Ch 11. Product Release History [ COMMUNICATOR 3000 MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.55.00) ]

COMMUNICATOR 3000 MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.55.00)

Chapter 11  Product Release History 

The following provides information on the currently supported Commercial
Systems MPE/iX releases and products.  Included are the MPE/iX release or
SUBSYS VUF and a list of products introduced.  It also provides
information on significant changes made to a release.

          MPE/iX Product Releases 

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|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          | Date Code                                                      |
| Release  | SUBSYS   |         | Product(s) Introduced/Added                          |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
| B.40.00  |          | R3217   | MPE/iX Release 4.0 (Core Software Release)1          |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | Token Ring 3000/iX Network Link (HPJ2167A)           |
|          |          |         | NCS Runtime (HP36961A)                               |
|          |          |         | HP 5000 Model F100 (HPC2753A)                        |
|          |          |         | HP GlancePlus Pak (HPB2953A)                         |
|          |          |         | Support of HP-FL disks/disk array devices:           |
|          |          |         |   HPC2252B, HPC2252HA, HPC2254B, HPC2254HA           |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          | B.40.02  | R3337   | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 1                         |
|          | B.40.03  |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | IMAGE/SQL (HP36385)                                  |
|          |          |         | ALLBASE SQL ASM (HP30368)                            |
|          |          |         | ALLBASE/NET (HP30604)                                |
|          |          |         | ALLBASE/XL HPSQL (HP36216)                           |
|          |          |         | HP Sockets/iX (HP92616)                              |
|          |          |         | HP GlancePLUS (B1787B)                               |
|          |          |         | Perf Collector XL (B1794B)                           |
|          |          |         | Info.  Access SQL/XL (ACCESSQL)                      |
|          |          |         | Support of HP7980S and HP7980SX                      |
|          |          |         |   SCSI Tape Drives                                   |
|          |          |         |   HP 3000 Series 980/400                             |
|          |          |         |   HP 3000 Series 990DX, 992DX/200,                   |
|          |          |         |   992DX/300, 992DX/400                               |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 2                         |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | No new products                                      |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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          Table 11-0.  MPE/iX Product Releases (cont.) 

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|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          | Date Code                                                      |
| Release  | SUBSYS   |         | Product(s) Introduced/Added                          |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
| B.40.00  | B.40.04  | R3412   | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 3                         |
|          | B.40.05  | R3427   |                                                      |
|          |          |         | NetWare for the HP 3000 (HP32020)                    |
|          |          |         | HP/File Library (B3614A)                             |
|          |          |         | HP Schedule (B3617A)                                 |
|          |          |         | OpenDESK Intrinsics (B3618A)                         |
|          |          |         | HPDeskmon (B3619A)                                   |
|          |          |         | HP Open DeskManager (B3604A)                         |
|          |          |         | HP Open DeskManagerPLUS (B3605A)                     |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | MPE/iX Release 4.0 Express 4                         |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | Transact/iX (HP30138)                                |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
| C.45.00  |          | R3249   | MPE/iX Release 4.5 (Major Software Release)2         |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | Curses Library (B2477A)                              |
|          |          |         | HP OpenView Console (B3118A)                         |
|          |          |         | MPE/iX Developer's Kit (36340A)                      |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
| X.50.20  | X.50.24  | R3404   | MPE/iX Release 5.0 (Major Software Release)2         |
|          |          | R3440   |                                                      |
|          |          |         | Threshold Manager (B3474A)                           |
|          |          |         | HPINSTAL/iX (B3159A)                                 |
|          |          |         | CD Extensions for MPE/iX (B3683A)                    |
|          |          |         | ALLBASE/REPLICATE (2494B)                            |
|          |          |         | AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 (J2244A)          |
|          |          |         | ACT API 4.0 (32077A)                                 |
|          |          |         | C2 Security Monitor (B3175A)                         |
|          |          |         | FDDI 3000/iX Network Link (J2245A)                   |
|          |          |         | SNA/Token Ring Link/iX (J2249A)                      |
|          |          |         | NetWare v3.11 for the HP 3000 (32020B)               |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | MPE/iX-Express 1 based on Limited Release 5.0        |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | Fast/Wide SCSI Adapter (2869A)                       |
|          |          |         | Fast/Wide SCSI Disk 2GB x1 (C3550T-R Option 002)     |
|          |          |         | Fast/Wide SCSI Disk 2GB x2 (C3551T-R Option 002)     |
|          |          |         | Fast/Wide SCSI Disk 2GB Upgrade Kit (C3554U)         |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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          Table 11-0.  MPE/iX Product Releases (cont.) 

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|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          | Date Code                                                      |
| Release  | SUBSYS   |         | Product(s) Introduced/Added                          |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
| C.50.00  | C.50.02  | R3504   | MPE/iX Release 5.0 (Core Software Release)1          |
|          | C.50.03  | R3513   |                                                      |
|          |          | R3538   | Workload Manager (B3879AA)                           |
|          |          |         | Shared Globals                                       |
|          |          |         | ARPA Bundling                                        |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | MPE/iX-Express 2 based on General Release 5.0        |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | MOVER Utility                                        |
|          |          |         | Information Access SQL/iX                            |
|          |          |         | LASERRX/MPE                                          |
|          |          |         | ALLBASE/4GL Developer and Runtime                    |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | MPE/iX-Express 3 based on General Release 5.0        |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | Information Access Server/iX                         |
|          |          |         | Symbolic Debug/iX                                    |
|          |          |         | ALLBASE/SQL G.1                                      |
|          |          |         | IMAGE/SQL G.1                                        |
|          |          |         | New Systems:                                         |
|          |          |         |   HP 3000 Series 969KS/x00 (x = 1 through 4)         |
|          |          |         |   HP 3000 Series 996/80, 996/x00 (x = 1 through 8)   |
|          |          |         | New SCSI Disks:                                      |
|          |          |         |   ST31200N (1Gb Single-Ended)                        |
|          |          |         |   ST31230N (1Gb Single-Ended, Low Profile)           |
|          |          |         |   ST32550N (2Gb Single-Ended)                        |
|          |          |         |   ST15150N (4Gb Single-Ended)                        |
|          |          |         |   ST32550W (2Gb Fast/Wide)                           |
|          |          |         |   ST15150W (4Gb Fast/Wide)                           |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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          Table 11-0.  MPE/iX Product Releases (cont.) 

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|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          | Date Code                                                      |
| Release  | SUBSYS   |         | Product(s) Introduced/Added                          |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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|          |          |         |                                                      |
| C.55.00  |          | R3628   | MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Major Software Release)2         |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
|          |          |         | HP Loader Dependent Libraries                        |
|          |          |         | Subsystem Dump Facility                              |
|          |          |         | HP Stage/iX                                          |
|          |          |         | HP Patch/iX                                          |
|          |          |         | TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup                |
|          |          |         | HP Optical Disk Libraries:                           |
|          |          |         |   C1150B - 40GB                                      |
|          |          |         |   C1160B - 80GB                                      |
|          |          |         |   C1170B - 100GB                                     |
|          |          |         | TCP/IP Network Printer Support                       |
|          |          |         | Telnet/iX Server                                     |
|          |          |         | DTS/TIO Dynamic Configuration                        |
|          |          |         | Online System Device Configuration                   |
|          |          |         |                                                      |
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   1.  As of MPE/iX Release 5.5, the naming convention for Core Software
       Releases will be known as Platform Software Releases.

   2.  As of MPE/iX Release 5.5, the naming convention for Major Software
       Releases will be known as Non-Platform Software Releases.