Can PSF/AIX connect to printers thru a switching unit

ITEM: RTA000099184



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ABSTRACT:     Can PSF/AIX connect to printers thru a switching unit             
              such as a 3814?                                                   
SEARCH ARG:   psf/aix channel                                                   
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Customer wants to have a backup PSF/AIX server and needs to switch              
his printers easily from one server to the other.  How can this be              
done?  The only easy way I can think of is to use a 3814 switching              
unit (or third-party equivalent).  Is this possible?                            
                                                                                
Today, the customer has a PSF/AIX server driving 3 3827's and 1                 
3827.  Each printer has a two-channel switch.  The "A" switch goes              
to the host, and the "B" switch goes to the PSF/AIX server.  Of                
course, they only use one "side" at a time.                                     
                                                                                
For backup, customer would like to have two PSF/AIX servers - one               
hot, one cold.  Can we cable the printers to the 3814 switch unit,              
and cable the servers to the switch unit?  If that isn't doable,                
is there a similar or better solution.  Otherwise, the CE or                    
customer would have to physically disconnect/connect cables from                
one server to the other.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Thank you.                                                                      
                                                                                
A:                                                                              
I checked with the lab in Boulder, and they use a 3814 in their labs            
to switch printers between systems regularly (for example, to share a          
single channel-attached printer between PSF/MVS and PSF/AIX). So your           
proposed configuration should work as long as you follow the correct            
procedures for stopping and restarting queues.                                  
                                                                                
Thanks for using ASKQ.                                                          
                                                                                
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:                                                  
CROSS AIX PSF/6000 PSF/AIX 3814 SWITCH CHANNEL 2914                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                               


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