The IBM TCP/IP Connection - Issue 1992-02



The IBM TCP/IP Connection

May 15, 1992 Issue 92-02

The IBM TCP/IP Connection is published periodically by IBM's Networking and Systems Services and Support (NSSS) group in Raleigh, NC, and edited for use in Canada by Networking Systems Marketing in IBM Canada Ltd. The intent of  this newsletter is to publicize items of interest for both IBM and customer personnel who have an interest in TCP/IP. Articles from development, mar- keting, and users are all eligible for inclusion in future issues.

IBM TCP/IP AT INTEROP 92 SPRING          display terminals -- one for each network. IBM will feature a wide variety of TCP/IP products at Interop 92             To address this need IBM can now Spring, May 20-22, 1992 at the           supply a TCP/IP Telnet client sol- Washington D.C. Convention Center. ution via the IBM 3174. Customers Highlighted in the demonstration         can provide their end users with booth will be:                           access to a TCP/IP host from a 3270 terminal or ASCII terminal, while o  TCP/IP Offload Technology demo        still providing access to SNA or                                            ASCII applications from the same o  AIX NetView/6000(TM)                  terminal.

o  NetView V2R3 Graphics                 IBM has announced TCP/IP Telnet client support for the 3174. This o  Technology demo of the new            new Configuration Support-C function TCP/IP for Microsoft Windows(TM)     (RPQ 8Q0935) allows 3270 CUT-mode prototype                            terminals and ASCII display stations attached to a 3174 to communicate o  IBM's TCP/IP for DOS product          with TCP/IP servers using Telnet.

o  IBM's TCP/IP for OS/2 product         For additional information see announcement letter A92-236 dated o  FDDI Concentrator technology          March 25, 1992. A proposal insert; demo                                 "TCP/IP for the 3174 Establishment                                            Controller", is available on  The IBM exhibit will provide an           MKTTOOLS. excellent opportunity to see IBM's TCP/IP products and emerging tech-        CLIENT-SERVER SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY'S  nologies. We hope to see you there. MULTIVENDOR ENVIRONMENT - TCP/IP VERSION 1.2 FOR OS/2 3174 TCP/IP TELNET CLIENT The IBM TCP/IP Connection will peri- _________________________ In today's world of multiple vendors      odically highlight members of IBM's  and multiple protocols, SNA networks      TCP/IP product family and in this and TCP/IP networks are often            issue covers TCP/IP Version 1.2 for running side by side. Many users        OS/2. have a need to access applications in both networks, but do not want        TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2 interop- the inconvenience of two separate        erates with IBM's TCP/IP products

for VM, MVS, DOS, AS/400, System/88      process of installation and and the AIX family as well as with       customization. The Installation Con- other vendors products that provide      figuration Automation Tool (ICAT) TCP/IP support. has been updated to allow configura- tion of the new features of this TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2 was          program. PMANT--TN3270 has been announced in September, 1991 and         enhanced to allow the user to modify shipped to customers in October. the PMANT keyboard definitions and The product provides upgrades to         to select from any of the VIO fonts function previously provided in          that are available on the display TCP/IP V1.1 and 1.0 for OS/2 as well     adapter. as support of OS/2 Standard Edition V1.3, Extended Edition V1.3, and         TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2 has been OS/2 V2.0. In addition there are        designed to improve productivity in  performance enhancements and new          the user application development functions which further expand IBM's     environment with support of the business solutions for customers in      Multi-thread programming feature of  a multivendor environment. the OS/2 operating system in Socket libraries as well as support for the Functions have been added to TCP/IP      dynamic linking feature of OS/2. A Version 1.2 for OS/2, with the goal       new FTP API provides programs with of end user productivity in mind. the capability to query the working Included are: the Network File           directory on a remote host and query System (NFS) server which allows         the operating system of the remote users to share files with each           host. other, much the same way that Lan Server/Requester works. NFS also         Connectivity and networking enhance- allows a user with a UNIX machine to     ments have been included in TCP/IP share files with an OS/2 machine. Version 1.2 for OS/2. The Telnet TCP/IP Version 1.2 now supports          server has improved performance. The Version 11, Release 4 (X11R4) of the     Telnet Linemode client support has X Window server function. The X          been enhanced to take advantage of  Window System is a distributed,           the Extended Networking package window-based graphics system devel-      (X.25 support) that is new to this oped at the Massachusetts Institute      program and can reduce the amount of  of Technology. In addition, the File     network traffic for Extended Net- Transfer Protocol Presentation           working (X.25) and SLIP (Serial Line  Manager (FTPPM) now uses standard         Internet Protocol). Simple Network presentation manager input and           Management Protocol (SNMP) now sup- output conventions to perform the        ports MIB II (RFC 1213) and in addi- functions of the FTP client. FTPPM       tion can now act as both a managing allows simultaneous connections to       system and a managed system. remote hosts within a single session. Also new is the capability     Other features include LPR/LPD of FTP to support the transfer of        remote printer support, Remote Pro- High Performance File System (HPFS)      cedure Call (RPC), Internet Protocol files. INETD is now available which      (IP) over X.25 Support, Network is a super server that allows users      Device Interface Specification to start multiple servers from a         (NDIS) Support, and VT220 Emulation. single OS/2 session, and use the applicable server when needed. New packaging options are now avail- able for TCP/IP V1.2 for OS/2 pro- A number of features have been           viding greater flexibility and cost enhanced which can simplify the          effectiveness for customers with

different networking needs. In          Since many of the referenced mes- addition to a Base kit there are         sages and codes in the TCP/IP for VM                                                                   _____________ options which include the Network        and MVS: Messages and Codes manuals ___________________________ File System (NFS), the Extended Net-      are unnumbered, customers have working (X.25), and X Window System      reported usability and kits as well as a Programmers' Tool      retrievability problems when kit, and a Source kit. An Upgrade       researching TCP/IP system informa- kit is also available for customers      tion. that have OS/2 TCP/IP Version 1.0 or 1.1. The Information Design and Develop- ment department in Research Triangle For more information on TCP/IP V1.2      Park, NC is aware of the problem and for OS/2 please refer to the product     is working on a solution to the usa- announcement letter A91-809. A pro-      bility issues. posal insert (G221-3179) is avail- able from IBM Publications. A            In the interim, those customers who presentation guide for TCP/IP V1.2       have the BookManager product can use for OS/2 is also available on            BookManager's search capability to  MKTTOOLS. locate the required messages and codes within the softcopy versions MESSAGES AND CODES RETRIEVABILITY -      of the manuals. By doing a word or TCP/IP FOR VM & MVS                       phrase search, BookManager quickly finds all occurrences of that word or phrase.

