iSeries Operating Fundamentals

Duration

Overview

Audience

Prerequisites

Objectives

• After completing this course, the student should be able to:
• Recognize and use the keyboard and input keys, sign on, and access options via commands and menus.
• Describe iSeries Navigator functions
• Identify Message Types, Delivery Modes, Message Queues, and send, access, and delete messages.
• Identify and use CL commands.
• Monitor and control work on the system.

Course Content

Unit 1 iSERIES OPERATING FUNDAMENTALS PRETEST

Unit 2 WORKSTATION OPERATIONS

• Screen Format
• Position and Function of Keys on the Keyboard
• System Sign-on Procedure
• Accessing OS/400 Options, Using Menus and Commands
• Display Types (List, Information, Menu, and Entry)

Unit 3 INTRODUCTION TO iSERIES NAVIGATOR

• What is iSeries?
• Basic Operations
• Configuration and Services

Unit 4 CONTROL LANGUAGE (CL) CONCEPTS

• Command Structure (Names and Parameters)
• Parameter Prompting
• Command Groups
• Command Prompting
• The Command Entry Display

Unit 5 MESSAGE HANDLING

• Defining Messages and Message Queues
• Sending Messages
• Message Delivery Modes (Break, Notify, and Hold)
• Message Types (Inquiry and Informational)
• Accessing Messages
• Deleting Messages

Unit 6 MONITORING JOBS

• Jobs and Job Descriptions
• Interactive Jobs
• Batch Jobs and Queues

Unit 7 BATCH AND SPOOL FILES

• Managing Batch Jobs
• Viewing Spool files

Unit 8 WORK MANAGEMENT

• View and Control Jobs
• Monitor and Control Printing

Unit 9 iSERIES OPERATING FUNDAMENTALS MASTERY TEST