psdata@thebox.uucp (Phil Scott) (10/01/90)
We have a client running AT&T UNIX on an Everex 386 acting as a file server for several PC's. The network os is AT&T stargroup. Everything is wired for token ring. The installation also has an 3090/400E running MVS-XA. They want to communicate between the unix system and the mainframe. Constraints are high-speed (no serial lines) and strongly prefer token ring rather than run a "foreign" type of wiring. Rabbit and Cleo have sent him literature but his impression is it is too expensive for what they do. Any suggestions?
jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) (10/07/90)
In article <124@thebox.UUCP> psdata@thebox.uucp (Phil Scott) writes: >We have a client running AT&T UNIX on an Everex 386 acting as a file >server for several PC's. The network os is AT&T stargroup. Everything >is wired for token ring. The installation also has an 3090/400E running >MVS-XA. They want to communicate between the unix system and the >mainframe. Sorry about the delay in reponding to this, but I have been out of town. The most straightfoward solution to this problem is to obtain an IBM 8232 which is the IBM 370 channel-to-network interface, it can be configured with either a token-ring adaptor or ethernet adaptor (or both for that matter). Then there is a TCP/IP software package available for either VM or MVS (sorry, but I have no idea of a order number). Once you have done this, you will have all of the normal TCP/IP services available. A nice aspect to it, is not only will you have ftp, but you can also telnet into the MVS system remotely from say, your X11-based work station. Once you have this around its hard to live without it!! Contact your IBM representative for more info. Disclaimer: My opinions need not necessarily reflect my employer's. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@locus.com AIX370 Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM