System information

Introduction

Terminal Configuration Server

The IBM Network Station Manager program on this server provides

terminal-based configuration settings. The IBM Network Station Manager

program manages these settings. Examples of terminal configuration settings

are a printer that is attached to the network station, or the network station's

keyboard language. The address of the terminal configuration server is the

same as the address of the base code server by default. The inventory server

(AS/400 only) runs on this server.

Authentication Server

The IBM Network Station Manager program on this server provides user

authentication (when the user logs on) and user-based configuration settings.

The IBM Network Station Manager program manages these settings.

Examples of what you can configure on this server are users auto-start

sessions (for example, 5250 sessions) or users browser preferences. The IP

address of the authentication server is the same as the address of the base

code server by default. You may use a different authentication server by

clicking on the

Roam

button on the IBM Network Station logon display and

then entering the server’s name or IP address. A technique for automating the

use of a different server for authentication is discussed in Chapter 4.,

“Remote Servers and Split Boot Servers” on page 107.

You may have already thought of several uses for this new separation of

server function. The following are instances in which multiple servers can

prove to be an advantage:

• As shown in Figure 1 on page 8, users from Dallas are visiting your central

site in Rochester and want to sign on and receive the same desktop

environment that they have at home using the roaming function. User can

click on the

Roam

button on the IBM Network Station logon display and

then enter the name or IP address (10.2.1.2) of their Authentication Server

in Dallas. At that time, their own preferences are downloaded over the

TCP/IP network to the IBM Network Station (10.1.1.20) from the Dallas

system and the users see their

home

desktop.