Terminology used by FTM SWIFT

This section explains some terms that are used throughout the product.

Feature

The term feature is used to summarize services that perform a general task. FTM SWIFT consists of the following features:

Support for SWIFTNet FIN

This feature comprises the following services, which are used to transfer FIN messages via the SIPN:

• SIPN FIN service
• SIPN FIN LT session operation service

Financial Message Transfer (FMT)

This feature comprises the following services, which are used to transfer FIN messages internally:

• FMT FIN service
• FMT FIN session operation service

Messaging Services for SWIFTNet InterAct and FileAct (MSIF)

This feature comprises the following services, which are used to transfer business messages via SWIFTNet InterAct and files via SWIFTNet FileAct:

• MSIF transfer services
• MSIF command service

Message Management (MM)

This feature comprises the services and facilities that help you to manage financial message traffic:

• Sequential Data Facility (SDF) import and export services
• Message printing service
• Message Entry and Repair (MER) Facility
• Message routing service

Message Broker

A message broker is provided by an installation of IBM® Integration Bus, and it is referring to a set of execution processes that host message flows.

With IBM Integration Bus V9 the naming of various components changed in comparison with its predecessor product WebSphere Message Broker V8. For a detailed comparison of old and new terms, see Name changes in IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0.

The FTM SWIFT documentation uses the following abstract terms:

Term	Explanation
Message broker	Corresponds to term integration node in IBM Integration Bus terminology
Execution group	Corresponds to term integration server in IBM Integration Bus terminology
Broker server	Runtime system where a message broker runs

Execution Group

An execution group is a named grouping of message flows that have been assigned to a message broker. See also term Message Broker.

Linux®

In FTM SWIFT, the term Linux comprises all supported Linux distributions. When the platform is important the following phrases will be used:

• Linux on z Systems®
• Linux on x Systems

Multi-platform

The term multi-platform comprises the following operating systems:

• AIX®
• Linux on x Systems
• Linux on z Systems