On Thursday, 08/03/2006 at 09:34 MST, Tom Cluster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We think we know what's happening. This message was introduced to VM > in an apar that added Ficon functionality. (I found this on > Google.) We don't use Ficon on the mainframe, but we do use it on > the "other side" (the dark side) of the Shark, for some new Blade > servers.
The "open" side of the Shark is called "fibre channel" (FC), not FICON. FICON is another protocol on top of the FC protocol. It used only with mainframes. Your storage guys will get confused if you say "FICON" to them but mean "FC". :-) Annoying, but true. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
