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PRODUCT NAME: HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers

SPD 82.35.19

Note:

The OpenVMS VAX information is included in the HP

OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha Version 7.3-1

and 7.3-2, and VAX Version 7.3 Software Product De-

scription (SPD 25.01.xx).

This SPD describes the HP OpenVMS Operating Sys-

tem software for the AlphaServer and Integrity server

computer families. Except where explicitly noted,

the features described in this SPD apply equally

to AlphaServer and Integrity server systems. HP

OpenVMS operating system licenses and part numbers

for the two platforms are architecture speciﬁc. For fur-

ther details, see the Ordering Information section of this

SPD.

DESCRIPTION

OpenVMS is a general-purpose, multiuser operating

system that runs in both production and development

environments. Starting with OpenVMS Version 8.2, HP

introduced support for OpenVMS for Integrity servers.

OpenVMS Version 8.4 continues support for all of the

Integrity servers and options supported in previous ver-

sions of HP OpenVMS for Integrity servers. For Alpha

systems, OpenVMS Version 8.4 replaces Version 8.3;

for Integrity servers, Version 8.4 replaces Version 8.3-

1H1. Standard support for OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1

on Integrity systems continues when OpenVMS version

8.4 ships.

OpenVMS Alpha supports Hewlett-Packard’s AlphaServer

series computers. OpenVMS software supports industry

standards, facilitating application portability and interop-

erability. OpenVMS provides symmetric multiprocessing

(SMP) support for multiprocessing systems.

The OpenVMS operating system can be tuned to

perform well in a wide variety of environments.

This includes combinations of compute-intensive, I/O-

intensive, client/server, real-time, and other environ-

ments. Actual system performance depends on the type

of computer, available physical memory, and the num-

ber and type of active disk and tape drives.

The OpenVMS operating system has well-integrated

networking, distributed computing, client/server, multi-

processing, and windowing capabilities. It contains ex-

tensive features that promote ease-of-use, improve the

productivity of programmers, and facilitate system man-

agement.

For information about the OpenVMS Version 8.4 new

features, see the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Fea-

tures and Documentation Overview at:

http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/doc/

USER ENVIRONMENT

Users can access the OpenVMS software by using the

English-like DIGITAL Command Language (DCL), the

command language for OpenVMS that is supplied with

the system. DCL commands provide information about

the system and initiate system utilities and user pro-

grams. DCL commands take the form of a command

name followed by parameters and qualiﬁers.

Users can enter DCL commands at a terminal or include

them in command procedures. These command proce-

dures can be run interactively or submitted to a batch

queue for later processing. Information about DCL and

OpenVMS utilities is available on line through the Open-

VMS Help system.

November 2014

Important:

Please read the HP Software Technical Support section before you proceed further.

Summary of content (40 pages)

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Software Product Description PRODUCT NAME: HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Important: Please read the HP Software Technical Support section before you proceed further. Note: The OpenVMS VAX information is included in the HP OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha Version 7.3-1 and 7.3-2, and VAX Version 7.3 Software Product Description (SPD 25.01.xx). This SPD describes the HP OpenVMS Operating System software for the AlphaServer and Integrity server computer families.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 With OpenVMS Version 8.4, DCL commands and qualifiers have been enhanced to support upto 16 parameters as command line input with command procedures. For more details on DCL enhancements, see the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview guide.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 At a lower level, programs can call system services directly for security, event flag, asynchronous system trap, logical name, record and file I/O, process control, timer, time conversion, condition handling, lock management, and memory management. Again, system services use the appropriate platform calling standard and conditionhandling conventions.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Process Dumps For additional information, see the following website: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/cace.html (under the Tools section) When an application fails, a copy of its registers and memory can be written to a data file, which can be examined using the ANALYZE PROCESS utility. This utility uses the same interface and commands as the OpenVMS Debugger to allow registers and memory to be examined.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Web-Based Enterprise Management Services for OpenVMS HP SIM running on an HP ProLiant server with Microsoft Windows supports provisioning of OpenVMS on both HP Integrity rx3600 and rx6600 servers, and on HP Integrity BL860c and BL870c Server Blades. Web-Based Enterprise Managment (WBEM) Services for OpenVMS is an industry standard for monitoring and controlling resources.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 http://www.hp.com/products/openvms /availabilitymanager/ OpenVMS, are installed on managed OpenVMS systems and provide remote intelligence for collecting, aggregating, and monitoring information from a variety of information sources. Management Agents for OpenVMS • HP Operations Performance Agents HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is the foundation for HP’s unified infrastructure management strategy.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Class Scheduler for CPU Scheduling The OpenVMS AUTOGEN command procedure sets several system parameters automatically by detecting the devices installed in a configuration. A feedback option allows you to generate a report of recommended parameter settings based on previous usage patterns.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 password. The password is encoded and does not appear on terminal displays. Analyze Disk Structure Utility The Analyze Disk Structure utility compares the structure information on a disk volume with the contents of the disk, prints the structure information, and permits changes to that information. It can also be used to repair errors detected in the file structure of disks.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Every security-relevant system object is labeled with the UIC of its owner along with a simple protection mask. The owner UIC consists of two fields: the user field and a group field. System objects also have a protection mask that allows read, write, execute, and delete access to the object’s owner, group, privileged system users, and to all other users.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 • Full corporate implementation ensures OpenVMS can share iCAP cores across hard partitions with HPUX on a common Integrity system. • The relevant operating environment (OE) is automatically licensed on activated TiCAP cores. Note: Other HP and third-party software have their own licensing policies. HP recommends that customers purchase sufficient software licenses to meet peak needs.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 • Expandable global page table • Galaxywide sections on a Galaxy platform that permit multiple processes in multiple instances to access shared address space concurrently. • Reserved memory registry DECdtm Services • Common event flags that provide simple synchronization. The DECdtm services embedded in the OpenVMS operating system support fully distributed databases using a two-phase commit protocol.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Ethernet or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 packet format. Simultaneous use of HP Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3 protocols are supported on any HP LAN adapter. low-speed system-to-system connectivity. For more information, see the following website: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/integrity/ integrity_io_options.html OpenVMS Alpha supports Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, and ATM for local area networks (LANs).
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 • Correctible memory errors. A primary cause of these correctible memory errors is alpha particle radiation. On some processors, when correctible memory errors occur, the memory controller corrects only the data returned to the CPU or I/O controller. The actual data in memory is left with the error intact. Subsequent read operations cause correction cycles to occur and, in most cases, an interrupt to report the error.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 The system manager can place quotas on a disk to control the amount of space individual users can allocate. Quota assignment is made by UIC and can be controlled for each individual volume set in the system (or for each individual volume if the volume is not part of a set). Record Management Services (RMS) RMS is a set of I/O services that helps application programs to process and manage files and records.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 HP Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS Alpha • HP Secure Web Browser (SWB) • Java SE Development Kit (JDK) HP Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS Alpha is available as a separately licensed System Integrated Product (SIP).
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 • Shared Memory Cluster Interconnect (SMCI) (Galaxy only, Alpha only) HP RMS Journaling for OpenVMS HP RMS Journaling for OpenVMS Alpha and Integrity servers is available as layered products and as a part of the High Availability Operating Environment (HA-OE) on Integrity servers. Journaling enables a system manager, user, or application to maintain the data integrity of RMS files in the event of a number of failure scenarios.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 For more information, see the HP Advanced Server for OpenVMS Software Product Description (SPD 30.50.xx). DECnet-Plus offers task-to-task communications, file management, downline system and task loading, network command terminals, and network resource sharing capabilities as defined in the DIGITAL Network Architecture (DNA) Phase V protocols.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS • DCE Security Server, one of which is required for each DCE HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS is a System Integrated Product (SIP). It is a separately licensed layered product offered on the Alpha platform. On the Integrity Server platform, the DECwindows product is part of the Base Operating Environment (BOE) and is licensed under this package.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 • ANSI/IEEE 802.2-1985: Logical Link Control • ISO 1864: Information Processing — Unrecorded 12, 7 mm (0.5 in) wide magnetic tape for information interchange — 35 ftpmm (800 ftpi) NRZI, 126 ftpmm (3 200 ftpi) phase encoded and 356 ftmm (9 042 ftpi), NRZI • ANSI/IEEE 802.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Virtual Media (vMedia) For both OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3 and Integrity servers Version 8.3 installations and upgrades, you can boot from a virtual DVD/CD drive on the LAN using the OpenVMS InfoServer software application. You can use the OpenVMS InfoServer software application on all OpenVMS Integrity server systems running Version 8.3 or higher as well as on any Alpha systems running OpenVMS Version 8.3 that support a DVD drive.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 eration System (the VMS product) because it is shipped in bootable form, not as a single file kit that is signed. File Category For OpenVMS for Integrity servers, when you install or upgrade the operating system by booting from the distribution media, layered products that have been signed are validated by the PCSI utility with the aid of a digital signature file (called a manifest).
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 The paging, swap, and dump file requirements are the minimum for a system with 64 MB of main memory. Additional memory in most cases adds to the space needed for these files, as will particular needs of your application. With careful system management it is possible to use the paging file space as a temporary dump file. • Translated image support — approximately 20 MB.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 network simultaneously. You can also use virtual media (vMedia) devices to allow you to boot, install, or upgrade OpenVMS from over the network, as described in the HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Upgrade and Installation Manual. required for upgrading to a new version of the OpenVMS Alpha or OpenVMS for Integrity servers operating systems.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 The Base Set includes the most commonly used OpenVMS manuals, addressing the needs of general users and system managers of small, standalone systems. Manuals such as the Release Notes, New Features, and the DCL Dictionary are included in the Base Set. With OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity servers, the operating system software, layered product software, and online documentation are delivered together in one media kit.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Note: OpenVMS Version 8.3 replacement media is available without Software Updates Service. BA995AA delivers DVD media for OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.3. BA996AA delivers DVD media for OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 QL–MT1A*–6* OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Base License Description QL–MT1A*–7* OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Base Update License QL–MT1A9–6* OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) Base Extension License QL–MT1A9–7* OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) Base Extension Update License QL–MT2A9–** OpenVMS Alpha Individual User License (No Longer Available...
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 License Management Facility Support The OE bundles are groups of individual products offered together under a single license. OEs are offered with PCLs/PSLs. One PCL/PSL is required for each active processor core/active socket in the system or hard partition. If additional processor cores/sockets are later added to the system or hard partition, each requires an additional PCL/PCL.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 The following technologies are licensed as part of the OpenVMS Alpha operating system: The following are separately licensed products for OpenVMS Alpha. For information on OpenVMS for Integrity servers products, see the HP Operating Environments for OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity Servers Software Product Description (SPD 82.34.xx). Product Name Software Product Description (SPD) BridgeWorks SPD 80.58.xx COM for OpenVMS SPD 70.45.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 This license grants the right to use the same version of the operating system software as permitted for the corresponding Operating System Base License at the time when the User License is installed. The Operating System Base License is a prerequisite for OpenVMS User Licenses and SMP Base Extension Licenses.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 When an Alpha SMP system upgrade is performed, the SMP Base Extension to the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System License permits the use of all existing User Licenses on the upgraded system. • HP Integrity rx1620 Server (2P/2C); 1.6GHz/3MB 267FSB (DP), 1.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 • AlphaServer 2000 AD332A Fiber-optic network interface card (NIC) that connects PCI-X systems to Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 local area networks at 10, 100, or 1000 Mb/s. AD337A Dual port UTP (copper) network interface card (NIC); connects PCIe to Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 local area networks at 10, 100, or 1000 Mb/s.1 AD338A Dual port fiber-optic network interface card (NIC) that connects PCIe to Ethernet and IEEE 802.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Parallel SCSI Storage Options A9890A 2-channel Smart Array 6402 RAID adapter that connects PCI-X systems to Ultra320 backplane RAID A9891A 4-channel Smart Array 6404 RAID adapter that connects PCI-X systems to Ultra320 backplane RAID A7173A A9918A 1-port U320 SCSI + 1-port 1000Base-T Combo Card.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 MDS600 SAS storage system D2600 12 LFF 6Gb SAS/SATA disk enclosure D2700 25 SFF 6Gb SAS/SATA disk enclosure The following table lists the disk drives that are supported on OpenVMS Alpha, the bus the device is supported on, and the minimum required version of OpenVMS Alpha that supports the device.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Tape Description Bus Min. Alpha Version ESL9326 40/80 GB, DLT tape library family SCSI 7.2 ESL9198 40/80 GB, DLT tape library family SCSI 7.2 SDLT 320 320GB SDLT Tape Drive SCSI 7.3-1 SDLT 600 600GB SDLT Tape Drive SCSI 7.3-2 Ultrium 460 400GB LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive SCSI 7.3-2 Ultrium 448 400GB LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive SCSI 7.3-2 Ultrium 960 800GB LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Drive SCSI/FC 7.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 Mass storage adapter for PCI based servers with two UltraSCSI ports. Singlehost support in Version 6.2-1H3, and multihost support in Version 7.1-1H1 and higher. • ES47 KZPBA-CC Mass storage adapter for PCI-X based servers with two UltraSCSI ports. Multihost support in Version 7.3 and higher. KGPSA-BC, CA, DA Mass storage adapter for PCI-based servers with one Fibre Channel port. (Version 7.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers DE500-FA Adapters and Switches A fiber-optic network interface card (NIC) that connects PCI systems to Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 local area networks at 100 Mb/s. DE504-BA SPD 82.35.19 A quad port UTP (copper) network interface card (NIC) that connects PCI systems to Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 local area networks at 10 or 1 00 Mb/s. CI Options MDR StorageWorks Modular Data Router for connecting SCSI and FC tape devices to a FC switch.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 VMS84I_UPDATE-V0600 kit or later is required for SCSI support on rx2800 i2 servers with HP Integrity PCI Express (PCIe) Ultra320 SCSI adapter (tape support only), Solid State Drive (SSD) support with rx2800 i2 servers, and BL8x0c i2 server blades. SOFTWARE WARRANTY For the latest storage hardware device support with OpenVMS Version 8.4 on Integrity, please refer to this website: http://www.hp.
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HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19 HP Software Technical Support Effective December 1st, 2014, the HP OpenVMS products listed in the following table will undergo a support status change from Standard Support to Mature Product Support without Sustaining Engineering. As a result of the support status change, these products will no longer have active engineering development to produce subsequent versions. This change will affect all the supported versions of the products.