Hello Tom,
The link number is the MPTS cards position. You can verify
which card you are using by looking at the mac address when the card
becomes active.
I have noticed that it is not the cuu that makes the difference,
so
much, as the Adapter number.
VTAM XCA
ETHA14 PORT ADAPNO=2, THIRD ETHERNET CARD-ADAPTER 02 X
CUADDR=A14, X
CAPACITY=10M, X
TIMER=255, (WAS 120) X
PDELAY=NEGLIGIB, X
MEDIUM=CSMACD, ETHERNET IS CSMACD X
SAPADDR=04 SYSTEM ACCESS POINT
* Define the Communication Links *
* *
*------------------------------------------*
DEFINE LINK,ID=LINKA20,TYPE=OSA,DEV=A20,MTU=1492,STOPLAN=NO
DEFINE ADAPTER,LINKID=LINKA20,NUMBER=0,TYPE=ETHERNET
* *
* Define the Communication Links *
* *
*------------------------------------------*
DEFINE LINK,ID=LINK982,TYPE=3172,DEV=982,MTU=1492,STOPLAN=NO
DEFINE ADAPTER,LINKID=LINK982,NUMBER=1,TYPE=ETHERNET
*------------------------------------------*
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Tom Cluster
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:41 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: LCS link_number with FEA cards on 7060 - "Interconnect
Controller
> Program (ICP)"
>
> This is posted to both VM and VSE listservs.
>
> We have a production 7060 with three FEA cards, and we are currently
> configuring a second 7060, which also has three FEA cards, to act as
> a DR machine. We have two IP stacks in VM and one in VSE. I've not
> yet had an opportunity to test the VSE connection - at this point I'm
> working just with the two VM connections - but the question I'm
> asking is hardware related (I believe), and so either VSE or VM users
> familiar with the 7060 FEA cards may be able to answer it.
>
> I don't understand where the "link_number" parameter of the
> LINK statement is assigned. According to the TCP/IP Planning and
> Customization Manual, in the section for LCS devices, the link_number
> is "the relative Ethernet adapter number within the LCS. This number
> is assigned by the Interconnect Controller Program (ICP)." I assume
> the ICP is something that runs within OS/2. Can anyone direct me to
> it? I've done configuration work within the EMIO selection in the
> Support Element and also within MPTS, but I don't recall seeing any
> place where these numbers (which are within the range of 1 to 3) are
> assigned.
>
> By trial and error I've got the two VM IP stacks to run, and although
> the configuration of the FEA cards in MPTS and in EMIO appear to be
> the same between the two 7060's, the link_numbers that the two
> machines are using for the same FEA cards are different. I'm asking
> this question not because I can't get the IP stacks to run, but
> because I want to understand where the number is assigned.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Tom.
>
>
> Tom Cluster
> County of Sonoma
> Santa Rosa, CA
> (707) 565-3384 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays only)
