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AS/400 IBM Network Station: Techniques for Deployment in a WAN
• Configuration Information and User Data:
Information that has been entered through the IBM Network Station
Manager is migrated. If the configuration files have been
manually edited,
you can obtain additional information on how to migrate your configuration
by referring to the Advanced User Information at:
http://www.ibm.com/nc/pubs
2.9 Roaming
With the availability of Release 3 of the IBM Network Station Manager, you
can take advantage of Multiple Server Environments. The servers required for
the Network Station are:
• BOOTP/DHCP Server
• Base Code Server
• Terminal Configuration Server
• Authentication Server
For example, a user may be accessing one system for the BOOTP, Base
Code and Terminal Configuration Servers. When the Network Station Login
display is presented, the user can click on the
ROAM
button to enter another
system that has the Authentication server running.
Roaming can also be coupled with
load balancing. For further information
about load balancing, refer to
IBM Network Station Manager Installation and
Use,
SG41-0664.
2.10 Slow Link Boot versus Flash Card Peer Boot
Release 3.0 IBM Network Station Manager has been enhanced to provide
Flash memory card support. This function is available in U.S. English for IBM
Network Stations connected to any of the IBM servers supported by Release
3.0.
Flash memory card support enables the use of a PCMCIA Flash memory
card to boot the IBM Network Station. Because the IBM Network Station has
no disk storage devices, all the software required to make it operational must
be loaded from a server. In environments where there is no local server,
transferring megabytes of code over a WAN (Wide Area Network) can take
several minutes. To reduce the time needed to boot in these environments,
the Network Station operating system and applications can be stored on a
Flash memory card.