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
