About the SNADIS Guide
This guide is intended for OEMs and adapter vendors who are developing their own SNALink software to work with Microsoft® Host Integration Server 2000 and Microsoft SNA Server 4.0.
SNALink software for use on Microsoft Windows® 2000 must be written as a Windows 2000 device driver. See the Windows 2000 Device Driver Kit (DDK) for information on writing Windows 2000 device drivers.
Before using this section, you should be familiar with SNA Server concepts. This section provides the following information:
- Internal concepts of Host Integration Server 2000 and SNA Server 4.0 that are required to integrate new communications adapters into the server environment.
- Definitions of the interfaces used by Host Integration Server 2000 and SNA Server 4.0 to communicate with SNALinks.
- Information on using the configuration and diagnostics features included in Host Integration Server 2000 and SNA Server 4.0.
- Instructions for compiling and linking the SNALink support software.
The network operating systems currently supported by Host Integration Server 2000 and SNA Server 4.0 include Microsoft LAN Manager (as implemented in Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows NT®, Windows 98, and Windows 95), Novell NetWare, Banyan VINES on Windows NT 4.0, and TCP/IP. Future versions of Host Integration Server may support other network operating systems. You are advised to develop link support that is independent of the network operating system in order to take advantage of this support in future versions.