Software delivers base for exploiting 64-bit addressing.
Press Release Summary:
ALCS Airline Control System v2.3 is a control monitor that runs in OS/390® or z/OS® environment. Availability of 64-bit addressing allows use of real memory above 2 GB. OCTM allows reconfiguration of communications network without scheduled outages. E-mail handler manages queueing of outbound messages when path to destination is unavailable. Multiple TCP/IP listeners enable use of multiple ports for reception of transactions by multiple TCP/IP applications.
Original Press Release:
Airline Control System V2.3 Delivers a New Base for Exploiting 64-bit Addressing
Overview
Airline Control System (ALCS) is a control monitor designed to run in an OS/390® or z/OS® environment. ALCS is part of the Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) family of products and is also referred to as TPF/MVS(TM). ALCS provides a TPF API for OS/390 or z/OS environments. This new release, V2.3, will be the base for exploiting the new 64-bit addressing functions of current and future versions of OS/390 and z/OS.
Key prerequisites
OS/390 V2.10 or z/OS
Planned availability date
December 12, 2003
At a glance
V2.3 has the following new facilities and enhancements:
o Real storage above 2 GB, 64-bit addressing
o Online Communications Table Maintenance (OCTM)
o System takeover facility
o E-mail queue handler
o Multiple TCP/IP listeners
o Virtual IP addressing (VIPA)
o Long-term pool monitoring enhancement
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Description
ALCS V2.3 will be the base for exploiting the new 64-bit
addressing functions of current and future versions of
OS/390 and z/OS.
All enhancements shipped as program temporary fixes (PTFs) since the release of ALCS V2.2 have been consolidated in V2.3.
This new release of ALCS, V2.3, has the following new
facilities and enhancements:
o Real storage above 2 GB, 64-bit addressing
The availability of 64-bit addressing allows ALCS to use real memory above 2 GB, thus removing memory constraints and freeing memory for the use by applications and other subsystems.
o Online Communications Table Maintenance (OCTM)
This facility allows the dynamic reconfiguration of the communications network without scheduled outages.
o System takeover facility
The system takeover facility allows for a hot ALCS standby system, which significantly reduces the time required for planned and unplanned switchovers.
o E-mail queue handler
The e-mail queue handler manages the queueing of outbound messages, while the path to the remote destination is unavailable.
o Multiple TCP/IP listeners
This facility allows the use of multiple ports for the simultaneous reception of transactions by multiple TCP/IP applications.
o Virtual IP addressing (VIPA)
This facility makes TCP/IP applications independent of physical Internal Protocol (IP) addresses, improving the ease of system management.
o Long-term pool monitoring enhancement
This enhancement provides more accurate control over the use of long-term file pools.
