Description of problem: We use IUCV for network connectivity for the Linux guests on z/VM 3.10. No matter where I place the statement "iucv=TCPIPLNX" in the REDHAT PRM file, the install program wouldn't never accept "iucv=TCPIPLNX" just like other parameters in the REDHAT PRM file. I had tried all upper, lower, or combination of upper/lower case for iucv=TCPIPLNX" with no success. The install process will not prompt with IUCV=TCPIPLNX in uppercase, but it failed to establish the network connectivity between the Linux guest and TCPIPLNX (IP Stack) machine. 'SPOOL PUNCH * RDR' 'PUNCH KERNEL IMG B (NOH' 'PUNCH REDHAT PRM A (NOH' 'PUNCH INITRD IMG B (NOH' 'IPL 00C' The circumvention is to exclude "iucv=TCPIPLNX" in the parm file and key it in when prompted during the install. File REDHAT PRM - a CMS file on z/VM. ROOT=/DEV/RAM0 RAMDISK_SIZE=40000 RO IP=OFF DASD=100,200,501 iucv=TCPIPLNX HOSTNAME=linuxtdc.bankofamerica.com NETTYPE=iucv IPADDR=171.177.29.16 NETWORK=171.177.29.1 GATEWAY=171.177.29.1 MTU=1492 DNS=171.174.3.251:171.132.7.10 SEARCHDNS=bankofamerica.com Console log of the Linux guest machine. Starting the zSeries initrd to configure networking. Version is 1.01 Enter iucv kernel module options (usually iucv=HOST, where HOST is TCPIP for the VM TCP/IP service machine or the name (in capital letters) of another Linux guest: iucv=TCPIPLNX IUCV lowlevel driver Version: 1.39 initialized divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device iucv0 iucv0: 'TCPIPLNX' NETIUCV driver Version: 1.21 initialized iucv0: connected with remote side Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Include "iucv=TCPIP" in the cms file REDHAT PRM, then start to install by IPL 00C from the guest machine. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: I was prompted to enter iucv=TCPIP. Expected results: It shouldn't prompt to enter iucv=TCPIP. Additional info:
Workaround is to use something like IUCV=iucv=TCPIP *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107162 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.