NJE Protocol

You can use the NJE protocol for communication between like and unlike job networking products.

To participate as a self-contained member in any NJE network, CA Spool includes an NJE interface. The CA Spool NJE Interface performs essentially the same functions as the XFER Interface. You can use it for file transfer to and from other NJE nodes. The XFER interface is a one-to-one connection between CA Spool and the primary spooling system JES2 or JES3. The NJE Interface can be a one-to-many connection. One CA Spool system can have several connections to other NJE nodes running JES2, JES3/BDT, RSCS Networking, OS/400, or CA Spool.

The CA Spool NJE Interface supports the SNA multi-leaving and TCP/IP protocols. JES2 and RSCS Networking support both protocols.

JES3 does not support SNA NJE. However, you can use MVS/BDT V2 or TCP/IP to provide NJE support for JES3 installations.

You can use SSL and TLS to encrypt the data that is transmitted through NJE over TCP/IP. This technique uses Application Transparent-Transport Layer Security (AT-TLS), which secures all SSL/TLS definitions through TCP/IP and security profiles.