Visara CNA-8000 Planning Guide User Manual

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Chapter 1. CNA-8000 Overview

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True Migration Strategies

The CNA-8000 can be configured and operated in parallel with existing products that it is
to replace to provide a safe means to migrate at your own pace, moving individual
connections to the new platform without having to move every connection at once.

CNA-8000 Features

Features supported by the CNA-8000 include:

• FICON to Ethernet SNA gateway for LLC PU2 traffic

• FICON to Token Ring gateway for LLC PU2 traffic

• FICON to Ethernet DLSw gateway for IP PU2 traffic

• ESCON to Ethernet SNA gateway for LLC PU2 traffic

• ESCON to Token Ring gateway for LLC PU2 traffic

• ESCON to Ethernet DLSw gateway for IP PU2 traffic

• TN3270 gateway support (IP offloaded) for up to 16,384 concurrent clients

• Support for hundreds of TN3270 PUs

• FICON to Ethernet IP connectivity

• ESCON to Ethernet IP connectivity

• XCA “No-Connect List” – provides list of nodes attempting to connect through

the CNA-8000 to VTAM that were unsuccessful to provide simpler
troubleshooting of network problems and visibility to unauthorized attempts to
access the SNA network

• Support for Ethernet LLC-attached PU 2.0 Platforms

• Support for Ethernet LLC-attached PU 2.1 Platforms

• Support for Token Ring LLC-attached PU 2.0 Platforms

• Support for Token Ring LLC-attached PU 2.1 Platforms

• Support for SDLC-attached PU 2.0 and PU 2.1 Platforms

• Remote management of the platform through a browser connection

• Support for a directly attached monitor, keyboard, and mouse to provide a direct

console to the CNA-8000

• Easy configuration through a browser interface

• Built in SNA trace facility

• Built in FICON driver trace facility

• Built in ESCON driver trace facility

• Built in event logs

• Email alerts for hardware and other critical problems

• Redundant power supplies with independent AC sources

• Hot swappable power supplies

• Hot swappable fans

• RAID 1 mirrored SETA drives

• Automatically boots into online ready condition (may still require VTAM

activation)