Front cover IBM iSeries e-business Handbook A V5R1 Technology and Product Reference Discover iSeries for extreme B2B and B2C e-business solutions Extend your business critical OS/400 applications to the Web Explore the new features for OS/400 V5R1 Brian R. Smith Veronica Chatfield Ohki Uemura ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM ~ iSeries e-business Handbook: A V5R1 Technology and Product Reference October 2001 SG24-6711-00 Take Note! Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in “Special notices” on page 341. First Edition (October 2001) This edition applies to Version 5, Release Number 1 of OS/400, Program Number 5722-SS1. Comments may be addressed to: IBM Corporation, International Technical Support Organization Dept. JLUB Building 107-2 3605 Highway 52N Rochester, Minnesota 55901-7829 When you send information to IBM, you grant IBM a non-exclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2001. All rights reserved. Note to U.S Government Users – Documentation related to restricted rights – Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Preface . xiii The team that wrote this redbook. xiv Special notice . xvi IBM trademarks . xvi Comments welcome. xvii Part 1. A brief introduction to e-business . 1 Chapter 1. The how, what, and why of iSeries e-business . 3 1.1 The transition to e-business . 4 1.1.1 Internet: Tremendous growth . 4 1.1.2 New business models . 5 1.1.3 e-business development . 5 1.2 Understanding e-business: Key concepts to know . 5 1.2.1 Definition of e-business and e-commerce. 5 1.2.2 The electronic impact . 6 1.2.3 The characteristics of e-business . 7 1.2.4 e-business is hot . 9 1.3 e-business development. 13 1.4 IBM Framework for e-business . 15 1.4.1 Framework overview . 16 1.4.2 Development tools and components. 17 1.4.3 Application server software . 17 1.4.4 Secure network and management software . 18 1.5 The e-business cycle . 18 1.6 e-business value chain: End-to-end solution model . 20 1.6.1 ERP: Core business applications . 21 1.6.2 Customer Relationship Management . 21 1.6.3 Supply Chain Management. 22 1.6.4 e-commerce and e-business. 23 1.7 Requirements for success: The realities of e-business . 23 1.7.1 Attributes of successful e-business applications. 24 1.7.2 Additional attributes for success . 24 1.7.3 How the iSeries server fares in the e-business game. 25 Chapter 2. Building e-business sites: Phased approach . 29 2.1 e-business development model . 30 2.1.1 Phase 1: Web presence . 32 2.1.2 Phase 2: Dynamic site . 33 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2001 iii 2.1.3 Phase 3: Transactional site. 35 Part 2. OS/400: Built for e-business . 39 Chapter 3. OS/400: Your foundation for e-business. 41 3.1 OS/400 (5722-SS1) overview . 42 3.1.1 V5R1 packaging . 42 3.1.2 iSeries: The flexible server . 44 3.1.3 Communication and networking . 46 3.1.4 Web-enabling functions. 47 3.1.5 Security . 48 3.2 OS/400 V5R1 new functions and enhancements . 49 3.3 OS/400 base and optional features . 51 3.3.1 OS/400 base . 52 3.3.2 DB2 UDB for iSeries (5722-SS1 base) . 53 3.3.3 System Openness Includes (5722-SS1 option 13) . 54 3.3.4 Media and Storage Extensions (5722-SS1 option 18) . 55 3.3.5 Object Connect for iSeries (option 22) . 55 3.3.6 OptiConnect for iSeries (5722-SS1 option 23) . 56 3.3.7 DB2 Symmetric Multiprocessing (5722-SS1 option 26) . 56 3.3.8 DB2 Multisystem for iSeries (5722-SS1 option 27). 57 3.3.9 Enhanced Integration for Novell Netware (5722-SS1 option 25) . 58 3.3.10 High Availability Switchable Resources (5722-SS1 option 41) . 59 3.3.11 iSeries Integration for Windows Server (base as 5722-WSV) . 60 3.3.12 NetServer: File and print serving. 64 3.3.13 Logical partitioning (LPAR) . 67 3.3.14 Linux . 68 3.3.15 Virtual LAN . 70 3.3.16 OS/400 Portable Application Solution Environment (OS/400 PASE, 5722-SS1 option 33). 70 3.3.17 TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities (5722-TC1) . 73 3.3.18 Virtual private network. 74 3.3.19 Java. 76 3.3.20 Print Services Facility/400 (5722-SS1 options 36, 37, 38) . 77 3.3.21 Operations Navigator . 79 3.3.22 Wireless capabilities . 81 3.3.23 IBM DB2 UDB XML Extender (5722-DE1) . 84 3.3.24 Digital Certificate Manager (5722-SS1 option 34). 84 3.3.25 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (5722-SS1 base) . 86 3.3.26 HTTP Server for iSeries (5722-DG1) . 87 3.4 References. 88 Chapter 4. TCP/IP: Fundamental to the network computing paradigm . 89 4.1 TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for iSeries (5722-TC1) . 90 iv iSeries e-business Handbook: A V5R1 Technology and Product Reference 4.1.1 GUI configuration support . 90 4.1.2 Multi Protocol Transfer Network (MPTN): AnyNet/400 . 93 4.1.3 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) . 93 4.1.4 Dynamic IP routing (RIP and RIP2) . 94 4.1.5 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) . 94 4.1.6 Sockets and SSL support . 95 4.1.7 Virtual private networks. 96 4.1.8 FTP client and server . 96 4.1.9 Trivial File Transfer Protocol . 98 4.1.10 LDAP on the iSeries . 98 4.1.11 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) . 98 4.1.12 Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) server. 100 4.1.13 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. 100 4.1.14 Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) server for iSeries . 100 4.1.15 Line printer requester (LPR) and line printer daemon (LPD) . 101 4.1.16 Telnet client and server. 101 4.2 References. 103 Chapter 5. The Web server: The core to your e-business . 105 5.1 Web server basics . 106 5.2 Introduction to Web server products on iSeries . 109 5.2.1 The IBM HTTP Server for iSeries (5722-DG1) . 109 5.2.2 HTTP Server (original and powered by Apache) coexistence . 111 5.2.3 Domino HTTP Server . 113 5.2.4 Third-party products (I/NET) . 113 5.2.5 Security-related products . 113 5.3 HTTP Server (original and powered by Apache) features . 115 5.3.1 HTTP Version 1.1 . 115 5.3.2.