Template:Infobox OS IBM LAN Server is a discontinued network operating system introduced by International Business Machines (IBM) in 1988. LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft's LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 (OS/2) Extended Edition.<ref name=Doyle1988>Template:Cite journal</ref> The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> (Eventually IBM shipped other clients and supported yet more. Examples include the IBM OS/2 File/Print Client, IBM OS/2 Peer, and client software for Microsoft Windows.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) Here the short term LAN Server refers to the IBM OS/2 LAN Server product. There were also LAN Server products for other operating systems, notably AIX<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>—now called Fast Connect<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>—and OS/400.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Version historyEdit
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Year | Notes | |
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| 1.0 | 1988 | for OS/2 EE 1.0<ref name=Doyle1988 /> | |
| 1.2 | 1990 | for OS/2 EE 1.2<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| 1.3 | 1991 | for OS/2 EE 1.3<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| 2.0 | 1992 | related to LAN Manager 2.0<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| 3.0 | 1993 | Entry and Advanced versions<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>) | |
| 4.0 | 1994 | Entry and Advanced versions, new object-oriented user interface<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| 5.0 | 1996 | included in OS/2 Warp Server<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | |
| 5.1 | 1999 | citation | CitationClass=web
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Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and LAN On-Demand.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Add-ons included Directory and Security Server,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Novell NetWare for OS/2,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and LAN Server for Macintosh.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
InnovationsEdit
LAN Server pioneered certain file and print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.Template:Citation needed