TCP options

There are three new SYBTPSEC parameters to control data transfer flow: SO_RCVBUF, SO_SNDBUF, and TCP_NODELAY.

The SO_RCVBUF and SO_SNDBUF options control the physical packet size for the TCP/IP transmissions. Optimum packet sizes depend on the amount of data received or transmitted by an individual transaction. TCP/IP data transmission can also be controlled by the Nagel Algorithm option, which attempts to reduce the amount of data collisions by adding an arbitrary wait between receives and sends.

SO_RCVBUF, SO_SNDBUF, and TCP_NODELAY settings override the z/OS system defaults for any connections accepted through a particular listener.