That's pretty accurate, if a little general.
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From: Stull, Cory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: RE: sdlc question
>
>
> I continued looking into this and found some stuff out. I still hold to
> that I know almost nothing about SNA but heres what I think I learned
> today.. In order for an IP host to talk to an SNA mainframe you need a
> gateway and also some sort of software (like a 3270 emulator) on the IP
host
> to talk to the gateway. The gateway talks IP to the host and SNA to the
> mainframe. The only way to do this without needing a gateway is if you
use
> a Cisco 7000 series router with a card called an ESCON card which can
> function as a gateway. Heres a good link on what I learned. I'm still
> reading it but I thought you might find it interesting. It basically
talks
> about how SNA is on its way out the door being replaced by IP and how a
lot
> of businesses are doing the migration in 4 steps.
>
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/so/neso/ibso/snaip_bc.htm
>
> Cory
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:49 PM
> To: Stull, Cory
> Subject: RE: sdlc question
>
>
> Wow, thanks! I appreciate the compliment. As I mentioned, I'm not much
of
> an SNA guy, I know just enough to be hazardous. That one server I talked
> about is the only time I've ever seen a Windows-type Intel-based server
> speak SDLC. It's completely vendor-controlled, we just hooked it up to
our
> network and like any of our other SNA devices at they configured it.
> Because of that, I have absolutely no idea what they have running under
the
> hood. I was basically handed a serial cable and they said "Connect this
to
> your router." :-) If I run across some info on it, though, I'll pass it
> along.
>
> John
>
> > Thanks John.. Always appreciate your help. Your a great contributor
to
> > this list.
> >
> > Cory
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 5:25 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: sdlc question
> >
> >
> > Yes, you can do this but I'm not sure of the details. We have
equipment
> > from another vendor in our network that does exactly what you're
talking
> > about. It's an NT server, but it's speaks SDLC on a serial port and it
> > exists as a PU on our SNA network. The router port is configured in
the
> > same way we would configure it for IBM terminal controllers or our
> Automated
> > Teller Machines.
> >
> > At this point, though, IP is irrelevant so I don't know if this answers
> your
> > question or not. In this case, you wouldn't really be converting it,
per
> > say, just adding different functionality. It's like asking "Can I
> convert
> > my BMW into a waffle iron?" Well...yes, but it will no longer resemble
a
> > car. :-)
> >
> > I hope that helps. I wish I had some more details to give you but I
> really
> > don't know that much about SNA.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> > > legacy protocol guru's,
> > >
> > > Forgive my ingorance on this subject I know almost nothing about
SNA,
> > SDLC,
> > > BYSINC, etc...
> > >
> > >
> > > Can you take an ip host and convert it to speak to an sdlc or bysinc
> > > mainframe like you would enable an ethernet host to speak token
ring?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Cory
> > >
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