Setting up the network
The ECM software components communicate over a virtual guest-to-guest network provided by the z/VM® hypervisor (VSWITCH).
When querying the devices with the Linux® lsqeth command, the virtual network devices appear within Linux as type GuestLAN QDIO.
This is the command to list Linux
qeth-based network
devices:
# lsqeth eth1
Device name : eth1
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card_type : GuestLAN QDIO
cdev0 : 0.0.1000
cdev1 : 0.0.1001
cdev2 : 0.0.1002
chpid : 02
online : 1
portname : osaport
portno : 0
route4 : no
route6 : no
checksumming : sw checksumming
state : UP (LAN ONLINE)
priority_queueing : always queue 2
fake_broadcast : 0
buffer_count : 128
layer2 : 0
large_send : no
isolation : none
sniffer : 0