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Access Service User's Guide DirectConnect for AS/400 |
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| Chapter 1 Introducing DirectConnect for AS/400 |
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| DirectConnect product overview |
This section describes DirectConnect for AS/400 and other related Sybase products. This section includes the following subsections:
DirectConnect Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) systems management tool for administering the DirectConnect configuration.DirectConnect Manager runs only on Windows 95 or Windows 98. It provides the following capabilities:
Remote start, stop, and configuration of DirectConnect services
Dynamic configuration of services
Drag-and-drop service creation and copying
Remote log filtering and downloading
Heartbeat services
DirectConnect consists of a server and one or more service libraries. The server provides the framework in which the service libraries operate. Each access service library accesses data from a particular target database, such as AS/400, DB2, Informix, ODBC, and others.The DirectConnect Anywhere Access Service Library accesses ODBC-accessible data. It consists of one or more access services that have specific sets of configuration properties.
DRDA is an IBM application-level protocol that transfers database and stored procedure requests and replies between clients and servers. A DRDA to ODBC driver is used to access the DRDA target databases.
DirectConnect for DRDA consists of a server and one or more service libraries. The server provides the framework in which the service libraries operate. Each access service library accesses data from a particular target database, such as AS/400, DB2, Informix, and others. The first release of DirectConnect for DRDA will be certified for DB2 only.The DirectConnect for DRDA Access Service Library accesses DRDA-accessible data. It consists of one or more access services that contain specific sets of configuration properties.
DirectConnect for Informix is a Sybase product that provides basic connectivity to non-Sybase data sources. In particular, it provides access management, copy management, and remote systems management.
DirectConnect for Informix consists of a DirectConnect Server, DirectConnect for Informix Service Libraries, and DirectConnect for Informix Services.
The DirectConnect Server routes incoming client requests and provides a set of support functions that includes logging, tracing, and message handling. You can use it to add and delete services, configure service properties, and manage other features.
Each DirectConnect for Informix Service Library provides a specific function. The server provides the framework within which the service libraries operate.
DirectConnect for MSS consists of a server and one or more service libraries. The server provides the framework in which the service libraries operate. Each access service library accesses data from a particular target database, such as AS/400, DB2, Informix, ODBC, and so forth.
The DirectConnect for Microsoft SQL Server Access Service Library accesses ODBC-accessible data. It consists of one or more access services that are specific sets of configuration properties.
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