Agreed -- I like connecting TCPIP to the VSWITCH and letting the controllers manage the OSA's. It's also nice to be able to recycle TCPIP without affecting Linux guests.
Scott On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Mark Pace <mpac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. > > It can be done either way. You can connect TCPIP to it's own OSA > connection, or connect TCPIP to the vswitch. There may be good reasons for > not having TCPIP connected to the vswitch, but I don't know what they would > be. With vswitch having automatic fail-over when it has multiple OSA > addresses, it's the way I run. > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Billy Bingham < > billy.bingham...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Risking the old saying that it's better to have someone think you're >> stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt... but :) >> >> I'm confused about Vswitches on z/VM... sorta. I know you define the >> Vswitch in the System Config file, but does the TCPIP guest running on z/VM >> also use that Vswitch or does TCP/IP use it's own OSA connection and other >> Liniux guests (In this case) use the Vswitch? Is there a 'cookbook' >> available for setting up Vswitches? >> >> Any hints and tips appreciated. >> >> >> Billy >> > > > > -- > Mark Pace > Mainline Information Systems > 1700 Summit Lake Drive > Tallahassee, FL. 32317 >
