HP 30292B manual Hcf

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•Using an HP 3000 Series 900 and SNA DHCF/iX as a gateway system, IBM 3270 display stations can access only TTY-mode applications on other HP 3000 MPE/iX sys- tems. Access to other systems requires the NS Network Service and Link products.

•SNA DHCF/iX supports “reverse VT” func- tionality; this permits an HP application to acquire remote IBM 3270 display stations provided that the SNA DHCF/iX session has already been established.

Product Requirements

•Hewlett-Packard System Requirements

–HP 3000 Series 900 Computer System

–A supported release of MPE/iX

–SNA/SDLC Link/iX (30292B and A5563A), SNA/Token Ring Link/iX (J2167A), or SNA/X.25 Link/iX (36939B)

•SNA DHCF/iX requires an IBM System/370 or compatible mainframe with an IBM 37xx communications controller. SNA DHCF/iX has been certified with the following mini- mum levels of IBM software for the IBM mainframe and communications controller:

–MVS (OS/VS2 Release 3.8)

–ACF/VTAM Release 3.2 or later

–ACF/NCP Release 5.2 or later

–HCF

•For communication to an IBM S/36 the fol- lowing software must be running on the IBM system:

–SNA 3270 Emulation

•HCF V2 (Host Command Facility, Version 2

-IBM P/N 5668-985) must be installed on the IBM host. IBM supports HCF V2 under MVS as well as OS/VS1 and DOS/VSE (see below) operating environments.

•Although IBM supports HCF V2 under the OS/VS1 Release 7.0 and DOS/VSE Release 35 operating environments, HP SNA DHCF/iX has not been tested or certified with these operating systems.

HP will support certain versions and later releases of the above software. Your HP support representatives must determine whether SNA DHCF/iX can be supported with your network configuration. The Network Implementation Support Plan (NISP) will assist the HP account team in determining support requirements prior to the installation of SNA DHCF/iX.

Installation and Configuration Policy

The customer is responsible for loading the SNA DHCF/iX software onto the system.

Hewlett-Packard will perform minimum configuration of SNA DHCF/iX in order to verify minimum product functionality. This activity is included in the product purchase price.

Customer Responsibility

Prior to having HP personnel onsite to perform minimum configuration of SNA DHCF/iX, the customer is responsible for the following:

•Providing HP with the information neces- sary to complete the Network Implementation and Support Plan (NISP) including:

–system configurations

–logical network map identifying relevant traffic flow

–physical network map identifying relevant network hardware components.

•Verifying that the necessary host mainframe software is installed and configured to sup- port SNA DHCF/iX. The customer should contact their HP Sales Representative for typical host parameter values or consult the “HP SNA Products Remote System Configuration Guide” (J2220-61025) for details.

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