> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of william > degnan > Sent: 03 November 2015 04:49 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: IBM z890 > > >> > >> Congratulations! Mainframes are fun! > > > > Thanks and yes they are :) > > > >> One does not boot a mainframe; one IPLs it. :) > > > > I totally knew this but somehow forgot such terminology while writing > this email. *facepalm* > > > >> I can't advise you as to the other boxes. From my Linux experience on > mainframe I can say it doesn't seem to boo... IPL any differently to any other > mainframe OS. If you can define the device to the mainframe and issue an > IPL command, you *should* be able to IPL anything I think?
Not sure. I think LINUX will run with Network Attached Storage .... > > > > Hm ok, I will have to do some more research on the storage front then. > > What I have been told is that you can IPL Linux over a SAN but not any > IBM OS. > > But if IPLing shouldn't be any different then maybe you can't IPL from > > a > SAN at all which I wouldn't be surprised at. I think all IBM > > > > -Connor K > > Check the OS defaults of the SAN networking software layer. My instinct is > AIX might play a part here. I seem to remember that IBM OS's need a SAN that will talk ESCON or FICON and will resent emulated 3390 disks. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246497.pdf might help Dave
