Introduction to Networking for NonStop S-Series Servers

HP NonStop S-Series Systems Network Architecture

(SNA) Network Connections

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SNA Application Example

Figure 7-6 is an application example of a retail chain that has thousands of SNA point-

of-sale (POS) terminals. The terminals in each store are controlled by an IBM 3651

store controller.

The company has connected the 3651 controllers to a network of NonStop S-series

servers and other HP NonStop servers running SNAX/XF. Through SNAX/XF, POS

applications (such as credit and check-authorization applications) running in the

Expand network can be used from the SNA POS terminals. Applications on the

NonStop servers also collect and forward a variety of labor and sales data from the

SNA terminals to an IBM mainframe at corporate headquarters.

In addition to the POS and store support applications, the NonStop servers support

such applications as inventory control, materials handling, and shipping. For the

retailer, the NonStop servers provide the benefits of reliability, convenient growth and

reconfiguration, and integration with the SNA network and its applications.

Figure 7-6. SNA Application Example

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