Thanks Allen
I sent in a request for the software. I don't have the hardware, but I
can install the software on an image and read the manuals.
In the "Getting Started with zSeries Fibre Channel Protocol" Redpaper,
which was for z/800, z/900 processors, it answered my question.
There are 240 sub
Tom,
yes, you can configure port to be in FCP or FICON
mode, so on one card you can use both protocols.
Marian Gasparovic
IBM Slovakia
--- Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I'm reading this as one port of the 4 ports on
> my FICON adapter can be configured as a FCP Channel.
> Is th
Wait a minutewh there...
I was under the impression that the difference between a Ficon card and a FCP
card was the microcode. AND a single card can not be used for both FICON and
FCP connections.
However, the following from the FCP LUN Access Control utility seems to say the
opposite
On Monday, 10/02/2006 at 04:41 EST, Tom Duerbusch
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not on a z9z/890...
Industry-standard N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on the z9 is needed if
you want to apply zoning and LUN masking (FC access controls) to virtual
machines and/or LPARs just as they are for dis
Not on a z9z/890...
Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/2/2006 3:50:17 PM >>>
Will reply with different detail on the LINUX-390 list, where this was
cross posted.
The only ATTACH/DETACH in the traditional sense would be the FCP
channels.
They work a lot like ethernet
Will reply with different detail on
the LINUX-390 list, where this was cross posted.
The only ATTACH/DETACH in the traditional
sense would be the FCP channels. They work a lot like
ethernet adapters. Think of them as OSAs and things begin to make
more sense. But they are called "channels"
