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Date:         Fri, 17 Apr 1992 10:56:44 EDT
From:         "Daniel M. Barton" <DMBARTON@RALVMM.VNET.IBM.COM>
Subject:      The TCP/IP Connection
X-To:         ibmtcp-l%PUCC.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu

I'd like to thank everyone who volunteered to maintain the newsletter, the
guys at Princeton are going to be adding it to their listserv machine.
In the meantime, here's a "plain text" version of the newsletter.

Daniel


                                      The IBM TCP/IP Connection

                                                                 April 10, 1992
                                                                    Issue 92-01


                      The IBM TCP/IP Connection is published periodically by
                      IBM's Networking and Systems Services and Support (NSSS)
                      group in Raleigh, NC.  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 either Kim Dixon (8-352-3303 or 919-301-3303) or
                      Bill Herlihy (8-352-3049 or 919-301-3049) for additional
                      information.

  Introducing The IBM TCP/IP Connection             The IBM TCP/IP Connection
 will periodically
                                                    _________________________
                                                    highlight members of IBM's
 TCP/IP product
  We here in M&S Marketing and NS TCP/IP Devel-     family and in this issue
 covers TCP/IP for VM
  opment believe that 1992 will be a year of        Version 2 Release 2 and
 TCP/IP V2.0 for DOS.
  continued growth for TCP/IP and will present
  an opportunity to significantly increase          TCP/IP for VM Version 2
 Release 2
  market share for IBM's suite of TCP/IP pro-
  ducts.                                            VM provides an excellent
 server base and a
                                                    prime data repository.
 TCP/IP for VM can
  The intent of The IBM TCP/IP Connection is to     open lines of communication
 with multiple
                _________________________
  keep you and your customers informed about        vendor networks. These
 networks or "islands
  what we're doing to help make that happen.        of automation" become much
 more accessible
  We hope you will read this newsletter and         with TCP/IP's suite of
 application and
  share what you've learned with your cus-          network protocols.
  tomers. We also hope that The IBM TCP/IP Con-
                            ___________________
  nection, which we plan to publish on a            The IBM TCP/IP for VM
 product provides func-
  ________
  regular basis, will become a vehicle for          tion for enabling and
 enhancing a VM host's
  sharing your successes and experiences in the     participation in
 TCP/IP-based networks.  With
  dynamic and exciting area of TCP/IP.              TCP/IP for VM, our customers
 obtain better
                                                    access to data and
 applications residing
  Client-Server Solutions for Today's Multi-        either on a VM host or
 elsewhere in an
  vendor Environment                                internet network.  The
 product enables
                                                    client-server application
 relationships, pro-
  The needs of a new networking world of dis-       viding services fundamental
 to operating a
  tributed computing and client-server archi-       business while exploiting
 the TCP/IP suite of
  tectures necessitates IBM's timely delivery       open network protocols.
  of cohesive, comprehensive leadership sol-
  utions for multivendor, multiprotocol commu-      TCP/IP Version 2 Release 2
 for VM is the most
  nications.  IBM's family of TCP/IP offerings      recent release in the TCP/IP
 family of offer-
  address many of these multivendor communi-        ings and provides
 performance, function, and
  cations requirements.                             usability enhancements.
 Network performance
                                                    and reliability is enhanced
 with IBM 3172
  IBM's TCP/IP support ranges from personal         Fiber Distributed Data
 Interface (FDDI)
  computers through host mainframes and             support.
  includes IBM PC-DOS, OS/2, MVS, OS/400, VM,
  and the AIX family.


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  Functional enhancements were made to adapt to     through high-end host
 computers.  This past
  a changing network.  VM's network management      October, IBM introduced it's
 newest TCP/IP
  capabilities have been expanded to include        workstation product, TCP/IP
 V2.0 for DOS.
  Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)         This new product provides an
 extensive set of
  proxy agent support for the IBM 3172 Inter-       TCP/IP protocols which will
 enable work-
  connect Controller. Other enhancements            stations with DOS to become
 an integral part
  include; VM/ESA support to extend the range       of the corporate network.
  of supported environments, VM/XA exploitation
  of extended addressing, a new network data        With TCP/IP V2.0 for DOS,
 personal computers
  base client-server system for remote SQL/DS       can communicate across IBM
 Token Ring, IBM PC
  queries, and SNAlink LU-0 full-duplex single      Network, Ethernet V2, IEEE
 802.3, SLIP
  session support. In addition, enhancements        (Serial Line Internet
 Protocol) to any other
  have been made to the Simple Mail Transfer        TCP/IP user in the network.
 In addition,
  Protocol (SMTP) and the Domain Name Server        X.25 support is available
 through a third
  functions. Usability enhancements have also       party.
  been made in the areas of installation, ser-
  viceability, and the Network File System          Being able to use multiple
 vendor equipment
  (NFS) support.                                    is valuable to an
 enterprise.  TCP/IP for DOS
                                                    allows an enterprise to use
 a variety of
  TCP/IP for VM allows VM customers to partic-      network adapters through the
 support of
  ipate in a multivendor network using a stand-     Network Device Interface
 Specification (NDIS)
  ardized set of application and network            Packet Driver specification
 and the IBM PC
  protocols.  The application protocols enable      LAN Support Program.  With
 the LAN Support
  users to send mail, transfer files, perform       program, IBM's TCP/IP for
 DOS and
  remote execution, access data or files            Novell's(tm) Netware can
 coexist.  TCP/IP
  remotely, perform remote printing, and            V2.0 for DOS is also
 compatible with
  develop TCP/IP applications. The network pro-     Microsoft(tm) Windows 3.0.
 and runs as an
  tocols supported include IBM Token-Ring,          exclusive full screen DOS
 application.
  Ethernet LAN, IEEE 802.3 LAN, DDN (Defense
  Data Network) X.25, PDN (Public Data Network)     User productivity can be
 enhanced with many
  X.25, and PC Network.                             of the TCP/IP for DOS
 functions.  Users can
                                                    access remote hosts through
 TELNET.  Access
  Attachments to the host mainframe for network     to data on remote hosts is
 possible through
  access now include the RS/6000 Channel            the File Transfer Protocol
 (FTP).  A sepa-
  Attachment as well as the 3172 Interconnect       rately priced kit, the
 Network File Systems
  Controller and the 8232 LAN Channel Station       (NFS) client, allows users
 to access and
  for LANs, the 37XX family of Communications       manipulate files on NFS
 servers.  Remote
  Controllers for X.25 and SNA backbone trans-      printing is possible with
 the Line Printer
  port, and HYPERchannel support from Network       Requester (LPR) function.
 Users can perform
  Systems Corporation.                              mail functions using Simple
 Mail Transfer
                                                    Protocol (SMTP) and Post
 Office Protocol/2
  For more information on TCP/IP Version 2          (POP/2) to provide these
 services.
  Release 2 for VM and its wealth of applica-
  tions, programmer interfaces, and services,       Users can also write
 distributed applications
  please refer to the product announcement          that can communicate with
 remote systems.
  letter #291-701, dated December 10, 1991, or      The optional Programmer's
 Tool Kit includes
  the associated customer value files available     Berkeley Socket Library
 V4.3, Remote Proce-
  in the HONE VALUE database.                       dure Call (RPC) support and
 an FTP applica-
                                                    tion programming interface.
  TCP/IP V2.0 for DOS
                                                    TCP/IP for DOS provides the
 system adminis-
  IBM provides complete IBM and multivendor         trator and the network
 administrator with
  networking solutions with TCP/IP.  This           tools to assist in the daily
 operation of the
  support ranges from personal computers            TCP/IP for DOS systems.
 It's IBM's intent to


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  also provide Simple Network Management Pro-       New TCP/IP Self Study
 Education Available for
  tocol (SNMP) agent support.                       US M&S

  TCP/IP V2.0 for DOS offers a comprehensive        This PC-based Self Study
 course is a compre-
  range of function ideally suited for the DOS      hensive introduction to
 TCP/IP. The course
  environment and provides a very attractively      will provide a thorough
 understanding of
  priced solution for the TCP/IP desktop            TCP/IP basics, including
 TCP/IP layers, pro-
  requirements. For more information please see     tocols, and application
 usage.  In addition,
  the product announcement letter #291-504,         you will receive a
 background in the develop-
  dated September 11, 1991.  In addition, a         ment of TCP/IP and learn
 about TCP/IP ser-
  Marketing Presentation Guide is available on      vices, functions, and
 protocols specified at
  MKTTOOLS and a Product Brochure (G221-4040)       each of the layers.
 Examples of TCP/IP usage
  is available from Mechanicsburg.                  and the role it plays in
 corporate networks
                                                    is provided. No specific IBM
 products are
  TCP/IP Development Vendor Application Work-       covered.
  shop
                                                    For a more detailed
 description and
  TCP/IP development is in the process of           instructions to retrieve the
 course, please
  developing a workshop for our application         refer to the following
 course description on
  vendors.  If you know of any vendors that         MSE; MultiVendor
 Interoperability TCP/IP Self
  would like to attend the workshop or write an     Study, Course # RM20519H. A
 second course;
  application for our TCP/IP products please        MultiVendor Interoperability
 OSI Self Study,
  contact Denise Wotovich at 8-444-2004             Course # RM20526H is also
 available through
  (WOTOVICH at RALVMG).                             MSE.
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