334 Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
13.1 What are z/VSE connectors?
On today’s computer systems many standard communication methods like
Telnet, FTP, HTTP, SCP, SSH, SMTP, and so on are usually available. Although
VSE has some of these communication methods, additional functionality is
needed to handle VSE-specific data:
Telnet VSE does not use standard line mode telnet (VT100). Instead it uses
the screen-based Telnet mode tn3270.
FTP FTP is usually available on VSE, but not all VSE resources can be
transferred using a sequential FTP. Some VSE resources require
special handling like variable record length, field-based translation,
and so on.
Most modern computer systems have one or more file systems that store files. In
that ...