Hi Thomas, For the LAN cabling, try the Installation and Physical Planning manual chapter 6, e.g. GC28-6897-02 for the z196. You may need to go to ResourceLink to get that (I had to).
As for debugging, I've never seen anything. You may need IBM to help, as when we had a recent Support Element LAN issue, we found that sniffer data was no use, and that an SE Trace would be needed to debug it. We're still investigating that. If the firewall is your problem try the HMC Ops Guide for your model, e.g SC28-6895-01 for z196s, which has Appendix C listing the various ports. After much help from our network team we finally got full SOO access over the WAN; there are "Missing Certificate" messages when connecting to the SE from the HMC browser but those can be ignored if your network is secure. (hmmm ... not sure about the quoting below) On Tue, 27 May 2014 19:22:02 +0000, Ambros, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >SSdtIHRyeWluZyB0byBmaWd1cmUgb3V0IGEgc2xpZ2h0bHkgdmV4aW5nIGlzc3VlIHdpdGggU0Ug >dG8gSE1DIGNvbm5lY3Rpdml0eSBmcm9tIG9uZSBvZiB0aGUgZm91ciBDRUNzIG9uIHRoZSBmbG9v >ci4gIA0KDQpPbmUgb2YgdGhlIExBTiBhZGFwdGVycyBvbiBvbmUgU0UgZG9lcyBub3Qgc2VlbSB0 >byBiZSBmdW5jdGlvbmluZywgSSB3YWxrZWQgdGhyb3VnaCB0aGUgcGh5c2ljYWwgY29ubmVjdGl2 >aXR5IHdpdGggb25lIG9mIHRoZSBuZXR3b3JrIGluZnJhc3RydWN0dXJlIHBlb3BsZSBoZXJlIGFu >ZCBhbGwgZm9sbG93cyB0aHJvdWdoLCBhcHBlYXJzIGFjdGl2ZSBhbmQgc2VlbXMgc2V0IHVwIGFz >IGRvY3VtZW50ZWQuICANCg0KU09PIGFjY2VzcyB0byB0aGUgU0UgZnJvbSB0aGUgSE1DcyB3b3Jr >cyBmaW5lLiAgIA0KDQpUZXN0aW5nIHRoZSBTdXBwb3J0IEVsZW1lbnQgQ29ubmVjdGl2aXR5IElQ >VjQgYWRkcmVzcyBmcm9tIHRoZSBITUMgaXMgY29uZnVzaW5nOiBpdCBwaW5ncywgc3RhcnRzIGEg >c2Vzc2lvbiBidXQgcmV0dXJuIGNvbm5lY3Rpb24gZnJvbSB0aGUgU0UgdGltZXMgb3V0LiANCg0K >VGhlIGlzc3VlIGlzIHJlYWNoaW5nIHRoZSBITUMgSVBWNCBhZGRyZXNzZXMgZnJvbSB0aGUgU0Us >IHdoaWNoIGNhdXNlcyBwcm9ibGVtcyByZWFjaGluZyB0aGUgSE1DIGFzIHRoZSBOVFAgc2VydmVy >IGluIG91ciBtb2RlIG9mIGNvbmZpZ3VyYXRpb24gZnJvbSB0aGUgQ0VDcy4gDQoNCkkndmUgY29t >cGFyZWQgdGhlIFNFIGNvbmZpZ3VyYXRpb25zIG9mIGEgQ0VDIHRoYXQgd29ya3Mgd2l0aCB0aGUg >b25lIHRoYXQgZG9lc24ndCwgc2VlaW5nIG5vdGhpbmcgSSBhbSBub3cgbG9va2luZyBmb3Igc29t >ZSBraW5kIG9mIGRlY2VudCBkb2N1bWVudGF0aW9uIG9uIGNvbmZpZ3VyYXRpb24gYW5kIHRyb3Vi >bGVzaG9vdGluZyBvZiB0aGUgSE1DIHRvIFNFIG5ldHdvcmsuICBTbyBmYXIgSSBoYXZlbid0IGZv >dW5kIGFueXRoaW5nIHRoYXQgaXMgYW55IG1vcmUgdGhhbiBwcmV0dHkgYmFzaWMuICBBbnlib2R5 >IGhhdmUgaW5mb3JtYXRpb24gb24gd2hhdCBtYW51YWxzIGNvbnRhaW4gc29tZSBraW5kIG9mIGlu >IGRlcHRoIGluZm9ybWF0aW9uIG9uIHRoZSBzdWJqZWN0Pw0KDQpUaGFua3MuLi4gDQoNClRob21h >cyBBbWJyb3MNCnpFbnRlcnByaXNlIE9wZXJhdGluZyBTeXN0ZW1zDQp6RW50ZXJwcmlzZSBTeXN0 >ZW1zIE1hbmFnZW1lbnQNCjUxOC00MzYtNjQzMw0KDQoNCgoKVGhpcyBjb21tdW5pY2F0aW9uIG1h >eSBjb250YWluIHByaXZpbGVnZWQgYW5kL29yIGNvbmZpZGVudGlhbCBpbmZvcm1hdGlvbi4gSXQg >aXMgaW50ZW5kZWQgc29sZWx5IGZvciB0aGUgdXNlIG9mIHRoZSBhZGRyZXNzZWUuIElmIHlvdSBh >cmUgbm90IHRoZSBpbnRlbmRlZCByZWNpcGllbnQsIHlvdSBhcmUgc3RyaWN0bHkgcHJvaGliaXRl >ZCBmcm9tIGRpc2Nsb3NpbmcsIGNvcHlpbmcsIGRpc3RyaWJ1dGluZyBvciB1c2luZyBhbnkgb2Yg >dGhpcyBpbmZvcm1hdGlvbi4gSWYgeW91IHJlY2VpdmVkIHRoaXMgY29tbXVuaWNhdGlvbiBpbiBl >cnJvciwgcGxlYXNlIGNvbnRhY3QgdGhlIHNlbmRlciBpbW1lZGlhdGVseSBhbmQgZGVzdHJveSB0 >aGUgbWF0ZXJpYWwgaW4gaXRzIGVudGlyZXR5LCB3aGV0aGVyIGVsZWN0cm9uaWMgb3IgaGFyZCBj >b3B5LiBUaGlzIGNvbW11bmljYXRpb24gbWF5IGNvbnRhaW4gbm9ucHVibGljIHBlcnNvbmFsIGlu >Zm9ybWF0aW9uIGFib3V0IGNvbnN1bWVycyBzdWJqZWN0IHRvIHRoZSByZXN0cmljdGlvbnMgb2Yg >dGhlIEdyYW1tLUxlYWNoLUJsaWxleSBBY3QuIFlvdSBtYXkgbm90IGRpcmVjdGx5IG9yIGluZGly >ZWN0bHkgcmV1c2Ugb3IgcmVkaXNjbG9zZSBzdWNoIGluZm9ybWF0aW9uIGZvciBhbnkgcHVycG9z >ZSBvdGhlciB0aGFuIHRvIHByb3ZpZGUgdGhlIHNlcnZpY2VzIGZvciB3aGljaCB5b3UgYXJlIHJl >Y2VpdmluZyB0aGUgaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uCgoxMjcgUHVibGljIFNxdWFyZSwgQ2xldmVsYW5kLCBP >SCA0NDExNApJZiB5b3UgcHJlZmVyIG5vdCB0byByZWNlaXZlIGZ1dHVyZSBlLW1haWwgb2ZmZXJz >IGZvciBwcm9kdWN0cyBvciBzZXJ2aWNlcyBmcm9tIEtleSANCnNlbmQgYW4gZS1tYWlsIHRvIG1h >aWx0bzpETkVSZXF1ZXN0c0BrZXkuY29tIHdpdGggJ05vIFByb21vdGlvbmFsIEUtbWFpbHMnIGlu >IHRoZSANClNVQkpFQ1QgbGluZS4KDQoNCi0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t >LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0NCkZvciBJQk0tTUFJTiBzdWJz >Y3JpYmUgLyBzaWdub2ZmIC8gYXJjaGl2ZSBhY2Nlc3MgaW5zdHJ1Y3Rpb25zLA0Kc2VuZCBlbWFp >bCB0byBsaXN0c2VydkBsaXN0c2Vydi51YS5lZHUgd2l0aCB0aGUgbWVzc2FnZTogSU5GTyBJQk0t >TUFJTg0K ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
