Hardware Configuration

Hardware Requirements

Listed below are the minimum hardware requirements needed to run Web Server/400. Basically, any AS/400 running V3R1M0 can run Web Server/400 just fine. The only challenging hardware configurations involved with Web Server/400 are the TCP/IP and Internet connections.

Any AS/400 that is supported by OS/400 V3R1M0, V3R2M0, V3R6M0, or later supports Web Server/400.
The DASD, RAM, and processor levels chosen depends on individual capacity and performance requirements.
Optional: Workstation access to the Integrated File System and/or Shared Folders through PC Support/400 or Client Access/400. The creation and management of Web content is simplified with direct workstation access to stream files on the AS/400.

Network Configurations

In order for Web Server/400 to be useful, TCP/IP connections to machines other than the AS/400 running the product must be available. This is typically done through a Local Area Network (LAN) or through X.25. The outside machines might be PCs on the LAN or Internet customers attached to your AS/400 through a TCP/IP router.

Below are the most common network configurations that can be used by Web Server/400.

Web Server/400 over a LAN

Local Area Network (LAN)
- Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25.
AS/400
- Version 3 Release 1 Mod 0 or later.
- Connected to Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25 LAN
- TCP/IP
- Web Server/400
Workstations
- Connected to Token Ring or Ethernet LAN or over X.25
- TCP/IP
- Web browser
- Client Access/400 (for Web content creators and administrators only) Optional.

Web Server/400 over the Internet - LAN Router

Local Area Network (LAN)
- Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25.
AS/400
- Version 3 Release 1 Mod 0 or later.
- Connected to Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25 LAN
- TCP/IP
- Web Server/400
Workstations
- Connected to Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25 LAN
- TCP/IP
- Web browser
- Client Access/400 (for Web content creators and administrators only) Optional.
Internet Access
- Router connected to LAN using Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25
- Telecommunication company connection from your router to access provider

Non-Network Configurations

Currently, Web Server/400 is only useful if a Token Ring, Ethernet, or X.25 TCP/IP connection is available. A Web browser for the AS/400 is not available. If one were, then the content served by Web Server/400 could be accessed without a network connection.

Also, direct dial-up Internet access is now available on the AS/400 with V3R2M0 of the OS/400 operating system. However, since the TCP/IP support on the AS/400 does not support IP Routing this machine cannot operate as an IP router or firewall for other machines downstream connected to the AS/400 through a different network connection (e.g. Token Ring or Ethernet). The direct dial-up only supports the SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) protocol (no Point-to-Point Protocol PPP support). As of this document's publishing, the fastest line supported by SLIP on the AS/400 is 19.2K bits/second. The LAN connections discussed earlier in this document are the recommended means too obtain the peak performance of your AS/400 and I/NET's Web Server/400 on the Internet.