Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-08 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:00:16 -0500, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In general, I recommend not sharing an OSA being used by a VSWITCH since our eventual adoption of protocols like GVRP will cause a mismatch if others are using the OSA with differe nt VLAN IDs. In your case, I recommend

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-08 Thread Alan Altmark
On Wednesday, 03/08/2006 at 04:34 CST, Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Since separate OSA's are scarce, would the next best thing be to put TCPIP on the VSWITCH? Are there any serious negatives to doing so? That's fine. The only negative is that TCPIP cannot use a VSWITCH

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-07 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:40:11 -0500, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the book, The defvid defines the default VLAN ID to be associated with untagged frames received and transmitted by the Virtual Switch. Th is is also known as the native VLAN id in the switch. They must match. I will

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-07 Thread Brian Nielsen
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:40:11 -0500, Alan Altmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the book, The defvid defines the default VLAN ID to be associated with untagged frames received and transmitted by the Virtual Switch. Th is is also known as the native VLAN id in the switch. They must match. I

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-07 Thread Rick Barlow
You should be able to just leave the VLAN parameter off and let it default to VLAN UNAWARE. Rick Barlow Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Enterprise Business Intelligence Services Mainframe, z/VM and zSeries Linux Support One Nationwide

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-07 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 03/07/2006 at 02:58 CST, Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the problem is the vswitch interfering with the packets when it thinks VLAN 7 is for untagged traffic. I'll be taking Alan's advice and changing my vswitch definitions to use a defvid of 1. Presumably any unused

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-06 Thread David Kreuter
had a similar problem on 5.2. See if ptf UM31613 APAR VM63895 are on your system. It corrected our problem. David -Original Message- From: VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions on behalf of Brian Nielsen Sent: Mon 3/6/2006 3:17 PM To: VMESA-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Vswitch problem on z/VM

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-06 Thread Rick Barlow
I think the problem is your VLAN ID on the DEFINE VSWITCH. That value needs to match the management VLAN ID for the switch to which your OSA is connected. The normal default is 1. Your installation may have changed the value. You will need to talk to the group that configures your switch

Re: Vswitch problem on z/VM 5.2.0?

2006-03-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Monday, 03/06/2006 at 02:51 CST, Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is my understanding from the manuals that the VLAN ID on the DEFINE VSWITCH only sets up the default VLAN ID to be used by guests that do not include a VLAN ID on the SET VSWITCH GRANT command. All of the guests