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Linux for IBM System z9 and IBM zSeries
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Linux for IBM System z9 and IBM zSeries

by Gregory Geiselhart, Robert Brenneman, Eli Dow, Klaus Egeler, Torsten Gutenberger, Bruce Hayden, Livio Sousa
January 2006
Intermediate to advanced
226 pages
6h 11m
English
IBM Redbooks
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Chapter 4. Networking Overview 93
Recommendations
Given the complexity of managing a point-to-point network within a z/VM system,
we do not recommend it as a solution. When it was the only topology we had
available to communicate among guests, obviously, it was acceptable. We now
recommend that you use one of the z/VM LAN technologies, Guest LAN or
VSWITCH.
4.5.1 Guest LAN
From z/VM V4.2 and later, the z/VM control program (CP) has been enhanced to
provide a feature known as
Guest LAN. This feature enables you to create
multiple Virtual LAN segments within a z/VM environment. As can be seen from
Figure 4-17 on page 94, Guest LANs do not have a ...
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