Carlos, Yes, the short wave optics and fibre that worked as ficon will work as FCP.
Ray Higgs System z FCP Development Bld. 706, B24 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 rayhi...@us.ibm.com The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 09/27/2010 12:49:08 PM: > Carlos Bodra - Pessoal <cbo...@terra.com.br> > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > 09/27/2010 12:49 PM > > Please respond to > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > To > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > cc > > Subject > > Re: z10 shark 800 and FCP > > Ray, > > Sorry for a not so clear definition. > > What happens is that we are trying to define Open System Storage in > ESS800 and when we try to allocate dasd space to z10 (open space > using FCP defined ports), ESS800 didn´t able to complete > configuration, so I can´t define a volume inside this space. > > zvm was installed in eckd disks as traditional zvm does, but I´n not > trying to ipl from fcp dasd yet, since I was not able to define it yet. > > Problem seems to be something missing in definitions or wrong sequence. > > As I describe in previous email, ports (at ess800 and z10) and fibre > cable are ok, since if I chance ports to Ficon protocol all works fine. > > A question arrised now: ports are SX (shot wave) in both sides, > cable could be same used for Ficon? Or FC demands a specific cable? > Carlos Bodra > IBM zSeries Certified Specialist > Sao Paulo - Brazil > > Em 27/09/2010 12:29, Raymond Higgs escreveu: > > Carlos, > > What do you mean by "My problem is before try to bring up zvm 5.4 or > linux under it."? I'm confused. Are you trying to SCSI IPL vm? If > you installed a vm system onto ECKD storage on an ESS800, then you > have to IPL it with your ficon channels. If you have a scsi vm > system, then use the fcp info that you installed with. > > Ray Higgs > System z FCP Development > Bld. 706, B24 > 2455 South Road > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 > (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 > rayhi...@us.ibm.com > > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 09/ > 27/2010 11:12:03 AM: > > > Carlos Bodra - Pessoal <cbo...@terra.com.br> > > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > > 09/27/2010 11:12 AM > > > > Please respond to > > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > > To > > > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > > > cc > > > > Subject > > > > Re: z10 shark 800 and FCP > > > > Robert, > > > > Yes, 2109 and 2005 were zonned to allow z10 access. Same zone was > > used to test access to intel, so > > zonned is working ok. > > > > I can´t bring up a linux image, since I´m not able to define storage > > to be used by this image. My problem is > > before try to bring up zvm 5.4 or linux under it. > > Carlos Bodra > > IBM zSeries Certified Specialist > > Sao Paulo - Brazil > > > > Em 27/09/2010 12:00, Robert J Brenneman escreveu: > > Is the 2109 zoned to allow the z10 to access the storage device? > > > > Did you IPL a linux guest or LPAR and use it to drive a fabric login > > or fabric discovery ? > > > > The ESS and DS4700 will only show you the hosts which have contacted > > them, since they don't do discovery of the host systems. The z10 will > > not drive any discovery actions in the SAN by itself ( unlike other > > platforms ) You have to bring up a Linux image and do a SAN fabric / > > device scan or attempt to configure the FCP storage from z/VM. > >
