> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Seader, Cameron > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 127 device limitation for hipersockets > > > Here is where the limitation is comeing from on the 127 > devices. If you look at ios577I which gives reference to > > IOS577I IQD INITIALIZATION FAILED, COMPLETION TABLE FULL | SET IQD > PARAMETERS FAILED | FEATURE NOT INSTALLED > > We are have the problem with the Completion table being full. > If you read further about this problem it states and i Quote > "COMPLETION TABLE FULL: There is an MVS implementation limit > for the number of IQD devices that can be online at one time > (currently 127). > Online IQD devices may be varied offline, so that completion vector > slots can be freed and the offline IQD devices can be brought online." > > IBM has told us also that this limitation also applies to > z/VM, This is per LPAR. so i am limited to 127 devices online > at one time. How have people overcome this limit, If i want > to have hipersockets on all of my linux guests and i want > more than 40 guests we have a problem here houston. This > limitation really sucks. Is there a way to get around this. > Is there some way to define virtual hipersockets without real > addresses? What can we do? I can't setup a Guest lan, because > i need all of my guests to talk to z/OS since we have an LDAP > server we authenticat to over on that side. > > -Cameron
This is very interesting. I guess this limit is one on Hipersocket devices and not OSA-Express devices (which is what I thought a Hipersocket was modelled after). I have 220 OSA addresses on-line to my z/VM 4.3 system. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
