Exactly what errors are you getting from Linux? Did you have any luck echoing 1 to .../layer2 before echoing 1 to .../online and/or specifying OPTIONS='layer2=1' in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethN?
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 10:25 -0500, Bhemidhi, Ashwin wrote: > How do I need to define the NICDEF definition. I looked up the manual > and there was not any ETHERNET option for "TYPE" on NICDEF statement. I > tried > "NICDEF 0700 TYPE ETHERNET LAN SYSTEM VSWITCHE" and tried to save the > profile and the VM complained about TYPE ETHERNET with the following > > > DVHREQ2288I Your REPLACE request for LINDFLT at * has been accepted. > DVHBXX6213E z/VM USER DIRECTORY CREATION PROGRAM - VERSION 5 RELEASE > 1.0 > DVHBXX6213E HCPDIR750I RESTRICTED PASSWORD FILE NOT FOUND > DVHBXX6213E NICDEF 0700 TYPE ETHERNET LAN SYSTEM VSWITCHE > DVHBXX6213E LIN00110 > DVHBXX6213E HCPDIR751E INVALID OPERAND - ETHERNET FOLLOWING PROFILE > DVHBXX6213E LINDFLT > DVHBXX6213E HCPDIR1775E PROFILE DEFINITION LINDFLT IS INVALID AND WILL > DVHBXX6213E NOT BE PROCESSED FOR ANY USER DEFINITIONS THAT INCLUDE IT. > DVHBXX6213E EOJ DIRECTORY NOT UPDATED > DVHREP3212E Unexpected RC= 2, from: EXEC DVHBBXXA P > DVHREQ2289E Your REPLACE request for LINDFLT at * has failed; with RC > DVHREQ2289E = 3212. > > Thanks, > Ashwin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mark Post > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 3:27 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: How to add Layer2 network device to linux guest machine > > >>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 3:24 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bhemidhi, > Ashwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We defined NICDEF statements in the VM profile. Please see below > > > > VM guest profile contains the following: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > NICDEF 0600 TYPE QDIO LAN SYSTEM VSWITCH1 > > NICDEF 0700 TYPE QDIO LAN SYSTEM VSWITCHE > > From an Alan Altmark posting on this list back in August 2006: > 1. Don't forget to change the NICDEF / DEFINE NIC to have a TYPE > ETHERNET > also. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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