IBM Licensed Programs: Networking Products
682 iSeries Handbook
• Supports TCP/IP connectivity.
• Provides enhanced network security through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for client
functions.
• Utilizes iSeries NetServer for PC file serving and network print support.
• Contains 32-bit client/server application enablers for iSeries (such as OLE DB
provider, ODBC driver, ActiveX Automation Objects, Remote Command, and Data
Queues).
• Delivers the latest GUI for new OS/400 V5R1 functions through its Operations
Navigator function.
• Improves administration of PC users from a central iSeries through improvements to
Microsoft System Policy support and Operations Navigator Application Administration.
Customers are beginning to take a closer look at PC alternatives that are easy to administer
centrally (such as something that can be downloaded into a browser or JVM at each use, but
can be maintained on the iSeries server). Client Access Express has central administration
built into its design. When customers installed the previous Client Access clients, they
probably did this by getting the Client Access PC CD-ROM (or creating diskettes) and going
to each PC and installing the client code. Since the Express client is exploiting the
capabilities of the iSeries NetServer, any PC running TCP/IP can directly connect to the
iSeries NetServer folder where the Express client is installed and start the
installation/migration from there. Furthermore, by combining the use of Client Access options
(such as, Silent Install, CWBBACK, CWBREST), iSeries administrators can set up the
Express client, selecting only those functions they want their users to have. Then users
simply make a TCP/IP connection to the system, start a command, and go the Express client
installed on their PCs. Once Express is installed on a PC, it periodically checks the system to
see if newer code (service packs or new releases) is in the Express NetServer folder. If there
is, it automatically updates the end user’s PC. Although Client Access still ships a PC
CD-ROM with the family, you will have little use for it when installing the Express client.
The Express client has evolved from the iSeries Client Access for Windows 95/NT client. A
built-in Migration Wizard makes it easy to replace the Windows 95/NT client with the Express
client. The following sections describe the additional capabilities the Express client provides
to desktop users.
PC5250 and Data Transfer are significantly enhanced in this release. To use these
functions, you must be connected to an iSeries server that has 5769-XW1 or 5722-XW1
installed.
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