RE: twinax cards

Yep, went along with the "no managing LPAR"...

Chuck

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:07 PM
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Subject: RE: twinax cards

Don,

Throw this into the mix for folks running twinax consoles on iSeries.  I
think it was in the Insider Weekly just this last week about OS/400 V5R3
supporting a Hardware Management Console (HMC) that is Linux based. If I
read it correctly, it attaches to the iSeries via Ethernet.  

It should be interesting!  It also begs the question of what will happen to
Oops Console's future.....  :-)

Regards,

Mike Shaw

 

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:02 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: twinax cards



Whereas it may work fine, I would rather have my clients move to a
ethernet solution.

It gives me MUCH less cable to have to deal with (unless it's already
there) and it give one cable to a system (vs 1 for twinax and one for
ether)  Virtual devices saves me the headache of dealing with limited
devices per port issues, and problems with someone experimenting with
thier own settings, etc....

And, alot of those old cards just won't fit in the newer PC's....:)

Don in DC



On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, James H H Lampert wrote:

> > No problems. Why give up on twinax if the equipment works? If it ain't
> > broke, don't fix it.
>
>
> I couldn't have said it better myself. Of course, whether twinax is
> something that needs to be "fixed" depends entirely on what you're hooking
> up.
>
> I have a 3487 on my desk that's got a 4-way twinax switch, and 4 strands
> of twinax cable going to 4 different AS/400s. At the time I put in the
> wiring, I really didn't expect to need any more than two, but if I had it
> to do all over again, I'd have put at least 6 to 8 strands of twinax in
> the wall, between my office and the cage, because it only took a few
> months to need 3 strands, and only a few years after that to need all 4.
> On the other hand, with ethernet, I can access every 400 we have with
> ethernet, along with a few customer 400s, and the web, through a single
> strand of Cat5 that's lighter than any twinax cable, and the only reason I
> still have a terminal is because for my needs, a real 3487 is better than
> any emulator.
>
> --
> JHHL
>
>
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