Wow, tyvm, Alan, great to hear from you again. Have not spoken to you since last year.
Then you were at [email protected]. But it looks like ibmvm has been taken over by uark.edu since then. tyvm for the great zBx info. It is very helpful Nice to see Chuckie is still alive and well. It has been a while since I had the privilege have , but it's great to see you over here from the IBMVM Marist LIstserv with your usual amazing technical prowess. On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2012 22:19:07 -0700, Edward Jaffe < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >On 5/4/2012 6:11 PM, George Henke wrote: > >> When you say "You can couple up to eight nodes", do you mean 8 CECs to a > >> zBx, that 8 CECs can share a zBx? > > > >Each node has its own zBX. > > Each zBX consists of 1 to 4 frames, each with one or two BladeCenter > chassis, and a set of ethernet switches. The zBX is "owned" by a single > z196 or z114 CPC. Up to 8 CPCs, each with its attached zBX can join > together into an ensemble. The virtual servers (guests or LPARs) on any of > the CPCs can connect to the virtual servers on any blade, subject only to > IEDN configuration. > > There is also a "zero zBX" ensemble configuration that has a single z196 > or z114 CPC, with no zBX attachment. > > Alan Altmark > IBM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
