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# Preface

The Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC provides Oracle applications with seamless access to IBM mainframe data and services through Remote Procedure Call (RPC) processing.

The UNIX platforms supported by this gateway release are:

- Linux 32-bit Intel Pentium-based processors

- Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-bit)

- AIX pSeries (64-bit), and

- HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit)

Refer to the Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX Systems and to the certification matrix on the OracleMetaLink Web site for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions. The OracleMetaLink Web site is available at

`http://metalink.oracle.com`

## Intended Audience

Read this guide if you are responsible for tasks such as:

- Determining hardware and software requirements.

- Installing, configuring, or administering an Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC.

- Developing applications that access remote host databases through the gateway using either the SNA communication protocol or the TCP/IP for IMS Connect communication protocol.

- Determining security requirements.

- Determining and resolving problems.

Before using this guide to administer the gateway, you should understand the fundamentals of the operating system for your platform and Procedural Gateways.

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## Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used in this guide:

Convention | Description
--- | ---
`monospace` | Monospace type indicates UNIX commands, directory names, user names, path names, and file names.
italics | Italic type indicates variables, including variable portions of file names. It is also used for emphasis and for book titles.
UPPERCASE | Uppercase letters indicate Structured Query Language (SQL) reserved words, initialization parameters, and environment variables.
Bold | Bold type indicates screen names and fields.
SQL*Plus prompts | The SQL*Plus prompt, SQL>, appears in SQL statement and SQL*Plus command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, "SQL>", in your response.

## Command Syntax

UNIX command syntax appears in `monospace` font. The dollar character ($), number sign (#), or percent character (%) are UNIX command prompts. Do not enter them as part of the command. The following command syntax conventions are used in this guide:

Convention | Description
--- | ---
backslash \ | A backslash is the UNIX command continuation character. It is used in command examples that are too long to fit on a single line. Enter the command as displayed (with a backslash) or enter it on a single line without a backslash:
    dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 of=/dev/rst0 bs=10b \
    count=10000
braces { } | Braces indicate required items:
    .DEFINE {macro1}
brackets [ ] | Brackets indicate optional items:
    cvtcrt termname [outfile]
ellipses ... | Ellipses indicate an arbitrary number of similar items:
    CHKVAL fieldname value1 value2 ... valueN
italics | Italic type indicates a variable. Substitute a value for the variable:
    library_name
vertical line | | A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets:
    FILE filesize [K|M]

## Related Documents

The Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX is included as part of your product shipment. Also included is:

- Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide for UNIX and Microsoft Windows

- Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX

You might also need Oracle server and Oracle Net documentation. The following is a useful list of the Oracle publications that might be referenced in this guide:

- Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX Systems

- Oracle Database Administrator's Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX Systems

- Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide

- Oracle Database Concepts

- Oracle Database Server Distributed Systems

- Oracle Database Error Messages

- Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide

Other related publications are listed in "Documentation Requirements". Refer to the Oracle Technical Publications Catalog and Price Guide for a complete list of documentation provided for Oracle products.

## Accessing Installed Documentation

The following sections provide information about accessing installed documentation.

Documentation for Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC for UNIX Platforms

Documentation for this product includes this guide and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide 10 g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2).

To access the documentation in HTML and PDF formats, use a browser to open the top level of the Gateway Documentation CD-ROM. This level contains links to product and UNIX-specific documentation.

Oracle Product Documentation

Oracle Database product documentation is on the Oracle Database Generic Documentation CD-ROM. Instructions for accessing and installing the documents on the CD-ROM are found in the README file on the top level directory of the CD-ROM.

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