Introduction to Networking for NonStop S-Series Servers

Introduction to Networking for HP NonStop S-Series Servers—520670-005
Part I. HP Communications
Concepts and Facilities
HP communications products share several characteristics. For example, all products
support Distributed Systems Management (DSM), providing consistency in
management of various products. Also, most of the application program interfaces
(APIs) for communications products are based on the Guardian file-system interface.
This uniformity means that what you have to learn to use one product often can be
applied to future tasks involving different products; it also lends itself to a consistent
approach to application design or system management.
Part I consists of the following sections, which describe the general characteristics of
HP communications products:
Section 1 HP Networking and Data Communications
Section 2 Communications Product Concepts and Components
Section 3 Application Programming With Communications Products
Section 4 Managing Communications Subsystems