The request came from our networking group to make all virtual device addresses the same.
George Shedlock Jr AEGON Information Technology AEGON USA 502-560-3541 -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OSA NICDEF address change >>> On 12/30/2008 at 1:22 PM, "Shedlock, George" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: > Gentle Listers, > > I have a SUSE z/Linux instance running under z/VM 5.3. It is currently > set up with an OSA at virtual address 0340. I have been requested to > change this address to a different virtual address. Ok, I have to ask... Why are you being asked to change a virtual device address? If someone came up with a new standard that says "all guest's NIC should be at virtual address 1234" then that's probably a good thing. If it's for some other reason, then perhaps not. 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
