On Tuesday, 08/12/2014 at 09:01 EDT, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: > So, since you need to have a working network from the HMC to an installation > server, you could just as well use the "boot from remote FTP server" option on > the HMC to kick things off. Either way will work. Some sites just have more > restricted access to the raised floor.
Please be aware that the current System z design is such that the FTP server must be plugged into the internal HMC-SE network, as the SEs will not use the HMC as a gateway to the outside world. So "remote" is a relative term. :-) Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 [email protected] IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
