Transcript LRS Product Seminar

Migrating Printing
from SNA to TCP/IP
&
Secured Output
Distribution
Tracy Guard
Denice Hurt
Mark Birtch
Banking, Financial & Insurance Marketing Representatives
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
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Incorporated in 1979 - Springfield, IL
550+ Employees
More than half of the Fortune 2000
5000+ systems worldwide
Extensive experience across all
industries
• Focused on products in
Enterprise Output Management
•Migrating Printing from SNA to TCP/IP
•Secured Output Distribution
Strategic Customer Issues
• 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
The Multi-protocol Network
OS/390
SNA/DLC
3270
AS/400
SNA
5250
UNIX
TCP/IP
DEC
LAT
NT
Novell
NetBeui
IPX/SPX
OS/2
Netbios
Single Protocol Network
Printing
OS/390
AS/400
UNIX
DEC
TCP/IP
Workstation
TCP/IP
PRINTER
NT
Novell
OS/2
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/Email
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
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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
SNA Network Costs
Control Units
New Required to Purchase
Mtc. For existing units
Communication Lines
Units x Cost/Unit =
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Server-based software
(Hostprint, SNA Server, Novell SAA, etc.)
Maintenance Costs
Hardware Costs:
Servers
Protocol Conversion cmpnts.
Maintenance Costs
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Mtce. On Specialized Printers
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Paper Costs for Specialized Printers
Pin-fed Paper
Pre-printed Forms
Storage costs for Forms
Change/waste for Forms
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*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
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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
Corporate
LAN
Private Leased Lines
Virtual Private Network
or
Public Internet
Remote
Corp. LAN
IP Printer
IP Printer
Potential area for security breach
Firewall
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 (3rd Quarter 2002)
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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
Corporate
LAN
IP Printer
with
Encryption
Private Leased Lines
Virtual Private Network
or
Public Internet
Secure Data Encryption
Firewall
Remote
Corp. LAN
IP Printer
with
Encryption
LRS Secure Solutions
Inbound:
Outbound:
DRS
VPS®
DRS/TCPIP
VPS/TCPIP
DRS/SECURE
VPS/SECURE
*Required Products
Inbound & Outbound:
Inbound & Outbound:
AnyQueue™
AnyQueue™
AnyQueue/Secure
AnyQueue/Secure
What do we do next ?
• 30 Day Product Trialask 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
Thank You For Attending
Check it out. . .
www.lrs.com/eom
Please contact: Tracy Guard, Denice Hurt & Mark Birtch for more information
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.)