Bus-Tech First to Deliver IBM's Multi-Path Channel Plus 'MPC+' for Windows NT.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999-- High Performance Windows NT Access to System/390 for TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. , ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. or BI Applications Bus-Tech(TM), a leading supplier of data center connectivity solutions, announces the availability of Multi-Path Channel plus (MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. +) for Windows NT. MPC+ is a software product to be used with Bus-Tech's NetShuttle network controllers and the EnterpriseExpress Adapter/ESCON. Bus-Tech is the only company, outside of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , which offers MPC+ on their ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. products. MPC+ is IBM's premier network to host communication channel protocol and can improve performance in excess of 40% while at the same time reducing CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. cycle time by more than 63%. MPC+ allows multiple ESCON connections to be combined into a single transmission group and take advantage of the aggregate bandwidth. By providing a full-duplex data path to the mainframe, MPC+ enables non-disruptive recovery, transparent to the end user if one of the ESCON connections were lost. Since 70% of corporate business critical data resides on the mainframe, Windows NT servers running mission-critical 7x24 applications or acting as Web servers, in many cases, have to regularly interact with mainframes to retrieve and update mainframe databases and files. . With the demand for standards-based, cross-tier data access on the rise, MPC+ for Windows NT provides the highest-performance connectivity solution available for sharing information between OS/390 mainframes and Windows NT servers. MPC+ for Windows NT provides support for three methods of attaching to System/390 mainframes: High-Speed Access Services (HSAS HSAS Homeland Security Advisory System HSAS Health and Safety Advisory Service Ltd (UK) HSAS Hydrocephalus Due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius HSAS High Speed Access Services ), TCP/IP Direct Connect and IBM's Communications Server for Windows NT version 6.0. All three link types may be concurrently defined and active on the same ESCON adapter, thus providing maximum flexibility in configuring mainframe to Windows NT server communications. One of the key objectives in developing MPC+ for Windows NT was support for the System/390 SAP R/3 implementation using High-Speed Access Services (HSAS). IBM and SAP jointly offer a 3-tier R/3 implementation strategy using the System/390 as the database server, a Windows NT server as the R/3 application server, and Windows clients for presentation services. MPC+ for Windows NT allows R/3 applications on the server access to DB/2 databases resident on the System/390 over a direct, 17Mbyte ESCON connection; significantly improving R/3 performance when compared to LAN-attached alternatives. MPC+, in conjunction with TCP/IP Direct Connect, provides full function TCP/IP communications between OS/390 mainframes and Windows NT based servers. The result is a channel-attached Windows NT server than can be used as an application co-processor allowing immediate access to corporate data for applications such as ADSM (ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager) The former name of a comprehensive software system for backup, HSM and disaster recovery from IBM. It backed up data from more than 25 client and server platforms to an ADSM server running on any IBM platform, HP-UX, Solaris , DB/2 Connect, PeopleSoft, BAAN, ORACLE, etc. from anywhere in the network. A channel attached Windows NT server can also provide the functionality of a TCP/IP gateway between the corporate Intranet and the mainframe. MPC+ for Windows NT, in conjunction with IBM's Communications Server for Windows NT (CS/NT) provides the ability to configure CS/NT devices across a MPC+ transmission group. All Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (networking, product) Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking - (APPN) IBM data communications support that routes data in a network between two or more APPC systems that need not be adjacent. services provided by CS/NT are supported across the MPC+ connection including High Performance Routing (networking) High Performance Routing - (HPR) Routing designed to work in conjunction with APPN Intermediate Session Routing (ISR) network nodes. HPR nodes perform many of the same functions as ISR nodes. (HPR (High-Performance Routing) Extensions to IBM's APPN networking that enable SNA data to be sent over frame-based (Ethernet, etc.) and cell-based (ATM) networks. ) and Dependent LU Requestor/Server (DLUR/DLUS). MPC+ for Windows NT is available now directly from Bus-Tech for a U.S. List Price of $2,500. MPC+ for Windows NT is supported as an option on Bus-Tech's NetShuttle 140 TCP/IP Controller, NetShuttle 230 Communications Server for Windows NT, and the EnterpriseExpress Adapter/ESCON. About Bus-Tech, Inc. Bus-Tech, Inc. is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for the data center. The company's powerful suite of Intranet-to-Mainframe and data movement solutions satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing professionals for high-bandwidth, high-performance connectivity. With more than 14,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the interconnect market and an IBM Business Partner. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with locations around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at http://www.bustech.com, send email to info@bustech.com, or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200. Bus-Tech is a registered trademark of Bus-Tech, Inc. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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