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FileXpress Platform Server

Technical Specifications

FileXpress Platform Server is the engine that powers your file transfer infrastructure. It securely delivers files of any size, across all major platforms, to any location.

Platforms

  • IBM z/OS V1R9 or higher
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 (x86-64)
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  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86 and x86-64)
  • HP-UX 11i v2 (PARISC)
  • HP-UX 11i v2, v3 (Itanium)
  • IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1 (POWER5)
  • Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86 and x86-64)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 (x86 and x86-64)
  • IBM i V5R4 or higher

Security

  • X.509 certificate support 
  • Centralized data repository not required 
  • Local system authentication 
  • Dual authentication 
  • Trusted nodes 
  • SMF record support (z/OS)

Integration

  • Scriptable shell programs
  • User-exit support 
  • Post-processing actions 
  • Rules-based routing
  • Rules-based data processing  
  • Rules-based alerts

Encryption

  • Blowfish encryption
  • Blowfish long encryption
  • 3DES encryption
  • AES 256-bit encryption (Rijndael)
  • AES 128-bit encryption (IBM z/OS and UNIX only)
  • SSL v.3 support
  • FIPS 140-2 Level 4 validated cryptography for IBM z/OS via IBM Cryptographic Coprocessor support (Certificate #661) 

Efficiency

  • Compression (RLE, LZ, and ZLIB)

Alerts

  • E-mail notifications initiated by local or remote nodes
  • SNMP trap support 

Automation

  • Checkpoint restart 
  • Event-driven transactions 
  • Directory/subdirectory transfers 
  • Post-processing of data 
    • Per file transfer
    • Per batch job
  • Transfers to remote servers/locations 
  • Remote command execution 
  • Automated file versioning/naming 
  • File-to-print capability

Interface

  • GUI client (Windows only)
  • Command-line client (all platforms)

Architecture

  • Direct file writing to local file system 
  • Supports all file types 
  • No file-size limitations 
  • ASCII and EBCDIC conversion 
  • Online help