Through a FICON Director. ESCON CTC-CNC pairs can be through a director, too.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Shimon Lebowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Really? Wouldn't a FICON channel that is being used for CTC between LPARs > need to have *both* ends attached to FICON cards in the computer, the way an > ESCON > CTC is built? How could it connect LPARs if one end goes to DASD or TAPE? > > I do not yet have FICON (till next month....) but I am interested in > learning! > > Thanks, > Shimon > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Riedel, Alexander > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Martha, >> >> it is not necessary to reserve some FICON Links for only CTC. You can >> share them for DASD, TAPE and FICON-CTC. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Alexander >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] Im >> Auftrag von Martha McConaghy >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Dezember 2010 20:32 >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: ISFC connection between LPARs >> >> Its been a long while since I had to create an ISFC connection. We are >> finally >> getting a z10 and I need to create a link between the two main LPARs. I >> don't have ESCON adapters in this box and I'd really hate to use up a >> couple of FICON just for a CTC connection between the 2 LPARs. >> >> Is there any other way to do this on a z10? >> >> Martha > > -- Gregg Reed "No Plan, survives execution"
