Entire Net-Work Administration is provided to allow Event Replicator Administration to make calls to Adabas and Reptor databases residing on the mainframe . It communicates with Entire Net-Work Client components on open systems.
Read this document carefully before installing and using Entire Net-Work Administration version 5.9.1. It covers the following topics:
A Simple Connection Line Driver (TCPX) is supplied with Entire Net-Work Administration. It provides communication between Adabas databases (running on z/OS systems) and client applications that use Software AG's new e-business connections. The new e-business connections make use of:
an enhanced communication protocol provided by Software AG that links e-business applications with enterprise servers
the Software AG Directory Server (ADI).
Software AG products that support the e-business communication protocol and the Software AG Directory Server currently include Tamino, Jadabas, Entire Net-Work 7, Entire Net-Work Client, and any other product that transports client requests using Software AG’s ADALNKX module. The underlying transport mechanism is TCP/IP.
Note:
The Simple Connection Line Driver cannot connect to another Simple Connection Line Driver.
The Software AG Directory Server is a centralized component that provides all directory information required to communicate between clients and servers and eliminates the need for directory configuration files on every machine. The code for the Software AG Directory Server is included in the Entire Net-Work Client code available on Servline24. Entire Net-Work Client is a Software AG product option that includes the code for the System Management Hub, the Software AG Directory Server, and an Entire Net-Work e-business Client (also provided with Entire Net-Work 7.2). To use the Simple Connection Line Driver, you must have the Software AG Directory Server installed somewhere on your system. If you have already installed this code with another Software AG product, we recommend that you use the installed code, so that your organization uses only one shared Directory Server. If you have not previously installed the Software AG Directory Server, please use the one from the Entire Net-Work Client installation. For more information about the Software AG Directory Server, read Software AG Directory Server Documentation. For more information about Entire Net-Work Client, read Entire Net-Work Client Administration.
For complete information on the Simple Connection Line Driver, read Simple Connection Line Driver Overview.
The Entire Net-Work Administration 5.9.1 installation tape contains all of these components:
The Entire Net-Work mainline processor and service routines.
The Adabas components required by Entire Net-Work.
The Simple Connection Line Driver components.
This section covers the following topics:
Refer to the Report of Tape Creation that accompanies the tape for information about the Entire Net-Work Administration 5.9.1 installation tape, including tape density, media type, data sets, and data set sequence numbers. The online documentation describes the complete installation process. See the section Entire Net-Work Installation.
The Entire Net-Work Administration components are identified by the following product codes, which are used in the data set names on all Entire Net-Work Administration tapes:
| Product Code | Description |
|---|---|
| WAL | A set of Adabas components required to run Entire Net-Work. The WAL components are Adabas Version 7.4.3 for all platforms. Entire Net-Work requires the limited library modules to be at this level. |
| WCL | Entire Net-Work Client components |
| WCA | Entire Net-Work mainline processor and service routines that communicate with Entire Net-Work Client components. |
Entire Net-Work Administration 5.9.1 requires the Adabas 7.4.2 components supplied in Adabas Limited Load Library (WAL). However, before Entire Net-Work Administration can function correctly, the most recent fix data set must be concatenated in front of the standard WAL load library.
Be sure your enterprise is running with the most current fix solution for WAL supported by Entire Net-Work Administration 5.9.1, when available for that platform.
Entire Net-Work Administration Version 5.9.1 supports the following operating system levels:
| Operating System | Supported Levels |
|---|---|
| z/OS | Version 1.2 Version 1.3 Version 1.4 Version 1.5 |
Entire Net-Work Administration 5.9.1 supports the following levels of TCP/IP transport providers:
| Platform | TCP/IP Protocol Supported |
|---|---|
| z/OS |
IBM TCP/IP for z/OS Version 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 |
The documentation for this product is new with this release. However, when additional updated versions of the documentation are created, you can review them and past versions by linking to the Software AG web site: http://servline24.softwareag.com/public/. The documentation at this site will be updated as required. If you do not have a ServLine24 user ID and password yet, you will find instructions for registering on this site (free for customers with maintenance contracts).
The Entire Net-Work Administration documentation includes:
online HTML topics describing all aspects of the product;
Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) files created from the HTML topics;
Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) files for a series of manuals created from the HTML topics.
Entire Net-Work Client Administration documentation, including Release Notes and Installation instructions specific to Entire Net-Work Client.
Software AG Directory Server documentation.
No hard-copy documentation is provided, although you can print the PDF and HTML files on your local printer.
