The IBM TCP/IP Connection - Issue 1992-04
| Article Info | |
|---|---|
| Author | IBM |
| Date | 1992-06-16 |
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| Companion File | N/A |
| Source | The IBM TCP/IP Connection |
- June 16, 1992
- Issue 92-04
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, marketing, and users are all eligible for inclusion in future issues. If you have an item of interest that you would like to have published please contact Alan Reinhold (8-352-3173 or 919-301-3173).
TCP/IP FOR MVS --VERSION 2.2 other tasks. Freeing the resources
of a mainframe, approximately 30%
A new release of TCP/IP for MVS has for many TCP/IP for MVS file trans-
been announced. Two new features, fers, can mean savings equal to a
CICS Socket Feature and Offload for tenfold return on the investment in
OS/2 Feature, will also be avail- the new controller and TCP/IP
able. New and enhanced features: Offload application.
o CICS Sockets for Client/Server The Model 3 when running with the
applications new licensed program, Interconnect
Controller Program (ICP) Version 3,
o MVS Offload using new 3172 performs twice as fast as the Model
Model 3 1 due to a powerful Intel 80486
microprocessor. This improved per-
o Print support using LPR/LPD formance is especially attractive to
users who need to share large data
o REXEC Client / Kerberos / NCS files, such as those used in scien-
tific and engineering applications,
o Network Database support (NDB) with other users on the network.
o FTP batch SQL Query support FTN TCP-V2.2, 3172, AND DIRECTIONS
JULY 10
o SMF -TELNET/FTP Server Support
This one hour Field Television
o RISC/6000 Channel Attachment Network broadcast will review the
recent announcements and present
o Host Channel to Channel, CETI, IBM's Trends and Directions for
and HIPPI TCP/IP on the host and workstation
platforms. Broadcast receive facili-
NEW MODEL OF 3172 INTERCONNECT CON- ties are in all IBM branch office
TROLLER - MODEL 3 locations and are available for
direct customer receipt with satel-
The new Model 3 LAN gateway supports lite receive capability. The broad-
sending information from Token-Ring, cast will be at 9:30AM EDT and
Ethernet, and FDDI Local Area Net- repeated at 12:30 EDT for West Coast
works to mainframes. reception.
With TCP/IP offload, some of the DEVELOPER'S FORUM JULY 28-29
TCP/IP work is handled by a 3172-003
instead of a mainframe, thereby The Houston Trading Area will
freeing the mainframe to handle contact a Developer's Forum on
1
TCP/IP. IBM development personnel System (NQS) protocol is a popular
will present topics on various method for submitting batch requests
TCP/IP platforms and technical to remote UNIX machines over a
topics: TCP/IP network. NQS/MVS expands
this open systems solution to
o Where: IBM Corporation, 2 include the submission of batch
Riverway, Houston, TX 77056 requests to an MVS TCP/IP platform.
NQS/MVS acts as a mediator between
o Contact: Cameron Haight the NQS protocol and MVS JES2 ser-
(919-940-2310) vices.
CHAIGHT@DALVMIC5.VNET.IBM.COM
NQS/MVS extends the standard NQS
o Topics: MVS, VM, OS2, DOS, commands for submitting, cancelling,
AS/400, CICS Sockets, Perform- and checking status of jobs on MVS
ance, 3172, 6611 Multiprotocol directly from a UNIX workstation;
Router, NETVIEW/6000, AIX, and the user doesn't have to log on to
3174 TSO. A user can request either that
07/28: Course Code EM048 output be sent back to a work-
07/29: Course Code EM049 station, or that it remain on MVS
Both : Course Code EM050 for later reference. This is par-
ticularly beneficial if workstation
NEW NETWORK QUEUING SYSTEM/MVS users already were using NQS.
(NQS/MVS) PROGRAM PRODUCT (PROGRAM Rather than learning new commands
NUMBER: 5695-168) and new programming languages, user
can use virtually the same commands
IBM has announced the IBM Network to do batch job processing on remote
Queueing System/MVS Version 1 UNIX and MVS machines.
Release 1. The Network Queueing
FUNCTION SYSTEM
________ ______
VM MVS OS/2 DOS OS/400 RS/6000
___ ____ _____ ____ _______________
Connectivity
____________
RING/Ethernet Y Y Y Y Y Y
X.25 Packet Network Y Y Y OEM Y Y
FDDI (100MB Fiber) Y Y --- --- --- Y
SLIP (Modem/Dial) --- --- Y Y --- Y
COAX (3270 Cable) 3174 --- --- Y Y --- ---
TCP over SNA Network LU0 LU0/LU6.2--- --- --- LU6.2
Client Server Applications
__________________________
FTP (File Transfer) C/S C/S C/S C/S C/S C/S
TELNET (terminal) C/S C/S C/S C C/S C/S
3270 C/S C/S C C C/S C
VT100/VT200 OEM OEM C/S C 4Q92 C/S
SMTP (mail) C/S C S C/S C S C/S C/S
LPR/LPD (Print) C/S C/S C/S C --- C/S
NFS (Network File) S S C/S C SOD C/S
NDB (Database) S S --- --- --- C
X-WINDOWS (Graphic) C C S OEM SOD C/S
REXEC(Remote command) C/S C C/S C --- C/S
Application Interfaces
______________________
SOCKETS Y Y Y Y Y Y
KERBEROS(Authenication) Y Y Y --- --- SOD
RPC (Remote Procedure) Y Y Y Y --- Y
NCS (Network Computing) Y Y Y --- --- Y
MOTIF (OSF ToolKit) Y Y SOD --- SOD Y
Management
__________
SNMP Y Y Y SOD SOD Y
C=Client, S=Server, OEM=Available from Third Parties, SOD=Direction