Richard, Is the CLAW one of the install-time networking options for SLES8? That's where it's really the most critical for people like Eric and others that don't have VM available.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 8:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Network Connectivity to Linux Hi Mark, Eric, et al Yes, SuSE's SLES8-beta does contain not one but two claw drivers: our UTS Global LLC GPLed driver c7000.c, and IBM's, claw.c. Configure the UTS Global claw driver distributed by SuSE with: CONFIG_C7000=m. I've tested it and it works fine. Richard Hitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Post, Mark K wrote: >Eric, > >If you're running on an MP3K, it might be easiest to see if you can grab >control of the Ethernet card for a while, until you can get the install >completed. If not, then you're talking about connecting your Linux/390 >system to your PROD LPAR. From the way you phrased that, I'm guessing >you're running OS/390 or z/OS there. You'll need to define a CTC connection >between the two systems. You'll have to have the MVS system forward the IP >traffic to your Linux/390 system. This will mean TCP/IP changes on the MVS >system. You'll have to let the rest of your network know how to get to the >Linux/390 system. This will entail either static routes in your routers, or >running a routing protocol service on MVS that will advertise the routes to >the rest of the network. (Is this starting to sound like a big pain yet?) >Try to make sure that your Linux/390 system is in a different subnet than >your MVS system is in. Otherwise you're going to have routing problems from >that. > >I'm don't believe the versions of Red Hat and SuSE that can be downloaded >contain the CLAW driver. You'll have to get the source and compile it on >your newly installed system. I don't know if SLES8 contains a CLAW driver >or not. > >Mark Post > >-----Original Message----- >From: Eric Bielefeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:13 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Network Connectivity to Linux > > > I will be doing the install this weekend of an IOCDS to support Linux. >Then I will be ready so start installing Linux. I still don't understand >how I'm going to put this in our network. We have a Cisco Router, which has >16 addresses available on our MP3000 on an Escon channel. I guess I need a >Claw driver for that, but until I install the Claw driver, I'm kind of >confused as to how I get connectivity to the network. We have TCPIP running >in our PROD Lpar. I gather I can use that somehow, but I'm not sure how. >Any advice? I don't like the MP3000 console's console support. > >I'm planning on downloading a distribution from RedHat. After talking to >our Unix guy here, he thought I would learn a lot more by doing it that way >than ordering a distribution. I may change my mind though. > >This list is great! A lot like the IBM-Main list I also subscribe to. I >set IBM-Main to NOMAIL as the 2 lists were way too many emails each day. > >Eric Bielefeld >Sr. MVS Systems Programmer >P&H Mining Equipment >Milwaukee, WI >414-671-7849 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + >+++++++++++++ >This electronic mail transmission contains information from P & H Mining >Equipment >which is confidential, and is intended only for the use of the proper >addressee. >If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately at the >return >address on this transmission, or by telephone at (414) 671-4400, and delete >this >message and any attachments from your system. Unauthorized use, copying, >disclosing, distributing, or taking any action in reliance on the contents >of this >transmission is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + >+++++++++++++ > > > >
