Migrating Printing from SNA to TCP/IP & Secured Output Distribution Banking, Financial & Insurance Marketing Representatives Tracy GuardDenice HurtMark Birtch

Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. Incorporated in Springfield, IL 550+ Employees More than half of the Fortune systems worldwide Extensive experience across all industries Focused on products in Enterprise Output Management

Migrating Printing from SNA to TCP/IP Secured Output Distribution

Support Migration to TCP/IP Networks Maximize Value of Existing Printing Resources –Attempt to use the existing network & printers Reduce Document Delivery Costs –By distributing output, then printing Moving to Virtual Private Networks –Very interested in cost reduction Strategic Customer Issues

The Multi-protocol Network SNA/DLC 3270 SNA 5250 NetBeuiIPX/SPXNetbiosTCP/IP UNIX OS/390 AS/400 NovellNTOS/2 DEC LAT

Single Protocol Network Printing Workstation UNIX OS/390 AS/400 NovellNTOS/2 DEC TCP/IP TCP/IP PRINTER

Reasons for Migrating IP offers obvious advantages over SNA –Lower costs –Single network protocol for all printing –Easier steps to adding printers –Open TCP/IP protocol supported by numerous output devices –Higher performance and dependability

IP Printing Options Various points for SNA to IP ‘bridge’ Many ways to ‘bridge’ gap between SNA and IP –SNA Emulation/Gateway Server level Desktop SNA emulations

LRS IP Philosophy LRS philosophy of IP printing: –Begin at the source Send SYSOUT data directly from MVS across TCP/IP to printer No intermediate emulation Data never touches ‘SNA world’

LRS IP Printing Options LRS offers various options for printing host output via TCP/IP –VPS/TCPIP LPR/LPD Sockets BIP™ –AnyQueue™ –VPS/

VPS/TCPIP VPS/TCPIP runs in the same MVS address space as VPS Support VTAM and TCP/IP printing concurrently –Easy migration path VTAM and TCP/IP printers defined in common control library Printers can be easily added, modified, deleted dynamically

LPR/LPD Printing Advantages –Universal Acceptance Almost every TCP/IP host supports LPD Disadvantages –Inefficient Overhead associated with LPR/LPD –Separators and checkpointing do not work as well as with SNA

Sockets Printing Advantages –Efficient No need to ‘stage’ data before processing LPR/LPD ‘control file’ and associated processing not needed –Separators work as they do in SNA –Commands and checkpointing also work as expected Disadvantages –Servers generally do not support Direct Sockets connection Direct sockets connection cannot be made to UNIX or NT servers

BIP BIP (Bi-directional Internet Printing) enhances VPS/TCPIP Direct Sockets support Advantages –Greater control Two-way communication with printer Recoverability Status messages Cancel key Disadvantages –Same as ‘sockets printer’ Does not work through servers Some printers do not support BIP; most do

BIP Features Recoverability –‘Remembers’ last page printed –Restarts at proper page after error or interrupt Status Messages –Error Status codes displayed by VPS –VPS continues printing when condition cleared End user can cancel print using printer’s cancel key

Formatting IP Output Standard VPS functions allow user control of output formatting –Landscape/Portrait –Multiple up (PostScript) –Duplex –Input tray selection

Reasons for Migrating Advantages of TCP/IP over SNA –Lower costs –Single network protocol for all printing –Easier steps to adding printers –Open TCP/IP protocol supported by numerous output devices –Higher performance and dependability

*Spread sheet available upon request

Secured Output Distribution Migrating Printing from SNA to TCP/IP

Why Secure Output? Reasons to Secure your Output –Host to LAN print distribution Stock or Financial Transaction Reports Remote Check printing Personal Account Information / PIN or Social Security numbers Payroll, Pricing & Salary reports Invoice, PO & Contract printing –Route LAN output up to the Host –Transfer Print File between JES to JES –Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Requirements –Added security to current Virtual Private Network

Are you at Risk? OS/390 VPS VPS/TCPIP Private Leased Lines Potential area for security breach Virtual Private Network or Public Internet IP Printer Corporate LAN Remote Corp. LAN Firewall IP Printer

VPS/Secure Solution The Solution: Secure Output Distribution Products reside on Mainframe, Unix or NT Encrypt output before it enters the network Decryption Hardware support available in –Hewlett-Packard printers –Lexmark printers (3 rd Quarter 2002) Documents cannot be viewed or copied Documents only print at intended secured printer Uses the NIST selected Rijndael algorithm Utilizes VPS reliability and scalability

End-to-End Encryption OS/390 VPS VPS/TCPIP VPS/Secure Private Leased Lines Virtual Private Network or Public Internet IP Printer with Encryption Corporate LAN Remote Corp. LAN Secure Data Encryption Firewall IP Printer with Encryption

LRS Secure Solutions Outbound: VPS ® VPS/TCPIP VPS/SECURE Inbound: DRS DRS/TCPIP DRS/SECURE Inbound & Outbound: AnyQueue ™ AnyQueue/Secure Inbound & Outbound: AnyQueue ™ AnyQueue/Secure *Required Products

What do we do next ? 30 Day Product Trial- ask Tracy, Denice or Mark for a trial form Install VPS/TCPIP and or VPS/Secure. Install the encryption printer hardware. Evaluate and test. Print Host Output Securely to IP printers

Check it out... Please contact: Tracy Guard, Denice Hurt & Mark Birtch for more information Thank You For Attending

Coming Soon! AnyQueue/Unix – –HP-UX, Sun Solaris and IBM-AIX (Beta July) VPS/PDF – Converts AFP files to PDF for electronic distribution (Beta July) DRS V1 R3.4 – Enhancements DRS/Output Manager – Enables transparent management of remote output on OS/390 (Beta in July/Aug.)