Does OSA Express2 Ethernet support zVM layer2 mode

2009-09-18 Thread Anson
We are running zVM on z900 box and going to let vswitch work in ethernet mode (layer2). But it seems didn't work. I suspect the OSA adapter may no t support this function. Do you have any idea or suggestion? Thanks! The message I got: portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: F320 Controller: NONE Error: No

Re: Does OSA Express2 Ethernet support zVM layer2

2009-09-18 Thread Ronald van der Laan
Anson, From the top of my head (I can't verify anymore, no access to z900 lpars left), both layer 2 and layer modi should be supported (if you are current enough on your OSA microcode level). But what won't work on a z900, is sharing the osa with layer 2 and layer 3 traffic. As I recall, the

Re: Does OSA Express2 Ethernet support zVM layer2 mode

2009-09-18 Thread Bruce Hayden
Correct - the OSA adapters available on the z900 do not support layer 2. You need an OSA Express 2 and at least a z990 or z890 at the correct code level. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Anson yeal_c...@yahoo.com.cn wrote: We are running zVM on z900 box and going to let vswitch work in ethernet

Re: Does OSA Express2 Ethernet support zVM layer2 mode

2009-09-18 Thread russell . gendreau
Ethernet support zVM layer2 mode We are running zVM on z900 box and going to let vswitch work in ethernet mode (layer2). But it seems didn't work. I suspect the OSA adapter may not support this function. Do you have any idea or suggestion? Thanks! The message I got: portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: F320

Does OSA Express2 Ethernet support zVM layer2

2009-09-17 Thread Anson
We are running zVM on z900 box and going to let vswitch work in ethernet mode (layer2). But it seems didn't work. I suspect the OSA adapter may not support this function. Do you have any idea or suggestion? Thanks! The message I got: portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: F320 Controller: NONE