Systems network architecture: an overview

  • Authors:
  • J. H. McFadyen

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 1976

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Abstract

Recent technological advances have allowed information processing and data storage capability to be distributed more easily from a central computer complex to remote user locations. Systems Network Archietecture provides a unified systems structure for the contemporary teleprocessing environment that resulted from these advances. Using some current implementations as examples, this overview introduces the concepts on which the architecture is based and broadly describes the basic components of the structure. Specific architectural and implementation details can be found in the references.