On Mon, 22 May 2006 07:12:50 -0500, Chase, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, All, > >In conjunction with our upcoming datacenter and CPU upgrades, we're >looking for information regarding what kind of hardware (PC-type) and >software (TN3270E-capable) would minimally be necessary. We already >license Bluezone from Seagull Software as our "shop standard" for >"normal" terminal access to z/OS, and from the specs I've seen from our >z9 provider Bluezone should suffice for the remote consoles as well. >Any advice or comments to the contrary on that? > >For the hardware, we've been informed that we should avoid running "too >many MVS consoles" unless we have a "fast processor", and that "IBM >stopped supporting more than two [consoles] on the MP3000, which was a >Pentium 400." Well, nowadays it would be difficult to find a PC that >slow, so I wonder what would constitute a "fast processor" today? Also, >how much RAM should we specify? We need the capability to run at least >three MVS consoles, though we might tolerate a little "sluggishness" on >the techie sandbox console. > John, We have two z890's using OSA-ICC. The PC's are P4's running Windows/XP SP2 with 256MB RAM and are only ever used as consoles. The 3270 emulation software that is used is Attachmate EXTRA 6.5. There are multiple sessions configured to each of the pc's. As well, we do have dual video adapters installed which allow us to have two monitors connected to the one system unit. The OSA-ICC network is isolated from our other networks, so there is no way of getting Windows updates. Also, our OPS staff have been advised not to install any other software onto these machines. The consoles have been configured on to a 10.0.0.x network. Roger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
