Step 14. Activating the network communication function
Include this task when installing a tracker, Z controller, or standby Z controller that will use NCF for communication.
If
you want to use a VTAM® link
to connect a tracker to
the Z controller,
activate NCF. The Z controller can
then send work to the tracker and
receive event information back,
using the VTAM link. To achieve
this connection, activate NCF in both the Z controller and
the tracker.
To do this:
- Add NCF to the VTAM network definitions.
- Add NCF session parameters.
- Activate network resources.
If you want to connect a controller and Data Store using SNA you need different VTAM definitions. NCF is involved only in the tracker connection; the equivalent task in the Data Store connection is the FN task.