OSI/MHS Orientation Guide
Building Your Message Handling System
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Where to Look
Manuals and Media Guide
Table 1-14 includes Compaq manuals and educational media that help you manage a 
messaging network. Items are listed in one possible reading order, but you will certainly 
find yourself moving back and forth among the manuals as you work. (If you will not 
be using the Transfer gateway to give users of Transfer access to the X.400 network, 
you do not need the manuals for Transfer or the NonStop Transaction Services/MP 
product.)
If you wish to automate management of your network, you also need the list of manuals 
in Table 1-15, later in this section, as well as the management programming manuals for 
parts of the system you wish to control.  For instance, to write an application that 
monitors all of the OSI processes, you need the OSI/MHS Management Programming 
Manual, the OSI/AS Management Programming Manual, and either or both of the 
X25AM Management Programming Manual and the TLAM Management Programming 
Manual.
If you wish to use the Compaq Master Password Server or to develop a custom 
password server process, you also need the OSI/MHS Management Programming 
Manual.
In the table,   represents a manual,    represents a videotape,   represents a 
workbook,   represents a lecture course, and   represents information available to 
Compaq technical support personnel through the Courier application.
Table 1-14. Manuals and Media for Managing a Messaging Network or Hub 
(page 1 of 2)
Title
Subject 
Area Contents
Introduction to Compaq Net-
working and Data Communica-
tions
COMM/OSI Background on Compaq networking prod-
ucts, including MHS
Guide to Common System Op-
erations Tasks
Op. Sys. Background on management tasks for 
NonStop systems
Introduction to Distributed Sys-
tems Management
Op. Sys. Background on DSM architecture and 
tools
OSI Fundamentals ISP OSI OSI technical overview
X.400 Concepts and Architec-
ture video
MHS X.400 technical overview
OSI/MHS Product Overview 
video
MHS Introduction to OSI/MHS concepts and 
components
OSI Naming and Addressing 
Concepts ISP
OSI Addressing background for OSI configu-
ration
TLAM SYSGEN and Test ISP OSI How to define LAN configurations
X25AM SYSGEN and Test ISP OSI How to define X.25 configuration
OSI/TS Installation and Con-
figuration ISP
OSI How to set up OSI Transport Layer










