OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual

Contents
OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual—424827-003
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2. Management Environment for
OSI/MHS (continued)
2. Management Environment for OSI/MHS (continued)
MTA (Message Transfer Agent) Objects 2-60
PROCESS Objects 2-63
ROUTE Objects 2-67
SUBSYS (Subsystem) Objects 2-69
Summary 2-73
3. Planning Your OSI/MHS Subsystem
What Are Your User and Application Requirements? 3-1
What Are Your Network Planning Considerations? 3-2
How Do You Want to Use the OSI/MHS Subsystem? 3-2
Using OSI/MHS for Adjacent MTA Message Transfer 3-3
Using OSI/MHS to Communicate With the Transfer Subsystem 3-4
Using OSI/MHS GPI to Communicate With Proprietary Systems 3-4
Using OSI/MHS P7 API to Communicate With Local Users 3-5
Using OSI/MHS as a Message Store 3-5
How Will You Determine Route-Selection Criteria? 3-7
International Regulations Concerning Management Domains 3-8
O/R Name Addressing Forms 3-10
Alternate Routes 3-10
Link Retries and Route Retries 3-11
Priorities 3-14
Verification 3-14
How Will You Set Up Your GI, LO, MR, MS, and RS Groups? 3-14
Recovery Considerations 3-14
Resilience and Expandability 3-15
GI Groups 3-15
LO Groups 3-15
MR Groups 3-15
MS Groups 3-16
RS Groups 3-16
How Can You Apply the NonStop Fundamentals to Your OSI/MHS Subsystem? 3-16
Linear Expandability 3-16
High Performance 3-17
Fault Tolerance 3-17
Data Integrity 3-17
Manageability 3-18
Summary 3-18