IBM OS/2 Warp Server for e-business the Software Solution for All Sizes of Businesses

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1 Programming Announcement April 27, 1999 IBM OS/2 Warp Server for e-business the Software Solution for All Sizes of Businesses Overview Whether you are adding a new server to an existing network or stepping into the world of client/server computing, IBM has a server software solution for virtually any business application. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is a network operating system with the functions and features you need for an advanced application server platform. It s a perfect fit for smalland medium-sized businesses, departmental workgroups, or large corporations and institutions. While helping to preserve your current investments in a broad base of clients, OS/2 Warp Server for e-business makes administration easy by integrating Windows NT 4.0 servers seamlessly into the OS/2 network and providing full, managed access to Windows NT file, print, and application servers. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business provides: A proven Intel-based server in a convenient single package to meet today s and tomorrow s computing needs Leading-edge Web technologies to support e-business transformation Seamless Windows NT 4.0 server management Broad Intel-based industry client support and the Intel-based platform for server-managed clients The following two packages, which are priced and ordered separately, are also available: 386 High Performance File System Upgrade (386 HPFS) provides 386 HPFS for the OS/2 Warp Server for e-business platform Security Package provides up to 128-bit data encryption (contains U.S. regulated cryptography) Key Prerequisites OS/2 Warp Server for e-business requires: One or more Intel-compatible Pentium processor 1, or higher 32 MB of RAM MB of free hard disk space MB, 3.5-inch diskette drive VGA video support IBM-compatible mouse Supported CD-ROM drive Supported LAN adapter card 3 Modem that supports speeds of 9600 bps, or higher (for Remote Access Services) 1 Symmetrical multiprocessor-based systems should comply with the Intel Multiprocessor Specification Version 1.4 or Additional memory and disk space may be needed, depending on user application and data requirements. 3 Visit the OS/2 Device Driver Pak online for the list of supported adapters: os2ddpak Planned Availability Date May 1999, for OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Security Package and 386 HPFS Upgrade for OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Availability in France of this product including encryption algorithms is subject to French government approval. Refer to the complete letter for National Language Availability. At a Glance OS/2 Warp Server for e-business benefits include: Journaled File System (JFS) Tivoli s Lightweight Client Framework (LCF) Endpoint Agent for OS/2 Netfinity Manager and Client Services, Netfinity 5.2 Network File System (NFS) support Year 2000 and euro currency ready Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Windows NT Server management Dynamic Domain Name Server (DDNS) for Windows 95 and NT Clients Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) OS/2 Warp Developers Kit, Java Technology Edition, Version (runtime and toolkit) Items that can be ordered separately include: 386 High Performance File System Upgrade Security Package This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative. IBM Europe, Middle East, Africa IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. ZP

2 Description Building a Base for Secure Universal Access The information systems of an enterprise providing universal access to employees, customers, and business partners have broad visibility and exposure. When systems supporting widely accessed applications fail, they can cause more than just a costly disruption of operations. The failure can affect the company s image, potentially impacting sales and revenue. With this in mind, IBM designed OS/2 Warp Server for e-business to make OS/2 Warp Server even more robust. To eliminate lengthy file system recovery times after a system crash with current file systems, OS/2 Warp Server for e-business includes a JFS. Using database journaling techniques, JFS generally can restore a file system to a functional state in a matter of seconds or minutes. In contrast to a non-journaling file system, OS/2 Warp Server for e-business s JFS provides a quickly-restarted, transaction-oriented, log-based, scalable file system. JFS is key to helping improve server availability. The performance and reliability that JFS provides makes OS/2 Warp Server for e-business ideal for Web serving. Furthermore, JFS raises the previous file size limitation of 2 GB to 2 TB. Partition size is raised from 64 GB to 2 TB, allowing a file to be the same size as a partition. Keeping systems available and costs low involves enterprise system management. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business includes Tivoli s Lightweight Client Framework (LCF) Endpoint Agent for OS/2. LCF in the Tivoli Framework 3.2 architecture increases the number of resources that a Tivoli Management Environment can deal with at the same time, and helps increase efficiency. Tivoli Framework LCF supports OS/2 as an end point for TCP/IP. The LCF end-point agent for OS/2 makes OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Tivoli Ready. While server availability is critical to universal access, the other half of the equation, namely the clients, is also important. The latest level of Netfinity Manager and Client Services, Netfinity 5.2, including the OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, gives network administrators the visibility and capabilities they need to initiate and manage services for LAN-connected clients and servers. Netfinity for OS/2 is an ideal solution for departmental server/client management. Enabling business data to be shared horizontally across the enterprise helps increase its value. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business delivers cost-effective ways to manage information interdepartmentally, company wide or using the Web. With NFS, a feature included with OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, a RISC (AIX /UNIX ) drive can be mounted and made a shared resource to OS/2 Warp Server s clients. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is Year 2000 ready and EuroReady. The LVM in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business will make it easier to manage dynamic DASD requirements. Logical drives can now span multiple, physical hard drives. With permanent or sticky drive letter assignments, hard drives can be moved or added without changing their drive letter designation. Partitions can grow without reformatting. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business comfortably integrates into heterogeneous server environments with its ability to manage NT 4.0 servers; helping to eliminate many redundant maintenance tasks. Adding Windows NT Server management capability gives administrators the ability to create, update, and delete user accounts, passwords, and groups using an easy-to-use graphical interface or a rich command line interface. The user account and group information can be synchronized seamlessly with Windows NT 4.0 servers in the OS/2 Warp Server domain. In addition, end users only need to logon to one server to access all shared resources within the domain files, applications, and printers rather than entering multiple IDs and passwords to access information on different server network operating system platforms. A typical scenario would have OS/2 Warp Server for e-business as the primary domain controller where user accounts, passwords, and some applications reside. Other servers in the network would host (or serve) applications such as databases or transaction software. One or more servers would also host (or serve) Windows NT for file/print and Win32 applications. End users can now have universal access through a single OS/2 Warp Server domain to all: Servers Files Printers Applications The flow of user account data is unidirectional, from the OS/2 Warp Server for e-business domain to the NT additional server. Managing user and group accounts at the OS/2 Warp Server for e-business domain controller, with dynamic updates on the NT additional server, eases the network administrator s workload. Where needed, administrators may configure persistent user accounts and groups that remain unique on either the NT server or OS/2 Warp Server for e-business server. With DDNS for Windows 95 and NT Clients, administrators no longer have to worry about the addresses for their Windows 95 and Windows NT clients. These DDNS clients bring added security to network clients and more importantly, to remote laptop users. Windows clients now have the same DDNS support administrators have relied on for managing OS/2 Warp, WorkSpace On-Demand, and AIX clients. DHCP allows a user to change locations within a network and dynamically get an IP address that works for that new location. DHCP will even assign the user the closest printer. As a side note, for customers that do not want to put this additional DDNS code on client workstations, DHCP proxy support allows network administrators to get the labor saving benefits of Dynamic IP on any industry-standard DHCP client. Dynamic IP allows users to just use the host name no matter how much movement there is around the network. Users are no longer encumbered with having to remember addresses for their colleagues or their printers. It s done automatically. The DDNS client dynamically changes the host-name-to-ip address mappings and provides additional security beyond the DDNS Proxy, which brings Dynamic IP capabilities to any DHCP client in the industry. For responding to future business needs or retrofitting old programs for universal access, OS/2 Warp Server for e-business comes with two toolkits designed for e-business. OS/2 Warp Developers Kit for Java delivers a full implementation of Sun s Java Development Kit. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business also supports the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), a standards-based Internet directory protocol. The OS/2 LDAP Version 3 Client Toolkit for C and Java Version 1.0 is for C and Java programmers who want to enable new or existing applications to access, search, and update LDAP servers, using LDAP Version 2 or 3 protocols. ZP

3 This toolkit provides TCP/IP access to directories that support the LDAP protocol including X.500 directories. The OS/2 LDAP Version 3 Client Toolkit for C and Java Version 1.0 includes various sample LDAP client programs and an LDAP client library used to provide programmatic access to the LDAP protocol. The LDAP toolkit for C programmers supports connections established using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) interface. This can be used to provide data encryption of LDAP messages that flow between the LDAP client and server. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business brings enhancements to OS/2 Warp Server V4 together into a single, CD-media package. Current OS/2 Warp Server V4.0 FixPaks and current OS/2 Warp Server V4.0 Software Choice features are rolled into OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, including: Year 2000 and euro currency readiness Java and Netscape Improved TCP/IP OS/2 Warp Server for e-business also includes: Netfinity V5.2 LDAP Client Dynamic IP Client for Win95 and NT OS/2 Warp Server Backup/Restore V6.0. The Security Package that can be ordered separately enables up to 128-bit data encryption to meet high-security customer requirements (contains U.S. regulated cryptography). The 386 HPFS Upgrade package provides a high-performance file system for print and file applications. The new high-performance JFS delivers exceptional server reliability. Seamless Windows NT Server Management, which allows Windows NT 4.0 servers to be seamlessly integrated into a network, fortifies OS/2 Warp Server for e-business s capability in mixed environments. What this adds up to is a powerful mission-critical foundation for the e-business transformation. The OS/2 Warp Server for e-business features are designed to meet the more rigorous performance and availability requirements of universal access. It can facilitate the transition to network computing and the Java Application Model with the Java and LDAP toolkits. Yet its support of existing OS/2 applications and eased administration of Windows platforms can help preserve existing investments. And most definitely, it is the optimum platform for WorkSpace On-Demand IBM s proven product for helping: Reduce cost of ownership Speed deployment of new applications Transition to network computing OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is an exceptional Intel-based server providing a comprehensive computing infrastructure that meets today s and tomorrow s demanding requirements. Year 2000 This product is Year 2000 ready. When used in accordance with its associated documentation, it is capable of correctly processing, providing, and/or receiving date data within and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provided that all products (for example, hardware, software, and firmware) used with the product properly exchange accurate date data with it. The service end date for this Year-2000-ready product is May 31, This program is EuroReady. Euro Currency EuroReady Products: IBM considers an IBM product to be EuroReady if the product, when used in accordance with its associated documentation, is capable of correctly processing monetary data in the euro denomination and of respecting the euro currency formatting conventions (including the euro sign). This assumes that all other products (that is, hardware, software, firmware etc.) that are used with this product are also EuroReady. IBM hardware products that are EuroReady may or may not have an engraved euro sign key on their keyboards. Currently, EuroReady status applies primarily to IBM products specific to the EMU countries. Products that are not specific to these countries are deemed to be not ready for euro unless otherwise stated in the product s country-specific specifications. IBM Hardware Ready: IBM supplies certain IBM products which include third-party software (preloaded or not) or third-party-attached hardware. In these instances, IBM is not in a position to assert that these third-party products are, in themselves, EuroReady. Therefore such IBM products will be designated as Hardware Ready. Product Positioning OS/2 Warp Server for e-business builds on OS/2 Warp Server s extensive track record for mission-critical applications. It helps reduce administration costs through improved availability and performance, and provides a reliable foundation for network computing and complex e-business solutions. This conveniently-packaged product is Year 2000 ready, supports euro currency, and provides strong interoperability with enterprise host systems. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business: Supports centralized management of Windows NT servers within the domain Facilitates administration with dynamic drive handling across the network Supports enterprise-class file handling for improved availability and performance Broad support for industry clients helps preserve investments in hardware and software. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is a solid foundation for e-business transformation. OS/2 Warp Server for e-business supports customers business transformations to an e-business model with Java 1.1.7, which is a full implementation of Sun Microsystems development kit enhanced with: IBM s performance and reliability Websphere Application Server 1.1 Lotus Domino Go Webserver Tivoli Management Agent National Language Support: OS/2 Warp Server for e-business menus, messages, and publications have been translated from English to the following languages: Danish Dutch -3- ZP

4 French Finnish Norwegian OS/2 Warp Server for e-business is enabled to support additional European, Central European, Mid-East, and Asian languages. Each of the available language versions of OS/2 Warp Server for e-business can be installed and configured to support any of the enabled languages. The features that can be ordered separately, OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Security Package and 386 HPFS Upgrade for OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, are also translated into the same set of languages. Client Connect Pak language support: The OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Client Connect Pak contains many OS/2 applications for the 14 languages offered. In addition, some of these applications have additional localized versions available. Additional Languages for: Feature Install includes: Catalan Greek Slovenian Bulgarian Thai Hebrew MPTS includes: Catalan TCP/IP includes: OS/2 File and Print Services include: Hebrew Netscape 4.04 includes: Russian Polish Hungarian Czech Java for OS/2 is available in the following languages: English French Korean Tivoli Management Agent for OS/2 is included in English only. The following DOS applications are available in the OS/2 Warp Server for e-business 14 languages: LAN Support Services for DOS and Windows 3.1 DOS LAN Services The following Windows and NT applications are available in the 14 Warp Server languages plus: Dynamic IP for Windows 95 and NT includes: Networks Client for Windows 95 includes: Greek Primary Logon Client for NT includes Portuguese. Java for Win32 is available in the following languages: English French Korean ZP

5 Reference Information Refer to Programming Announcement letter ZP dated October 27, Trademarks Netfinity Manager is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. OS/2, Netfinity, and AIX are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Tivoli Management Environment is a trademark of Tivoli Systems, Inc. in the United States or other countries or both. Domino is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. Lotus is a registered trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. -5- ZP