June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
10h 33m
English
Linux on the mainframe can use all supported mainframe devices, such as IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS), or the more traditional 3390. Also, support for fiber SCSI over an FCP link will allow Linux images to reach SCSI devices that are common in the UNIX world.
At the end of 2002, it became possible to use SANs in the context of Linux on the mainframe. However, until current security and management issues are resolved, the use of SANs should be restricted to constrained environments.
The mainframe with its channel paths allows an enormous number of directly attached devices. Because your Linux images run in the same physical machine, you can share physical access paths. The large number of configurable paths also ...