
2-16 TN3270 Design and Implementation Guide
The DLUS is a product feature (APPN option set 1066) of a T5 (VTAM) network node supporting session
services extensions. The DLUS function enables VTAM to provide SSCP services for dependent LUs in remote
APPN ENs or NNs. The DLUS provides SSCP services through standard SSCP-to-PU and SSCP-to-LU session
flows that are encapsulated and sent over LU 6.2 sessions.
The DLUR is a function (APPN option set 1067) of an APPN EN or NN that owns dependent LUs but obtains
services from a DLUS. The DLUR function is configured on the CIP or CPA under the TN3270 Server. The PUs
are definedunder the DLURstatement. The hierarchical structureis: TN3270 Server, DLUR, andPU. The DLUR
function provides a remote boundary function for dependent LUs; that is, it removes the requirement that a node
supporting dependent LUs must be adjacent to a subarea boundary node.
DLUR/DLUS removes these restrictions by providing the following functions:
• The session between the dependent LU (or PU) and its SSCP is encapsulated in an LU 6.2 pipe.
This CP-to-server pipe consists of a pair of sessions between the CPs in the DLUR and DLUS nodes. These
sessions are called CPSVRMGR sessions.The pipe cancarry a number ofSSCP-to-PU and SSCP-to-LUsessions
and does not need to be between adjacent CPs. The pipe can cross network boundaries.
• LU-to-LU session routing is performed by the APPN function, not the subarea function.
When a primary LU requests a search for a dependent LU, it normally receives a positive response from the
DLUS, not the DLUR. The response identifies the DLUS as the server for the dependent LU and includes the
correctCP name(theDLUR). Theroute canthenbe calculateddirectly totheDLUR, typicallyby theNN server
of the primary LU (which is never the dependent LU). In cases where the DLUR supports cross-network
CPSVRMGR sessions, the DLUR may respond to a search, but it still indicates that it is the owning CP.
Because the DLUS presents itself as the NN server for the dependent LUs, it must always be an NN.
Using the DLUR/DLUS, or CP-to-server pipe, SSCP-to-PU and SSCP-to-LU control messages can be exchanged
between VTAM, the PU, and the local dependent LUs. SSCP-to-PU and SSCP-to-LU control messages are
required for PU and LU activation and to initiate LU-to-LU session establishment. LU-LU sessions can, for
example, be initiated by a LOGON request from a terminal operator. The LOGON request is forwarded to
VTAM, which locatesthe destinationLU using existingsubarea (SSCP-to-SSCP)or APPN (CP-to-CP)data flows.
Following the activation flows, the primary LU sends a BIND to establish the session. The BIND, and successive
LU-to-LU session data, will be using the best route between the two session partners for the desired Class of
Service (COS).
When you plan to use DLUR/DLUS, remember the following guidelines:
• To participate in an APPN network, a VTAM APPN EN must have an extended session services-capable NN
server if it is to do any type of session initiation other than LU 6.2. Currently this function is only provided in
VTAM, so all VTAM ENs must have VTAM NNs as their NN servers.
• The DLUS feature in VTAM is offered only on NNs. A VTAM EN cannot be a DLUS.
• The APPN EN TN3270 DLUR function allows you to route TN3270 LUs to multiple VTAM hosts from the
CIP or CPA rather than on the VTAM hosts. This feature isparticularly useful with the introduction of the new
multi-CPU Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) mainframe, which is composed of up to 16
CPUs that appear as separate VTAMs.
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