HP Telnet/iX User's Guide (36957-90156)

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Overview

Telnet/iX Client & Server

Telnet/iX provides the Telnet service over Transmission Control

Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on MPE/iX. The Telnet/iX Client

enables users on an HP 3000 to have direct access to HP 9000,

HP 3000, and non-HP systems that support Telnet and TCP/IP.

The Telnet/iX Server enables users on a remote system running

standard Telnet services to log on and run most applications on the

HP 3000. Many MPE/iX ﬁle system intrinsics are supported over

Telnet/iX Server connections. Please see the Asynchronous Serial

Communications Programmer’s Reference Manual for more details.

Telnet/iX can be used with systems supporting the Telnet protocol such

as the HP 3000, HP 9000, and many non-HP systems. It is supported

over the same links as TCP/IP on the HP 3000 including IEEE 802.3,

Ethernet local area networks (LANs), X.25 wide area networks, Fiber

Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), and Token Ring.

Client

The Telnet/iX Client can perform the following tasks:

• Connect to a remote host system from a HP 3000

• Access applications on the remote host system

• Send/Receive ASCII or binary data

The user enters Telnet/iX Client commands from the MPE/iX system.

The remote host responds with messages and data requested by the

Telnet/iX Client as shown in Figure 1-1.