Features

The function's main purpose is to provide a standard IP interface. This allows existing applications and services to work unchanged by simply defining a TCP/IP interface that uses OptiConnect. After an interface is configured and started, normal IP routing will be used to send packets over OptiConnect.

TCP/IP over OptiConnect:

• Allows the configuration of TCP/IP interfaces across the OptiConnect link using standard methods (Configure TCP/IP (CFGTCP) or iSeries™ Navigator).
  Note:
  Up to eight IP interfaces, each one on a separate subnet, can be configured to OptiConnect.
• Operates with standard functions (start, end, display).
• Allows support of IP packets. That is, all protocols that use Internet Protocol (IP), including Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and so forth.
• Allows direct communication to other systems on the shared bus, or buses, which have configured an IP interface with the same subnet.
• Supports broadcast and multicast.