OSI/FTAM Programming Guide

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HP NonStop OSI/FTAM
Programming Guide
Glossary Index Examples Figures Tables
What’s New in This Manual vii
Manual Information vii
New and Changed Information vii
About This Manual ix
Intended Audience ix
How to Use This Manual ix
Supported Standards x
Related Manuals xi
Notation Conventions xiii
1. Introduction to NonStop OSI/FTAM
The FTAM Application Environment 1-3
The NonStop OSI Services 1-4
Developing Your Application 1-5
What You Have to Do 1-5
What You Need to Know 1-5
FTAM in Online Transaction Processing Applications 1-6
2. ISO FTAM Concepts
ISO FTAM Overview 2-1
FTAM Protocol Example
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Section Contents 2-3
Services 2-5
Confirmed Versus Unconfirmed Services 2-5
FTAM External Services 2-6
Regimes and Protocol 2-9
Functional Units 2-12
Service Classes 2-14
Service Class Constraints 2-18
Negotiation of Service Class and Functional Units 2-21
Virtual Filestore 2-22
Hierarchical File Model 2-22