A couple of things
On the DEFINE VSWITCH you only need to specify the 1st address of the
triplet.
On the NICDEF add LAN SYSTEM switchName and it will be coupled
automatically when you logon.
example
NICDEF 061C TYPE QDIO DEVICES 3 LAN SYSTEM VSWTCH3
OR
SPECIAL 061C QDIO 3 SYSTEM VSWTCH3
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers
<framaek...@ailife.com>wrote:
> No problem.
>
>
>
> Originally, I had on z/VSE machine with 3 addresses used for TCP/IP. I
> wished to move this to a layer-3 VSWITCH for redundancy purposes. (Much of
> the following was derived from the IBM Redbook “Linux on IBM eserver zSeries
> and S/390: VSWITCH and VLAN Features of z/VM 4.4”)
>
>
>
>
>
> 1) Define the VSWITCH
>
> *a. **define vswitch vswitchname rdev ccuu1 ccuu2 ccuu3*
>
> b. –and- add the same statement to ‘SYSTEM CONFIG’ file
> (Remember ccuu1 ccuu2 ccuu3 represent a set of 3 address to be used)
>
> 2) Granting access to the VSWITCH
>
> *a. **set vswitch vswitchname grant userid*
>
> b. –and- add *Modify VSwitch vswitchname GRAnt userid* to ‘SYSTEM
> CONFIG’
>
> c. – or – add the *set vswitch* command in the AUTOLOG1 startup
>
> 3) Defining the simulated NICs
>
> a. *for userid cmd define nic ccuu4 qdio*
>
> b. –and- add to the directory for *userid*:
> NICDEF *ccuu4* TYPE QDIO DEVICES 3
> (a above can be skipped, but the userid would have to be logged off then
> on)
>
> 4) Attaching the simulated NIC with *couple ccuu4 to
> system vswitchname
> *(This will need to be performed each time the virtual machine is logged
> on.)
>
>
>
> (Don’t think I missed anything)
>
>
>
> Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Billy Bingham
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:51 AM
> *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails
>
>
>
> Frank,
>
>
>
> Would you be willing to share the steps you used to create the VSWITCH?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Billy
>
>
>
> On 30 Aug 2010 at 8:11, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
>
>
>
> >
>
> > Thanks, that helps....the difference between an upCOUPLEd and a
> COUPLEd
>
> > VSWITCH:
>
> >
>
> > UnCOUPLEd:
>
> > AR 0015 MAC: 02-00-01-00-00-0E LAN: * NoneMFS:
>
> > 8992
>
> >
>
> > COUPLEd (and not yet initialized):
>
> > AR 0015 MAC: 02-00-01-00-00-0E VSWITCH: SYSTEM VSWAILT
>
> >
>
> > ...and initialized:
>
> > * cp q v nic aa0
>
> > details
>
> > AR 0015 Adapter 0AA0.P00 Type: QDIO Name: UNASSIGNED Devices:
>
> > 3
>
> > AR 0015 MAC: 02-00-01-00-00-0E VSWITCH: SYSTEM
>
> > VSWAILT
>
> > AR 0015 RX Packets: 49 Discarded: 0 Errors:
>
> > 0
>
> > AR 0015 TX Packets: 42 Discarded: 0 Errors:
>
> > 0
>
> > AR 0015 RX Bytes: 2450 TX Bytes:
>
> > 2884
>
> > AR 0015 Connection Name: Session
>
> > Established
>
> > AR 0015 Device: 0AA0 Unit: 000 Role: CTL-
>
> > READ
>
> > AR 0015 Device: 0AA1 Unit: 001 Role: CTL-
>
> > WRITE
>
> > AR 0015 Device: 0AA2 Unit: 002 Role: DATAvPort: 0065
>
> > Index:
>
> > 0065
>
> >
>
> > AR 0015 Options:
>
> > IPv4
>
> > AR 0015 Unicast IP Addresses:
>
> >
>
> > AR 0015 10.1.20.2MAC: 02-00-01-00-00-
>
> > 0E
>
> > AR 0015 1I40I READY
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Thanks Alan!
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > -----Original Message-----
>
> > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu]
> On
>
> > Behalf Of Alan Altmark
>
> > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 3:33 PM
>
> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
>
> > Subject: Re: VSWITCH defined VSE TCP/IP fails
>
> >
>
> > On Friday, 08/27/2010 at 04:28 EDT, "Frank M. Ramaekers"
>
> > <framaek...@ailife.com> wrote:
>
> > > * cp q v nic aa0 details
>
> > >
>
> > > AR 0015 Adapter 0AA0.P00 Type: QDIOName: UNASSIGNED Devices: 3
>
> > > AR 0015 MAC: 02-00-01-00-00-0ELAN: * None
>
> >
>
> > And there you have it. The adapter is not COUPLED, as indicated by
> the
>
> > "*
>
> > None". An uncoupled NIC is the equivalent of an unplugged ethernet
>
> > cable.
>
> >
>
> > Alan Altmark
>
> > z/VM Development
>
> > IBM Endicott
>
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