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- Quickstart Guide
- System Architecture
  The System Architecture guide accompanies the QNX OS and is intended for both application developers and end-users.
- OS Components
  - Boot Optimization Guide
    The Boot Optimization Guide describes techniques you can use to reduce the time from your board's initial power on until you have a fully functional QNX system running on the board.
  - Building Embedded Systems
    The Building Embedded Systems guide is intended for developers who are developing or building BSPs for QNX OS embedded systems.
  - Customizing a BSP
    While QNX provides Board Support Packages (BSPs) for many common platforms and their individual variants, in some cases, you need a BSP for a board that QNX does not provide. If this is the case, you can modify a QNX BSP or develop your own.
  - High Availability Framework Developer's Guide
  - High-Performance Networking Stack (io-sock) User's Guide
    This guide contains instructions for implementing and using the QNX OS High-Performance Networking Stack and its manager, io-sock.
  - PCI Server User's Guide
  - QNX Helpers Developer's Guide
    These libraries provide QNX helpers, including helpers that assist with logging, string conversion, and number and type sizes.
  - SMMUMAN User's Guide
  - SPI Framework Technote
  - System Analysis Toolkit (SAT) User's Guide
  - Technotes
  - User's Guide
    The QNX OS User's Guide is intended for all users of a QNX OS system, from system administrators to end users.
- Graphics
- Programming
- System Security Guide
  The QNX System Security Guide is intended for both system integrators who are responsible for the security of a QNX OS system and developers who want to create a QNX OS resource manager free from vulnerabilities.
- Utilities & Libraries
- Migrating to QNX OS 8.0
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This section describes the typographical conventions used throughout the documentation and explains how to obtain technical support.

About This Guide

Updated: March 08, 2024

QNX SDP8.0High Availability Framework Developer's GuideDeveloper

The High Availability Framework Developer's Guide describes how to build robust high-availability software running on the QNX OS.

The following table may help you find information quickly in this guide:


If you want to:	Go to:
Find the introduction	Introduction
Learn about the main components	What's in the High Availability Framework?
Understand the benefits of a software-oriented approach to High Availability	The QNX OS Approach to HA
Get an overview of the HAM and Guardian watchdogs	Using the High Availability Manager
Look up a HAM API function (e.g., ham_attach())	HAM API Reference
See sample code listings for handling various HA scenarios	The Examples appendix
Look up a special term used in this guide	Glossary

Note: For an overview of the QNX OS, see the System Architecture guide.