With the host application, the other is used for communicating with IBM terminals are generically referred to as 3270's which includes aīroad range of terminals and devices, not all of which actually beginģ270 terminals in the IBM SNA network environment have two sessions Servers may exist on the host itself, or be connected to the host Vendors have introduced telnet servers that provide TCP/IP users aĬonnection to existing IBM mainframes by supporting display terminalĮmulation using a subset of the existing telnet protocol. To address the issue of easilyĬonnecting display terminals to 3270 hosts using IP networks, several Terminals attached to a 3270 host using SNA (Systems NetworkĪrchitecture) and non-SNA connections. Integrated with the increasing number of multi-platform networkingĮnvironments, specifically TCP/IP. Reason for the differentiation of TN3270 from standard Telnet in thisĮxisting complex IBM 3270 display terminal networks are not easily Motivationģ270 display terminal data differs from traditional display terminalĭata in that it is block mode and uses EBCDIC instead of ASCIIĬharacter representation. RFC 1576 TN3270 Current Practices January 1994 5. the events that will transition a TN3270 session back to an NVTġ. the method of handling some special keys known as SYSREQ andĪTTN using current available telnet commandsĤ. the method for sending and receiving 3270 dataģ. State to a TN3270 state ready to process incoming 3270 dataĢ. the telnet options negotiated to transition from a NVT ASCII The following areas pertaining to TN3270 implementations are coveredġ. Servers as well as client terminal emulators. Information is provided to aid in the implementation of TN3270 The name traditionally associated with this This document describes the existing implementation of transferringģ270 display terminal data using currently available telnetĬapabilities. This memoĭoes not specify an Internet standard of any kind. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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