Re: zLinux and IBM 3592-E05 tape drives

2006-10-03 Thread Marian Gasparovic
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 that

Re: zLinux and IBM 3592-E05 tape drives

2006-10-03 Thread Tom Duerbusch
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

Re: zLinux and IBM 3592-E05 tape drives

2006-10-02 Thread Alan Altmark
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