We're migrating from mixed-mode to STP-only mode in the near future. The standalone coupling facilities are such that we will need to drop the CF links to the last ETR-only machine after it is shut down and replace them with STP-only links between the coupling facilities, no room to do otherwise. We are going to make the coupling facilities our PTS and BTS machines so they need to coordinate with each other.
I am not completely clear on one point. Is it possible to simply connect up the STP-only links and configure them online at the coupling facilities and expect the STP function to recognize them as available links? I am unsure because if I logically connect them in HCD I end up with an STP CNTLUNIT macro in the coupling facility hardware definitions that wasn't there before. I've looked in the Planning and Configuration redbooks but it isn't explicit enough for me to grasp. Does anybody have experience with this? I'm thinking of being conservative and implementing the I/O configuration with the links connected but on the other hand I don't want to break something that'll work. Thanks... Thomas Ambros Operating Systems and Connectivity Engineering 518-436-6433 This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
