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Washington Technical Systems Bulletin Center A. H. Shrader GG22-9386-00 December 1984 Washington Systems Center Gaithersburg, Maryland Technical Bulletin SNA NETWORKING PRODUCT OVERVIEW Hank Shrader GG22-9386-00 December 1984 The information contained in this document has not been submitted to any formal IBM test and is distributed on an "as is" basis WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. The use of this information or the implementation of any of these techniques is a customer responsibility and depends on the customer's ability to evaluate and integrate them into the customer's operational environment. While each item may have been reviewed by IBM for accuracy in a specific situation, there is no guarantee that the same or similar results will be obtained elsewhere. Customers attempting to adapt these techniques to their own environments do so at their own risk. In this document, any references made to an IBM program product are not intended to state or imply that only IBM's program product may be used; \ any functionally equivalent program may be used instead. It is possible that this material may contain reference to, or information about, IBM products (machines and programs), programming, or services that are not announced in your country. Such references or information must not be construed to mean that IBM intends to announce such IBM products, programming, or services in your country. Publications are not stocked at the address given below; requests for IBM publications should be made to your IBM representative or to the IBM office serving your locality. A form for reader's comments is provided at the back of this publication. If the form has been removed, comments may be addressed to: IBM Washington Systems Center, 18100 Frederick Pike, Gaithersburg Maryland 20879. . IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation whatever. You may, of course, continue to use the information you supply. Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1984 PREFACE This bulletin is an updated version of the first half of a Washington Systems Center Technical Bulletin: "SNA Networking Products Overview and SNA Release/Function Guide" (GG22-9256-00). It is a reorganization and significant update to the "SNA Networking Product Overview" presentation. (It is NOT a presentation on the benefits of SNA, though many of these are covered by the subject matter by default.) This bulletin cannot be considered all inclusive. For instance, The bulletin DOES NOT contain information about SERIES/1, PC, or DISOSS. It does contain information about protocol converters and host subsystems that might communi