Define a Unique Node Name for Each IBM Connect:Direct Server

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By defining a node name for each IBM® Connect:Direct® Server, the IBM Connect:Direct/Plex environment can initiate Processes to the external IBM Connect:Direct system through any available IBM Connect:Direct/Plex server. For each IBM Connect:Direct server, you must define a USE.SERVER.NODE network map parameter and a CDPLEX.SERVER.NODE initialization parameter.

To avoid making your IBM Connect:Direct/Plex configuration more complex than necessary, use the USE.SERVER.NODE and CDPLEX.SERVER.NODE parameters only if your system meets all of the following conditions:

  • The external IBM Connect:Direct system must connect to two or more IBM Connect:Direct Servers in the IBM Connect:Direct/Plex environment.
  • The external IBM Connect:Direct system uses network map checking.
  • The external IBM Connect:Direct system has non-Plex servers, which cannot communicate directly with the IBM Connect:Direct Manager.

The disadvantages of this approach are you must manually direct Processes initiated by the external IBM Connect:Direct system to each IBM Connect:Direct Server and you may need to create additional network map entries for remote systems.