>>> On 11/25/2008 at  2:52 PM, "Macioce, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote: 

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> So my question is can I assign multiple nicdefs to a single Linux
> server? Is there something else I can do to get to my end ??     

You can have as many NICs defined to your Linux guest as you have real storage 
to support.  Assuming the NICs are connected to different network segments (as 
in your case) it's called "multi-homing."  You don't have to put those 
definitions in the CP directory,however.  You can dynamically define them 
either using the "vmcp" command from Linux or from the guest's VM console via 
#CP commands.  I've done that many times over the last few years:
#cp define nic XXXX
#cp couple XXXX to system VSWITCHNAME
And then from the Linux side, use YaST to configure it.  It's entirely possible 
to do it manually, but tedious, and not permanent unless you create the 
appropriate /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-??  and 
/etc/sysconfig/hardware/hwcfg-qeth-??? files, which YaST does quite nicely.


Mark Post

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