Software supports independent protocol networking.
Press Release Summary:
Designed to meet requirements for interconnecting diverse networks, Communications Server for AIX® v6.3 offers connectivity options for AIX, Linux(TM), and Windows(TM) platforms. It includes TN3270E Server LU visibility for reporting IP connections to host, and SLI-LUA Interface for LU 0, 1, 2, and 3. Software provides remote API client/server support, HTTPS protocols for security, and support for many types of LAN and WAN connections, including Ethernet and token ring.
Original Press Release:
IBM Communications Server for AIX V6.3 Can Open the Door to Independent Protocol Networking
Communications Server for AIX:
Helps meet your requirements for interconnecting diverse networks
Enables security enhanced communications between workstation users and applications and other workstations and central computer applications, independent of the networking protocols used in each system
Helps you get users communicating with each other in networks of all sizes, from small workgroups to large corporate headquarters
Opens the door to protocol-independent networking with support for workstations communicating across SNA and TCP/IP networks
Overview
Communications Server for AIX® V6.3 adds connectivity options for AIX, Linux(TM), and Windows(TM) platforms. It includes the same industrial-strength features and functions you have come to rely on for your mission-critical, core business applications for the distributed Communications Server product line. These features and functions have been well proven in the OS/2®, Linux, and Windows environments across a wide variety of server systems - from relatively small single-processor to high-end multiprocessor systems.
Communications Server for AIX V6.3 includes these additions:
TN3270E Server LU visibility for reporting Internet Protocol (IP) connections to the host
SLI - LUA Interface for LU 0, 1, 2, and 3
Primary LU 0, 1, 2, and 3 support
Remote API client/server support
Clients for SNA interfaces on Windows, Linux, and AIX platforms
SNA application IP connectivity to a domain of servers
HTTPS protocols for security
Communications Server for AIX can provide all-in-one communications services between workstations and host systems, as well as other workstations.
It features:
Full-function SNA gateway
TN3270E Server
Telnet Redirector
Rich set of SNA APIs including LUA (SLI, RUI), APPC, and CPI-C
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking® (APPN®), including end node and network node
Branch extender
Dependent LU requester (DLUR)
High performance routing (HPR)
Enterprise extender (HPR over TCP/IP)
Support for many types of LAN and WAN connections, including Ethernet and token ring
Communications Server for AIX can open the door to protocol-independent networking with support for workstations communicating across SNA and TCP/IP networks.
Program support extension
Effective immediately, program services for Communications Server for AIX V6.1 are extended to September 30, 2006.
Key prerequisites
IBM pSeries® hardware system
AIX V5 operating system
Planned availability dates
November 11, 2005 (electronic software delivery)
December 16, 2005 (media and documentation)
