Features

 

The main purpose of the TCP/IP over OptiConnect function is to provide a standard IP interface.

This allows existing applications and services to work unchanged by simply defining a TCP/IP interface that uses OptiConnect. After you configure and start an interface, normal IP routing is used to send packets over OptiConnect.

The TCP/IP over OptiConnect function has the following features:

• It allows the configuration of TCP/IP interfaces across the OptiConnect link using standard methods (Configure TCP/IP (CFGTCP) command or iSeries™ Navigator).

  Up to eight IP interfaces, each one on a separate subnet, can be configured to OptiConnect.

• It operates with standard functions (start, end, display).

• It supports IP packets, that is, all protocols that use IP, including TCP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

• It allows direct communication with other systems on the shared bus or buses, which have configured an IP interface with the same subnet.

• It supports broadcast and multicast.

 

Parent topic:

Configuring TCP/IP over OptiConnect