Quick Beginnings for DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition

Chapter 3. How to Use DB2 Connect in Your Network

Go directly to Chapter 5. Installing DB2 Connect on OS/2 Systems, Chapter 6. Installing DB2 Connect on Windows NT Systems, or Chapter 7. Installing DB2 Connect on UNIX Systems if you want to start installing the product immediately.

Your network is a complex combination of hardware and software components, set up to best fit the needs of your organization. DB2 Connect products provide several ways of connecting to S/370, S/390, and AS/400 database servers to enable you to choose the best way to connect your workstations to your host databases. This chapter describes the following network configurations:

Direct SNA connection from DB2 Connect to a DRDA host, such as DB2 for MVS/ESA, using DB2 Connect Personal Edition.
Indirect connection from DB2 Connect to a DRDA host via a communications gateway, such as IBM Communications Server or Microsoft SNA Server.
Server-based connection from DB2 clients to DRDA hosts via a DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition server.

In addition to access to mainframe and AS/400 databases, DB2 Connect products can provide access to DB2 Universal Database servers. This chapter provides a brief description of such a configuration.
Note: If is important that you decide which of the network configurations applies to your environment. This is a required step in setting up connectivity to your database servers.

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