Today, STP uses the same modem that the HMC uses to download patches from IBM. When STP uses the modem, it simply dials NIST in Boulder, or whatever dial up time server a Sysplex Timer would use in your geography. As often mentioned, apparently IBM plans to enhance STP to be able to synchronize with a NTP hierarchy in the future.
Brian On Fri, 25 May 2007 09:37:27 +1000, Shane Ginnane wrote: >Glenn wrote on 25/05/2007 08:16:16 AM: > >> Since the ETS call out function of the STP feature uses the HMC you >should >> already have the modem/phone line available ( does anyone run all their >HMCs >> without a modem/phone line, just curious ). > >Yeah, I thought about this after I posted - the modems we had to find >(with RS-232-D plug) were for the timers. >Hopefully for STP, there will be sufficient smarts for the current modems >to do both functions. > >Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
