OSA-Express Implementation Guide

OSA-Express Implementation Guide

Released June 2014
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication will help you to install, tailor, and configure the Open Systems Adapter (OSA) features that are available on IBM zEnterprise® servers. It focuses on the hardware installation and the software definitions that are necessary to provide connectivity to LAN environments. This information will help you with planning and system setup. This book also includes helpful utilities and commands for monitoring and managing the OSA features.

This information will be helpful to systems engineers, network administrators, and system programmers who plan for and install OSA features. The reader is expected to have a good understanding of IBM System z® hardware, Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD) or the input/output configuration program (IOCP), Open Systems Adapter Support Facility (OSA/SF), Systems Network Architecture/Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (SNA/APPN), and TCP/IP protocol.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Figures
  3. Tables
  4. Examples
  5. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  6. Preface
    1. Authors
    2. Now you can become a published author, too
    3. Comments welcome
  7. Chapter 1. Open Systems Adapter overview
    1. 1.1 Introduction to the Open Systems Adapter
      1. 1.1.1 Operating modes
    2. 1.2 OSA-Express for ensemble connectivity
      1. 1.2.1 Intraensemble data network (IEDN)
      2. 1.2.2 Intranode management network (INMN)
  8. Chapter 2. Quick Start guide
    1. 2.1 Software support
    2. 2.2 Hardware and software definitions for the OSA
      1. 2.2.1 Modes of operation and addressing support
    3. 2.3 OSA Support Facility (OSA/SF) requirements
    4. 2.4 Quick Start tables
      1. 2.4.1 OSA function support
      2. 2.4.2 Quick Start tables for IBM z/OS and z/VM operating systems
    5. 2.5 Policy-based networking
  9. Chapter 3. Hardware configuration definitions
    1. 3.1 Configuration chart
    2. 3.2 Hardware Configuration Definition
      1. 3.2.1 Channel path definition
      2. 3.2.2 Control unit definition
      3. 3.2.3 Device definition
      4. 3.2.4 Generating the IOCDS input from the HCD
      5. 3.2.5 Dynamic reconfiguration
  10. Chapter 4. QDIO mode for the IBM z/OS operating system
    1. 4.1 QDIO environment
    2. 4.2 Hardware Configuration Definition
    3. 4.3 Missing-interrupt handler for QDIO
    4. 4.4 Customizing the z/OS network environment
      1. 4.4.1 Defining OSA devices to the z/OS Communications Server for QDIO
      2. 4.4.2 TCP/IP definitions
    5. 4.5 Activation
      1. 4.5.1 Verifying that devices are online
      2. 4.5.2 VTAM activation
      3. 4.5.3 TCP/IP devices
    6. 4.6 Relevant status displays
    7. 4.7 Systems Network Architecture support for QDIO mode
  11. Chapter 5. QDIO mode for the IBM z/VM operating system
    1. 5.1 QDIO environment
    2. 5.2 Hardware Configuration Definition
    3. 5.3 Missing-interrupt handler for QDIO
    4. 5.4 Customizing the z/VM network environment
      1. 5.4.1 TCP/IP definitions
    5. 5.5 Activation
      1. 5.5.1 Verify that devices are online
      2. 5.5.2 Activate the TCP/IP devices
    6. 5.6 Relevant status displays
  12. Chapter 6. Non-QDIO mode for the IBM z/OS operating system
    1. 6.1 Configuration information
    2. 6.2 Hardware definitions
    3. 6.3 Creating and activating the OSA configuration
    4. 6.4 Customizing the z/OS network environment
      1. 6.4.1 VTAM definitions
      2. 6.4.2 TCP/IP definitions
    5. 6.5 Activating the connections
      1. 6.5.1 Verifying that devices are online
      2. 6.5.2 VTAM activation
      3. 6.5.3 TCP/IP activation
    6. 6.6 Relevant status displays
  13. Chapter 7. Non-QDIO mode for the IBM z/VM operating system
    1. 7.1 Configuration information
    2. 7.2 Hardware definitions
    3. 7.3 OSA configuration and OAT definitions
    4. 7.4 Network definitions
      1. 7.4.1 VTAM definitions
      2. 7.4.2 TCP/IP definitions
    5. 7.5 Activating the connections
      1. 7.5.1 Verifying that devices are online
      2. 7.5.2 VTAM activation
      3. 7.5.3 TCP/IP activation
    6. 7.6 Relevant status displays
  14. Chapter 8. QDIO and non-QDIO modes for the IBM z/VSE operating system
    1. 8.1 QDIO compared to non-QDIO in z/VSE
      1. 8.1.1 TCP/IP stacks in z/VSE
      2. 8.1.2 TCP/IP setup with OSA CHPID in QDIO mode
      3. 8.1.3 TCP/IP setup with OSA CHPID in non-QDIO mode
    2. 8.2 Related publications
  15. Chapter 9. IBM z/OS virtual MAC support
    1. 9.1 Virtual MAC overview
      1. 9.1.1 Virtual MAC concept
      2. 9.1.2 Virtual MAC address assignment
    2. 9.2 Virtual MAC implementation
      1. 9.2.1 Verification
  16. Chapter 10. VLAN support
    1. 10.1 VLAN overview
      1. 10.1.1 Types of connections
      2. 10.1.2 VLAN tagging basics
    2. 10.2 General VLAN design considerations
      1. 10.2.1 VLAN configuration example
      2. 10.2.2 Sharing an OSA port with the same VLAN ID
      3. 10.2.3 Primary and secondary router support with VLANs
      4. 10.2.4 Operating system support
    3. 10.3 VLAN support for the IBM z/OS operating system
      1. 10.3.1 VLAN implementation
      2. 10.3.2 Configuring OSA with VLAN ID
      3. 10.3.3 Verification
    4. 10.4 VLAN support in the IBM z/VM operating system
      1. 10.4.1 z/VM native VLAN support
      2. 10.4.2 Verification
    5. 10.5 VLAN support for the z/VSE operating system
    6. 10.6 VLAN support for the Linux operating system
      1. 10.6.1 VLAN implementation
      2. 10.6.2 Verification
  17. Chapter 11. z/VM virtual switch
    1. 11.1 Virtual switch description
      1. 11.1.1 VSWITCH controller
      2. 11.1.2 Network interface card
      3. 11.1.3 VSWITCH capabilities
    2. 11.2 Our VSWITCH environment
    3. 11.3 Configuring a Layer 2 VSWITCH
      1. 11.3.1 Define the virtual switch environment
      2. 11.3.2 Authorize the guest system access to the virtual switch
      3. 11.3.3 Connect the guest systems to the VSWITCH
      4. 11.3.4 Verify the virtual switch configuration
      5. 11.3.5 Creating definitions for Layer 2 support: SUSE and Red Hat Linux
      6. 11.3.6 Setting up Layer 2 for the guest systems
      7. 11.3.7 Making permanent device and network definitions
    4. 11.4 Configuring VLAN support
      1. 11.4.1 Define VLAN capabilities to the virtual switch
      2. 11.4.2 Authorize Linux guests access to the virtual switch with VLAN IDs
      3. 11.4.3 Add VLANs to the guest systems
      4. 11.4.4 Add VLAN support to the z/OS TCP/IP stacks
      5. 11.4.5 Configure trunk mode in the Ethernet switch for the OSA connections
      6. 11.4.6 Verify the VLAN
    5. 11.5 Enabling port isolation
      1. 11.5.1 Port isolation off, systems sharing VSWITCH and OSA
      2. 11.5.2 Port isolation on, systems sharing VSWITCH and OSA
    6. 11.6 VEPA mode
      1. 11.6.1 Promiscuous mode
      2. 11.6.2 Link aggregation
  18. Appendix A. Open Systems Adapter-Express features by version
    1. OSA-Express feature descriptions by version
  19. Appendix B. Network Traffic Analyzer
    1. Setting up the Network Traffic Analyzer
    2. Using the Network Traffic Analyzer feature
    3. Network Management Interface API for diagnosing problems
    4. References
  20. Appendix C. Hardware Management Console and Support Element tasks
    1. HMC advanced facilities for OSA
    2. View code level
    3. Configuring OSA channels on/off
  21. Appendix D. Useful setup and verification commands
    1. IBM z/OS commands
    2. z/VM commands
    3. Defining and coupling a NIC using CP commands
    4. Linux on System z TCP/IP commands
  22. Appendix E. Using the Open Systems Adapter Support Facility
    1. Setup requirements and overview
    2. Setting up OSA/SF in the z/OS environment
    3. Installing OSA/SF GUI on a workstation
    4. Using the OSA/SF GUI
  23. Appendix F. Using the OSA/SF operating system-based interface
    1. Creating the OSA configuration
    2. Creating the OAT file
    3. Activating the OSA configuration
  24. Appendix G. TCP/IP Passthru mode
    1. Default mode
    2. Hardware configuration definition requirements
    3. Displaying the default OAT
    4. Customizing z/OS TCP/IP
    5. Activation
  25. Appendix H. Our configuration definitions
    1. Sample environment
    2. z/OS definitions
    3. z/VM TCP/IP profile
  26. Appendix I. Address Resolution Protocol takeover
    1. ARP takeover description
    2. ARP takeover definitions
    3. Verifying ARP takeover
  27. Appendix J. Resource Measurement Facility in an OSA environment
    1. RMF for the Open Systems Adapter
    2. RMF Monitor II output
  28. Appendix K. Authorization in the IBM z/VM operating system
    1. z/VM virtual switch authorization
  29. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get IBM Redbooks
    5. Help from IBM
  30. Back cover
  31. IBM System x Reference Architecture for Hadoop: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Reference Architecture
    1. Introduction
    2. Business problem and business value
    3. Reference architecture use
    4. Requirements
    5. InfoSphere BigInsights predefined configuration
    6. InfoSphere BigInsights HBase predefined configuration
    7. Deployment considerations
    8. Customizing the predefined configurations
    9. Predefined configuration bill of materials
    10. References
    11. The team who wrote this paper
    12. Now you can become a published author, too!
    13. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  32. Notices
    1. Trademarks

Product information

  • Title: OSA-Express Implementation Guide
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: June 2014
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None