About This Document

This guide provides information about BEA eLink Adapter for Mainframe, an Application-to-Transaction Monitor Interface (ATMI) platform multi-domain connectivity product that enables client/server transactions between z/OS or OS/390 Customer Information Control System (CICS) or Information Managment System (IMS) programs and ATMI applications via a Systems Network Architecture (SNA) network.

This section covers the following topics:

How this Guide Is Organized

The BEA eLink Adapter for Mainframe User Guide is organized as follows:

Who Should Read This Information

The target audience for this document is primarily ATMI platform system application administrators and operators.

Administrators

As the application administrator of an ATMI platform, you will configure eLink Adapter for Mainframe using the DMCONFIG file and its associated dm commands. You must have sufficient SNA knowledge to configure the underlying SNA stack so it conforms with definitions created in Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM) and CICS for each remote domain. This document provides information to help you understand the relationship between ATMI platform configuration settings and SNA-based application configuration concepts.

Successfully linking and establishing conversations between ATMI platform applications and SNA-based programs requires special coordination. The names and characteristics of SNA resources, configured in the SNA stack, must agree with resources and characteristics defined in VTAM and CICS. This guide includes examples of these relationships.

Typically, remote VTAM and CICS resources are defined by system personnel in a data center where IBM mainframes are located. Therefore, you need to request the remote names of eLink Adapter for Mainframe and CICS resources from data center systems personnel and use those names to configure the local SNA.

Operators

As an operator of an ATMI platform, you will use existing skills with the ATMI platform domain administration facility to modify SNA domain configurations and get information about the configuration and runtime environment.

Product Documentation

The following documents contain information that is relevant to using eLink Adapter for Mainframe:

Recommended Reading

You should read the appropriate ATMI platform product documentation, which is essential to comprehending the material in this document.

e-docs Web Site

BEA product documentation is available on the BEA corporate Web site. From the BEA Home page, click on Product Documentation or go directly to the "e-docs" Product Documentation page at http://e-docs.beasys.com.

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Documentation Conventions

The following documentation conventions are used throughout this document:

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