While my advice is not to do it at all, that doesn't meant hat it isn't possible without a plex, just that it's really (really) not a good idea. I have been at sites that were okay with the exposure, and if you are really, really careful;, you will still occasionally have issues, but for the most part, unless you are really careless, you will likely be okay. But it's so darn cheap to grab a couple ficon cards (even on ebay) and do it right.
If the OP is correct that you can use the built-in IFB ports or some other internal connection, then that's worth giving it a try. I am very interested to hear how it goes for them without using FICON, it could be very interesting. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
