Where to Find More Information


The Communications Server icon
 For more information, refer to Quick Beginnings, which contains a complete description of both the Communications Server library and related publications.
To view a specific book after Communications Server has been installed, use the following path from your desktop:
  1. Programs
  2. IBM® Communications Server
  3. Documentation
  4. Choose from the list of books:
    • Quick Beginnings
    • Configuration File Reference (this book)
    • Network Administration Guide
    • SNA Formats
The Communications Server books are in Portable Document Format (PDF), which is viewable with the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. If you do not have a copy of this program on your machine, you can install it from the Documentation list.
The programming details are installed only with the SDK toolkit:
  • Client/Server Communications Programming
  • CPI-C Reference
  • SNA Formats
  • SNA Management Services Formats
  • System Management Programming

The Problem Determination Guide is under Problem Determination Utilities.

The Communications Server home page on the Internet has general product information as well as service information about APARs and fixes. To get to the home page using an Internet browser, go to the following Web site:


The Personal Communications icon
 For more information, refer to Quick Beginnings, which contains a complete description of both the Personal Communications library and related publications.

The Personal Communications books are included in the Installation Image (DVD-ROM) in portable document format (pdf). The books can be accessed directly from the publications directory of the Personal Communications Installation Image or from the Launchpad welcome panel.

To view the Personal Communications documentation using Launchpad, select View Documentation from the main panel of the Launchpad.
Note:
  1. You can copy the books from the Installation Image to a local or network drive to view at a later time.
  2. Quick Beginnings in HTML format is installed during installation of Personal Communications.

The Personal Communications home page on the Internet has general product information as well as service information about APARs and fixes. To get the home page, using an Internet browser such as IBM® Web Explorer, go to the following Web site:

http://www.ibm.com/software/network/pcomm/

The complete IBM® Dictionary of Computing is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.ibm.com/networking/nsg/nsgmain.htm.