Transcript Tonight`s Agenda

Tonight’s Agenda
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iSERIES Operating System Overview
Sign on process
User Profile
Navigation
iSERIES HELP
CL Commands
Printer Access
Overview of the iSERIESAS/400
• iSERIES - Robust Multi-user, Multi-tasking
Mid-range platform
• Primarily GreenSreen/text-based presentation
• iSeries Model 820 supports Logical Partitioning
environments (LPAR)
• Supports RPG, COBOL , 'C', JAVA and other
programming Languages
• User Profiles provide 'environment' for a User
I.D. to sign on and run jobs(wb)
Overview of the iSERIESAS/400
• Options & Function Keys are available to
initiate tasks(dmo)
• Alternate Sign-on Access is an option of the
Operating System (dmo)
• Navigation is typically via Menus and/or the
Command Line (dmo)
• Operations Navigator is a GUI Interface to the
iSeries platform
(see http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/navigator/(dmo)
• Environments (Sub-systems) are created to run
Jobs (wb)
Overview of the iSERIESAS/400
• OS/400 also supports S/36 & S/38 O/S
environments (former release levels)
• Objects on the iSERIES are identified by
their TYPE (wb)
• CL Commands (provided by OS/400)
allow user tasks to be run (dmo)
• Text-based HELP panels are always
available thru F1 (dmo)
Printer Access (dmo)
• How to generate a Print job to the
Output Queue
• How to access your Output Queue
• How to send the spool entry to the printer
• How to maintain spool entries on your
Output queue