HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 General Information

Contents
Legal Notices...............................................................................................................................................4
Warranty..............................................................................................................................................4
U.S. Government License.................................................................................................................. 4
Copyright Notices...............................................................................................................................4
Trademark Notices..............................................................................................................................4
Publishing History.......................................................................................................................................5
New and Changed Information in This Edition..................................................................................5
Before You Begin.. ......................................................................................................................................6
Prerequisite Knowledge......................................................................................................................6
About This Book.................................................................................................................................6
Organization of This Book.........................................................................................................6
Typographic Conventions...........................................................................................................6
Abbreviations Used in This Book.. ............................................................................................ 7
SNAplus2 Publications.......................................................................................................................8
Publications for Users................................................................................................................8
Publications for Administrators..................................................................................................9
Publications for Programmers....................................................................................................9
Related Publications.........................................................................................................................10
Chapter 1 SNA Networking...................................................................................................................11
1.1 Components of a Subarea Network.. ..................................................................................... 11
1.1.1 Subarea SNA Node Components...............................................................................12
1.1.2 Peer-to-Peer Connections...........................................................................................13
1.2 SNA and APPN.......................................................................................................................13
1.2.1 Branch Extender..........................................................................................................15
1.3 Mixed SNA Networks..............................................................................................................17
1.4 Enterprise Extender.. .............................................................................................................. 17
Chapter 2 Introducing SNAplus2.. ....................................................................................................... 18
2.1 SNAplus2 Components...........................................................................................................18
2.2 SNAplus2 Resources..............................................................................................................18
2.2.1 Node Resources..........................................................................................................19
2.2.2 SNAplus2 Applications................................................................................................21
2.2.3 SNAplus2 Passthrough Services................................................................................ 23
2.2.4 Client/Server Support..................................................................................................25
2.3 Benefits Provided by SNAplus2..............................................................................................26
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