Luminex used to have a product called VirtualBlue 3990. It was a PC with ESCON cards to turned it into a 3990 emulator. I haven't worked with them in a few years so I don't know if the product still exists.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:25 PM, J R <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out http://www.mfnetdisk.com/ . Shai Hess used to post on IBM-MAIN. > > > > > > Bruce McKnight <[email protected]> writes: > > This is kind of an odd question, so please bear with me. > > > > Last year we consolidated all of our LPARs onto a single z9. We have > > a z800 that is disconnected from everything and completely powered > > down. Once it rolls off the books, we'll probably roll it out to the > > dumpster (Of course we know we have to be environmentally conscious > > and recycle it appropriately. I was speaking figuratively.) > > > It seems a shame to waste the hardware. I'd like to use it for a > > Linux proof-of-concept project. We could easily reconnect it to power > > and our network but DASD is a problem. We converted our array to > > FICON but the z800 only has ESCON. > > > My question is this: Does anyone know of a way to use a fast PC with a > > big hard drive as mainframe DASD. I might be able to swing funds for > > an ESCON card for the PC and whatever software may be required ... > > within reason. The PC can run Linux or Windows. > > > I'm just gathering feasibility info at this point. If I can't get a > > PC to act as a DASD server, the whole idea is moot. > > > By the way, for anyone from IBM or any software company, we would > > definitely adhere to any software licensing and fee obligations. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > Live. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
