Hello... I have good news: after leaving out the portname, I was able to get further with my install: However, I'm not sure what IPADDR it wants below:
Device address for data channel> 0.0.0342 Portname to use> Enable OSI Layer 2 support? 1) Yes 2) No > 2 qeth: Device 0.0.0340/0.0.0341/0.0.0342 is a OSD Express card (level: 035f) with link type OSD_1000 (portname: ) qeth: Hardware IP fragmentation not supported on eth0 qeth: VLAN enabled qeth: Multicast enabled qeth: IPV6 enabled qeth: Broadcast enabled qeth: Could not set up broadcast echo filtering on eth0: 0xe00d qeth: Using SW checksumming on eth0. qeth: Outbound TSO not supported on eth0 Automatic configuration via DHCP? 1) Yes 2) No > 2 Use a HTTP proxy? 2) No > 2 Enter your IP address> (Should this be a new IPADDR for the client?) Thanks, Alyce -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SLES10 Client >>> On 9/29/2008 at 2:47 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Austin, Alyce (CIV)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I initially said "no" to layer 2 and eventually is ask me again if I > want to enable layer 2.... Unfortunately (or perhaps by design), the installer retries the dialog if it cannot activate the NIC. So, something is preventing the system from activating the NIC. It may very well be that the OSA is in layer 2 mode, talking to a physical switch in layer 2 mode. If it is, then you will need to specify layer 2 mode to the installer dialog, and come up with an appropriate MAC address for the NIC. If you're still ATTACHing real devices to your guest, I suppose the MAC would be whatever the real OSA reports for that value. If your OSA and switch are not in layer 2 mode, then something else is wrong. I saw that you're specifying a port name for the NIC. Unless someone else is already sharing that OSA and specifying a port name, don't do that. The usual recommendation also, is to use all upper case letters for the port name, because that's all that z/OS can specify. If you're trying to share the card with a z/OS system, and you specify a lower case (or mixed case) port name, you'll prevent the z/OS system from activating its NIC. In general, most people recommend that you never use port names at all. It's not really needed, and can lead to a lot of head scratching. Mark Post
