RE: How do I access AS400 comm resource from PCServer card?

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

I haven't seen a response on this one.

I'm assuming that your customer is referring to a Comm Line in the
normal PC sense, an asynchronous port to which a modem could be
attached.

The text below is from the Redbook "Consolidating Windows 2000 Servers
in iSeries:  An Implementation Guide for the IBM Integrated xSeries
Server for iSeries"

10.1.10.1 OS/400 shared devices
The following hardware is shared between the iSeries and the Integrated
xSeries Server:
. Disk storage: The Integrated xSeries Server uses iSeries disks, which
can provide greater reliability and improved performance compared to PC
disks.
. CD-ROM drive: The Integrated xSeries Server shares the CD-ROM drive
with the iSeries.
. Tape devices: The Integrated xSeries Server shares tape devices with
the iSeries.

No comm resources are mentioned; based upon my limited understanding, I
do not believe that it is supported.  Assuming TCP/IP networking, it
would be possible to establish an IP connection using an OS/400 PPP line
and then route traffic from Windows through that connection.  Do you
know what they want to do?

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse


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> One of our customers has a question, and they wanted me to post it and
get
> comments from you guys. They have a PC Server card in their AS/400 270
and
>  would like to allocate the Comm Line resource to the PC Server  side.
>
> Can you please post the question on the AS/400 news board to see if
this
> can be accomplished and how?  Thanks.
>
> The question should read, "Can and how is a Comm.  Resource allocated
to
> the PC Server side.  A Tape drive can be varied off  from the AS/400
> session making it available to the PC Server but there isn't an
option
> for the Comm Resource.  Can this be accomplished and  how?"
>
>
> Tom Hightower