Background - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Database Administration

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-22
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

The Teradata Mainframe Interface enables communication between a mainframe client and a server using a channel with either a parallel or serial I/O interface. In the case of the Extended Channel Solution (ECS), the Teradata Mainframe Interface uses a channel plus TCP/IP.

The ECS interface includes:

  • The TCHN software on the TPA node, which manages channel devices and communicates with Vantage
  • The APSV software on the ECS node, which encapsulates channel write blocks and sends them to the Teradata system via TCP/IP

    "Channel extension with Teradata ECS"

The Teradata Channel Interface hardware and the driver may be located on a TPA node or on the Extended Channel Solution (ECS) node. The ECS node provides the following benefits:

  • Reduces exposure to Teradata outages induced by adapter faults
  • Enables improved mainframe connectivity to a greater number of nodes within the Teradata system
  • Creates more options for users connecting Vantage to a mainframe

Current platforms can be connected with the PEFA—PCI Bus FICON Host Channel Adapter.