BEA Tuxedo and BEA TOP END Terminology


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Using the BEA Tuxedo TOP END Domain Gateway

While BEA Tuxedo and BEA TOP END offer similar capabilities, the terminology used by each product family is different. The following table provides a comparison of BEA TOP END and BEA Tuxedo terminology.

Comparison of BEA Tuxedo and BEA TOP END Terms

BEA Tuxedo
BEA TOP END
Description

Domain

System

Collection of servers (programs) and other components that are deployed on a network of one or more nodes and administered together

Bridge

Network Interface (NI)

Process that manages internode communication within a domain or system

Bulletin Board Liaison (BBL)

Node Manager (NM)

A set of one or more processes that manage a domain or system on a run-time node

Workstation Handler (WSH)

Network Agent (NA)

Process that handles service requests from remote clients

/Q

RTQ

A set of reliable queuing facilities that allow messages to be passed using queues

ATMI

CSI

Application programming interfaces for the BEA Tuxedo and BEA TOP END systems, respectively

Workstation client

Remote client

Client process running on a remote site

BEA Tuxedo	BEA TOP END	Description
Domain	System	Collection of servers (programs) and other components that are deployed on a network of one or more nodes and administered together
Bridge	Network Interface (NI)	Process that manages internode communication within a domain or system
Bulletin Board Liaison (BBL)	Node Manager (NM)	A set of one or more processes that manage a domain or system on a run-time node
Workstation Handler (WSH)	Network Agent (NA)	Process that handles service requests from remote clients
/Q	RTQ	A set of reliable queuing facilities that allow messages to be passed using queues
ATMI	CSI	Application programming interfaces for the BEA Tuxedo and BEA TOP END systems, respectively
Workstation client	Remote client	Client process running on a remote site

TEDG Terminology

The following table summarizes common terminology used in reference to the TEDG.

This term . . .
Refers to . . .

Remote domains

BEA TOP END systems accessed via the TEDG

Remote domain DOMAINID

BEA Tuxedo user ID for requests made to the BEA Tuxedo system by the BEA TOP END system

Local domains

BEA Tuxedo domains accessed via the TEDG. The term "local domains" can also be used to refer to a subset of the domain.

Local domain DOMAINID

BEA TOP END user ID for requests made to the BEA TOP END system by the BEA Tuxedo system

Imported services

Remote services imported from a BEA TOP END system

Exported services

Local services exported to a BEA TOP END system

This term . . .	Refers to . . .
Remote domains	BEA TOP END systems accessed via the TEDG
Remote domain DOMAINID	BEA Tuxedo user ID for requests made to the BEA Tuxedo system by the BEA TOP END system
Local domains	BEA Tuxedo domains accessed via the TEDG. The term "local domains" can also be used to refer to a subset of the domain.
Local domain DOMAINID	BEA TOP END user ID for requests made to the BEA TOP END system by the BEA Tuxedo system
Imported services	Remote services imported from a BEA TOP END system
Exported services	Local services exported to a BEA TOP END system

Reference Manual Notation

TEDG users should keep in mind that references to entries in the BEA TOP END Programmer's Reference Manual are marked by a "T" after the section number included in the reference. For example, the tp_intro(1T) entry can be found in the BEA TOP END Programmer's Reference Manual. Entries referenced without a "T" after the section number (such as tmboot (1)) can be found in the appropriate section of the BEA Tuxedo reference manual:

BEA Tuxedo Command Reference
BEA Tuxedo C Function Reference
BEA Tuxedo COBOL Function Reference
BEA Tuxedo FML Function Reference
BEA Tuxedo File Formats and Data Descriptions Reference