Perhaps someone from IBM can further define the Ficon installation. Currently, you can choose between short and long wave Ficon cards in a zBox, with very different fiber-optic cable requirements (single mode or multimode). I've heard that future development will be on the long wave cards which are single-mode fiber. In order to be able to convert to FC, which feature should be ordered?
David Boyes wrote: > For now, yes, you still need 33xx emulation. You should install FICON > adapters (which can be converted to FibreChannel later) in the z800, and > when the FC support is formally released, you'll be able to go after them > directly by updating the microcode. Note that for a while yet, you'll have > to preserve a few 33xx'es for VM to use as we don't have a date for when all > the S/390 operating systems will support booting and running off FC FBA > disks. > > IBM was demonstrating FC support at LinuxWorld in NYC in January, but didn't > have a release date. > > -- db > > David Boyes > Sine Nomine Associates > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Dave Myers > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:21 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Can z800 attach to Sun SAN 9960 for S/390 Linux? > > > > > > Does anyone know.... > > > > What are my connectivity options to the Sun StorEdge 9960 box from the > > S/390 Linux platform running on a z800 ?? > > > > (Sun StorEdge (rebadged Hitachi 9960) with 76 75gb drives) > > > > I noticed from their web page that it does support S/390 and ESCON > > Do I still have to use 3390 and ecson/ficon ?? > > > > Or is there FBA and SCSI available now? > > > > Anyone know z800 futures in this area?? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > >
