On Thursday, 11/06/2003 at 12:55 PST, "Wolfe, Gordon W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me if it is possible to use a crypto card with an IFL engine? > We have a z800 with two standard processors and two IFL processors. We want to > add a crypto card so that SuSE SLES8 on an LPAR with the IFLs can offload some > of the security processing. > > IBM's redbook SG24-6870-00 "zSeries Crypto Guide Update" can be read two ways: > one way says they will work and one way says they won't. > > Also, if it does work, how many cards should we get and what kind? PCICC or > PCICA?
No, you cannot use crypto with IFLs. Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development
