Opticonnect For As/400 (#2642) - IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual

Operating System/400, 5769-SS1
server, AS/400 operators can manage user connections and disk resources. Facilities are
provided for creating, extending, and mounting/dismounting volumes on NetWare servers.

OptiConnect for AS/400 (#2642)

Provides high-speed transparent access to data through fiber optic bus connections and
performance enhancements to AS/400 Distributed Data Management (DDM). This allows
customers who are reaching the capacity limits of a large AS/400 system to offload database
application CPU cycles to other AS/400 systems within a local environment. DB2 Multisystem
for AS/400 environments can be connected on a shared bus with OptiConnect for AS/400 to
increase the efficiency of parallel database operations. Two-phase commitment control
allowing distributing units of work is supported on OptiConnect for AS/400 networks. Because
OptiConnect for AS/400 operates only among systems sharing the same bus (connected with
fiber optic cables), it can achieve transport efficiencies not possible with more general
purpose wide-area communication protocols.
Programs within OS/400
The following programs are part of OS/400 and all ship with OS/400. They do not need to be
ordered separately. However, they each appear within the AS/400 Software Resources and
Licensed Program menus as separate products:
• 5769-JC1 Java Toolbox for AS/400 (#2585)
• 5769-JV1 AS/400 Developer Kit for Java (#2586)
• 5769-PM1 Performance Management/400 (#2556)
• 5769-SA3 Integration for Novell NetWare (#2645)
• 5769-TC1 IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utility (#2529)
The feature quoted is the code that must appear on the 5755-AS5 software programs order
for these programs to be shipped.
AS/400 Toolbox for Java, 5769-SS1, 5769-JC1
The AS/400 Toolbox for Java is a set of Java classes that is delivered as a Java package. The
classes can be used by Java applets and applications to easily access AS/400 data and
resources and require no additional support over the inherent OS/400 support of Java Virtual
Machine and the AS/400 Developer Kit for Java.
The Toolbox for Java provides support for similar functions to that provided by Client Access
APIs. It uses the OS/400 host servers (part of OS/400) to access the AS/400 data and
resources. Each of these servers run in a separate job on the AS/400 system, communicating
with a Java client program using architected data streams on a socket connection. The socket
interfaces are hidden from the Java programmer by the Toolbox classes. JavaBeans are
provided for most public interfaces. They provide access to these AS/400 resources:
516
AS/400e System Handbook