(1) The physical or logical mapping of the location of networking components or nodes within a network. Common network topologies include bus, ring, star, and tree.
(2) In the broker domain, the brokers, collectives, and connections between them.
(3) An inventory of CICS and CICSPlex SM resources, and a map of their relationships. CICSPlex SM supports the definition of resource and system topology.
(4) In fibre-channel technology, the configuration of the fibre-channel network and the resulting communication paths allowed. Possible topologies are point-to-point, switched fabric, and arbitrated loop.
(5) A graphical breakdown of a transaction displayed in an hierarchical arrangement of software components and transactions.
(6) A graphical view of a configured item and its relationships.