IBM LAN Server

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IBM LAN Server
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Developer
IBM
OS family OS/2
Working stateDiscontinued
Source model Closed source
Initial release1988;37 years ago (1988)
Final release 5.1 / 1999;26 years ago (1999)
Marketing target Local area networks
License Proprietary
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]

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Version history

Version
no.
YearNotes
1.01988for OS/2 EE 1.0 [1]
1.21990for OS/2 EE 1.2 [7]
1.31991for OS/2 EE 1.3 [8]
2.01992related to LAN Manager 2.0 [9]
3.01993Entry and Advanced versions [10] (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on [11] [12] )
4.01994Entry and Advanced versions, new object-oriented user interface [13]
5.01996included in OS/2 Warp Server [14]
5.11999included 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 ]

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