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Announcement Summary IBM United States May 20, 1997 Announcements by FAX or Internet FAX The Table of Contents in this package contains the title and letter number for each announcement. Through the FAX Information Service, you can access these or previous Announcement Letters. See the Table of Contents for the FAX Information Service Index. The FAX Information Service is toll-free, easy to use, and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All you have to do is: Step 1: From your touch-tone phone, dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329). Note: Near the end of your call, you will be prompted for the phone number of your fax machine. Step 2: Select Option 2. Step 3: Enter the selected Announcement Letter Number. The Announcement Letter Number is the number that follows the title in the Table of Contents. In the following example, it is 997-134. Software Vendor Marketing Withdrawal: Remote Recovery Data Facility (RRDF) Version 2, Release 1 (summary only announcement) 997-134 To select the fax for the detailed Announcement Letter, enter 997134 followed by the pound (#) key. Step 4: You may enter additional Announcement Letter Numbers or request other product information. Up to five documents may be requested per call. Continue following the prompts to receive your requests. Note: To call the FAX Information Service from outside the United States, you must dial 1-415-855-4329 from a fax machine phone. Internet You can now access IBM U.S. Announcement Summaries and IBM U.S. Announcement Detail Letters electronically through the Internet on the IBMLink gopher server in both ASCII and PostScript** format. The IBMLink gopher server is located at ″gopher.ibmlink.ibm.com″ and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users can access the Internet in several ways: • Advantis customers may access the gopher through the Advantis supplied TCPGATE product. It is available to all IBMLink customers for nominal connect charges. • You may also use a commercial Internet service provider to connect to the gopher service. IBMLink customers can also access the IBMLINK host systems directly from the gopher server. ** Product or company name is a trademark or registered trademark of its respective holder. ii FAX Information Announcement Summary • May 20, 1997 In This Issue System/390 Architecture-Based Systems Software Vendor Marketing Withdrawal: Remote Recovery Data Facility (RRDF) Version 2, Release 1 997-134 . 1 General/Distributed Systems NetFinity for AS/400 V3R7 Provides Centralized PC Management 297-168 . 3 IBM NetFinity Services for AS/400 Version 5.0 Ties the Power of NetFinity to AS/400 Servers 297-176 . 4 Hardware Withdrawal: IBM AS/400 Related Products 997-123 . 5 Storage, I/O and Related Equipment Hardware Withdrawal: IBM 7137 0.986GB Disk Array Subsystem Drive — Replacements Available 997-122 . 7 Communications Withdrawal and Service Discontinuance: TME 10 Enterprise Console Additional Event Adapters — Replacement Available 997-113 . 9 Software Withdrawal: Selected Systems Management Products — Replacements Available 997-115 . 10 Hardware Withdrawal: Selected 2218 Models and Features — Replacements Available 997-121 . 11 Workstations IBM ARTIC186 8-Port Adapter Provides a Cost-Effective Solution for Attachment of Multiple Devices or Communication Lines 197-106 . 13 IBM PC Server 315 — 200MHz Pentium Pro Server — The New Price-Performer for Small Business Solutions 197-112 . 14 IBM PC Server 704 — Enhanced 200MHz/512KB SMP Pentium Pro Server Delivers High-Performance Throughput for Database and Application Server Environments 197-113 . 15 IBM PC Server 310 — New Pentium 200MHz Model Delivers Higher Processing Power for Entry Business 197-114 . 16 Preview: ECC Versions of Pentium II Processor for PC Servers 325 and 330 Enhances Processing Capability 197-116 . 17 IBM PC Server 4.51GB and 9.1GB Wide Ultra SCSI Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives — New, High-Performance/Large-Capacity Hard Disk Drives for PC Servers 197-117 . 18 IBM PC Server 3519 Rack Storage Expansion Enclosure — New, High-Availability, Data Storage for Rack Mounted Solutions 197-118 . 19 Options by IBM: IBM 35/70GB Internal DLT Tape Drive 197-119 . 20 Announcement Summary • May 20, 1997 Table of Contents iii IBM NetFinity Manager and Services Version 5.0 Offer a Workgroup Hardware Management Solution 297-159 . 21 Service Extension: TME 10 NetFinity Manager V4.0 and TME 10 NetFinity Services V4.0 297-183 . 22 IBM ServerGuide Version 3.1 Makes Set Up of IBM PC Server Easy 297-186 . 23 Software Withdrawal: Selected ServerGuide Versions and Features — Replacements Available 997-135 . 24 Application Offerings IBM CICS for HP—UX Version 2.1.1 Delivers the Latest Level of CICS on the HP—UX Platform 297-167 . 25 Software Service Extension: DB2 Version 2 and Database Server Version 4 Products 297-169 . 26 IBM XL High Performance Fortran for AIX, Version 1 Release 2 Simplifies Development of Data Parallel Applications 297-171 . 27 IBM DB2 Server and Database Server — New Terms and Conditions 297-172 . 28 Cooperative Courseware: Lotus Notes Release 4: Application Development III 297-179 . 29 Cooperative Courseware: Lotus Notes Release 4: Mobile User and Power User Course 297-180 . 30 Cooperative Courseware: Lotus Notes Release 4: Application Development II 297-182 . 31 Software Withdrawal and Service Discontinuance: DB2 Version 1 Products — Replacements Available 997-124 . 32 Software Withdrawal: DB2/2 Version 1 and DDCS/2 Version 2 Additional License Upgrades — Replacement Available 997-125 . 33 Industry-Specific Offerings Higher Education Software Consortium: New Fee Schedule 297-181 . 35 Software Vendor Marketing: DataTracker Provides Robust Data Warehouse Advantages for AS/400 297-184 . 36 Price Changes: IBM Industrial Computers 397-073 . 37 Announcement Letter Numeric Index . 39 iv Table of Contents Announcement Summary • May 20, 1997 System/390 Architecture-Based Systems Software Vendor Marketing Withdrawal: Remote Recovery Data Facility (RRDF) Version 2, Release 1 (summary only announcement) Withdrawal Announcement 997-134, Dated May 20, 1997 Effective July 25, 1997, IBM will withdraw the following programs from marketing under the Software Vendor Marketing Program. For information about these products, contact E-NET at 415-433-3800. Program Program Name Number Remote Recovery Data Facility (RRDF ) 5758-ENA ADABAS Interface 5758-ENB CICS /VSAM Interface 5758-ENC CPCS Interface 5758-END DB2 Interface 5758-ENE IDMS Interface 5758-ENF IMS Interface 5758-ENG SuperMICR Interface 5758-ENH Log Apply Feature 5758-ENI E-NET2 5758-ENJ E-NET7 5758-ENK Human Resource Administration (HRA) 5758-RC0 Replacement Product Information: None This withdrawal applies to the IBM Software Vendor Marketing relationship only. Other relationships between E-NET and IBM, in the United States or worldwide, are unaffected. Announcement Summary • May 20, 1997 System/390 Architecture-Based Systems 1 2 System/390 Architecture-Based Systems Announcement Summary • May 20, 1997 General/Distributed Systems NetFinity for AS/400 V3R7 Provides Centralized PC Management Software Announcement 297-168, Dated May 20, 1997 Overview With remote workstation control, your system administrator can At a Glance NetFinity for AS/400 V3R7 gives identify and correct potential your enterprise the tools you need problems before they impact your The NetFinity for AS/400 product to move systems management business. suite takes advantage of NetFinity tasks for PCs from end users to the systems management expertise more experienced and skilled Managing Software Distribution: and the proven reliability of AS/400 system administrator. With these NetFinity for AS/400 provides a by allowing the administrator to: graphical interface for: tools, you can better manage and • administer your PC clients in an Keep track of resources by • Defining custom reports for taking an inventory of the enterprise client/server network by querying the hardware and enabling: hardware and software of software database attached clients • • Hardware and software Running your custom reports • Monitor or control the keyboard, inventory and displaying the results • mouse, and display of a remote • Remote control of PC clients Generating a node list based on PC • Software distribution results of the report for distributing software in an • Keep the PCs in the enterprise enterprise NetFinity for AS/400 working with running efficiently by using NetFinity 5.0 and NetFinity Services This announcement fulfills the NetFinity real-time services for for AS/400 Version 5.0 has two troubleshooting, proactive components: Preview Software Announcement 296-306, dated September 3, 1996. resource monitoring, and setting • NetFinity Server for AS/400 up alert conditions V3R7 — the server component Intended Customers • Make software available to — installed on your AS/400 users in the enterprise by servers and the central site • AS/400 customers who want preparing and distributing system tools to manage attached PCs software objects when used with • NetFinity for AS/400 Manager — Managed System Services for the manager component — Key Prerequisites AS/400 and Systems Manager installed on a PC (running for AS/400 NetFinity Server for AS/400 V3R7 OS/2 or Windows 95) Imagine doing all of this for a connected to an AS/400 server • An AS/400 system running network of 20 AS/400s located in its workgroup OS/400 V3R7 and Managed around the world, each with 20 System Services/400 NetFinity for AS/400 runs with the to 40 PCs attached. NetFinity Services for AS/400 5.0 NetFinity AS/400 Manager for For ordering, contact: product installed on each client. OS/2 V3R7 or NetFinity AS/400 Your IBM representative, an IBM.