Tim Hare wrote: > Since I don't have z/VM yet, I'm installing in an LPAR (as I've posted > before). I have the opportunity to choose hipersockets for my > communications link - but since hipersockets are "self-contained" within > the z/Series hardware, if I choose to use them would I then be effectively > passing through one of my z/OS IP stacks to reach the "outside" world (I > need connectivity to desktop browsers at the least for demonstration > purposes)? Would it be better to choose the OSA GbE for now, and worry > about hipersockets when we move to z/VM and multiple virtual servers (heh > - a new definition for the MVS acronym!)? You can use both: hipersocket to communicate to z/OS, and OSA to communicate to the outside world. There is no specific reason not to mix them.
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