|
Thanks, Charly, for your comment. I always try to convince my customers to get a twinax console whenever it's possible. Twinax is always working, when everything else is going wrong ... :-) BTW, IBM is sending out an SE on monday, I will report back about my "success story". Regards from germany, Philipp Rusch Charly Jones schrieb: > >Nobody has a thought for this one? > > My thoughts are that a LAN console is hard to configuree, hard to > troubleshoot, and even IBM doesnt't know what to do when it doesn't work. > I continue to have very little trouble with > twinax consoles. > > Not much help, but those are my thoughts. > > >Is this LAN card in slots C06 or C05 > >never meant to be anything else? > > Yes. I believe that a LAN console requires a > dedicated LAN card for the exclusive use of > the LAN console. Even if you only have seven > slots and they are precious to you... > > Charly > > --------------------------------------- > > For their next act, they'll no doubt be buying a firewall running under NT, > which makes about as much sense as building a prison out of meringue. -- > Tanuki > > Charly Jones > 253 851-9876 > Gig Harbor Washington > > --------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual > and not necessarily the company. This email and any files > transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which > may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the > Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended > recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client > privilige. If you are not the intended recipient or the person > responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised > that you have received this email in error and that any use is > strictly prohibited. > > >From: Philipp Rusch <Philipp.Rusch@rusch-edv.de> > >Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > >To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > >Subject: Re: Model 270 anomalies - PLS comment ! > >Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 16:37:04 +0200 > > > >Nobody has a thought for this one ? > > > >Philipp Rusch schrieb: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > we have a problem IBM is not really able to solve, > > > because hardware says its a lic-problem and could only be > > > solved by software techs, and software says its a hardware- > > > related problem :-( ... > > > I searched IBM PTF site and did not find a thing. > > > Sorry for the long post, but it is a rather subtile problem ... > > > > > > Ok, here's the situation: > > > > > > Model 270 - no extension box, but all slots filled up with > > > cards like they were placed and ordered through IBM configurator. > > > Console was ordered to be Operations Console through direct PC- > > > connection, that is the first V.24 Controller in the system. > > > LAN connections ordered are Token Ring (TR = 2744), Ethernet > > > 100 MBit (ETH100 = 2838) and Ethernet 1 Gigabit (ETH1G = 2760). > > > The slots were filled up as follows: > > > > > > --- Top --- > > > C07 = 2771 (I/O controller ECS modem and V.24 line to PC) > > > C06 = 2838 ETH100 > > > C05 = 2749 SCSI external tape controller (not of interest here) > > > C04 = 2842 PCI controller to handle slots C03 & C02 > > > C03 = 2744 TR 16 MBit > > > C02 = 2760 ETH1G > > > C01 = 27xx RAID 5 Harddisk controller > > > -- Bottom --- > > > > > > If you want to use the LAN console thing as well as the directly > > > connected PC console, the slots C06 or (alternatively) C05 is > > > associated with this console definition and cannot be used > > > otherwise (no normal AS/400 connections through TCP/IP and so on). > > > This is defined and activated (or DE-activated) through DST. > > > > > > Now comes the problem: the machine came preloaded with V5R1 and > > > seemed to have both LAN and V.24 console activated. > > > We used V.24 console cable to power up and further install > > > the machine. When it came to LAN config, TR and ETH1G controller > > > came up well, but the ETH100 said there is another device des- > > > cription of type " " (blank) occupying that hardware resource. > > > OK, this meant to manually IPL and go to DST, where I DE-activated > > > LAN console and expicitly selected direct console afterwards to > > > be sure to have a valid console config. > > > Now every second IPL failed with the resource of slot C06 being > > > occupied by DST - the LAN console went active again ! > > > I went to HW-service manager in DST and this 2838 showed > > > operational - no suprise - but when displaying associated > > > resources with this slot it was the 2771 AND the 2838 being > > > found for that resource - strange. > > > I instantly thought that HW service manager made a mess of this cards > > > record and thought of completly deleting everything defined for this > > > card by removing it from the system and power up again without it. > > > To make it short: this time everything seemed well, I deleted every- > > > thing in DST and on OS/400 DEVD which was associated with this resource > > > and started from new. Everything came up fine - until the first IPL > > > we did after every LAN line went active... > > > To my surprise the old LAN console defintion in DST was still there > > > (IP adress and mask and so on) , where does this stick to ??? > > > > > > I then changed positions of the cards to keep away from slot C06 > > > (the first one for the LAN console), so I took C05 to C06 and put > > > the 2838 in slot C05. This time after IPL slot C05 showed up in DST > > > as being an "occupied slot" but no feature was recognized ! > > > Was the 2838 defective ? > > > OK- I took another 2838 from a 720 machine and did the same procedure > > > again - same result. BTW the other (suspectible) 2838 is working in > > > the 720 since then without any problem. > > > > > > I was feeling rather helpless now, but I went on: lets take the 2744 > > > (TR) from slot C03 and put it in slot C06 and place the tape controller > > > in its old position in C05 again. There is something new to the model > > > 270 and the 820's: you have an upper limit of "speed points" which sum > > > up for the PCI controller which controls the bus they are in. So I > > > thought it would be a good idea to place the low speed LAN feature (TR) > > > in slot C06 instead of the high speed (100MBit). > > > Same game: everything came up fine: I had three LAN lines now up and > > > running ! Until - you guess it : the next IPL took away the TR line. > > > Thats were we are right now: TR access is routed through another machine > > > on the ethernet which is going away soon, so we need that line. > > > > > > Is this a lic problem ? Is our machine "too full" with cards ? > > > Is this LAN card in slots C06 or C05 never meant to be anything else > > > than a LAN console ? Shall we go to an expansion tower with more busses > > > simply for one ontroller card ??? > > > We are on V5R1 CumPTF C1163510 - the newest avalaible. > > > > > > Thanks for any input and sorry for the long post again. > > > > > > Regards from germany, Philipp Rusch > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > | EDV Beratung Rusch EDP Consulting Rusch | > > > | Philipp Rusch Mailto: Philipp.Rusch@rusch-edv.de | > > > | Am Errlich 9 WWW : http://www.rusch-edv.de/ | > > > | D-61191 Rosbach, | > > > | Germany | > > > | Phone: (+49) 6003 3972 Mobile : (+49) 172 89 86 230 | > > > | Fax : (+49) 6003 3795 | > > > | | > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > +--- > > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > >MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > >david@midrange.com > > > +--- > > > >+--- > >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to > >MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > >david@midrange.com > >+--- > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.