Re: ADTS V6R1 - No SEU updates?

DeLong, Eric wrote:

Brandon,

I'll not try to put words in Joe's mouth, but I read his point as "On systems where all access is via network port, SEU offers no better access than the client toolsets (WDSC, RDi, Code/400)". With twinax, one could access the system whether the network was up or down. SEU offered a reliable means of maintaing source when networks were unavailable.

Thanks, Eric! That's exactly what I was getting at. Evidently my writing skills are eroding in this late stage of my career. Yes, that's why I asked the question: if there is no twinax on the box whatsoever, then what situations can you use SEU but not RDi? The point being that if TCP/IP is down, neither SEU nor RDi will work. While I understand there is be a "special" Ethernet port that works even when i5/OS doesn't, can you load up enough of the stack to actually run SEU on it?

Personally, I hope the answer is yes, and that IBM always includes one copy of SEU, no matter how limited in function.

Joe