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# Concepts and Facilities

Entire Net-Work is the backbone of Software GmbH's distributed computing technology. It is middleware that provides a common communication service for database applications, query tools, cooperative processing applications, application development tools, and other software. Its primary function is to transmit Adabas calls from a client application to a remote Adabas database.

In addition to Entire Net-Work for open system platforms (Windows and Linux), other versions of Entire Net-Work run on a range of hardware and software platforms including IBM mainframes. Using Entire Net-Work, organizations can implement applications distributed across multiple heterogeneous platforms.

Once you have installed the Entire Net-Work Client components, you must manually make updates in the Adabas Manager (AMN) if you need to support the Simple Connection Line Driver. For more information, read Required Post-Installation Updates for Simple Connection Line Driver Support.

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If you attempt to install and use Entire Net-Work in a system with a firewall in place, be sure that your system administrator has set up the firewall so that the Entire Net-Work component applications can access the ports they need (including the Adabas Directory Server port and those Entire Net-Work dynamically assigns during its own processing). For more information about Entire Net-Work ports, read Port Number Reference. For information about configuring Entire Net-Work components for Windows personal firewall, read Configuring Product Components for Windows Personal Firewall, in the Entire Net-Work Server LUW Installation and Administration Guide.

This document provides an overview of Entire Net-Work 7 for open system platforms. It covers the following topics:

Architecture
Components
Understanding Partitioning
Understanding Filtering
Getting Started