OSA-Express Fast Ethernet (FENET), OSA-Express 155 ATM and OSA-Express Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) are the newest features in the lineup of Local Area Network (LAN) adapters offered under the covers of S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server Generation 5 and Generation 6.
OSA-Express has one physical network adapter or OSA port. Its physical port can be attached directly to a LAN. This integration of channel path with network port makes OSA-Express a unique type of S/390 channel, recognized by the hardware I/O configuration as one of the following:
· OSD (QDIO)
· OSE (non QDIO)
Reports for the following are shown:
· Processor utilization
· Physical PCI bus utilization
· Ethernet port diagnostics
There are three OSA-Express type variables:
· OSAExpress (G)
· OSAPerformance (G)
· OSAEthernet (G)
The (G) after each variable indicates that graphs are available.
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