Mark: VSWITCH has an *optional* associated OSA Express device. If you don't have one, you don't have external connectivity, but a VSWITCH is just really a QDIO Guest LAN with an optional associated real QDIO device.
Romney On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:18:22 -0500 Post, Mark K said: >Hmm. I didn't realize the Vswitch needed a real OSA card. Bummer. > > >Mark Post > >-----Original Message----- >From: Adam Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:11 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: First time Linux install > > >On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 16:45, Post, Mark K wrote: >> Your MP3K should work fine for your testing. If it's very heavily loaded >> performance for your Linux/390 workload may not be acceptable. If you can >> get approval, you'll want to upgrade your system to z/VM 4.4. That will >get >> you a lot of very nice features such as Guest LANs, Virtual Switches, etc. > >You won't get VSWITCH. > >That's because it relies on a real OSA-Express to do its magic and I'm >thinking that's going to be tough to manage on a Multiprise. > >But you do get Guest LANs, which are absolutely marvellous. > >Adam
