%0 Conference Paper
%A Niederberger, Ralph
%T KFAnet/INTERNET - Experiences with IBM-RS6000 as FDDI gateway to IBM mainframes
%I SHARE European Association (SEAS)
%M FZJ-2015-02631
%P 61 p.
%D 1993
%< Proceedings ot the SHARE Europe (SEAS) Anniversary Meeting 1993
%X Today TCP/IP is the most commonly used network protocol suite in the area of research and development. Taking into account this evolution the KFA Jülich installed the IBM TCP/IP software on the IBM ES9000/620 with VM and MVS operating system and connected the mainframe to the local Internet as soon as appropriate products were available. Starting with an IBM-8232 communication controller, and followed by an IBM 3172 model 1 the communication throughput to the IBM mainframe was extended. Installing the IBM 3172 model 2 should be a further step to high bandwidth.The announcement of new features of the IBM RISC/System 6000, particularly block multiplexer channel adapter to VM systems and FDDI single ring adapter, led to the questions regarding price/performance relationship of the RISC/System 6000 solution in comparison to an IBM 3172 model 2 and later on to an IBM 3172 model 3 communication controller solution.This report presents the results of some test series regarding the RISC/System 6000/32H as an FDDI station and its operation as a BMPX to FDDI gateway. It further concludes with experiences in using two IBM RISC/System 6000/350 as BMPX to FDDI gateways for VM and MVS in a production environment. The experiences will be set into relation to the currently known performance of a connection via an IBM 3172 model 2 and IBM 3172 model 3.
%B SHARE Europe (SEAS) Anniversary Meeting 1993
%C 25 Oct 1993 - 28 Oct 1993, Den Haag (The Netherlands)
Y2 25 Oct 1993 - 28 Oct 1993
M2 Den Haag, The Netherlands
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)8 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)7
%9 Contribution to a conference proceedingsContribution to a book
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/189468