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This section explains how information is organized and presented in this book.
This book is organized as follows:
SNA Networking, briefly notes the different ways SNAP-IX is used in business environments. It also compares SNA and TCP/IP protocols, with particular focus on the underlying transport technology of each.
Introducing SNAP-IX, describes SNAP-IX packaging, features, and benefits.
SNAP-IX Networking Solutions, describes SNAP-IX business solutions for most networking needs, and illustrates the solutions through a set of scenarios.
The typographic styles used in this document are shown in Typographic Conventions.
| Special Element | Sample of Typography |
| Emphasized words | back up files before deleting |
| Document title | SNAP-IX Administration Guide |
| File or path name | /usr/spool/uucp/myfile.bkp |
| Program or application | snaadmin |
| User input | 0p1 |
| Computer output | CLOSE |
This book uses the following abbreviations:
| AIW | APPN Implementers Workshop |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APPC | advanced program-to-program communication |
| APPN | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
| ANR | Automatic network routing |
| BrNN | branch network node |
| COS | Class of Service |
| CPI-C | Common Programming Interface for Communications |
| CSV | Common Service Verb |
| DDDLU | Dynamic Definition of Dependent LUs |
| DLC | Data link control |
| DLUR | Dependent LU requester |
| EN | end node |
| ESCON | Enterprise Systems Connection Adapter |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| HPR | High-Performance Routing |
| HPR/IP | High-Performance Routing over Internet Protocol (Enterprise Extender) |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISO | International Organization for Standards |
| ISR | Intermediate session routing |
| LAN | Local area network |
| LEN | Low-entry networking |
| LU | Logical unit |
| LU0 | Logical Unit Type 0 Application Programming Interface |
| LUA | Conventional LU Application Programming Interface |
| MDS-NMVT | Multiple Domain Support-Network Management Vector Transport |
| MS | Management Services |
| MVS | Multiple Virtual Storage |
| NMVT | Network Management Vector Transport |
| NN | network node |
| NNS | network node server |
| NOF | Node Operator Facility |
| OS/2 | Operating System/2 |
| OS/400 | Operating System/400 |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| PU | Physical unit |
| RTP | Rapid Transport Protocol |
| SAA | Systems Application Architecture |
| SAP | Service access point |
| SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control |
| SMP | Symmetric multiprocessing |
| SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
| SNMP-MIB | Simple Network Management Protocol-Management Information Base |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TN | Telnet |
| TP | Transaction program |
| VTAM | Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
| WAN | Wide area network |
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