Thomas, This is very helpful.
When you say "You can couple up to eight nodes", do you mean 8 CECs to a zBx, that 8 CECs can share a zBx? If so, does zManager serialize the I/O? On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Tom Ambros <thomas_amb...@keybank.com>wrote: > To be pedantic.... > > You have a zEnterprise node, which is a z196/z114 with zero or one > attached zBX. A zBX may have one to four frames. You can couple up to > eight nodes. This comprises the domain of a single zManager. > > I suppose you could get clever and set up some sort of recovery and > failover system for your blades within the scope of this zManager, but > with little to no hands on experience with one of these things I am not > totally sure how. I am very confident that it can be done, however, I do > believe that there are APIs at the customer's disposal. > > Thomas Ambros > Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering > 518-436-6433 > > > > > > From: Ken Porowski <ken.porow...@cit.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Date: 05/04/2012 16:11 > Subject: Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . . > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > > > > I think the way it works is that you have a 'zEnterprise CEC' which is > composed of a z114/z196 and optionally a zBX . > > The zBX is not standalone > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, > privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its > subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, "CIT"), and are intended solely > for the recipient(s) named above. 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