HP NonStop operating system architecture for NS-series

Course overview

This 5-day course will give you an in-depth understanding of the H-Series operating system architecture. It includes the Itanium2-based processors and modular I/O. Post S-Series changes include: debugging, run-time architecture, memory, process control, and synchronization. It explains how TNS and TNS/E processes execute. It takes you through the internals that support user services. You will examine user services such as the Guardian and Open System Services (OSS) file systems and process control. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of NonStop hardware and software architectures.

Prerequisites

• Concepts and facilities for HP NonStop systems course (U4147S)
• HP NonStop Kernel principles course (U4179S)
• Working knowledge of C/C++ or pTAL

Audience

• System programmers
• Field analysts
• Application designers

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Course objectives

• To provide a comprehensive understanding of NonStop system architecture, including the process run-time architectures.

Benefits to you

• Understand the Itanium-based systems
• Be able to design programs and subsystems more intelligently
• Be able to support HP software products

Course outline

Module 1: Hardware and Software Overview

• NonStop Advanced Architecture Hardware
• Modular I/O
• Process Run-Time Architecture
• Inter-processor and I/O Architecture
• Message-based Operating System
• Software layers

Module 2: Debuggers

• Which debugger to use for what
• eGarth and eInspect
• Visual Inspect

Module 3: Process Execution Environment

• TNS/E
• Building TNS/E programs and libraries
• TNS
• TNS Accelerated
• TNS Calling Native Procedures
• TNS Application Debugging

Module 4: Addressing

• Itanium processor addressing
• TNS/E process layout
• TNS Process layout

Module 5: Interrupts and Exceptions

• Interruptions overview
• Synchronization and Coordination Mechanisms
• Interrupt Processes and Auxiliary Processes

Module 6: Operating System Tools and Mechanisms

• Types of Data Structure
• Time Services
• Process Contention Controls
• PROCESS_WAIT_ and PROCESS_AWAKE
• Classic Privileged Semaphores

Module 7: Memory Access and Management

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Itanium2 virtual addressing hardware support
• Physical Tables
• Logical Segments
• Page Faults

Module 8: The Message System

• Communication with the same node
• ServerNet
• MQCs
• Communication across nodes
• Expand
• ServerNet clusters
• QIO

Module 9: Process Life Cycle and Management

• Guardian Process Creation
• Process States
• Process scheduling
• Monitor Process
• Processor Load and Reload

Module 10: OSS Process Life Cycle

• Process creation
• fork() and exec ()
• Process termination

Module 11: Guardian File System

• Roles and responsibilities of the File System
• Control Structures
• Open
• Control Structures for different file types
• Receive Depth
• Nowait Depth
• Sync Depth
• NSAA considerations
  

Module 12: OSS File System

• OSS file system differences from the Guardian file system
• How a file is open(), what device types are supported, and file

Module 13: I/O

• Storage: Architecture, Initiation, Transfer, Completion
• Storage: Configuration
• Comparing Storage and Network I/O
• Network: Architecture, Initiation, Transfer, Completion
• QIO
• Incoming network I/O
• WAN I/O
• Other Devices

Onsite-Delivery Equipment Requirements

• One NonStop NS-1000 series server with H version of the NonStop Kernel operating system to run labs
• One PC compatible workstation per student and one for the instructor