Re: V5R1 vs V4R5

["Urbanek, Marty" <Marty_Urbanek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been working with the "IBM Configurator for eBusiness" for iSeries
the last few days and it implies that you can still  share the NIC between
IXA and OS/400 under V5R1. It does issue a warning that it would better to
have a dedicated NIC for each side, but it lets you configure the system
with a single NIC.

My limited personal experience with this (one 2850? IPCS in V4) was that I
had one helluva time trying to share the NICs and ultimately gave up and
used one for NT and one for OS/400. The NICs were identical.

-Marty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Subject: Re: V5R1 vs V4R5
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:39:19 -0800
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com

Thanks Neil, that's what I was trying to remember.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Palmer" <NeilP@DPSlink.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: V5R1 vs V4R5


> On older models and OS/400 releases you could share the NIC the INS used
> for Native 400 functions, BUT lost native 400 connectivity if the INS
> crashed (not that something running Windows would ever do that).Now you
> need to dedicate a card for native use, and one (or two) to the INS.  The
> NIC cards are physically identical.
>
> ...Neil
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> "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
> Sent by: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> 2001/11/10 19:10
> Please respond to midrange-l
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>         To:     <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: V5R1 vs V4R5
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>
> Hi Neil,
>
> That price was for V4R5.
>
> On the NIC question, your response makes it sound as if the NIC's are the
> same. Is my memory faulty or was there at one time a difference in the NIC
> used by OS400 and the NIC used by the INS?
>
> tia,
> Peter Dow