HP XP20000XP24000 Disk Array - Manual (Page 20)

2-2 About Cross-OS File Exchange Operations
Hitachi USP V Cross-OS File Exchange User’s Guide
Components
Figure 2-1 illustrates the typical system configurations required for FXmto and
FXotm operations. FXmto/otm operations are performed using the File
Conversion Utility (FCU) and File Access Library (FAL), which are installed on
the open-system host(s).
File Conversion Utility
(FCU)
File Access
Library (FAL)
Application program
Utility program
Application program
Utility program
Volume dedicated
to S/390®
Volume shared
by S/390 and UNIX/PC server
Volumes dedicated to open system
Database 1
(e.g., DB2/XD)M)
Intermediate
file 1 (SAM
dataset)
Intermediate
file 2 (UNIX/PC
server)
Database 2
(e.g., ORACLE)
(CKD format) (FBA format) (FBA format) (CKD format)
ExSA (ESCON®) interface
OS (MVS or VSE)
Fibre-channel interface
OS (UNIX, PC server)
Figure 2-1 FXmto and FXotm System Configuration
Figure 2-2 illustrates the typical system configurations required for FXoto
operations, which are performed using the Formatter (FMT) and Allocater
(ALC) utilities in addition to FCU and FAL.