Hello list, I am Erin from IBM z/OS Communications Server team. The Systems Network Architecture (SNA) protocol, which provides communication between IBM mainframes and peripheral nodes, is often deployed in the retail and finance industries. Developed by IBM for the business community, SNA provided industry with a technology that permitted unparalleled business opportunities. With the prevalence of TCP/IP and the introduction of "SNA over IP" technologies, current mainframe networks are migrating to IP-based networks. Across the industry, support for the native SNA protocol, LLC2 or 802.3, on distributed platforms is now being withdrawn, such that native SNA connectivity to the mainframe will eventually be rendered largely useless. IBM would like to understand your current usage of native SNA (through OSE channels) on IBM Z, and what plans, if any, you have in place to migrate to an alternative. If your enterprise is currently using OSA-Express in OSE mode (for SNA or TCP/IP), IBM would like to understand your plans. Your answers to this brief survey will be very important in helping IBM understand your current and future needs around this technology. This survey, available until 6/30/2020, will only take a few minutes. Your anonymous responses will only be used to help IBM evaluate the need for investment in alternative solutions or services to aid you in your migration.
Click the survey link to provide feedback - https://ibm.biz/OSA-Express-OSE-Survey How to collect survey data: Follow the instructions in How to Verify OSA-Express OSE CHPID Types on Your Systems (https://ibm.biz/OSA-Express-OSE-Blog) References: See the following section: Things You Should Know about the Survey ( https://ibm.biz/OSA-Express-OSE-Blog) for more details about the survey background and verification process. Thank you very much for your time and suggestions. We really appreciate your input! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
