Enterprise Systems Connection
This chapter describes the Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) channel feature and provides information about ESCON I/O connectivity using fiber optic technology. The ESCON channel feature is not supported on the IBM zEnterprise EC12.
The following topics are covered:
•ESCON modes and topologies
•ESCON elements
•ESCON connectivity
4.1 Description
ESCON provides half-duplex serial-bit transmission in which the communication protocol is implemented through sequences of special control characters and through formatted ...
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