Safeguard Management Programming Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

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About This Manual
This manual describes the token-oriented programmatic interface for the Safeguard
subsystem. This interface is based on the Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI).
Who Should Read This Manual
User of this manual include:
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TAL, C, Pascal, COBOL, or TACL programmers writing applications that use the
programmatic interface to communicate with the Safeguard subsystem
•
Security administrators and others who need detailed information about Safeguard
programmatic commands
Readers of this manual should be familiar with the system architecture of HP
NonStop™ servers, the operating system, the Safeguard subsystem, and SPI, as
described in the SPI Programming Manual.
If you are writing an application, you should also be familiar with the requester-server
approach to application programming and the language (TAL, C, Pascal, COBOL, or
TACL) you are using to write the application.
You should also have a reading knowledge of the HP Data Definition Language (DDL).
Organization of This Manual
Table i lists and describes the sections and appendixes in this manual.
Table i. Contents of this manual
Section Title Contents
1 Introduction
Describes the two user interfaces for the
Safeguard subsystem: the SAFECOM command
interpreter interface and the SPI programmatic
interface.
2 Management
Programming for the
Safeguard Subsystem
Describes Safeguard management programming.
3 Communicating With
the Subsystem
Describes how an application program written in
TAL, C, Pascal, COBOL, or HP Tandem Advanced
Command Language (TACL) communicates with
the Safeguard subsystem using SPI messages.
4 Elements of SPI
Messages
Describes elements of Safeguard SPI command
and response messages.
5 SPI Programming
Considerations
Describes SPI programming considerations for the
Safeguard subsystem.