RE: Death of SNA?

Ah...that's probably the idea.

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> Subject: RE: Death of SNA?
> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, May 16, 2005 10:56 am
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Anyone want to guess what IBM will charge to migrate a package like 
> Enterprise Extender off of the mainframe Z-OS on to i5/OS?
> Anyone want to try to justify this price to their management, versus what 
> little it will cost to migrate off of SNA on to ethernet?
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> "Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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> It's not dead. While support of direct SNA will be dropped; you could 
> still use SNA applications via the yet to be released "Enterprise Extender 
> for iSeries" product.
> 
> >From what I've read the Enterprise Extender product has been popular on 
> the mainframe side for a while now, and will be ported to the iSeries for 
> those unable to modify/replace their SNA applications.
> 
> "The second option to consider for migrating from an SNA to a TCP/IP based 
> infrastructure is Enterprise Extender technology. Enterprise Extender is a 
> protocol that allows SNA application data to be transported across a 
> TCP/IP network, without changing the existing SNA applications. Enterprise 
> Extender is also commonly referred to as High Performance Routing over 
> Internet Protocol (HPR over IP) support."
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> http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/support/planning/v5r3suggested_alternatives.html
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> HTH, 
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> Charles Wilt
> iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> ph: 513-573-4343
> fax: 513-398-1121
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> > http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc/.6b24cce2
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> > Claims that the release after V5R3 will be the last to support SNA.
> > 
> > Confirmation from IBM:
> > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/support/planning/
> futuresftwr.html
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> http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/support/planning/nav.html
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> Items affected:
> SNDNETF
> SNDNETMSG
> SNDNETSPLF
> etc.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> Group Dekko Services, LLC
> Dept 01.073
> PO Box 2000
> Dock 108
> 6928N 400E
> Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com
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