NAViGATE 2026 at IBM TechXchange

BM i network communications has changed a lot since the AS/400 primarily communicated to workstations and printers using Twinax and to other computer systems using specialized communications lines. In some ways things are more complex because our IBM i nodes communicate to a lot of other devices in many different ways, but in other ways things are simpler today because nearly all network communications are built on top of the foundation of Ethernet and TCP/IP. Your IBM i Networking health is very important and is how most of your data and applications are accessed. Your IBM i may be fully up and running, but if network issues prevent business units from utilizing these applications and data the IBM i will be perceived as being down. This session will take a look at approaches to assess IBM i OS Networking health, and it's interaction with Network communications. We will looks at tools we can use within the IBM i OS to better determine what is causing, or likely causing issues with TCP/IP network applications. Finally, we will look at how to collect network diagnostic trace data from the IBM i.