
Configuring APPN Services
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Directory Services
Directory services (DS) manages the directory database and locates network
resources throughout an APPN network. To locate network resources, directory
services at each node collects resource information and maintains the information
in a local directory database. Through a CP-CP session between an APPN
network node and an adjacent APPN end node, the APPN network node registers
(by end node request) the APPN end node’s resources in its local directory
database.
An APPN network node maintains database entries for
• Local resources (LUs and the CP)
• End node resources within the APPN network node’s domain
• End node or network node resources outside the APPN network node’s
domain (called cross-domain resources)
An APPN end node or low-entry networking node maintains database entries for
• Local resources
• Local resources on adjacent nodes that have peer-to-peer communication
sessions (without the presence of an APPN network node or control point, in
the case of a peer-to-peer end node and low-entry networking node)
Topology and Routing Services
Topology and routing services (TRS) resides in every APPN network node and, in
lesser form, in every APPN end node and low-entry networking node. In APPN
network nodes, TRS collects and exchanges information on other network nodes,
and the links between them. For LU-LU sessions, TRS provides the best route
between any two LUs. In APPN end nodes and low-entry networking nodes, TRS
collects information on links and adjacent nodes.
In APPN network nodes, TRS creates and maintains the class-of-service (COS)
database and a copy of the network topology database. The network topology
database contains information on APPN network node connections to other
network nodes and connection networks. (A connection network is a method of
defining an APPN node attachment to a shared-access transport facility, reducing
intermediate node routing and definition requirements.)
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