NonStop S-Series Planning and Configuration Guide (G06.28+)

Terms and Concepts

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Protocols

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented protocol that provides for

the reliable exchange of data between a sending and a receiving system, no matter

how many intermediate nodes the data traverses. TCP regards the data as a stream of

bytes (it is not record-oriented) and guarantees that all data sent is received by the

destination system and arrives in the order in which it was sent.

TCP/IP

TCP/IP is a set of layered communications protocols for connecting workstations and

larger systems. TCP/IP is actually two distinct, but closely related, protocols—the

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP).

Parallel Library TCP/IP

Parallel TCP/IP is an HP product that provides increased performance and scalability

over conventional TCP/IP. Parallel Library TCP/IP coexists with conventional TCP/IP

on NonStop S-series systems and supports Ethernet 4 ServerNet adapters (E4SAs),

Fast Ethernet ServerNet adapters (FESAs), Gigabit Ethernet ServerNet adapters

(GESAs), Gigabit 4 ServerNet adapters (G4SAs), and ServerNet wide area network

(SWAN and SWAN 2) concentrators.

NonStop TCP/IPv6

NonStop TCP/IPv6 is an HP product that adds IP version 6 (IPv6) functionality to the

Parallel Library TCP/IP product. IPv6 is a TCP/IP protocol that extends the IP version 4

(IPv4) address of 32 bits to 128 bits. NonStop TCP/IPv6 can be run in three modes:

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol for managing devices

from multiple vendors on a network. SNMP originated in the Internet community in the

late 1980s as a means for managing Ethernet networks.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

File transfer protocol (FTP) is used for transferring files between hosts.

Mode NonStop TCP/IPv6 supports ...

INET Only IPv4 and is a direct replacement for Parallel Library TCP/IP

INET 6 Only IPv6

DUAL Both IPv4 and IPv6 communications