HP Advanced Server V5.1B-3 for UNIX

The Advanced Server for UNIX® (ASU) software is a Tru64 UNIX layered application that provides seamless interoperability between systems running the Tru64 UNIX operating system software and systems running a Windows operating system software.
The ASU software implements Microsoft® Windows® NT® Version 4.0 server services such as file, print, security, and management services on a system running the Tru64 UNIX operating system software. The Tru64 UNIX system on which the ASU software is running appears as a Windows NT Version 4.0 server to other Windows systems and to users of Windows systems.

You use Windows commands and utilities to manage the ASU software and to make UNIX based file systems and printers available to Windows users as shares. Windows users access the shares without modification to their PC systems.

Features of the ASU software include:

• High Availability and scalability. You can provide highly available and scalable disk shares, printer shares, and even Windows NT Version 4.0 PDC services using reliable HP TruCluster Server software.
• Windows domain controller support. You can configure the ASU software as a Windows NT Version 4.0 primary domain controller (PDC), a backup domain controller (BDC), or a member server. In a Windows 2000/2003 environment, you can configure the ASU software as a BDC (when the Windows 2000/2003 domain controller is configured to run in mixed-mode) or as a member server. The ASU software can also act as a PDC to a set of Windows 2000 Professional Workstations.
• Trust Relationships. You can configure the ASU software to participate in a trust relationship.
• Management from Windows Administration Tools. You can create file and printer shares and user accounts by using native Windows NT Version 4.0 administrative tools and by using the Windows 2000 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in
• Windows NT Security. You can set Windows NT Version 4.0 permissions on disk shares. Users can set NT access control list (ACL) permissions on individual files. Additionally, you can establish Windows NT local and global groups.
• You can use network information service (NIS) to create Tru64 UNIX user accounts.
• Two free user connections.
• Common Internet File System (CIFS) support.
• International language support.
• Windows 2000 and Windows XP client support.
• Clusterwide management of client licenses

Enhancements and corrections in the ASU Version 5.1B-3 kit:

• The ASU server is now able to notify clients of changes made by UNIX programs and commands.
• The ASU server now supports mailslot messages sent to the cluster alias IP address.
• ASU now supports locales with an expanding character set such as the UTF-8 codeset, for example, fi_FI.UTF-8 or ja_JP.UTF-8, for file names and pathnames.
• Interoperability between smbfs on a Linux client and the ASU server has been improved.
• The elfread command has been enhanced with three new options for managing ASU event log settings.
• A new registry parameter, MemberUseAnyDC, can improve connection response time by allowing an ASU member server to use any available domain controller for validating authentication requests.
• Two new lanman.ini parameters, logunixpasswordchgsuccess and logunixpasswordchgfailure, have been added under the [lmxserver] section to control the logging of UNIX password changes by the ASDUPASS utility and also by the ASU server when the SyncUnixPassword registry entry is enabled.
• The pccheck client tool has been enhanced with a new option, -escalate, to collect the system configuration of Windows NT systems. The files are collected in compressed form, as a cab file, in the pccheck directory.
• See the ASU Version 5.1B-3 Release Notes for a complete list of new features, functionality, and corrected problems.

The ASU Version 5.1B-3 software can be used to

• Install the ASU software on a Tru64 UNIX system for the first time.
• Upgrade previous versions of the ASU software.

• HP's Advanced File System (AdvFS)
• UNIX File System (UFS)
• Network File System (NFS) - the ASU software provides a utility that automatically exports nonrestricted network file systems as disk shares
• CD-ROM File System (CDFS) read-only

ASU disk shares are based the on Microsoft LAN Manager Extended Server Message Block (SMB) protocols, which enable Windows users to connect to ASU disk shares by using native Microsoft utilities, such as the Windows Explorer. Once connected, the file system that is associated with the disk share appears as a transparent extension to a Windows user's local computing environment.

Other types network users can access files in ASU disk shares. For example, a Tru64 UNIX interactive user can access a text file stored in an ASU disk share.

• Use Windows 2000 Active Directory to resolve Tru64 UNIX user account and group information. This option requires that the Windows 2000 Active Directory be on a system that is running the Windows 2000 operating system software with HP Single Sign On (SSO) software installed on the Tru64 UNIX system.
• Windows NT Authentication for Tru64 UNIX. This option installs a Tru64 UNIX security module that enables Tru64 UNIX interactive users to be authenticated by using their domain user account name and password.
• Tru64 UNIX and domain user account password synchronization. When enabled, this option automatically synchronizes a user's Tru64 UNIX user account password or their UNIX NIS password to their associated domain user account password. Windows users can use the native Windows NT or Windows 95 or 98 password change screen to change their passwords. This option requires that the ASU server run as the PDC in a Windows NT Version 4.0 domain.

The ASU software provides full Windows NT Version 4.0 domain controller support, including support for the Tru64 UNIX system to be a PDC, BDC, or Member Server in a standalone Tru64 UNIX or mixed Tru64 UNIX and Windows NT environment. When operating in a Windows 2000/2003 domain, you can configure the ASU server as a member server or a BDC in mixed mode. In a Windows 2000/2003 native mode domain, ASU can be only a member server.

The ASU software also supports Windows NT Version 4.0 trust relationships, allowing you to grant enterprise-wide permissions to access ASU or Windows NT resources in other domains. ASU also supports Windows NT local and global groups to simplify the administration of access to file and printer shares.

The ASU software runs the netlogon service, which eliminates the need for the user to supply a password for each disk or print share connection that they make within a domain.

• NetBIOS over TCP/IP uses the system's installed TCP/IP transport software for local and wide area networking.
• NetBEUI transport is used exclusively for local area networking.

• A Microsoft WINS Server. You can configure the ASU software as a WINS client that will use the Primary WINS server for resolution. If the Primary WINS server is not available and a secondary WINS server is configured, the ASU server will use the Secondary WINS server.
• A Domain Name Server (DNS).
• An lmhosts file. You edit the lmhosts file on each system to add an entry that includes the NetBIOS name and TCP/IP address for each system with which the ASU server needs to communicate.

• User Manager for Domains to create and manage domain user accounts and groups
• Server Manager to create and manage disk shares
• Event Viewer to view ASU events
• Windows 2000 MMC Active Directory Computers and Users snap-in to create and manage domain user accounts and groups in a W2K domain.

You can administer the ASU software using net commands on a system running the Tru64 UNIX Version 4.0F or higher software on which the ASU software is installed.

You can also use the default Tru64 UNIX Motif-based GUI tools (such as dxaccounts, dxfileshare, or dxprint) on a system running the Tru64 UNIX Version 4.0F or higher software on which the ASU software is installed. You can use the Tru64 UNIX SysMan event viewer to view status information about print jobs sent to the ASU server.

You install the ASU software by using the Tru64 UNIX setld installation utility. You configure the ASU software by using the asusetup utility.

Most of the ASU configuration values are stored in a central database called the ASU registry; some are stored in the lanman.ini configuration file. You can view and manage the ASU registry using the Windows NT regedt32 utility or one of the registry editors that the ASU software provides.

The ASU software is supported on Alpha systems as specified in the Tru64 UNIX operating system QuickSpecs.

Refer to the Tru64 UNIX operating system QuickSpecs for a complete list of supported systems, components, and peripherals.

• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT Version 3.5, Version 3.51, and Version 4.0
• Windows 95 or Windows 98
• Windows for Workgroups Version 3.11
• LAN Manager Version 2.x workstation software for DOS, Windows, and OS/2

The version of Advanced Server for UNIX described in this QuickSpec qualifies as a Minor Functional version release.

The ASU license provides the right to use the software as described in this QuickSpec, and is furnished under the licensing of Hewlett-Packard Company's Standard Terms and Conditions. Licenses for prior versions must be updated to this version either through the purchase of a Service Agreement that includes the rights-to-use new versions, or through the purchase of Update licenses.Provided with the ASU software are two free license connects that are immediately available to use after you install and configure the ASU software. Each client that connects to the ASU server or cluster needs a license, i.e. if a cluster has 10 users spread across 10 cluster nodes then you only need to purchase 10 ASU concurrent user licenses.

You purchase additional ASU licenses in the form of a product authorization key (PAK) called ASDU-CONNECT, which you load in to the Tru64 UNIX License Management Facility (LMF). You purchase ASDU-CONNECT PAKs based on the number of clients that you expect to connect to the ASU server or to the ASU cluster. For example, if you expect a maximum of 100 clients to connect to the ASU server, a 100-user license is required for that server. Alternatively, if you expect a maximum of 100 clients to connect to the ASU server, a 100-user license is required for the cluster and the software will manage the client licenses among the members of the cluster.

Each system or cluster running the ASU software requires an ASDU-CONNECT PAK. For more information on the licensing terms and policies, contact your local HP representative or reseller.

Warranty for this software is provided by HP in accordance with the HP warranty terms applicable to the license purchase.

This information is valid at time of release. Please contact your local sales support office or distributor for the most up-to-date information.

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