This bibliography contains descriptions of the documents in the z/OS® Communications Server library.
z/OS Communications Server documentation is available in the following form: Online at the z/OS Internet Library web page at www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/
An index to z/OS Communications Server book updates is at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21178966. Updates to documents are also available on RETAIN® and in information APARs (info APARs). Go to http://www.ibm.com/software/network/commserver/zos/support to view information APARs.
z/OS Communications Server product information is grouped by task in the following tables.
Title | Number | Description |
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z/OS Communications Server: New Function Summary | GC27-3664 | This document is intended to help you plan for new IP or SNA function, whether you are migrating from a previous version or installing z/OS for the first time. It summarizes what is new in the release and identifies the suggested and required modifications needed to use the enhanced functions. |
z/OS Communications Server: IPv6 Network and Application Design Guide | SC27-3663 | This document is a high-level introduction to IPv6. It describes concepts of z/OS Communications Server's support of IPv6, coexistence with IPv4, and migration issues. |
Title | Number | Description |
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z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Guide | SC27-3650 | This document describes the major concepts involved in understanding and configuring an IP network. Familiarity with the z/OS operating system, IP protocols, z/OS UNIX System Services, and IBM® Time Sharing Option (TSO) is recommended. Use this document with the z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference | SC27-3651 | This document presents information for people
who want to administer and maintain IP. Use this document with the z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration
Guide. The information in this document includes:
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z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide | SC27-3672 | This document presents the major concepts involved in implementing an SNA network. Use this document with the z/OS Communications Server: SNA Resource Definition Reference. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Resource Definition Reference | SC27-3675 | This document describes each SNA definition statement, start option, and macroinstruction for user tables. It also describes NCP definition statements that affect SNA. Use this document with the z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Resource Definition Samples | SC27-3676 | This document contains sample definitions to help you implement SNA functions in your networks, and includes sample major node definitions. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP Network Print Facility | SC27-3658 | This document is for systems programmers and network administrators who need to prepare their network to route SNA, JES2, or JES3 printer output to remote printers using TCP/IP Services. |
Title | Number | Description |
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z/OS Communications Server: IP User's Guide and Commands | SC27-3662 | This document describes how to use TCP/IP applications. It contains requests with which a user can log on to a remote host using Telnet, transfer data sets using FTP, send and receive electronic mail, print on remote printers, and authenticate network users. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP System Administrator's Commands | SC27-3661 | This document describes the functions and commands helpful in configuring or monitoring your system. It contains system administrator's commands, such as TSO NETSTAT, PING, TRACERTE and their UNIX counterparts. It also includes TSO and MVS™ commands commonly used during the IP configuration process. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Operation | SC27-3673 | This document serves as a reference for programmers and operators requiring detailed information about specific operator commands. |
z/OS Communications Server: Quick Reference | SC27-3665 | This document contains essential information about SNA and IP commands. |
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z/OS Communications Server: SNA Customization | SC27-3666 | This document enables you to customize SNA,
and includes the following information:
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z/OS Communications Server: IP Sockets Application Programming Interface Guide and Reference | SC27-3660 | This document describes the syntax and semantics of program source code necessary to write your own application programming interface (API) into TCP/IP. You can use this interface as the communication base for writing your own client or server application. You can also use this document to adapt your existing applications to communicate with each other using sockets over TCP/IP. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP CICS Sockets Guide | SC27-3649 | This document is for programmers who want to set up, write application programs for, and diagnose problems with the socket interface for CICS® using z/OS TCP/IP. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP IMS Sockets Guide | SC27-3653 | This document is for programmers who want application programs that use the IMS™ TCP/IP application development services provided by the TCP/IP Services of IBM. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP Programmer's Guide and Reference | SC27-3659 | This document describes the syntax and semantics of a set of high-level application functions that you can use to program your own applications in a TCP/IP environment. These functions provide support for application facilities, such as user authentication, distributed databases, distributed processing, network management, and device sharing. Familiarity with the z/OS operating system, TCP/IP protocols, and IBM Time Sharing Option (TSO) is recommended. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Programming | SC27-3674 | This document describes how to use SNA macroinstructions to send data to and receive data from (1) a terminal in either the same or a different domain, or (2) another application program in either the same or a different domain. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Programmer's LU 6.2 Guide | SC27-3669 | This document describes how to use the SNA LU 6.2 application programming interface for host application programs. This document applies to programs that use only LU 6.2 sessions or that use LU 6.2 sessions along with other session types. (Only LU 6.2 sessions are covered in this document.) |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Programmer's LU 6.2 Reference | SC27-3670 | This document provides reference material for the SNA LU 6.2 programming interface for host application programs. |
z/OS Communications Server: CSM Guide | SC27-3647 | This document describes how applications use the communications storage manager. |
z/OS Communications Server: CMIP Services and Topology Agent Guide | SC27-3646 | This document describes the Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) programming interface for application programmers to use in coding CMIP application programs. The document provides guide and reference information about CMIP services and the SNA topology agent. |
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z/OS Communications Server: IP Diagnosis Guide | GC27-3652 | This document explains how to diagnose TCP/IP problems and how to determine whether a specific problem is in the TCP/IP product code. It explains how to gather information for and describe problems to the IBM Software Support Center. |
z/OS Communications Server: ACF/TAP Trace Analysis Handbook | GC27-3645 | This document explains how to gather the trace data that is collected and stored in the host processor. It also explains how to use the Advanced Communications Function/Trace Analysis Program (ACF/TAP) service aid to produce reports for analyzing the trace data information. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Diagnosis Vol 1, Techniques and Procedures and z/OS Communications Server: SNA Diagnosis Vol 2, FFST Dumps and the VIT | GC27-3667 GC27-3668 |
These documents help you identify an SNA problem, classify it, and collect information about it before you call the IBM Support Center. The information collected includes traces, dumps, and other problem documentation. |
z/OS Communications Server: SNA Data Areas Volume 1 and z/OS Communications Server: SNA Data Areas Volume 2 | GC31-6852 GC31-6853 |
These documents describe SNA data areas and can be used to read an SNA dump. They are intended for IBM programming service representatives and customer personnel who are diagnosing problems with SNA. |
Title | Number | Description |
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z/OS Communications Server: SNA Messages | SC27-3671 | This document describes the ELM, IKT, IST, IUT,
IVT, and USS messages. Other information in this document includes:
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z/OS Communications Server: IP Messages Volume 1 (EZA) | SC27-3654 | This volume contains TCP/IP messages beginning with EZA. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP Messages Volume 2 (EZB, EZD) | SC27-3655 | This volume contains TCP/IP messages beginning with EZB or EZD. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP Messages Volume 3 (EZY) | SC27-3656 | This volume contains TCP/IP messages beginning with EZY. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP Messages Volume 4 (EZZ, SNM) | SC27-3657 | This volume contains TCP/IP messages beginning with EZZ and SNM. |
z/OS Communications Server: IP and SNA Codes | SC27-3648 | This document describes codes and other information that appear in z/OS Communications Server messages. |