The Server Option is a programming environment that enables users to create mainframe applications that are accessible to LAN-based client applications. To provide this access, the Server Option uses the following basic interfaces:
Traditional Open Server programming environment (for new customers and Sybase-heritage customers using new applications)
Remote stored procedure (RSP) programming environment (only for MDI-heritage customers using their existing applications)
These transactions provide access to virtually any z/OS data source and are used for a variety of functions, including:
Accessing existing mainframe applications
Initiating mainframe batch jobs
Providing source data for data transfer operations
Providing data mapped to a table within the CIS functionality in ASE, thus allowing results to be accessed or joined with data from other targets
LAN-side client applications access Server Option transactions directly through the DirectConnect for z/OS Option or indirectly through CIS functionality in ASE or an ASE RPC.
The Server Option allows your mainframe to act as both an application server and a data server in a distributed environment. The Server Option API makes CICS, IMS, and MVS data and application programs available to a Sybase calling program (for example, Sybase Open Client, ODBC, and JDBC applications). These APIs deliver critical CICS, IMS, and MVS data and services to LAN-based and Internet-based clients through a single, open infrastructure.
The heterogeneous solutions made available through the Server Option use traditional mainframe security systems. Used with its partner product, the DirectConnect for z/OS Option, the Server Option ensures transparent and seamless data transport between the Internet, LAN, and mainframe systems. The DirectConnect for z/OS Option routes requests (SQL statements and RPC calls) between the mainframe and end user, manages all the protocol translation where required, and provides additional security features that deliver the required security necessary for today’s Internet and enterprise portal applications.
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