HP-UX SNAplus2 General Information (October 1998)

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Introducing SNAplus2
Overview
Overview
SNAplus2 is a software product that enables HP-UX computers to
communicate with remote computers (IBM mainframes, PCs, or other
HP-UX computers) within an IBM SNA network. It provides SNA node
type 2.0 and 2.1 support for communicating with host and peer
computers; it also implements an APPN node, providing end node or
LEN node function, depending on its configuration. (See “SNAplus2
Components”.)
The SNAplus2 system defines resources that enable it to participate in
the SNA network and support specific types of communication. Those
resources are described in “Node Resources”.
With SNAplus2, you can access data and programs that reside on other
computer systems, thereby increasing your computing power. You can
establish connections with several computers concurrently using
different methods of communication: 3270 emulation, RJE, APPC,
CPI-C, and LUA. In addition, the SNAplus2 API libraries provide
support for SNA applications (LU type 0, 1, 2, 3, or 6.2), both on
SNAplus2 servers and on HP-UX and Windows clients. SNAplus2 also
includes user applications. For more information about application
support, see “SNAplus2 Applications”.
Passthrough features enable computers in a local area network to access
SNA resources through the local system, as described in “SNAplus2
Passthrough Services”.
SNAplus2 also supports client/server configurations as described in
“Client/Server Support”.
For an overview of the advantages offered by SNA networking with
SNAplus2, see “Benefits Provided by SNAplus2”.