Subject: APPN Architecture Modifications on IBMstandards

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 11 May 94 07:44:57 EDT

For those of you who have been connecting to ibmstandards, you may
have noticed that APPN architecture modifications are beginning to be FTPed
to this host.  You can find all of our modifications under the directory
aiw/appn/reference/architecture.

Each architecture modification is in what we call 'change pages' form, to
either the APPN Architecture Reference manual (also called the APPN protocols
book) or the SNA Formats manual.  Only those pages that were modified by a
given architecture item are included in the file for that item.  The actual
modifications are flagged by 'change bars' (usually the '|' character) in
the left margin of the page.  Also, we've included on the front page of each
document an abstract description of the architecture fix, enhancement, or
clarification made in that document.  (Note:  the page numbers of our change
pages in many cases will not match the page numbers on the current releases
of the APPN arch. reference or SNA Formats manual.  We do not change our
page numbering function when formatting these documents, so as a result, if
a page of new text is added to the middle of an APPN protocols chapter, the
page numbers of all succeeding pages in that chapter will be increased by one).

Following is the current list of architecture modifications copied to the
ibmstandards host.  So far, all of these modifications have been presented at
previous AIW conferences.  Newer architecture changes will be included in
this within the next month.

NOTE:  FTP to ibmstandards.cary.ibm.com (192.35.236.4).

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This file contains an index of all of the APPN modifications that have
been placed in the aiw/appn/reference/architecture directory on the
IBMstandards Internet host.  They are listed in order of document #.
APPN modifications follow either of two naming conventions:
  arch<doc#>  - contains formatted change pages to the APPN Architecture
                Reference manual
  archf<doc#> - contains formatted change pages to the SNA Formats
                manual

7844    Topology Awareness of CP-CP Sessions
        Files:  arch7844.zip    (capsule description on cover page)
                arch7844f.zip   (capsule description on cover page)
        Authors: Jim Amundson, Candace Elder, Tim Hefel, Tom Moore
        Related Items:
        Modifies Items:
        Date Created:  April 29, 1994
        Last Update :  May    6, 1994
        Size:  922,684 bytes

7860    Save Space in RSCVs by Stripping the NetID from TG Descriptor
        Files:  arch7860.psbin
                archf7860.psbin
                abs7860.txt
        Authors: Candace Elder, Tim Hefel
        Related Items:
        Modifies Items:
        Date Created:  April 4, 1994
        Size:

7880    Reduce TDUs by not Incrementing RSN in Topology Exchanges
        Files:  arch7880.psbin - APPN TRS change pages in PostScript
                abs7880.txt    - capsule description of modification
        Author: Tim Hefel
        Related Items:
        Modifies Items:
        Date Created: April 4, 1994
        Size:  114,676 bytes

7893    Allowing Blank or Null Mode or COS Names in Route Requests
        File:    arch7893.psbin - APPN TRS change pages in PostScript
        Author:  Tim Hefel
        Related Items:
        Modifies Items:
        Date Created:  April 12, 1994
        Size:  549,810 bytes

7945    Modifying FRSN value used when performing Topology Exchanges
        File:   arch7945.psbin - APPN TRs change pages in PostScript
        Author: Tim Hefel
        Related Items:
        Modifies Items:
        Date Created:  April 20, 1994
        Size:   404,459 bytes

Regards,
Tim Hefel  APPN Architecture