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NEW IBM LAN SERVER OFFERS CUSTOMERS MORE FLEXIBLE AND POWERFUL
LOCAL AREA NETWORK OPTIONS
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21 . . . IBM today announced two offerings of OS/2*
LAN Server 2.0, providing major advances in helping customers build,
administer and adapt their local area networks to suit their business
needs.
The new server products offer significantly improved performance,
enhanced security and fault tolerance for running mission-critical
applications at the desktop, more flexible support for different types
of local area networks, and a rich set of new functions to help the
LAN administrator with a new, tiered pricing model.
The new server also offers customers a choice between both an entry
and an advanced package. And OS/2 LAN Server now comes as an inte-
grated solution that includes all server functions, requesters and
necessary LAN transport facilities. LAN Server 2.0 can provide base
OS/2 client support for roughly a third the cost of LAN Server 1.3.
"OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 makes workgroup networks and enterprise LANs
extremely productive environments," said Art Olbert, Personal Systems
director of LAN Systems. "IBM will grow LAN Server with our LAN
systems strategy, keeping pace with our customers' rapidly expanding
demands."
ADVANCED PACKAGE/ENTRY PACKAGE
The Advanced Package of OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 provides dramatic perform-
ance improvements through the enhanced High Performance File System
(HPFS), which exploits the power of 386SX** and higher processors.
End users can expect to see a response time up to twice as fast as
that available on OS/2 LAN Server 1.3 when they access files through
the new high-performance server.
The Advanced Package also provides significant fault-tolerance
protection, so customers can use their departmental networks with
greater confidence that their information is protected. This
protection is achieved through disk mirroring and disk duplexing.
The Entry Package of OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 is an excellent choice for
customers seeking significant cost advantages in building departmental
or small business local area networks.
Both Server 2.0 products support OS/2 (1.3 and 2.0), DOS and
Windows*** clients, as well as supporting Token-Ring, Ethernet and PC
Network LANs. Either package can be run with or without Extended
Services.
In response to the need for flexibility and openness in building
customer networks, LAN Server 2.0 can also run on the :hardware of
selected manufacturers and a broad range of other vendor hardware
products.
Both server packages also offer many other new advantages:
-- Customers won't have to wait to integrate many new
adapter technologies with their server software because
of OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 support for the Network Device
Interface Specification (NDIS). Now LAN Server can
support the wide array of NDIS-compliant LAN adapters
available or under development in the industry today.
-- For businesses that require sharing of unique resources,
such as accounting information, a single server can link
up to four departmental LANs, and a single client can
participate in up to four LANs, by using four adapter
cards.
-- Faster access to files and printers across the local area
network is achieved for both server packages through
improved support for LAN adapters and faster local area
network protocols.
-- Uninterruptible power supply support helps prevent
workstations running OS/2 LAN Server from crashing due
to power interruptions.
-- New on-line references, using the power of
Presentation Manager, help users and administrators
with setting up and enabling LAN resources at the
workstation.
NEW MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES
As businesses are more dependent on local area networks, the need to
manage LANs effectively becomes increasingly important. OS/2 LAN
Server 2.0 offers a number of features to help LAN administrators and
users work more effectively. Examples include:
-- Enhanced support for OS/2 and DOS medialess PCs. This is
important for customers who want improved levels of
security and reduced cost.
-- Improved problem management -- such as notifying network
administrators of printer and disk storage problems.
OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 Advanced Package costs $2,295.00 with a $75.00 per
client cost. While it supports all the new OS/2 2.0 functions as
clients, it requires OS/2 1.3 Standard Edition as base software for
the server machine.
OS/2 LAN Server 2.0 Entry Package costs $795.00 with a $75.00 per
client fee. This product may use OS/2 SE 1.3, or OS/2 2.0 as its base
operating system software.
For the single fee of $75.00, a client workstation can be any or all
of the following: an OS/2 2.0, or OS/2 1.3 client; a DOS 3.3 or above
client; a DOS Windows 3.0 client. Both packages will be available in
April of 1992.
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* OS/2 is a trademark of the International Business
Machines Corporation.
** Trademark of Intel Corporation.
*** Trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.