Enterprise Systems Connection
This chapter describes the Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) channel feature provides information about ESCON I/O connectivity by using fiber optic technology. The ESCON channel feature is not supported on the IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) and IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12) systems.
This chapter covers the following topics:
ESCON modes and topologies
ESCON elements
ESCON connectivity
4.1 Description
ESCON provides half-duplex serial-bit transmission in which the communication protocol is implemented through sequences ...

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