The SAS
Remote Function Call (RFC) Server is a component of the SAS Data Surveyor
for SAP in z/OS operating environments. It provides access to the
data in SAP R/3 and SAP BW Systems. The SAS RFC Server also supports
calling ABAP RFC functions. The SAS RFC Server uses the TCP/IP protocol
for communication with the SAP System.
The SAS
RFC Server has the following features:
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It runs independently of SAS as
a background process on the SAS host, the SAP host, or another machine
entirely.
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It can be configured to listen
on any TCP/IP port (default 6999).
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It can have more than one concurrent
instance on a given machine, but each instance must have a unique
port number. Each instance can communicate with numerous
SAP R/3 or SAP BW Systems.
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It can process requests from multiple
SAP application servers.
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It can support Unicode and non-Unicode
SAP servers. The Unicode SAS RFC Server can be started from Windows
only, but it can support Unicode SAP R/3 and SAS on all platforms.
For information on starting a Unicode RFC server, see SAS RFC Server on Windows.