The IBM AS/400

A technical introduction
Tom Van Looy
tom@ctors.net
August 200
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Who am I?

AS/400 history

What is IBM i?

Other environments

Programming

Work management

Exploring the system

$ho am I

AS/400 system programmer !4 years"

#$rrently %in$x sysa&min 'prior(e)*)e"

%in$x an& +BS, $ser

Belgian village
$hy this tal%

AS/400- .0 year anniversary .00/"

0o$ have nothing else to &o 12"

I )ro$ght a system here to play (ith

3ype2mo&el 440.2.00 5eat .067"

77*8 #PW

98 MB main memory /!78!6."

6046 MB ASP 6x7067"

OS/400 :6;.M0 EO% 67/may/.000"

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I do not re&resent IBM

these are my "ie#s and o&inions'
AS/400 history
AS/400 history

IBM ;o<hester- Minnesota

Mi&range system

,i55erent an& extremely <lose&2so$r<e

Pro>e<t Silverlake

,esigne& )y ,r* ?rank Soltis @7A

(ochester systems

System/6 7484"

System/6. 74B9"

System/64 74BB"

System/6/ 74B/"

System/68 74/6"

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S/)4 *+00- .2/
S/)2 *+02- .2/
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System Su&&ort 4rogram *SS4-
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S/68

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Series/7

;S/8000 AID"

Some small IBM main5rames

AS/400 *+22- .2/
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(enaming

AS/400

AS/400e

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System i9

System i

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9esign &rinci&les

3e<hnology in&epen&en<e

O)>e<t2)ase& &esign

Ear&(are integration

So5t(are integration

Single2level store
Technology inde&endence

Fot &e5ine& )y har&(are

:M inter5a<e to the system 3IMI"

IMPI 4/)it #IS#" 2G Po(erP# 84)it ;IS#"

7449- save/restore
Technology inde&endence
+---+----------------+ +---+----------------+
| | applic. | | | applic. |
| +------------+ | | +------------+ |
| OS/400 | | | IBM i | |
+----------------+---+ +----------------+---+
| TIMI | | TIMI |
+--------------------+ +--------------------+
| +----------------+ | | +----------------+ |
| | VLIC | | | | | |
| +----------------+ | | | | |
| | IMPI | | | | SLIC | |
| +----------------+ | | | | |
| | HLIC | | | | | |
| +----------------+ | | +----------------+ |
| | 48-bit addr | | | | 64-bit addr | |
| | CISC intr!ac | | | | "ISC intr!ac | |
| | H# | | | | H# | |
| +----------------+ | | +----------------+ |
+----------------------+ +----------------------+
*o&codes- VM :::::::::;
%ernel :::::::::;
*4L/M4-
<:::::::::::: VM *o&codes-
<:::::::::::: %ernel
*3==> 443 AS-
system?s instruction set de@ines all &ointers as +22:Ait
!ABect:Aased design

Only o)>e<ts s$pporte& &ata str$<t$re at MI

Atomi<

Message passing

Every o)>e<t has a message H$e$e

Fot 5$lly OO

Fo s$)<lasses

Fo inheritan<e

Polymorphism minimalisti<
Card#are integration

In5ormation intensive environments

3he move to Po(erP#

S$pport Iava- e2<ommer<e- BI- J

Balan<e& &esign

?ast pro<essing

Eigh )an&(i&th- high per5orman<e I/O

POWE; <apa<ity expresse& in #PW

3P#2# )en<hmark

,isregar&s #PK spee&

So@t#are integration

Se<$rity- <omm$ni<ations- )a<k$p/restore- J

Mo&ern &ata)ase ,B./400"

3emporary/permanent P3?Ls
Single:le"el store

842)it a&&ress spa<e

One large share& storage

#ontains all programs an& &ata

A&&ressa)le 5rom single permanent a&&ress

;e5eren<e )y name or pointer

,onLt (orry (here it resi&es

Fo a&&ress re$se

Fo pro<ess lo<al storage

3ask <reation

#ontext s(it<hing

:irt$al a&&ressing moves o)>e<t into real

memory not a<<essi)le )y programmer"
!ther en"ironments
4ASD

Porta)le Appli<ation Sol$tion Environment

In<orporate& 842)it AID r$ntime env*

Private A&&ress Spa<e Environment

Fot te<hnology in&epen&ent

&oes not talk to 3IMI

sys<all inter5a<e to the S%I#

4ASD

#all PASE 5rom i

MSE #M,Lls /home/tvlL"

#all i 5rom PASE

system NW;COBI%#C OBIM0?I%E"

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M$ery ,B. 5rom PASE- J

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Cy&er"isor

Ear&(are s$pport in Po(erP#

%ogi<al Partitioning %PA;"

AID- %in$x- IBM i

#reate& an& manage& 5rom the EM#

,ynami< reso$r<e allo<ation at r$ntime

Management

3(inax o)solete"

Ear&(are Management #onsole EM#"

IP% the system

Servi<e tools

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| ||
+-------+$ | IBM i ||
| || | || +----+ +----+ +----+
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| ||----+ +---| || +----+ +----+ +----+
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| | +-------+/ | | |
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Io)s

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SuAsystems

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Ba<k$ps- <onsole &isplay r$n in #3%SBS

EoA Gueue?s

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Intera<tive >o)s on (orkstation H$e$eLs

S$)systems rea& one or more H$e$eLs

Io) H$e$e )elongs to only one s$)system

Io)s have priority on H$e$e

M$e$eLs are ?I?O

Storage &ools

,ivi&e memory

+MA#EIFE pool

+BASE pool

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,ynami<

Share& pools

A&>$st paging options +#A%#"

Pool siPe- >o) a<tivity level MP?;A,I sysval"

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Private pool
(outing

Io) has a >o) &es<ri)tion +IOB,"

Io) attri)$tes

Fo r$ntime attri)$tes

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Io) initial li)rary list

;o$ting &ata

S$)system

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;$ntime priority

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D7&loring the system
!ABects

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#anLt <ontain +%IB o)>e<ts

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Insi&e +%IB

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:irt$al ?ile System :?S" ar<hite<t$re

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All o)>e<t a$thority +A%%OBI"

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I/O system <on5ig$ration +IOS0S#?O"

Save system +SA:S0S"

Se<$rity a&ministration +SE#A,M"

Servi<e 5$n<tions +SE;:I#E"

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The end

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