TCP/IP Level 510 and Level 440 - Reference Information

TCP/IP for z/VM Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Server
SuSE SLES 8 - Linux Kernel Version 2.4.19

FTP and RPM Instructions

Note: Support for TCP/IP Level 510 ended on 30 Setptember, 2007.
Note: Support for TCP/IP Level 440 ended on 30 Setptember, 2006.

   FTP Instructions

The various SSL-related RPM packages provided with TCP/IP for z/VM are supplied on the 4TCPIP40 493 minidisk , and have a file type of "RPMBIN". Assuming IBM-supplied user IDs and minidisk defaults have been maintained, remote access to these files should be possible using either the z/VM 440 installation and service user ID (4TCPIP40) or the SSL server user ID (SSLSERV). The necessary file can be obtained by referencing the 493 minidisk associated with either of these user IDs.

Note:
If TCP/IP service minidisks have been moved to the z/VM Shared File System (SFS), VMSYS:4TCPIP40.TCPIP.BINARY is the default SFS directory used in place of the 4TCPIP40 493 minidisk.

Sample instructions for an FTP transfer of the SuSE Linux 2.4.19 RPM package follow.

  1. Login as the root user on the selected SuSE Linux 2.4.19 system

  2. Initiate an FTP session to the z/VM host where the needed VMSLDSB RPMBIN file resides: 

      ftp vm_host_ip_address

  3. Login using one of the previously mentioned user IDs and then change the working directory to the appropriate resource:

    1. For an installation in which TCP/IP service minidisks are used: 

        user sslserv
  pass pass_word
  cd sslserv.493

    2. For an installation in which TCP/IP service SFS directories are used: 

        user 4tcpip40
  pass pass_word
  cd vmsys:4tcpip40.tcpip.binary
  4. Establish Binary transfer mode and retrieve the VMSLDSB RPMBIN file: 

      bin
  get vmsldsb.rpmbin  vmssld-1.24.19-1.rpm

  5. End the FTP session, after the file has successfully transferred.

After downloading the RPM file, you can install the package using the Linux rpm command as described in the next section.

   RPM Installation Instructions

To verify that you have an installable package, first issue the rpm -i command that follows. This command will display general information about the "vmssld-1.24.19-1.rpm" package: 

  rpm -qpi vmssld-1.24.19-1.rpm

Assuming this command displayed the proper information, install the package itself: 

  rpm -Uvh vmssld-1.24.19-1.rpm

Once the "vmssld-1.24.19-1.rpm" package has been installed, additional installation and configuration instructions for the package are provided as separate INSTALL and README files. These files are placed in package-specific "documentation" directories (for example: /usr/share/doc/packages/package-name) as part of the RPM installation.

To determine where this information resides, issue the rpm command that follows: 

  rpm -qd vmssld-1.24.19-1