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When you turn on the tap to get a glass of water, you don't think about the maze of pipes, pumps, and valves that bring the water to you. The same should be true of the information systems you use to run your business; they should deliver the information you need, when you need it, and in the form you require, without your awareness of its underlying plumbing.
Your operating system should be just as transparent, enabling you to get on with your work. IBM designed AIX* Version 4 to do just this - to help real people do real work.
AIX Version 4 is a robust UNIX operating system and is X/Open XPG4 branded. It complies with the Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (POSIX**) IEEE 1003.1-1990 and with IBM's Open Blueprint* distributed computing model. It conforms to Single UNIX Specification (SPEC 1170) and AIX Version 4.2 has received X/Open XPG4 UNIX 95 branding.
While standards compliance is essential, it is the added qualities that make the difference between a lab environment and a commercially viable platform. Right from the start, AIX has included many popular attributes from IBM's mainframe heritage, such as system integrity, systems management, and system availability.
In addition to an innovative file system that allows rapid recovery of data if a system crashes, AIX has a Logical Volume Manager (LVM) that supports triplicate mirroring with mirror write consistency and bad block relocation to help protect your valuable data.
A number of AIX systems tools help simplify and speed up administrative tasks in both single-site and enterprise networks. In addition, the Tivoli TME10** set of products extend this valuable attribute with their network management capability that addresses the ever-increasing complexities involved with network computing.
By dynamically performing many system maintenance tasks, such as adding I/O. adding users or extending file systems as your needs change, AIX does not require massive or lengthy shutdowns during critical work times.
Many systems fall down in their efforts to shield the customer from the "plumbing" underneath. This is particularly true during the initial installation of the system itself. Here, again, IBM applies its real-world, end-user environment experience to AIX.
Several AIX installation tools, such as the Visual System Manager (VSM) tools, use the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) graphical user interface. This helps make the AIX Version 4 installation process faster and easier, requiring less user decision-making and expertise. For example,
What's more, to further speed up and simplify installation, the system automatically detects attached hardware devices and installs only the required device drivers. It even detects whether the software is being installed on a uniprocessor or a symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) and loads the appropriate kernel. If it detects an appropriate graphics adapter, the system loads Xwindows.
Once installed, the most visible part of AIX to users is the CDE graphical user interface (GUI). CDE provides an intuitive easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interface to manage the user environment.
CDE provides advantages to the user, system administrator, and developer by providing commonality across multiple vendor platforms. It is designed to support distributed, enterprise-wide computing. Data and application execution locations are transparent, and most applications based on OSF/Motif** can run unmodified in the CDE environment.
CDE provides easier access to the following objects and functions:
Graphics users will enjoy the range of 2D and 3D graphics capabilities available with the separately orderable graphics application programming interfaces, a wide variety of accelerators, and applications.
For system administrators, AIX contains a comprehensive set of tools for streamlining installation and upgrades as well as for simplifying frequently performed tasks. These facilities extend AIX's management capabilities across multiple IBM and non-IBM LAN-based and mainframe systems. AIX Version 4 provides an outstanding level of coexistence and interoperability. This is essential when managing the complex distributed computing environments of today.
For application developers, AIX offers an outstanding set of development tools and an integrated SOMobjects base toolkit that allows developers to begin reusing and porting blocks of code.
Usability also requires access to applications. With binary compatibility for the majority of existing AIX applications, AIX Version 4 offers just such a rich portfolio of business solutions.
In addition to working with the interfaces and applications you are accustomed to, AIX Version 4 addresses the language concerns of global companies by offering broad internationalization support for native languages and character sets.
As with any other business investment, you must view operating system technology based on its potential returns. For operating systems, the returns can be operational enhancements or reduced costs. These, in turn, can result in a significant competitive advantage for your business.
So the question becomes, what potential benefits can be realized through this technology. For AIX Version 4, these include:
Clearly, the AIX platform puts technology to work for your business.
AIX Version 4.2 delivers many exciting features and enhancements to stay at the leading edge of the ever evolving operating system technology. Some key enhancements include NFS Version 3, security administrative roles, and large file support as well as NIM enhancements.
Also included with AIX is a Bonus Pack of popular IBM and third-party provided products that strengthen AIX as a rich, robust Internet-enabled computing environment. The Bonus Pack contents may vary with each release of AIX to acquaint users with tools and products that could be valuable in their business environment.
AIX Version 4 is the base for the future and continues to focus on integrating state-of-the-art technologies. In addition, AIX Version 4 provides a clear path to the future for existing AIX applications.
AIX is Year 2000 ready and ITAA certified. As part of IBM's corporate commitment to its customers, AIX is also working with its application and solution providers to help be sure their supported applications are ready as well. In fact, IBM publishes its Year 2000 platforms information and maintains its current list of Year 2000 ready applications on the World Wide Web.
AIX can help simplify the complexities of enabling and managing today's heterogeneous environments while providing a clear, sound investment path.
A separately orderable feature of AIX, AIX Connections provides a premiere workgroup solution for a network of PC systems. This server software package works with clients running popular operating systems, including OS/2*, Windows**, Windows 95**, Windows NT** Workstation, and Macintosh**.
With AIX Connections, you get a rich and robust environment for enterprise computing. It provides the ability to connect PC clients to UNIX data and applications, meeting the current demand for true distributed computing. And, in many cases, you can integrate UNIX servers into existing PC client environments without purchasing extra hardware or software.
AIX Connections provides leading-edge PC-to-UNIX connectivity. This enables it to operate with other AIX applications, such as databases, communication gateways, and network file systems. AIX Connections also provides the infrastructure for file and printer sharing services between AIX servers and attached PC clients.
AIX Connections is an ideal base for server applications because it provides a robust set of functions for concurrent processing required by:
The asynchronous Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is one of the key benefits of AIX Connections. PPP enables remote communications with very fast modem and data compression capabilities. This makes it easier for mobile clients to access data and applications on their home servers as if they were right in the work area.
AIX Connections uses a network communications protocol that dynamically configures network clients. This protocol offers the security protection required for dynamically executing network updates and configuration.
As you rightsize applications on AIX platforms, you can add AIX Connections software, giving your PC or Macintosh-based client access to this information. This adds the extra value of helping protect your information systems investments while providing for future growth.
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