27.12.2012 Views

The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - z/VM - IBM

The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - z/VM - IBM

The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - z/VM - IBM

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

– DASD: 27 3390-3s or 9 3390-9s at a minimum<br />

– Open Systems Adapter (OSA) network cards: One card minimum with 8 device<br />

numbers (technically 6, but OSA “triplets” usually start on an even address). Two OSA<br />

Express cards with eight device numbers on one and four on the other is<br />

recommended <strong>for</strong> high availability.<br />

► A network-attached computer that will act as an NFS server and possibly an FTP server<br />

with at least 6 GB of disk space Setting up a Linux PC or UNIX® server is described.<br />

If you only have access to a Windows machine, AllegroNFS has been suggested as an<br />

NFS server. See http://nfs<strong>for</strong>windows.com/home<br />

► A workstation or desktop that has network access to the mainframe<br />

2.1.2 Software resources<br />

<strong>The</strong> following software resources are needed:<br />

► z/<strong>VM</strong> 6.1 install media with documentation. <strong>The</strong> physical media of DVDs is described. In<br />

addtion, there are now sections describing how to use electronic delivery of z/<strong>VM</strong> utilizing<br />

an FTP server, such that physical media is not needed.<br />

► RHEL 6 Linux install media. If you do not have it, you can request a free 180-day<br />

evaluation copy at:<br />

http://www.redhat.com/z<br />

See section 6.3, “Setting up a RHEL 6 install tree” <strong>for</strong> details.<br />

► An operating system <strong>for</strong> the NFS server<br />

► <strong>The</strong> code associated with this book - on the Web at:<br />

ftp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG247932/SG247932.tgz<br />

► Tools on the workstation and desktop:<br />

– A 3270 Emulator such as Attachmate Extra, Hummingbird Host Explorer, or <strong>IBM</strong><br />

Personal Communications <strong>for</strong> Windows desktops<br />

– A Linux SSH client such as PuTTY (recommended) or TeraTerm<br />

– A VNC viewer<br />

<strong>The</strong>se resources are described in more detail in the chapters that follow.<br />

2.1.3 Networking resources<br />

<strong>The</strong> following network resources are needed:<br />

► A TCP/IP address <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>VM</strong><br />

► One TCP/IP address <strong>for</strong> each Linux virtual server<br />

► Associated TCP/IP in<strong>for</strong>mation:<br />

– DNS host name<br />

– DNS domain<br />

– DNS server TCP/IP address<br />

– TCP/IP gateway<br />

– TCP/IP subnet mask<br />

– TCP/IP broadcast address (usually calculated from address and subnet mask)<br />

– TCP/IP MTU size<br />

8 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Virtualization</strong> <strong>Cookbook</strong> <strong>for</strong> RHEL 6

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!