Preface

This manual describes the DCE for the HP e3000, based on OSF DCE version 1.0.2 source code.

This manual is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 “General Information” provides information on version identification and components and limitations.

Chapter 2 “Configuring DCE Cells” provides general information on using the DCE configurator tool and options.

Chapter 3 “Threads Architecture on MPE/iX” the section provides the architecture of threads on MPE/iX as well as building DCE programs.

Chapter 4 “DCE 1.2.1 Features and Programming Notes” describes the differences between DCE 1.0.2 and DCE 1.2.1.

Chapter 5 “Programming with Kernel Threads” provides basic thread creation and management routines

Chapter 6 “Introduction to RPC” provides the Remote Procedure Call component of the core services of OSF DCE.

Chapter 7 “Programming with RPC 1.2.1 on MPE/iX” provides examples of RPC application programming.