You are correct. We were ordering an "extra" OSA3 to have more options, but with having an OSAC, that "extra", isn't any longer.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Aria Bamdad <a...@bsc.gwu.edu> wrote: > This is a bit unrelated to your questions but one major difference > between the OSA2 and OSA3 100-Base-T card is that if you define a port on > the OSA3 as an OSC channel for use as an OSA-ICC, then the second port on > the card is disabled and will not be used as an OSD or OSE type device. > Basically, one port will be wasted. > > > > Aria > > > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Mark Pace > *Sent:* Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:30 PM > > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* OSAExpress3 > > > > I hope someone can confirm for me the difference between OSA2 and OSA3. > Next week I will be receiving a z10 to replace a z9. For the sake of > simplicity lets say I had 1 OSA2. That would be 2 ports or 2 CHPIDs. On > those CHPIDs I have 3 addresses each CHPID 1 100-103 - CHPID 2 200-203. > Each CHPID is attached to a different network. So I know in TCPIP if I want > to go to one network I use a specific set of addresses and if I want to go > to the other network I use the other set of address. > > Now the z10 is coming. The OSA2 has been replaced with an OSA3 1000-baseT > -2P. So now I have 1 CHPID with 2 ports. *IF*, and it's a big IF, I > understand how it works, I can still create the 2 address ranges on the 1 > CHPID. Port 0 goes to one network, Port 1 goes to another network. Then I > use the PORTNAME parameter on the Device Statement to determine which > network I want to get to. What I'm having a hard time with is now is how do > I associate which port number is which PORTNAME. > > -- > Mark Pace > Mainline Information Systems > 1700 Summit Lake Drive > Tallahassee, FL. 32317 > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317
