XCOM migration from HP NonStop Itanium (IA64) to Xeon (x86) required software
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XCOM migration from HP NonStop Itanium (IA64) to Xeon (x86) required software

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Article ID: 205025

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XCOM Data Transport

Issue/Introduction

Upgrading HP NonStop NB56000C servers from Itanium (IA86) to Xeon (x86) and need to know which version of the XCOM for HP NonStop software to install.
Also are existing XCOM licenses valid to run over x86 servers?

Environment

Release : 11.1
Component : XCOM Data Transport for HP NonStop

Resolution

The latest XCOM version 11.1 for HP NonStop supports all architectures MIPS, IA64 and Xeon (x86).

1. See XCOM Distributed Platform Compatibilities page for supported OS versions.
The "HP Nonstop XEON" Solution RI97062 ("NONSTOP XEON SUPPORT FOR XCOM DATA TRANSPORT FOR NONSTOP") shows the OS software/hardware support for 11.1.

2a. The Broadcom Support Portal XCOM Product Download section is here: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=XCOM
On that page using the Search box and searching for "nonstop" will show 3 results:


b. The final 2 results containing 11.1 link open different pages but they reference the same installer file DVD06153549E.iso:
XCOM Data Transport for HP NonStop NONSTOP KERNEL 11.1
XCOM Data Transport for HP NonStop UNIX V -GENERIC 11.1
c. The install steps for "DVD06153549E.iso" can be found on the documentation page: XCOM™ Data Transport® for HP NonStop 11.1 > Installing and Upgrading

3. The Broadcom Support Portal XCOM Solution Download section with the latest patches can be found here: XCOM Solutions
Similar to Product Download, using the Search box and searching for "nonstop" will show 3 results.
The final 2 results containing 11.1 links open different pages but they reference the same solutions:
XCOM Data Transport for HP NonStop NONSTOP KERNEL11.1
XCOM Data Transport for HP NonStop UNIX V -GENERIC 11.1

4. An existing XCOM license for NonStop will carry over to the x86 server.
NOTE: There is no actual license key/file required by XCOM for NonStop.

Additional Information

NOTE:
Any Product Download page named "XCOM Data Transport for HP NonStop ..." refers to the HP NonStop Tandem platform.
Any Product Download page named "XCOM Data Transport for HP/UX ..." refers to the HP-UX platform.