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DIGITAL UNIX[R] Operating System,
Version 4.0C
SPD 41.61.18
DESCRIPTION
The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System is a 64-bit advanced kernel archi tecture based on Carnegie-Mellon University's Mach V2.5 kernel design
with components from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 4.3 and 4.4,
UNIX[R] System V, and other sources. DIGITAL UNIX is Digital Equip ment Corporation's implementation of the Open Software Foundation[TM]
(OSF[R]) OSF/1 R1.0, R1.1, and R1.2 technology, and the Motif[R] graph ical user interface and programming environment.
Under the X/Open UNIX branding program, DIGITAL has received the UNIX
95 brand for the DIGITAL UNIX operating system, and is licensed to use
the UNIX trademark in conjunction with the DIGITAL UNIX product.
DIGITAL UNIX provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), realtime sup port, and numerous features to assist application programmers in de veloping applications that use shared libraries, multithread support,
and memory mapped files. The full features of the X Window System[TM],
Version 11, Release 6 (X11R6) from the X Consortium Inc. are fully sup ported. Selected features of Release 6.1 (X11R6.1) are also supported.
DIGITAL UNIX complies with numerous other standards and industry spec ifications, including X/Open[TM]'s XPG4 and XTI, POSIX[R], FIPS, and
System V Interface Definition (SVID). By providing support for the SVID,
DIGITAL UNIX supports System V applications. To ensure a high level
of compatibility with DIGITAL's ULTRIX Operating System, the DIGITAL
UNIX Operating System is compatible with Berkeley 4.3 and System V pro gramming interfaces. DIGITAL UNIX conforms with the OSF Application
Environment Specification (AES) that specifies an interface for de veloping portable applications that will run on a variety of hardware
platforms.
STANDARDS
XPG4 UNIX
DIGITAL UNIX conforms to XPG4 UNIX, also known as the Single UNIX Spec ification, previously known as Spec1170. XPG4 UNIX covers the follow ing specifications of the X/Open Common Application Environment (CAE):
System Interface Definitions, Issue 4, Version 2; System Interfaces
and Headers, Issue 4, Version 2; Commands and Utilities, Issue 4, Ver sion 2; Networking Services, Issue 4; and X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
DIGITAL UNIX has been branded with the XPG4 UNIX Profile brand, also
known as the UNIX 95 Brand. UNIX 95 includes the following component
brands: XPG4 Internationalized System Calls and Libraries Extended,
XPG4 Commands and Utilities V2, XPG4 C Language, XPG4 Sockets, XPG4
Transport Interfaces (XTI), and XPG4 Internationalized Terminal In terfaces (XCurses). The UNIX 95 Conformance Statement Questionnaire
for DIGITAL UNIX is provided in DIGITAL document order number AA-QAKPB TE.
XPG4 Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
DIGITAL UNIX conforms to the XPG4 Common Desktop Environment which cov ers the following specifications of the X/Open CAE; Window Management
(X11R5): Xlib - C Language Binding, Window Management (X11R5): X Toolkit
Intrinsics, Window Management (X11R5): X Window System File Formats
and Application Conventions, Interclient Communications Conventions
Manual (ICCCM), and X Logical Font Description (XFLD), X/Open Motif
Toolkit API, Calendaring and Scheduling API, X/Open Common Desktop En vironment - Definitions and Infrastructure, and the X/Open Common Desk top Environment - Services and Applications. Although the XPG4 Com mon Desktop Environment specifies only X11R5 components, DIGITAL UNIX
has fully implemented X11R6, while maintaining compliance with the XPG4
CDE Standard.
DIGITAL UNIX has been branded with the XPG4 CDE Profile which includes
the following component brands: XPG4 X Window System Application In terface V2, and XPG4 X Window System Display Component.
The CDE Conformance Statement Questionnaire for DIGITAL UNIX is pro vided in DIGITAL document order number AA-QAKPB-TE.
Motif
DIGITAL UNIX provides the OSF/Motif Application Environment. This en vironment is based on CDE 1.0 (OSF/Motif R1.2.5). This environment con forms to the IEEE POSIX 1295.
POSIX.1 and FIPS151-2 DIGITAL UNIX conforms to the IEEE Std 1003.1 1990, POSIX Part 1 - System Application Program Interface (API) [C Lan guage], also referred internationally as ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990, and to
the Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS151-2. DIGITAL UNIX
has been certified with the National Institute of Standards and Tech nology (NIST). A POSIX.1 conformance document is provided in DIGITAL
document order Number AA-PS35D-TE.
IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993
DIGITAL UNIX conforms to the IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (formally known as
IEEE P1003.4), Part 1: System Application Program Interface (API) and
Amendment 1: realtime Extension [C Language]. A POSIX.1b conformance
document is provided in DIGITAL document order Number AA-PS35D-TE.
IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995
DIGITAL UNIX conforms to the IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995, "IEEE Standard for
Information Technology-Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) Part 1: System Application Program Interface (API)-Amendment 2: Threads
Extension [C Language]". A POSIX.1c conformance document is provided
in DIGITAL document order Number AA-QWY2A-TE.
IEEE Std 1003.2-1992
DIGITAL UNIX conforms to the IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 - Shell and Util ities and providing the following Implementation options: [POSIX2_C_
BIND], [POSIX2_C_DEV], [POSIX2_CHAR_TERM], [POSIX2_LOCALEDEF], [POSIX2_
SW_DEV], and POSIX2_UPE]. A POSIX.2 conformance document is provided
in DIGITAL document order Number AA-QWQQA-TE.
SVID
DIGITAL UNIX conforms to the base operating system Section of the Sys tem V Interface Definition Issue 2 (SVID2), and to the base operat ing system and kernel Extension Sections of the SVID Issue 3 (SVID3).
DIGITAL UNIX provides more than 400 commands and interfaces that com ply with SVID3/SVR4.
System V Compatibility
DIGITAL UNIX enhances System V compatibility by means of a habitat mech anism. In those few cases where a given command or interface may be have differently under OSF/1, SVID 2, or SVID 3, the habitat mecha nism permits the user to specify which behavior is preferred.
System V Release 3.2 (SVR3)
SVID, Issue 2:
DIGITAL UNIX has been tested using the System V Verification Suite 3
(SVVS3) and conforms to the Base System as specified in Issue 2.
A license to use DIGITAL UNIX binaries includes the right to use the
included System V Release 3.2 derivatives.
Additional commonly used SVID 2 base commands have been added by the
SVID 2 habitat.
System V Release 4.0 (SVR4)
SVID, Issue 3:
A significant number of commands and interfaces compatible with SVID3
have been added to DIGITAL UNIX.
The DIGITAL UNIX shared library scheme is patterned on and compati ble with the SVR4 shared library scheme.
The SVR4 /proc file system that provides the capability of accessing
processes using file semantics is implemented in DIGITAL UNIX.
SVR4 style terminal devices are supported in DIGITAL UNIX. This al lows for increased number of terminal connections. Support for BSD tty
name will be retired (removed from the DIGITAL UNIX distribution) in
a future release, no sooner than March, 1998.
DIGITAL UNIX includes STREAMS compatible with System V Release 4.0.
Like sockets, STREAMS provides a framework for character I/O between
user space and kernel networking protocols.
Additional features defined as part of the SVID 3 standard are included
in DIGITAL UNIX, such as RPC (SVID 3) and sockets.
Realtime
DIGITAL UNIX provides a realtime user and programming environment shipped
as an optional realtime subset. The DIGITAL UNIX realtime programming
environment conforms to the POSIX 1003.1b-1993 standard for realtime
which allows portable realtime applications to be developed and to run
in a POSIX environment.
In addition to providing a fully preemptive kernel (optionally enabled),
the DIGITAL UNIX realtime programming environment supports the fol lowing POSIX 1003.1b features:
- Realtime clocks and timers
- Realtime queued signals
- Fixed-priority scheduling policies
- Realtime scheduler priorities
- Counting semaphores
- Shared memory
- Process memory locking
- Asynchronous I/O
- Synchronized I/O
- Process communications facilities
- Message passing interfaces
- Thread safe implementation of realtime libraries
Obsolete functionality from earlier drafts of the 1003.4 specifica tion has been retired. The compile-time constant (POSIX_4D11) previ ously provided to preserve compatibility with earlier drafts, has also
been retired.
Threads
DIGITAL UNIX provides software developers the ability to write mul tithreaded programs using DECthreads. DECthreads provides a pthreads
interface that complies with the POSIX 1003.1c semantics and DCE se mantics.
Shared Libraries
DIGITAL UNIX provides a full complement of dynamic shared libraries,
based on System V semantics, which increase system performance, re duce minimum hardware requirements, and ease system management. DIG ITAL UNIX provides the following shared libraries:
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Library_____Description____________________________________________
libDXm Digital Motif Extensions library
libMrm Motif Resource Manager library
libots Digital Compiled Code Support library
libX11 Xlib library
libXaw X Athena Widgets run-time library
libXext X Client-side Extension library
libXie X Imaging extension client side run-time library
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libXm Motif Widgets library
libXmu X Miscellaneous utilities run-time library
libXt X Intrinsics library
libXTrap Client side run-time library for Xtrap
libXv X Video extension client side run-time library
libaud C2 security auditing library
libbkr Motif help system library
libc C library
libc_r Threads version of libc
libcdrom Rock Ridge extensions to CDFS library
libcmalib DECthreads library - CMA interface
libcurses Curses screen control library
libdnet_ DECnet library
stub
libdps Adobe[R] Display PostScript[TM] client-side run-time
libraries
libdpstk Adobe Display PostScript toolkit
libesnmp Extensible SNMP library
libiconv Development environment routines
libm Digital Portable Math library
libmach Mach library
libmxr Library used by mxr, the ULTRIX binary interpreter for
OSF/1
libpsres Adobe Display PostScript resources utilities
libpthreads DECthreads library POSIX 1003.1c threaded interface
librt Realtime library (POSIX 1003.1b interface)
libsecurity C2 security library
libsys5 System V Compatibility library
libdxterm DECterm widget library
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libtli TLI library
libxti XTI library
libICE Inter-Client Exchange protocol library
libSM Session Management protocol library
libUil Callable UIL compiler
libXIE X Imaging extension V5 client side run-time library
libXi X input extension
libXtst_____X_test_extension_______________________________________
DIGITAL UNIX also provides static versions of these libraries.
INSTALLATION
Systems with graphic adapters and a minimum of 32MB of memory are pre sented a MOTIF compliant graphical interface for installation. Other
system configurations are presented with a simple text based inter face.
DIGITAL UNIX is customer installable. Installation Services are avail able for those customers who would like an experienced Digital Soft ware Specialist to install the software.
Update Installation
An update installation procedure will update the operating system from
DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0 and 4.0A to DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0B. This
procedure preserves appropriate system files and the existing user cus tomized files.
Full Installation
A full installation procedure will install DIGITAL UNIX onto the sys tem. Full installations may repartition the system drives removing all
existing information. Two options are available with a full instal lation:
- The default installation process configures the disk with the de fault UFS file system, and loads the mandatory DIGITAL UNIX soft ware subsets.
- The custom installation provides the ability to customize file sys tem layout and select optional software for installation. Manda tory and dependent subsets are automatically loaded.
System Cloning
DIGITAL UNIX includes the ability to duplicate the file system lay out, file system type, and software subset selections from identical
systems already installed. Performing a cloned installation allevi ates the need to answer most questions during the installation pro cedure.
License Management Facility (LMF)
Digital's License Management Facility (LMF) provides on-line check ing of software licenses and enables easier software management. LMF
incorporates support for two types of licenses, availability and ac tivity. LMF is limited to single node capability.
USER INTERFACES
Internet Interface
DIGITAL UNIX includes the Netscape Navigator[R] Internet Client World Wide-Web browser. The software license for this bundled version of the
Netscape Navigator Internet client is included with the DIGITAL UNIX
base license. Users of earlier versions of DIGITAL UNIX are licensed
to use the Netscape Navigator Internet client when they update to V4.0
or V4.0A with an update license or with update services. The Netscape
Navigator Internet client includes support for Latin and Japanese fonts.
User Environment
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is the default user interface for
DIGITAL UNIX. CDE 1.0 includes Motif and is dependent on the under lying X Consortium X Window System, Version 11, Release 6 (X11R6) as
described in this document.
The Common Desktop Environment functionality replaces the DECWindows
Motif Environment as the default user interface. The DECWindows Mo tif environment, as described in this document, is available as an op tional interface accessible through the CDE login manager. The DECwin dows Motif applications also continue to be available.
The DIGITAL UNIX user interface environment consists of the follow ing:
- CDE V1.0
- Motif programming libraries and headers
- X11R6 application programming libraries and headers
- Base set of workstation fonts
- X Server
Common Desktop Environment
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE 1.0), jointly developed by the CDE
1.0 developers, provides a common user interface that is now avail able across multiple vendor platforms. CDE includes a range of inte grated desktop services including the following:
- The front panel, for controlling access to work spaces, applica tions, devices, and frequently used objects, tools and functions.
- Session managment (including Login Manager, Session Manager, and
security features such as session start-up, login password, & screen
lock and screen savers)
- Window management via the Window Manager and Workspace Manager
- File Manager for managing objects, files and directories
- Procedural and object-oriented application integration (including
drag-and-drop and data interchange capabilitites)
- On-line information which includes context-sensitive application
help with hyperlink and hypergraphics with access to man pages
- Productivity and collaborative tools including a text editor, icon
editor, multimedia-enabled mailer, group calendar, application builder,
and terminal emulator
- Data interchange support for multiple formats (including compound
formats)
- Environment customization with the style manager and tools to in tegrate applications into the desktop.
- Visuals (such as icons, color palettes, and backdrops)
- Network services which includes message server and policy and ex ecution and management.
CDE 1.0 contains the following components and libraries:
- Components: dtsession and dtscreeen, dtlogin, dtfile, dticon, dt printinfo, dtstyle, dtappintegrate, dtcreate, dtwm, dthelpgen/view
/print, Dtksh, dtpad, dtaction/dtexec/dtspcd, dtappgather/dtsearchpath,
dttypes/actions & filetypes, dtcalc, dtlp, dtcm + utilities, dt mail/dtmime, dtterm
- Development Environment: dtappbuilder
- Libraries: libtt
- Utilities: libXm, libDtHelp, libDtWidget, libDtSvc
CDE is supported on a minimum configuration of 32MB of memory.
CDE, as described above, is comprised of the March 14, 1995 CDE 1.0
Sample Implementation.
DIGITAL UNIX provide enhancements to CDE which include support for the
ImageViewer, and Multimedia Services.
Mail User Agents
The graphical mail user agent supplied with the Common Desktop Envi ronment, dtmail, provides Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).
DIGITAL UNIX also supplies mail and mailx for character cell systems.
The mailx/Mail system is compatible with SVID 2, XPG4, and the Berke ley Enhanced mailer (/usr/bin/ucbmail).
For compatibility with previous DIGITAL UNIX releases, the MH 6.7.1
user agent and the dxmail graphical user agent to MH are provided. The
MH mail agent was developed by the RAND Corporation, as an interface
to the mail system.
Motif
DIGITAL UNIX includes the CDE/Motif V1.0 graphical user interface as
previously described.
The Motif programming environment provides an extensive set of Win dow System libraries and tools for use by developers of new applica tions. Provided in both shareable and static versions, these libraries
include:
- Motif Toolkit (Xm)
- Motif Resource Manager (Mrm)
- Digital extensions to the OSF/Motif Toolkit (DXm)
- User Interface Language (UIL)
- User Interface Language Compiler (UIL)
- Widget Meta-Language Compiler (wml) and description files
- X Toolkit Intrinsics Library (Xt)
- X Library (Xlib)
In addition, DIGITAL UNIX provides the OSF/Motif and X11 programming
examples, which are intended as illustrations of various Motif and X11
programming techniques. Note that many of the examples are not fully
implemented by the Open Software Foundation but do provide valuable
programming information. A README file is included with each example
and outlines the features and limitations of the particular applica tion.
X Window System
X11R6
The X Window System, Version 11, Release 6 (X11R6) is fully supported
in DIGITAL UNIX.
The following are new X Consortium standards in Release 6. DIGITAL UNIX
provides support for all of these:
- X Image Extensions (V5) - This is a complete implementation of full
XIE 5.0 protocol, except for the following techniques that are ex cluded from the SI: ColorAlloc: Match, Requantize Convolve: Repli cate Decode: JPEG lossless Encode: JPEG lossless Geometry:AntialiasByArea,
AntialiasByLowpass.
- Inter-Client Communications Conventions Manual Update: - DIGITAL
UNIX supports version 2.0 of the ICCCM.
- Inter-Client Exchange Protocol and Library
- X Session Management Protocol and Library
- Input Method Protocol
- X Logical Font Descriptions (update)
- SYNC extension
- XTEST extension
- BIG-REQUESTS extension
- XC-MISC extension
X11R6.1
In addition, DIGITAL UNIX supports selected Release 6.1 (X11R6.1) fea tures, including the X Keyboard extension (XKB) (version 0.65) and the
double buffering extension (DBE).
Adobe Display Postscript System
In addition, DIGITAL UNIX supports the Adobe Display PostScript Sys tem X server extension and client library.
- Display PostScript X server extension
- Display PostScript client library
The license to use the Adobe Display PostScript X server extension and
client library is included with Digital UNIX.
The Licensee agrees to only execute Display PostScript on those DIG ITAL computer systems listed in Tables 1 and 2 in this Software Prod uct Description (SPD), and that in any event licensee agrees not to
make use of the Display PostScript software, directly or indirectly,
to print bitmap images with print resolutions greater than 150 dots
/per/inch (DPI), or to generate fonts or typefaces for use other than
with the DIGITAL computer systems identified in this SPD. However, the
foregoing limitation shall not be deemed to prohibit the printing of
images of greater than 150 DPI resolution when such images are used
solely for incidental or illustrative purposes.
DECwindows Motif user environment
The DECwindows Motif user environment is optionally available. This
environment was the default Motif based environment in previous DIG ITAL UNIX releases. This environment can be accessed though the CDE
login manager or can be configured to be the default environment. This
environment consists of:
Login manager: The XDM login manager can optionally be config-
ured to manage logins on the X server.
Session man- The session manager provides for application
ager: launching and customization of the X session.
Terminal emula- XTerm and DXTerm provide users with traditional
tion: character cell interfaces.
Additional Calculator, Calendar, Cardfiler, Clock, Mail.
applications:
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
System Management (SysMan) consists of a suite of graphical config uration and administrative applications for managing DIGITAL UNIX sys tems. SysMan applications are launchable from the Application Manager
icon on the CDE front panel, or may be executed from a command line
interface. SysMan is organized into the following components: Config uration, Daily Administrative, Monitoring and Tuning, Storage Manage ment, and Tools.
Configuration
BIND Configuration - An application to configure the system as a BIND
client or BIND server. BIND configuration is used to initialize and
maintain the BIND data files on the master nameservers, the BIND boot
files, and the BIND resolver configuration files.
Disk Configuration - An application to display the disks attached to
the system, display disk attributes including the partition informa tion, repartition the disk, and define a disk alias.
Latsetup - An application to administer Local Area Transport (LAT).
Mail Configuration - An application to set up the routing and deliv ery of mail for the system. It configures Sendmail, and simplifies the
configuration of the system as a Mail client or Mail server.
Network Configuration - An application to configure network interfaces,
routed or gated routing daemons, configure the system as an IP router,
configure rwhod, and configure static routing.
NFS Configuration - An application to configure the system as an NFS
client and/or an NFS server, start and stop the NFS daemons, config ure automounter, mount and unmount, and export NFS file systems.
NIS Configuration - An application to configure and execute Network
Information Service on the system.
Printer Configuration - An application to define and modify printer
configurations for local and remote printers that are accessible to
the system.
Daily Administration
Account Manager - An application to manage user and group accounts.
The account manager will operate under either base or enhanced secu rity. This application is used to create and modify user accounts, cre ate and modify group accounts, lock and unlock accounts, and change
passwords for users. It manages both local and NIS accounts.
Archiver - An application to manage archiving on the system. Support ing tar, cpio and pax format, this application stores and retrieves
selected files from/to a locally attached output device including a
tape drive or floppy disk drive.
Audit Manager - An application to set up the audit environment on the
system.
DHCP server configuration - An application to configure and monitor
the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol on servers and clients.
Display Window - A generic application that provides an interface for
executing and displaying the output of any UNIX command at user de fined intervals.
File Sharing - An application to mount filesystems accessible via NFS,
and exports local files systems.
Host Manager - An application to display and manage user specified re mote hosts.
License Manager - An application to manage software product licenses.
Software Product Authorization Keys (PAKs) can be listed, added and
deleted with this application.
Power Manager - An application to manage the power reduction features
of a system monitor, disks and CPU. This application is only avail able on systems with power management features.
Shutdown - An application to facilitate the shutdown process of a sys tem. This application provides an interface to determine the amount
of time prior to system shutdown, the display of messages, and the ex ecution of user shutdown scripts.
System Information - An application to display and monitor informa tion about the system, including the operating system and version, the
amount of RAM on the system, the number of CPUs, CPU activity, avail able free memory, available swap space, file system utilization and
locally attached disk and tape drive device names.
Monitoring and Tuning
Kernel Tuner - An application to display and change parameters of the
kernel subsystem.
Process Tuner - An application to display, monitor and manage the pro cesses on the system. A number of sort and filter options are provided
to manage the process information displayed.
Performance Manager - A real-time performance manager that provides
tools for detection and correction of performance problems. A Graph ical User Interface running locally can display data from every node
in the DIGITAL UNIX network that runs the Performance Manager daemon,
SNMP daemon, or cluster daemon.
Storage Management
Bootable Tape - An application to create and recover a disk image from
a system. Supported processor platforms are:
- DEC 3000-300, 300X, 400, 500, 600, and 900
- AlphaServer 1000A
- AlphaServer 2100
- AlphaServer 4100
- AlphaStation 200
- AlphaStation 600
Supported tape devices are:
- TZK10, QIC tape, 320-525MB
- TZK11, QIC tape, 2.0GB
- TLZ06, 4mm, 2-4GB
- TLZ07, 4mm, 4-8GB
- TZ86, 5.25 inch cartridge
Networker - An application that provides automated backup and recov ery of files on a single local system to a local tape or loader. A sub set of the optional POLYCENTER NetWorker Save and Restore (NSR) lay ered product, the SingleServer is licensed free of charge with the DIG ITAL UNIX Operating System, and provides functionality similar to NSR,
except that SingleServer supports only a single, local client.
Features of the SingleServer include:
- Support for unattended backups
- Easy to use preconfigured settings
- Five preconfigured policies for managing backups
- Five preconfigured backup schedules
- Label templates for electronically labeling tapes
- Easy file recovery
Tools
A graphical presentation of the iostat (I/O statistics), netstat (net work statistics), systemmessages (system messages), vmstat (virtual
memory statistics) and the who command are provided.
DIGITAL UNIX includes DECevent that provides error reporting and binary to-text translation capabilitites. This tool ships as part of the As sociated Products CD-ROM.
DIGITAL UNIX also provides a Verifier and Exerciser Tool (VET) that
contains a set of system exercisers and an online diagnostic monitor.
This tool ships as part of the firmware CD-ROM.
FILE SYSTEMS
The DIGITAL UNIX file system architecture is based on OSF/1 Virtual
File System (VFS) which is based on the Berkeley 4.3 Reno Virtual File
System. VFS provides an abstract layer interface into files regard less of the file systems in which the file resides.
DIGITAL UNIX supports the following file system types:
- POLYCENTER Advanced File System (AdvFS)
- UNIX File System (UFS) - based on the Berkeley Fast File system
- Network File System (NFS)
- Memory File System (MFS)
- ISO 9660 Compact Disk File System (CDFS)
- File-on-File Mounting File System (FFM)
- /proc File System
File system limits are documented in the Digital UNIX Release Notes.
POLYCENTER Advanced File System (AdvFS)
The POLYCENTER Advanced File System (AdvFS) is a journaled, local file
system that provides higher availability and greater flexibility than
traditional UNIX file systems. Using transaction journaling, AdvFS re covers file domains in seconds rather than hours after an unexpected
restart such as a power failure. AdvFS journaling also provides in creased file system integrity. AdvFS provides greater flexibility by
allowing filesets (file systems) to share a single storage pool, and
enabling hard and soft fileset quotas in addition to user and group
quotas. The root/boot device can be optionally configured to use Ad vFS during installation.
The right to use the POLYCENTER Advanced File System is granted by the
DIGITAL UNIX Operating System license. In addition, a separately li censed, optional layered product, the POLYCENTER Advanced File Sys tem Utilities, can be ordered. Refer to the OPTIONAL SOFTWARE section
of this SPD for more information.
UNIX File System (UFS)
UFS is compatible with the Berkeley 4.3 Tahoe release.
Network File System (NFS)
DIGITAL UNIX NFS V2 allows transparent file access over TCP/IP net works. In addition, the Network Information System (NIS), formerly Yel low Pages (YP), is provided for centralized system management of files.
The automounter service automatically mounts and unmounts NFS file sys tems. The NFS locking service allows advisory and record locks to be
used with remotely mounted files.
An NFS V3 server and client protocol implementation is provided in ad dition to V2. NFS V3 includes 64-bit support for file access, exclu sive create semantics, negotiable transfer sizes, safe asynchronous
writes, added support for access checking and other changes designed
to increase efficiency and performance. NFS file systems can use ei ther the UDP or TCP transport protocols.
Network Lock Manager (NLM) V4 includes support for files larger than
2 GB. Support for additional over-the-wire error code is also provided.
NLM V3 is supported for NFS V2 compatibility.
V2 PC-NFS server support is provided, enabling connectivity from PC NFS V5.1a, 5.1, 4.0 and 3.5 clients.
Memory File System (MFS)
The DIGITAL UNIX MFS is a memory-based UFS. The MFS has the same file
system structure characteristics as the UFS, but resides in virtual
memory. No permanent file structures or data are written to disk, so
the contents of an MFS file system are lost on reboot, unmount, or power
failure. An MFS is useful for temporary files or for read-only files
that are loaded into it after it is created.
ISO 9660 Compact Disk File System (CDFS)
The DIGITAL UNIX implementation of CDFS is based on ISO 9660, a stan dard for a volume and file structure for the interchange of informa tion using CD-ROM. DIGITAL UNIX CDFS is based on the following lev els of ISO 9660:
- Level 2 of Interchange
- Level 1 of Implementation, which enables the user to do the fol lowing:
- Mount single volume CD-ROMs which are formatted in compliance
with ISO 9660, as a local file system
- List and examine files using standard UNIX utilities and pro grams
- Read files and directories using the standard POSIX system in terface
- NFS export mounted ISO 9660 file systems
- Support the High Sierra Group extensions which provide compat ibility with older format CD-ROMs
CDFS also supports CD-ROMs recorded using the Rock Ridge Interchange
Protocol, Revision 1.09, August 1991. Rock Ridge specifies the use of
the extension fields that are defined by ISO 9660:1988, and it uses
those extensions to provide the following information:
- File owner, file group, file permissions
- Additional file types (symbolic links, device special files, named
pipes)
- setuid, setgid, and sticky bits
- Hard link counts
- POSIX file names (mixed case names, unstructured names, and longer
names than ISO-9660:1988 allows)
- Deep directory hierarchies (greater than 8 levels)
- File time stamps
XCDR extensions - X/OPEN Preliminary Specification (1991) CD-ROM Sup port Component (XCDR). XCDR extensions allow the user to examine se lected ISO 9660 attributes through defined utilities and shared li braries. In addition, functionality is provided to allow a system ad ministrator to substitute different file protections, owners, and file
names for CD-ROM files.
File-on-File Mounting File System (FFM)
The File-on-File Mounting File System (FFM) allows regular, charac ter, or block-special files to be mounted over regular files, and is
primarily used by the SVR4-compatible system calls 'fattach' and 'fde tach' of a STREAMS-based pipe (or FIFO).
File-Based Pipes
A file-based pipe implementation replaces the socket-based pipes im plementation for improved performance.
/proc File System
The SVR4-compatible /proc file system for DIGITAL UNIX allows running
processes to be accessed and manipulated as files by ordinary system
calls, open, close, read, write, seek and ioctl. Logical Storage Man ager (LSM)
DIGITAL UNIX Logical Storage Manager (LSM) is an integrated host-based
solution to data storage management. Basic LSM functionality, includ ing disk spanning and concatenation, is provided with the base oper ating system. Additional features, including disk striping, mirror ing, and a graphical user interface, are available with a separate li cense. LSM is RAID Advisory Board (RAB) certified for RAID Levels 0
and 1. Refer to the OPTIONAL SOFTWARE section of this SPD and the LSM
SPD for more information.
A migration utility is provided to allow LVM users to migrate their
LVM volumes to LSM. This utility will be retired in a future release
of the operating system, no sooner than October, 1997.
NETWORKING
TCP/IP
DIGITAL UNIX allows for TCP/IP network communications over supported
network devices. The TCP/IP protocol suite is implemented in the socket
framework.
Sockets
DIGITAL UNIX provides sockets that are based on the Berkeley UNIX Op erating System structure, which provides a framework for I/O over a
network.
STREAMS
DIGITAL UNIX provides SVR4-compatible STREAMS. Like sockets, STREAMS
provides a framework for character I/O to and from user space to ker nel networking protocols.
X/Open Transport Interface (XTI)
X/Open Transport Interface (XTI) is an extension to the System V STREAMS
user space interface called Transport Level Interface (TLI). This in terface is thread-safe.
Data Link Bridge (DLB)
DIGITAL UNIX provides an DLPI-compatible interface into the non-STREAMS
(BSD) driver environment. This interface does not support complete DLPI
semantics. The DLB interface is the preferred interface for STREAMS
modules to access the BSD-based datalink services.
Screend
When the system is operating as an IP router, screend provides flex ible per-packet access controls for forwarded packets. This can be used
as one part of a comprehensive network security plan. DIGITAL UNIX also
provides an interface access filtering to reinforce the system secu rity against IP spoofing attacks.
Packetfilter
The Packetfilter is a software interface that allows an application
to send and receive packets directly to or from a LAN (Ethernet or FDDI).
The Packetfilter provides flexible demultiplexing (filtering) of in coming packets, so that many such applications can run simultaneously.
The DIGITAL UNIX Packetfilter supports two filtering models: the orig inal CMU/Stanford model, as supported in ULTRIX, and the BSD Packet
Filter (BPF), which provides more flexible and efficient filtering.
(BPF was developed by the University of California, Lawrence Berke ley Laboratory.)
Several public domain applications that use the Packetfilter are in tegrated in DIGITAL UNIX including rarpd, tcpdump, tcpslice, nfswatch,
and nfslogsum.
Data Link Interface (DLI)
DIGITAL UNIX provides a Data Link Interface to allow applications to
directly use the data link layer services in order to interact directly
with the network device drivers.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
The SNMP Agent allows management of the Internet, FDDI, system resources,
and network resources using the SNMP. The agent is also extensible,
allowing software developers to add MIBs to the agent, and partici pate in the SNMP.
The SNMP agent contains the following base system functionality:
- Full SNMP V1.0 agent capabilities
- MIB implementations for managing Internet MIB-2 objects, FDDI ob jects, and Token Ring objects
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
DIGITAL UNIX includes a complete DHCP server/client solution for cen tralizing and automating IP address administration. A graphical in terface enables server system managers to easily configure IP config urations with various DHCP clients.
Point to Point Connections
The DIGITAL UNIX system supports point-to-point connections using SLIP
(Serial Line Internet Protocol) and PPP (Point to Point Protocol). The
PPP subsystem is asynchronous and supports only IP. It provides au thentification with PAP (Password Authentification Protocol) and CHAP
(Cryptographic Authentification Protocol).
Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
DIGITAL UNIX provides the framework to support the Distributed Com puting Environment (DCE). DCE is a separate layered product but the
run-time service license is bundled with the operating system. DCE pro vides users with access to resources, regardless of their location on
the network. It extends system level services to allow applications
to interoperate with one another, port to other platforms, and be dis tributed over the network.
Open Network Computing (ONC)
DIGITAL UNIX supports Open Network Computing (ONC) V4.2 including: Net work File System V2 and V3, PCNFSd, Lock Manager, Status Monitor, NF Sportmon, Network Information Service (NIS), automount, and user level
RPC.
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
The DIGITAL UNIX Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem supports
the ATM Forum's User-Network Interface (UNI) V3.0 and V3.1 specifi cations, including the Interim Local Management Interface (ILMI) pro tocol for reg- istration of up to 32 addresses per interface, UNI sig nalling for point- to-point connections, and best effort and CBR VCs
for AAL5 PDUs. Also, per- VC cell pacing (to limit the rate at which
an end-system transmits) is supported. In addition, DIGITAL UNIX sup ports Multiple IP subnets, per-VC MTU negotiation, and packetfilter
access (for filtering incom- ing packets only) for Classical IP (RFC
1577). Lastly DIGITAL UNIX supports the ATM Forum's LAN Emulation spec ification.
DIGITAL UNIX does not support the UNI V3.0 and V3.1 specifications for
full ATM Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Infor mation Bases (MIBs), point-to-multipoint connections, Operations and
Maintenance (OAM) flows, VBR VCs, AAL1, AAL3/4, or "raw" AAL.
Fast Ethernet
DIGITAL UNIX supports Fast Ethernet (IEEE 802.3 100Base-TX). Refer to
the OPTIONAL HARDWARE section for specific hardware supported.
FDDI
DIGITAL UNIX provides FDDI fiber optic support. Refer to the OPTIONAL
HARDWARE section for specific hardware supported.
Token Ring
DIGITAL UNIX supports Token Ring with source routing support for multi ring networks. Refer to the OPTIONAL HARDWARE section for specific hard ware supported.
IP Multicast
DIGITAL UNIX supports the Level 2 end-system IP Multicast function ality, specified in RFC 1112, on Ethernet and FDDI. The implementa tion provides integrated multicast address management for multipro tocol environments.
The DIGITAL UNIX implementation also provides kernel routines for en capsulating IP tunnels to enable wide area IP Multicast routing.
These routines include kernel code from public domain Multicast sup port version 3.5 and mrouted (version 3 Copyright 1989 by the Board
of Trustees of Leland Standford University) which provides the Dis tance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP).
Name Services
DIGITAL UNIX supports the Domain Name System as described in RFC 1034
and RFC 1035, providing a host name and address lookup service for the
Internet network. The DIGITAL UNIX implementation of the Domain Name
System is based on BIND version 4.9.3. The user can use BIND to re place or supplement the host's database. DIGITAL UNIX also supports
Sun's Network Information Service (NIS), formerly known as Yellow Pages
(YP). NIS can be used to replace or supplement hosts, aliases, group,
networks, password, protocols, rpc, and services databases.
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
DIGITAL UNIX provides the Network Time Protocol (NTP) V3 to synchro nize and distribute the time for all machines in a network environ ment. The time synchronization daemon, xntpd, is used to distribute
time to all machines in a network.
Time Synchronization Protocol (TSP)
DIGITAL UNIX provides Berkeley's Time Synchronization Protocol (TSP).
TSP synchronizes the time of all machines in a network without ensur ing the accuracy of the time that is provided.
Local Area Transport (LAT)
DIGITAL UNIX provides a STREAMS-based implementation of the Local Area
Transport (LAT) that serves terminals to one or more service nodes on
a local area network (LAN). LAT allows a host to function as both a
service node and a server node. It also enables host applications to
initiate connections to server ports (designated as application ports)
to access remote devices such as printers.
LAT/Telnet Gateway
The LAT/Telnet gateway service supported in DIGITAL UNIX provides a
gateway from a LAT terminal server to allow connections to TCP/IP nodes
using intermediate LAT hosts.
Number of Logins
The following maximum number of logins are supported:
RLOGIN: 2,048*
Telnet: 2,048*
LAT: 4,000*
Note: *These numbers can vary depending on hardware configurations and
user workloads.
USER INTERFACES
Internet Interface
DIGITAL UNIX includes the Netscape Navigator Gold V3.0 [R] Internet
Client World- Wide-Web browser. The software license for this bundled
version of the Netscape Navigator Internet client is included with the
DIGITAL UNIX base license. Users of earlier versions of DIGITAL UNIX
are licensed to use the Netscape Navigator Internet client when they
update to V3.2C or V4.0 with an update license or with update services.
The Netscape Navigator Internet client includes support for Latin and
Japanese fonts.
Internet
DIGITAL UNIX includes the Netscape Navigator Fastrack V2.0 [R] Inter net World-Wide-Web server. The software license for this bundled ver sion of the Netscape Fastrack V2.0 is included with the DIGITAL UNIX
base license. Users of earlier versions of DIGITAL UNIX are licensed
to use the Netscape Fastrack server when they update to V3.2c or V4.0
with an update license or with update services.
DIGITAL UNIX provides the Java[R] Development Kit V1.0.2, which is a
port of the Java Development Kit under license from Sun Microsystems,
Inc.
The Java Development Kit (JDK) includes the Java compiler (javac), Java
debugger(jdb), the Code Generator for interfacing Java programs and
C (javah), and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The javac, jdb, and javah
components make up the basic set of command line tools needed to de velop Java applets and applications. The JVM consists of the Inter preter, the Class Libraries, and Native Methods. The JDK will be phys ically included as part of the DIGITAL UNIX operating system kit in
a future release. Until such time as it is physically delivered bun dled with DIGITAL UNIX, it is available via download at no charge from
a web page located at: http://www.unix.digital.com/products/internet
/java.html.
Internet
The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System implements the following Internet
RFC (Request for Comment) and Non-RFC standards:
___________________________________________________________________
RFC_____Protocol_Name______________________________________________
678 -- Standard File Formats
768 UDP User Datagram Protocol
791 IP Internet Protocol as amended by RFC's 922 and 950
792 ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
793 TCP Transmission Control Protocol
821 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
822 MAIL Format of Electronic Mail Messages
826 ARP Address Resolution Protocol
854 TELNET Telnet Protocol
855 -- Telnet option specifications
856 -- Telnet binary transmission
857 -- Telnet echo option
858 -- Telnet Suppress Go Ahead option
859 -- Telnet status option
868 TIME Time Protocol
893 -- Trailer Encapsulations
894 IP-E Internet Protocol on Ethernet Networks
___________________________________________________________________
903 RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
904 EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
919 -- Broadcast Datagram over IP
922 -- IP Broadcast Datagrams with Subnets
950 -- IP Subnet Extension
951 BOOTP The Bootstrap Protocol
954 RPC NICNAME/WHOIS (Obsoletes RFC 812)
959 FTP File Transfer Protocol
1014 XDR External Data Representation
1034, DOMAIN Domain Name System
1035
1042 IP- Internet Protocol on IEEE 802
IEEE
1049 -- Content-Type Field for Internet Messages
1050 RPC Sun[R] Remote Procedure Calls
1055 SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
1057 -- Portmapper
1058 RIP Routing Information Protocol
1094 NFS Network File System Protocol
1112 -- Host Extensions for IP Multicast
1116 -- Telnet Line Mode Option
1119 NTP Network Time Protocol minus authentication
1122 -- Requirements for Internet Hosts Communication
Layers (Must Level)
1123 -- Requirements for Internet Hosts Applications and
Support (Must Level)
1144 CSLIP Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial
Links
1155 SMI Structure of Management Information
1156 MIB Management Information Base
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1157 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
1188 IP- Transmision of IP over FDDI (Obsoletes RFC 1103)
FDDI
1191 - Path MTU Discovery (router specification, host
specification (TCP only))
1212 - Concise MIB definitions
1213 MIB-II Management Information Base II (supercedes RFC
1158 and 1156)
1225 POP3 Post Office Protocol, Rev. 3
1231 -- IEEE 802.5 Token Ring MIB (Set operations are not
supported)
1253 -- OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
1256 ICMP Router Discovery Messages
1282 -- BSD rlogin
1285 -- FDDI Management Information Base (Set operations
are not supported)
1288 FINGER Finger Protocol (Obsoletes RFC 1196)
1305 NTP Network Time Protocol V3.0
1321 MD5 The MD5 Message Digest Algorithm
1323 TCP- TCP Extensions for High Performance (Window Scale
HIPER option only)
1332 IPCP The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (Obso-
letes RFC 1172)
1334 PAP PPP Authentication Protocols
/CHAP
1350 TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol (Obsoletes RFC
783)
1483 -- Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM AAL5 (routed
protocol encapsulation only)
1497 BOOTP BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions (obsoletes
RFC1048, 1084, 1395); Updates RFC 951
___________________________________________________________________
1514 - Host Resources MIB (Set operations are not sup-
ported)
1521 - MIME support as stated in Appendix A of this RFC
1533 DHCP DHCP options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
1534 - Interoperation between DHCP and BOOTP
1541 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
1542 - Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap
Protocol (Obsoletes RFC 1532), Updates RFC 951
1547 IS-PPP Requirements for an Internet Standard Point-to-
Point Protocol
1571 Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues
1572 Telnet Environment Option
1577 -- Classical IP over ATM
1583 OSPF OSPF V2 (obsoletes RFC 1247)
1589 - A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping (the
support to discipline the system clock to an ex-
ternal precision timing source is not supported)
1626 - Default MTU for IP over ATM
1661 PPP The Point-to-Point Protocol PPP (obsoletes RFCs
1548, 1331, and 1171) (asynchronous IP only)
1700 - Assigned Numbers (Obsoletes RFC 1340, etc)
1755 - Signalling for IP over ATM
1813____NFS______Network_File_System_Version_3_Protocol____________
Non-RFC Standards
- 4.3BSD and 4.4BSD Socket Interface
- 4.3BSD inetd
- 4.3BSD lpd
- 4.3BSD netstat
- 4.3BSD ping
- 4.3BSD rcp
- 4.3BSD rexecd
- 4.3BSD rlogin
- 4.3BSD rmt
- 4.3BSD rsh
- 4.3BSD sendmail V5.65 with IDA enhancements
- 4.3BSD syslog
- uucp Basic Networking Utilities (HoneyDanBer)
- X/Open Transport Interface (XTI)
- Sun Open Network Computing (ONC) 4.2
- New rdist command packaged as optional nrdisk
- BSD Packet Data Compression (for PPP)
SECURITY
The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System, running Enhanced Security, is de signed to exceed the requirements of the C2 evaluation class of DoD
5200.28-STD "Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria", also known
as the Orange Book.
DIGITAL UNIX supports various configurations and setup scripts which
allow selection of desired Enhanced Security features such as extended
passwords, audit and Access Control Lists (ACLs).
System Administrators have a choice of command line interfaces or GUIs.
The GUI tools improve the ease of use of administering the system's
Enhanced Security.
Network Information Service (NIS) Compatibility
Support is provided for accessing NIS distributed databases while run ning Enhanced Security. NIS can also be used to distribute the Enhanced
Security protected password database. When using NIS, no more than 4000
user accounts are supported by the Enhanced Security subset. The num ber of simultaneous logins allowed is dependent on the configuration.
Security Integration Architecture
All security mechanisms on DIGITAL UNIX are part of the Security In tegration Architecture (SIA). The SIA isolates the security-sensitive
commands from the specific security mechanisms, thus eliminating the
need to modify the security-sensitive commands for each new security
mechanism.
The following C2 security functionality is included in DIGITAL UNIX:
Discretionary Access Controls
Provides the capability for users to define how the resources they cre ate can be shared. Optional access control lists (ACLs) provide greater
granularity of file system object protection at the individual user
level than the default DAC protection. The ACL mechanism is designed
to POSIX draft 13, with some draft 15 enhancements.
Auditing
A tool is provided to monitor normal, as well as unauthorized usage
of a system with a choice of a GUI or command line interface.
Identification and Authentication
- Password length and lifetime are based on the Department of Defense
Password Management Guideline (Green Book).
- Extensive login controls, such as automatic account lockout, ac count vacationing, per terminal settings for delays and maximum con secutive failed logins, password usage history and system gener ated password.
Object Reuse
This ensures that the physical storage assigned to shared objects or
physical storage that is released prior to reassignment to another user,
does not contain data from previous users.
Integrity
Provides the capability to validate the correct operation of hardware,
firmware, and software components of the Trusted Computing Base (TCB).
System Architecture
A separate execution domain is maintained for the Trusted Computing
Base (TCB) components using hardware memory management to protect the
TCB while it is executing.
Note: DIGITAL UNIX, with Enhanced Security, provides tools and mech anisms that help the system maintain the level of trust for which the
system was designed. No system can provide complete security and DIG ITAL cannot guarantee system security. However, DIGITAL continually
strives to enhance the security capabilities of its products. Customers
are strongly advised to follow industry recognized security practices.
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
DEC Ada Run-time Libraries
The DEC Ada run-time support libraries (libada.a and libada.so) are
provided to enable users to run previously compiled programs which re quire the DEC Ada libraries at run-time. These libraries support Ada
program functions in areas including Tasking, Exceptions, Timer Ser vices, and Miscellaneous Computations.
DEC FORTRAN Run-time Libraries
The DEC FORTRAN run-time support libraries (libfor, libfutil, libU for) are provided to enable users to run previously compiled programs
that require the DIGITAL FORTRAN libraries at run-time. These libraries
support FORTRAN program functions in the areas of input and output,
intrinsic functions, data formatting, data conversion, miscellaneous
math functions, FORTRAN bindings to common operating system services,
and more.
DEC C++ Run-time Libraries
The DEC C++ run-time support libraries (libcxx, libcomplex, libtask)
are provided to enable users to run previously compiled applications
containing DEC C++ code, without requiring that DEC C++ be installed
on the target system. These libraries support DEC C++ program func tions in the areas of input and output, complex arithmetic, multitask ing, and more.
DEC COBOL Run-time Libraries
The DEC COBOL run-time support libraries (libcob, libots2, libisam stub) are provided to enable users to run previously compiled programs
that require the DIGITAL DEC COBOL libraries at run-time. These li braries support COBOL program functions in the areas of file input and
output, decimal arithmetic, COBOL ACCEPT/DISPLAY statements, STRING
/UNSTRING operations, CALL and CANCEL, and more.
DEC Pascal Run-time Libraries
The DEC Pascal run-time support libraries (libpas.a, libpas.so, and
libpas_msg.cat) are provided to enable users to run previously com piled programs which require the DEC Pascal libraries at run-time. These
libraries support DEC Pascal program functions in the areas includ ing input and output, miscellaneous math functions, time and date ser vices, and miscellaneous file services, and more.
DIGITAL Portable Math Library
The DIGITAL Portable Math Library (DPML) is a common math library for
FORTRAN, C, and Pascal. It provides IEEE single and double floating
point support.
ATOM
ATOM enables software developers to build customized analysis tools.
It uses the target application program, an instrumentation file, and
an analysis file to create a new executable file that, when executed,
collects analysis data for a wide variety of purposes. ATOM includes
all of the runtime libraries necessary for executing ATOM based anal ysis utilities and tools. ATOM is licensed with DIGITAL UNIX. In ad dition to ATOM, several useful DIGITAL-developed ATOM based analysis
tools that facilitate program development are licensed with the DIG ITAL UNIX Developers' Toolkit. (SPD 44.36.12)
Memory Mapped File Support
DIGITAL UNIX supports the Berkeley mmap function and, therefore, al lows an application to access data files with memory operations rather
than file input and output operations.
Shells
DIGITAL UNIX provides the following shells:
- POSIX Shell
- C Shell
- Bourne Shell from System V
- Korn Shell
All shells are programmable and allow for a tailorable user environ ment.
Dynamic Loader
DIGITAL UNIX uses a SVR4 compatible loader to load shared libraries
dynamically. This loader provides the following enhanced features:
- SVR4 symbol resolution semantics, including symbol preemption
The COFF object file format is supported for all forms of object files.
Loadable Subsystems Framework
DIGITAL UNIX includes configuration manager framework which allows dy namic loading (and configuring) of kernel subsystems. The framework
is composed of a configuration manager daemon (cfgmgr), a kernel loader
daemon (kloadsrv), a system configuration database (sysconfigtab) and
its management utility (sysconfigdb). This framework allows kernel mod ules (such as device drivers) to be loaded after the system is booted.
Foreign Device Boot Support
DIGITAL UNIX provides the ability for device driver developers to build
and deliver single binary drivers that work at installation time. This
allows the device to be used during the installation process. This abil ity is supported for graphics device drivers.
Loadable Drivers Framework
Device driver suppliers may now dynamically load their drivers into
the kernel using the configuration manager framework. Functions pro vided to facilitate integration of third party device support include:
- Autoconfiguration support
- Interrupt registration support
- Installation support
- Loadable driver support for the following busses:
- TURBOchannel
- EISA
- ISA
- PCI
- SCSI peripheral devices
- VMEbus
Common Access Method (CAM)
Common Access Method (CAM) is an ANSI standard for the software drivers
that provide the interface between an operating system and a SCSI de vice. The DIGITAL UNIX CAM implementation is highly compatible with
ANSI X3.131-1986, Level 2 and supports SCSI-2 based CAM.
HARDWARE
Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)
Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) enables systems containing two or more
processors to execute the same copy of the operating system, access
common memory, and execute instructions simultaneously. The SMP func tionality fully exploits the additional compute capabilities of mul tiple processors. Capabilities include:
- Multiple threads from the same or different tasks can run concur rently on different processors.
- Process Affinity - Allows binding a process to a specific proces sor.
- Unattended Reboot - On a hard failure of a nonboot processor, the
operating system will tag the failing CPU and automatically reboot
the system, without enabling the defective CPU.
- Stop/Start CPU - Ability to stop/start a specified nonboot proces sor.
- Processor Sets - Ability to dedicate a process, or set of processes,
to a specific processor or set of processors. Can also be used to
partition the available processors among a set of users.
PCMCIA (PC Card) Support
DIGITAL UNIX provides PCMCIA (PC Card) support.
The support is limited to the following capabilities:
- Support of a selected ISA to PCMCIA adapter
- The selected ISA to PCMCIA adapter is from the SCM Microsystems:
- SWAPBOX CLASSIC X2 ... Model MMCD-D2
- 3.5" Front Access
- 2 slots (type II + type III) PC Card socket.
- Standard PC-AT 16-bit ISA bus interface
- PCMCIA Revision 2.X and ExCA compliant
- SWAPBOX PREMIUM COMBO ... Model MMCD-FC2
- 3.5" 1.44 Mbyte Floppy Drive Support.
- One Type I, II or III front-access PC Card socket.
- One Type I, II or III rear-access PC Card socket.
- Standard PC-AT 16-bit ISA bus interface
- PCMCIA Revision 2.X and ExCA compliant
- Support on the following platforms:
- AlphaStation 200, 255, 400, 600
- AlphaServer 1000
- DIGITAL Personal Workstation 433au
- Support of fax/modem PC Cards
- The Megahertz XJ2288 is the only modem card fully qualified on
DIGITAL UNIX. Other modem cards of similar type may work. The
following is the list of modem cards that are known to work:
- card manufacturer: MEGAHERTZ
- product name: XJ2288
- card manufacturer: MEGAHERTZ
- product name: XJ1144
- card manufacturer: AT&T; Paradyne
- product name: KeepInTouch Card
- card manufacutrer: Digital
- product name: PCMCIA V.32bis 14,400 Fax
- hot swap capability of PC Cards
INTERNATIONALIZATION
DIGITAL UNIX provides an internationalization environment and tools
as well as the localization features to enable the development and ex ecution of internationalized software, without the need to re-engineer
the user application.
The following single byte and multibyte character sets are supported:
Single Byte Character Sets - Languages (Locales):
Catalan (1)
Czech (1) Danish (1) Dutch (2)
English (3) Finnish (1) French (4)
German (2) Greek (1) Hebrew (1)
Hungarian Icelandic Italian (1)
(1) (1)
Catalan (1) Lithuanian(1) Slovene (1)
Norwegian Polish (1) Portuguese (1)
(1)
Russian (1) Slovak (1) Spanish (1)
Swedish (1) Thai (1) Turkish (1)
Multibyte Character Sets - Languages (Locales):
Chinese Chinese Japanese (4)
/Simplified /Traditional
(4) (12)
Hong Kong Korean (2)
(4)
DIGITAL UNIX base operating system functionality includes:
- 32-bit wide character support
- XPG4 Worldwide Portability Interfaces (WPI)
- Internationalized commands
- Internationalized Curses library (libcurses)
- iconv library (libiconv, an International Codeset Conversion Li brary)
- Locale utilities
- Date and time formats in the native languages
- Local currency symbols
- Local numeric formatting
- Character Classification - isupper, islower, iscntrl, is * func tions
- Collation - Character sort order of the codeset
- Yes and No response in the native language
- Fonts for supported character sets
- TTY Drivers - Support for various input functionalities for the na tive languages
- Translated CDE User Interface
- Keymaps for local keyboards
- Translated Motif User Interface
- Support for all Language Variants using the North American keyboard
- Input method support for Hebrew and Asian Languages
- 8-bit mail support when one or more of the language variants is in stalled
- Printing in the native languages
Unicode Support
Support for the Unicode and ISO 10646 standards is provided through
a set of UCS-4 based locales. Codeset conversion capability to/from
UCS-4 and UTF-8 formats is provided for all supported codesets. Uni code character transformation support is also provided. Memory Require ments
Applications running under a single Asian language variant can oper ate within the memory requirements of the base operating system. Run ning multiple Asian language variants in a single session will require
additional memory for satisfactory performance.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System can execute on valid DIGITAL Alpha
systems and must include the minimum system configuration as described
in the SUPPORTED HARDWARE section of this SPD. The actual amount of
work supported at one time, with good performance, depends on the types
of processing performed as well as on the physical memory and secondary
storage available.
- DIGITAL UNIX requires the minimum component of main memory to be
32 MB.
- Based on testing, system configurations are limited to 256 phys ical volumes (disks). The maximum logical volume size supported is
512 GB.
- DIGITAL UNIX requires a system disk capable of holding the supported
software subsets. For a Default Installation (mandatory subsets only),
a minimum of 425 MB disk (such as RZ25) is required. For a Custom
Installation selecting all BASE software subsets, a 680 MB disk (such
as RZ56) is required.
Note: Due to additional functionality being planned, a future func tional release (no sooner than March, 1997), will require a larger disk
space capacity for the custom type of installation with all base sub sets.
- The following numbers have been compiled from typical update in stallations from V4.0 or V4.0A to V4.0B. The Additional Space Needed
values represent the typical amount of space needed per file sys tem by the update installation procedure during the course of an
update. These values take into account the additional processing
space for temporary files that the update installation requires and
will vary depending on your specific hardware configuration and file
system type. These values have been determined before the use of
the Update Administration Utility.
File File V4.0 V4.0B Additional Space
System System Mandatory Mandatory Needed
Type Subsets
Subsets ONLY
ONLY
/ ufs 39.59 41.42 4.77
/usr ufs 164.02 171.57 10.42
File File V4.0 V4.0B Additional Space
System System All All Needed
Type Subsets Subsets
/ ufs 48.11 49.93 5.12
/usr ufs 326.46 332.19 10.66
/var ufs 5.84 5.62 1.38
/ AdvFs 49.58 51.35 6.54
/usr AdvF 326.26 331.91 22.35
/var AdvFs 6.09 6.41 2.23
File File V4.0A V4.0B Additional Space
System System Mandatory Mandatory Needed
Type Subsets
Subsets ONLY
ONLY
/ ufs 40.32 41.43 4.05
/usr ufs 164.58 171.58 9.84
File File V4.0A V4.0B Additional Space
System System All All Needed
Type Subsets Subsets
/ ufs 48.81 49.95 4.40
/usr ufs 324.89 331.88 10.70
/var ufs 5.84 5.62 1.38
/ AdvFs 50.25 51.35 5.86
/usr AdvFs 324.66 331.60 23.69
/var AdvFs 6.10 6.41 2.23
- Systems which have more subsets installed than the Default Instal lation, but fewer subsets than the Custom Installation selecting
all BASE software subsets will require varying minimum disk space
for an update installation. Refer to the Installation Guide for a
list of subset sizes to help determine the disk space requirements
for an update installation on such systems.
- DIGITAL UNIX supports the backup devices listed in the OPTIONAL HARD WARE section of this SPD.
- The supported load devices include CD-ROM readers (such as RRD44)
or a variety of network interfaces.
- DIGITAL UNIX requires one console terminal with ASCII capability
or one DIGITAL graphics display console for Alpha systems.
Disk Space Requirements
In addition to base DIGITAL UNIX disk space requirements, the follow ing amount of disk space is required for language variants.
The language variant components are structured in such a way that there
is a common part as well as individual part for each language vari ant. The common part is a prerequisite for any individual language com ponent listed below.
Common Part:
Mandatory for base O/S 0.58MB
Optional for base O/S 2.76MB
Mandatory for worksta- 2.46MB
tions*
Optional for worksta- 80.86MB
tions
* Mandatory for Workstations is required for enabling the worksta tion/windowing functionality.
Individual Part:
___________________________________________________________________
Mandatory Optional Mandatory Optional
Base Sub- Base Sub- Wrkstn. Wrkstn.
Language____sets___________sets___________Subsets_______Subsets____ Total
Catalan 0.77MB 0.00MB 4.02MB 12.83MB 17.63MB
Chinese 1.43MB 18.19MB 7.37MB 26.18MB 53.17MB
/PRC
Czech 0.00 2.51 4.48 5.83 12.81
Danish 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.77
Dutch 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.77
Finnish 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.77
German 0.77 0.00 4.01 11.11 15.89
Spain 0.77 0.00 4.02 12.83 17.63
French 0.77 0.00 4.00 11.27 16.04
Greek 0.77 1.39 0.98 1.12 4.26
Hong Kong 3.00 31.35 17.83 48.06 100.24
Hungarian 0.00 2.50 4.40 5.83 12.74
Icelandic 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.77
Hebrew 0.05 1.35 1.26 1.94 4.61
Italian 0.77 0.00 4.5 9.12 13.94
Japanese 6.68 42.59 22.87 26.57 98.72
Korean 1.53 6.25 5.53 8.94 22.24
Lithuania 0.00 0.00 0.91 3.43 4.34
Norwegian 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.77
Polish 0.00 2.51 4.52 5.83 12.87
Portugese 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.77
Russian 0.00 1.67 4.45 4.36 10.48
Slovene 0.00 2.46 0.92 3.40 6.78
Slovak 0.00 2.51 4.74 5.92 13.17
____________Mandatory______Optional_______Mandatory_____Optional___
Base Sub- Base Sub- Wrkstn. Wrkstn.
Language____sets___________sets___________Subsets_______Subsets____ Total
Swedish 0.77 0.00 3.77 2.44 6.98
Taiwan 2.13 29.96 14.02 24.65 70.76
Thai 0.58 3.40 2.53 1.21 7.72
Turkish_____0.77___________2.45___________1.01__________3.27_______ 7.49
OPTIONAL HARDWARE
Additional memory and/or secondary storage may be required depending
upon the usage of the DIGITAL UNIX Operating System software and/or
optional software products.
Combinations of hardware options are subject to limitations such as
bandwidth, physical configuration restraints, thermal dissipation, elec trical loads and power supply.
System configuration details are described in the DIGITAL Systems and
Options Catalog.
Hardware options supported by DIGITAL UNIX are listed in tables in the
SUPPORTED HARDWARE section of this SPD. All device drivers contained
in DIGITAL UNIX for these hardware units are warranted by DIGITAL.
DIGITAL UNIX supports the following third party printers on platforms
that have parallel ports:
- Epson FX-80 and FX-1050
- HP[R] LaserJet[R] (Models IIP, IIIP, IIID, 4)
- IBM[R] Proprinter[R]
- NEC SilentWriter[R] Model 290
OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
DIGITAL UNIX Developers' Toolkit provides application programmers with
the software tools for general programming, including source code con trol tools, kit generation, programming development and debugging util ities, and graphical application development tools. (SPD 44.36.xx)
DIGITAL UNIX C Developers' Extensions provides application program mers with the DIGITAL UNIX C compiler in addition to the development
tools found in the DIGITAL UNIX Developers' Toolkit. (SPD 44.36.xx)
The DIGITAL UNIX Server Extensions provides system managers with the
ability to set up and perform network installations using DIGITAL's
Remote Installation Service (RIS), and includes support for dataless
configurations. (SPD 44.35.xx)
The DIGITAL UNIX Logical Storage Manager is an integrated, host-based
solution to data storage management, providing concatenation, strip ing, mirroring, and a graphical user interface that allows data stor age management functions to be performed online, without disrupting
users or applications. (SPD 51.24.xx)
DECsafe Available Server significantly reduces downtime due to sys tem hardware or software failures. It provides multihost access to SCSI
disks and a generic failover mechanism for network-based services and
applications. (SPD 44.17.xx)
The POLYCENTER Advanced File System Utilities extend the high avail ability and flexibility of AdvFS. The AdvFS Utilities provide a Graph ical User Interface (GUI) to ease management tasks, and online util ities to dynamically resize file systems, defragment files, balance
percentage of space used on volumes, undelete files using trashcans,
stripe files, and clone files for hot backup. (SPD 44.52.xx)
NetWorker Client Support provides the ability to save and restore file
systems. NetWorker is a separately licensed software product for DIG ITAL UNIX. (SPD 50.98.xx)
The System V Environment for DIGITAL UNIX provides System V Release
4 (SVR4) system administration utilities, developer tools, and gen eral user commands that extend the SVR4 functionality inherent in the
DIGITAL UNIX operating system. The System V Environment for DIGITAL
UNIX is compliant with the System V Interface Definition, Issue 3 (SVID3)
Volumes 1-3. (SPD 46.16.xx)
DIGITAL Open3D for DIGITAL UNIX provides support for the following graph ics accelerators on Alpha workstations running the DIGITAL UNIX op erating system:
- ZLX-E family: ZLX-E1, ZLX-E2, ZLX-E3
- ZLX-M family: ZLX-M1 and ZLX-M2
- ZLX-L family: ZLX-L1 and ZLX-L2
- ZLXp-E family: ZLXp-E1, ZLXp-E2, ZLXp-E3
- ZLXp-L family: ZLXp-L1 and ZLXp-L2
- PowerStorm family: PowerStorm 3D10, PowerStorm 3D30, PowerStorm 4D20,
PowerStorm 4D40T, PowerStorm 4D50T, PowerStorm 4D60T
- Freedom Series family: Freedom Series 3150, Freedom Series 3250,
Freedom Series 3400.
In addition, DIGITAL Open3D provides a complete development and run time environment for 2D and 3D applications. (SPD 45.07.xx)
Prestoserve for DIGITAL UNIX is a disk write accelerator for disk block
device write operations. This product is available on most Alpha sys tems. (SPD 35.11.xx)
Multimedia Services for DIGITAL UNIX brings audio and video capabil ities to DIGITAL's workstations, and provides a full programming li brary for use by developers of new applications. (SPD 48.92)
DECtalk Software for DIGITAL UNIX is an application and application
programming interface based on Digital Equipment Corporation's industry leading text-to-speech synthesis technology. This version of DECtalk
has been enhanced to work under the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
for UNIX. (SPD 48.98.01)
GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS
The minimum hardware and software requirements for any future version
of this product may be different from the requirements for the cur rent version.
DISTRIBUTION MEDIA
CD-ROM
ORDERING INFORMATION
The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System license provides a licensed user the
right to use the software as described within this Software Product
Description. Separate licenses are available for the right to use de velopment tools and the C compiler, and separate licenses are avail able for the right to use the Remote Installation Service. Refer to
the SPD's for the DIGITAL UNIX Developers' Extensions (SPD 44.36.xx)
and the DIGITAL UNIX Server Extensions (SPD 44.35.xx) for details.
The Software Media kit includes CD-ROMs containing the operating sys tem binaries and complete DIGITAL 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 DIGITAL UNIX, excluding the reference pages. The hardcopy ref erence 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
DIGITAL. Most documentation provided with DIGITAL UNIX that is pub lished by companies other than DIGITAL is available in hardcopy only.
The DIGITAL UNIX Technical Overview provides a detailed description
of the DIGITAL UNIX Operating System, and is available both online and
in hardcopy with the End User Documentation.
DIGITAL UNIX Operating System
Software 2-User Base Licenses: QL-MT4A*-**
Software Interactive User Licenses: QL-MT7A*-**
Software Product Services: QT-MT4A*-**/ QT-MT7A*-**
Software Media Kit: DIGITAL UNIX Versions V4.0C: QA-MT4AA-H8
Software Documentation:
Full Documentation Kit (excluding Reference Pages):
QA-MT4AA-GZ
Reference Pages Documentation Kit:
QA-MT4AG-GZ
The full documentation kit contains the following:
End User Documentation: QA-MT4AR-GZ
Documentation for DIGITAL UNIX Developer's
Toolkit and DIGITAL UNIX C
Developers' Extensions: QA-MT5AE-GZ
Documentation for DIGITAL UNIX Server
Extensions: QA-MT4AU-GZ
Language variant documentation in English (AA-Q4F9B-TE) includes the
DECwindows/Hebrew Motif Programmer's Supplementary Guide, as well as
Supplemental guides for Japanese, Korean, Thai, Simplified Chinese,
and Traditional Chinese support.
Source Distribution:
Source License/Distribution: QB-MT4AA-E8
Update Source License/Distribution: QB-MT4AE-E8
Education Source License/Distribution: QB-MT4BA-E8
Education Update Source License/Distribution: QB-MT4BE-E8
* Denotes variant fields. For additional information on available li censes, services, and media, refer to the appropriate price book.
SOFTWARE LICENSING
The DIGITAL UNIX Operating System software is furnished under the li censing of Digital Equipment Corporation's Standard Terms and Condi tions.
There are four types of DIGITAL UNIX Operating System licenses avail able on Alpha processors:
Operating System Base License (QL-MT4A*-6*)
LMF Product Name: OSF-BASE
This license grants the right to noninteractive use of the file, ap plication, batch, print, and compute services of the DIGITAL UNIX Op erating System on a single processor.
This license also authorizes up to two concurrent interactive users
of the system (see Interactive User below). The two interactive users
authorized as part of the Operating System Base License are additive
with Interactive User License quantities, but may not be separated from
the Operating System Base License.
In addition to the two interactive users, login as root is also au thorized for system management purposes only. If a DIGITAL UNIX Base
License is not registered and activated using the LMF, then login by
root only is permitted for system management purposes.
The Operating System Base License is a prerequisite for Interactive
User Licenses, Unlimited Interactive User Licenses, and SMP Extensions
to Base Licenses.
Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) Extension to Base License
(QL-MT4A9-6*)
LMF Product Name: OSF-BASE
SMP Extensions extend the Operating System Base License to enable sym metric multiprocessing (SMP) capability on those DIGITAL UNIX systems
supporting SMP. SMP Extensions to Base are permanently tied to the Op erating System Base License and may not be separated from the Oper ating System Base License if an SMP board is removed from the system.
One SMP Extension License is needed for each active processor in the
SMP system that is additional to the initial processor authorized by
the Operating System Base License.
SMP Extensions grant the right to use the same version of the Oper ating System software as permitted by the corresponding Operating Sys tem Base License at the time when the SMP Extension is installed.
Interactive User License (QL-MT7A*-B*) or Concurrent Use Licenses
(QL-MT7AM-3*)
LMF Product Name: OSF-USR
An Operating System Base License is a prerequisite for Interactive User
and/or Concurrent Use Licenses on the same system.
These licenses grant the right to interactive use of the DIGITAL UNIX
Operating System. The Interactive User and Concurrent Use Licenses are
are available in various quantities which can be combined to match any
total desired.
Multiple user licenses of the same or different quantities may be in stalled and used together on a given system to authorize system use
by the sum of their quantities. These user licenses authorize users
in addition to the two users authorized as part of the Operating Sys tem Base License.
Interactive User and Concurrent Use Licenses are redesignatable and
can be installed and used only on a single DIGITAL UNIX system at a
time.
An interactive user, either a person or device, is one that is logged
in to a DIGITAL UNIX processor or is interactively using the operat ing system software by means other than a login.
Unlimited Interactive User Licenses (QL-MT7A*-AA)
LMF Product Name: OSF-USR
An Operating System Base License is a prerequisite for an Unlimited
License for interactive users on the same system.
This license grants the right to use of the DIGITAL UNIX Operating Sys tem by an unlimited number of interactive users on a system.
An Unlimited License for interactive users grants the right to use Soft ware versions authorized under the Operating System Base License in
effect at the time of the grant of the Unlimited Interactive User Li cense.
SOURCE MATERIALS OPTIONS
Source Code Distribution
A source kit is available for users who need to retrieve and modify
selected source modules. Although every attempt is made to include ac curate source modules, Digital does not warrant the ability to build
a binary kit. Limited supporting documentation is also provided. DIG ITAL does not warrant the results of using the source kit to change
selected portions of the system.
Customers who are appropriately licensed by the Open Software Foun dation (OSF) and by Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) may obtain optional source
material for this software product.
Most users do not require source materials. Sources are used primar ily by those with an in-depth knowledge of operating system internals
to make highly specialized modifications to the software product.
The following minimum conditions must be satisfied prior to each and
every distribution (initial distribution or revision) of source ma terials:
- Customers must be currently licensed by the Open Software Founda tion (OSF) to use OSF/1 R1.2 source code on a designated CPU for
which source materials are to be ordered. OSF must verify to Dig ital that the customer's OSF/1 source license is valid.
- Customers must be currently licensed by the Open Software Founda tion (OSF) to use Motif R1.2.3 source code on a designated CPU for
which source materials are to be ordered. OSF must verify to DIGITAL
that the customer's Motif source license is valid.
- Customers must be currently licensed by UNIX System Laboratories
(SCO) for the 3B2 implementation of UNIX System V Release 3.2 (or
later) source code on a designated CPU for which source materials
are to be ordered. SCO must verify to DIGITAL that the customer's
UNIX source license is valid.
- Customers must have signed DIGITAL's Software Program Sources Li cense Agreement for the facility or site where the CPU is located.
Source kits provided by DIGITAL do not necessarily contain all source
files used by DIGITAL to build object code kits. DIGITAL provides these
source kits on a reference-only basis. DIGITAL does not provide sup port for source code as part of the standard SPS offerings. These sources
are distributed on an "AS IS" basis.
The source code distribution provides users with a source license and
the machine-readable source code for this software product. Subject
to the terms and conditions of the OSF/1 source license from the OSF
and the UNIX source license from SCO, this option gives customers the
right to use this source code on any CPU at the facility/location (as
specified in the above mentioned agreements with DIGITAL) which has
a Single-Use License for the object code.
The source code distribution option provides users with the machine readable source code for a revised version of this software product.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the OSF/1 source license from
the OSF and the UNIX source license from SCO, this option gives users
the right to use this revised source code on any CPU at the facility
/location (as specified in the above mentioned agreements with DIG ITAL) which has a Single-Use License for the object code and is also
listed on the Source License for this product.
SOFTWARE PRODUCT SERVICES
A variety of service options are available from DIGITAL. For more in formation, contact your local DIGITAL office.
All licenses bundled with the DIGITAL UNIX operating system are cov ered for services and support under the DIGITAL UNIX operating sys tem support contract.
SOFTWARE WARRANTY
Warranty for this software product is provided by DIGITAL with the pur chase of a license for the product as defined in the applicable DIG ITAL Standard Terms and Conditions.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The following tables list supported hardware for DIGITAL UNIX. Com binations of hardware options are subject to limitations such as band width, physical configuration constraints, and electrical load and power
supply.
The content of this hardware configuration section is intended to spec ify the device limitations and provide a general guide. It does not
describe all possible hardware configurations or circumstances. Any
particular configuration should be discussed with DIGITAL. Contact DIG ITAL for the most up-to-date information on possible hardware config urations.
DIGITAL reserves the right to change the number and type of devices
supported by DIGITAL UNIX. The minimum hardware requirements for fu ture versions and updates of DIGITAL UNIX may be different from cur rent hardware requirements. For configuration details about Alpha sys tems, refer to the DIGITAL Systems and Options Catalog and the Net works and Communications Buyer's Guide.
Embedded and Realtime Boards
An Embedded and Realtime OEM is a hard goods/capital equipment man ufacturer that utilizes DIGITAL's products embedded in the OEM's own
products. The DIGITAL products act as a specialized controller of spe cific functions in the OEM's product, not as a general purpose com puter.
DIGITAL products may be physically embedded within the OEM's product
(e.g. a CPU board and software inside a Telephone Switch) or may be
functionally integrated into the solution (e.g. a system box and soft ware controlling a flight simulator). The DIGITAL product is perceived
by the end customer to be an integral and dedicated component of the
Embedded and Realtime OEM's product, NOT a general purpose computer.
SCSI Device Support Table
The DIGITAL UNIX operating system supports the ANSI SCSI-2 standard.
The following SCSI devices have been certified for use with the DIG ITAL UNIX operating system. Refer to appropriate platform Systems and
Options Catalog for system specific restrictions.
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Table_1:_SCSI_Device_Support_Table_________________________________
CD-ROM RRD42 RRD44 RRD46
Drives: RRD43 RRD45
Disks: RZ24L[1] RZ26L RZ55[1]
RZ25 RZ26N RZ56
RZ25F RZ28 RZ57[2]
RZ25L RZ28B RZ58
RZ25M RZ28D RZ73
RZ26 RZ28M RZ74
RZ26F RZ29B RZ1DB
RZ1BB RZ1CB
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[1] Data Device only.
[2]Revision 6000 required (ECO EQ-01695-01).
___________________________________________________________________
Solid State EZ31[1] EZ51[1] EZ58
Disks: EZ32[1] EZ54 EZ64
EZ69
Floppy RX23 RX26 RX33
Diskettes[1]:
Tapes: TLZ04 TKZ09 TZ86
TLZ06 TKZ60 TZ87
TLZ07 TSZ07 TZ88
TLZ09 TZ30 TZK10
TKZ08 TZ85 TZK11
TKZ63
RAID Con- HSZ10[3] HSZ40[4] HSZ50[4]
trollers:
___________________________________________________________________
[1] Data Device only.
[3]HSZ10 support requires the StorageWorks RAID Array 110 utility
for Digital UNIX.
[4]Dual redundant HSZ controllers are supported when both con-
trollers are connected to the same host bus.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_2:_DEC_2000_Model_300_and_Model_500__________________________
Diskettes: RX26
SCSI Adapters: PB2HA-SA[1]
Network DW300 (EISA Token DE422 (EISA Lance
Adapters: Ring) Ethernet)
DEFEA (EISA FDDI) DE425 (EISA Tulip
Ethernet)
Communications: PC4XD-AA (Par PC4XD-AB (Dual/Ser)
/Ser)[2]
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK471, 411
Graphics Sub- PB2GA-AA PBXWT-A (CALCOMP DB
systems: III)
Mouse: PCXAS-AA
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser 1100/1500[3]
LA75 LG02 DEClaser 2100/2150[3]
LA75 TURBO LG06 DEClaser 2200/2250[3]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser 3200/3250[3]
LA120 LJ250 DEClaser 5100[3]
LA210 LJ252
Monitors: VRC16-HA PC7XV-DE PCXBV-DE/DF
VRC16-H4 PC7XV-DG PCXAV-F*
VRC16-HX
VRC21-HA/HB
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[1]G2 minimum firmware requirement.
[2]Only the serial port is supported.
[3]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
___________________________________________________________________
Modems: PCXBF-AA (2400 PCXCF-AA (9600 PCXDF-AA (14400
/9600)[4] /9600)[4] /9600)[4]
___________________________________________________________________
[4]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 3: DEC 3000 Models 300, 300L, 300X, 300LX, 400, 400S, 500,
_________500S,_500X,_600,_600S,_700,_800,_800S,_900________________
TURBOchannel DEFTA (FDDI) PMAD (Thickwire Eth-
Adapters:[1] DEFZA (FDDI) ernet)
DETRA (Token Ring) PMAZB (Dual Slow
DGLTA (ATM) SCSI)
PMAZC (Dual Fast
SCSI)
KZTSA (FWD SCSI)
Keyboards: LK401 LK421 LK443
LK444
Graphics Sub- PMAGC-XX PMAGB-BX PMAGB-JX
systems: PMAGD-XX
Tablet/Mouse: VSXXX-AA VSXXX-FA VSXXX-GA
VSXXX-AB
Asynchronous VT100 VT240 VT340
Terminals: VT102 VT300 VT420
VT200 VT320 VT510
VT220
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser 1100/1500[2]
LA75 LG02 DEClaser 2100/2150[2]
LA75 TURBO LG06 DEClaser 2200/2250[2]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser 3200/3250[2]
LA120 LJ250 DEClaser 5100[2]
LA210 LJ252
___________________________________________________________________
[1]The DEC 3000 Models 300L and 300LX have no available TURBOchan nel slots. Each supports the same options as the DEC 3000 Model
300 except those requiring a TURBOchannel to be configured.
[2]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
Table_3_(Cont.):_DEC_3000_Models_300,_300L,_300X,_300LX,_400,______
400S, 500, 500S, 500X, 600, 600S, 700, 800, 800S,
_________________900_______________________________________________
Monitors: VRM17 VR320 VRC16
VRT19 VRT16 VRC21
VR319 VRT17
Modems[3]: DF02 DF03 DF296
___________________________________________________________________
[3]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_4:_DEC_4000_Models_6xx_and_7xx_______________________________
Network DEFAA (FBUS+ FDDI)
Adapters:
Asynchronous VT100 VT300
Terminals: VT102 VT320
VT200 VT340
VT220 VT420
VT240 VT510
Serial Printers: LA36 LG02
LA50 LG06
LA70 LG12
LA75 LJ250
LA75 TURBO LJ252
LA100 LN03
LA120 LN03R
LA210 DEClaser 1100/1500[1]
LA324 DEClaser 2100/2150[1]
LCG01 DEClaser 2200/2250[1]
LF01R DEClaser 3200/3250[1]
DEClaser 5100[1]
Modems[2]: DF02 DF296
DF03
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[2]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_5:_DEC_7000_Models_6xx_and_7xx;_DEC_10000_Models_6xx_and_7xx_
Memory: 1 GB [1] 14 GB[1]
Controller: KDM70, CIXCD-AC[2]
I/O Servers: HSC40[3] HSC65[3] HSC90[3]
HSC50[3] HSC70[3] HSC95[3]
Disks: RA60[4] RA73 RA90
RA71 RA81 RA92
RA72 RA82
Tapes: TA78 TA90 TA91
TA79
Controller: KZMSA[5]
Network DEMFA (XMI FDDI) DEMNA (XMI DEFAA
Adapters: Ethernet) (FBUS+
FDDI)
DGLPB (PCI
ATM)
Asynchronous VT100 VT240 VT420
Terminals: VT102 VT300 VT510
VT200 VT320
VT220 VT340
___________________________________________________________________
[1]If a KDM70 is configured with either a DEC 7000 or a DEC 10000
machine, the maximum amount of main memory supported is 1 GB.
When a KDM70 is not configured, the maximum amount of main memory
supported is 14 GB.
[2]One CIXCD controller per system.
[3]The k.scsi requestor is not supported.
[4]Data device only.
[5]Up to 16 controllers supported.
Table_5_(Cont.):_DEC_7000_Models_6xx_and_7xx;_DEC_10000_Models_6xx_
_________________and_7xx___________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA210 LJ250
ers: LA50 LA324 LJ252
LA70 LCG01 LN03
LA75 LF01R LN03R
LA75 TURBO LG02 DEClaser
LA100 LG06 1100
LA120 LG12 /1500[6]
DEClaser
2100
/2150[6]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[6]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[6]
Modems[7]: DF02 DF03 DF296
___________________________________________________________________
[6]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[7]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_6:_AlphaServer_300_4/266_____________________________________
Storage Adap- KZPAA (PCI SCSI 2) KZPSA KZPSC
tors
& Controllers:
Diskettes: RX23
Network DEFPA (PCI FDDI) DE500 (PCI Fast DE205 (ISA
Adapters: DE434, 435, 450 Ethernet) Ethernet)
(PCI Ethernet) PBXNP (PCI DW110 (ISA
Token Ring) Token Ring)
DGLPB (PCI
ATM)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK471 LK411
Tablet: PBXWT-A (CalComp
DB III)
Mouse: PBXWS-AA (3 but-
ton)
Graphics Sub- PBXGA-Ax/Bx/Cx PB2GA-JB[2] PB2GA-FA
systems: PB2GA-JA[2] PB2GA-FB (ATI Mach
64 CX)[1]
PBXGC-Ax/Bx
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Supported on 100 Model only.
[2]Cannot be used in a multiscreen configuration.
___________________________________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[3]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser
LA120 LJ250 2100
LA210 LJ252 /2150[3]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[3]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[3]
DEClaser
5100[3]
Monitors: VRC21-LA/L4 VRT17-PA/P4 VRC15-KA/K4
Modems[4]: PCXDF-AA PCXDF-BA PBXDF-AA/BA
(FAX/Modem)
___________________________________________________________________
[3]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[4]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_7:_AlphaServer_400_4/166,_4/233______________________________
Storage Adap- KZPAA (PCI SCSI 2) KZPSC KZPSM
tors KZPSA KZPDA
& Controllers:
Diskettes: RX23L
Network DEFPA (PCI FDDI) DE205 (ISA DGLPB (PCI
Adapters: DE500 (PCI Fast Ethernet) ATM)
Ethernet) DW110 (ISA PBXDI
DE434, 435, 450 Token Ring)
(PCI Ethernet) PBXNP (PCI
Token Ring)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK411 LK471
LK450
Mouse: PBXAS-AA/AB(3 PBXWS-AA(3 PC7XS-AA (2
button) button) button)
Tablet: PBXWT-A (CalComp
DB III)
Graphics Sub- PBXGA-Ax,Bx,Cx PB2GA-FB PB2GA-FA
systems:
___________________________________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[1]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser
LA120 LJ250 2100
LA210 LJ252 /2150[1]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[1]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[1]
DEClaser
5100[1]
Monitors: VRC15-KA/K4 VRC21-PA/P4 VRT17-PA/P4
VRC15-PA/P4 VRC16-PA/P4
Modems[2]: PCXDF PBXDF-AA (FAX PBXDF-BA
/modem) (FAX/modem)
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[2]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 8: AlphaServer 1000 4/200, 4/266, 5/300; AlphaServer 1000A
_________4/233,_4/266,_5/300,_5/333,_5/400_________________________
Diskettes: RX23L
Storage KZPAA (PCI SCSI) KZESC (EISA KZPDA
Adapters KZPSA (PCI FWD RAID) KZPSM
& Controllers: SCSI) KZPSC (PCI
RAID)[1]
Network DEFEA (EISA FDDI) DE425 (EISA DGLPB (PCI
Adapters: DW300 (EISA Token Tulip Ethernet) ATM)
Ring) DEFPA (PCI DE434, 435,
DE422 (EISA Lance FDDI) 450 (PCI
Ethernet) PBXNP (PCI Ethernet)
Token Ring) DE500 (PCI
Fast Ether-
net)
Keyboards: LK471 LK411 PCXAL-XX
PBXGB-AA
/CA[2]
Graphics Sub- PB2GA-AA PB2GA-FB PBXGA-AX/BX
systems: PB2GA-JA
Mouse/Tablet: PC7XS-CA (3 but- PBXWT-A (Cal- PBXWS-AA (3
ton) Comp DB III) button)
PCX7S-AA (2 but-
ton)
___________________________________________________________________
[1] Only one KZPSC can be used at a time.
[2] CA is only supported on the 1000 5/300.
Table_8_(Cont.):_AlphaServer_1000_4/200,_4/266,_5/300;_AlphaServer_
_________________1000A_4/233,_4/266,_5/300,_5/333,_5/400___________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[3]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser
LA120 LJ250 2100
LA210 LJ252 /2150[3]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[3]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[3]
DEClaser
5100[3]
Monitors: VRC14-PA/P4 VRC16-PA/P4 VRC21-PA/P4
VRC15-PA/P4 VRC16-H4/HA VRC21-H4/HA
VRC15-KA/K4 VRT17-PA/P4 VRC-21-K4
/KA
VRC21-L4/LA
Modems: PBXDF-AA/BA PCXBF-AA[4] PCXCF-AA
[4]
___________________________________________________________________
[3] Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[4] Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 9: AlphaServer 2000 4/200, 4/233, 4/275, 5/250, 5/300, 5
/350, 5/375; AlphaServer 2100 4/200, 4/233, 4/275, 5/250,
5/300, 5/350, 5/375; AlphaServer 2100A 4/275, 5/250, 5
_________/300,_5/350_______________________________________________
Memory: Limited to 2 GB
Diskettes: RX26
Storage PB2HA-SA: Adaptec KZPAA (PCI KZPSC (PCI
Adapters & 1742A (EISA)[1] SCSI) RAID)
Controllers: KZESC (EISA RAID) KZPSA (PCI FWD KZPDA[2]
SCSI)
Network DEFEA (EISA FDDI) DE425 (EISA DE434, 435,
Adapters: DW300 (EISA Token Tulip Ethernet) 450 (PCI
Ring) DEFPA (PCI Ethernet)
DE422 (EISA Lance FDDI) DE500 (PCI
Ethernet)[3] DGLPB (PCI ATM) Fast Ether-
net)
PBXNP (PCI
Token Ring)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK411 LK471
Mouse/Tablet: PC7XS-CA PBXWT-A (Cal- PBXWS-AA (3
Comp DB III) button)
Graphics Sub- PB2GA-AA PB2GA-FB PBXGA-AA[5]
systems: PB2GA-JB[4] PB2GA-JA[4] PBXGA-BA[5]
PBXGA-CA[5]
___________________________________________________________________
[1]G2 minimum firmware requirement; maximum of one. Not supported
on AlphaServer 2100A.
[2]KZPDA only supported 4/275, 5/250, and 5/300.
[3]Not supported on AlphaServer 2100A.
[4]Cannot be used in multiscreen configuration.
[5]Not supported on AlphaServer 2100A.
Table_9_(Cont.):_AlphaServer_2000_4/200,_4/233,_4/275,_5/250,_5____
/300, 5/350, 5/375; AlphaServer 2100 4/200, 4
/233, 4/275, 5/250, 5/300, 5/350, 5/375; Al-
_________________phaServer_2100A_4/275,_5/250,_5/300,_5/350________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[6]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser
LA120 LJ250 2100
LA210 LJ252 /2150[6]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[6]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[6]
DEClaser
5100[6]
Monitors: VRC15 VRT17 VRC21
VRC16
Modems[7]: DF02 DF03 DF296
___________________________________________________________________
[6]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[7]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 10: AlphaServer 4000 5/300, 5/300E, 5/400, 5/466; Al-
__________phaServer_4100_5/300,_5/300E,_5/400,_5/466_______________
Memory: Limited to 4 GB
Diskettes: RX26
Storage KZESC (EISA RAID) KZPSA (PCI FWD SCSI)
Adapters KZPAA (PCI SCSI) KZPSC (PCI RAID)
& Controllers: KZPDA
Network DW300 (EISA Token Ring) DE434, 435, 450 (PCI
Adapters: DEFPA (PCI FDDI) Ethernet)
DGLPB (PCI ATM) DE500 (PCI Fast Ether-
net)
PBXNP-AA (PCI Token
Ring)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK47W
Mouse: PBXWS-WA (3 button)
Graphics Sub- PB2GA-JB
systems:
Serial Print- LA36 LG02
ers: LA50 LG06
LA70 LG12
LA75 LJ250
LA75 TURBO LJ252
LA100 LN03
LA120 LN03R
LA210 DEClaser 1100/1500[1]
LA324 DEClaser 2100/2150[1]
LCG01 DEClaser 2200/2250[1]
LF01R DEClaser 3200/3250[1]
DEClaser 5100[1]
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
Table_10_(Cont.):_AlphaServer_4000_5/300,_5/300E,_5/400,_5/466;____
__________________AlphaServer_4100_5/300,_5/300E,_5/400,_5/466_____
Monitors: VRC15 VRT17
VRC21
Modems[2]: DF02 DF296
DF03
___________________________________________________________________
[2]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 11: AlphaServer 8200 5/300, 5/350, 5/440; AlphaServer 8400
__________5/300,5/350,_5/440_______________________________________
Memory: 1 GB [1] 14 GB[1]
Storage KDM70, CIXCD-AC[2] KZPSC-BA (PCI KZMSA[6]
Adapters KZPSA-BB (PCI FWD) RAID)
& Controllers: KZPSC-AA (PCI KZPAA (PCI SCSI) KFE70-
RAID)[5] AA
(EISA
Bridge)
I/O Servers: HSC40[3] HSC65[3] HSC90[3]
HSC50[3] HSC70[3]
HSC95[3]
Disks: RA60[4] RA73 RA90
RA71 RA81 RA92
RA72 RA82
Tapes: TA78 TA79 TA90
TA91
___________________________________________________________________
[1]If a KDM70 is configured with either a AlphaServer 8200/8400
machine, the maximum amount of main memory supported is 1 GB.
When a KDM70 is not configured, the maximum amount of main memory
supported is 14 GB.
[2]One CIXCD controller per system.
[3]The k.scsi requestor is not supported.
[4]Data device only.
[5]Check KZPSC documentation for device limitations.
[6]Up to 16 controllers supported.
Table_11_(Cont.):_AlphaServer_8200_5/300,_5/350,_5/440;_Al-________
__________________phaServer_8400_5/300,5/350,_5/440________________
Network DEMFA (XMI FDDI) DE425 (EISA Ether- PBXNP
Adapters: DEMNA (XMI Ether- net) (PCI
net) DW300 (EISA Token Token
DEFAA (FBUS+ FDDI) Ring) Ring)
DEFPA (PCI FDDI) DE434,
DGLPB (PCI ATM) 435,
450
(PCI
Ether-
net)
DE500
(PCI
Fast
Ether-
net)
Multifunctional KFTIA (ITIOP)
Adapter:
Asynchronous VT100 VT240 VT340
Terminals: VT102 VT300 VT420
VT200 VT320 VT510
VT220
Table_11_(Cont.):_AlphaServer_8200_5/300,_5/350,_5/440;_Al-________
__________________phaServer_8400_5/300,5/350,_5/440________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[7]
LA100 LG12
LA120 LJ250 DEClaser
LA210 LJ252 2100
/2150[7]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[7]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[7]
Modems[8]: DF02 DF03 DF296
___________________________________________________________________
[7]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[8]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 12: AlphaStation 200 4/100, 4/166, 4/233; AlphaStation 250
__________4/266;_AlphaStation_400_4/233,_4/266_____________________
Storage KZPAA-AA (PCI SCSI KZPSA-BB KZPSC-AA/BA
Adapters 2)
and Con-
trollers:
Diskettes: RX23 RX23L
Network DEFPA (PCI FDDI) DE500 (PCI Fast DE205 (ISA
Adapters: DE434, 435, 450 Ethernet) Ethernet)
(PCI Ethernet) PBXNP (PCI DW110 (ISA
Token Ring) Token Ring)
DGLPB (PCI
ATM)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK471-XX LK411-XX
LK47W-XX LK461-XX LK46W-XX
Tablet: PBXWT-A (CalComp
DB III)
Mouse: PBXWS-AA/WA
Graphics Sub- PBXGA-Ax/Bx/Cx PBXGB-XX PB2GA-FA
systems: PB2GA-JA/JB[2] PBXGE-XX[5] (ATI Mach
64 CX)[1]
PBXGC-XX
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Supported on 100 Model only.
[2]Cannot be used in a multiscreen configuration.
[5]Supported on 250 system only.
Table_12_(Cont.):_AlphaStation_200_4/100,_4/166,_4/233;_AlphaS-____
tation 250 4/266; AlphaStation 400 4/233, 4
__________________/266_____________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[3]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser
LA120 LJ250 2100
LA210 LJ252 /2150[3]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[3]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[3]
DEClaser
5100[3]
Monitors: VRC21-LA/L4 VRT17-PA/P4 VRC15-KA/K4
Modems[4]: PCXDF-AA PCXDF-BA
___________________________________________________________________
[3]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[4]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_13:_AlphaStation_255_4/233,_4/300____________________________
Storage Adap- KZPAA (PCI SCSI 2) KZPSC-AA/BA
tors
and Con-
trollers:
Diskettes: RX23L
Network DEFPA (PCI FDDI) DE205-AC (ISA Ether-
Adapters: DE450 (PCI Ethernet) net)
DE500 (PCI Fast Ether- DGLPB (PCI ATM)
net) PBXNP-AA (PCI TR)
Keyboards: LK47W-XX LK46W-XX
LK461-XX LK411-XX
LK471-XX PCXAL-XX
Tablet: PBXWT-A (CalComp DB III)
Mouse: PBXWS-WA
Graphics Sub- PB2GA-JA[1] PBXGB-AA/CA
systems: PB2GA-JB[1] PBXGI-AA/G[2]
PBXGC-AA[2]
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Cannot be used in multiscreen configuration.
[2]Requires OPEN3D for 2D/3D operation.
___________________________________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LG02
ers: LA50 LG06
LA70 LG12
LA75 LJ250
LA75 TURBO LJ252
LA100 LN03
LA120 LN03R
LA210 DEClaser 1100/1500[3]
LA324 DEClaser 2100/2150[3]
LCG01 DEClaser 2200/2250[3]
LF01R DEClaser 3200/3250[3]
DEClaser 5100[3]
Monitors: VRC15-WA/W3/W4 VRC21-WA/W3/W4
VRT17-WA/W3/W4
Modems[4]: PBXDF-AA PCXCF-AA
PBXDF-BA PCXBF-AA
___________________________________________________________________
[3]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[4]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_14:_DIGITAL_Personal_Workstation_433au,_500au________________
ATAPI/IDE: PCXRN-AF PCXRN-AH
Storage Adap- KZPBA-CA KZPAA-AA
tors
and Con-
trollers:
Diskettes: RX23L
Network DEFPA-AA DGLPB-AB DE450-CA
Adapters: DE500-AA
Keyboards: LK97W-XX
Mouse: PCXLN-AD
Graphics Sub- PB2GA-JD[1] PBXGB-AA/CA PBXGI-AX[2]
systems:
Serial Print ers:
Monitors: VRT17-WA/W4 VRC21-WA/W4
VRTX7-W3 VRCX1-W3
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Cannot be used in multiscreen configuration.
[2]Requires Open 3D for 2D/3D operation.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 15: AlphaStation 500 5/266, 5/333, 5/400, 5/500; AlphaS-
tation 600 5/266, 5/300, 5/333: AlphaStation 600A 5
__________/500_____________________________________________________
Storage Adap- KZPAA (PCI SCSI 2) KZPSC-AA/BA P2SE (2
tors KZPSA-BB KZPDA-AA[6] Qlogic 1
and Con- Tulip)[2]
trollers:
Diskettes: RX23L
Network DEFEA (EISA DEFPA (PCI PBXNP (PCI
Adapters: FDDI)[1] FDDI) Token Ring)
DW300 (EISA Token DGLPB (PCI ATM) DE500 (PCI
Ring)[1] Fast Ether-
DE425 (EISA Ether- net)
net)[1]
DE434, 435[1], 450
(PCI Ethernet)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK461-XX LK46W-XX
LK411-XX LK471-XX LK47W-XX[4]
Mouse: PBXWS-AA[2] PBXWS-WA[4]
Tablet: PBXWT-A (CalComp
DB III)
Graphics Sub- PBXGA-Ax/Bx/Cx[2] PBXGC-AX/BX[8] PBXGE-XX[1]
systems: PBXGB-Ax/Cx PBXGI-AX[8]
Monitors: VRC21-Lx[2]/Wx[4] VRT17-Px[2] VRC15-KX/WX
/Wx[4]
___________________________________________________________________
[1]0014 is the minimum firmware required.
[2]Only supported on AlphaStation 600/600A.
[4]Support on AlphaStation 500.
[6]Not supported on AlphaStation 600/600A.
[8]Requires Open3D for 2D/3D.
Table_15_(Cont.):_AlphaStation_500_5/266,_5/333,_5/400,_5/500;_Al-_
phaStation 600 5/266, 5/300, 5/333: AlphaStation
__________________600A_5/500_______________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[3]
LA100 LG12 DEClaser
LA120 LJ250 2100
LA210 LJ252 /2150[3]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[3]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[3]
DEClaser
5100[3]
Modems[5]: PBXDF-BA[5]
___________________________________________________________________
[3]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[5]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 16: Embedded & Realtime Boards: AXPpci 33; AXPpci 33S, DIG-
ITAL Modular Computing Components EBM43-AZ, EBM44-AZ,
__________EBM21-AZ,_EBM23-AZ_______________________________________
Controller: KZPAA (PCI SCSI 2)
Diskettes: RX23 RX26
Network DEFPA (PCI FDDI) DE203, 204, 205 (ISA
Adapters: DE434 (PCI Tulip Ether- Ethernet)
net) DW110 (ISA Token Ring)
DE435, 450 (PCI Tulip PBXNP (PCI Token Ring)
Ethernet)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX
Mouse: PCXAS-AA
Graphics Sub- PBXGA (ZLXp-E) PB2GA-FA (ATI PCI mach
systems: PBXGB (TGA2) 64 CX)[1]
PB2GA-JA (TRIO 64 PCI
Card)
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Supported only in the primary PCI slots on DIGITAL Modular
Computing Components EBM21-AZ, EBM23-AZ, EBM43-AZ, and EBM44-AZ.
Table_16_(Cont.):_Embedded_&_Realtime_Boards:_AXPpci_33;_AXPpci____
33S, DIGITAL Modular Computing Components EBM43-
__________________AZ,_EBM44-AZ,_EBM21-AZ,_EBM23-AZ_________________
Serial Print- LA36 LG02
ers: LA50 LG06
LA70 LG12
LA75 LJ250
LA75 TURBO LJ252
LA100 LN03
LA120 LN03R
LA210 DEClaser 1100/1500[2]
LA324 DEClaser 2100/2150[2]
LCG01 DEClaser 2200/2250[2]
LF01R DEClaser 3200/3250[2]
DEClaser 5100[2]
Monitors: VRC16-HA PCXBV-PC
VRC16-H4
Modems[3]: DF02 DF296
DF03 PCXDF[4]
___________________________________________________________________
[2]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[3]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
[4]Modem support only - no FAX available.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 17: Embedded & Realtime Boards: AXPvme 64, 100, 160, and
__________230;_Alpha_VME_4/224,_4/288______________________________
Diskettes: RX23 RX26 RX33
Network DEFPZ (PMC DE520 (PMC Fast Ether-
Adapters: FDDI) net)
Graphics TGA8M[1]
Subsystems:
Asynchronous VT100 VT220 VT320
Terminals: VT102 VT240 VT340
VT200 VT300 VT420
VT510
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[2]
LA100 LG12
LA120 LJ250 DEClaser
LA210 LJ252 2100
/2150[2]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[2]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[2]
DEClaser
5100[2]
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Alpha VME 4/224 and 4/288 only.
[2]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
Table_17_(Cont.):_Embedded_&_Realtime_Boards:_AXPvme_64,_100,_160,_
__________________and_230;_Alpha_VME_4/224,_4/288__________________
Modems[3]:_______DF02______________DF03_______________________DF296
[3]Digital UNIX will support any Digital modem that understands
Digital Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_18:_Alpha_VME_2100_(190_MHz,_275_MHz)________________________
Memory: Limited to 1 GB
Diskettes: RX26
Adapters: KZPAA (PCI KZPSA (PCI FWD SCSI)
SCSI)
Network DEFPA (PCI DGLPB (PCI ATM) DE434,
Adapters: FDDI) 435,
450
(PCI
Tulip
Eth-
er-
net)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX
Graphics
Subsystems:
___________________________________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01 LN03R
LA70 LF01R DEClaser
LA75 LG02 1100
LA75 TURBO LG06 /1500[1]
LA100 LG12
LA120 LJ250 DEClaser
LA210 LJ252 2100
/2150[1]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[1]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[1]
DEClaser
5100[1]
Monitors: VRC15 VRC16 VRT17
VRC21
Modems[2]: DF02 DF03 DF296
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
[2]DIGITAL UNIX will support any DIGITAL modem that understands
DIGITAL Modem Command Language (DMCL).
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table_19:_EB66+,_EB64+,_EB164,_AlphaPC_64,_AlphaPC_164_____________
SCSI Adapter: KZPAA (PCI SCSI 2)
Diskettes: RX23 RX26
Network DE434, 435, 450 (PCI DE500 (PCI Fast DE203,
Adapters: Tulip Ethernet) Ethernet) 205,
205
(ISA
Eth-
er-
net)
Keyboards: PCXAL-XX LK411-xx LK461-
xx
LK471-
xx
Graphics Sub- PBXGA (ZLXp-E) PB2GA-JA/JB
systems:
Mouse: PCXAS-AA PCXWS-AA
___________________________________________________________________
Serial Print- LA36 LA324 LN03
ers: LA50 LCG01
LA70 LF01R LN03R
LA75 LG02
LA75 TURBO LG06 DEClaser
LA100 LG12 1100
LA120 LJ250 /1500[1]
LA210 LJ252
DEClaser
2100
/2150[1]
DEClaser
2200
/2250[1]
DEClaser
3200
/3250[1]
DEClaser
5100[1]
Monitors: VRC16-HA PCXBV-PC VRC17-
VRC21-H4 VRC15-W W
VRC21-
W
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
___________________________________________________________________
Modems[1]: DF02 DF296 PBXDF-
DF03 PCXDF[1] AA
PCXCF-
AA
PCXBF-
AA
___________________________________________________________________
[1]Support for these printers is at DEC ANSI level 1.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Table 20: Local Language Variant Optional Hardware
The following devices support input and output of local language
data.
___________________________________________________________________
Printers,
Language____Terminals_____Keyboards_____Printers__________Cont.____
Czech (C)/ VT42D-PV LK401-BV LA70-CC LA600-CB
Slovak (C) LK401-CZ LA65-CC LG06-DB
(S): VT42D-PZ LK411-BV LA75S-CB + LG12-DA
(S) (C) LA75Y-CF LN06 +
VT510-DX PCXAL-HV LA310-CB + LNXX-FE
VT510-EX (C) LA31X-CA LN07 +
VT510-FX LK411-CZ LA424-CC + LNXX-FE
VT510-KX (S) LA24X-CL and
PCXAL-JZ LA24X-CS
(S)
Traditional VT382-D* LK401-D* CP382-D*
Chinese:
Simplified VT382-C* LK401-C* LA88-C* LA380-C*
Chinese:
Greek: VT420-NH/PH LK401-BH LA70-CC LA424-**
VT510-*X LK411-BH LA310-CB + LA24X-
LA75S-CB CJ
LA600-CB
Hebrew: VT420-AT LK401-AT LA70-AT LA424-AT
LA600-AT
Hungarian: VT42D-PQ LK401-BQ LA70-CC LG01-**
VT510-*X LK411-BQ LA75S-CB LG02-**
PCXAL-HQ LA310-CB LG06-**
LA424-CC +
LA24X-CL
___________________________________________________________________
Printers,
Language____Terminals_____Keyboards_____Printers__________Cont.____
Japanese: VT282-F* LK401-*J LA84-B* LA280-A*
VT286-F* LK421-*J LA86-A* LA380
VT382-F* LA88-A* LN03S-JA
VT383-F* LA90-A* LN05S-AJ
LN10 (DEClaser LN82R
2400)
Korean: VT382-K* LA401-K* LA380-K* DLP5100
Polish: VT42D-PP LK401-BQ LA70-CC LG06-CB
VT42D-QP LK411-BP LA75S-CB + LN07
VT42D-RP PCXAL-HP LA75Y-CF LN08
VT510-*X LA310-CB + DECLaser
LA31X-CA 1152
LA424-CB + DECLaser
LA24X-CL 3250
LPS20
LPS32
Russian: VT42D-PT LK401-BT LA70-CC LA424-CC
VT510-*X LK411-BT LG01-** + LA24X-
PCXAL-HT LG02-** CL
LG06-** LA75S-CB
+ LA75Y-
CF
LA310-
CB +
LA31X-CA
Thai: VT382-T* LA401-T* As recommended
by local office
___________________________________________________________________
Printers,
Language____Terminals_____Keyboards_____Printers__________Cont.____
Turkish: VT420-UU/XU LK401-BU LA70-CC
VT420-PU/YU LK401-BW LA310-CB
VT420-WU/VU LK402-BW LA75S-CB
VT420-QU/ZU LK411-BU LA424-** +
VT510-*X LK411-BW LA24X-CK
LK412-BW LA424-** +
________________________________________LA24X-CM___________________
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