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The HP-UX Operating Environment Presentation Intended audience: (1) Installed base of HP-UX customers (2) New customers PURPOSE: Explain the Evolution of Operating Systems: How will Advanced Technologies be incorporated into HP's robust Operating Environment. SUMMARY STATEMENT: Our strategy, simply put, is to evolve HP-UX through the incorporation of Advanced Technologies, while continuing to enhance it with value added features. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HP Position Statement on OSF and USL For four years HP has been closely aligned with the visions and objectives of the Open Software Foundation (OSF). HP's support for OSF is stronger than ever. The OSF Open Process has yielded widely accepted strategic building blocks for HP's UNIX operating environment (AES, MOTIF, DCE and DME), and HP welcomes UNIX Systems Laboratories' (USL) recent endorsement of OSF's strategy and technology. We have begun to incorporate key technologies from OSF and will continue to do so at a rapid pace. HP is currently the largest volume supplier of MOTIF and expects to be one of the largest volume suppliers of DCE and DME. In addition to providing such building blocks above the operating system, OSF's objective has been to unify the UNIX industry around a single operating system, OSF/1. HP's operating system strategy is to build upon the strengths of HP-UX while rapidly incorporating OSF operating system and middleware technologies (DCE and DME) into HP-UX over time. Examples of such OSF/1 operating system technology include Logical Volume Management, STREAMS and Commands and Libraries. The application environment supported by HP-UX is extensive, reflecting years of investment by HP and software developers. In addition, the HP-UX kernel has advanced capabilities today such as symmetric multiprocessing and B1 security. It is now clear that the best way to meet our customers' application needs is to evolve the existing HP-UX environment rather than replace it. We will focus on compatibility for the installed base and rapid movement toward compliance with the Application Environment Specification (AES) from OSF. This yields all the benefits of a single operating system interface with the maturity of a production operating system, HP-UX. HP continues to support the objectives and emerging technologies at OSF and is actively involved in influencing future OSF product directions. HP agrees with OSF's focus on middleware, specifically DCE and DME, as well as operating system technologies and microkernel research. USL announced on Tuesday, June 17, 1992, UNIX System V Release 4.2 (SVR4.2), code-named Destiny. Contrary to several press reports, HP has no plans to offer SVR4.2 on PA-RISC. HP did respond to the announcement through the following statement by Wim Roelandts, VP and General Manager, that appeared in the USL press information: "There is an emerging unity among UNIX system vendors . . . We see USL's support of OSF technologies (MOTIF, DCE, DME) and others such as the OSF ANDF, as well as its commitment to put the OSF/1 AES atop SV4.2 as a key indicator that the UNIX industry is on the right heading." There are significant benefits of the Destiny program for HP customers. USL announced it is working with OSF to ensure that SVR4.2 implements the OSF AES, MOTIF and DCE. This support by USL shows continued focus to unify the UNIX System application market with the addition of these standard interfaces. OSF, in turn, will work toward supporting SVID3 to achieve a common application environment specification. HP is a key supporter of the OSF interfaces and other standards from IEEE POSIX and X/Open. We believe that these standard technologies will truly unite the UNIX industry and allow application portability among open systems from many vendors. HP will continue to support these interfaces through HP-UX releases. ============================================================================= SLIDE TITLE: unix00 - HP-UX The Most Complete UNIX Operating Environment MESSAGE: HP-UX is the most complete UNIX Operating Environment today and tomorrow. Today's presentation will explain how HP-UX will evolve to meet the challenges of the 90's and how HP will protect your investment in your present software environment. SLIDE TITLE: unix10 - Today's Business Challenges MESSAGE: Today for businesses to be competitive and remain in a strategic position, the challenge is to increase the time to market for products, reduce costs (operating expenses), make informed and timely decisions that affect operations and improve the flexibility of operations. These business challenges require a robust computing environment which will provide a solution both today and tomorrow. The degree to which vendors meet these requirements will determine their relative success, and the success of those who buy their systems. Higher degrees of portability, compatibility, and interoperability: Customers and VABs are demanding "open" systems from their suppliers. Open systems gives you the freedom to choose the best product that fits your needs, the ability to utilize standard hardware and software; this reduces overall costs for training and acquisition due to the increased competitive pricing for individual components. The attitude within the industry is to invest in non-proprietary solutions. By 1994 if a vendor does not conform to an industry standard computing environment, that vendor may well be left in the cold. Broad Application Choice: To be successful you (customer), need applications which address your computing requirements. Having access to the leading edge applications is critical to facilitate productivity and provide a vehicle for obtaining timely information. Best Application Performance: Computing with the optimal hardware and software provides a competitive advantage which allows you to increase efficiency. Secured System Environment: With the emergence of distributed computing, the need for a secured environment takes on an even more critical aspect. Computing security at the user, system and network level must be secured particularly as global computing needs evolve within the business environment. [OSF DCE provides a beginning for distributed security with network-wide authentication and authorization capabilities, as well as encryption. ] Efficient Systems and Network Administration: Within a distributed computing environment, tools are required to allow you to expand without being overwhelmed by systems and network administration tasks. Particularly with the computing paradigm shifting towards client/server environments, administration must be comprehensive and automatic to facilitate efficient utilization of people resources. [DME from OSF will provide a foundation framework on which we can build.] Ease to Use Environment: Computers must be as easy to use as a PC, as well as easy to install and update. [Ease-of-use is addressed by OSF technology such as Motif. Also, HP-VUE, layered on top of Motif translates the GUI into a powerful multi-desktop environment.] Increased System Reliability and Availability: The availability of computing resources can be the difference between a company's success or failure. More and more environments are requiring 24x7 (24 hours per day, 7 days per year) operations. Reliable hardware and software allows businesses to make timely decisions and increase their time to market. You will see that HP has the solutions and the strategy which address your computing requirements. SLIDE TITLE: unix20 - Providing an Open Environment for Your Global Enterprise MESSAGE: It is HP's intention to deliver the best computing environment to address your requirements - whether they are for workgroup computing, departmental computing or enterprise wide. The HP-UX operating system environment provides a comprehensive solution which addresses the needs for: Intuitive and transparent access to data and existing computing resources. [HP's complete array of networking solutions: X.25, SNA, TCP/IP, RPC, NCS, NFS, etc.] Secure Data and Environment [HP-UX provides auditing, access control lists, protected password database. C2 and B1 DoD (Department of Defense) security levels.] Reliable Access and Complete Data Integrity [PA-RISC architecture, disk arrays, high availability software (Series 800 - disk mirroring, SwitchOver/UX, powerfail/battery backup)] Collaborative Workgroup [HP provides interconnectivity and interoperabilty with existing networks. Also, with tools such as SharedX and TaskBroker on the Series 700, workgroups can share data in order to optimize their productivity.] Centrally Administered Systems and Network [HP-UX has the most commercially robust set of systems and network administration tools within the UNIX marketplace. Tools such as HP OpenView, HP PerfView, HP OmniBack/Turbo, as well as 3rd parties solutions such as available from Computer Associates, etc.] SLIDE TITLE: unix30 - HP-UX Operating Environment Strategy MESSAGE: This slide sets up the theme for the presentation. The four strategies which will allow HP to meet the objectives we've discussed (and stated on slide) are: HP's commitment to Standards, the incorporation of Advanced Technology, HP Value-Added features and HP's Commitment to Quality. SLIDE TITLE: unix40: HP Standards Strategy MESSAGE: The following is HP's strategy regarding standards. Note, as an example of HP adapting new standards, LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is an example of this strategy. Although HP had HP DataPair/800 for disk mirroring, we adopted LVM Mirroring and incorporated the features of HP DataPair/800 which were not a part of LVM Mirroring. This reflects HP's commitment to both adhering to standards and ensuring functionality is not taken away from customers when the standard lacks existing HP provided functionality. SLIDE TITLE: unix50 - HP-UX: Committed to Standards MESSAGE: HP has been involved in UNIX for many years (since 1982). Our commitment to standards is a key part of our strategy with over 500 HP professionals involved in standards organizations. Because of HP's interest in complying to standards as well as making sure that standards are set in a timely fashion, HP professionals act in leadership positions in many standards organizations including Chairman of the POSIX P1003.1 committee, Chairman of the Board for X/Open, and founding sponsor and 1st chairman of the Board for OSF. Besides defining standards we are typically the first to implement standards, such as being the first to pass System V verification suite from AT&T and first full-line vendor to ship OSI networking. Finally, we were the first to comply to today's most complete UNIX standard, X/Open's XPG3 standard. Standards and OSF technologies appeal to customers because they are interested in portability, compatibility and interoperability. Companies have become smarter about the investment they make in software; In the nineties they won't be tied to proprietary systems no matter how good they look. HP will do more then just adhere to standards. We have vast experience in understanding, developing, and building upon these standards. This comes into play in a variety of areas. In consulting, we can assist customers moving to an Open Systems Environment. In the arena of distributed computing, HP developed the first network licensing solution: NetLS. HP will work with other vendors and third parties to offer products such as NetLS, or award winning GUI HP-VUE, on other platforms. This is a big win for our customers. Not only do they get the best implementation of standards, they get excellent tools and applications on a variety of platforms. SVID: System V Interface Definition; A document from AT&T that defined the low level API for initial Unix convergence. X/OPEN: An organization which is promoting source code portability for the industry. To achieve this goal, they have published the X/Open Portability Guide (XPG). Programmers who adhere to these guidelines will be writing portable code. Also, X/Open provides a branding program for operating systems. A third party identified by X/Open runs a test suite over a vendor's operating system to verify that all of the specified interfaces are present and functioning as expected. XPG: X/Open's Portability Guide; A document which specifies the programmatic details of the Common Application Environment defined by X/Open. POSIX 1003.1: The IEEE standard that defines system services interface: standardization of operating system calls POSIX 1003.2: The IEEE standard that defines commands and utilities POSIX 1003.3: The verification tests for the IEEE POSIX standard. POSIX 1003.4: Real-time systems interfaces POSIX 1003.5: Ada language POSIX 1003.6: System security and system extensions POSIX 1003.7: System administration extensions POSIX 1003.8: Networking extensions POSIX 1003.9: FORTRAN POSIX 1003.10: Supercomputing POSIX 1003.11: Transaction processing POSIX 1003.12: Protocol independent interfaces POSIX 1003.13: Nanespace/directory services POSIX 1003.14: Real-time profile POSIX 1003.16: Multiprocessing POSIX 1003.17: Supercomputer profile AES: Application Environment Specification. The AES specifies the application programming interfaces to the operating system. The AES supplements XPG/3 and POSIX.1 standards with other relevant Unix functionality to provide a rich API for programmers. Software written to utilize the AES functionality is portable across all AES certified systems such as HP-UX 9.0, AIX 3.1 and DEC OSF/1. DME: Distributed Management Environment. A set of technologies OSF has selected to define systems and network management. DCE: Distributed Computing Environment. A set of technologies OSF has selected to define distributed computing. OSI: Open Systems Interconnect. A seven-layer network architecture developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO) to enable any OSI-compliant computer or device to exchange information with any other OSI-compliant computer or device. OMG CORBA: Object Management Group. Allows objects to find and interact with other objects in a networked environment of heterogeneous computers. SLIDE TITLE: unix60: Providing Unification to the Industry MESSAGE: The goal within the Industry is to provide a unified version of Unix. HP-UX today incorporates XPG3 and SVID2 along with value added functionality (discussed later). In the fall of 1992, HP-UX will be compliant with OSF/AES and XPG3+. In 1993, HP-UX will further incorporate XPG4 and SVID3. The result is a unified interface which will accommodate the aspects of both OSF and UI/USL. This allow HP to have a strong foundation which provides the portability and interoperability required in an Open Systems environment. On top of this layer, we implement value added functionality. Many of these added value functions have also been ported to heterogeneous platforms. "OSF and UI/USL will end the "Unix Wars" by establishing a Unified Version of Unix and Critical Middleware." Quote taken from Gartner Group Conference Presentation - March 30, 1992 SLIDE TITLE: unix70: Designing an Application for Portability NOTE: Use this slide if the issue of a consistent kernel is an issue with the customer MESSAGE: Open Systems means portability. How do you obtain application portability? If you look at designing an application which writes to the kernel, the implications of a new revision of the kernel has serious impacts on the application. Your application will need to be redesigned to fit with the new kernel. The result is that your application is only portable across platforms which have the same specific release. The key to a successful implementation within a UNIX environment is to utilize standard APIs (Application Programming Interface) such as XPG, SVID and AES and standard commands. This allows you to write your application once with the flexibility to port across releases and between platforms. SLIDE TITLE: unix80: Industry Standard "Middleware" MESSAGE: It takes more than just a kernel to provide the full system software environment that customers require. The HP-UX kernel includes international standards such as POSIX.1. In addition, HP-UX includes the standard application interfaces or APIs such as X/Open's XPG3 as well as industry de facto standards such as OSF/AES (Application Environment Specification) and SVID (System V Interface Definition). Also, HP-UX supports a range of industry standard "middleware" to provide a very functional software environment for both programmers and end users. Note regarding number of calls for various components: IEEE POSIX 1003.1 208 calls X/Open XPG/3 90 calls OSF/1 AES 41 calls .PA SLIDE TITLE: unix90: Integrating System V.4 Advanced Technology MESSAGES: HP plans on bringing System V.4 technology into HP-UX; such as SVID3 and the V.4 Filesystem Layout. Streams -- standard set of communications interfaces and tools for portability. Provides a flexible mechanism for two or more processes to communicate with each other. V.4 FileSystem Layout -- To provide consistent directory structure with the rest of the industry. (Planned for release 10.0 - 4Q93) MMF -- Memory Mapped Files (Available on Series 700, planned for Series 800 at release 10.0 - 4Q93) SVID3 -- System V Interface Definition. Indicates that USL has tested and verified that a specified set of System V.4 programming interfaces are present and functioning as expected. (Conformance planned for release 10.0 - 4Q93) SLIDE TITLE: unix100: HP: A Key contributor of Core OSF Technologies. The benefits of OSF to customers and the industry are impressive. To insure its success, HP is a leader in supporting OSF. In terms of technology, HP has provided critical pieces in Motif, DCE, and Distributed Management Environment (DME). Motif: Pieces of our NewWave technology were accepted by OSF, and HP did the integration of Motif for OSF. HP continues to be very active with OSF in further development of Motif. DCE: A critical part of DCE is from HP, as HP's NCS is the remote procedure call that facilitates distributed computing in DCE. HP technologies also provide the security and user management features of DCE. DME: HP OpenView Network Management Framework software has been accepted as the framework for DME. Also licensed from HP is the NetLS (Network License Server) for network-wide software licensing and HP Software Distribution Utilities. HP-UX will continue to evolve (as it has in the last 8 years) to include more commercial functionality and standards including OSF technology. We will first add more OSF value-added technology in 1992, such as Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), specifically the Developers' Kit, both on S800. HP-UX customers can safely invest in HP-UX today as we evolve HP-UX to include more OSF technology. The benefit is that today's most robust operating system will be getting better over time with minimal customer impact. The benefit of the planned HP-UX evolution is that the customer gets to take advantage of OSF value-added features ASAP on the most robust kernel HP-UX. SLIDE TITLE: unix110: Integrating OSF Advanced Technology MESSAGE: HP-UX has been and will continue to be in the forefront for providing higher degrees of portability, compatibility and interoperabiltiy. Much of what HP has done has benefited software developers and in turn application users. OSF technology provides consistency for an entire environment such as user interfaces, distributed computing, etc. HP-UX includes key technology from OSF such as: Motif -- Industry-standard user interface that is used on variety of UNIX and non- UNIX operating systems. A consistent user interface enhances user productivity and minimizes programming effort for ISVs. LVM -- Logical Volume Manager, which is part of a kernel's file system, allows for concatentation of disks (large disk volumes) and disk mirroring. This will be available with HP-UX 9.0 on S800 in late 1992. The benefit is that customers can have large files that are larger than the available space on one disk as well as flexible partitioning of disk space. DCE -- Already becoming THE distributed computing environment standard for UNIX and NON-UNIX systems, the OSF Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) was recently introduced by OSF. Commitment to DCE is impressive. For example, HP, DEC, and IBM have committed to porting DCE on BOTH their UNIX and proprietary operating systems. (NOTE: Our goal is to support DCE Developers kit in 1992 and production relesae in 1993 for workstations and multiuser systems). Conversely, several large customers such as Boeing, NTT (Nippon Telephone & Telegraph), and the European Commission have already publicly stated that DCE is their corporate standard. DCE is a robust environment that allows for secure, reliable distributed computing and distributed file systems. Besides the security and reliability a key benefit of DCE is that it supports location (system and network) independence, meaning data can reside anywhere in a customer's enterprise and still be easily retrieved. Security, reliability, and location independence is critical in the large heterogeneous environments customers have today, which are spread all over the world. DCE's Distributed File System (DFS) allows access to objects anywhere in the network with naming consistency unavailable with NFS. Today, several customers are using the DCE Toolkit to begin development. Full availability of DCE will be in 1993. DME (Distributed Management Environment) should provide an industry standard approach to network and system management. The concept in DME is that the item that is to be managed is considered an object. The management application will then easily adapt to managing the same device from a different vendor. For example adding printers from different vendors on different computers can be cumbersome. DME allows the devices to be viewed in a consistent manner and so one management application can handle the task. Threads -- Threads are needed as we scale our systems for large commercial and technical environments. For example, OLTP on large systems translates to hundreds of processes running concurrently. The concept of pthreads or posix threads, which is a "lightweight process" with lower startup/shutdown overhead than a normal process, also increases throughput. A thread is a single, sequential flow of control within a program that contains a single point of execution. With threads, you can create a program with several threads. The threads execute concurrently thereby optimizing performance. AES -- AES specifies the application programming interfaces to the operating system. The AES supplements XPG/3 and POSIX.1 standards with other prevalent Unix functionality to provide a rich API for programmers. Software written to utilize the AES functionality is portable across all AES certified systems such as HP-UX 9.0, AIX 3.1 and DEC OSF/1. AES addresses the portability of applications at the source code level. It includes the application interfaces, operating system, and system extensions. These are consistent with POSIX, NIST, and X/OPEN's XPG. Commands, Libraries SLIDE TITLE: unix115: Integrating HP Advanced Technology MESSAGE: HP has and continues to add advanced technology into HP-UX. Technology such as: NCS - Network Computing Services. A remote procedure call that facilitates distributed computing in DCE. (Selected as part of OSF/DCE) NetLS - Network License Server. For network wide software licensing. (Selected as part of OSF/DME) NLS - National Language Specification OpenView - for network management. (Selected as part of OSF/DME) .PA High Availability - functionality such as disk mirroring, automatic processor recovery (SwitchOver/UX) OmniBack - network backup utility to provide unattended network backup. Today OmniBack/Turbo is the fastest UNIX backup solution in the industry - upto 12GB/hour unattended backup (using parallel magneto optical devices) VUE - Visual User Environment SMP - Symmetric multiprocessing In the future, we plan on providing: Software Distribution Utilities - for push distribution of application (HP or custom) software and the core OS. (Selected as part of OSF/DME) Central Administration for Distributed Enviornments - provide a vehicle for centralized management of remote systems with features such as message management, central monitoring, central control/console, problem management and application integration. Hierarchical Storage Management - providing automated archival and retrieval of data from primary storage based on user/system defined policies. Distributed Objects 64 bit Operating System SLIDE TITLE: unix120 - Value-Added Features of HP-UX In addition to incorporating standard technology, HP will add the commercial functionality that we have developed over the last eight years to provide a robust computing environment. You, the customer gets the best of both worlds: advanced technology and all the commercial functionality in HP-UX. HP's value added contribution is in many areas: Enhanced Systems and Network Management, Commercial Processing Design, Integrated Solutions and High Availability/Data Integrity and Security. Enhanced Systems and Network Management: Many features have been added for ease of administration. HP provides the most commercially robust set of systems and network administration tools within the Unix marketplace. The suite of tools that are available on HP-UX today will be merged into DME as DME evolves. Performance Monitoring tools such as GlancePlus, LaserRX, RXForecast, HP PerfView Output Spooling tools such as OpenSpool/UX plus 3rd party solutions Network Backup tools such as OmniBack Instant Ignition is where HP ships a system to a customer with the operating system and networking software preinstalled. Just unbox it, plug it in and turn it on. Simplified user interfaces such as available with VUE (Visual User Evironment) Ease of Administration with tools such as SAM (System Administration Manager to configure users, devices and networking. In addition, many 3rd party solutions are available to complement and supplement HP's Systems and Network Management Solutions. NOTE: Presenter should be familiar with these technologies - refer to the Systems Management White Paper (SMWHITE on GSY Hotline). Commercial Processing Design: HP-UX is optimized for both OLTP and batch processing. NOTE: Refer to the latest TPC benchmarks to emphasize HP's performance leadership. Independence Technologies Inc., (ITI) sells and supports the Tuxedo Transaction Processing Monitor for the Series 800 Business Servers. A transaction monitor enhances the capabilities of UNIX to meet the requirements of mission critical OLTP applications such as fast transaction throughput and response times, data integrity especially in a distributed environment, and interoperability with heterogeneous OLTP systems. HP will be providing Transarc's Transaction Processing technology in 1993. Transarc is built on top of HP's NCS (Network Computing System). Transarc provides rich and robust functionality and is modularly designed to allow for portability and extensions. There is a wide range of 3GLs, 4GLs an CASE tools available on HP-UX. NOTE: Refer to the CASE White Paper on the GSY Hotline for details on 3GLs, 4GLs and CASE tools available on HP-UX. HP has preferred status with all the leading DBMS vendors - Informix, Ingres, Oracle and Sybase. Our relationship includes: Premier porting status for excellent software availability and product availability that is synchronized with operating system releases. Special teams of engineers who are dedicated to optimizing performance. Sharing of technology and codevelopment of new products. Integrated Solutions HP NewWave Office is the premier open, integrated office information system in the industry. Built upon the scalable Series 800 Business Servers and a choice of clients, HP offers the services and VAB applications you need to improve productivity through increased access to information and standard user interfaces. With the HP NewWave Office client and server services for the Series 800 family, customers can increase their productivity through increased access to information and a standard graphical user interface. Networked PC Management HP Software Vendor automates and centralizes PC application installation, tracks and enforces software licenses, and provides version control. It gives control of PC applications back to the PC administrator, and reduces software expenses and administration overhead. Users have a wider selection of available applications and better support and productivity. With the HP NewWave Environment, users can integrate data from multiple applications faster, with HOTLINKS; they can also complete work more quickly, with agents helping to automate repetitive tasks. Image Management With HP Advanced Image Management Systems (AIMS), hardcopy information, such as handwritten letters, photographs, and forms can be brought online to client PCs, from a Series 800 database server. Benefits include control of paper flow, records management, archiving and records preservation, all of which allows users to find and access the right information, faster. AIMS is especially suited for specialized, high volume image management applications. Information Access HP Information Access brings data to the desktop. It enables integration of remote data into desktop applications, with a common interface to Oracle, Informix, Ingres, Sybase, DB2, TurboIMAGE and ALLBASE/SQL databases. The consistent user interface allows users on PC clients to easily combine, manipulate, and format mission-critical data. Shared Resources HP LAN Manager/X enables users to share applications and resources across MS-DOS, OS/2, and HP-UX systems. Its network file and peripheral sharing capabilities increases data integrity, reduces learning time by using DOS commands to access UNIX servers, and saves money by sharing disks and peripherals. NetWare and Macintosh users receive the same benefits through our VAB partnerships with Innovus and Pacer, respectively. On the Series 700, SharedX extends the X server so that it can "share" X based applications to other machines running X that can be accessed over a network or communication link. With SharedX, a person at a unix workstation may share a live X window to anyone else who is running an X server. SharedX allows one user who is running an unmodified X application to have a view of that X window show up on the workstation of a co-worker. Cursor control can be passed to the other person; as changes are made to the object both parties see them. TaskBroker is used by end users to "wrap" an existing executable program so that it can be run on a remote machine. This allows users to tap the unused CPU cycles that inevitably exist in a distributed computing environment of workstations. Information Distribution HP OpenMail is the industry-leading open standards-based mail server for UNIX systems. It provides users of PCs, workstations, and terminals with internal and external information distribution services across multiple platforms through electronic mail. It transmits many different media types, including HP NewWave objects, text, graphics, and binary, to provide the edge in making informed decisions and decreasing time to action. HP OfficeFAX is a facsimile gateway solution for OpenMail. It enables users to send simple or compound documents to over 50 million people in over 10 million remote locations, quickly and easily. Incoming faxes can be printed to your HP LaserJet or DeskJet. High Availability, Data Integrity and Security Powerfail auto-restart. HP's Battery backup on powerfail eliminates loss of data as a result of a power interruption. If power is lost, the state of memory resident data is secured for at least 15 minutes. (Available on Series 800 only) Disk Arrays. HP provides several RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) levels for increased data availability. The Series 700 offers SCSI disk arrays - modes 0, 0/1, 3, 5 and independent mode. The Series 800 offers HP-FL disk arrays in mode 3. Disk Mirroring. MirrorDisk/UX or HP DataPair/800 software provides data integrity and data availability. Data loss is prevented due to disk failures by maintaining two (up to three copies with MirrorDisk/UX) copies of data on separate disks so that data is still accessible after a single disk failure. (Available on Series 800 only) Automatic Processor Recovery. SwitchOver/UX provides near continuous operation of your Series 800 Business Server. The SwitchOver/UX software detects system failures and provides for automatic switchover between a primary and standby processor. (Available on Series 800 only) NOTE: For more details on High Availability, refer to the white paper on the GSY Hotline. Security: HP-UX provides security which exceeds the DoD (Department of Defense) C2 and B1 level security (HP-UX complies with C2 and B1). The security includes a protected password database, access control lists, auditing and additional features documented. NOTE: Refer to the Security White Paper (SECWP on GSY Hotline). SLIDE TITLE: unix130: HP Value Added Functionality - Domain Contribution MESSAGE: The Domain Operating system is also a source of much of HP's value added functionality. Apollo and HP have considerable expertise in building distributed computing systems. Network Computing System is the backbone technology. Omniback, and NetLS are applications built on top of NCS which do, respectively, network backup and software license sharing. Passwd etc. is a powerful tool, also built on NCS, which assists in the area of user administration and is incorporated into OSF DCE. DMX will emulate many aspects of the DM editor in an X-Windows environment. It will be available on Domain and HP-UX. (ATR) Apollo Token Ring Interface will be supported on S700 under HP-UX. This will give physical access to a Apollo Token Ring with TCP/IP and NFS network protocols, allowing for companies with large ATR installations to utilize high performance S700 workstations. SLIDE TITLE: unix140 - HP Quality MESSAGE: Quality is very important at HP. HP-UX reflects HP's commitment to quality. HP-UX has undergone ten years of refinement, tuning and enhancements. This provides an excellent environment to support the efficient execution of the HP Valued added functionality and third party applications and databases. HP-UX releases adhere to stringent quality goals: all major releases must have no serious or critical defects, all features must meet Functionality, Usability, Reliability, Performance and Support (FURPS) requirements. HP has several Usability labs which focus on ensuring that ease of use is incorporated within HP-UX and the value added functionality. Also, all releases must operate for 96 continuous hours under heavy stress prior to release. HP is committed to quality from the top down. Continued quality improvement is a major corporate objective. But don't take just our word for it, customer satisfaction surveys taken of HP-UX customers have consistently rated HP as #1 in the Datapro survey and in additional surveys by Ledgeway. SLIDE TITLE: unix150: From Desktop to DataCenter MESSAGE: The HP 9000 brings you scalability and the powerful combination of robust clients and servers whether you're managing: Desktop: Our HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstations bring an unprecedented amount of computing power to the desktop. They deliver industry-leading performance, brilliant 2D and 3D graphics, and an easy-to-use environment -- all with the best price/performance in the industry. Department, Workgroup, Branch: The Series 8x7 family is ideal for office/department environments and offers a powerful server with small footprint in an integrated, easy-to-install system. Data Center: The Corporate Business Server is ideal for robust commercial applications. The Series 890 supports symmetrical multiprocessing for maximum capacity in running your business applications. SLIDE TITLE: unix160: Client/Server Leadership Across the Broadest UNIX Product Family in the industry MESSAGE: HP provides the Product Breadth: from the desktop (400s, 700s) to the datacenter (800s). HP is committed to Unix. HP has a broad spectrum of compatible computers that run HP-UX with source and binary portability. SLIDE TITLE: unix170 - HP is Delivering Solutions Today and Tomorrow MESSAGE: Summarize The HP-UX Operating System is the most complete system today and our strategy will give us the best OS environment tomorrow. The strategy is based upon incorporating OSF and advanced technologies into HP-UX. HP will continue to enhance the operating environment through market specific value added features. The HP UNIX OS, HP-UX, is supported across the broadest family of computers in the industry. From X-Terminals, through powerful workstations, to large superminis and servers. Our strategy is to continue to attract the software vendors through making our platform the best performing platform for their software. All in all HP's OS strategy will lead to success for you in the 90's and beyond. We will be able to meet the technical challenges and we will protect your investment as you move forward with us. Common Questions: Q: Why not incorporate the OSF/1 kernel? A: OSF/1 was designed with modularity in mind, therefore the kernel is not necessary for an overwhelming majority of OSF/1 functionality. In addition, the functionality that is provided by the OSF/1 kernel is not in widespread use at this time making it even less necessary. Finally, the kernel of HP-UX has been enhanced over the years and is significantly more powerful in the areas of memory and file system management and I/O processing (both functionality and performance). This is especially important for applications in on-line transaction processing, high availability, etc. With these, HP-UX enhancements in mind and the desire to avoid the difficulties in migrating to a new kernel, we feel it is in the best interest of HP's customers to evolve the current HP-UX kernel. Q: What about the OSF/1 Micro-kernel? A: Hewlett-Packard is very interested in the ongoing investigations of the OSF Research Institute in the areas of cluster and multi-computing as well as the OSF/1 micro-kernel. We are funding a number of projects within HP to track and help advance this science. We believe these technologies are important to the future of HP and the industry in general. We anticipate the need for micro-kernel technology in the future but feel the maturity of the technology is not adequate for the commercial, production enviornments of a majority of our customers. Therefore we do not expect to productize the OSF/1 micro-kernel technology in the short term (ie. < 3 years).