INF: Connecting OS/2 LAN Manager Server to IBM MVS Mainframe

ID Number: Q58725

2.00 2.10

OS/2

Summary:

DCA/Microsoft Communications Server/Workstation (Comm Server) products

provide communications support between OS/2 and IBM MVS and VM

environments through IBM System Network Architecture (SNA) networks.

Comm Server supports IBM 3270 terminal interfaces (LU 1, 2, 3) and

Advanced Program-to-Program Communications (APPC over LU 6.2). Both

options support C-language-based API interfaces, including

high-level-language API (HLLAPI) for 3270 terminal support and APPC

APIs for APPC support. HLLAPI support also includes language interface

modules (LIMs), which allow customers to provide their own support for

other high-level languages.

Please refer to the DCA/Microsoft Communications Server documentation

for more information about link types supported, and other facilities

provided by Comm Server.

More Information:

Micro Tempus, based in Montreal, Canada, has announced additional

products that will enhance the connectivity between LAN Manager and

IBM MVS environments, including the following:

1. LAN Manager/MVS: Porting LAN Manager to run on IBM mainframes. This

product will include support for disk sharing as well as API

support, including named pipes and LAN APIs for the mainframe.

2. The Enterprise Router. Using Comm Server and special IBM host

software, this product allows an IBM host to act as a transparent

"router" of requests between two OS/2 LAN Manager networks.

For more information about these products, contact Larry DeBoever or

Dan Brayton at Micro Tempus, Inc., at (514) 397-9512.