IBM manual Part 1. Getting started with AS/400 communications

Part 1. Getting started with AS/400 communications

The AS/400 is an extremely versatile system for networking technologies, supporting a broad range of communication protocols. Protocols that are supported include TCP/IP, APPC, APPN, HPR, Remote workstation, asynchronous, and binary synchronous communications.

AS/400 communications configuration is done by either manually or automatically creating a set of configuration objects that represent the local and remote systems that are to communicate. The types of objects required for a communications configuration vary, depending on the type of communications being configured.

Many factors can affect the performance of the AS/400 in a communications environment. To achieve the best performance with your particular environment review the topics, Optimizing communications performance, and Communications applications.

You can configure your AS/400 system to communicate with another AS/400 system, a non-AS/400 system, or a remote controller. For information on how to do this, see the following:

vCommunicating with host systems

vCommunicating with a remote AS/400 system

vCommunicating with remote workstation controllers

Communication problems are inevitable and will probably be an issue as you manage your network. If you suspect that you are having communication problems, review the topic Troubleshooting communication problems.

Before beginning to work with AS/400 communications, you may want to review the topics, Chapter 9, “Networking concepts” on page 87 and Chapter 10, “Common networking standards” on page 91. Here, you can find information related to some of the technologies common to deploying modern networking solutions in an AS/400 environment.

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