iSeries Access for Windows network environments

Administer multiple PC users and make system services available in different network environments.

This topic identifies some of the network environments in which iSeries Access for Windows can operate. You can make i5/OS services available to your clients by using iSeries Access for Windows in a three-tier environment, or by installing it on a version of the Windows^® operating system that provides support for remote logon using Terminal Services. You can administer a PC that has multiple users assigned to it.

Choose from the topics below for information on several methods provided for end users to access system services using iSeries Access for Windows. A typical direct connection between a PC and an operating system are supported, however, using Microsoft^® Windows Terminal Server Edition (TSE) environment or using iSeries Access for Windows in a three-tier environment allows you to take advantage of other networking environments.

Also choose from the topics below to administer PCs with multiple users, using iSeries Access for Windows.

• Microsoft Windows Terminal Server
  Use Microsoft Windows Terminal Server features with iSeries Access for Windows.

• Use iSeries Access for Windows in a three-tier environment
  A wide variety of client workstations can access iSeries services through iSeries Access for Windows functions when the product is installed on the middle tier of a three-tier environment.

• Add TCP/IP configuration to all users
  Use the CWBCFG command, from a command prompt or from Start > Run, to configure iSeries connections for all users defined on a PC.

• Set PC5250 files location for all users
  The iSeries Access for Windows default location, which the PC5250 emulator uses for storing and searching files, is shared by all the users of a PC, although some users do not have write authority.

• User profiles for PCs with multiple users
  You can administer PCs with multiple iSeries Access for Windows users. This type of administration is available as a function of the Windows operating systems through the use of roaming and mandatory profiles.

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