NS/9000 and vt3k/9000

The dscopy (nft) service of NS/9000 is not supported on HP-UX 10.x. This includes the dscopy command and the nftserver, nftdaemon, and dscopy processes. The ver_ns verification script is also not supported. Applications and services currently using dscopy will need to use the Internet Services File Transfer protocol (ftp) for 10.x. Other NS systems in the network may need to be updated to maintain vt3k communication with HP-UX systems running 10.x. HP 3000 names need to be configured in the /etc/host file or on the Domain Name Server.

The vt3k service is supported on HP-UX 10.x, but it uses the BSD Sockets interface. With the transition to BSD Sockets, vt3k uses ARPA Domain Name resolution rather than NS nodename resolution. The -t option of vt3k now enables MPE/iX-style typeahead. You may need to modify scripts that use this option and that run HP 3000 applications not designed for typeahead (for example, applications that use block mode or function keys) so that they invoke vt3k without the -t option. For more information, including HP 3000 software requirements, refer to the VT3K/9000 Quick Reference Manual (J2399-90000).