Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 (Non-Platform Software Release .65.00)

HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems Volume 11, Issue 1

Manufacturing Part Number: 30216-90291 E0300

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1. Announcements Introducing MPE/iX 6.5 Release ...... 11 Removal of Support for Servers and HP-IB in MPE/iX ...... 12 Discontinuance of High Availability Fiber Link Disk Drives ...... 13 Obsolete Products Removed from Release 6.5 ...... 14 During an FOS Update...... 15 Following an Install ...... 15 Files Associated with Obsoleted Products: Resource Sharing, CCSY Access Server, CCSY Access SQL, Cooperative Services/XL . . . . . 16 Important Support Changes in MPE/iX 6.5 ...... 19 Product Overview ...... 19 Predictive Support Changes for MPE/iX Release 6.5 ...... 19 Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System ...... 22 HP Electronic Support Center Security-Related Services ...... 22 Subscribing to HP Electronic Support Center Security Bulletin Services ...... 23 Instructions ...... 23 If You Discover a Security Problem ...... 23

2. Overview—MPE/iX Release 6.5 (C.65.00) Communicator Summary ...... 26 Chapter 1 Announcements ...... 26 Chapter 2, Overview--Communicator Summary...... 26 Chapter 3, Growth Solution ...... 26 Chapter 4, DCM ...... 27 Chapter 5, Internet, Interoperability and ...... 27 Chapter 6, Announcing a Post-6.5 Release Patch ...... 28 Chapter 7, How to Order ...... 28 Chapter 8, Product Release History...... 28 Chapter 9, Catalog of User Documentation...... 28 MPE/iX Patches on HP IT Resource Center ...... 29 Features and Benefits ...... 29 Access Method to the HP Electronic Support Center ...... 29 Electronic Digests ...... 30 Patch Installation Tools ...... 30

3. Growth Solution MPE/iX Large Files Overview ...... 34 Introduction...... 34 Summary of Large File Compatibility Issues ...... 35 FLABELINFO ...... 37 32-bit Integer Overflow...... 37 AIF:OS Impact ...... 39

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OPTIONS Enhancement ...... 41 Command Interpreter Changes...... 41 Intrinsics Changes ...... 46 New Intrinsics ...... 48 Miscellaneous ...... 52 AIFs for Large Files...... 55 Enhancement for AIFFILEGGET/AIFFILEGPUT ...... 55 Enhancement for AIFFILELGET/AIFFILELPUT ...... 55 Error Messages...... 56 AIFs for Multiple Job Queues ...... 57 Enhancement for AIFSYSWIDEGET ...... 57 Enhancement for AIFJSGET...... 57 Increase in Number of TCP Connections ...... 58 Introduction ...... 58 Configuration through NMMGR ...... 58 Dispatcher Multiple Runqueues ...... 60 Intr