Compaq Tru64 UNIX V4.0F

Highlights

• New name - Tru64 UNIX
• Support for Compaq AlphaServer DS20 server and Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000
• High availability with support for TruCluster V1.6 software (see the related Sales Update article)
• Industry-standard FibreChannel support
• Asynchronous new-hardware-support delivery mechanism -- Hardware updates simplified for higher user satisfaction
• Advanced printing software -- High flexibility and scalability printing system for the enterprise based on Xerox PrintXchange technology
• Enabling technology for future support of hardware partitioning on Compaq AlphaServer GS140 systems
• Enabling capability for future support of I2O I/O standard
• Full binary compatibility with previous versions

Description

(Note: The DIGITAL UNIX operating system has been renamed to Tru64 UNIX. This product, when shipped from Compaq, will be referred to as Compaq Tru64 UNIX. Refer to the article "Compaq's DIGITAL UNIX Renamed Tru64 UNIX" for details on the name change.)

Compaq Tru64 UNIX V4.0F, the latest release of the Tru64 UNIX operating system from Compaq, is a system upgrade for users of versions 4.0D and 4.0E and is fully binary compatible with previous versions of the operating system.

This release provides leadership commercial and technical features such as support for the latest Alpha 21264 platforms and TruCluster V1.6 software, which includes disaster tolerance capabilities and FibreChannel switched support. Version 4.0F also provides enabling technology to deliver new hardware support for systems and peripherals without requiring a new release of the operating system.

Tru64 UNIX V4.0F also provides a highly flexible and scalable printing system for enterprise production printing, enabling technology for future support of hardware partitioning on Compaq AlphaServer GS140 systems, enabling capability for future I20 I/O standard support, and more features that contribute to keeping Compaq Tru64 UNIX in the lead for best enterprise UNIX.

Features

Support for the newest Alpha 21264 platforms:

• The Compaq AlphaServer DS20 server, with up to 4 GB memory and 5.2 GB/sec bandwidth, offers unprecendented power and performance at an entry-level price. The system has the power to drive the most demanding compute-intensive applications and is ideal for high-performance technical computing, data marts, business applications, and Web hosting.
• The Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 is the first Compaq-branded Alpha-based workstation. The system supports a 500-MHz EV6 Alpha CPU and up to 4 GB of RAM.

Support for the latest version of TruCluster software, which will deliver FibreChannel support, disaster tolerance capabilities, new hardware support, and maintenance.

Simplicity

Asynchronous hardware delivery mechanism allows delivery of new hardware support (systems and peripherals) without requiring a new release of the operating system.

Standards

• Insight Manager Agents -- Providing Web-based management features as part of the industry-wide WBEM initiative, these agents allow remote monitoring of SNMP-based management information data on Tru64 UNIX platforms from Web browsers or from Compaq Insight Manager XE servers
• Support for Unicode V3.0 enhances UNIX/Windows NT interoperability and I18N capabilities in the Tru64 UNIX operating system -- Will provide synchronization with the new ISO-10646 Standard revision
• DIGITAL C++ V1.6 -- now a fully ANSI-compliant compiler
• Enabling capability for future support of I2O I/O standard

• Advanced Printing software - a client/server printing system based on Xerox PrintXchange technology and intended for use in workgroup and enterprise environments
• Enabling technology for hardware partitioning for future support on Compaq AlphaServer GS140 systems
• LDAP support for higher levels of applications integration and Windows NT/UNIX interoperability (IASS V4.2).
• ATM upgrade -- Adds point-to-multipoint support and improves robustness
• New and improved DECthreads product -- performance enhancements, improved scalability, improvements to end-user debugging tools, and the addition of Visual Threads, a new profiling tool, to the Associated Products CD-ROM
• Update to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol V4.0 (DHCP) - support for multiple subnets, variable length subnet masks, and the ability to interact with dynamic DNS servers
• Enhanced DVD support -- initial support is limited to read-only

Availability and ordering

The CompaqTru64 UNIX operating system license provides a licensed user the right to use the software as described in the Software Product Description document. Separate licenses are available for the right to use the development tools and the C compiler, and the Remote Installation Service.

The Software Media kit includes CD-ROMs containing the operating system binaries and complete Tru64 UNIX online documentation. Hardcopy start-up documentation is also included in the media kit, including the Installation Guide, Release Notes, and Technical Overview.

The Software Documentation kit is a complete hardcopy documentation set for Compaq Tru64 UNIX, excluding the reference pages. The hardcopy reference pages can be ordered separately. The Software Documentation kit contains versions of the documentation found online via the CD-ROM, as well as additional documentation published by companies other than Compaq. Most documentation provided with Tru64 UNIX that is published by companies other than Compaq is available in hardcopy only.

The Technical Overview document provides a detailed description of the Tru64 UNIX operating system, and is available both on line and in hardcopy version with the End User documentation. Tru64 UNIX documentation, including Tru64 UNIX Device Driver (DDK) documentation, is also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.UNIX.digital.com/faqs/publications/pub_page/pubs_page.html

For additional information on available licenses, services, and media, refer to the appropriate price book at http://ww1.systems.digital.com/ddic.nsf/swbyosunix?openview or call 1-800-344-4825.

Services

Technical data

• Any Compaq Alpha server or workstation
• Minimum 64 MB memory
• Minimum 1 GB disk space

Resources

• Tru64 UNIX external home page -- http://www.compaq.com/tru64unix/
• The path to 64-bit computing -- http://www.partner.digital.com/www-swdev/unix64/wp.html
• Year 2000 readiness -- http://www.unix.digital.com/unix/year2000/whitepaper. html
• Compaq US Call Center -- 800-344-4825
• DIGITAL Business Link Web site -- http://www.businesslink.digital.com