IBM LAN Server
The IBM LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 Extended Edition. The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default. (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.) 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 (now called Fast Connect) and OS/400.
Version history
- 1.0 – 1988 – for OS/2 EE 1.0
- 1.2 – 1990 – for OS/2 EE 1.2
- 1.3 – 1991 – for OS/2 EE 1.3
- 2.0 – 1992 – related to LAN Manager 2.0
- 3.0 – 1993 – Entry / Advanced (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on)
- 4.0 – 1994 – Entry / Advanced - new OO user interface
- 5.0 – 1996 – included in OS/2 Warp Server
- 5.1 – 1999 – included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP). Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and Workplace On-Demand. Add-ons included Directory and Security Server, Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing), Novell NetWare for OS/2, and LAN Server for Macintosh.
Innovations
LAN Server pioneered certain file/print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.
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