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•Link Level Message encoding:
–SNA IMF/iX supports both NRZ and NRZI encoding.
•Access to the SNA IMF/iX intrinsics in pro- grammatic mode is provided in capability- mode as well as
•In Pass Thru mode, terminals configured as consoles are not supported.
Product Requirements
•SNA IMF/iX requires an IBM System/370 or compatible mainframe (models 370, 30xx,
0r 43xx) with an IBM 37xx communications controller. The following software must be running on the IBM host and communica- tions controller:
–MVS/SP, MVS/XA, DOS/VSE, or VM
–ACF/VTAM
–ACF/NCP
•For communications to an IBM S/36, IBM S/38, or IBM AS/400 minicomputer, the fol- lowing software must be running on the IBM systems:
–SSP (S/36) Release 5
–CPF (S/38) Release 7.0
–OS/400 (AS/400) Release 2 and the HP 3000 must be running MPE/iX Release 4.0 or later.
•HP will support certain versions, releases, modifications, and PTF levels of the above software. Your HP Sales Representative or Systems Engineer can determine whether SNA IMF/iX can be supported with your particular configuration. The Network Implementation Support plan (NISP) will help the customer engineer determine sup- port requirements in advance of the installa- tion of SNA IMF/iX in a particular network.
•SNA IMF/iX Product Requirements
–HP 3000 Series 900 computer system
–HP 30291B SNA/SDLC Link/iX
or
–J2167B SNA/Token Ring Link/iX
–HP 36939B SNA/X.25 Link/iX
Installation and Configuration Policy
The customer is responsible for loading the SNA IMF/iX software onto the system.
Customer Responsibility
Prior to having HP personnel onsite to perform minimum configuration of SNA IMF/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 IMF/iX. The customer should con- tact the HP Sales Representative for typical host parameter values or consult the
“HP SNA Products Remote System Configuration Guide”
•Verifying that the SNA/SDLC Link/iX, SNA/Token Ring Link/iX, or SNA/X.25 Link/iX is properly installed and configured prior to the installation of SNA IMF/iX unless the link product will be installed at the same time.
•Updating the HP 3000 system to the proper release level and installing the SNA IMF/iX software using AUTOINST. Refer to the HP 3000 MPE/iX Installation and Update Manual
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