HP-UX SNAplus2 General Information (October 1998)

46 Chapter 2
Introducing SNAplus2
Benefits Provided by SNAplus2
• Status and error messages to guide you through configuration
routines and system operation
• Service logs for collecting network error and failure information
• Trace facilities for gathering and formatting detailed problem
information
• A data collection utility for gathering problem data to provide to
service personnel.
• Display functions provide you with status information about:
• LU-LU sessions
• APPN intermediate sessions
• Active links
• APPN topology databases, which store link information
SNAplus2 also includes the Management Services (MS) API, which is
used to develop tools for sending and receiving network alerts and
problem data.
Network Integration, Growth, and Change
SNAplus2 includes several features to support network integration,
growth, and change.
The SNAplus2 APIs can be used to develop applications for a particular
LU, platform, or operating system as your business needs dictate. CPI
Communications is an especially important API, because it is consistent
across different platforms and operating systems. It is used to develop
applications that can run on any system.
TN server provides TN3270 users on TCP/IP networks with access to
3270 applications on the host.