On Saturday, 03/26/2011 at 05:06 EDT, George Henke/NYLIC <george_he...@newyorklife.com> wrote: > Alan Altmark wrote: > > <Whatever you do, don't connect the SEs directly to your network!> > > Our networking people say the SE's are reachable from our corporate intranet so > that we can provide redundance for two mainframes, 1000 miles apart. > > But I suspect they are reachable only through the HMC. > > If the SE's are connected directly to the corporate intranet,, what problems > might we expect to have?
I meant that your SEs are on a private network, wherever they are. It is a Best Practice not to have other network devices on that network. To quote from the z10 Installation Guide: If connection to the enterprise LAN is desired, it is recommended that an Ethernet bridge or router be installed to isolate the Hardware Management Console and Support Element from other systems. The SEs are secure, but keeping on an isolated LAN segment is simply another layer of protection. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
