Thanks Lee. The ip link add dummy0 type dummy command worked and then I could assign it the address.
Thanks for your help Gadi -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> On Behalf Of Lee B Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 10:24 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Defining a vipa Hmmm. OK then, what happens when you: ip link add dummy0 type dummy ? Lee. On Tue, May 21 2019, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: > lsmod|grep dummy returns: > dummy 16384 0 > > But there is no dummy0 device defined. > > Gadi > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> On Behalf Of Lee B > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:31 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Defining a vipa > > The 'modprobe dummy' from step 2? > > It should appear in the output of 'lsmod'. When I load it on a system here, I > see a 'dummy0' device in the output from 'ip link': > > root@mgmt:~# modprobe dummy > root@mgmt:~# lsmod | grep dummy > dummy 16384 0 > root@mgmt:~# ip link > ... > 4: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT > group default qlen 1000 > link/ether a6:d2:eb:af:82:64 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff root@mgmt:~# > > Lee. > > On Tue, May 21 2019, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am trying to define a VIPA on my Ubuntu v18.04.1 LTS system. >> The system is running on a z13s in an LPAR. >> I found instructions at >> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/linuxonibm/com.ibm.lin >> u >> x.z.ludd/ludd_t_stdvipa_xmp.html >> >> The command: >> sudo ip addr add 10.205.1.100/24 dev dummy0 fails with: >> Cannot find device "dummy0" >> >> Am I missing something? >> >> Thanks >> Gadi >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu 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 lists...@vm.marist.edu 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 lists...@vm.marist.edu 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 lists...@vm.marist.edu 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 lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390