About This Guide; Conventions Used In This Guide; Who Should Use This Guide - IBM 3745 Connection And Integration Manual

About this Guide

This guide applies to the:
It contains information for the following types of tasks:
These tasks are performed at initial installation and during later modifications of
your IBM 3745 Communication Controller or 3746 Nways Multiprotocol Controller
Model 900.

Conventions Used in this Guide

Throughout this guide the term:
3745
3745 Model A Refers to the IBM 3745 (Models 17A, 21A, 31A, 41A and 61A) with
3746-900
3746-900NN
3746-900IP
SNA
APPN
HPR

Who Should Use this Guide

This guide is intended for personnel who are responsible for the initial installation
and later configuration changes of the 3745/3746-900, such as:
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IBM 3745 Communication Controller Models 130 to 17A and Models 210 to
61A (3745)
IBM 3746 Nways* Multiprotocol Controller Model 900 operating as:
– SNA subareas (3746-900)
– APPN*/HPR Network Node (3746-900NN)
– IP Router (3746-900IP).
Connecting line cables
Integrating the network.
Refers to the IBM 3745 (Models 130 to 170 and 210 to 610) with
any Expansion Unit (Models A11, A12, L13, L14, and L15) that may
be installed.
any Expansion Unit (Models A11, A12, L13, L14, L15, or 900).
Refers to the IBM 3746 Nways Multiprotocol Controller Model 900.
Refers to the part of the 3746-900 operating as an Advanced
Peer-to-Peer Networking*/High Performance Routing (APPN/HPR)
Network Node.
Refers to the part of the 3746-900 operating as an IP Router.
Refers to the first generation of the Systems Network Architecture
(SNA) with subareas and Communication Controllers running
ACF/NCP. That is host-dependent networking.
Refers to the Advanced Peer-to-Peer (APPN) architectural
extension of SNA. An APPN network is an SNA network that uses
network nodes. That is distributed networking.
Extension of the APPN architecture that takes advantage of fast
links with low error rate.
Network generalists
System programmers
System service personnel
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