It's hard enough to herd cats and when we finally have them all marching toward summer 2011, someone buys a new machine 9 months before that date and moves your cheese....
Now if it were compiled for later than a z9 maybe it could exploit these shiny new boxes better :) And if we could only get some of those other sw vendors to support sles 11... Marcy This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:16 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] SLES 9 on a z/196? >>> On 3/29/2011 at 05:56 PM, "Harris, Nick J." <nhar...@txfb-ins.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > We are curious to know if anyone is running any SLES 9 quests on a z196? In > test or production? With any issues? > > It has come to our attention that the minimum requirements for the z196 are > SLES 10 and 11 but that IBM has tested SLES 9 w/SP4 and it is supported. Please reference this web page http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/linux/resources/testedplatforms.html and note the following restrictions: * Only OSA2 and OSA3 card are supported by z196. SLES 9 SP4 will work, but only for port=0 (so ports 1 (OSA2) and 1,2,3 (OSA3) are not accessible) * HyperPAV support available since SLES 11, and planned for SLES 10 SP4, is not planned for SLES 9 SP4 * CEX3 card hardware exploitation is not available. CEX3 cards work to the extent of CEX2 due to an updated device driver in SLES 9 SP4. Note also that the statement of support applies only to "SLES 9 SP4 + latest maintenance updates." That means, being absolutely up to date with your maintenance. It's time to be moving off of SLES9, folks. If you're going to pay for all that nice new hardware, you might want to be running an OS that can use it. :) Mark Post
