On Monday, 12/15/2008 at 12:02 EST, "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net> wrote:
> I'm still at a bit of a loss to understand how to connect the simulated OSA-E > to the real CTC. Lest I be caught unawares, let me confirm that by "OSA-E" you mean an OSA-Express in QDIO mode (aka OSD chpid type). > The only way I can find to define a simulated OSA-E is with the DEFINE NIC > TYPE QDIO command and, according to the manual, that can only be coupled to a > virtual LAN or vswitch, the later of which requires a physical OSA-E. > > Have I understood this correctly, or is there some other way to do this? Yes, a virtual switch (DEFINE VSWITCH) requires access to a real OSA to get the data onto the network. There is CTC-to-OSA converter, so your stack with a CTC must connect (via CTC) to another stack that has OSA or VSWITCH access. You could convert the CTC to a Guest LAN with a virtual NIC, but in that case, just share the OSA (better, let both share a VSWITCH) and let both stacks go out directly. Skip the whole proxy ARP problem and save yourself days of problem solving. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
