Re: SNA (Yes SNA) setup - will it autoconfig?

Someone mentioned SNA over IP. That's the AnyNet method.
It may not meet your requirements, as it does add a
layer of processing. But it works easily to get set up.
I don't know if both ends need to honor the tunneling,
however.

Vern
> We stayed with the serial connection. It has worked great. The library can
> support at least 8 serially connected systems, so it should meet our needs. If
> we go to fiber attach on the drives, with more than 8 systems, we would 
>revisit
> ethernet. I am pretty sure it could be made to work, but by the time I got
> involved, we had no time to attempt fixing the problems.
> Bob
>
> "Walden H. Leverich" wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> >
> > So do I understand you correctly that you basically gave up on the ethernet
> > attach and are talking to the library via serial? Is this a stop-gap or your
> > final solution?
> >
> > -Walden
> >
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> > Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Larkin [mailto:blarkin@wt.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 00:29
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: SNA (Yes SNA) setup - will it autoconfig?
> >
> > Walden,
> > We had problems attempting to connect two 820s via ethernet to on 3494. One
> > gotcha is that the 3494 is 10M NIC, not 100!! I did not do initial ethernet
> > setup, but I could not get it to work, plus it would have required a
> > dedicated NIC in each 820 because our network is pure 100M.  We went with
> > serial connections from the modem/serial card (9447?) to the 3494. Those
> > connections are used for BRMS to communicate to the 3494 tape library. For
> > the SNA communications between the 820s for synchronization, we use SNA over
> > IP through Gigabit NICs that are also used for our Domino replication. Bob
> > Larkin
> >
> > "Walden H. Leverich" wrote:
> >
> > > Two iSeries (actually AS/400s) that need to talk SNA to eachother
> > > (actually to a 3494 tape library). It's been so long since I setup a
> > > SNA network I don't remember it. On V4R5 if I create the lines and
> > > vary them on will the two systems auto config? I already have them
> > > talking via opti-connect if that changes anything.
> > >
> > > -Walden
> > >
> > > PS. Is it really true that the 5494 won't talk IP to an AS/400 until
> > > V5R2?
> > >
> > > ------------
> > > Walden H Leverich III
> > > President
> > > Tech Software
> > > (516) 627-3800 x11
> > > (208) 692-3308 eFax
> > > WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com
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> > >
> > > Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
> > > (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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