Preface

In This Book

This book introduces your system and provides a step by step guide on how to begin using your system. It contains the following chapters described below:

Chapter 1:

Introducing Your System

Describes the two main ways of using your system.

Chapter 2:

Familiarizing Yourself with Your Computer

Provides a hardware overview.

Chapter 3:

Familiarizing Yourself with Your Computer Peripherals

Provides an overview of the disk drive, the Data Communications and Terminal Controller (DTC) and the Uninterruptible Power System (UPS).

Chapter 4:

Getting Your System Ready for Use

Describes how to set up external disk drives, terminals and printers and how to boot up the system.

Chapter 5:

Using and Maintaining the Tape Drive

Describes how to prepare a cassette for your tape drive, load and unload a cassette, how to make tapes and how to maintain and store your cassette.

Chapter 6:

Getting Started with HP Easytime/iX

Describes how to start HP Easytime/iX and the basic skills that you need to use the menus effectively. This is a good chapter to start with if you are new to the HP 3000.

Chapter 7:

Performing Tasks with HP Easytime/iX

Describes many of the tasks that you need to monitor and manage printing, files, jobs, sessions, console messages, and backups on your system.

Chapter 8:

HP Easytime/iX Reference

Provides information about console messages and requests, error messages, function keys, wildcard character sets, and field definitions for each HP Easytime/iX screen.

Appendix A:

Preparing Additional Software Products

Describes additional steps to perform before using specific products.

Appendix B:

Configuring Your UPS

Describes how to configure your UPS if the original configuration is lost.

Appendix C:

UPS Console Messages

Describes the messages that a user will see after a power failure.

Appendix D:

Declaration of Conformity

Related Manuals

Getting Started is the second book in a set of five manuals that includes the following:

Understanding Your System (B3813-90001): If you are new to computers, this is a good place to start. It provides an introduction to what computers do and how they do it.
Getting Started (B3813-90003): Familiarizes you with your computer and computer peripherals. It also explains how to get your system ready for use, how to use and maintain your tape drives and how to communicate with your system using HP Easytime/iX.
Task Reference (B3813-90009): Describes how to communicate with your system using MPE/iX commands. This book also includes a chapter on how to get more information on your system, a chapter on troubleshooting and a glossary.
Commands Reference (B3813-90011): Provides a detailed explanation of each MPE/iX command.
New Features of MPE/iX: Using the Hierarchical File System (32650-90351): Describes the changes to MPE/iX as of Release 4.5 and 5.0, which enhanced MPE/iX to make it "POSIX-compatible." The book also describes the features of the hierarchical file system.




	NOTE: The MPE/iX operating system has been enhanced as of Release 4.5 and 5.0 to include additional features that include POSIX compatibility and the hierarchical file system. The hierarchical file system is tree structured and can contain files at many different levels. This organization provides a special kind of file called a directory. Instead of holding data, directories contain lists of files and pointers to those files. For more information on POSIX and the hierarchical file system, refer to the book, New Features of MPE/iX: Using the Hierarchical File System (32650-90351), included in this documentation set. This book includes an overview of the following enhancements of MPE/iX as of Release 4.5 and 5.0: Open systems environment Hierarchical file system (HFS) Expanded file naming syntax New and enhanced commands and utilities MPE/iX Shell and Utilities MPE/iX Developer's Kit

Introducing the HP 3000 Series 9X8LX

Hewlett-Packard's HP 3000 Series 9X8LX computer system for the multiuser environment combines office computing with mainframe power. The system is designed to be used in a standard office setting without the stringent environmental controls of the typical computer room. Its compact size accommodates a number of office configurations.

Typically, the system consists of the following components:

the main computer that fits comfortably alongside a desk or table
the system console connected to the computer for system activities
an optional cabinet containing additional disk and tape drives for extra data storage
the data communication and terminal controller, also called the DTC, that enables you to connect multiple terminals and printers to the system
The external uninterruptible power system, also called the UPS, that can provide up to 15 minutes of battery backup power to the computer system.
terminals or PCs set up on each user's desktop and connected to the DTC
various styles of printers conveniently located for easy access by several users

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