On Thursday, 03/06/2003 at 12:02 EST, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very true. If only we could convince everyone to dedicate an OSA to > their Linux/390 implementation.
I have been convincing customers. You can, too. 1. There needs to be more than one path out of the box (high availability) 2. Each path is via a separate OSA port 3. Do not connect all OSAs to the same switch 4. Define multiple virtual routers sharing the OSA connections. 5. The primary for each OSA terminates is assigned to one of your virtual routers. The others are defined to be secondaries. 6. If you have more requirements for primary OSA connections, buy more OSA ports. Don't interfere with the other primaries. 7. Order more OSA features than you think you will need. In short, design a virtual network with the same care you would a real network. The amount of redundancy is proportional to the value of the service. > But if I drink enough cough syrup he usually stops talking to me. That is really the important thing, isn't it? When the voices stop, I mean? (Chuckie's ghost told me to say that...Oh, great, now I'm seeing ghosts! Chuckie will be upset with me....) Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development
