IBM LAN Server explained

IBM LAN Server
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Family:OS/2
Working State:Discontinued
Source Model:Closed source
Discontinued:Yes
Latest Release Version:5.1
Marketing Target:Local area networks
License:Proprietary
Preceded By:IBM PC LAN Program

IBM LAN Server is a discontinued network operating system introduced by International Business Machines (IBM) in 1988. LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft's LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 (OS/2) Extended Edition.[1] The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default.[2] (Eventually IBM shipped other clients and supported yet more. Examples include the IBM OS/2 File/Print Client, IBM OS/2 Peer, and client software for Microsoft Windows.[3]) Here the short term LAN Server refers to the IBM OS/2 LAN Server product. There were also LAN Server products for other operating systems, notably AIX[4] —now called Fast Connect[5] —and OS/400.[6]

Version history

Version
no. 		Year Notes
span=col style=text-align:center; 1.0 1988 for OS/2 EE 1.0
span=col style=text-align:center; 1.2 1990 for OS/2 EE 1.2[7]
span=col style=text-align:center; 1.3 1991 for OS/2 EE 1.3[8]
span=col style=text-align:center; 2.0 1992 related to LAN Manager 2.0[9]
span=col style=text-align:center; 3.0 1993 Entry and Advanced versions[10] (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on[11] [12])
span=col style=text-align:center; 4.0 1994 Entry and Advanced versions, new object-oriented user interface[13]
span=col style=text-align:center; 5.0 1996 included in OS/2 Warp Server[14]
span=col style=text-align:center; 5.1 1999 included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business[15]
Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP).[16] Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and LAN On-Demand.[17] [18] Add-ons included Directory and Security Server,[19] Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing),[20] Novell NetWare for OS/2,[21] and LAN Server for Macintosh.[22]

Innovations

LAN Server pioneered certain file and print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Doyle . Lee . January 6, 1988 . The LAN Server dilemma . Computerworld . IDG Publications . 22 . 1 . 33 . ProQuest.
  2. Staff writer . November 10, 1987 . IBM announces ship dates for its standard, extended OS/2 editions . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 4 . 45 . 16 . Gale.
  3. Book: Minasi, Mark . Jim Blaney . Chris Brenton . 1999 . The Complete Network Upgrade & Maintenance Guide . Sybex . 620 . 9780782122596 . Google Books.
  4. Burns . Christine . January 17, 1994 . NCR, IBM to team on LAN Server for AIX . Network World . IDG Publications . 11 . 3 . L1, L10 . Google Books.
  5. Staff writer . March 28, 1999 . IBM Tweaks AIX for Better PC Interoperability, Security . Computer Business Review . New Statesman Media Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20221111055136/https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_tweaks_aix_for_better_pc_interoperability_security . November 11, 2022.
  6. Book: Soltis, Frank G. . 2001 . Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM i Series . NEWS/400 Books . 266 . 9781583040836 . Google Books.
  7. Morrissey . Jane . David Strom . March 19, 1990 . IBM OS/2 upgrades reach starting gate . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 7 . 11 . 1 . Gale.
  8. Morrissey . Jane . February 18, 1991 . Comprehensive pact to boost NetWare on multiple platforms: IBM, Novell pledge to fortify networking bonds . IBM pledged that OS/2 LAN Server will remain a strategic offering, announcing that version 1.3 was shipped ahead of schedule last week. They also pledged to fully support both LAN Server and NetWare equally. . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 8 . 7 . 1 . Gale.
  9. Krohn . Nico . June 15, 1992 . OS/2 gets network muscle: directory services, peer features set for LAN Server . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 9 . 24 . 1 . Gale.
  10. Krohn . Nico . August 31, 1992 . LAN Server 3.0 in beta; peer services included . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 9 . 35 . 1 . Gale.
  11. Smalley . Eric . August 2, 1993 . IBM puts new muscle behind OS/2 LAN Server . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 10 . 30 . 45 . Gale.
  12. Capen . Tracey . January 10, 1994 . NOS . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 16 . 2 . 60 . Gale.
  13. Petreley . Nicholas . August 22, 1994 . IBM cleans up LAN Server's act . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 16 . 34 . 1 . Gale . IBM's LAN Server 4.0 network operating system, which will be out in Oct[ober] 1994, adds object-oriented administration tools and peer-to-peer services ....
  14. Green . Terence . February 7, 1996 . IBM cooks up an efficient NOS . PC User . EMAP Media . 276 . 44 . Gale.
  15. Web site: June 27, 2017 . OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Performance Tuning . eCSoft/2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024195712/https://ecsoft2.org/docs/os2-warp-server-e-business-performance-tuning . October 24, 2020.
  16. Book: Nance, Barry . 1994 . Client/Server LAN Programming . Que . 40 . 9781565299245 . Google Books.
  17. Polilli . Steve . February 7, 1994 . IBM, integrator offer networks ready to plug in . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 16 . 6 . 44 . Google Books.
  18. Staff writer . December 13, 1993 . IBM launches LAN Server Ultimedia . PC Week . Ziff-Davis . 10 . 49 . 56 . Gale.
  19. Zelinka . Douglas A. . February 19, 1996 . Directory and Security Server scales Warp Server to the enterprise . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 18 . 8 . 101 . Google Books.
  20. Web site: May 3, 1995 . IBM Announcement Letter No. ZP95-0253 . International Business Machines Corporation . https://web.archive.org/web/20221111061937/https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=877/ENUSZP95-0253&infotype=AN&subtype=CA&appname=skmwww . November 11, 2022.
  21. Cummings . Joanne . October 28, 1991 . Novell sharing IBM vision . Network World . IDG Publications . 8 . 43 . 58 . Google Books.
  22. Wilson . Jayne . December 7, 1992 . IBM moves its LAN Server to the Macintosh . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 14 . 49 . 51 . Gale.

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