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 devel- ____________________________________________________________________________ opment, 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 2 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 3 4