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IBM LAN Server
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OS familyOS/2
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelClosed source
Initial release1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Final release5.1 / 1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Marketing targetLocal area networks
LicenseProprietary
Preceded byIBM PC LAN Program

IBM LAN Server is a discontinued network operating system introduced by International Business Machines (IBM) in 1988. LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft's LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 (OS/2) Extended Edition.[1] The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default.[2] (Eventually IBM shipped other clients and supported yet more. Examples include the IBM OS/2 File/Print Client, IBM OS/2 Peer, and client software for Microsoft Windows.[3]) Here the short term LAN Server refers to the IBM OS/2 LAN Server product. There were also LAN Server products for other operating systems, notably AIX[4]—now called Fast Connect[5]—and OS/400.[6]

Version history

Version
no.		 Year Notes
1.0 1988 for OS/2 EE 1.0[1]
1.2 1990 for OS/2 EE 1.2[7]
1.3 1991 for OS/2 EE 1.3[8]
2.0 1992 related to LAN Manager 2.0[9]
3.0 1993 Entry and Advanced versions[10] (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on[11][12])
4.0 1994 Entry and Advanced versions, new object-oriented user interface[13]
5.0 1996 included in OS/2 Warp Server[14]
5.1 1999 included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business[15]

Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP).[16] Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and LAN On-Demand.[17][18] Add-ons included Directory and Security Server,[19] Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing),[20] Novell NetWare for OS/2,[21] and LAN Server for Macintosh.[22]

Innovations

LAN Server pioneered certain file and print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.[citation needed]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Doyle, Lee (January 6, 1988). "The LAN Server dilemma". Computerworld. 22 (1). IDG Publications: 33. Template:ProQuest.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff writer (November 10, 1987). "IBM announces ship dates for its standard, extended OS/2 editions". PC Week. 4 (45). Ziff-Davis: 16 – via Gale.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Minasi, Mark; Jim Blaney; Chris Brenton (1999). The Complete Network Upgrade & Maintenance Guide. Sybex. p. 620. ISBN 9780782122596 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Burns, Christine (January 17, 1994). "NCR, IBM to team on LAN Server for AIX". Network World. 11 (3). IDG Publications: L1, L10 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff writer (March 28, 1999). "IBM Tweaks AIX for Better PC Interoperability, Security". Computer Business Review. New Statesman Media Group. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Soltis, Frank G. (2001). Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM i Series. NEWS/400 Books. p. 266. ISBN 9781583040836 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morrissey, Jane; David Strom (March 19, 1990). "IBM OS/2 upgrades reach starting gate". PC Week. 7 (11). Ziff-Davis: 1 – via Gale.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morrissey, Jane (February 18, 1991). "Comprehensive pact to boost NetWare on multiple platforms: IBM, Novell pledge to fortify networking bonds". PC Week. 8 (7). Ziff-Davis: 1 – via Gale. IBM pledged that OS/2 LAN Server will remain a strategic offering, announcing that version 1.3 was shipped ahead of schedule last week. They also pledged to fully support both LAN Server and NetWare equally.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Krohn, Nico (June 15, 1992). "OS/2 gets network muscle: directory services, peer features set for LAN Server". PC Week. 9 (24). Ziff-Davis: 1 – via Gale.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Krohn, Nico (August 31, 1992). "LAN Server 3.0 in beta; peer services included". PC Week. 9 (35). Ziff-Davis: 1 – via Gale.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smalley, Eric (August 2, 1993). "IBM puts new muscle behind OS/2 LAN Server". PC Week. 10 (30). Ziff-Davis: 45 – via Gale.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Capen, Tracey (January 10, 1994). "NOS". InfoWorld. 16 (2). IDG Publications: 60 – via Gale.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Petreley, Nicholas (August 22, 1994). "IBM cleans up LAN Server's act". InfoWorld. 16 (34). IDG Publications: 1 – via Gale. IBM's LAN Server 4.0 network operating system, which will be out in Oct[ober] 1994, adds object-oriented administration tools and peer-to-peer services ...
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Green, Terence (February 7, 1996). "IBM cooks up an efficient NOS". PC User (276). EMAP Media: 44 – via Gale.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Performance Tuning". eCSoft/2. June 27, 2017. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nance, Barry (1994). Client/Server LAN Programming. Que. p. 40. ISBN 9781565299245 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Polilli, Steve (February 7, 1994). "IBM, integrator offer networks ready to plug in". InfoWorld. 16 (6). IDG Publications: 44 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff writer (December 13, 1993). "IBM launches LAN Server Ultimedia". PC Week. 10 (49). Ziff-Davis: 56 – via Gale.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zelinka, Douglas A. (February 19, 1996). "Directory and Security Server scales Warp Server to the enterprise". InfoWorld. 18 (8). IDG Publications: 101 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IBM SystemView Series" (Announcement letter). International Business Machines Corporation. May 3, 1995. ZP95-0253.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cummings, Joanne (October 28, 1991). "Novell sharing IBM vision". Network World. 8 (43). IDG Publications: 58 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilson, Jayne (December 7, 1992). "IBM moves its LAN Server to the Macintosh". InfoWorld. 14 (49). IDG Publications: 51 – via Gale.

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