Hi,

I'm running z/VM 5.2 and RACF/VM with APAR VM63750 installed.
My Linux guest has CONTROL access to the vswitch resource.
When I try to set the NIC into promiscous mode, I get a positive reply, but
checking the NIC says something differently.

lnxnew03:/ # hcp set nic d002
promisc
hcp set nic d002 promisc
Promiscuous Mode has been enabled for device D002
lnxnew03:/ # hcp q nic d000 details
hcp q nic d000 details
Adapter D000  Type: QDIO      Name: LNXNEW03    Devices: 3
 Port 0 MAC: 02-E0-12-06-82-03  VSWITCH: SYSTEM L2HA
     RX Packets: 20         Discarded: 0          Errors: 0
     TX Packets: 38         Discarded: 0          Errors: 0
     RX Bytes: 2830                 TX Bytes: 2859
 Connection Name: HALLOLE   State: Session Established
     Device: D000  Unit: 000   Role: CTL-READ
     Device: D001  Unit: 001   Role: CTL-WRITE
     Device: D002  Unit: 002   Role: DATA
     Options: Broadcast Multicast IPv6 IPv4 VLAN Promiscuous_Denied
       Unicast IP Addresses:
         9.149.68.203         MAC: 02-E0-12-06-82-03
         FE80::2E0:1200:106:8203 MAC: 02-E0-12-06-82-03 Local
       Multicast IP Addresses:
         224.0.0.1            MAC: 01-00-5E-00-00-01
         FF02::1              MAC: 33-33-00-00-00-01
         FF02::1:FF06:8203    MAC: 33-33-FF-06-82-03 Local

And from the RAC RL VMLAN SYSTEM.L2HA:
CLASS      NAME
-----      ----
VMLAN      SYSTEM.L2HA

USER      ACCESS   ACCESS COUNT
----      ------   ------ -----
LNXNEW03  CONTROL     000000


Q VMLAN
VMLAN maintenance level:
 Latest Service: VM63784
VMLAN MAC address assignment:
 MACADDR Prefix: 02E012
 MACIDRANGE SYSTEM: 000001-FFFFFF
            USER:   000000-000000
VMLAN default accounting status:
 SYSTEM Accounting: OFF       USER Accounting: OFF
VMLAN general activity:
 PERSISTENT Limit: INFINITE   Current: 1
 TRANSIENT  Limit: INFINITE   Current: 0

Q VSWITCH
VSWITCH SYSTEM L2HA     Type: VSWITCH Connected: 35   Maxconn: INFINITE
 PERSISTENT  RESTRICTED    NONROUTER                 Accounting: OFF
 VLAN Unaware
 State: Ready
 IPTimeout: 5         QueueStorage: 8
 Portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: 0030 Controller: VSWCTL2  VDEV:  0030
 Portname: UNASSIGNED RDEV: 0040 Controller: NONE


I'm running on a z990 processor and want to check the traffic on the
vswitch.
Does someone know what I'm doing wrong?

Ronald van der Laan

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