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EDITORIAL CONTACTS: PRCS4700307
Kelly Emo
(408) 447-5334
Dave Kroll
(408) 447-0985
HP ANNOUNCES SNAPLUS RELEASE 2;
EXPANDS CLIENT/SERVER CONNECTIVITY
FOR SNA ENVIRONMENTS
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 16, 1993 -- Hewlett-Packard
Company today announced Release 2 of the HP SNAplus family
of communications products. The new release is based on a
client/server model, which allows HP business systems,
servers and workstations to access SNA(1) networks. Release 2
expands communications capabilities by supporting a greater
range of wide area networks and local area networks. It
also enhances usability and ease of application development
in an SNA environment.
SNAplus Release 2 significantly increases the
functionality of the SNAplus program previously announced in
March 1992, which delivers a wide range of SNA networking
capabilities.
With this announcement, the HP 9000 Series 800 business
systems and servers and HP Apollo 9000 Series 700
workstations become easier to integrate with the mainframe.
They also are more useful for customers migrating
applications to the client-server model.
The HP 9000 family now has additional capabilities for
communicating with traditional IBM environments, including
the mainframe and IBM midrange systems.
"The SNAplus program enables HP customers to integrate
UNIX(2) system-based computers into IBM networks," said
Randall R. Meals, general manager of HP's Information
Networks Division. "Release 2 greatly expands this
capability, positioning the HP 9000 as the premier UNIX
solution for mainframe rightsizing. This will significantly
help customers and application developers integrate
applications in an SNA environment."
HP SNAplus Release 2 Capabilities
SNAplus Release 2 incorporates many enhancements that
strengthen the HP 9000 family's offering in IBM
communications. This includes products that allow greater
choice in connectivity with SNA over Token Ring, SNA over
X.25, interactive graphics and the NetView API(3) and LUA(4) API
for application development.
The SNAplusLink product has been expanded to support SNA
over Token Ring. This allows an HP 9000 to communicate with
an IBM system when both are connected to Token Ring
networks. SNA over Token Ring supports both 4 Mbps and 16
Mbps speeds, a dramatic increase over the previous
communications speeds. As a result, customers will find
significant increases in throughput with SNA over Token
Ring.
Customers with installed X.25 networks or those planning
to install standards-based networking now have a solution
with SNA over X.25, also known as QLLC(5). SNA over X.25
allows SNA traffic to go over an X.25 network, providing
customers with greater communications flexibility and a
bridge to standards-based networking.
SNAplus Release 2 supports several new IBM 3270 emulator
enhancements, including Motif(tm) and seven-color support.
With Motif and color support, users will find it easier to
differentiate parts of their screens, increasing their
overall productivity.
Release 2 also includes SNAplusAPI, a collection of APIs
that makes it easier for application developers to develop
SNA programs. Enhancements to SNAplusAPI for Release 2 are
NetView API, which allows programmers to build network-
management support into their applications; and LUA API,
which allows access to different logical units including
LU0, 1, 2 and 3. Using these programming calls, application
developers can now build specific commands to printers and
terminals.
Also included in the SNAplusAPI is LU 6.2, which was
available with SNAplus Release 1. LU 6.2 allows
program-to-program communications for applications like file
transfer, remote database queries and electronic-mail
access.
SNAplus Release 2 also includes SNAplus3179G, which
emulates IBM's 3179G color graphics display station,
provides cut-and-paste capability and supports three window
sizes. SNAplus3179G increases customers'
terminal-connectivity options for SNA environments.
In addition, SNAplus Release 2 includes SNAplusRJE, which
emulates an IBM 3770 terminal and supports batch processing
to IBM mainframes.
HP SNAplus: A Multiphase Program
Today's announcement increases the functionality of the
SNAplus program. Future phases are planned for the end of
1993 and will include HP server support for PC clients,
CPI-C support and 16-bit character support for Asian
languages. Subsequent phases of SNAplus under investigation
include APPN end-node capability and integration of SNAplus
into the HP 3000 Series 900 MPE/iX business systems and
server product line, which offers extensive SNA capabilities
today.
U.S. Prices and Availability
The SNAplusLink product is available for the HP Apollo
9000 Series 700 workstation product line and the HP 9000
Series 800 business system and server product line.
The SNAplus3270, SNAplusRJE, SNAplusAPI and SNAplus3179G
products are available on the HP 9000 Series 300, and HP
Apollo 9000 Series 400 and 700 workstation product line and
the HP 9000 Series 800 business system and server product
line.
HP SNAplusLink starts at $3,300
HP SNAplus3270 starts at 850
HP SNAplusAPI starts at 1,600
HP SNAplusRJE starts at 1,200
HP SNAplus3179G starts at 1,545
All SNAplus products are available now.
Hewlett-Packard Company is an international manufacturer
of measurement and computation products and systems
recognized for excellence in quality and support. The
company's products and services are used in industry,
business, engineering, science, medicine and education in
approximately 110 countries. HP has 92,600 employees and
had revenue of $16.4 billion in its 1992 fiscal year.
# # #
(1)SNA stands for Systems Network Architecture.
(2)UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System
Laboratories Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries.
(3)API stands for Application Programming Interface.
(4)LUA stands for Logical Unit Application.
(5)QLLC stands for qualified link-level control.
Motif is a trademark of the Open Software Foundation in the
U.S. and other countries.