We have OSA/SF set up, but another 'faction' of the s/390 group controls that. Therein lies the problem. I'd rather not string another cable but I will if I have to. Currently they plan to gen the LPAR with access to the OTHER ENTR card rather than port share.
|---------+----------------------------> | | Rich Smrcina | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | om> | | | Sent by: Linux on| | | 390 Port | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | IST.EDU> | | | | | | | | | 11/19/2002 10:12 | | | AM | | | Please respond to| | | Linux on 390 Port| | | | |---------+----------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: Re: g3 and OSA-2 Ethernet problem | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| The port can be shared, but OSA/SF is the way that the sharing is set up on the card and in the I/O subsystem. Linux will just see an LCS device. Do you have OSA/SF set up or are you using the defaults? On Tuesday 19 November 2002 09:10 am, you wrote: > 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 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