Overview of IBM Networking

DSPU and SNA Service Point

Figure 105 shows a router functioning as a DSPU concentrator.

Figure 105 Router Acting as a DSPU Concentrator

LU

LU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PU 2 + 3 LU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RSRB

 

 

 

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Ring

 

 

 

Ring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PU 2

PU 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PU 2 + 1 LU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mainframe

 

 

 

DSPU concentrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supporting 4 PUs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with 1 PU and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and 8 LUs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 LUs defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

PU 2 + 2 LUs

S3223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Typically, a router establishes one or more upstream connections with one or more hosts and many downstream connections with PU type 2 devices. From an SNA perspective, the router appears as a PU type 2 device to the upstream host and assumes the role of a system services control point (SSCP) appearing as a PU type 5 device to its downstream PUs.

The SSCP sessions established between the router and its upstream host are completely independent of the SSCP sessions established between the router and its downstream PUs. SNA traffic is routed at a logical unit (LU) level using a routing algorithm that maps downstream LUs onto upstream LUs.

Figure 106 illustrates the SNA perspective of DSPU.

Figure 106 SNA Perspective of DSPU

Upstream PU

(PU type 2)

LU routing algorithm

Downstream PU A

(PU type 5)

Downstream PU B

(PU type 5)

S3224

 

 

Cisco IOS Bridging and IBM Networking Configuration Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78-11737-02

 

 

BC-231

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM BC-201 manual Shows a router functioning as a Dspu concentrator, BC-231