Hello Tom, The link number is the MPTS cards position. You can verify which card you are using by looking at the mac address when the card becomes active.
I have noticed that it is not the cuu that makes the difference, so much, as the Adapter number. VTAM XCA ETHA14 PORT ADAPNO=2, THIRD ETHERNET CARD-ADAPTER 02 X CUADDR=A14, X CAPACITY=10M, X TIMER=255, (WAS 120) X PDELAY=NEGLIGIB, X MEDIUM=CSMACD, ETHERNET IS CSMACD X SAPADDR=04 SYSTEM ACCESS POINT * Define the Communication Links * * * *------------------------------------------* DEFINE LINK,ID=LINKA20,TYPE=OSA,DEV=A20,MTU=1492,STOPLAN=NO DEFINE ADAPTER,LINKID=LINKA20,NUMBER=0,TYPE=ETHERNET * * * Define the Communication Links * * * *------------------------------------------* DEFINE LINK,ID=LINK982,TYPE=3172,DEV=982,MTU=1492,STOPLAN=NO DEFINE ADAPTER,LINKID=LINK982,NUMBER=1,TYPE=ETHERNET *------------------------------------------* Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441 > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom Cluster > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:41 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: LCS link_number with FEA cards on 7060 - "Interconnect Controller > Program (ICP)" > > This is posted to both VM and VSE listservs. > > We have a production 7060 with three FEA cards, and we are currently > configuring a second 7060, which also has three FEA cards, to act as > a DR machine. We have two IP stacks in VM and one in VSE. I've not > yet had an opportunity to test the VSE connection - at this point I'm > working just with the two VM connections - but the question I'm > asking is hardware related (I believe), and so either VSE or VM users > familiar with the 7060 FEA cards may be able to answer it. > > I don't understand where the "link_number" parameter of the > LINK statement is assigned. According to the TCP/IP Planning and > Customization Manual, in the section for LCS devices, the link_number > is "the relative Ethernet adapter number within the LCS. This number > is assigned by the Interconnect Controller Program (ICP)." I assume > the ICP is something that runs within OS/2. Can anyone direct me to > it? I've done configuration work within the EMIO selection in the > Support Element and also within MPTS, but I don't recall seeing any > place where these numbers (which are within the range of 1 to 3) are > assigned. > > By trial and error I've got the two VM IP stacks to run, and although > the configuration of the FEA cards in MPTS and in EMIO appear to be > the same between the two 7060's, the link_numbers that the two > machines are using for the same FEA cards are different. I'm asking > this question not because I can't get the IP stacks to run, but > because I want to understand where the number is assigned. > > Thanks! > > - Tom. > > > Tom Cluster > County of Sonoma > Santa Rosa, CA > (707) 565-3384 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays only)