On Tuesday, 02/12/2008 at 11:56 EST, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, it seems, that if I have the resources available, I could define one or > more ports on the z/890 to be FCP, tell the DS6800 that these ports are FCP, > dedicate a four pack of drives for SAN, and now I have a small "sand box" to > play with. > > Is any of that, true? All FICON cards support both FC (FICON) and FCP (Fibre Channel Protocol for your SAN). You change it by specifying TYPE=FC or TYPE=FCP on the chpid definition in the IODF. (There is one feature that also supports TYPE=FCV for an ESCON connection.) I got this information from z890 Installation Manual for Physical Planning, in the library section of ResourceLink. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
