Components of IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+
The major components of IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® FTP+ are:
- IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Manager—Starts as a job stream or started task just like
a IBM Connect:Direct/Plex Manager. It
handles IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Clients and is only a PNODE. It cannot be contacted by a
remote IBM Connect:Direct to start a
process, and it cannot be contacted by a non- IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Client. (The sample
JCL, DGAXFTPJ, is in $CD.SDGASAMP.)
The IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Manager enables the TCP API and can be contacted by the ISPF IUI, Control Center, the Connect:Direct Browser User Interface, and the IBM Connect:Direct JAI.
- IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Client—Starts a special case of a IBM Connect:Direct Server. It builds and submits a Process which is scheduled by the IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Manager back to the IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Client using the server name for the PLEXCLASS. It is only a PNODE and cannot be contacted by a remote IBM Connect:Direct to start a Process. (The sample JCL, DGAXFCLI, is in $CD.SDGASAMP.)
- IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Plug-in—Provides support for FTP commands that IBM Connect:Direct does not support, such as CWD (change working directory), MKDIR (make a directory), RMDIR (remove directory), DIR (obtain a directory listing of files), and DELETE and MDELETE (deleting files).
When the JCL is changed to use IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ for z/OS instead of FTP, all of the supported FTP commands are interpreted into appropriate COPY or RUNTASK and COPY steps and executed within the IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+ Client started in the user's address space.