AS/400

Features

Ease of Installation and

Use
System supplied menus enable a
novice user to install and
automatically configure the
system and local devices
Extensive online help text and
context sensitive help is available
with index search facility.

Virtual Memory Based System

addressing scheme that allows external
disk storage to appear as main storage

Implemented as a combination of main

storage and secondary storage Logical
storage available for each program or task
irrespective of the size of real storage
Introduced in AS/400 architecture to free
the constraints imposed by the size of the
main storage

Layered Machine Architecture

IMPI
MI
API

High level of integration

Object Orientation

Singe Level
Storage

Capability Based
System

Hierarchy of Microprocessors
The N-Way microprocessor
capability

Operating System - OS/400

Work, Query, Security ,
Communication, Network
Management.
Utilities SEU , SDA , RLU , PDM
Database DB2/400

Multilingual Support

OS/400 Commands
CL interface menu
and command line
Command Verb + Noun

Security
Comprehensive security to all
system resources

Minimal security
Password security
Resource security
Resource security and Operating
System Integrity
C2 level of security

File Systems
Integrated File
System
Traditional File
system

Productive application development

environment.

Programmers menu
Application development toolset
Interactive debug

Other features

System availability
Disk mirroring
Checksum protection
Journalling support
API support

ADVANTAGE AS/400
High processing speed (100 to 750 MIPS Million Instructions Per Second)
Capacity to store and handle huge amounts
of data
Ability to run multiple applications
simultaneously
Support large number of users 1 to 100 or
even more

Strengths of IBM
Hardware

Reliable
Meant for non-stop operation
Modular - easily expandable
Good connectivity with non-IBM systems

Strengths of IBM (Cont...)

Software
Compatibility maintained from the
oldest to the latest OS and subsystems
Older applications can run on the
latest OS
Excellent recovery features
Secure - no threat from viruses etc.
Keeps up with the connectivity
features of the
hardware

IBM Terminology
IPL

Initial Program Load - Boot the system

(Loading the operating system(s) )

Sub-system A functional unit, such as database

manager or user interface, which
can run
directly under the operating
System
Panel [Group]/Map A physical screen of data
Job A background process, which
executes
one or more programs in
a particular
sequence
ABEND
ABnormal END of Task/Program/Job

Communications

System Network Architecture

(SNA)
7 layered
Similar to OSI

LAN is Token Ring configuration

Supports X.25 protocol
Also supports TCP/IP protocol

Database support
DB2 for OS/400 Relational
database Management system
Support for SQL Declarative
referential integrity and stored
procedures.
Triggers
Two phase commit transaction
management
Data replication , multiple level
concurrency control , National
language support
ODBC and much more

Programming languages
CL the job control language
RPG/400 Report program
generator
COBOL/400 Common business
oriented language

Thank You

MSD

and
all the growing
Audience supporting
the best of the
technology