Thank you to all who responded, you have all been a great help. I can't use Hipersocket as I am having to 'play' with CSI in z/VM.
I can't buy a switch so I will try the port to port route. Am I right to assume, if I am clever(?) with the configuration, I could connect all 15 LPARS to each other with CTC's ? Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer Macro 4 Limited Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121, Switchboard: +44 (0)1293 872000, Fax: +44 (0)1293 872001 A Division of the UNICOM Group of Companies www.macro4.com <http://www.macro4.com/> Macro 4 Registered office :The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 4SS Registered in England no. 927588 Please consider the environment and THINK before you print this email. Email Disclaimer <http://www.macro4.com/emaildisclaimer.html> -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: 19 July 2011 19:55 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Ficon CTC's between LPAR's in same Box Replied by (mine, not so good) memory, see the IOCP manuals for details... ;-) ______________________________________________ Clovis Shimon Lebowitz wrote a very nice paper on how to do this with ESCON channels; the FICON configuration is less complicated, but Shimon covers that discussion too. http://www.sinenomine.net/node/265 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 internal virus protection system. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 internal virus protection system. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------