Re: VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-10 Thread David Boyes
I've only worked with other people who knew something about switches, but from what I saw done, every port on every switch is configurable as to what IP address and subnet it is in. If there are other switches with unused ports, they can be reworked to be what you need them to be. If your

Re: VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-10 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 10/09/2007 at 08:58 EDT, Hans Rempel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mark. I think that is what a VLAN is all about. Using a switch (real or virtual) to setup different ports for different subnet addresses. I just wanted to be sure that I'm not missing something before talking to

VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-09 Thread Hans Rempel
Hi all. We just installed a second OSA card on a z/800 running z/VM 5.2. I would now like to set up my VSWITCH to use two ports, one on each card, for fail over support. I have asked the network folks to give me access to a second switch but they only have one switch for my subnet. Can I use a

Re: VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-09 Thread Mark Post
On Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 6:10 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hans Rempel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. We just installed a second OSA card on a z/800 running z/VM 5.2. I would now like to set up my VSWITCH to use two ports, one on each card, for fail over support. I have asked the

Re: VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-09 Thread Hans Rempel
I used my Web email account to send the last email with a attachment but I'm not sure if the attachment was sent. I will try again tonight. Hans -- Original Message -- From: Hans Rempel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007

Re: VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-09 Thread Mark Post
On Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 2:35 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hans Rempel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have attached a diagram to help express my network. The VSWITCH and all guests are on the same subnet and will stay on the same subnet. I'm hoping that another physical switch but

Re: VSWITCH fail over support

2007-10-09 Thread Hans Rempel
configuration more accurately. Hans -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: October 9, 2007 6:27 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VSWITCH fail over support On Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 2:35 PM, in message