Introduction to Networking for NonStop S-Series Servers

About This Manual

Introduction to Networking for HP NonStop S-Series Servers—520670-005

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How This Manual Is Organized

This manual consists of two main parts, three appendixes, and a glossary that contains

technical terms and abbreviations used throughout the manual.

Part I Contents

Part I, HP Communications Concepts and Facilities, consists of Sections 1 through 4.

These sections describe the characteristics of the products from both the

programmer’s and the system manager’s points of view. Table i summarizes the

contents of the sections in Part I.

Table i. Summary of Contents (Part I)

Section Title Contents

1 HP Networking and Data

Communications

Describes the benefits and features of HP

NonStop server communications products.

2 Communications Product

Concepts and Components

Introduces architectural concepts common to HP

NonStop server communications products. It also

introduces common components such as the

ServerNet wide area network (SWAN)

concentrator and ServerNet adapters.

3 Application Programming

With Communications

Products

Describes programming concepts common to HP

NonStop server communications products.

4 Managing Communications

Subsystems

Describes the tools used to manage HP NonStop

server communications products.