IBM AS/400e - Operations Console

Operating System/400, 5769-SS1
480 AS/400e System Handbook
AS/400 system is significantly enhanced to allow sets of statements to be easily
entered, run, and saved as SQL script documents.
• Operations Navigator provides the graphical interface for AS/400 TCP/IP capabilities.
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) can be set up for secure connections across a public
network. Point-to-Point configuration is enhanced to support ISDN and L2TP.
• Selected server software can run in customer-defined subsystems. In addition, a
simplified interface for working with server jobs has been provided.
• The plug-in support allows anyone to extend their capabilities. Plug-ins can be written
in Java or Visual Basic. Additional enhancements have been made for plug-ins to
attach anywhere in the Operations Navigator function tree and be controlled by
Application Administration.
Operations Console
Operations Console enables PC workstations to locally or remotely perform AS/400 system
operations and services (system console functions), and it also includes a Graphical Control
Panel application. Operations Console is available in the Client Access for Windows 95/NT
client as well. The following new functions have been added to Operations Console for the
Express client.
• Either Operations Navigator or PC5250 display emulation can be used. This allows a
PC to be used for all AS/400 console and Control Panel functions. Additionally,
Operations Navigator enables you to configure and manage the AS/400 environment
from the same session (OS/400 V4R3 or later).
• The PC can be directly connected to the AS/400 system (via special cable connected
to AS/400 MFIOP) or remotely connected via TCP/IP dial-up (to ECS modem).
Remote connection to OS/400 V4R3 requires a PC using a Windows NT operating system to
be directly connected to the AS/400 system. Then remote PCs can dial into that PC. With
OS/400 V4R4, remote PCs can dial-in directly to the AS/400 system.
Refer to “AS/400 Operations Console” on page 619 for further information on Operations
Console.
Application Enablement
• To assist programmers in the development of client/server applications, Client Access
is positioned as the application enablement middleware for PC-to-AS/400
programming. A variety of key enablers is provided for accessing AS/400 resources,
such as:
– AS/400 ODBC Driver (Version 2.5): An industry-standard database access interface
for Windows users provides SQL access to AS/400 database information.