Dedicated channels

The simplest way to configure an IOAGATE channel is shared channel use. When a shared channel is overloaded, the IOAGATE channel can be configured for dedicated use by product. Congestion on a Multiple Connection TCP channel can also be relieved by assigning more communication subtasks to a channel. For more information, see "UPERTASK" in Specifying advanced channel parameters.

The following example illustrates IOAGATE configured with dedicated channels:

Figure 49 IOAGATE configured with dedicated channels

When using a dedicated channel configuration with IOAGATE

• Control‑D/Page On Demand may use either a TCP/IP or SNA protocol with a Multiple Connection Channel
• Control‑M and Control‑M/Enterprise Manager must use a TCP/IP protocol with a Dual Connection Channel
• Control‑O may use either a TCP/IP or SNA protocol with a Multiple Connection Channel
• Control‑D/File Transfer Option must use a TCP/IP protocol with a dedicated Multiple Connection Channel
• Control M/JCL Verify must use a TCP/IP protocol with a Multiple Connection Channel