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11.2.2 Dedicate two OSA devices
This configuration uses Linux guests with dedicated OSA devices. Each guest using channel
bonding requires two dedicated OSA triplets, resulting in six DEDICATE statements in the
USER DIRECT file. Perform the following steps:
1. Find some free OSA addresses. Log in as MAINT and query the currently free OSAs as
Example 11-16 shows.
Example 11-16 Querying currently free OSAs
==> q osa free
OSA 20AC FREE , OSA 20AD FREE , OSA 20AE FREE , OSA 20AF FREE
OSA 20E3 FREE , OSA 20E4 FREE , OSA 20E5 FREE , OSA 20E6 FREE
OSA 20E7 FREE , OSA 20E8 FREE , OSA 20E9 FREE , OSA 20EA FREE
OSA 20EB ...