Defining connections to remote systems
You can define and manage different types of connections between CICS® regions or from CICS regions to non-CICS systems.
The types of connection that you can create are as follows:
- Connections for multiregion operation (MRO)
- Connections for use by the external CICS interface (EXCI)
- IPIC connections to remote regions
- ISC over SNA connections to remote systems, using logical unit type 6.2 (APPC) protocols
- ISC over SNA connections to remote IMS systems, using logical unit type 6.1 protocols
- Indirect connections for CICS transaction routing
Connections using the ACF/Communications Server application-to-application facilities are treated exactly as though they are intersystem connections and can be defined as either LUTYPE6.1 or APPC links.