On 29 Nov 2005 at 10:31, Alan Altmark wrote: > On Tuesday, 11/29/2005 at 05:08 ZE2, Shimon Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The IP addresses are not negotiable, sorry. > > Where does that leave me? > > Two choices: > 1. Replace the 2216 with a virtual switch. The virtual switch would > handle the 10.1.4.0/24 (for example) subnet. Routing would take place > inside your physical switch. IP address 10.0.0.9 would go away and > 10.1.4.1 would remain as your guests' default gateway (it just wouldn't > reside on VM any more).
This was my thought when I posed the original question: > My question is, if the 2216 was acting as a router between > two different nets, how do I set this up? Will a virtual switch > help me to bridge between the 10.1 and the 10.0 networks? Can you clarify "routing would take place inside your physical switch"? I do not understand how the virtual switch (which I understand is a construct residing entirely inside VM) helps the OSA to allow communications between hosts on different nodes. Also, as I mentioned in my original posting, this OSA is also set up for SNA traffic. Is there any problem with an OSA being used for SNA and also virtual switch? Thank you for your help, Shimon
