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Peripherals
92/29/06

Disks

The 900 Series systems can be ordered with either SCSI disks or HP-FL disks.
SCSI disks are integrated into the Series 9x7LX and 9x7 systems and additional
disks can be ordered and integrated into the system or added as standalone
disks.  The standalone disks are packaged in the Series 6000 multi-mechanism
package.  This package can be thought of as a "peripheral hotel" and is
available in several models.

The Series 6000 multi-mechanism package can be used to add SCSI peripherals to
the Series 980 and the Corporate Business Systems 990 and 992.
The rackmount
models can be packaged into the standard 1.6 meter expansion cabinet for the CS
990 and 992 and can also be mounted into a 1.1 meter or 1.6 meter cabinet for
the Series 980 systems.  Additional 1.6 meter cabinets are orderable from HP:

*C2786A &endash; Standalone Cabinet
*A1884A &endash; Factory Integrated Cabinet


The new Disk Array products (C2254, C2252) are supported on all 900 Series
systems with release 4.0.  These HP-FL disks provide large capacity and high
performance for HP's customers with large configurations.  High availability
offerings such as SPU Switchover and Mirrored Disk are supported with HP-FL
disks, including disk arrays. The C2254 and C2252 are also offered in the
A1884A cabinet.

HP 3000 900 Series Disks and Performance

The HP 3000 900 Series and the MPE/iX operating system provide outstanding disk
performance, ideal for OLTP applications.  Outstanding disk performance occurs
by:

*Eliminating disk I/O where possible
*Moving data in large transfer sizes
*Reducing time waiting for disk I/O given larger disk prefetches
*Eliminating substantial number of disk I/O operations for repeated file
reference as large volumes of disk file data is managed in main memory



HP 3000 900 Series Disk Support

=Capacity and\Performance\Specifications
||Series 6000\Models\335H (C2200A),\670H (C2203A),\670XP (C2202A)
||Series 6000\Models\670FL (C2201A),\1.34FL (C2204A)
||Series 6000 Multi-Mechanism Package\C2461F/R,\C2462F/R,\C247x
||Disk Arrays\C2252HA/B,\C2254HA/B

=Mbytes (formatted)||335/670|| 670/1.34 GB ||673/1.35 GB||2.7 GB/5.4 GB
=Interface ||HP-IB(XP=Cache)||Fiber Optic Link||SCSI || Fiber Optic
Link
=Seek time (ms) ||17||17||15||13.5
=Latency (ms) ||7.5||7.5||7.5 ||7.5
=Controller Overhead (ms) ||1.1/1.1/1.4||1.6|| (CIB
systems) 4.0 general release

%%NOTE:  795XB disk drives are NOT supported on 900 Series systems.%%


Disk Array Guidelines


*++Only++ C2252HA or C2252B are supported as LDEV 1 (2.7 GB) with release 4.0



On Channel I/O Bus (CIB) systems, LDEV 1 will be limited to 2.0 GB of usable
space.  This is necessary to ensure files can be retrieved at boot time.
CIB I/O Dependent Code (IODC) can only manage up to 2 GB.

On Precision Bus (PB) systems, LDEV 1 will be limited to 4.0 GB of usable
space.  IODC on PB systems can manage up to 4.0 GB.



*Disk configurations less than 12 GB should use only C2252 (2.7 GB) disks for
performance reasons.  The large disk array in this configuration may not
provide the system with sufficient concurrent I/Os.


Optimal system performance can be achieved by following these guidelines:

++Series 9x7++

*3 PBA-FL or PB-FL cards per HP-PB
*5 or less disk arrays per HP-FL channel


++Series 980++

*2-3 CIB HP-FL cards per CIB
*5 or less disk arrays per HP-FL channel




++Corporate Business Systems++

*5 PB-FL cards per HP-PB I/O card cage
*5 or less disk arrays per HP-FL channel


HP-FL Disk Array and Relational Database

The HP-FL disk arrays offer a variety of different configurations.
Some of these offer more data protection than others.  Hewlett-Packard
recommends that customers interested in data security choose striped
mode with parity.

The C2252HA and C2254HA offer 'striped with parity' mode, where the
data is striped across two or four (respectively) data mechanisms, and
an extra disk mechanism preserves a parity checksum of the others.
This allows the array to survive a mechanism failure invisibly.  In the
case of such a failure, the array controller uses the checksum to
reconstruct the data from the failed mechanism without any performance
degradation.

The distinction between striped with and without parity is important.
First, a striped disk array without parity cannot survive a mechanism
failure.  Second, such a disk has a lower mean time between failure
because of this inability to survive a mechanism failure.  And third,
such a disk is subject to a new type of failure (new with disk arrays)
which, although extremely rare, could potentially cause data loss,
depending on the application. This new type of disk failure occurs
when:


*A power failure occurs, AND
*The power remains off beyond the period safeguarded by the system
   battery backup (approximately 15 minutes), AND
*The disk was doing a write, AND
*The power loss occurred in such a way as to cause the write to
   complete to some mechanisms and not to others,
   AND
*The application relies on the resulting data mix without recognizing
   it as an error.


We estimate that, IF the first two conditions are met, then the chances
of the last three also being met are less than 1 in 1,000.  This type
of error is impossible with a parity disk, since the mix of old and new
data should corrupt the checksum, causing the disk to return a read
error for that sector.

Some relational database systems will be susceptible
to this type of problem due to their error detection schemes. If a
customer chooses to use a relational database with disk arrays without
a parity disk configuration, they should ALWAYS reload their database
and roll forward to recover up to the point of the powerfailure if
numbers 1 and 2 above occur.  This will prevent any data loss.

++This type of failure is NOT an issue for HP 3000 TurboIMAGE users.  The
recovery mechanisms for TurboIMAGE are sufficiently robust to prevent
this situation from occuring.++

Packaging

The Series 9x7LX and 9x7 systems are preconfigured with one integrated SCSI
disk.
Additional disks can be ordered and integrated into the System package or added
as standalone disks.  The standalone disks are packaged in the Series 6000
multi-mechanism package. The Series 6000 package
can be thought of as a "peripheral hotel" and is available in several models
containing:


* C2461F/R - 673 Mbyte SCSI disks for floor or rackmount package
* C2462F/R - 1.35 Gbyte SCSI disks for floor or rackmount package
* C2464F/R, C2466F/R - 2.0 Gbyte, 8.0 Gbyte DDS drive for floor or rackmount
package


The Series 980 and CS 990 also support these peripheral packages.  The
rackmount models can be ordered and racked in the 1.6 meter cabinet (P/N
A1884A).


Series 6000 Package Maximums*
|| || Product Number || Maximum
Model F (Floor Mini Tower)
= 5 1/4-inch full height disks || C2461/62F || 3
= 3 1/2-inch DDS half height || C2464F, C2466F^^1^^ || 7

= ++Model R (Rackmount)++
= 5 1/4-inch full height disks || C2461/62R || 3
= 3 1/2-inch DDS half height || C2464R, 2466R^^1^^ || 4


%%^^1^^Support planned for 1Q93%%


%%* See Series 6000 Sales Guide (5091-1686E) for more details.%%


HP Series 6000 Model 670F/R, 1355F/R, and 2000D F/R


The disk array products (C2252 and C2254) are rackmountable in the standard 1.6
meter cabinet.  A total of 5 arrays will fit in one 1.6 meter cabinet.

Series 9x7LX and 9x7 Device Configuration Rules

The following configuration rules must be adhered to for systems with
add-on DDS (C2463) SCSI devices connected
to the 9x7LX and 9x7 systems.  These configuration restrictions are necessary
to support Powerfail.

This configuration
restriction is ++only++ necessary for C2463 (5 1/4-inch SCSI DDS).
Any Series 6000 multi-mechanism package which contains one or more C2463 DDS
tape drives must be connected to the Series 9x7LX and 9x7 system via its own
SCSI bus. It can NOT be daisy-chained to another multi-mechanism package NOR
can it be connected via the same SCSI bus as the integrated peripherals.

Series 6000 multi-mechanism packages containing only disks or disks and DDS
drives ++other than++ C2463 can be daisy-chained to another multi-mechanism
package or to the integrated SCSI bus up to the limit of 7 devices per SCSI
bus.


The SCSI bus which supports the integrated mechanisms can ONLY support a
maximum of five devices.
C2463 (5 1/4-inch SCSI DDS) is ONLY supported on
Series 9x7LX and 9x7 systems.  It is NOT supported on other platforms.




Maximum Disk Drive Configurations

=&empty || 9x7LX^^2^^ || 9x7 || 980/100\980/200 || 980/300\980/400 || 990

HP-IB disk drivesA|| 6 || 12 || 72 || 72 || 48
PB-FL disk drivesB|| 8 || 24 || 96 || 96 || 128
PBA-FL disk drives^^B,3^^ || 0 || 24 || N/A || N/A || N/A
SCSI disksC||18|| 25 || 84 || 84 || 128
Embedded disks
=&sigspace;&sigspace;C2280A || N/A || N/A || N/A
=&sigspace;&sigspace;C2281A^^1^^ || N/A || N/A || N/A
=&sigspace;&sigspace;C2282A      || N/A || N/A || N/A
=&sigspace;&sigspace;2473S1 || 1 ||3||N/A
=&sigspace;&sigspace;2497S1 || 1 ||3||N/A
Total disk drives || 18 || 49 || 96 || 96 || 128


%%^^1^^ Disk drive not supported as a system disk (LDEV 1).  Minimum capacity
for system disk for MPE/iX is 400 Mbytes
^^2^^If HP-IB interface is used, system supports only 3 additional SCSI
disks.
^^3^^PB-FL (28616A) replaces PBA-FL (A1748A)%%


N/A = Not applicable



A\(HP-IB) || B\(HP-FL) || C\(SCSI)
=7933H/XP^^1,4^^ *|| 7936FL1 *|| C2473S/F/R
=7935H/XP^^1,4^^ *|| 7937FL^^1^^ *|| C2474S/F/R
=7936H/XP1 *|| C2201A || C2461F/R
=7937H/XP *|| C2204A3 || C2462F/R
=7962B1 *  ||C2252HA,B
=7963B1,2 *||C2254HA,B^^1^^
=C2200A1
=C2202A
=C2203A


%%* Discontinued%%


NOTES:

1Disk drive not supported as a system disk (LDEV 1).

2Each 7963B unit may hold up to 3 disk drives each with
a separate controller.  Support is for the total number of disk drives.

3Each C2204A unit holds two disk mechanisms which share
a controller and is considered a single disk drive.


Disk Space Recommendations for Dump File Storage

HP will be able to provide remote dump analysis on customer systems
in a timely manner if enough disk space is allocated for dump file
storage on customer systems. In order to better help customers plan for
enough disk space to restore dump files or to dump to disks via
AutoRestart/XL, average file sizes for various system configurations
are provided below in the following table.

Dump sizes are determined by the amount of main memory, the number of active
processes and the dump compression rate which is affected by the application
mix.  The dump sizes are listed by number of processes assuming an average of
three processes per job or session.  One should note that for systems that have
greater than three processes per job or session, the dump file could be larger.
Conversely, for systems that have less than three processes per job or session,
the dump file could be smaller.

Dump/XL and AutoRestart/XL automatically compress the dump file. The
compression rate will vary depending on the type of data stored in
each dump file. An average compression rate of 40% is used to calculate
the dump size estimates listed in the following table.


AutoRestart/XL requires a separate dedicated volume set containing one or more
volumes for dump file storage.  %%Refer to the table below for dump file space
recommendations.%%



Disk Space Recommendations for Dump/XL

=Number of Processes||Main Memory Size (Mbytes)||Estimated Average
Compressed Dump Size* in Sectors

24||24||260,000
=∅||96||375,000

75||24||285,000
=∅||96||500,000

150||24||570,000
=∅||96||685,000

300||24||935,000
=∅||96||1,055,000

600||128||1,845,000
=∅||256||2,055,000
=∅||512||2,475,000

1200||128||3,320,000
=∅||256||3,530,000
=∅||512||3,950,000
=∅||1024||4,785,000

1800||128||4,795,000
=∅||256||5,000,000
=∅||512||5,420,000
=∅||1024||6,260,000

2400||128||6,270,000
=∅||256||6,475,000
=∅||512||6,895,000
=∅||1024||7,735,000

3600||128||9,215,000
=∅||256||9,425,000
=∅||512||9,845,000
=∅||1024||10,685,000

5300||128||13,395,000
=∅||256||13,605,000
=∅||512||14,025,000
=∅||1024||14,865,000


%%* Actual dump sizes may vary by +/- 25% %%




Back-Up Solutions

The choice of a back-up solution is specific to the customer, based on
applications, back-up goals, and other MIS strategies.  The appropriate
solution can depend on many of the following variables:  mass storage
configurations today and in the future, amount of data interchange with non-HP
systems, level of operator intervention or unattendedness of the back-up,
continuous 24 hour processing, CPU utilization and user impact,
price/performance of solution, future applications of back-up technology (ie,
rewritable optical disk library system as a future archival solution).

HP 3000 900 Series customers have many backup solutions from which to choose to
meet their specific backup needs.  On the hardware side, HP offers 1/2-inch
magnetic tape, DDS-format Digital Audio Tape (DAT) drives, 1/2-inch
cartridge tape (3480 compatible), and Rewritable Optical Disk Library
System.  HP also offers a family of backup software products, TurboSTORE and
TurboSTORE/XL II, to provide fast, unattended, and online backup solutions.

There are many parameters which need to be considered when evaluating a backup
solution for a specific environment.  The customer's objective, with regard to
backup, needs to be well understood in order to make the appropriate choices.
Below is a list of parameters you need to consider when evaluating a particular
solution for your customer's environment.

*attended versus unattended backup
*online versus dedicated backup
*system size (CPU)
*system configuration (how many GB need backing up)
*customer's backup strategy (how often, for what purpose, full and/or partials,
onsite or offsite storage, media interchange, retrieval time)
*number of disks and what type of disks and interface
*type and number of backup devices
*impact of rewind time for 1/2-inch tape and DDS


Some conclusions follow which can be drawn from the data we have collected.

*Optical (C1700A) performance today approaches 1/2-inch tape performance
(because HP-IB is the bottleneck)
*Optical media costs become very reasonable with TurboSTORE/XL II and data
compression
*The %%hierarchy%% of performance constraints seems to be; 1) device
throughput,
2) collective device throughput with multiple devices, 3) CPU utilization for
TurboSTORE/XL II and high data compression, 4) the spread of data across how
many disks, and 5) the disk type and interface, with newer disks and HP-FL
interface providing the best performance
*The number and type of disks matter because with interleaving, TurboSTORE will
pull data from multiple disks in parallel, therefore the greater the number of
disks, the better TurboSTORE can perform.
*Online backup should be performed with fast rather than high data compression
because high data compression is CPU intensive.


The 1/2-inch magnetic tape and 1/2-inch cartridge tape (3480 compatible) is
ideal for data interchange with non-HP systems.
The 1/2-inch cartridge tape products are available from Storage Technology
Corporation (4220 with autoloader and 4280).  The 4280 is ideal for fast backup
and for
data interchange in a mainframe environment. These products are only supported
with
autoloaders that hold up to ten cartridges.  The 1/2-inch cartridge tape cannot
share a SCSI device card with HP SCSI devices.

The DDS cassette can provide up to 2 GB of storage with no data compression.
As the amount of data per cassette increases, so does
the need to improve the access time to the stored data.
Single and multiple DDS devices
can provide low cost and unattended backup for small to medium configurations.


%%"DDS format quality"%% cassettes must be purchased by customer either from HP
or other vendors.  Not all generic DAT tapes meet HP standards.


The HP Series 6300 Model 20GB/A Rewritable Optical Disk Library System
(C1700A) and Model 10GB (C1703A) provide unattended backup for large
configurations on the
HP 3000. To ensure operability on the HP 3000, three pieces need to be ordered:

*TurboSTORE/XL II with support for Rewritable Optical Disk (P/N 36397A) or
TurboSTORE/XL II with Online Backup for Rewritable Optical Disk (P/N 36398A)
*Rewritable Optical Disk Library System (P/N C1700A, option 1AC or option 133).
Option 1AC provides the 1 meter, 19-inch rack version of the library system.
Option 133 provides the library system without the cabinet for installation
into an existing 1 meter cabinet.  Option AFJ provides 2 meter SCSI cable.
*SCSI host-adapter for CIB HP 3000 systems (P/N 27251A) includes 2 meter cable.
P/N 92222D can be ordered for 1 meter SCSI cable extender.  SCSI host-adapter
for HP-PB systems (28642A) includes a 1 meter cable.*


In configuring the Optical Disk Library, each Library System must have its own
SCSI host adapter card.


HP 3000 900 Series Summary of Backup Capacity

=       || 7980A || 7980XC || DDS || Optical || 1/2-inch Cartridge (3480)

=++Media Capacity Comparison++
=Media capacity basic || 140 MB || 500 MB || 2000 MB || 650 MB || 200 MB
=Media capacity with (typical) fast data compression || 280 MB || N/A ||4000 MB
|| 1300 MB || 400 MB
=Media capacity with (typical) high data compression || 500 MB || N/A || 7000
MB || 2250 MB || 700 MB

=++Media Cost Comparison++
=Media cost per unit || $23 || $23 || $15 || $200 || $9
=Media cost per MB basic || $.16 || $.05 || $.01 || $.31 || $.05
=Media cost per MB with fast data compression || $.08 || N/A || $.005 || $.16
|| $.03
=Media cost per MB with high data compression || $.05 || N/A || $.003 || $.09
|| $.01



HP 3000 900 Series Summary of Transfer Rates in Gbytes/Hour\(Series 980/100)

=      || 7980A || 7980XC || DDS || Optical || 1/2-inch Cartridge

=Standard device || ~2.5 || ~3.0 || ~.65 || ~2.0 || 6
=TurboSTORE/XL II with fast data compression || ~5.0 || N/A || ~1.3 || ~3.5 -
4.0 || 10 - 12
=TurboSTORE/XL II with high data compression || ~7 - 8.0 || N/A || ~2.5 ||
~5 - 7.0 || 15 - 20



These transfer rates are based on TurboIMAGE databases being backed up under
optimal conditions.  Your customer may get different results depending on their
environment.

Transfer rates depend on back-up device, number of devices
per bus, processor performance, TurboSTORE/XL II compression ratio, and type of
data being compressed.  The above transfer rates assume one device; additional
devices obviously increase transfer rates.  Data compression (other than
7980XC) requires TurboSTORE/XL II.



Maximum Backup Drive Configurations

=&empty || 9x7LX || 9x7 ||980/100\980/200\980/300\980/400||990

=1/2-inch Tape DrivesA||4||8||8 ||8
=DDS tape drive ||4||8||8 ||8
=1/2-inch cartridge tape ||2||8||8||8
Total Tape Drives||4||8||8 ||8

=Optical || 2 || 3 || 3 || 3


A7974A, 7978A/B, 7979A, 7980A, 7980XC^^1^^


%%^^1^^Highest performance with TurboSTORE/XL requires configuring each
7980XC and 7980 to a separate HP-IB channel.%%


TurboSTORE/XL II

TurboSTORE/XL II offers fast, unattended dedicated and online back-up.  For
maximum flexibility, TS/XL II has two software data compression algorithms from
which to choose:  fast and high density.  The fast algorithm provides an
average of 2:1 data compression while the high density algorithm provides an
average of 3.5:1 data compression.  Actual compression rates will depend on
the type of data being compressed.


Fast data compression is recommended for %%online%% back-up for all systems.


Parallel devices provide the capability of reducing back-up time (depending on
the characteristics of your files and your backup device) by storing different
files on different devices at the same time.  When files are stored to a set of
parallel devices, the files are grouped before the %%Store%% begins and then
copied to multiple devices simultaneously.  TurboSTORE/XL II supports up to a
maximum of eight parallel back-up devices.

Parallel device pools are multiple sets of sequential devices used in parallel.
(In a sequential backup, the system stores to one backup device first.  Once
that backup device is filled, the system stores to another device.)
Using large device pools is often the most efficient way to store a large set
of files when you have several backup devices.  Parallel device pools give you
the advantage of both parallel and sequential devices.  File subsets are copied
to different devices simultaneously, while another sequential device is ready
when the tape is filled in any device pool.  TurboSTORE/XL II supports up to
eight backup devices within a parallel device pool.  Maximum performance is
obtained by using three or four parallel sets, each consisting of two
sequential devices.

To enhance performance with TS/XL or TS/XL II, modified configurations are
suggested.  If backup devices will only be used sequentially, they may share an
HP-IB DA.  If devices are used in parallel or parallel in device pools, it is
suggested that each backup device have its own HP-IB DA.  Additional
performance increases can occur with:

* HP-IB disks spread over at least four HP-IB DAs
* A maximum of two HP-FL DAs per CIB.
* Have HP-IB and HP-FL DAs on separate CIB.
* A maximum of 3 HP-IB DAs per CIB.


For Series 9x7 systems with greater than 12 Gbytes storage, spread disks across
3 SCSI busses.  Back-up performance is enhanced with TurboSTORE/XL II and SCSI
disks and DDS by having the disks on a separate SCSI bus from the DDS
tapes and/or 1/2-inch tape drives.

TurboSTORE/XL II can create compatibility mode tapes which can be recovered on
MPE V systems and MPE/iX systems using the "TRANSPORT" parameter.  You cannot
create tapes with TurboSTORE/XL or TurboSTORE/XL II in Native Mode and recover
in Compatibility Mode.  Compatibility Mode tapes can be created, but no
TurboSTORE/XL or TurboSTORE/XL II options (data compression, online, etc.) can
be used.

The 1/2-inch tape compressed on the 7980XC cannot be read by TurboSTORE/XL
II if restored from a drive other than 7980XC.

The 1/2-inch cartridge tape drive from StorageTek can provide your customer
with media interchange in mainframe environments.  This standard (3480
compatible) cartridge is usable in IBM's 3480 1/2-inch cartridge tape drives.
Data stored to this cartridge with IBM label tape format can be easily
transferred to an IBM system, and vice versa.


STORE and TurboSTORE/XL Products

=Product||Part Number||Description

=STORE/XL||  ||Single device store/restore, fastsearch for DDS as of 2.2 and
forward
=TurboSTORE/XL||30319A||Up to 8 parallel tape drives, up to 8 sequential
tape drives, support dissimilar devices (7980XC and 7978), interleaving,
fastsearch as of 2.2 and forward
=TurboSTORE/XL II||36387A||Software data compression, up to 8 parallel
or serial devices, DDS and fastsearch on DDS, parallel restore, IBM/ANSI label
tapes, dissimilar tape devices, interleaving
=TurboSTORE/XL II with Online Backup||36388A||All functionality in P/N
39387A plus capabilities for online backup
=TurboSTORE/XL II with support for Rewritable Optical Disk||36397A||All
functionality in P/N 39387A plus support for Rewritable Optical Disk
=TurboSTORE/XL II with Online Backup for Rewritable Optical Disk||36398A|| All
functionality in P/N 39397 plus online backup




Printers

Description

Three categories of printers are supported directly connected to HP 3000 Series
900 systems.  Character printers tend to be less expensive yet versatile in
capabilities, including the handling of multipart forms.  Line printers offer
much of the same versatility and are cost effective and more reliable for
larger volumes of printing.  Page printers are quieter in the office
environment and offer crisp, letter quality output in a range of print speeds.
The table below summarizes the various printers supported directly connected to
900 Series systems.


Summary of Printers Supported on HP 3000 900 Series Systems

=&empty || Maximum Print Speed || Paper Type || Print Quality || Bar Codes ||
Interface || Modem Support

Dot Matrix Impact Character Printers
=2932A* General Purpose Printer|| 200 cps || FF/MPF || Dft || No || Serial
|| Yes
=2933A* Factory Data Printer|| 200 cps || FF/MPF || Dft || Yes || Serial
|| Yes
=2934A Business Printer|| 40/67/200 cps || FF/MPF/CS || LQ/NLQ/Dft || Yes ||
Serial || Yes
=C1202A Asian Character Printer || 110/220 cps || FF/MPF/CS || NLQ/Dft || No ||
Serial/HP-IB || Yes

Dot Matrix Impact Line Printers
=2562C Industrial Line Printer|| 150/300 lpm || FF/MPF || NLQ/Dft || Yes ||
Serial/HP-IB || No
=2563A*/B*/C Line Printer || 150/420 lpm || FF/MPF || NLQ/Dft || Opt ||
Serial/HP-IB || No
=2564B*/C Line Printer || 300/840 lpm || FF/MPF || NLQ/Dft || Opt ||
Serial/HP-IB || No
=2566A*/B*/C Line Printer || 248/1200 lpm || FF/MPF || NLQ/Dft || Opt || HP-IB
|| No
=2576B*/C Line Printer || 320/1600 lpm || FF/MPF || NLQ/Dft || Opt || HP-IB ||
No
=C1200A Asian Line Printer || 270 lpm || FF/MPF || NLQ/Dft || No || Serial ||
Yes

Page Printers
=2686A* LaserJet || 8 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=33440A* LaserJet Series II || 8 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=33447A* LaserJet Series IID || 8 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=33449A LaserJet Series III || 8 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=33459A LaserJet Series IIID || 8 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=33491A LaserJet Series IIISi|| 17 ppm|| CS || LQ || Opt || Serial/LAN || No
=2687A* Page Printer || 12 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=2688A* Page Printer || 12 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || HP-IB || No
=2684A* LaserJet 2000 || 20 ppm || CS || LQ || Opt || Serial || No
=2680A* High Speed Page Printer || 45 ppm || FF || LQ || Yes || HP-IB || No
=C2753A HP 5000 Model F100 60Hz||100 ppm||FF||LQ||Yes**||SCSI||No
=C2754A HP 5000 Model F100 50Hz||100 ppm||FF||LQ||Yes**||SCSI||No

%%* Discontinued product, listed for support
reference** Requires third party software%%



cps = characters per second   FF = fanfold            Dft = draft
lpm = lines per minute        MPF = multipart forms   NLQ - near letter quality
ppm = pages per minute        CS = cutsheet           LQ = letter quality



Maximum Printer Support

System Printers

System printers connect through the HP-IB (PBA-IB) or SCSI interface.  This
configuration
generally offers higher printer throughput, guarantees data integrity, ensures
print job independence and reports operational status to the system.  More
information on HP-IB and SCSI interfacing printers is in Chapter 5.

The following tables list the total number of system printers as well as the
maximum number of each type of printer supported on 900 Series systems.


Maximum System Printer Configurations

=&empty ||9x7LX || 9x7 ||
960, 980/100, 980/200, 980/300, 980/400||CS 990,\CS 992

=2562C    ||6||8||8||8
=2563A/B/C||6||8||8||8
=2564B/C  ||6||8||8||8
=2566A/B/C||6||8||8||8
=2567B/C  ||6||8||8||8
=2680A^^1^^    ||2||4||4||4
=2688A^^1^^    ||2||4||4||4
=HP 5000 Model F100^^2^^  - C2753A (60 Hz)  - C2754A (50
Hz)|| 4 || 4 || 4 || 4
Total System Printers ||6||8||12 ||12
%%^^1^^Discontinued
^^2^^Requires SCSI adapter, cannot be connected to built-in SCSI%%



Cable Configuration for 256X Printers



* Order the 256X option 393 to obtain the HP-IB interface and a 4 meter HP-IB
  cable.
* 256X printers are shipped configured with one device load (configurable from
  1 to 7).
* A maximum of six 256X printers are supported per HP-IB device adapter.  %%See
  Chapter 5 for device loading and cable length rules.%%
* Up to four 256X printers are supported on an HP-IB extender configuration.




Cable Configuration for 2680A Page Printer



* 2688A and 2680A printers are both shipped configured with four device loads
  and are both configurable from 1 to 7.
* Both printers include a 1 meter internal HP-IB cable.
* Both printers are shipped with an 8 meter HP-IB cable.
* A maximum of two 2688A or 2680A printers are supported per HP-IB device
  adapter.  See previous discussion for device loading and cable length rules.
* Up to two 2688A or 2680A printers are supported on an HP-IB extender
  configuration.


%%Note:  2680A is discontinued.  Information listed here is for reference
only.%%

HP 5000 Model F100 Printer

The F100 printer is supported on the HP 3000 900 Series systems through a
direct
SCSI (small computer system interface) interface channel.  The CIB
SCSI Host Adapter Card (27251A) and HP-PB SCSI Host Adapter Card (28642A) are
industry-standard local I/O busses that allow
computer connections to certain peripherals.  They support the SCSI common
command and message set, as well as asynchronous and synchronous data
transfers.

++Requirements++


* CIB SCSI Host Adapter Card (27251A) or HP-PB SCSI Host Adapter Card (28642A)
* MPE/iX 4.0


++Configuration Limitations++


* Only one F100 printer per SCSI channel
* Up to four F100 printers per system
* The SCSI Host Adapter Card includes 2 meter cable.  P/N 92222B can be
ordered for 1 meter SCSI cable extender
* The SCSI channel has to be configured at address 7 (factory standard)


++Cable Configurations++

With the HP SCSI interconnect, the maximum cable distance from the SPU to
printer
is 3 meters (cables internal to the printer are estimated at 3 meters).  For
distances for 50 or 100 meters between printer and SPU, the fiber-optic SCSI
extender (P/N 28643A) can be ordered.


HP 5000 F100 Cabling Alternatives


++Fiber-Optic SCSI Extender Support++

The extender overcomes the SCSI distance limitation.  By delivering up to 100
meters, the HP 28643A provides the flexibility to place the F100 printer in
locations more convenient to and efficient for users.  The extender comes in
two lengths, 50 meters and 100 meters, and provides industry-standard SCSI
compatibility.

HP 28643A includes two extender assemblies, two 19-inch rackmounting brackets,
one install/reference manual, and one loopback test connector.  Option AFB
provides 50 meters distance, option AFD provides 100 meters.  Additional SCSI
cabling must be ordered to attach from the remote extender to the printer.
The products are:

*92222A - .5 meter male-male
*92222B - 1 meter male-male
*92222C - 2 meter male-male
*92222D - 1 meter female-male


For distances greater than 100 meters, the HP Router can be used to extended
LAN networking.

 Serial Printers

900 Series systems support spooled serial printers through the Data
Communications and Terminal Controller (DTC).  Serial printers connect to a DTC
port either via a hardwired RS-232/422 cable or via a modem.

The following tables list the maximum number of total serial printers as well
as maximum number of each type of printer supported on 900 Series systems.


The following configurations have been determined to impose an acceptable
impact on system performance.  These represent the maximum factory supported
configurations.  In many cases, customers have successfully exceeded these
maximums.  There is no electrical or operating system limit that would prevent
connecting printers to all available system ports.  However, a careful
evaluation of system loading should be performed before attempting to exceed
the specified maximum configuration.



Maximum Serial Printer Configurations

=&empty ||9x7LX || 937\947 || 957\967\977\987 || 980/100 || 980/200 || 980/300
|| 980/400 || CS 990\CS 992

=2562C                ||14 ||21 ||28 ||44   ||68  || 88 || 96 || 200
=2563A/B/C            ||14 ||21 ||28 ||44   ||68  || 88 || 96 || 200
=2564B/C              ||7  ||10 ||14 ||22   ||34  || 44 || 48 || N/A
=2932A                ||N/A ||N/A ||N/A ||104  ||156 || 200 || 228 || N/A
=2934A                ||N/A ||N/A ||N/A ||104  ||156 || 200 || 228 || N/A
=2684A/D LaserJet 2000||3  ||5  ||7  ||10   ||16  || 20 || 24 || 50
=2686A/D LaserJet     ||10 ||15 ||20 || 25 || 35 || 50 || 55 || 100
=2687A                ||N/A ||N/A  ||N/A  ||7    || 10 || 14 || 18 || N/A
=33440A LaserJet II   ||10 ||15 ||20 || 32 || 48  || 64 || 70 || 150
=33447A LaserJet IID  ||10 ||15 ||20 || 32 || 48 || 64 || 70 || 150
=33449A LaserJet III  ||10 ||15 ||20 || 32 || 48 || 64 || 70 || 150
=33459A LaserJet IIID ||10 ||15 ||20 || 32 || 48 || 64 || 70 || 150
=33491A LaserJet IIISi||5  ||8  ||10 || 16 || 24 || 32 || 40 || 100
=C1200A               ||4  ||4  ||4  || 5   ||  5 || 6 || 6 || 8
=C1202A               ||4  ||4  ||4  ||> 4  ||> 4 || 6 || 6 || 8
=7550 Plotter         ||4  ||4  ||4  ||4    ||4   || 4 || 4 || 4
Total Serial Printers||32 ||48 ||64 ||104  ||156 || 156 || 156 || 250

N/A = not applicable - obsoleted devices not tested on new platforms.


Serial Printing Interfacing

Serial printers are considered either "local spooled" or "remote spooled" when
connected to a 900 Series system.  Local spooled printers are hardwired to the
DTC via either RS-232C or RS-422.  Remote spooled printers connect to the DTC
via a modem.  %%For more information on connecting to the DTC, see Chapter 7.%%


Only 293x printers are supported as remote spooled.


Status Checking

If the serial printer supports the "ESC-?" status checking capability, the MPE
Spooler or "hot" printing application has the ability to determine whether a
printer is on-line before spooling the print job.  This will prevent the data
from being sent (and lost) to a printer that is out of paper or encountered a
fault condition.

With status checking, if the printer goes off-line for any reason, the spooler
will stop printing, save the print job, and automatically resume printing when
the printer comes back on-line.  Without status checking, printer faults or
out-of-paper conditions cannot be detected.  The spooler will always send the
print job "blind" and purge the spoolfile assuming it printed successfully.
The spoolfile will then have to be re-created in order to restart the printing
process.

With the exception of some LaserJet models, all supported serial printers
provide the status checking feature as standard.  All printers with the status
checking feature are configured as Term Type 26.

On the LaserJet IID, LaserJet III, and LaserJet IIID, a status checking card
(26013A) is installed in the printer to support the status checking feature.
On the LaserJet IIISi, a special MIO RS-232 card (C2059H) must be installed in
the printer to provide status checking.  In each of these cases, the status
checking feature is ordered spearately.

If the status checking feature is not installed in a LaserJet IID, LaserJet
III, LaserJet IIID, or LaserJet IIISi, these printers would be configured as
Term Type 18.

LAN Printers

Printers connected to the HP 3000 via the LAN are a new class of printers
supported by NetWare for the HP 3000 (P/N 32020A).  LAN-based printers offer
convenience and connectivity that has been difficult to achieve by HP-IB and
serial-connected printers.  LAN-connected printers can be located in the
workgroup via the same LAN cable used to connect to PC workstations to the
system.

The first LAN-based printer available to the HP 3000 is the LaserJet IIISi.  By
using NetWare for the HP 3000 and the LaserJet IIISi Network Printer Interface
cards for NetWare, the LaserJet IIISi is directly suppported for PC
applications when the LaserJet is operating the Queue Server mode.  Token Ring
LANs can also be used if a PC-based Novell NetWare file server the Ethernet and
Token Ring cards is used to connect the two media types.

NetWare for the HP 3000 provides LAN printer access to PC applications.  It
does NOT provide transparent access to LAN printers for MPE/iX applications.
Consult your local HP representative regarding the availability of third party
solutions and/or applications programming interfaces which could be used in
conjunction with NetWare for the HP 3000 to provide LAN printer access from
MPE/iX applications.

To support PC clients using NetWare or "Network aware" applications on MPE/iX
you will need the following:


*NetWare for the HP 3000 (and a LAN link if not already installed)
*LaserJet IIISi with a Network Interface card (C2059A for Ethernet or C2059C
for Token Ring.  As of Release 4.0, HP 3000 HP-PB systems support a Native
Token Ring connection.  For further details, see section one.


At the time of this writing, full performance testing of NetWare for the HP
3000 had not been completed.  The number of LAN-based printers which can be
used will depend on system loading and any NetWare for the HP 3000 printer
configuration limits.  Consult the NetWare for the HP 3000 documentation for
further information.

To support MPE/iX spool files on the LAN based LaserJet IIISi, you must
purchase the third party software package entitled "NBSpool", which is
available from Quest Software.


Workstations

Terminals

HP designs and manufactures high-quality terminals specifically for HP 3000
systems.  These terminals offer:

*anti-glare displays
*high character definition
*functional keyboard layouts
*display screen tilt and swivel
*enhanced keyboard with tactile feedback




=Product||Description||Memory||Additional Features

=700/43 || Multipersonality ASCII || 4 pages || Supports 12 popular
compatibility modes
=700/60 || ASCII/ANSI/PC-Term || Wyse 60/VT320 || Wyse 60, DEC VT320, and
PC-Term modes
=700/60ES || ASCII/ANSI/PC-Term || Wyse 60/VT320 || Meets Swedish MPR 1990:10
guidelines
=700/92 || Blockmode VPLUS || 8 pages ||
=700/94 || High performance blockmode VPLUS || 16 pages || Local forms cache,
edit checks, modified data tag
=700/96 || Blockmode VPLUS || 8 pages || High-quality display; EC 92
regulations (EN 55022B)
=700/96ES || Blockmode VPLUS || 8 Pages || Meets Swedish MPR 1990:10
guidelines
=700/98 || High performance blockmode VPLUS || 16 pages || High-quality
display Local forms cache, edit checks, modified data tag; EC 92
regulations (EN 55022B)
=700/98ES || High performance blockmode VPLUS || 16 pages || Meets
Swedish MPR 1990:10 guidelines

%%NOTE:
VPLUS requires a 700/92, 94, 96, or 98  terminal.  Oracle's SQL*Forms,
INGRES forms, and JAM will run on any 700 series terminal.  JAM also runs on a
block mode terminal, giving the user optimal performance.%%


All terminals have:

*14-inch screen
*printer port
*selectable 80 or 132 column display modes
*detachable adjustable keyboard with 8 shiftable function keys
*green, white, or amber phosphor


700/96, 98, and 60 have:

*full overscan
*larger, sharper characters
*serial and parallel printer ports


VPLUS/Windows

VPLUS/Windows is an MS Windows 3.0 PC based user interface for standard VPLUS
applications.  It allows users to take advantage of increased productivity and
performance benefits of a cooperative computing environment with no changes to
current applications.  Users get the benefits of MS Windows interface
including:


*multiple PC and HP 3000 applications from multiple HP 3000 servers and systems
integrated on the PC
*field-sensitive help
*color enhanced VPLUS displays


Required Software

*VPLUS/Windows
*VPLUS (and B.06.XX or subsequent version)
*MPE/iX (version 2.2 and subsequent versions)
*Microsoft® MS-DOS (version 3.2 and subsequent versions)
*Microsoft® Windows (version 3.0 and subsequent versions)


PC Configuration

*640K memory
*286 microprocessor or greater


Optional Software

*To take advantage of NewWave encapsulation - NewWave 3.0 (requires version 3.0
of Microsoft® Windows
*To take advantage of Application Online Help
-Microsoft® Software Development Kit (version 3.0)
-A "Rich Text Format" (RTF) editor.  Some examples include Microsoft® Word
for Windows (version 1.0), Microsoft® Word for PC (version 5.0), and other
editors that support RTF


Networking Environment

*NS 3000 Network Services (HP 36920A), 2.1
*HP EtherTwist, HP StarLAN 10 or HP ThinLAN Network PC Link
*LAN/3000 Link




HP Personal Computers

HP's personal computers are easily integrated with HP 3000 systems.  User's can
take advantage of the rich functionality available in PC applications while
utilizing the full range of HP 3000 resources.  Processing power can then be
focused on the PC, reducing the demand on the host system.

Supported PCs:

*HP Vectra ES/12
*HP Vectra QS/16S and QS/20
*HP Vectra RS/20C and RS/25C
*HP Vectra 486/25
*HP Vectra 386/25
*HP Vectra 286/12


Workstation Cabling

Refer to Chapter 7 for workstation cabling.