Is layer 2 only available to z/VM TCPIP and linux? I'm getting errors on my z/VSE guest and I don't even want to bother starting my z/OS 1.9 guest if it's not going to work on the layer 2 vswitch. I'll just go ahead and change the vswitch and TCPIP back to layer 3.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com>wrote: > On Tuesday, 12/16/2008 at 10:02 EST, Mark Pace <mpac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I update one VM to 5.4 before another running 5.2, can one be layer 2 > while > > the other is layer 3? Each is sharing the same physical OSA, but > different > > addresses. > > I don't recall the machine on which it first occurred (z9?), but you can > talk between L2 and L3 on the same OSA. > > > While I am installing the new VM 2nd level I have it connected to my 1st > level > > vswitch. Can the 2nd level vswitch be layer 2 while the 1st level > switch it is > > connected to is layer 3? > > No. z/VM does not virtualize the mixed L2/L3 nature of OSA. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317
