Advanced program-to-program communications
Advanced
The APPC support handles all of the SNA protocol requirements when your system is communicating with a remote system that uses the LU type 6.2 and node type 2.1 architectures. You can connect your system to any other system that supports the APPC program interface. APPC application programs can also communicate over lines using the Internet Protocol (IP) of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
The AS/400 APPC support handles the protocol needed for communicating between an application program that runs on your AS/400 system, and an application that runs on a remote system. The protocol consists of a set of verbs that are common to the local and remote systems in a network. However, the way in which each system provides a program interface to the verbs may differ.
The AS/400 system provides the following program interfaces:
vThe intersystem communications function (ICF) file interface. In ICF, the LU 6.2 verbs are carried out by using data description specifications (DDS) keywords and
vThe Common Programming Interface (CPI) Communications call interface. Using CPI Communication calls carries the LU 6.2 verbs.
vThe CICS file interface. In CICS/400 support, the LU 6.2 verbs are carried out by using EXEC CICS commands.
vThe sockets application program interface (API). For the sockets API, the LU 6.2 verbs are carried out by using the socket functions.
The APPC support also handles networking functions, and allows peer systems in a network to start and end sessions without a controlling host system.
The AS/400 Advanced
Built upon APPN,
Dependent LU requester support
Dependent LU Requester Support (DLUR) allows dependent secondary logical units (LU 0, 1, 2, and 3) an entry point into the APPN network. DLUR support gives the appearance of having an adjacent connection to VTAM, but allows traversing the APPN network through intermediate nodes.
DLUR supports the following controllers, displays, and printers:
vHost devices, including 3270 emulation (*EML), remote job entry (*RJE), and
vSNA Passthrough upstream devices
vDHCF display devices
vNRF display and printer devices
vSNUF devices (DSNX)
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