If I understand correctly, by definition I can't use a VSWITCH to share a hipersocket connection the way an OSA is shared. This leaves the choice of using a TCPIP stack as a router or connecting each guest directly to the hipersocket.
I've read the performance report that compares direct OSA connections with routing through a TCPIP stack and with sharing the OSA with a VSWITCH, and I'm not sure how/if those results can be extrapolated to the hipersocket connection choices above. While I know the direct hipersocket connection will/should be faster than routing through a TCPIP stack I was wondering if anyone can point me to some more relevent performance references. We have about a dozen LINUX guests that connect to a guest LAN and route traffic through a TCPIP stack to a z/OS LPAR. From a configuration management standpoint, is there any reason I should consider keeping the route through the TCPIP stack rather than giving each guest a direct connection to the hipersocket? From DR standpoint it seems to be a wash since we'll recovering under a vendors running VM system. Brian Nielsen
