OSI/FTAM Programming Reference Manual

Introduction to NonStop OSI/FTAM
HP NonStop OSI/FTAM Programming Reference Manual—528611-001
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Management Interface
system receives these responses as confirms. Thus, four primitives—request,
indication, response, and confirm—are used to complete most services, as shown in
Figure 1-1. The OSI/FTAM Programming Guide provides details on the different types
of primitives and how they effect programming. Section 3, NonStop FTAM Initiator
identifies the FTAM services that the initiator supports.
The ISO standard provides flexibility in the level of FTAM function that must be
implemented in an ISO-conformant system. This flexibility implies that, as you write
and test your application, you need to consider the specifications for the other FTAM
implementations with which your application will interoperate. For information about the
factors to consider in assessing the interoperability of the NonStop FTAM product with
other FTAM implementations, refer to Section 2, Conformance and Interoperability.
Management Interface
In addition to the programmatic interface, NonStop FTAM includes the Distributed
Systems Management (DSM) interface.
Three management utilities support the DSM interface to NonStop FTAM:
•
Subsystem Control Facility (SCF)
•
PTrace
•
Operator message facility of the Event Management Service (EMS)
These management utilities are described in greater detail in Distributed Systems
Management (DSM) Interface on page 1-10.
Interaction With Other NonStop Subsystems
NonStop OSI/Application Services (OSI/AS) manages the communication of messages
between a local NonStop system and a remote system on a network. NonStop FTAM
uses OSI/AS, which in turn uses OSI/Transport Services (OSI/TS) and either the HP
Figure 1-1. An FTAM Service Using Four Primitives
Note. The programmatic interfaces to the NonStop management products, SPI and EMS, are
not available for customer use with NonStop FTAM.
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F-XXX request
F-XXX confirm
F-XXX indication
F-XXX request
Responding Process
Initiating Process