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{{Infobox OS
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
| name = IBM LAN Server
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 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 operating system|AIX]] (now called Fast Connect) and [[OS/400]].
| logo = IBM LAN Server logo.svg
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| developer = {{flatlist|[[IBM]]|[[Microsoft]]}}
| family = [[OS/2]]
| working state = Discontinued
| source model = [[Proprietary software|Closed source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1988}}
| discontinued = Yes
| latest release version = 5.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| marketing target = [[Local area network]]s
| programmed in =
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| preceded by = IBM PC LAN Program
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'''IBM LAN Server''' is a discontinued [[network operating system]] introduced by [[IBM|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 [[OS/2|Operating System/2 (OS/2)]] Extended Edition.<ref name=Doyle1988>{{cite journal | last=Doyle | first=Lee | date=January 6, 1988 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/215967918/ | title=The LAN Server dilemma | journal=Computerworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=22 | issue=1 | page=33 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> The network client was called '''IBM LAN Requester''' and was included with [[OS/2]] EE 1.1 by default.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=November 10, 1987 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A6125058/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM announces ship dates for its standard, extended OS/2 editions | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=4 | issue=45 | page=16 | via=Gale}}</ref> (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]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Minasi | first=Mark | author2=Jim Blaney | author3=Chris Brenton | date=1999 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJwrAQAAMAAJ | title=The Complete Network Upgrade & Maintenance Guide | publisher=Sybex | page=620 | isbn=9780782122596 | via=Google Books}}</ref>) 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 operating system|AIX]]<ref>{{cite journal | last=Burns | first=Christine | date=January 17, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14-IA12 | title=NCR, IBM to team on LAN Server for AIX | journal=Network World | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=11 | issue=3 | page=L1, L10 | via=Google Books}}</ref>—now called Fast Connect<ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=March 28, 1999 | url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_tweaks_aix_for_better_pc_interoperability_security | title=IBM Tweaks AIX for Better PC Interoperability, Security | journal=Computer Business Review | publisher=New Statesman Media Group | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111055136/https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_tweaks_aix_for_better_pc_interoperability_security | archivedate=November 11, 2022}}</ref>—and [[OS/400]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Soltis | first=Frank G. | date=2001 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypJmzqt7JdUC | title=Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM i Series | publisher=NEWS/400 Books | page=266 | isbn=9781583040836 | via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Version history==
==Version history==
{|class=wikitable
*1.0 - 1988 - for OS/2 EE 1.0
!Version<br />no. !! Year !! Notes
*1.2 - 1990 - for OS/2 EE 1.2
|-
*1.3 - 1991 - for OS/2 EE 1.3
| span=col style=text-align:center; | 1.0 || 1988 || for OS/2 EE 1.0<ref name=Doyle1988 />
*2.0 - 1992 - related to LAN Manager 2.0
|-
*3.0 - 1993 - Entry / Advanced (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on)
| span=col style=text-align:center; |1.2 || 1990 || for OS/2 EE 1.2<ref>{{cite journal | last=Morrissey | first=Jane | author2=David Strom | date=March 19, 1990 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8253400/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM OS/2 upgrades reach starting gate | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=7 | issue=11 | page=1 | via=Gale}}</ref>
*4.0 - 1994 - Entry / Advanced - new OO user interface
|-
*5.0 - 1996 - included in OS/2 Warp Server
| span=col style=text-align:center; |1.3 || 1991 || for OS/2 EE 1.3<ref>{{cite journal | last=Morrissey | first=Jane | date=February 18, 1991 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A10360424/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Comprehensive pact to boost NetWare on multiple platforms: IBM, Novell pledge to fortify networking bonds | quote=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. | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=8 | issue=7 | page=1 | via=Gale}}</ref>
*5.1 - 1999 - included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
|-

| span=col style=text-align:center; |2.0 || 1992 || related to [[LAN Manager]] 2.0<ref>{{cite journal | last=Krohn | first=Nico | date=June 15, 1992 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A12330301/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=OS/2 gets network muscle: directory services, peer features set for LAN Server | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=9 | issue=24 | page=1 | via=Gale}}</ref>
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 [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]].
|-
| span=col style=text-align:center; |3.0 || 1993 || Entry and Advanced versions<ref>{{cite journal | last=Krohn | first=Nico | date=August 31, 1992 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A12578473/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=LAN Server 3.0 in beta; peer services included | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=9 | issue=35 | page=1 | via=Gale}}</ref> (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on<ref>{{cite journal | last=Smalley | first=Eric | date=August 2, 1993 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A14093773/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM puts new muscle behind OS/2 LAN Server | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=30 | page=45 | via=Gale}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Capen | first=Tracey | date=January 10, 1994 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15016340/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=NOS | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=16 | issue=2 | page=60 | via=Gale}}</ref>)
|-
| span=col style=text-align:center; |4.0 || 1994 || Entry and Advanced versions, new [[object-oriented]] user interface<ref>{{cite journal | last=Petreley | first=Nicholas | date=August 22, 1994 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16201640/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM cleans up LAN Server's act | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=16 | issue=34 | page=1 | via=Gale | quote=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 ...}}</ref>
|-
| span=col style=text-align:center; |5.0 || 1996 || included in [[OS/2 Warp Server]]<ref>{{cite journal | last=Green | first=Terence | date=February 7, 1996 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A18171573/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM cooks up an efficient NOS | journal=PC User | publisher=EMAP Media | issue=276 | page=44 | via=Gale}}</ref>
|-
| span=col style=text-align:center; |5.1 || 1999 || included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business<ref>{{cite web | last= | first= | date=June 27, 2017 | url=https://ecsoft2.org/docs/os2-warp-server-e-business-performance-tuning | title= OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Performance Tuning | publisher=eCSoft/2 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024195712/https://ecsoft2.org/docs/os2-warp-server-e-business-performance-tuning | archivedate=October 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|}
Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP).<ref>{{cite book | last=Nance | first=Barry | date=1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ftpQAAAAMAAJ | title=Client/Server LAN Programming | publisher=Que | page=40 | isbn=9781565299245 | via=Google Books}}</ref> Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of [[multimedia]] files) and LAN On-Demand.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Polilli | first=Steve | date=February 7, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44 | title=IBM, integrator offer networks ready to plug in | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=16 | issue=6 | page=44 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=December 13, 1993 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A14805847/GPS? | title=IBM launches LAN Server Ultimedia | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=49 | page=56 | via=Gale}}</ref> Add-ons included Directory and Security Server,<ref>{{cite journal | last=Zelinka | first=Douglas A. | date=February 19, 1996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xT4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA101 | title=Directory and Security Server scales Warp Server to the enterprise | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=18 | issue=8 | page=101 | via=Google Books}}</ref> Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing),<ref>{{cite web | last= | first= | date=May 3, 1995 | url=https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=877/ENUSZP95-0253&infotype=AN&subtype=CA&appname=skmwww | title=IBM Announcement Letter No. ZP95-0253 | publisher=International Business Machines Corporation | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111061937/https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=877/ENUSZP95-0253&infotype=AN&subtype=CA&appname=skmwww | archivedate=November 11, 2022}}</ref> Novell [[NetWare]] for OS/2,<ref>{{cite journal | last=Cummings | first=Joanne | date=October 28, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 | title=Novell sharing IBM vision | journal=Network World | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=8 | issue=43 | page=58 | via=Google Books}}</ref> and LAN Server for [[Macintosh]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Wilson | first=Jayne | date=December 7, 1992 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A13650869/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM moves its LAN Server to the Macintosh | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=14 | issue=49 | page=51 | via=Gale}}</ref>


==Innovations==
==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.
LAN Server pioneered certain file and print sharing concepts such as domains (and [[domain controller]]s), networked [[COM port]]s, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[LAN Manager]]
* [[LAN messenger]]
* [[LAN messenger]]
* [[Server Message Block]] (SMB)
* [[Server Message Block]] (SMB)


==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Gosling | first=Ben | author2=Guillermo Diaz | date=March 1989 | url=http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/lan/GC24-3338-00_LAN_Server_Guide_Mar89.pdf | title=IBM LAN Server Guide | publisher=IBM International Technical Support Centers | via=[[Bitsavers]]}}

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Latest revision as of 23:25, 21 March 2023

IBM LAN Server
Developer
IBM
OS familyOS/2
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelClosed source
Initial release1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Final release5.1 / 1999; 25 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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Doyle, Lee (January 6, 1988). "The LAN Server dilemma". Computerworld. 22 (1). IDG Publications: 33 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ 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. ^ Minasi, Mark; Jim Blaney; Chris Brenton (1999). The Complete Network Upgrade & Maintenance Guide. Sybex. p. 620. ISBN 9780782122596 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Morrissey, Jane; David Strom (March 19, 1990). "IBM OS/2 upgrades reach starting gate". PC Week. 7 (11). Ziff-Davis: 1 – via Gale.
  8. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Krohn, Nico (August 31, 1992). "LAN Server 3.0 in beta; peer services included". PC Week. 9 (35). Ziff-Davis: 1 – via Gale.
  11. ^ Smalley, Eric (August 2, 1993). "IBM puts new muscle behind OS/2 LAN Server". PC Week. 10 (30). Ziff-Davis: 45 – via Gale.
  12. ^ Capen, Tracey (January 10, 1994). "NOS". InfoWorld. 16 (2). IDG Publications: 60 – via Gale.
  13. ^ 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. ^ Green, Terence (February 7, 1996). "IBM cooks up an efficient NOS". PC User (276). EMAP Media: 44 – via Gale.
  15. ^ "OS/2 Warp Server for e-business Performance Tuning". eCSoft/2. June 27, 2017. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020.
  16. ^ Nance, Barry (1994). Client/Server LAN Programming. Que. p. 40. ISBN 9781565299245 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Polilli, Steve (February 7, 1994). "IBM, integrator offer networks ready to plug in". InfoWorld. 16 (6). IDG Publications: 44 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ Staff writer (December 13, 1993). "IBM launches LAN Server Ultimedia". PC Week. 10 (49). Ziff-Davis: 56 – via Gale.
  19. ^ 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. ^ "IBM Announcement Letter No. ZP95-0253". International Business Machines Corporation. May 3, 1995. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022.
  21. ^ Cummings, Joanne (October 28, 1991). "Novell sharing IBM vision". Network World. 8 (43). IDG Publications: 58 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ Wilson, Jayne (December 7, 1992). "IBM moves its LAN Server to the Macintosh". InfoWorld. 14 (49). IDG Publications: 51 – via Gale.

Further reading

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