Thanks everyone. It gives me a better understanding what the network folks need to consider. They have NOT said no but they have been considering it for weeks. Now I understand that they may have some changes to make for this to happen so they have to review the impact of these changes.
Thanks again. hans -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: October 10, 2007 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VSWITCH fail over support On Tuesday, 10/09/2007 at 08:58 EDT, Hans Rempel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Mark. I think that is what a VLAN is all about. Using a switch (real > or virtual) to setup different ports for different subnet addresses. I just > wanted to be sure that I'm not missing something before talking to the > network guys again. Except that not everyone connects their switches together with VLAN trunks. You can't just split a subnet between two switches - you have to connect the subnets together on the "back end", too. > I think the diagram that I finally sent describes my configuration more > accurately. Your diagram never made it. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
