Setting up communication for Windows

When a distributed-queuing management channel is started, it tries to use the connection specified in the channel definition. For this to succeed, it is necessary for the connection to be defined and available. This section explains how to do this using one of the four forms of communication for IBM® MQ for Windows systems.

You might find it helpful to refer to Example configuration - IBM MQ for Windows .

For UNIX and Linux® systems see Setting up communication on UNIX and Linux systems.

Deciding on a connection

Choose from the following four forms of communication for IBM MQ for Windows systems:

Defining a TCP connection on Windows
Defining an LU 6.2 connection on Windows
Defining a NetBIOS connection on Windows

Each channel definition must specify only one protocol as the Transmission protocol (Transport Type) attribute. One or more protocols can be used by a queue manager.

For IBM MQ clients, it might be useful to have alternative channels using different transmission protocols. For more information about IBM MQ clients, see Overview of clients.