Siemens Unix V4.0 - Manual (Page 3)

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1 Preface
Advanced Server for UNIX can be used to integrate personal computers, which are
operated under MS-DOS
®
(also running MS Windows or MS Windows for Workgroups),
MS
®
OS/2 or OS/2
®
(referred to as OS/2 in this manual), Windows 95/98 and MS Windows
NT
®
operating systems, in local networks (LAN, Local Area Network and WAN, Wide Area
Network). Advanced Server for UNIX allows the operation of various systems in a network.
Advanced Server for UNIX V4.0 (Advanced Server for UNIX in this manual) provides users
with server functions for the local network. It extends UNIX
®
to a network operating system.
Advanced Server for UNIX corresponds to Windows NT Server. The network server is
based on systems with the operating system UNIX. Cooperation with Microsoft
®
has
ensured that Advanced Server for UNIX is compatible with Windows NT Server.
The operating system is generally referred to as UNIX in this manual. This term is
used generically to include all UNIX operating systems on which Advanced Server
for UNIX is installed, for example Reliant UNIX.
Advanced Server for UNIX is also used in abbreviated form as AS/X, as well as
sometimes as AS/U or Advanced Server. All of these terms are synonymous for the
same product.
The description of the entire Advanced Server for UNIX product covers several manuals.
The
“Concepts and Planning” manual provides information on the structure and function-
ality of Advanced Server for UNIX and describes, among other things, the differences in
comparison to LAN Manager/X.
This manual provides information on the enhancements that are implemented in Advanced
Server for UNIX; it supplements the information in the manual entitled “
Concepts and
Planning ”. The installation and configuration of Advanced Server for UNIX on the UNIX
system are also described in that manual.
The “API Reference” manual contains information on the API (Application Programming
Interface) with regard to syntax and functions. It is supplemented by online documentation
which is supplied with the package for the manual pages.
The “SNMP Service” manual contains information on the installation and configuration of
an extension for the SNMP agent (Simple Network Management Protocol), which among
other things allows network events to be determined centrally. This manual is part of the
LAN Manager/X V2.2 series of manuals.
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