Thanks Kris. I can't be sure that the other side can support ProxyApp. Is it possible to use the existing CTC pair or do I need a second in either case?
i ------ Original Message ------ Received: From: Kris Buelens <kris.buel...@gmail.com> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Virtual QDIO setup > You will indeed a second subnet for this guest lan. And, unless you use > ProxyArp, event the CTC to your router TCPIP woild be a -small- subnet on > its own. > If you have only one TPF guest in this VM, it would indeed be easier to have > a second CTC: one couple of CTC devices to TCP/IP VM, another couple to > TPF. And, if the other side of thses CTC connections enables ProxyArp, > thuis VM and this TPF can appear to live on the same subnet as the outside > world. > > 2008/12/12 Ian S. Worthington <ianworthing...@usa.net> > > > Hi. > > > > We have a VM system with an IP connection to the real world over a CTC. > > > > I need to set up a connection to a vm running z/tpf which requires an osa-e > > card. This I believe I can simulate using DEFINE LAN QDIO, DEFINE NIC > > QDIO, > > and COUPLE for a guest lan or DEVICE/LINK for a point-to-point connection. > > > > But, iiuc, I can't use a VSWITCH to get to the outside world, as this > > requires > > a real osa-e card. I believe I need to use instead a router virtual > > machine, > > which I can do using the TCPIP machine (data volumes are very low, so is a > > secondary machine really necessary?) > > > > Does all this make sense? Am I right in thinking that for this small > > configuration its easier to go with the point-to-point configuration rather > > then the guest lan. Do then I still need separate subnets for the two > > links? > > Are there any guides on configuring such a setup? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > ian > > ... > > > > Ian S. Worthington, MBCS. > > > > me: http://isw.me.uk/ > > photos: http://gallery.isw.me.uk/ > > > > Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et > > dulcissimus pro patria biber. Ergo, bibiamo pro salute patriae. > > > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support >
