Port sharing is possible with the OSA ENTR. I have to believe that you can also do it with the FENET adapter. This is how I configured the OSA originally.
On Thursday 31 October 2002 08:17 am, you wrote: > We don't as yet, and may not for a long time, have VM. That said, I'm going > to be running 4 LPAR instances of Linux/390 - up from the ancient SuSE 7.0 > I have now. > > The machine itself has 2 ENTR adapters set in ethernet mode, 2 10/100 fast > ethernet adapters and 2 Gigabit ethernet devices. > > I do not know how/if it is possible to share ports on these devices with > multiple Linux instances in LPAR mode. We have used VIPA under OS/390 for > such things. Does anyone know if you must have a dedicated ethernet port on > an ethernet adapter for each Linux image to use in LPAR mode, or can Linux > in an LPAR play nice with others and share? > > Either way, what are my options and potential pitfalls? > > I believe each devices has at LEAST 2 dedicated ports on it but I'm not the > hardware person. I'm waiting on specific hardware feature codes and > microcode levels for the devices - otherwise I'd be more specific than I > was with the device types. -- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. April 25-29, 2003 For details see http://www.wavv.org
