IBM 4690 Operating System V4, Engineered Exclusively for the Retail Industry, Provides Enhanced Security and Greater Support
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Software Announcement January 11, 2005 IBM 4690 Operating System V4, engineered exclusively for the retail industry, provides enhanced security and greater support Overview • Support for access to Self Monitoring Analysis and At a glance IBM 4690 Operating System (OS) is Reporting Technology (SMART) a retail-hardened, multiuser, data for disk diagnostics The enhancements in IBM 4690 multitasking, high-performance Operating System Version 4 give • Support for javax.usb operating system that: you: specification for easier • Offers a strong platform for POS attachment of peripherals • Enhanced security and e-business applications in on • Additional background slots, • Support for greater than 4 GB demand retail environments enabling retailers to run more hard file partitions • Delivers outstanding overall applications concurrently • Support for access to SMART versatility, functionality, and • Additional serial ports, allowing data reliability retailers to attach up to four serial • Support for javax.usb • Supports a wide range of devices on select terminals or hardware and peripherals controllers • Additional background slots • • Provides outstanding IT Support for DVD read/write • Additional serial ports investment protection • Changing defaults on Modify • Support for JVM currency (SDK New in V4 Exception log screens 1.4.2) • Enhancements to Java Terminal Version 4 provides several • Enhancements to Java Terminal Offline Function which allows important enhancements, including: Offline Function (TOF) more functionality at the terminal • • Support for DVD read/write Enhanced security through: • Support for JVM currency (SDK − Enhanced logging of system 1.4.2) access attempts • Faster hard drive read/write − FTP ID and password access compared to V3.3 Planned availability date protection • Increased number of TCP/IP April 1, 2005 − Console lockout and FTP sockets lockout after a specified • Enhanced Domain Name System number of incorrect signon (DNS) search order capability attempts • Enhanced INETD server options − Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support for Those who have Software Controller signon Maintenance support are entitled to receive Version 4 without charge. • Support for greater than 4 GB hard file partitions, providing more space for storing exception Key prerequisites logs, item files, transaction logs, and electronic check images Refer to the Technical information section for details. This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 205-004 The number of background slots is now increased to Description 60. This allows more of our applications to be migrated to run in the background concurrently and Version 4 of IBM 4690 Operating System (OS) adds the have more space for dynamically started applications following enhancements: to run. • Security enhancements, including: • Additional serial ports − Logging This will provide support for up to four serial ports Some of the TCP functions were enhanced to log allowing retailers to attach up to four serial devices successful and failed attempts in the system log. on selected terminals or controllers. − Protect FTP IDs and passwords • Support for DVD read/write The user may optionally configure the FTP IDs and 4690 OS V4 will support being able to read and write passwords to be protected. The IDs, passwords, DVD media in a future 4690 OS V4 CSD, to be delivered and access rights will be encoded and a password in 2005. will be required to view and make changes to them. • Changing defaults on Modify Exception Log screens − Console lockout and FTP lockout after a specified number of incorrect signon attempts This changes the Modify Exception Log defaults from 1 (erase all) to blank, which will prevent accidental This allows the user to optionally enable a lockout erasure. The user will now be required to enter a function that will lockout or prevent an ID from selection. being logged on the system after a user-definable number of invalid logon attempts by that ID. The • Enhancements to Java Terminal Offline Function (TOF) user can configure the duration of this lockout. This enhancement includes the use of long file names − Lockout TCP/IP after some number of invalid in the terminal on either the hard drive or in RAM disk attempts as well as loadshrink improvements. This allows the user to optionally enable a lockout • Support for JVM currency (SDK 1.4.2) function or prevent an FTP ID from accessing the system after a user-definable number of invalid This item allows support for the latest version of logon attempts by that ID. The user can configure Java 1.4. the duration of this lockout. • Improved hard drive read/write access compared to − LDAP support V3.3 The user may optionally configure the ability for the Read/Write access is significantly faster than in V3.3. Console login ID and password to be obtained from In addition, improvements include the use of the hard an LDAP server. drive setup tools (CPREP and DPREP) and the LAN disk rebuild utility. • Support for greater than 4 GB hard file partitions • Increased number of TCP/IP sockets The 4690 OS will now support partitions greater than 4 GB. A newly installed system can optionally create The number of TCP/IP sockets is increased to 600. a single partition larger than 4 GB for a fixed disk of greater size. If a system is migrated with a 4 GB • Enhanced Domain Name Server (DNS) search order partition it may continue to use that 4 GB partition or capability optionally use the remainder of the disk (excluding the 4 GB originally in use) as the 4690 OS partition. The user can now configure TCP/IP name resolution • search order of the local host file or the DNS. Prior to Access to SMART data this change, the DNS was always searched first. 4690 OS V4 provides monitoring of hard drive • Enhanced INETD Server options Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) by which a device monitors and stores This allows a user to specify a priority for any service information relative to its internal performance and started by INETD server. Also, if more than one calibration factors to determine the likelihood of a service is started at the same time and one of the future degrading or fault condition. All reports are services fails, the remaining services will continue to based on internal hardware threshold values. When start. In addition, INETD can be configured to start the drive hardware signals to the 4690 OS that an automatically when the controller IPL′s, to eliminate internal threshold has been reached, the OS will log a the need for a background application slot. new message to alert the user that hardware diagnostics should be performed. • Support for javax.usb Reference information Peripherals can now be attached more easily with the Refer to Software Announcement 203-242, dated support of the javax.usb specification. September 16, 2003. • Additional background slots 205-004 -2- Business Partner information If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld ID and password are required (use IBM ID). BP Attachment for Announcement Letter 205-004 https://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/ mem/sla.jsp?num=205-004 Trademarks Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. -3- 205-004 IBM US Announcement Supplemental Information January 11, 2005 Copies of the publications are also available for no charge Offering Information using the following Web site and selecting PUBLICATIONS, then OPERATING SYSTEM Product information is available via the Offering PUBLICATIONS Information Web site http://www.ibm.com/solutions/retail/store/ support http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi Technical information Publications A program directory and one copy of the following Specified operating environment publications are automatically supplied with the base and migration machine-readable material: Hardware requirements: IBM 4690 Operating System Version 4, without the JVM enabled, will run on many Order platforms supported by IBM 4690 Operating System Title number Version 3. With IBM 4690 OS V4, the 4693s are not supported as controllers. Additionally, some older Program Directory GI10-6642 machines that have been supported by the 4690 are not License Information GC30-9728 supported as controllers with V4. For V4, the minimum Support Agreement Addendum GI19-0246 controller requirements are a P100 MHz processor with 16 MB of RAM. Refer to the Controller Matrix on the Displayable softcopy publications: IBM 4690 OS V4 Knowledgebase for specific machines that have been documentation is offered in displayable softcopy form on withdrawn from 4690 controller support. Knowledgebase the Internet. The following unlicensed manuals are is available by visiting the following Web site and included: selecting KNOWLEDGEBASE • IBM 4690 OS V4: Users Guide, SC30-4044 http://www.ibm.com/solutions/retail/store/ support • IBM 4690 OS V4: Planning, Installation, and With the JVM enabled, additional memory may be Configuration Guide, GC30-4045 required depending on the size and number of Java applications being run. In general, the use of Java 2 (Java • IBM 4690 OS V4: Messages Guide, SC30-4046 1.4.2) will require more memory and processor capability • IBM 4690 OS V4: Communications Programming than the use of Java 1 (Java 1.1.8). Support of Java 1 Guide, SC30-4047 ends on August 31, 2006. The systems require a minimum of 64 MB of memory for Java 1, and a minimum • IBM 4690 OS V4: Programming Guide, SC30-4048 of 128 MB of memory for Java 2. In addition, a faster • processor is required, such that Java 2 is supported only IBM 4680 BASIC Reference, SC30-3356 in clients that are SurePOS 700 terminals and 4694 • TR-4 Tape Drive User′s Guide terminals that are 4694-245, or later.