IBM Enterprise Storage Server 2105 E10, Introduction And Planning Manual

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System/390 host systems
With ESCON adapters, the ESS supports up to 32 connections for System/390 host
systems, each with up to 64 logical paths. IBM attaches an ESS to a System/390
server for fibre-channel connection (FICON
™
) through the bridge card on the IBM
9032 Model 005 ESCON Director.
The ESS supports the following operating systems:
v
OS/390
v
Multiple Virtual Storage/Enterprise Storage Architecture (MVS/ESA
™
)
v
Virtual Machine/Enterprise Storage Architecture (VM/ESA
®
)
v
Virtual Storage Extended/Enterprise Storage Architecture (VSE/ESA
™
)
v
Transaction Processing Facility (TPF)
The ESS also supports the following operating systems for the new IBM eserver
zSeries 900 (z900 server):
v
z/OS Version 1 Release 1
v
OS/390 Version 2 Release 6 or higher
v
VM
– z/VM Version 3 Release 1
– VM/ESA Version 2 Release 2
– VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3
– VM/ESA Version 2 Release 4
v
VSE/ESA Version 2 Release 3 and higher
v
Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) Version 4 Release 1
See the preventive service planning (PSP) bucket for operating system support and
planning information that includes APARs and programming temporary fixes (PTFs).
For additional information about the changes you need to make to System/390
hosts to support ESS functions, see
DFSMS/MVS Version 1 Release 5 Software
Support for the IBM Enterprise Storage Server .
For information about the latest updates to Copy Services components XRC,
PPRC, SnapShot, Concurrent Copy, and FlashCopy for S/390, see the following
Web site:
www.storage.ibm.com/software/sms/sdm/sdmtech.htm
Web interfaces
This section describes the Web security, the ESSNet, and the Web interfaces for
ESS. The Web interfaces include:
v
StorWatch Enterprise Storage Server Specialist (ESS Specialist)
v
StorWatch Enterprise Storage Server Web Copy Services (ESS Web Copy
Services) that supports Web Interfaces to manager peer-to-peer remote copy or
FlashCopy.
v
StorWatch Expert, an optional software product
See your IBM Field office for information about how to order StorWatch Expert. See
the
IBM Enterprise Storage Server Web Interface User’s Guide which provides
detailed descriptions of the ESS Specialist and the ESS Web Copy Services
interfaces and how to use them.
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