On 6/30/05, Alan Schilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I will be converting a SLES9 zVM guest lan guest to VLAN in the near future 
> and 

Do you really mean what you say or do you have terminology mixed up?
VLAN is the technique to tag packets with a VLAN ID. Systems will only
see traffic that matches their own VLAN ID, so it allows you to create
virtual networks on a single physical network. The z/VM VSWITCH allows
you to have the trunk connection (that carries traffic from multiple
VLANs) into z/VM and have CP do some of the work that others do in
their outboard switch.
The VSWITCH really is a Guest LAN with an extra. The virtual NIC
coupled to the VWITCH looks very much like one coupled to the Guest
LAN.

Rob
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Rob van der Heij                  rvdheij @ gmail.com

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