Table 1 : Native Functionality for HP-UX/NT Interoperability

 

HP-UX

Windows NT (Rev. 4.0)

File System (networking)

NFS

SMB

 

 

 

File System

DFS

DFS (compatible with NT DFS

(enterprise/distributed)

 

only)

File System (disk)

HFS, VxFS, LIF

NTFS, FAT

 

 

 

File System (miscellaneous)

FAT

FAT

 

 

 

File System (CD-ROM)

CDFS

CDFS

 

 

 

Network Transport

TCP/IP

TCP/IP, NetBEUI, NWLink

 

 

 

Network Addressing

DHCP, DNS

DHCP, DNS, WINS

 

 

 

Remote File Copy Clients

ftp, rcp

ftp, rcp

 

 

 

Remote File Copy Services

ftpd rcpd

ftpd

 

 

 

Remote Application

DCE, rexec, remsh

DCE (rpc only), rexec, rsh

Communication

 

 

Remote Printing

rlp/lpd, DLC

rlp/lpd, DLC

(client/server)

 

 

Remote Terminal Clients

telnet, rlogin, X windows

telnet

 

 

 

Remote Terminal Servers

Telnetd, rlogind,

Telnetd available in Resource Kit

 

X windows

 

Remote Application

X windows

 

Display

 

 

Window Environment

X11 windows

WIN32

 

(CDE or VUE)

 

Summary

Windows NT makes an appropriate desktop when the required applications are available or perhaps, if the GUI on NT is more productive for a particular engineer. An HP-UX workstation, on the other hand, is appropriate if the engineer utilizes very complex Computer Aided Design and Analysis tools for extremely large data sets or relies on absolutely critical availability or even fast process I/O performance. Whether NT or HP- UX is chosen, the same administration processes and functions must be maintained (e.g. user accounts, print spooling, etc.). Network infrastructure must also be expanded and re- evaluated or perhaps re-designed, as new workstations are added and/or changed. In addition, careful thought must be given to whether an interoperable and enterprise extensible file system is to be based on a UNIX-centric approach (i.e. DFS), or an NT centric approach (i.e. SMB).

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