Table 1 lists the important resource definition attributes that are used for intersystem communications for TCP/IP connections.
| Resource Definition | CICS family TCP/IP connections | CICS® PPC TCP/IP connections |
|---|---|---|
| Communications Definition (CD) AllocateTimeout | Not applicable. | Wait time in seconds for an intersystem request to be started in the remote system. |
| Communications Definition (CD) ConnectionType | Set to cics_tcp. | Set to ppc_tcp. |
| Communications Definition (CD) GatewayName | Not required. | Not required. |
| Communications Definition (CD) ListenerName | Set to the name of a locally defined Listener Definition (LD) entry that has Protocol=TCP. | Set to blank (""). |
| Communications Definition (CD) RemoteLUName | Set to the region name (APPLID) of the remote system, or netname returned by the cicstcpnetname command. | Set to the region name (APPLID) of the remote system. |
| Communications Definition (CD) RemoteNetworkName | Not required. Set to blank (""). | Not required. Set to blank ("") or the value from the LocalNetworkName attribute in the remote system's Region Definition (RD) entry. |
| Communications Definition (CD) RemoteTCPAddress | Set to the host name or Internet address of the remote network adapter. | Not required. |
| Communications Definition (CD) RemoteTCPPort | Set to the number of the port that the remote system is listening on. | Not required. |
| Communications Definition (CD) SNAConnectName | Not required. | Not required. |
| Region Definition (RD) LocalLUName | Not required. | Not required. |
| Region Definition (RD) LocalNetworkName | Not required. Set to blank ("") or the name of the local SNA network. | Not required. Set to blank ("") or the name of the local SNA network. |
| Transaction Definition (TD) TPNSNAProfile | Not required. | Not required. |
| Listener Definition (LD) entry | At least one LD entry is required with Protocol=TCP. The TCPAddress and TCPService attributes must also be configured. | Not required. |
| Gateway Definition (GD) entry | Not required. | Not required. |