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164IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide

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Integrated File System

The integrated file system provides an integrated structure of all stored information. This file system provides stream files, directory structure accessed by path, and a user and application interface that accesses all information stored in the i5/OS.

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Local Node

The local node is the Sterling Connect:Direct server on which the Process is submitted. The local node may also be referred to as the primary node, controlling node or initiating node, but should not necessarily be interpreted as the sending node, since PNODE can be the receiver. In every Process, there is one local (PNODE) and one remote (SNODE) specified. The submitter of a Process is always the PNODE.

Local Process

A local Process is a Sterling Connect:Direct Process initiated on the local Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS node.

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Native File System

The native file system accepts the file name in the following formats: library-name/file-name and library-name/file-name(member-name).

Network Map (Netmap)

The Network Map (netmap) is a file that identifies all valid Sterling Connect:Direct nodes in the network. One Network Map is associated with each Sterling Connect:Direct local node. The netmap has one entry for each of the other Sterling Connect:Direct nodes to which the local Sterling Connect:Direct node communicates. The netmap entries also contain the rules or protocol that the nodes adhere to when communicating.

Node

A node is any site in a network from which information distribution can be initiated.

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Permanent Session Managers

Permanent Session Managers are reusable session managers submitted when Sterling Connect:Direct is started or when the Sterling Connect:Direct administrator increases the number of permanent session managers.

Primary Node (PNODE)

The local node or primary node (PNODE) is the Sterling Connect:Direct node on which the Process is submitted. The primary node may also be referred to as the controlling node or initiating node, but should not