That helps if you understand OSA/SF - which I don't. What I want to be able to prove to the people who control the network is that YES indeed, I can have an LPAR share a port on an OSA card. The biggest thing preventing my install of another Linux LPAR is another cable being strung to switch. If I don't have to do that.....
|---------+----------------------------> | | Rich Smrcina | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | om> | | | Sent by: Linux on| | | 390 Port | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | IST.EDU> | | | | | | | | | 11/19/2002 08:38 | | | AM | | | Please respond to| | | Linux on 390 Port| | | | |---------+----------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: Re: g3 and OSA-2 Ethernet problem | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| OSA/SF is used to configure OAT entries for different LPARS. There is a LPAR indicator on the entry that will assign the address pair to the LPAR at activation time. On Tuesday 19 November 2002 08:20 am, you wrote: > For those of us who are unsure how to do that, How do* you configure an osa > card (ENTR, FAST and/or GBE) to be shared amongst LPAR's when one is OS/390 > 2.10 and the others linux? > > |---------+----------------------------> > | > | | Rich Smrcina | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | om> | > | | Sent by: Linux on| > | | 390 Port | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | IST.EDU> | > | | > | | > | | 11/19/2002 08:06 | > | | AM | > | | Please respond to| > | | Linux on 390 Port| > | > |---------+----------------------------> > | > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------| > > > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | | cc: > | > | | Subject: Re: g3 and OSA-2 Ethernet > | problem > | | > | > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------| > > I'll start with the silly questions... was the OSA configured for port > sharing between LPARS? > > On Tuesday 19 November 2002 07:48 am, you wrote: > > Hi. > > > > My colleague has a problem with G3 machine with OSA-2 card. SLES7 doesn't > > see path to OSA (that path doesn't present in /proc/subchannels). > > OS/390 on that machine works fine. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > WBR, Sergey -- 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