IBM is making IBM Communications Server available for Linux on zSeries as a PRPQ. Contact your IBM zSeries or Linux specialist for information on this PRPQ.
There will be information on this product available soon at http://www.ibm.com/software/network/commserver/ . The IBM Communications Server for Linux on zSeries V6.0.1 can meet requirements for interconnecting diverse networks and consolidation of communications workload. With this product,workstation users and applications can communicate with other workstations and other central computer applications, independent of the networking protocols used in each system. It can help users communicating with each other in networks of all sizes, from small workgroups to large corporate headquarters. Communications Server for Linux on zSeries V6.0.1 is based on a common code base with IBM Communications Server for AIX(R) V6.1, and includes the same industrial-strength features and functions you have come to rely on for your mission-critical, core business applications. These features and functions of Communications Server have been well proven in the OS/2(R), AIX, and Windows((R)) environment across a wide variety of server systems -- from relatively small, single-processor systems, through high-end multi-processor systems. In addition, Communications Server for Linux on zSeries has the advantage of running in the zSeries hardware. Some benefits of this include residing in the same box as Communications Server for z/OS, using hipersockets within the box for high bandwidth connectivity. This also increases security by limiting data flow outside the box. Communications Server for Linux on zSeries V6.0.1 capabilities include: - A full-function SNA gateway - TN3270E Server - Telnet redirector - SSL data encryption - Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN),including both end node and network node - Dependent LU Requester (DLUR) - High Performance Routing (HPR) - Enterprise Extender (HPR over TCP/IP) - Branch Extender - Support for Ethernet and Token-Ring connections - A rich set of application programming interfaces (APIs) - LUA, including both RUI and SLI interfaces (LU0,LU1,LU2,LU3) - APPC - CPI-C - Java for CPI-C (JCPI-C) Communications Server for Linux on zSeries V6.0.1 is the solution for companies migrating to the Linux platform that: - Run multiprotocol or multiple networks - Have existing SNA applications that they want to extend over TCP/IP networks - Want to: - Improve data security over the Internet/intranet while improving network availability - Use Branch Extender or Enterprise Extender advanced networking technologies to implement more cost effective networks - Consolidate or change their backbone networks - Provide SNA 3270 host access to TCP/IP users - allow VM and VSE SNA applications to be reached through IP via EE - move the TN3270E server function within the zSeries without major definition rework. Such a move will allow TN3270 traffic to flow over an IP network -- versus SNA -- to the data center - use the TN Redirector function within the box to avoid opening extra firewall ports - consolidate all servers onto a single box - take advantage of excess capacity on zSeries - run multiple Linux images on z/VM to take advantage of zSeries benefits such as sharing of processors and memory Jim
