IBM IMS Connect is an add-on product to mainframe IMS that provides TCP/IP connectivity to IMS/TM applications. IMS support in
Enterprise Test Server includes emulation of IMS Connect to allow TCP/IP clients to connect for debugging of IMS/TM transactions.
The following IMS features are supported:
- Conversational (SPA) and non-conversational transactions that do not use the IMS SETO functionality
- Support for IMS commands
- Security for all IMS Connect listeners
- The following IBM-supplied I/O exits:
- HWSIMSO0 '*IRMREQ*' Yes
- HWSIMSO1 '*IRMRE1*' Yes
- HWSSMPL0 '*SAMPLE*' Yes (unmodified - same as HWSIMSO0)
- HWSSMPL1 '*SAMPL1*' Yes (unmodified - same as HWSIMSO1)
- HWSJAVA0 '*HWSJAV*' Yes (unmodified)
- HWSCSLO0 '*HWSCSL*' No
No exit screening configuration is provided.
- The
return MOD name control
- Persistent, non-persistent and transactional socket control
- End-to-end ASCII flows
There is limited support for flow control and Syncpoint/Commit controls
The following are not supported:
- Modified Sample I/O exits or target resolution exits
- The
return OTMA headers control
- UTF and UCS codesets
- The
Translate control
- The IRM timer
- The
One Message and
One Message No Wait" controls
- The
Auto Flow and
no Auto Flow controls
- Asynchronous and unsolicited output to an IMS Connect client
