Communicator Summary

Following are brief descriptions of the articles and chapters.

Chapter 1 Announcements

Important announcements regarding availability of products and services are included in this chapter.

Introducing MPE/iX 6.5 Release -- provides overview of 6.5 enhancements.
Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX -- details the discontinuance of support for certain older servers and the HP-IB device adapter.
Discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link Disk Drives -- describes discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link disk drives.
Obsoleted Products Removed from Release 6.5 -- lists the obsolete products that have been removed from the SUBSYS tape for the 6.5 release.
Files associated with Obsoleted Products -- Lists the files associated with these obsoleted products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access/SQL and Cooperative Services/XL.
Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System -- Describes the process for obtaining security patches for HP systems.

Chapter 2, Overview--Communicator Summary

This chapter provides a summary of information contained in this manual. It also provides information about obtaining MPE patches from the HP Electronic Support Center.

Chapter 3, Growth Solution

This chapter provides technical articles about the Growth Solution, including the following topics:

Large Files overview -- describes the changes to the MPE/iX operating systems as a result of the introduction of Large File functionality.
AIFs for Large Files -- describes the four modified intrinsics for handling Large Files.
AIFs for Multiple Job Queues -- describes the enhanced functionality for obtaining queue information about multiple job queues.
Increase in Number of TCP Connections -- describes an enhancement to allow 20000 connections.
Dispatcher Multiple Runqueues -- describes the changes to the Dispatcher module including improved system performance.
Increased System Limits - an overview -- provides a list of the increased system limits.
Support for 511 Disks on MPE -- describes how to configure more than 255 disks.
Increased Number of DSTs -- describes the increased number of data segments.
User-defined Job Queues and ALTJOB HIPRI Enhancements -- describes the enhancement to 255 user-defined job queues possible on Release 6.5.
NEWCI Command (CI Elimination) -- describes the functionality and implementation of the NEWCI command.
Compatibility Considerations for COBOL and C -- describes the issues for COBOL and C as they relate to Large Files.
C/iX Supports 64-bit Integers -- describes enhancement to C/iX compiler to provide full support for a 64-bit integer data type.
FTP Support for Large Files

Chapter 4, DCM

This chapter provides technical articles about the following topics:

Enterprise Management Solution -- describes a way to manage distributed IT environments using Legato Backup Solution.
Support Tools Manager (STM) -- describes a method for handling complex data centers replacing the Sysdiag diagnostics system.
Enhanced Message Source Template for HP 3000 Agents in ITO -- describes a new set of source templates installed on the Management Server.
HP Secure Web Console -- describes a new HP product which provides secure console access from web browsers.
TurboSTORE Support for DLT -- describes the capability for fast search on DLT drives.
DLT4000/DLT7000 Differential Tape Support on MPE/iX -- describes the capabilities of the DLT4000 and DLT 7000 differential tape drives.
DLT8000 Differential Tape Drives -- describes the capabilities of the DLT8000 differential tape drive.
TERMDSM: User Interface Change under System Diagnostics -- describes the features of the new diagnostic interface named Support Tools Manager (STM).
HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H on the HP 3000 -- describes the new HP disk array supported on the HP 3000.
DVD Support on the HP 3000 -- provides information about replacing older CD-ROM drives with the DVD drive, while still permitting the use of CD-ROM disks.
DLT 7000 and Legato Storage Node Usage--provides listing of supported Legato Storage Node and DLT Libraries.
HP SureStore E Disk Array XP256 -- describes the high-capacity, high-speed mass storage, with continuous data availability, ease of service, scalability, and connectivity.

Chapter 5, Internet, Interoperability and Databases

Large Transactions for IMAGE Users -- describes the solutions for large transactions available for IMAGE users
XM User Checkpoint Priority Control--describes the Transaction Manager process to write out dirty pages to reduce response time.
Transact/iX Expanded B-Tree and File Open Enhancement--describes the enhancements to Transact/iX to support B-Trees and File Open.
Apache for MPE/iX -- describes new server software which enables your HP 3000 to function as a full-featured web server.
Introducing LDAP C-SDK/iX -- describes a set of client APIs in C language for MPE/iX applications to access X.500 network directories.
MPE/iX Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for Java, Version 1.2 -- describes the enhancements to the new release of JAVA for MPE/iX.
HP Driver for JDBC -- provides information about the Java API that enables development of Java applications and applets with a wide range of relational databases.

Chapter 6, Announcing a Post-6.5 Release Patch

This chapter provides an article about the IMAGE/SQL Date Mapping enhancement. It describes migrating your ACTINFO files and using the new commands, UPDATE TYPE and SPLIT.

Chapter 7, How to Order

This chapter provides information on how to order MPE/iX subsystem products.

Chapter 8, Product Release History

This chapter adds product information for MPE/iX Release 6.5 and updates the termination dates in the Supported System Release Matrix table.

Chapter 9, Catalog of User Documentation

This chapter provides two types of manual listings:

A listing of all new or updated manuals at the time of the MPE/iX 6.5 Release.
A current listing of the MPE/iX manuals grouped by collections.