Re: HiperSocket Performance

2009-01-15 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:56 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: HiperSocket Performance On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Rakoczy, Dave wrote: > > I've spent the past few days scouring these archives look

Re: HiperSocket Performance

2009-01-15 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
zLinux assigns the MTU size according to the IQD CHPID definition. For sake of discussion lets say I set the CHPID to a Max Frame Size of 64K, that would give me an MTU size of 56K according to the Doc. Where can I control the size of the packets I'll send across the interface? In the Tape Blo

HiperSocket Performance

2009-01-15 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
Hello all, We are a longtime zOS shop taking the plunge into the zVM / zLinux (SUSE 10SP2) world. We had never implemented HiperSockets in our zOS environment so our experience with this technology is rather limited. HiperSockets were implemented specifically to support our desire to take advant

Re: Buggered up zipl.conf file

2008-09-02 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
re the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 8/29/08 1:51 PM, "Rakoczy, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All, > > Being a zLinux Newbie I'm following Chapter 7. (installing and > configuring SLES10) in the 'z/VM and Lin

Buggered up zipl.conf file

2008-08-29 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
All, Being a zLinux Newbie I'm following Chapter 7. (installing and configuring SLES10) in the 'z/VM and Linux on IBM System z The Virtualization Cookbook' Step 7.5.13 identifies modifications to make to the zipl.conf file. Well... Here's where the problem lies... I fat fingered the parame

Re: Defining an LPAR on a z box to run LINUX

2007-07-31 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
Yes... We are in working with our IBM Rep, only problem is our purchasing department moves nowhere near as quickly as out IT department would like them too. Thanks to all who cleared this question up for me. I have a feeling I'll be back with additional inquiries as time go on. Thanks again.

Defining an LPAR on a z box to run LINUX

2007-07-31 Thread Rakoczy, Dave
We are researching the possibility of putting up a LINUX LPAR on our z/890 for a Proof of Concept. We currently have 3 general purpose CP's turned on in the box. All 3 of the general purpose CP's are available for use to the 3 z/OS LPAR's we run on the machine, none of the CP's are dedicated. I