Hi, i am not a networking expert, but need to build a layer 2 vlan in z/VM 5.4. Linux is Suse SLES 11 SP1.
I was told to use layer 2 for VLAN 485 so i used these commands to create vswitch / vlan DEFINE VSWITCH VMT1VSW0 RDEV E606 E706 CONTROLLER * ETHERNET VLAN 485 native 485 DEFINE LAN VMT1LN01 OWNERID SYSTEM TYPE QDIO ETHERNET MAXCONN INFINITE UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNTING OFF the Linux guest nic is defined in the directory NICDEF 9000 TYPE QDIO DEVICES 3 LAN SYSTEM VMT1LN01 MACID E32200 So after defining / starting everything my system looks like this: q vmlan VMLAN maintenance level: Latest Service: VM64604 VMLAN MAC address assignment: MACADDR Prefix: 02FFFF MACIDRANGE SYSTEM: 000001-FFFFFF USER: 000000-000000 VMLAN default accounting status: SYSTEM Accounting: OFF USER Accounting: OFF VMLAN general activity: PERSISTENT Limit: INFINITE Current: 2 TRANSIENT Limit: INFINITE Current: 0 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:27:19 q vswitch details VSWITCH SYSTEM VMT1VSW0 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 0 Maxconn: INFINITE PERSISTENT RESTRICTED ETHERNET Accounting: OFF VLAN Aware Default VLAN: 0485 Default Porttype: Access GVRP: Enabled Native VLAN: 0485 VLAN Counters: OFF MAC address: 02-FF-FF-00-00-01 State: Ready IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 Isolation Status: OFF RDEV: E606.P00 VDEV: E606 Controller: DTCVSW2 VSWITCH Connection: RX Packets: 0 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 TX Packets: 0 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 RX Bytes: 0 TX Bytes: 0 Device: E606 Unit: 000 Role: DATA vPort: 0001 Index: 0001 RDEV: E706.P00 VDEV: E706 Controller: DTCVSW1 BACKUP Ready; T=0.01/0.01 11:28:10 q lan details LAN SYSTEM VMT1LN01 Type: QDIO Connected: 1 Maxconn: INFINITE PERSISTENT UNRESTRICTED ETHERNET Accounting: OFF IPTimeout: 5 Isolation Status: OFF Adapter Connections: Adapter Owner: LXDBST22 NIC: 9000.P00 Name: 0 RX Packets: 0 Discarded: 0 Errors: 0 TX Packets: 0 Discarded: 81 Errors: 0 RX Bytes: 0 TX Bytes: 0 Device: 9002 Unit: 002 Role: DATA vPort: 0065 Index: 0065 Options: Ethernet Broadcast Unicast MAC Addresses: 02-FF-FF-E3-22-00 Multicast MAC Addresses: 01-00-5E-00-00-01 33-33-00-00-00-01 33-33-FF-E3-22-00 VSWITCH SYSTEM VMT1VSW0 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 0 Maxconn: INFINITE PERSISTENT RESTRICTED ETHERNET Accounting: OFF VLAN Aware Default VLAN: 0485 Default Porttype: Access GVRP: Enabled Native VLAN: 0485 VLAN Counters: OFF MAC address: 02-FF-FF-00-00-01 State: Ready IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 Isolation Status: OFF RDEV: E606.P00 VDEV: E606 Controller: DTCVSW2 RDEV: E706.P00 VDEV: E706 Controller: DTCVSW1 BACKUP i also performed the proper RACF definitions for vlan 0485 (UACC(UPDATE)) + refresh nic defined in the linux guest using yast with proper ip address. but i can not get any ping to work from / to the linux system. i know this is also related to the routes which are not changed at the moment, but i should be able to see a ping comming in using tcpdump, or not ?!? any hint what is wrong in my configuraiton?!? Regards, Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deutsche Börse AG Chairman of the Supervisory Board/ Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Manfred Gentz Executive Board/Vorstand: Reto Francioni (Chief Executive Officer/Vorsitzender), Andreas Preuss (Deputy Chief Executive Officer/ stellv. Vorsitzender), Frank Gerstenschläger, Michael Kuhn, Gregor Pottmeyer, Jeffrey Tessler. Aktiengesellschaft with registered seat in/mit Sitz in Frankfurt am Main. Commercial register/Handelsregister: Local court/Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main HRB 32232. ----------------------------------------- Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empfaenger sind, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und loeschen Sie diese E-Mail. Das unbefugte Kopieren dieser E-Mail oder die unbefugte Weitergabe der enthaltenen Informationen ist nicht gestattet. The information contained in this message is confidential or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete this message. Any unauthorised copying of this message or unauthorised distribution of the information contained herein is prohibited. Legally required information for business correspondence/ Gesetzliche Pflichtangaben fuer Geschaeftskorrespondenz: http://deutsche-boerse.com/letterhead