I am confused about which 'access' is at question. There is access to the card and access to the lpars using the card. Basically the wires in and out of the physical OSA-ICC card.
ANYONE that has connectivity to the Ethernet port on the OSA is 'accessing' the OSA. The 'OSA Specific Utilities' under HMC control then controls what LPARS the people who 'access' the OSA can see within your mainframe.. The LPARS must also be told about the OSA-ICC. None of this will give them 'Access' to your operating systems or applications. In other words, they will still have to authenticate and login just like any users of the systems. It boils down to the trust you have in your outsourcer. They are the fox in charge of this hen house. IF they are sharing the physical OSA across all customers, then the OSA-ICC configuration becomes your gatekeeper/firewall to keep everyone isolated. Makes me wonder what the concerns are and what 'accesses' are being question. Also, what access? physically, to the applications and data? etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
