Downstream Connections

In a hierarchical SNA environment, you configure 3270 communications between SNA nodes using SNA protocols. Usually those nodes are Host Integration Server 2004 computers and mainframes. A downstream system, however, is an SNA node that uses Host Integration Server 2004 as a physical unit (PU) gateway. To the downstream system, the Host Integration Server 2004 computer appears to be the actual mainframe providing the PUs and 3270 LUs. The following figure illustrates a downstream system.

Diagram of a downstream system

A downstream system in this type of environment must be a PU 2 device, for instance, a cluster controller like an IBM 3745, or a client personal computer running a terminal emulator that emulates a PU 2 and acquires LU sessions from the Host Integration Server 2004 computer.

On the Host Integration Server 2004 computer, two connections are required to support downstream systems:

  • A host connection between the server and the mainframe. This can be any standard physical connection method supported by the mainframe.
  • A downstream connection between the server and the downstream system. This physical connection can be a DLC 802.2, SDLC, or X.25 connection.

Once configured, Host Integration Server 2004 can manage the downstream LUs in a manner similar to other LUs, including assigning them to LU pools.

See Also

Deployment Strategies

To download updated Host Integration Server 2004 Help from www.microsoft.com, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=29507.

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