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Introduction to Internet Services

1 Introduction to Internet Services

The HP 3000 Internet Services consist of a set of programs that help

the HP 3000 computer exchange information with other nodes on the

internet. The Internet Services offered on the HP 3000 are a subset of

the Internet Services available on the HP 9000, which were previously

called the ARPA Services. This introductory chapter:

• Provides an overview of the Internet Services

• Lists the system requirements for using Internet Services

• Shows how to verify the installation of the set of conﬁguration and

program ﬁles for Internet Services that were delivered with the

MPE/iX Fundamental Operating Software.

• Lists conﬁguration ﬁles

• Describes two conﬁguration ﬁles that all of the Internet Services use,

the protocols ﬁle and the services ﬁle, and how to install and edit

them.

At the end of this introductory chapter, there is a list of additional

manuals that may be helpful.

By and large, the subset of Internet Services running on an MPE/iX

system are identical to those available on UNIX machines. There are,

however, some differences between them. If you are an experienced

HP-UX system administrator and you plan to skim the information in

this manual, pay attention to the “Implementation differences” sections

at the end of each chapter. They describe the important differences

between MPE/iX version of Internet Services and the HP-UX version of

Internet Services.