WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 5/23/2005                                             Requirement #:  WAVV200533

Product Name:    CICS/TS for VSE   Product Release# (or state “current”): current

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)CICS ISC Connections using TCP/IP

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

 

I am unable to utilize the high performance Hypersocket environment that is available on the zSeries hardware to establish an ISC link between CICS/TS Regions on separate LPARs.  Instead I have to establish some sort of SNA Subarea connectivity between the LPARs which actually involves the traffic either being sent across the LAN or over physical CTC connections between the LPARs.

                                                                                            

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low) Medium

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) As soon as possible.

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Feature/Function and Performance

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others?  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc.   Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

 

This will eliminate some of the storage and overhead required for APPC ISC.

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

 

One suggestion might be to use what has already been developed for CICS/TS ECI support and to expand upon it.

Impact: (Optional) (How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered?)

 

Having to maintain expertise in VTAM and SNA communications and having to battle the continued issue of 24bit storage constraint with VTAM buffers below the line.

 

Company Name:        ADI                                                                

Author Name:            Kenneth Ripple                                   Author Title: Director of IT

Author Address:        263 Old Country Rd. Melville, NY 11747

Author E-mail:           ken_ripple@adi-dist.com

Telephone:                 (631) 692-1714