Some folks using the AT&T network with IBM 3745's may be interested in this heads up if you have not been contacted. jim
Good Morning All, Hope all is going well. I wanted to reach out to each of you in regards to the recent announcement from ATT regarding their migration of the SNA DLSW Service. DLSW is the method for current transport of SNA over the MDNS network. AT&T is removing the 3745 Front End Processors (IBM End of Life) by March 2009. This will terminate DLSW support entirely. They have an alternative for removing this service. They are offering Enterprise Extender. There are hardware and software implications relating to migrating to Enterprise Extender. The customers will move from an SNI / direct attached SNA connection to an SNA / APPN network running natively over TCP/IP (no encapsulation of traffic etc.) Customer PVCs are standard IP PVCS. Therefore we will be able to remove the SNA PVCS SNA Protocols on MDNS ATT Router. The customer will after migrating to EE, delete SNA protocol, TR (if that is what they are currently running) and the SNA PVCs on their existing router. As we all know SNA PVCs can be quite expensive. .................................................................................... .......................................... We have some time before the DLSW is completely removed from the ATT network but definitely need to start thinking about the alternatives. Please let me know how I can assist you with this migration. AGNS Support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
