CA-L-Serv › Configure XCF Communication › Start the Communications Server with XCF and VTAM › Establish XCF Communication Routes

Establish XCF Communication Routes

When using the XCF protocol, the communications server on each member of the sysplex automatically attempts to establish a communication route with every other member of the sysplex. You cannot manually activate or deactivate XCF communication routes, nor is there a need to manually activate or deactivate XCF communication routes.

The status of a communication route between any two systems is dependent upon the state of the communications server on each system:

• If a communications server has been started on only one member of a communicating pair, the communication route between the two members is visible (using the DISPLAY command) only on the member with the started communications server, and the route is inactive.
• When the communications server has been started on both members of a communicating pair, the communication route between the two members is visible on both systems, and the route is active.