Installation quote from IBM wasn't obnoxious. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FICON efficiency question > > I had made that assumption, but to confirm, last week, I asked my BP that > question and they did not agree with me. > They have provided a cost for the card and have requested a quote for the > installation cost. They could be wrong, or the installation quote could come > in > at a very high number :) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of J O Skip Robinson > > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:46 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: FICON efficiency question > > > > Aside from the question of what you would like to have, I think the > > bigger question is what's possible. The z9 has been out of marketing for a > long time. > > AFAIK you cannot alter the configuration in any way. That is, adding a > > FICON card is not an option. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Ed Finnell > > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:33 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: FICON efficiency question > > > > There was a feature(MES) for DB/2 for some level of Raids that was > > supposed to bypass processor. > > I had to beg for year-end funds to get it and then get DB/2 to a level > > that would recognize it. Think it ran almost five weeks before some > > level of Media Manager dropped support for it. > > > > > > In a message dated 9/29/2014 3:21:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > Yes, I guess that is what I am asking, and when the question is > > explicitly stated like that, I doubt the answer is yes. > > I still wonder if there could be less general CP and more > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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