Introduction to Networking for NonStop S-Series Servers

Introduction to Networking for HP NonStop S-Series Servers—520670-005
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10 TCP/IP Network Connections
HP provides a set of products that let you integrate HP NonStop S-series servers with
multivendor host networks and workstations using the Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP) or related User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and the Internet Protocol (IP). The
product set includes:
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A standards-based programming interface (called the sockets library) that reduces
programmer learning time and increases application portability
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A network terminal server (TELNET) that makes it possible for an HP application to
log onto an application on another system or for another system, terminal, or
workstation to log onto HP applications or utilities, including Pathway applications
and Guardian utilities
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Terminal emulators for a variety of workstations that allow those workstations
access to HP applications
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File transfer utilities implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) over TCP/IP
and the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) over UDP, both of which enable the
exchange of files between NonStop S-series servers and other stations on the
network
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A gateway enabling users of an HP TRANSFER mail service (such as M6530 or
PSMAIL) to exchange mail with users on other systems and workstations that
implement the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
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A domain name service (DNS) that allows the NonStop S-series server to act as a
name server for a part of the network, performing name-to-address and
address-to-name translations and collaborating with other name servers to resolve
names
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Management interfaces consistent with Distributed Systems Management (DSM)
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Support for local area networks (LANs), X.25, and ATM networks
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Support for IP Multicast
This section discusses the following topics:
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A Brief Look at TCP/IP on page 10-2
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HP NonStop TCP/IP, Parallel Library TCP/IP, and NonStop TCP/IPv6 on
page 10-3
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NonStop TCP/IP, Parallel Library TCP/IP, and NonStop TCP/IPv6 Subsystem
Management on page 10-7
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TCP/IP Application Example on page 10-7