Migrating Printing from SNA to TCP/IP

&Secured Output

Distribution

Banking, Financial & Insurance Marketing Representatives

Tracy Guard Denice Hurt Mark Birtch

Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.

• 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

• 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/DLC3270

SNA5250

NetBeui IPX/SPX NetbiosTCP/IP

UNIXOS/390 AS/400

NovellNT OS/2DEC

LAT

Single Protocol Network Printing

Workstation

UNIXOS/390 AS/400

NovellNT OS/2DEC

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/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

• 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

VPS/TCPIP with BIP

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 Units x Cost/Unit = New Required to Purchase $ - Mtc. For existing units $ - Communication Lines $ - Server-based software $ - (Hostprint, SNA Server, Novell SAA, etc.) Maintenance Costs $ - Hardware Costs: Servers $ - Protocol Conversion cmpnts. $ - Maintenance Costs $ - Mtce. On Specialized Printers $ - Paper Costs for Specialized Printers Pin-fed Paper $ - Pre-printed Forms $ - Storage costs for Forms $ - Change/waste for Forms $ -

*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

CorporateLAN

RemoteCorp. 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 (3rd 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 InternetIP Printerwith

Encryption

CorporateLAN

RemoteCorp. LAN

Secure Data Encryption

Firewall

IP Printerwith

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. . .

www.lrs.com/eom

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.)