Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) Channel Attachment

You can attach to an ESCON channel as follows:

• Directly to a host system ESCON channel
• To the remote end of an IBM 9032/9033 ESCON Director
• To the remote end of an IBM 9036 ESCON Remote Channel Extender.

You can attach one ESCON channel adapter and one of the following:

• A second ESCON channel adapter
• A System/370 channel adapter
• A Token-Ring TCP/IP adapter
• An Ethernet TCP/IP adapter
• A FDDI adapter.

Adding a second ESCON adapter allows dynamic channel switching mode with tightly-coupled channels or processing units.