HP3000
Bus ness
Servers
• 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 native-mode with the use of
HP-provided switch stubs.
• 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.
Hewlett-Packard will perform minimum
configuration of SNA IMF/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
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” (J2220-61025) for
details.
• 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 (36123-90001).
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