CICS Clients Unmasked

1. IBM CICS Clients. CICS: The application server. High-level functions for application Use. Client-server models. CICS clients within the CICS family. Architecture of the CICS clients. CICS external call interface. CICS external presentation interface. CICS 3270 terminal emulator. CICS 3270 client printer support. Client control. Benefits of using IBM CICS clients. Network configurations. NetBIOS. TCP/IP. APPC. Gateways for APPC communications multiple protocol configurations. Mobile communications. Performance. Migration from CICS OS/2 distributed feature clients. Associated tools and products. Additional information. 2. Sample Configurations: Overview. SNA configurations. TCP/IP configurations. NetBIOS configurations. Printer configurations. 3. CICS/ESA A CICS Client for OS/2 Using CM/2. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. VTAM. CICS/ESA. Communications Manager/2. Local node characteristics. Change number of sessions. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 4. CICS/ESA A Token-Ring A Client Using APPC NS/Windows. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. VTAM. CICS/ESA. APPC NS/Windows. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 5. CICS/ESA A NetWare for SAA Gateway A CICS Clients. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions VTAM. CICS/ESA. NetWare for SAA gateway. DOS client. Windows client. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 6. CICS/VSE A SDLC A CICS Client for OS/2 Using CM/2. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. VTAM. CICS/VSE. Communications Manager/2. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 7. CICS/VSE A SDLC A Client Using APPC NS/Windows 95. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Searching definitions. Sample definitions. VTAM. CICS/VSE. APPC NS/Windows. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 8. CICS/VSE A Ethernet A Client Using APPC NS/Windows. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. VTAM. CICS/VSE. LAN support program. APPC NS/Windows. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 9. CICS/VSE A CM/2 APPN Gateway A APPC NS/Windows. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. VTAM. CICS/VSE. Communications Manager/2. APPC NS/Windows. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 10. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client Using TCP/IP for OS/2. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. TCP/IP for OS/2 V2.0 on server. CICS for OS/2 on server. TCP/IP for OS/2 V2.0 on client. CICSCLI.INI for CICS client for OS/2. Testing your configuration. 11. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client for Macintosh A TCP/IP. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. TCP/IP for OS/2 V2.0 on server. CICS for OS/2 on server. MacTCP on client. CICSCLI.INI for CICS client for Macintosh. Testing your configuration. 12. CICS/6000 A CICS Client for OS/2 Using TCP/IP for OS/2. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. TCP/IP for AIX/6000. CICS/6000. TCP/IP for OS/2. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 13. CICS/6000 A Clients for DOS and Windows A TCP/IP for DOS. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Sample definitions. TCP/IP for AIX/6000. CICS/6000. TCP/IP for DOS. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 14. CICS for Windows NT A PC/TCP A clients using TCP/IP. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Enabling TCP/IP on the Windows NT server. Sample definitions. CICS for Windows NT definitions. LAN Support Program. PC/TCP for DOS/Windows. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 15. CICS for Window NT A LAN WorkPlace A TCP/IP. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Enabling TCP/IP on the Windows NT server. Sample definitions. CICS for Windows NT definitions. LAN workPlace. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 16. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client for OS/2 Using NetBIOS. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Enabling NetBIOS support. Sample definitions. CICS for OS/2. CICSCLI.INI for CICS Client for OS/2. Testing your configuration. 17. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client for DOS/Windows A NetBIOS. Software checklist. Definitions checklist. Matching definitions. Enabling NetBIOS. Sample definitions. CICS for OS/2. LAN Support Program. CICSCLI.INI. Testing your configuration. 18. CICS 3270 Client Printer Configurations. Method 1: Client printer attached to a CICS for OS/2 Server. CICS for OS/2 definitions. CICS client CICSCLI.INI definition. CICS Client CICSPRNT command. Method 2: Client printer attached to a CICS for OS/2 server running user exit 21. User exit 21. CICS for OS/2 definitions CICS client CICSCLI.INI definition. CICS client CICSPRNT command. Testing your printer configuration. Matching definitions. Multiple printers. Method 3: Client printer attached to a CICS/6000 server. CICS/6000 definitions CICS client CICSCLI.INI definition. CICS client CICSPRNT command. Testing your configuration. 19. External Call Interface. ECI model. Program link calls. Synchronous program link calls. Asynchronous program link calls. Status information calls. Synchronous. Asynchronous. Reply solicitation calls. Managing logical units of work. ECI facilities. Single program link call within one LUW. Sequence of program link calls within one LUW. Multiple asynchronous calls accessing multiple CICS servers. ECI asynchronous implementation with callback. Sample implementation. Sample program functions. Portability and compatibility considerations. Running the sample program. Further information. 20. External Presentation Interface. EPI model. Application flow. Initialization. Starting transaction. Events processing. Termination. Sample implementation. Sample program Functions. Portability and compatibility considerations. Running the sample program. Further information. 21. Problem Determination. Tools. Sources of information. Preliminary checks. CICS client environment. Starting and stopping CICS client trace. CICS client trace file. CICS client error processing. CICS server environment. CICS server trace. CICS server dumps. CICS server message logs. Communications environment. Communication traces and dumps. Other tools and utilities. CICS client trace analysis. Sample CICS client trace. ECI application error. Connecting to CICS for Windows NT using NetBIOS. Connecting to CICS/6000 using TCP/IP. Common errors in a CICS client environment. Common errors in a CICS server environment. Appendix A: Hints and Tips. Establishing a Connection Between CM/2 and CICS Mainframe. Establishing a Connection Using APPC NS/Windows. Automatic Start of CICS Client. Starting CICS Client for DOS. Starting and Stopping Your CICS Client. Checking the Status of Your CICS Client. Using CICSTERM Commands. CICS Client for Macintosh Operation. Data Conversion: ASCII to EBCDIC. Using the Ping Utility to Verify TCP/IP Connections. TCP/IP Port Selection. Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions. Operating Environment. Limitations. Compatibility and Migration. ECI. Appendix C: Common Problems: Symptoms and Solutions. Starting Clients and Terminals. SNA. TCP/IP. NetBIOS. ECI. Documentation. Appendix D: Programming Languages and Compilers. Appendix E: Sample ECI and EPI Source Code. Client Program for the ECI Sample. Server Program for the ECI Sample. Client Program for the EPI Sample. Server Program for the EPI Sample. Appendix F: CM/2 .NDF and APPC NS/Windows NSD.INI Files. CM/2 .NDF File: CICS/ESA-CICS Client for OS/2 Using CM/2. CM/2 .NDF File: CICS/VSE-SDLC-CICS Client for OS/2 Using CM/2. CM/2.NDF File: CICS/VSE-CM/2 APPN Gateway-APPC NS/Windows. APPC Networking Services for Windows NSD.INI File in a Token-Ring Environment. APPC Networking Services for Windows NSD.INI File in an SDLC Environment. APPC Networking Services for Windows NSD.INI File: CICS/VSE-Ethernet-APPC NS/Windows 373 APPC Networking Services for Windows NSD.INI File: CICS/VSE-CM/2 APPN Gateway-APPC. NS/Windows. Appendix G: IBM 3172 Customization. IOCDS and VM/ESA Definitions. VSE/ESA Definitions. Appendix H: Configuration Worksheets. CICS/ESA A CICS Client for OS/2 Using CM/2. CICS/ESA A Token-Ring A Client Using APPC NS/Windows. CICS/ESA A NetWare for SAA Gateway A CICS Clients. CICS/VSE A SDLC A CICS Client for OS/2 Using CM/2. CICS/VSE A SDLC A Client Using APPC NS/Windows. CICS/VSE A Ethernet A Client Using APPC NS/Windows. CICS/VSE A CM/2 APPN Gateway A APPC NS/Windows. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client Using TCP/IP for OS/2. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client for Macintosh A TCP/IP. CICS/6000 A CICS Client for OS/2 Using TCP/IP for OS/2. CICS/6000 A Client for DOS/Windows A TCP/IP for DOS. CICS for Windows NT A PC/TCP A Clients Using TCP/IP for OS/2 V1.2.1. CICS for Windows NT A LAN WorkPlace A TCP/IP. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client for OS/2 A NetBIOS. CICS for OS/2 A CICS Client for DOS/Windows A NetBIOS. Glossary. List of Abbreviations. Index.