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1-2 Oracle Tuxedo Mainframe Adapter for TCP CICS User Guide
Programmers who work with TMA TCP should be familiar with CICS applications development.
System administrators who work with TMA TCP should be familiar with the following concepts,
tools, and procedures:
z TCP/IP networking
z IBM CICS Sockets Interface
z Defining new resources to CICS
z Standard CICS monitoring tools
Oracle TMA TCP for CICS Architecture
Oracle TMA TCP for CICS is composed of four CICS programs running within a CICS region:
z Handler
z Application Handler
z Pre-requester
z Requester
It uses the Sockets Interface and Sockets for CICS Listener that is shipped with the IBM TCP/IP
for CICS TS Sockets Interface. There are two different processing scenarios to consider:
z Requests that originate in a remote Oracle Tuxedo domain and request services offered by
CICS
z Requests that originate in a CICS region and request services offered by a remote Oracle
Tuxedo domain
Oracle TMA TCP Functionality
The following functionality is available in the TMA TCP product.
Domains-based Gateway Connectivity
The TMA TCP product has a domains-based architecture supporting bidirectional
communications, request/response support, and concurrent support for the CICS interface.