
25.01.xx).
Disk Space Requirements (Block Cluster Size = 1)
Disk space required for installation:
OpenVMS I64 21,000 blocks
(10.5 MB)
OpenVMS Alpha 18,000 blocks
(9.0 MB)
OpenVMS VAX 17,900 blocks
(9.0 MB)
Disk space required for use (permanent):
OpenVMS I64 11,646 blocks
(5.823 MB)
OpenVMS Alpha 7,900 blocks
(4.0 MB)
OpenVMS VAX 6,800 blocks
(3.4 MB)
These counts refer to the disk space required on the
system disk. The sizes are approximate; actual sizes
may vary depending on the user’s system environment,
configuration, and software options.
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
OpenVMS Operating System for I64, Version 8.2-1 or
8.3 (SPD 82.35.xx)
OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha, Version 8.2 or
8.3 (SPD 82.35.xx)
OpenVMS Operating System for VAX, Version 7.3 (SPD
25.01)
Using HP SNA Application Programming Interface for
OpenVMS software requires a networking product ap-
propriate for the version of OpenVMS, plus one of the
SNA products listed below.
Networking options include:
• TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (SPD 46.46.xx)
• DECnet for OpenVMS (Phase IV, SPD 48.48.xx)
• DECnet-Plus (Phase V, SPD 50.45.xx for I64 and
Alpha, SPD 25.03.xx for VAX).
Choose a networking option appropriate for the selected
OpenVMS version from the following table:
OpenVMS TCP/IP DECnet IV DECnet V
8.3 (I64) 5.6 8.3 8.3
8.2-1 (I64) 5.5 8.2-1 8.2-1
8.3 (Alpha) 5.6 8.3 8.3
8.2 (Alpha) 5.5 8.2 8.2
7.3 (VAX) 5.3 7.3 7.3
Choose one of the following SNA options:
• HP DECnet SNA Gateway for Channel Support (SPD
29.76.xx)
• HP DECnet SNA Gateway for Synchronous Trans-
port (SPD 25.C6.xx)
• HP SNA Domain Gateway (SPD 38.69.xx)
• HP SNA Peer Server (SPD 51.08.xx)
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