IBM z/OS - Manuals

7 The new IBM ^ zSeries Application Assist Processor (zAAP), planned to be available on the IBM ^ zSeries 990 (z990) and zSeries 890 (z890) serv- ers, is an attractively priced specialized processing unit that provides strategic z/OS Java execution environment for customers who desire the powerful i...

8 To support the new scalability of the z990 a new improve- ment to the I/O Subsystem has been introduced to “break the barrier” of 256 channels per Central Electronic Com- plex (CEC). This provides “horizontal” growth by allowing the defi nition of up to four Logical Channel SubSystems each capable...

10 The z990 offers 4 models, the A08, B16, C24 and D32, which can be confi gured to give customers a highly scal- able solution to meet the needs of both high transaction processing applications and the demands of e-business. The new model structure provides between 1-32 confi gu- rable Processor Un...

11 Although CBU and On/Off Capacity on Demand can both reside on the server, the activation of On/Off Capacity on Demand is mutually exclusive with Capacity BackUp (CBU) and no physical hardware upgrade will be sup- ported while On/Off Capacity on Demand is active. This important new function for zS...

13 • Comparing a 16-way z900 Model 216 to a z990 model with sixteen CPs enabled, it is estimated that the z990 model has 1.45 to 1.53 times the capacity of the 216. • Comparing a 16-way z900 Model 216 to a z990 model with thirty-two CPs enabled, and the workload execut- ing on the z990 executing in ...

14 z990 Logical Channel SubSystems (LCSSs) and support for greater than 15 Logical Partitions (LP) In order to provide the increased channel connectivity required to support the scalability of the z990, the z990 channel I/O SubSystem delivers a breakthrough in con- nectivity, by providing up to 4 LC...

15 Logical Channel SubSystem (LCSS) Spanning The concept of spanning channels provides the ability for a channel to be confi gured to multiple LCSSs and therefore they may be transparently shared by any/all of the logical partitions in those LCSSs. Normal Multiple Image Facility (MIF) sharing of a c...

17 Fibre Channel Connectivity The on demand operating environment requires fast data access, continuous data availability, and improved fl ex- ibility all with lower cost of ownership. The new increased number of FICON Express features available on the z990 helps distinguish this new server family, ...

21 FCP Full fabric connectivity FCP full fabric support means that any number of (single vendor) FCP directors/ switches can be placed between the server and FCP/ SCSI device, thereby allowing many “hops” through a storage network for I/O connectivity. This support along with 2 Gbps link capability ...

22 z990 OSA-Express 1000BASE-T Ethernet The new OSA-Express 1000BASE-T Ethernet feature replaces the current Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) feature. This new feature is capable of operating at 10,100 or 1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) using the same copper cabling infrastructure as Fast Ethernet making transition t...

23 Queued Direct Input/Output (QDIO) The OSA-Express Gigabit Ethernet, 1000BASE-T Ethernet and Token-Ring features support QDIO (CHPID type OSD), which is unique to IBM. QDIO was fi rst introduced to the world on the z900, in Communication Server for OS/390 2.7. Queued Direct Input/Output (QDIO), a ...

26 HiperSockets, a function unique to the zSeries, provides a “TCP/IP network in the server” that allows high-speed any-to-any connectivity among virtual servers (TCP/IP images) and LPARs within a zSeries system without any physical cabling. HiperSockets decreases network latency and increases bandw...

27 This support gives the user the fl exibility to optimize and tune each HiperSockets to the predominant traffi c profi le, for example to distinguish between “high bandwidth” workloads such as FTP versus lower bandwidth interactive workloads. The HiperSockets function provides many possibilities f...

28 In the on demand era security will be a strong requirement. The zSeries products will continue to address security with announcements and deliveries of products and features. The main focus in cryptography will continue to be very high and scalable performance for SSL algorithms, and secondly, to...

29 a method for key identifi cation, exchange, separation, update, backup, and management. The TKE worksta- tion and 4.0 code level are designed to provide a secure, remote, and fl exible method of providing Master Key Entry and to remotely manage PCIX Cryptographic Coprocessors. zSeries Security Ce...

30 The z990 supports concurrent memory upgrade. This capa- bility will allow a processor’s memory to be increased with- out disrupting the processor operation. To take advantage of this capability, a customer should not plan processor storage on the 16 or 32 GB increments. A customer with a Model A0...

31 the processors in the takeover site to acquire processing power required to restart mission-critical production work- loads. GDPS-CBU management helps to minimize manual customer intervention and the potential for errors, which can help reduce the outage time for critical workloads from hours to ...

32 • Cryptographic Cards: The PCIXCC and PCICA cards plug in the I/O cage and can be added or replaced con- currently with system operation. • Redundant Cage Controllers: The Power and Service Control Network features redundant Cage Controllers for Logic and Power control. This design enables nondis...

33 Although there is a signifi cant value in a single footprint and multi-footprint environment with resource sharing, those customers looking for high availability must move on to a database data sharing confi guration. With the Parallel Sysplex environment, combined with the Workload Manager and C...

34 • Dynamic ICF Expansion: Dynamic ICF expansion pro- vides value by providing extra CF capacity when there are unexpected peaks in the workload or in case of loss of CF capacity in the cluster. – ICF Expansion into shared CPs. A CF partition running with dedicated ICFs needing processing capacity ...

36 the options to be considered is locating one of the Sysplex Timers in an intermediary site that is less than 40 km from one of the two sites (as can be seen in the diagram below). Other potential options can be evaluated when the RPQ is ordered. z990 Theoretical Maximum Coupling Link Speed • ISC-...

37 • ICB-3. The Integrated Cluster Bus-3 is used to provide high-speed coupling communication between a z990 server or CF and a z800/z900 server or CF or between two z800/z900s over short distances (~7 meters). For longer distances, ISC-3 links must be used. The z990 features the STI-3 card which re...

40 On the other hand, the GDPS solution based on Extended Remote Copy (XRC), referred to as GDPS/XRC, has the attributes of a Disaster Recovery solution. XRC is a com- bined hardware and software asynchronous remote copy solution. The application I/O is signaled completed when the data update to the...

41 unplanned HyperSwap capability lays the foundation for continuous availability, even in the event of a complete site failure. In the event of a complete failure of the site where the primary disk resides, the systems in the site with the secondary disks can continue to remain active even though w...

46 Linux on zSeries Linux and zSeries are a great team. Linux has the same appearance and application programming interfaces no matter what platform it is running on, since it is designed to be platform-independent. When Linux is run on a zSeries server it can inherit the legendary qualities of serv...

50 Cryptographic Support for Linux Linux on zSeries running on standard z990, z900, and z800 engines is capable of exploiting the hardware cryp- tographic feature provided by the PCICA feature (PCI Cryptographic Accelerator). This enables customers implementing e-business applications on Linux on zS...

51 Processor Unit Assignments Model Min. PU* Max. PU SAP Standard Spares Standard A08** 1 8 2 2 B16** 1 16 4 4 C24** 1 24 6 6 D32** 1 32 8 8 *PU can be characterized as CP, IFL, ICF, Optional SAPs, unassigned CPs, and/or unassigned IFLs up to a max number of PUs for the model**Customer will be requi...

52 z990 Frame and I/O Confi guration Content: Planning for I/O The following diagrams show the capability and fl exibility built into the I/O subsystem. All machines are shipped with two frames, the A-Frame and the Z-Frame and can have between one and three I/O cages. Each I/O cage has 28 I/O slots....

53 Channels and channel adapters no longer supported on z990 The following channels and/or channel adapters are no longer supported: • Parallel channels - an ESCON converter is required; IBM 9034 or Optica 34600 FXBT • OSA-2 adapters - use equivalent OSA-Express adapt- ers, for FDDI use 1000BASE-T o...

54 CF Level Function 13 Protocol used with fi ber channel expected to be more effi cient than ESCON Helps lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Only 2 cross site FCP links / ESS required for most workloads Can provide better performance Able to increase distance between sites while maintaining accepta...

56 While zSeries servers are supported by a number of dif- ferent operating systems, their most advanced features are powered by z/OS. z/OS is the foundation for the future of zSeries, an integral part of the z/Architecture designed and developed to quickly respond to the demanding qual- ity of serv...

58 The IBM JVM processing cycles can be executed on the confi gured zAAPS with no anticipated modifi cations to the Java application(s). Execution of the JVM processing cycles on a zAAP is a function of the Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) 1.4.1 for zSeries, z/OS 1.6, and the Processor Resource/System...

59 The msys for setup dialogs use defaults and best prac- tices values whenever possible and derive low-level values from answers to high-level questions. After the confi gura- tion parameters have been specifi ed, msys for Setup can automatically update the system confi guration directly. The user ...

61 availability. This form of clustering, known as single system image, also provides tremendous scale. Up to 32 zSeries servers with z/OS can appear as a single image for data sharing applications (see previous section, Parallel Sysplex Clustering Technology). CICS/VSAM enabled for 24x7 availabilit...

63 Advanced System Automation The unique and rich functions of IBM Tivoli System Auto- mation for OS/390 (SA OS/390) Version 2.2 (separately orderable) can ease z/OS management, reduce costs, and increase application availability. SA OS/390 automates I/O, processor, and system operations, and includ...

67 Network Authentication Service • Network Authentication Service provides authentica- tion, delegation and data confi dentiality services which are interoperable with other industry implementations based on the MIT Kerberos V5 reference implementa- tion. Network Authentication Service, administere...

68 C/C++ IBM Open Class ® Library : As previously announced in Software Announcement 203-131, dated May 13, 2003, the application development support (that is, the head- ers, source, sidedecks, objects, and samples from the Application Support Class and Collection Class libraries) is withdrawn from ...

69 REXX Functions z/OS 1.4 extends the REXX language on z/OS when used in a UNIX System Services zSeries REXX environment. It includes functions for standard REXX I/O and to easily access some common fi le services and environments vari- ables. Communication Services z/OS Version 1 Release 6 base el...

71 • Separate address space for TN3270 servers • TCP/IP Sysplex health monitoring Network Services benefi ts can include: • Function for on demand Internet and intranet applications • Multivendor, multiplatform connectivity • Mainframe class of service over IP networks • Dramatic improvements in TCP...

72 • More fi le descriptors per UNIX process are provided in z/OS 1.6, which supports up to 64K per process. • Additional support for 64-bit programming, conditional variables in shared memory, Euro symbol, and superkill support, along with enhancements to the automount daemon and Unicode. UNIX Syst...

73 • Addition of ISHELL support for zFS. • Ability to perform I/O operations in parallel for a zFS aggregate that spans multiple DASD volumes. This is designed to provide improved performance when using multi-DASD volume aggregates. • Support for 64-bit user virtual buffer addresses. The Hierarchica...

74 Print Services z/OS Version 1 Release 6 optional priced features Infoprint ® Server – IP PrintWay ™ – NetSpool ™ – z/OS Print Interface Infoprint Server provides a reliable, high availability, secure and scalable foundation for customer’s enterprise printing infrastructure. Infoprint Server and i...

75 • Data stream transforms let you print AFP ™ applications on printers using PCL, PostScript or PDF. You can also print PCL, PostScript and PDF output on AFP printers. • A transform from SAP to AFP and a certifi ed SAP Output Management System lets you print SAP application output on your fast, re...

77 This consistent coexistence, migration and fallback policy applies to release migrations for: • Single system confi gurations • Individual systems within a multisystem confi guration • Cases where a simultaneous IPL is used to migrate all systems in a multisystem confi guration at the same time. ...

81 – an interface to dynamically change users in work- loads, workload characteristics, and goals – more fl exibility using the VMRM confi guration fi le when managing multiple users – improvements in the reliability and performance of the VMRM service virtual machine’s monitor data handling – servi...

82 can help simplify migration from one release to another, facilitate the transition to newer applications, provide a test system whenever one is needed, and consolidate several to provide virtual access to the latest DASD and processor architecture for systems that lack such support. New tech- nol...

83 – post-processing of Performance Toolkit for VM history fi les and of VM monitor data captured by the MON- WRITE utility – viewing of performance monitor data using either Web browsers or PC-based 3270 emulator graphics The toolkit also provides the capability to monitor TCP/IP for z/VM, as well ...

85 z/VM Version 5 (V5) z/VM Version 5 Release 1 (V5.1) continues the evolution of its premier and world-class zSeries virtualization technology with a new version to offer traditional capabilities to manage zSeries operating systems, including Linux, on a single mainframe as guests of z/VM. z/VM V5....

87 • IPv6 support for guest LANs has been enhanced to allow the z/VM TCP/IP stack to be confi gured for IPv6 networks connected through OSA-Express operating in QDIO mode. The stack can be confi gured to provide static routing of IPv6 packets and to send IPv6 Router Advertisements. In addition, supp...

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