DirectConnect for DB2 UDB provides access to DB2 UDB databases using a DRDA protocol. A DRDA-to-ODBC driver is supplied and used to access the DB2 UDB target databases.
DRDA, or Distributed Relational Database Architecture, is IBM's wire protocol for access to DB2 UDB. DirectConnect for DRDA supports access to DB2 UDB on z/OS, AS/400, Windows, and UNIX platforms.
DirectConnect for DB2 UDB consists of a DirectConnect server, DirectConnect service libraries, and DirectConnect access services. The DirectConnect for DB2 UDB access service library accesses DB2 UDB databases.
