AS/400 Concepts

This course presents to the student the fundamental functions and operations of the IBM AS/400 midrange computer, including terminology, theory, and applications. Students do not only learn about the computer system, but perform, hands-on, the basic operations common to the user environment while working with the AS/400. Topics covered are the AS/400 architecture, system security, user interface (system display, menus, and command line operations), message handling, work management, subsystems, the fundamentals of print and job queues, basic device configurations, understanding and using libraries and objects, creating simple physical and logical files, a basic introduction to queries, compilation of source code files, an introduction to Control Language commands, and the use of the operation system facilities, PDM, SEU, and DFU.