On Wednesday, 01/07/2004 at 05:55 EST, "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I've got a test system running SUSE SLES7.  The z/VM system is z/VM
Version
> 4 Release 4.0, service level 0301 (64-bit).  I have an OSA card on the
> machine, connected to a VSWITCH.  My guest is also connected to that
> VSWITCH.  The virtual NIC is defined as a QDIO device:
> #cp q nic details
>Unicast IP Addresses:
> 199.42.190.211   Mask: 255.255.255.0

> My network parameters have it defined as 255.255.255.240:

> This can't be good, so has anyone else seen this?  Am I missing some
> maintenance on either z/VM or SLES7 to fix it?  Is this really a
problem?
> And so on.  I can't be sure myself, because other issues elsewhere in
the
> network are preventing connecting to the system.

The mask in the NIC as shown by Q NIC DETAILS is irrelevant.  It doesn't
do anything - it's just a thingie the driver can set.  This is true of
both virtual and real OSAs.

Alan Altmark
Sr. Software Engineer
IBM z/VM Development

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