This chapter is intended for anyone who needs an overview of CICSPlex® SM. This chapter looks at the structure of CICSPlex SM and at the components that enable CICSPlex SM to perform its tasks. This chapter introduces all of the components of CICSPlex SM that you need to know about, either because you will have to define them at some stage, or because their very presence or mode of operation will affect the design of your CICSPlex SM environment.
Figure 1 shows the main components of CICSPlex SM and illustrates some of the links between them. The figure is explained in the descriptions of the CICSPlex SM components in the remainder of this chapter.
This chapter covers: