Network scenarios

This topic identifies scenarios and examples of various IBM® i networking techniques.

Scenarios for many functions, techniques, applications, protocols, and services are included in various IBM i Information Center topic collections. For example, the VPN topic collection contains VPN scenarios while the Telnet topic collection only contains Telnet scenarios. For more information about a specific scenario or details about a specific networking function, navigate to or search for that function.

This topic provides an alphabetical list of the scenarios that are provided throughout the Networking category. Select from the following scenarios and examples:

• Clock synchronization with IBM i

  This scenario demonstrates how to use the IBM i operating system as both an SNTP server and an SNTP client to synchronize clocks in your network.

• Creating IPv6 local area network

  This scenario shows the prerequisites and the configuration steps for setting up an IPv6 local area network.

• DHCP subnet

  This example explains how to set up a System i® model as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server in a simple LAN with four PC clients and a LAN-based printer.

• Directory Server
  IBM Tivoli® Directory Server for i5/OS is a function of IBM i that provides a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. Use this information to review scenarios that illustrate examples of typical Directory Server tasks.

  • Setting up a Directory Server

    Here is the example of how to set up an LDAP directory on the Directory Server

  • Copying users from an HTTP server validation list to the Directory Server

    Here is the example of how to copy users from an HTTP server validation list to the Directory Server.

• Domain Name System

  You can use these examples to understand how to use Domain Name System (DNS) in your network.

• E-mail

  These scenarios illustrate how e-mail is processed between local users and how you can configure the QtmsCreateSendEmail API to use secure/MIME.

• File Transfer Protocol

  The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) scenarios demonstrate how FTP is configured and used in the IBM i environment. The scenarios help you understand how FTP works and how you can use an FTP environment in your network.

• HTTP Server

  This topic provides information about how to use the IBM Web Administration for IBM i interface to set up or manage an HTTP Server, step by step. Each task is specific and includes a usable HTTP Server configuration file when completed.

• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

  This scenario shows how OSPF works in a sample network.

• Packet rules

  These scenarios show how you can use network address translation (NAT) and IP filtering to protect your network.

• Quality of service policies

  These quality of service (QoS) policy scenarios can help you understand why you need QoS and how to create policies and classes of service.

• Remote access using PPP connections

  These scenarios describe how Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) works and how to implement a PPP environment in a network. The scenarios also introduce fundamental PPP concepts from which beginners and experienced users can benefit before you proceed to the planning and configuration tasks.

• RouteD configuration

  This scenario shows how RouteD configuration entries work in a sample network.

• Telnet

  The scenarios provide examples of using Telnet to introduce basic concepts and configuration tasks.

• VPN

  Review these scenarios to become familiar with the technical and configuration details involved with each of these basic connection types.

• Watch support with traces

  You can enhance the IBM i trace functions, such as communications trace and job trace, by using watch support.