Saves a channel, offers greater flexibility... Though probably not as much as an issue as switches and channels are not the expense they used to be.
Take a look at FCTC Topology Options in FICON CTC Implementation (REDP-0158) or at least the following paragraph: A single FICON channel connected to a FICON Director can provide the FICON CTC communications between the systems in the logical partitions on a single processor, as well as images on other processors. It can also be used to communicate to other I/O control units. Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Arye Shemer Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: CTC FICON DIRECTOR Hello Forumers, I try to clarify for myself the following issue: Do I need FICON Director in order to connect two LPARs on the same CEC using FICON CTC ? Please refer to documentation on the subject if possible. Thanks, Arye Shemer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
