Chapter 1: How to Use This Manual

This chapter describes how this manual is organized, and how to use this manual to get the information you need.

Who Should Read This Manual

The Remote Software Facility Programmer's Guide and Reference manual is written for programmers and system administrators. The reader should have experience using the IBM iSeries and AS/400, and be familiar with the following:

• Save files
   
• Basic system operations

How This Manual is Organized

This manual is divided into three parts:

• Chapters 1 through 8 are directed to first time users of RSF.
   
• Chapters 9 through 13 give detailed descriptions of the display screens and commands used with RSF.
   
• Chapter 14 is for reference in the event that problems are encountered using RSF.

Where to Begin

If you are familiar with Remote Software Facility, or if you prefer to learn as you go, skip the early chapters, and use this manual and the on-line Help text as reference tools.

If you are new to RSF, the first chapters of this manual give you all the information you need to get started. We recommend that you quickly read chapters 2 through 7, and then refer to the remaining chapters for reference.