On Sep 12, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Tom Marchant wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:02:23 -0500, Ed Gould
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would suggest that you decline the request and say that since CA-1
"interacts" and is IBM module dependent it is in the best interest of
all parties to be in a deliverable state which facilitates IBM
maintenance.
I know its been a while and my memory could be incomplete. I vaguely
remember that UCC-1 (CA-1) replaced the IBM modules OMODVOL1 and
maybe EMODVOL1. That was not reflected in SMPE zones. Its a mute
point as IIRC UCC1 (ca-1) dropped support for NSL labels a while ago.
The zaps for O/C /E weren't either (again IIRC) those weren't
reflected in the CSI. I have understood from others on the list here
that UCC-1 (CA-1) had gotten their act together on the SMPe side. But
at least one person commented on here that the started to backslide.
Since I am no longer in the support for UCC-1 side my knowledge has
aged and has been outdated by several years. I will depend on the
group here to keep us updated on the real competence level of the
support (SMPe) wise of CA-1.
I have lauded CA-1 support for their SMPe support in the recent past.
I may have to retract that if I hear from others that they are
slipping backwards.
BTW the debugging staff at CA-1 IMO is fairly good as CA support
goes. I have heard less criticism of them than the rest of CA so that
is always a good sign.
Ed
It has been a long time since I did anything with CA-1, but I don't
remember
it ever having IFREQs on IBM maintenance, or even going into the
same zone
or belonging to Z038. Unless I am mistaken, Ed's comment doesn't
apply.
All it takes to nullify the advantages of an SMP/E installation is
*one*
request from the vendor to apply service with BYPASS(ID).
That said, my preference has generally been for an SMP/E install,
provided
that it is done correctly. This is no trivial matter, and as Mark
pointed
out. Innovation does a fine job without it. I wouldn't ask them
to divert
resources from product development to provide proper SMP/E packaging.
Tom Marchant
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