CONNX for VSAM - CICS

  CONNX for CICS/VSAM-z/OS Prerequisites
  Installing the CONNX VSAM Components on a z/OS Server
  Installing the CONNX Components
  Configuration Utility
  Uninstalling CONNX for CICS/VSAM-zOS

CONNX for CICS/VSAM-z/OS Prerequisites
The IBM z/OS mainframe must be set up for TCP/IP communications.
The TCP/IP started task must be running.
The IBM CICS TCP/IP sockets interface, including CICS configuration files, programs, maps, and transactions, must be installed.
Both the install PC client and the target host (z/OS) should have FTP enabled (optional).
Before you install CONNX on your CICS/VSAM server, we recommend that you verify the TCP/IP connectivity to your z/OS system. To verify connectivity, run:
ping hostname
where hostname is the TCP/IP symbolic address or dotted numeric address.