Re: i5 520 Express and APPN

[Kirk Goins <kgoins@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

According to IBM PartnerLine and my distributer... Gigabit capable ports 
(PCI or Builtin) do not support SNA even at 10 or 100.

Neil Palmer wrote:

> Marc,
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> Are you differentiating "card" from the 2 build in Ethernet ports on the 
> 520, or do they not support SNA either?
> If they don't, IBM sure his that well - I couldn't see any reference to it 
> in the Sales Manual on Announcement Letter for the 520.  They are 
> basically ignored because they do not have a feature code.
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> ...Neil
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> Le ven. 03 sept. 2004 17:13:56, Graap, Ken écrivait:
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> > I'm beginning to think that the little i5 model 520 we purchased
> > the other day is incapable of supporting an APPN/APPC connection
> > over it's Ethernet card.... Can anyone verify this to be true? Is
> > this box only capable of supporting a TCP/IP network connection?
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> It depends on the LAN card. See the System builder redbook. You will 
> find it here : 
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg242155.html?Open
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> For example : the following cards do not support SNA protocols : 2743, 
> 2760, 5706, 5707.
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