To the prompt I only hit the ENTER key without entering any MAC Address,
and the process goes on, that means it took the default value. If I enter
the MAC Address in the Parmfile, I would have to make sure it is unique.
Thanks and Regards,
Jihad K. Kawkabani
IT Systems Engineer Consultant
Voice: 440.395.0740
Network: 575.0740
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Alan Altmark
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On Friday, 02/13/2009 at 12:48 EST, Mark Post <mp...@novell.com> wrote:
> This problem with using Layer 2 during installation seems to be coming
up more
> often now, so I asked one of my contacts in Germany about it. He said
the
> OSAHWaddr parameter is what you need to put into the parmfile to provide
that
> value.
Eh? The OSA (real or virtual) already has a MAC address. You aren't
required to ifconfig a MAC address to bring up an OSA with Layer 2, so why
does the install want one? (The drivers extract the burned-in or
otherwise currently set MAC address.)
(And why is the parameter specific to OSA? *OSA*HWaddr? Other platforms
have MACs, too.)
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
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