<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -- note -- >> This means that your backup ports can be in use on other guests, or on other VSWITCHes. >> -- note --
My question to this is, in the following scenario (which are some "query" commands on our v5.1 system), how can OSA 0A00 be used elsewhere if it needs to be attached to the VSWITCH as a BACKUP? VSWITCH SYSTEM VSW1 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 4 Maxconn: INFINITE PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF VLAN Unaware State: Ready IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8 Portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: 0800 Controller: VSWCTRL1 VDEV: 0800 Portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: 0A00 Controller: VSWCTRL1 VDEV: 0A00 BACKUP q 800-802 OSA 0800 ATTACHED TO VSWCTRL1 0800 OSA 0801 ATTACHED TO VSWCTRL1 0801 OSA 0802 ATTACHED TO VSWCTRL1 0802 q a00-a02 OSA 0A00 ATTACHED TO VSWCTRL1 0A00 OSA 0A01 ATTACHED TO VSWCTRL1 0A01 OSA 0A02 ATTACHED TO VSWCTRL1 0A02 In other words, if 0800 were to fail, the VSWITCH would switch to 0A00 automatically (we've tested this successfully). If 0A00 were not attached to the VSWITCH, would the VSWITCH controller be able to detach it from whatever it was attached too, attach it to the VSWITCH and then switch from the failing OSA 0800 to 0A00? If not, how can something else use this OSA if it is already attached to the VSWITCH as a backup? Mark Wiggins University of Connecticut Operating Systems Programmer 860-486-2792 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
