Thanks Tony, it makes calmer knowing I'm not the only one being confused about this :-)
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 3:18 PM Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > Christian, > I was dismayed too when I first discovered this limitation. The OSA-C > was originally intended to eliminate the local 3174 requirement. It was > not really designed to replace the 3172-003, which is what many are > using it for today. > > And, you also need to look back at the OSA-C's roots which was the 3274 > emulation in the P370, P390 and the MP3000. > > Tony Thigpen > > Christian Svensson wrote on 7/19/20 8:40 AM: > > Thanks for the input folks. > > > > Brian: I have it working just fine, the setup was easy as you said - the > > reason I started this thread was because I couldn't understand why the > > limitations on the TCP port number and the philosophy behind the routing. > > > > It seems pretty weird to me that IBM implemented ICC this way, but hey - > > I'm just a stranger on the internet :-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 06:52 Brian Westerman < > brian_wester...@syzygyinc.com> > > wrote: > > > >> You can set up some of the ports to be local VTAM terminals, then you > can > >> use VISTA (or any 3270 emulator) to connect into the ICC port 3270, and > use > >> the LUNAME of the 3270 you defined as a local 3270 terminal. Since you > can > >> have over 100 terminals per port, making them all os consoles is a > waste, > >> so having a bunch of them as local 3270's that you can give to your > carious > >> LPARs (and use EE to connect to the LPARs they are not connected to), > is a > >> great way to use them. > >> > >> I like to make the first 16 to 32 devices OS consoles and the rest of > them > >> local 3270s. > >> > >> So you are using TCP to get to them inside the ICC, but they are > >> technically local 3270 terminals. I think you can make some of them > >> printers if you want, but that seems like a waste. > >> > >> If you need more detailed directions, there are samples in the OSA > express > >> 3 manual (and the newer ones). Or I can send you some screen shots of > how > >> to set them up. Various sites I support are also z/114's so it's not a > >> problem. The entire time to set them up will probably take you on the > >> order of 15 seconds for each terminal. (if that) > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
