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5765-160 IBM AIX PS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM V1.3

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Program                                  Marketing   Service      Replaced
Number   VRM     Announced   Available   Withdrawn   Discontinued    By


5765-160 1.03.0  1992/09/21  1992/10/02  1995/03/10      -            -

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Abstract

(For IBM US, No Longer Available as of March 10, 1995)

IBM reaffirms its commitment to open systems by announcing Advanced Interactive Executive (AIX)* PS/2* Version 1.3, its entry level member of the AIX family.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 and its associated Licensed Program Products (LPPs) provide full hardware support and exploitation for all models of IBM PS/2 system units based on the 32-bit INTEL** 386sx-16MHz up through the INTEL 486DX2-66MHz, utilizing both IBM Microchannel or IBM AT-Bus architectures. AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 will offer support for selected OEM hardware configurations, certifying them on a per bid basis.

Support is offered for numerous new options, adapters, hardfiles and displays listed in the Growth Enablement Section.

Support is also provided for the IBM GEARBOX* Model 800 486 Industrial Computer.

Performance tuning in AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 offers increased throughput for input/output.

The windowing and Graphical User Interface (GUI) areas have been improved with the X Window System V11 R5** and OSF/Motif 1.1.3**

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 provides interoperability with other versions of AIX, UNIX* and other IBM and non-IBM Operating Systems through AIX PS/2 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Version 1.3 and AIX PS/2 Network File System Version 1.3.

Also provided are enhanced installation, backup and update procedures aptly named the EZ-UTILITIES which are targeted specifically for IBM Business Partners, and large installations to simplify operating system installation and maintenance. Refer to the Systems Management Section for more details on the EZ-UTILITIES.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 and AIX PS/2 Operating System Extensions Version 1.3 are again offered on Internal Tape Backup Unit (ITBU) mini-cartridge tape, to ease installation.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 provides full POSIX IEEE 1003.1-1988 standard compliance as specified in Section 2.1.2.2 of the IEEE standard.

The programs announced today replace Version 1.2.1 of the AIX PS/2 Operating System and Version 1.2.1 of the Extensions and selected Related Licensed Program Products. Upgrades from AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.2.1, Version 1.2, Version 1.1 and Related Licensed Program Products Version 1.2.1, Version 1.2, Version 1.1 are offered to encourage migration.

NOTE: Transparent Computing Facility (TCF) is NOT supported in AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3

NOTE: Usability Services Version 1.1.1 is NOT supported in AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3

Product Positioning

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 offers an entry level UNIX product targeted for the price-performance conscious INTEL processor based system market. The enhanced functions and quality improvements make AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 very competitive in the UNIX-on-INTEL market.

Highlights

Description

Growth Enablement

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 announces support for the following additional devices:

NOTE: These devices are in addition to devices already supported by AIX PS/2 Operating System.

Exploitation of extended Graphics Array (XGA) and XGA-2 graphics and XGA/Graphics Support Library (GSL) is provided for IBM PS/2 Models 70, 80, 90 XP 486 and 95 XP 486. Support for greater than 16 MB of system memory is provided for IBM PS/2 Models 90 XP 486 and 95 XP 486, as well as support for 32 bit Direct Memory Access (DMA) and Error Correcting Code (ECC) Memory in those PS/2 models offering these functions.

Business Solutions

Performance tuning in AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 offers increased throughput for Input/Output (I/O) in both raw and block mode, in addition to kernel performance enhancements and smaller size requirements available through the availability of serviceable shared libraries usage in applications written to utilize them. Enhancements have also been made to the pager and swapper areas of memory management that have resulted in performance increases.

Improvements in the windowing and Graphical User Interface (GUI) areas are highlighted with the introduction of the X Windowing System V11 R5 from MIT available in AIX PS/2 X-Windows Version 1.3 and AIXwindows Environment for PS/2 Version 1.3 and OSF's Motif 1.1.3 available in AIXwindows Environment for PS/2 Version 1.3 along with AIXwindows Desktop. Support for the IBM Xstation 120 and Xstation 130 is provided in the AIX PS/2 X-Windows Version 1.3ST. Support for XGA-2 provides non-interlaced, high resolution graphics on those displays that support it.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 provides interoperability with other versions of AIX, UNIX, and other IBM and non-IBM operating systems, through the use of AIX PS/2 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Version 1.3 and AIX PS/2 Network File System Version 1.3 over Ethernet or Token Ring. NFS allows remote file system mounting and files can be copied and data shared between systems engaged in these connections. The use of AIX PS/2 X-Windows Version 1.3 or AIXwindows Environment for PS/2 Version 1.3 allows clients to be opened and run on all participating machines.

The Korn Shell is newly offered and supported in AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3, in addition to the 'C' and Bourne Shells already offered.

Systems Management

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 provides a set of six primary tools called EZ-UTILITIES, used to assist in the system management and distribution of AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3. An enhanced installation procedure decreases the time spent installing and reduces the possibility of installation error. The following utilities are provided:

Ezbackup, ezcustom, ezinstall, and ezmkverify/ezverify are used when building distribution media (boot diskette, installation diskette and backup media) perform routine system and/or user data backups and produce new distribution media when a system configuration change is made. Ezfilter and ezupdate are used to update existing AIX configurations.

The EZ-UTILITIES package is designed to aid in the propagation of a master system to a target machine. The use of these utilities assumes that the master system is fully installed and configured, then cloned or minimally tailored. The purpose of the EZ-UTILITIES is to make this cloning process easier.

In addition, the EZ-UTILITIES package is designed as an aid in updating target machines as new versions/PTFs of AIX are made available. Special utilities are provided to allow individual elements of PTFs to be selected and repackaged into customized media, which is then used when updating target machines.

The EZ-UTILITIES support both the ITBU and 6157 family of tape devices

Investment Protection

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 offers binary compatibility in applications from AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.2.1 and AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.2. POSIX IEEE 1003.1-1988 conformance may require applications from AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.1 to be recompiled or modified.

The following AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.1.1 programs will execute on AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3:

NOTE: Transparent Computing Facility (TCF) is NOT supported in AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3.

Technical Description

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 is a multi-user, multitasking, virtual memory operating system. AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 is IBM's implementation of UNIX System V Release 2 (SVID) with selected Berkley Software Distribution 4.3 Extensions.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Extensions Version 1.3 provides additional commands and utilities, not included in the base operating system, that are used primarily in significant development activities.

AIX PS/2 Text Formatting System Version 1.3 supports text processing for AIX PS/2 users including formatting for printers and typesetters.

AIX PS/2 DOS Merge Version 1.3 provides software support for execution of multiple concurrent DOS sessions.

AIX PS/2 INmail/INed/INnet/INftp Version 1.3 provides for the queued transfer of files and electronic messages.

NFS. provides support for the NFS 3.2 protocols developed by Sun Microsystems Inc.

AIX PS/2 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Version 1.3 incorporates several communication protocols that permit information exchange between workstations in peer-to-peer mode or in a workstation-to-host environment.

AIX PS/2 X.25 Version 1.3 supports X.21bis and V.24 physical interfaces at line speeds up to 19.2K bits per second, and V.35 physical interfaces at line speeds up to 56K bits per second.

AIX PS/2 X-Windows Version 1.3 provides a network transparent windowing system that allows users to concurrently view and access programs and data from both local and LAN-connected processors running a compatible X product.

AIXwindows Environment for PS/2 Version 1.3 is a graphical user interface environment that provides the ability to develop and run AIXwindows and X based applications. It contains AIXwindows Desktop, an iconic front end to ease productivity.

AIX PS/2 X-Windows Version 1.3ST. provides support for LAN attached X server stations.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 provides full POSIX IEEE 1003.1-1988 standard compliance as specified in Section 2.1.2.2 of the IEEE standard.

Operating Environment

See Hardware and Software Requirements.

Hardware Requirements

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 programs require the following minimum configuration with any of the supported displays: 


    IBM PS/2 Model 35
      8535-040, 8535-043, 8535-045, 8535-050, 8535-055,
      9535-060, 9535-065

    IBM PS/2 Model 40
      8540-040, 8540-043, 8540-045, 8540-050, 8540-055,
      9540-060, 9540-065

    IBM PS/2 Model 55
      8555-061

    IBM PS/2 Model 56
      8556-045, 8556-049, 8556-055, 8556-059
      9556-0B6, 9556-0BA

    IBM PS/2 Model 57
      8557-045, 8557-049, 8557-055, 8557-059
      9557-0B6, 9557-0BA, 9557-1BA

    IBM PS/2 Model 65
      8565-321, 8565-061, 8565-121

    IBM PS/2 Model 70
      8570-E61, 8570-061, 8570-A61, 8570-121, 8570-A21,
      8570-B61, 8570-B21, 8570-081, 8570-A81, 8570-161, 8570-A16
      PS/2 486/25 Power Platform

    IBM PS/2 Model P70 386
      8573-061, 8573-121

    IBM PS/2 Model P75 486
      8573-161, 8573-401

    IBM PS/2 Model 76
      9576-0U6, 9576-0NA

    IBM PS/2 Model 77
      9577-0UA, 9577-0UF, 9577-0NA, 9577-0NF, 9577-1NA, 9577-1NF

    IBM PS/2 Model 80
      8580-041, 8580-071, 8580-111, 8580-311,
      8580-121, 8580-321, 8580-A21, 8580-A31
      8580-081, 8580-161, 8580-A16

    IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486
      8590-0G5, 8590-0G9, 8590-0H5, 8590-0H9,
      8590-0J5, 8590-0J9, 8590-0JF, 8590-0K9,
      8590-0KD, 8590-0KF, 8590-0L9, 8590-0LF

    IBM PS/2 Model 95 XP 486
      8595-0G9, 8595-0GF, 8595-0H9, 8595-0HF,
      8595-0J9, 8595-0JD, 8595-0JF, 8595-0KF,
      8595-0LF, 8595-0MF, 8595-0MT

    IBM GEARBOX Model 800 Industrial Computer
      7568-040, 7568-150, 7568-C40, 7568-D40

    IBM 7546 Industrial Computer Model 011

    IBM 7561 Industrial Computer Model 111

    IBM 7562 Industrial Computer Model 111

NOTE: The minimum random access memory (RAM) and fixed disk storage requirements needed to run AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 are: 

         3Mb memory and 44Mb disk storage with SCSI support
         2Mb memory and 44Mb disk storage without SCSI support

Additional RAM and fixed-disk storage may be required based upon all licensed programs and user applications installed.

AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 provides support for the following terminals:

NOTE: Support of the 3164 ASCII Color Display Station includes color attributes.

NOTE: National Language models of IBM ASCII terminals with International Standard Organization (ISO) code page 8859-1 (IBM code page 00819) are supported in the 3161 mode. National Language models of ASCII terminals equivalent to the DEC VT220 Terminals are supported.

Software Requirements

AIX PS/2 1.3 Related Licensed Program Products require the installation of AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3. The AIX PS/2 Network File System Version 1.3 program also requires AIX PS/2 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Version 1.3. The AIX PS/2 DOS Merge Version 1.3 program requires DOS 3.3 or DOS 5.0.

Compatibility

Applications supported by AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.2.1 are binary compatible with AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3. Users may wish to recompile their applications on AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 however, to ensure usage of the serviceable shared libraries, thereby decreasing the overall runtime size of the application.

Limitations

The AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 supports the built in XGA adapter in the PS/2 Model P75 (8573-161, 8573-401) in VGA mode.

Performance Considerations

Not applicable.

Planning Information

Customer Responsibilities

The customer must provide at least the minimum hardware and software environments for the AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3 and Related Licensed Program Products to run successfully. Any environments not listed under the Machine Requirements section or subsequently listed as supported or certified will be deemed as unsupported by IBM.

Conversion

Not applicable.

Security, Auditability, and Control

These programs use the security and auditability features of the AIX PS/2 Operating System Version 1.3. User management is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.

Trademarks

(R), (TM), * Trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

** Company, product, or service name may be a trademark or service mark of others.

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.

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