Communications Server for z/OS V1R7 TCP/IP Implementation, Volume 1: Base Functions, Connectivity, and Routing

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Our focus for this book

Given the above actual environment, the (simplified) environment that we had to work with for

this book is illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Our environment for this book

For the purposes of this book, we viewed the environment as three LPARs leveraging

coupling facilities, HiperSockets, and OSA connectivity as required for our implementation

scenarios.

Each of the books in our four-volume Communications Server (CS) for z/OS TCP/IP

Implementation series was actually the result of very close cooperation and coordination

across the entire team—a team with representation from seven different countries and with

more than 200 years of combined information technology experience.

The team that wrote this redbook

This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the

International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center. The following authors worked

on the books in this series. The main authors who wrote this particular book are Bob Louden,

Octavio Ferreria, and Sherwin Lake.

Octavio Ferreria is a Senior IT Specialist in IBM Brazil. He has 26 years of experience in IBM

software support. His areas of expertise include z/OS Communications Server, SNA and

TCP/IP, and the Communications Server in all platforms. For the last eight years, he has

worked at the Area Program Support Group providing guidance and support to clients and

designing networking solutions such as SNA/TCP/IP integration, z/OS Connectivity,

Enterprise Extender design and implementation, and SNA-to-APPN migration.