On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 11:15 -0600, Eric Chevalier wrote: > I may be mistaken (it happens a couple times a year :-) ), but I was under > the impression that a parallel sysplex did *not* require an ETR, only a > sysplex timer. > > ETR != Sysplex Timer
Increment the count. ETR *IS* the Sysplex timer. Which (of course) may not be external at all, and may not be *too* external, and is a lousy time keeper. But it *is* used as a common reference - one out of three will have to suffice. To run a Parallel Sysplex you *must* have an ETR (amongst other things) which may be emulated. And (of course) if you wish to use an external time source to synch your ETR you have to plug another bit of hardware in to do the job. IBM obviously finally got sick of customers actually trying to tie their dinos into real networks and appear to have relented with STP. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
