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Linux® on the Mainframe
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Linux® on the Mainframe

by John Eilert, Maria Eisenhaendler, Dorothea Matthaeus, Ingolf Salm
June 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
10h 33m
English
Pearson
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10.4. Communicating with the outside world

We have covered communications inside the mainframe; let us now look at communications with the outside world. High-speed communications between the mainframe and external networks are primarily supported through these communication adapters:

  • Open Systems Adapter-Express (OSA-Express)

    This TCP/IP-based adapter is important for server consolidation, because it is designed to communicate between a consolidated server environment (that uses virtual adapters and IP addressing) and the “outside world.” The OSA-Express adapter can use the QDIO architecture to provide direct connectivity between applications running in a Linux guest or Linux LPAR, and the other platforms on the attached network. The OSA-Express ...

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