Hal I would propose "IBM Communication Controller Migration Guide" in preference:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246298.html For example, the 4 pages on Non-SNA Interconnection (NSI) may provide some inspiration. The CISCO document is not the cleverest around. I'm not sure that the author really understood some of the topics he/she is pretending to talk about. I scanned it for "bisync" and encountered NSI (Non-SNA Interconnect). It's a long time since I had heard this product mentioned and I had to Google[1] to remind myself what it did. Well what it is *not* is what is implied in this document - and it is just about the reverse of what is wanted. It uses the word "conversion" in connection with NSI although omits to mention conversion to what. In fact NSI *transports* the BSC data stream over your highly functional SNA/SNI network so that the BSC serial line does not need to terminate at the "mainframe" site. The 2780, say, imagines that it is talking to a 2701 when it is, in fact, an NCP running in one communication controller and JES2/BTAM imagines that it is talking directly to the same 2701 when it is, in fact an NCP running in another communication controller.[2] Also the document purports to suggest that X.25 NPSI supports "conversion" of BSC to SNA. Well, this is just about true but only if you critically include the right sort of BSC PAD. Furthermore I can't make sense of the later suggestions concerning mapping BSC 3780 to IP. All gloss and no substance. The word "easily" appears too frequently to be believable. [1] While researching NSI I discovered an IBM Systems Journal page which claimed "Non-SNA Interconnection" was abbreviated as XI and carried X.25 traffic over an SNA network. II Samuel 1:20-27, especially 25 and 27. <g> [2] I trust it can be seen that using the abbreviation FEP for "Front End Processor" would not only be inappropriate but thoroughly misleading. Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 08 December, 2006 12:58 AM Subject: Re: Bisync > Is this relevant? > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns74/ns322/networking_solution > s_white_paper09186a008014e87e.shtml > > Watch the wrap. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Hal Merritt > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Bisync > > I know, I know, but I seem to be stuck with it until my retirement :-) > > I still have some 3745's and the maintenance contract is horrendous. I > have no control over the far end, only my end. > > So, do I have any options? We are talking to Visara about their > offering. Are there any with some experience with this or other vendors? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
