Typically FC(a.k.a FICON) is used to connect to "mainframe style" storage such as ECKD. FCP(a.k.a Fiber Channel) is used to connect to "distributed style" storage such as SCSI
Mike On Sun, 5 Aug 2018 at 14:05, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gadi > > Thank you so much for the response > > Off topic > > Based on the ficon express. How do we decide which one has to be defined as > FCP and FC type ? I understand FCP are for only zVM. > > > > On Sun 5 Aug, 2018, 2:31 PM Gadi Ben-Avi, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On the newer OSA cards, while there are two ports, they both use the same > > CHPID. That's just how it works. > > You can define which port to use using other means, depending on how the > > OSA card is configured. > > Both ports must be the same type. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > > Of Peter > > Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2018 1:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Dummy question about CHPID > > > > Hi > > > > Could someone help me to understand on why do we assign only 1 chpid for > > OSA-ICC and OSA base 1000t. > > > > I can see FC and FCP have two CHPIDs > > > > Apology I am just new to IODF definition. > > > > Regards, > > Peter > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email > > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > . > > הודעה זו נשלחה אליך מטעם חברה בקבוצת מלם תים וייתכן שהיא מוגנת תחת סודיות > > מסחרית. כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על > ידי > > מורשה החתימה של החברה. החברה רשאית לנטר כל תכתובת העוברת בשרתיה והיא לא > > תישא באחריות לכל נזק, ו/או אובדן, שיבוש או פגיעה במידע כלשהו שנגרם מסיבות > > של תקיפה חיצונית ו/או זדונית על הארגון. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike Shorkend [email protected] www.shorkend.com Tel: +972524208743 Fax: +97239772196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
