Read Before Installing MPE/iX Release 6.5 Non-Platform Software Release (C.65.00) HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems Manufacturing Part Number: 30216-90292 E0300 U.S.A.
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Contents 1. Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 FSCHECK.MPEXL.TELESUP CR#s JAGac40897 and JAGac40344 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 TERMDSM CR# JAGac86424. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX In order to streamline the development and test of future MPE/iX releases, the PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter (A1747A) and old CIB I/O based HP 3000 Servers will not be made to work with MPE/iX Release 6.5 and later releases. MPE/iX Release 6.5 is projected to begin shipping during the first half of 2000. The PBA-IB HP-IB Device Adapter was discontinued in May 1999 and has an end of support date of November 1, 2001.
Discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link Disk Drives In May 1993, Hewlett-Packard Company introduced a family of High Availability Fiber Link disk arrays. Those Fiber Link (HP-FL) disk arrays were discontinued in August of 1997, along with other standalone Fiber link disk drives. The Fiber Link disk arrays were HP’s first RAID devices built for high availability, high performance, high capacity and distances up to 500 meters.
Important Support Changes in MPE/iX 6.5 by Gary Robillard CS-R&D Product Overview HP Predictive Support provides proactive hardware support and helps increase the uptime of your systems by monitoring system memory and disk/tape drives. When the HP Predictive Support software detects a potential problem, it sends a message to the HP Response Center. The Response Center portion of the system screens the data and forwards problems requiring further analysis to a Response Center Engineer.
system, the line printer might have a different class name than “LP”, and your streams device might have a logical device number other than 10. Here is an example of what the lines in sysstart.pub.sys might look like: Startup Limit 20,60 Jobfence 7 Spooler lp;start Streams 10 Continue Stream jstrtlan.sysmaint.sys Continue Stream jpsmon.pred.
The following peripherals are no longer supported: Any HPIB or FLEX Interface Disk, including but not limited to: HPC2200A 335MB HPIB Disk HPC2202A 670MB HPIB Disk HPC2203A 670MB HPIB Disk HPC2281A 335MB HPIB Disk HPC2282A 670MB HPIB Disk HPC2201A 670MB Flex Disk HPC2204A 1.34GB Flex Disk The following SCSI disks are no longer supported: HPC2460x 420MB Disk HPC2461x 673 MB Disk HPC2462x 1.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Release Notes 1 Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Release Notes Before beginning installation or update, please review this section which includes information about the following CR topics. • FSCHECK • TERMDSM • SYSGEN • NSINFO FSCHECK.MPEXL.TELESUP CR#s JAGac40897 and JAGac40344 There are two harmless outstanding issues regarding the FSCHECK utility.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL SYSGEN Cannot Handle 3300 Sessions CR# JAGac86675 MPE/iX 6.5 release allows a maximum of 3300 terminal connections. However, there is still a limit in SYSGEN of 3010 for Maximum Sessions. As a result, the maximum number of terminal connections is 3010 for MPE/iX Release 6.5. A patch will be provided if a customer needs it.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL configuration files, then restart the networking software. Files related to B1718A Resource Sharing CDM000.PPC.SYS JROOTCON.PPC.SYS CPDMG000.PPC.SYS PDSMAST.NET.SYS CRCDG000.PPC.SYS PDSSERV.NET.SYS DISCMGR.PPC.SYS PDSFILE.NET.SYS RESMGR.PPC.SYS RSUDC.PPC.SYS PDBAKUP.PPC.SYS RSCONF.PPC.SYS DISCSCAN.PPC.SYS README.PPC.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL Files Related to B83160A Access Servers HDPUTIL.PPC.SYS HDSPMAST.NET.SYS HDPLOAD.PPC.SYS HDSPFILE.NET.SYS HDPUNLD.PPC.SYS HDSPSERV.NET.SYS ENVINIT.PPC.SYS ALLDBIN.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE XL.PPC.SYS SAMPL1IN.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE WHATSNEW.PPC.SYS SAMPCMD.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE ACUDC.PPCUTIL.HPOFFICE JINSTHDP.PPCUTIL.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Important Information for Hardware and Software Products Important Information for Hardware and Software Products The following articles are included in this section: • DVD Supported on HP 3000 • Year 2000 Patches • Hewlett-Packard NetWorker ClientPak for MPE/iX DVD Supported on the HP 3000 The embedded CD-ROM shipped with many HP 3000 servers has come to the end of its life.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Important Information for Hardware and Software Products DLT7000 and Legato Storage Node Usage Legato Storage Node and DLT libraries are now supported beginning with MPE/iX 5.5 with express 7 and MPE/iX 6.0 with express 1 plus patches. With Legato Storage Node software (B6266AA), the HP 3000 supports FWD SCSI connected DLT libraries with DLT7000s or DLT8000s directly connect to the HP 3000. DLT7000 support is beginning with MPE/iX 5.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 Release Support Tools Manager (STM) Support Tools Manager (STM) Known Problems with the New On-line Diagnostic System (Support Tools Manager or STM) • The CSTM map (map) command may show the first device as “unknown” after booting the system. To correct this, execute the CSTM remapsystem (rs) command and wait the indicated number of minutes for the command to complete. • The CSTM map (map) command may show any C2300 Disk Array as “unknown”.
Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.
Disk Space Requirements 2 Disk Space Requirements This chapter contains information on disk space requirements related to MPE/i/X Release 6.5. The combined System Load Tape (SLT) and Fundamental Operating system (FOS) disk space requirements shown in Table 3-1 are the minimum for any system software version.
Disk Space Requirements Disk Space for System Software Disk Space for System Software NOTE The disk space values listed in this table are maximum estimated values only. The actual amount of disk space used on your system will vary. Table 2-1. Disk Space Requirements in K Sectors for MPE/iX System Software System Software Components Version 5.5 C.55.07 Peak 6.0 Net C.65.
