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Components

One CA GTS server can support a variety of CA GTS clients running in the same address space, possibly interacting with each other. CA GTS provides the following components:

• A unified, dynamic console interface which dispatches client or server commands.
• A logger (I/O) component to provide coordination of dynamic allocation, open and close of data sets in the heavily sub-tasked GTS environment.
• An Automatic Restart Manager interface component that registers and deregisters with the z/OS service.
• A logical communications manager that manages data traffic between CA GTS systems including data blocking and unblocking, and encryption/decryption. Cryptology requires the presence of Integrated Cryptographic Services Facility (ICSF).
• A cross-memory interface processes requests that originate from outside the GTS address space, yet within the same operating system.
• An XCF communication manager that allows multiple CA GTS address spaces to route requests and responses between each other within the same Sysplex.
• A TCP/IP server for CA GTS-Plex configuration, that may be defined as peer-to-peer without a 'master' whose failure might require failover processing with associated service outage across the CA GTS-Plex.