Duh yea VCTCA ... I knew that. Like I said, just reading way too much. In my mind I would go directly to to TCP/IP (SNA over IP) but my boss says it causes poor performance. And I am too old and lazy to fight any battles over that, maybe in the spring.
I tried the SCEXIT and DIALed, but it had problems too. Namely an automated screen scraper we have that would dial and drop ten's of thousands of times per day.. the story is a long one... Thanks, Maybe I'll buy you a beer. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 12:39 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Network question about VLAN and VTAM On Thursday, 12/07/2006 at 12:19 CST, "Huegel, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been reading way too much and still don't know how to do it. > > Here is what I have. > > Users with PC's (IP addresses) telnet to a server (AIX box) that converts the > IP packets to SNA it then connects to the z/890 on an OSA-E (non-IP) port > where VTAM takes over. > > Now we want to redeploy this AIX box and run the IP to SNA software on z/LINUX > under z/VM 5.2. > > My first vision was to create an ETHERNET VLAN connect z/LINUX and VTAM to it > and go have a beer. > > It just doesn't appear that that will work. Correct. VM VTAM cannot speak to a LAN without an XCA node, and XCA (LSA-mode OSA) is not simulated. But you can use a virtual CTC between CS Linux and VM VTAM. > The solution I am thinking of now is to use real hardware to route my SNA > traffic back and forth between VTAM and the z/LINUX SNA server on real OSA > ports. > > Is that right? Or have I missed something? You could use an OSA if you want. Have you considered implementing another VM TCP/IP stack that has the SCEXIT setup to DIAL VTAM? CS Linux is extremely useful for environments where you need/want Enterprise Extender functionality for VM VTAM; you don't appear to need that. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott __________________________________________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed VSE-List messages and set aside VM-List for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
