Thanks David.
I thought about doing vswitch but then AFIK I would end up with with
virtual hipersockets on linux guest. And I've read in IBMs redbook for
oracle 12:

IBM HiperSockets™ are certified and
supported for the private network. Only a network that is configured with
*real* HiperSockets is
possible, as z/VM guest LAN HiperSockets cannot be configured on layer 2,
which is required
for ARP.


Gregory


2015-11-19 15:20 GMT-05:00 David Kreuter <[email protected]>:

> Hi - I've done the hipersocket VLAN implementation. It works well and of
> course Alan's comments are correct.
>
> Another approach I've used is to create a VSWITCH on each LPAR using the
> same set of OSAs. Now when you use VLANs on this VSWITCH RACF can be
> involved for better protection.
>
> OK won't be as fast as hipersocket but it doesn't go far out of the box
> either.
> David Kreuter
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: hipersockets
> From: Alan Altmark <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, November 19, 2015 3:05 pm
> To: [email protected]
>
> On Thursday, 11/19/2015 at 07:38 GMT, Grzegorz Powiedziuk
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From what I've learned so far, In order to achieve this, we need to have
> a
> > shared chpid between LPARS. Hipersockets on the same chpid can
> communicate
> > with each other.
>
> Hosts using the same VLAN on the same HiperSocket chpid can talk to each
>
> other. There are no controls on the VLAN ID that a host is permitted to
> use, so from a security perspective, don't rely on HiperSocket VLAN
> controls.
>
> > Ok, we've done that. We have defined a set of hipersockets on one chipd
> for
> > every LPAR and it works. Linux in one LPAR can talk to another linux in
> > different lpar.
> :
> > Do I need to have a separate chpid for every cluster? Doesn't really
> make
> > sense, does it?
> > Am I missing something?
>
> It depends entirely on your security posture. If you need enforced
> isolation of each pair, then you need one chpid per pair.
>
> Alan Altmark
>
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