NonStop S-Series Server Description Manual (G06.27+)

Contents
HP NonStop S-Series Server Description Manual—520331-004
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8. Interrupt System
8. Interrupt System
Interrupt Overview 8-2
Interrupt Sequence 8-4
Interrupt Stack Marker Format 8-6
Transferring Control to an Interrupt Handler 8-8
Interrupt Masking 8-10
TNS Interrupts 8-12
9. Interprocessor Communication
Interprocessor Protocols 9-2
Linker-Listener Protocol 9-4
Message System Protocol 9-6
Message Transfer Mechanisms 9-8
Message Transfer Methods 9-10
Request With Short Request Data 9-12
Request With Medium Request Data 9-14
Request With Long Request Data 9-16
Reply Data and Reply Acknowledgement 9-18
10. Input/Output Operations
Storage and Communications I/O Compared 10-2
Overview of the I/O System 10-4
Layers of I/O Components 10-6
I/O Process Models for Storage I/O 10-8
Storage Operation Queuing 10-10
Packaging and Delivery of Storage Commands 10-12
Storage Read Request Processing
10-14
Storage Write Request Processing
10-16
Communications Operation Queuing 10-18
Application of Communications Queues 10-20
Typical Use of Queue Pairs 10-22
Actions for Empty or Full Queues 10-24
Communications Request Processing 10-26
11. TNS Instruction Set
Memory Addressing Instructions 11-2
Immediate Operand and Shift Instructions 11-4
Boolean Instructions Operate on Stack Registers 11-6
Move, Compare, and Scan Instructions 11-8
Definitions of TNS Instructions 11-10