Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 08/01/2007 05:22:23 PM:
SNIP > Does that mean that potentially that 1 mainframe has the equivalent of > at least 130 network cards? I can see how most of the hardware is > virtualized, but the networking I don't quite see, yet. How does that > part work? It works better if most of those noework connections are between virtual machines on the same mainframe. Those connections are virtual and data moves at the speed of memory. There are other pipes to move data between mainframes. There are channel-to-channel adapters (fiber) and such-like. The "NIC"s on a mainframe are OSA cards which can simulate a lot of different connections. Someone with more knowledge than I will give you a better answer, but in the meantime.... Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
