The IBM TCP/IP Connection - Issue 1992-04

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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


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  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