Terminal access method support

CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 5 Release 6 supports terminals directly through interfaces to the following access methods, z/OS Communications Server, Basic Graphics Access Method (BGAM) for graphics terminals using GDDM and Sequential Access Method (SAM) for terminals simulated by sequential devices.

CICS supports operating system consoles as terminals too, but through operating system services rather than through an access method. The terminal control interface to a console is the same as to other terminals (though certain consoles might have certain restrictions), but BMS is not available. You can find a full list of the terminals supported by CICS in DFHTCT: CICS terminals list.