Does Connect:Direct use SFTP?
No. Connect:Direct uses it’s own proprietary protocol, which is not compatible with any other FTP-like file transfer product.
What protocol does IBM Connect:Direct use?
Traditionally, Sterling Connect:Direct used IBM’s Systems Network Architecture (SNA) via dedicated private lines between the parties involved to transfer the data. In the early 1990s TCP/IP support was added.
What is IBM Sterling Connect:Direct?
IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® is point-to-point (peer-to-peer) file-based integration middleware meant for 24×365 unattended operation, which provides assured delivery, high-volume, and secure data exchange within and between enterprises.
How does IBM Connect:Direct works?
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct is a managed file transfer product that transfers files between, and within, enterprises. The secondary Connect:Direct server, also referred to as the SNODE, that receives the transferred file and places the file on the local file system.
What port does Connect:Direct use?
1364
Enter the TCP/IP port number that Connect:Direct monitors for requests from remote nodes. Use the default port, 1364, if available. If the default port number is being used by another service, use any other available port.
What is Connect:Direct protocol?
Connect:Direct is the point-to-point file transfer software optimized for high-volume, secure, assured delivery of files within and among enterprises. It’s the industry-leading solution worldwide for assured, secure delivery of files, especially in the demanding financial services and telecommunications industries.
What is Connect:Direct job?
Prerequisites. IBM Workload Scheduler plug-in for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct automates the entire file transfer process guaranteeing the success of any subsequent processing like decryption, renaming, parsing, and retransmission of those files.
How do I transfer files using Connect:Direct?
Use the fteCreateTransfer command with the value for the -df (destination file) parameter in the form connect_direct_node_name : file_path and the value of the -da (destination agent) parameter specified as the name of the Connect:Direct bridge agent.
Is Connect:Direct a protocol?
1 – The Connect:Direct Protocol is Proprietary Owned by IBM, this file transfer mechanism, or dare we call it a protocol for sake of comparison, is proprietary… or at least the receiving node (SNODE) must be a licensed IBM Sterling node.
How do I check Direct Connect version?
There are three ways to find out the version of Connect:Direct:
- Run this command: [cd_base]/etc/cdver.
- [cd_base]/ndm/bin/direct command. The version of Connect:Direct is displayed in a banner.
- strings cdpmgr | egrep ‘@CONNECT’
Where can I find Connect:Direct logs?
Data can be extracted directly from the Connect:Direct statistics logs in the /work/ directory. If AWK programming skills are available, use the “ndmawk.