schorr@ead.dsa.com (Andrew J. Schorr) (02/18/91)
This may be a repost (we had some problems with our news feed). If so, please ignore... I think this is a very simple question, but I don't know the answer: We have a mainframe (IBM 4381 running MVS/TSO) connected to a token ring via a 3745. We also have an RS/6000 that we can put on that token ring. For various reasons (including cost), it is not possible to get TCP/IP software on the mainframe (we're also not sure whether we can run TCP/IP on the host with this hardware configuration). Given these circumstances, it seems natural to communicate with the host via SNA. Our needs are fairly limited: currently, we just need to do unattended file transfers. A program analagous to the TCP/IP ftp program would be perfect. Unfortunately, I know nothing about SNA. As I understand it, AIX 3.1 comes with support for SNA services. Does anyone know what we need to do to support this type of communication? Is there a standard SNAftp program? An additional question: currently, the RS/6000 is connected to an ethernet that is gated onto the token ring by a Cisco. Would it be possible to conduct the SNA communications through the Cisco gateway? If not, we would just put the RS/6000 on the token ring. Thanks in advance, Andy