The Connect:Direct bridge
You can transfer files to and from an existing IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® network. Use the Connect:Direct bridge, which is a component of WebSphere® MQ Managed File Transfer, to transfer files between MQMFT and IBM Sterling Connect:Direct.
Using the MQMFT Connect:Direct bridge, the two departments can transfer files between the Connect:Direct network in the B2B IT department and the MQMFT network in the Application Integration IT department. The Connect:Direct bridge is a component of WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer, which includes an MQMFT agent that communicates with a Connect:Direct node. The MQMFT agent is dedicated to transfers with the Connect:Direct node, and is known as the Connect:Direct bridge agent.
- Use Managed File Transfer commands to initiate a transfer of a file, or multiple files, from an MQMFT agent to a Connect:Direct node.
- Use Managed File Transfer commands to initiate a transfer of a file, or multiple files, from a Connect:Direct node to an MQMFT agent.
- Use Managed File Transfer commands to initiate a file transfer that starts a user-defined Connect:Direct process.
- Use Connect:Direct process to submit an MQMFT file transfer request.
Supported platforms
The Connect:Direct bridge is made up of an MQMFT Connect:Direct bridge agent and a Connect:Direct node. The agent is supported on Windows and Linux® for System x. The node is supported on the platforms that are supported for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Windows and IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX. For instructions on creating the Connect:Direct bridge agent and configuring a Connect:Direct node for the agent to communicate with, see Configuring the Connect:Direct bridge.
The Connect:Direct bridge can transfer files to and from Connect:Direct nodes that are running as part of a Connect:Direct for Windows or Connect:Direct for UNIX Service installation. For details of the versions of Connect:Direct that are supported, see the web page IBM WebSphere MQ System Requirements.
- The agent and node are on the same system, which is either running Windows or Linux for System x
- The agent is on Linux for System x, and the node is on UNIX
- The agent is on one Windows system, and the node is on another Windows system
- The agent is on Linux for System x, and the node is on Windows
- The agent is on Windows, and the node is on UNIX