2.1 Starting the Listener Program
The Listener program is supplied by IBM and is part of the Sockets for CICS software product which must be purchased from IBM.
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Before you can use TMA TCP for CICS, you must install and configure both IBM TCP/IP and the Sockets for CICS product as outlined in the documentation that accompanies those products.The Listener’s job is to wait for connection requests at a particular network address and port of your choosing. When the Listener receives a connection request it invokes the appropriate CICS program automatically, based on the name supplied as part of the Listener’s connection protocol buffer. For example, if the Listener receives a connection request from TMA TCP gateway running on a remote Oracle Tuxedo node, it processes the connection and invokes the TMA TCP Handler.