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For communications inside a single z/VM LPAR, we recommend VSWITCH.
Although CTC bandwidth is good (particularly FICON Express), CTC connectivity
is less fault tolerant than other solutions. Sometimes, if one side of the link has a
problem, one or even both of the systems have to be re-IPLed in order to restart
the CTC link. For communications between the zSeries machine and other
systems in the network, we recommend that you use any of the OSA-Express2
features, OSA-Express Gigabit Ethernet or OSA-Express 1000BASE-T.
4.2.4 Common Link Access to Workstation (CLAW)
Common Link Access to Workstation (CLAW) is a point-to-point protocol. A
CLAW device is an ESCON channel-attached device that supports CLA ...