This guide provides information about Connect SNA, a TUXEDO multi-domain connectivity product which enables client/server communications between MVS/CICS programs and TUXEDO applications via a Systems Network Architecture (SNA) network.
This guide explains BEA Connect SNA technical concepts and provides step-by-step procedures for:
The audience for this book is primarily BEA TUXEDO System application administrators and operators.
As the application administrator of a BEA TUXEDO System, you will configure Connect SNA using the DMCONFIG file and its associated dm commands. You must have sufficient SNA knowledge to configure the underlying SNA Stack so it conforms with definitions created in VTAM and CICS for each remote domain. This document provides information to help you understand the relationship between BEA TUXEDO system configuration settings and SNA-based application configuration concepts.
Successfully linking and establishing conversations between BEA TUXEDO system applications and SNA-based programs requires special coordination. The names and characteristics of SNA resources, configured in the SNA stack, must agree with resources and characteristics defined in VTAM and CICS. This guide includes examples of these relationships.
Typically, remote VTAM and CICS resources are defined by system personnel in a data center where IBM mainframes are located. Therefore, you need to request the remote names of Connect SNA and CICS resources from data center systems personnel and use those names to configure the local SNA stack.
BEA TUXEDO operators use existing skills with the BEA TUXEDO domain administration facility to modify SNA domain configurations and get information about the configuration and run-time environment.
You should read the BEA TUXEDO Product Overview. Additionally, you should have read and understand the BEA TUXEDO /Domain Guide and the BEA TUXEDO Application Development Guide, which are essential to comprehending the material in this document.
The BEA Connect SNA User Guide is organized as follows:
Who Should Read This Manual
Administrators
Operators
Recommended Reading
How This Manual Is Organized
In addition, the appendixes contain information about:
This document, BEA Connect SNA User Guide, is designed primarily as an online, hypertext guide. If you are reading this as a paper publication, note that to get full use from this guide you should install and access it as an online document via a Web browser that supports HTML 3.0. Netscape Navigator 2.02 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later are recommended. (Information on how to install the online documentation is available in the BEA Connect SNA Release Notes.)
To access the online version of this document, open the following HTML file in a Web browser:
http://(directory path to Connect SNA HTML files)/index.htm
Note: The online documentation requires a Web browser that supports HTML 3.0. Netscape Navigator 2.02 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later are recommended.
Figure 1 shows the online guide with the clickable navigation bar and table of contents.
You can print a hard-copy version of this document, one file at a time, from the Web browser. Before you print, make sure that the chapter or appendix you want is displayed and selected in your browser. (To select a file, click anywhere inside the frame you want to print. If your browser offers a Print Preview feature, you can use it to verify which file you are about to print.)
Figure 1 BEA Connect SNA User Guide Displayed in Netscape Web Browser
The following documentation conventions are used throughout this manual:
The Connect SNA documentation consists of the following items:
BEA Connect SNA User Guide
BEA Connect SNA 2.0 Release Notes
TUXEDO Product Overview
TUXEDO /Domain Guide
TUXEDO Application Development Guide
TUXEDO System 6 Reference Manual
TUXEDO System 6 Programmer's Guide, Volumes 1 and 2
The TUXEDO System (Andrade, Carges, Dwyer, Felts
TUXEDO: An Open Approach to OLTP (Primatesta)
Building Client/Server Applications Using TUXEDO (Hall)
If you have questions or comments on the documentation, you can contact the BEA Information Engineering Group by e-mail at docsupport@beasys.com. (For information on how to contact Technical Support, refer to the following section.)
If you have a question you cannot answer using this guide or the BEA Connect SNA Release Notes, you can contact BEA Connect SNA Technical Support.
When contacting technical support, be prepared to provide the following information:
Related Documentation
Connect SNA Documentation
Product Manuals
Other Publications
Contact Information
Documentation Support
Technical Support
In the USA, you can call BEA Connect SNA Technical Support at +1.888.BEA.SUPT You may also send questions to BEA Connect SNA Technical Support by fax to +1.408.743.4071 or by e-mail to support@beasys.com.
(+1.888.232.7878) or 408.743.4070 between 5:00am and 6:00pm Pacific time. Extended Support Customers may call anytime.