Yes, if you have the OSA addresses defined you can use them to share the physical OSA port. I've done this with multiple vswitches, the VM TCPIP
stack, Linux guests, and 2nd level VM guests. However, you are limited t o just one PRIROUTER per OSA port. Brian Nielsen On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:38:08 -0400, Rob Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I currently have an OSA-Express port used soley by a z/VM 5.1 TCPIP stac k using QDIO. The user directory entry for this machine has DEDICATE statements (for the OSA-Express). My OSD DEV/LINK definition specificies "PRIROUTER". I do all my routing to Linux guests through the TCP/IP stack connected to a guest LAN. > >I would like to now set up a test vswitch but do not have an unused OSA- Express port. > >Assuming I have sufficient devices in my IODF, may I use separate device s to access the same OSA port? Right now I use devices E80, E81 and E82 fo r the OSD type device in my machine called TCPIP. I have the complete rang e of devices E80-E8E defined as OSA type devices on a certain CHPID. E8F i s the OSAD. May I use devices E83-E85 to connect the vswitch with the OSA? I would then code the DEFINE VSWITCH command to use RDEV E83. > >Thanks in advance, >Rob > >
