Timothy > You've got a lot of things jumbled up in that question, Jake.
I could hardly agree more! > You can configure Enterprise Extender if you wish as your SNA vehicle, ... From HIS 2010, there's no "wishing" involved! > ... and there are often good reasons to do that ... If using HIS 2010, there's your "good reason"! > ... but it's an option. Perhaps not, from HIS 2010 "any customer can use any DLC that he wants so long as it is IP-DLC"[1], that is, Enterprise Extender. "Microsoft Host Integration Server" "Getting Started with HIS 2010" "What's New in HIS 2010" <quote> Removed Features The following features have been removed from Host Integration Server. Microsoft Data Link Control (DLC) network protocol and the DLC 802.2 Link Service have been removed from Host Integration Server. You should use the Internet Protocol-Data Link Control (IP-DLC) Link Service that is based on the industry-standard High Performance Routing over Internet Protocol (HPR/IP). </quote> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg167635.aspx - [1] Paraphrasing Henry Ford. - Chris Mason On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 13:56:32 +0800, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: >You've got a lot of things jumbled up in that question, Jake. :-) > >OK, to connect to CICS Transaction Server you need to connect, so yes, you >will need physical network connectivity of some kind. The preferred way to >do that is with an OSA Express adapter, yes. In the past there were many >channel-attached networking options, but those options are generally fairly >antiquated at this point. Presumably you already have physical network >connectivity to your mainframe. Otherwise you would have a very >"interesting" mainframe. :-) > >You can use SNA protocols between Microsoft Host Integration Services and >z/OS, assuming your network between those two will route SNA. You can >configure Enterprise Extender if you wish as your SNA vehicle, and there >are often good reasons to do that (such as network routing limitations), >but it's an option. > >For the record, I've written previously -- and rather bluntly -- about the >utility of Microsoft HIS (with or without BizTalk). You can find those past >writings fairly easily. In short, in my view it's an expensive "Rube >Goldberg" way to connect to z/OS and CICS. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Timothy Sipples ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
