Connectivity Supplement

Summary of DB2 Universal Database for AS/400 Information

AS/400 Distributed Database Programming contains the following sections which you should read and refer to:

• Chapter 1. Distributed Relational Database and the AS/400 System:
  • Distributed Relational Database Processing
  • DRDA and CDRA Support.
• Chapter 3. Communications for an AS/400 Distributed Relational Database:
  • Configuring a Communications Network using TCP/IP
• Chapter 4. Security for an AS/400 Distributed Relational Database:
  • DRDA Security using TCP/IP
• Chapter 5. Setting Up an AS/400 Distributed Relational Database:
  • Work Management for DRDA Use with TCP/IP
  • Setting up the TCP/IP Server
• Chapter 6. Distributed Relational Database Administration and Operation Tasks:
  • Managing a TCP/IP Server
• Chapter 8. Distributed Relational Database Performance:
  • Factors that Affect Blocking for DRDA
• Chapter 9. Handling Distributed Relational Database Problems:
  • Handling Connection Request Failures for TCP/IP
  • Starting a Service Job for a TCP/IP Server
• Appendix B. Cross-Platform Access Using DRDA.

In addition you will need to know:

• TCP/IP port number and hostname information for the server and the requester.
• CCSID and code page information for the server and the requester.
• Userid and password information required when making database connections.