On Monday, 04/04/2005 at 11:50 EST, James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My TCP/IP situation is such that I had to request a new subnet for my Linux > environment if we ever want to get to and 'on demand' or any additional > increase in the # of guests. The # of IP addressses left in the current > subnet are few, but I have an entire class C to myself, waiting to be used. > > The problem is: > > I have 2 VM systems and 8 linuxes in the old subnet (They have new IP's > waiting) > > We are out of open OSA ports - So I cant simply change the VM config to > point to a new set of devices and have the old IP addresses on one VLAN and > the new ones on another. I am going to have to use the exising port. > > Is there a way to mix two subnets on one OSA port so you can have a sane > re-addressing plan? > > to rephrase, I would start out with VM and the guests on say > 123.231.132.xxx and take a guest, change the configuration so it is using > 123.132.231.xxx but still have everything else still working on the old > subnet but both subnets going out to the switch on the same wire. Is it > possible or am I going to have to change everything wholesale (VM and linux > to new subnet) all at once and IPL the universe?
As long as the OSA port is plugged into an access port (non-VLAN) on the switch, no. You're going to have to change all the addresses and reIPL everybody. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
