The z9, with updated OSA microcode, can also run the OSA port in
"shared" layer 2 and layer 3 mode..

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:16 AM, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Downside is that unless you have a z10, I don't think you can have a OSA
> card in layer 3 and layer 2 mode simultaneously, so you can't share a
> card with a LPAR that requires layer 3 mode. Probably not a big deal for
> you, as you're likely to push the limits of a card and not want to share
> it anyway, but YMMV.
>

-- 
Bruce Hayden
Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support
IBM, Endicott, NY

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