Re: Converting from SNA to OSA

Not knowing what OSA is I took a quick look:
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Overview of mainframe network capabilities:
The OSA-Express is the equivalent of the network interface card used in Windows and UNIX systems. It supports various operational modes and protocols. Most commonly, the OSA-Express card will use the Ethernet protocol, running over copper wire or fiber optic cabling. The latest OSA-Express card, called OSA-Express2, supports Ethernet at a speed of 10 Gb/s.
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It loos like the are 4 different adapters and only one supports SNA traffic:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/networking/features2.html#1000BTE

If that is not the card that is installed in the MF and if you still need to support SNA traffic an option is the V5R4+ Enterprise Extenders. This is a replacement for AnyNet.
A search for "HPRIP" will get you lots of info:
http://tinyurl.com/3ak9je --or--
http://www-912.ibm.com/ImprovedSearch/SearchBroker?action=frommasthead&scope=iSeries&q=hprip&taskvalue=All&topicvalue=All&releasevalue=All

Sounds fun, good luck,

Bryan



Albert York said the following on 2/1/2008 5:04 PM:

I need to change the way the AS/400 is connecting to the mainframe so that it is using OSA.

> Can anyone tell me what is required on the AS/400 to do this? I have tried changing the
> LAN remote adaptor address on the controller but it stays at vary on pending.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

ALbert