HP Distributed Computing Environment (HP DCE) provides a high-quality,
comprehensive, standards-based framework to develop, administer
and use distributed applications.
On HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20), the following products are available:
DCE-Core (HP-UX 11i, PA version)
DCE-IA64-Core (native on IPF platforms)
DCE-IA64-Tools (native on IPF platforms)
Other
DCE Core Services (Security and Cell Directory Services) are not available
in native mode on Itanium-based systems.
DCE-IA64-Core provides DCE-RPC support and includes 32 and
64 bit version of libdcekt. See “New libdcekt.sl and libdcecpkt.sl Libraries” in Chapter 7 “Programming” for
more information. DCE-IA64-Tools is a subset of HP-UX 11i DCE-Core
tools containing RPC related application development.
To take advantage of IPF features, RPC applications
should be recompiled. Applications which use DCE-Core service APIs
other than RPC (including rpcd) are not supported
in native mode on Itanium-based systems.
A minimum of 64 MB RAM and 70 MB hard disk space is required
for installation and use of the DCE Clients and libraries on HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) systems.
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DCE clients can use either the IPF or the PA RPC APIs.
DCE clients on IPF systems can work with DCE servers on a
PA system, and DCE clients on PA systems can work with DCE servers
on IPF systems. RPC applications may have performance degradation
and unexpected behavior in this release.
rpcd is only available in PA mode.
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