Jeff Kell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Actually, support.mayfield.hp.com is an HP-UX box, but SupportLine itself
: certainly appears to be running on a 3000.  Presumably the UX box is just
: a filter, then it issues a vt3k session.
 
 - I would think it runs a sockets application connecting to it's counterpart
   on HP3000 who has the data in IMAGE database.  This was at least the way
   HP's (internal) KDB was implemented.  If I got it right, HPSL data is a
   subset of KDB's and it might even use the same databases.  Some sources
   told that it has it's own - I don't know.  Anyway, just wanted to point
   out that it is very unlikely that VT would be used there... a true client-
   server job does a much better job in this case.
 
 
:-) Eero Laurila - HP CSY Networking lab.