Re: V5R1 vs V4R5

Thanks Marty.  I think if it were my $, I'd be spending it on V5R1, not V4R5
+ INS, in which case there'd only be one NIC.  Do you have any thoughts to
share on that?

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Urbanek, Marty" <Marty_Urbanek@stercomm.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: V5R1 vs V4R5


> I have been working with the "IBM Configurator for eBusiness" for iSeries
> the last few days and it implies that you can still  share the NIC between
> IXA and OS/400 under V5R1. It does issue a warning that it would better to
> have a dedicated NIC for each side, but it lets you configure the system
> with a single NIC.
>
> My limited personal experience with this (one 2850? IPCS in V4) was that I
> had one helluva time trying to share the NICs and ultimately gave up and
> used one for NT and one for OS/400. The NICs were identical.



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