AFAIK you can use TPT CTCs. Usually SAN switches are used to connect datacenters, but basically they are also FICON connections.
You can eliminate XCF CTC connections by using Signalling Paths through CFs. This applies to all applications/connections using XCF Signalling as a communication medium. VTAM SNA CTC connections cannot be moved from CTC to CF. We installed Enterprise Extenders to connect VTAM APPN nodes without CTCs. Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Vince Getgood > Sent: 07 February, 2018 12:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: FICON PTP CTC & GDPS > > Good morning all. > The company I'm currently working for have a GDPS, and are using FICON > directors inbetween the CEC's. > > These directors are out of support, and the company wants to get rid of > them. They currently use FICON CTC's between the LPARs in the PLEX. > > My question is, can we go to point to point (or peer to peer) CTC over > dark fibre links? > > Every FICON diagram I've seen in the various IBM manuals all have a > FICON switch or director in the mix, so it's not clear that ptp is > possible, although I'm sure it must be. > > I know we can do VTAM CTC using CF's, and JES with TCPIP, and of course > hyperchannel is in the mix, so I'm wondering if we actually need FICON > CTC for anything apart from XCF. > > If anyone can assist, I'd be grateful > Thanks in advance. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
