On Friday, 12/21/2001 at 05:53 GMT, Ian McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VM62938 (appears to be UW30225 which isn't available yet) and PQ51738 (VM > TCPIP , also no fix) appear to be what's required. Guess that's why we > couldn't get hipersockets in z/OS 1.2 to use the VM Guest Lan for the last > few days ! > > Could anybody from IBM comment on the following questions:- > > a) any idea when these are likely to be available ?
We hope to have them ready within the next 10 days or so. (But I can't guarantee a date.) > > b) If "Hipersockets are implemented entirely in software" is there really a > requirement to have a G5/G6/Multiprise 3000/z900 ??? If you want guest LANs, you need z/VM V4R2. If you want z/VM V4R2, you need G5/G6/MP3K/z900. While real HiperSockets are available only on z900, you can use guest LANs on any supported processor. Regards, Alan Senior Software Engineer z/VM, TCP/IP, VIF, and Linux for zSeries Development, Endicott, NY Phone 607.752.6027 fax 607.752.1497 t/l 852
