Re: Installing PTFs via netshare (Actually NFS)

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to be clear this function uses NFS not a netserver share.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 8/22/2012 12:04 PM, DrFranken wrote:
> Rob,
>
>       Short answer "Yes".  Each client needs a dedicate LAN card to be
> used as the service tools interface. The card CAN be a virtual adapter,
> a port on the IVE, or a separate physical port on a real card.  OK YOU
> COULD share by varying off the current Line Description, configuring the
> service tools LAN adapter, and then going back but that's a pain for
> many reasons.
>
>       I use this a TON on both internal virtual LANs and physical LANs
> and it is wonderful once you get your head around it. Mostly I create a
> completely separate internal vlan to use for this function only and
> configure every partition to have a service tools interface on it.
>
>       The server (or host) does NOT need a dedicated card as you are
> essentially using NFS to access the files there. HOWEVER it's not in the
> documentation that this function will NOT WORK if you have Jumbo Frames
> (frames larger than 1500 bytes) configured on the Host partition
> interface that's being used for this function.  WHY it's not in there
> YET (It's been well over a year) is beyond me. They even got cranky with
> me because I had Jumbos on yet couldn't point to where it said not to.
> (So you have been warned. :-)  )
>
>       - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.
>
> On 8/22/2012 11:53 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I am following the directions in
> > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzam4/rzam4setupvoswithinnfsnetwork.htm
> > Do I have to have a dedicated lan card for this on each client?  If not,
> > how do I get this to work?
> >
> > Rob Berendt