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April 2009

IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC)
Reference Guide

The New Face of
Enterprise Computing

Summary of Contents for Z10 BUISNESS CLASS Z10 BC

Page 1: ...April 2009 IBM System z10 Business Class z10 BC Reference Guide The New Face of Enterprise Computing...

Page 2: ...phy page 36 On Demand Capabilities page 41 Reliability Availability and Serviceability RAS page 45 Availability Functions page 46 Environmental Enhancements page 48 Parallel Sysplex Cluster Technology...

Page 3: ...And it s about to rewrite the rules and deliver new freedoms for your business Whether you want to deploy new applica tions quickly grow your business without growing IT costs or consolidate your infr...

Page 4: ...e helping to lower the cost of ownership The IBM System z specialty engines can run independently or complement each other For example the zAAP and zIIP processors enable you to purchase additional pr...

Page 5: ...service functions z OS V1 10 also introduces zIIP Assisted HiperSockets for large messages available on System z10 servers only The new capability provided with z VM Mode partitions increases flexibi...

Page 6: ...ent for software hardware cache optimization Support for 1 MB page frames Full hardware support for Hardware Decimal Floating point Unit HDFU z Architecture operating system support Delivering the tec...

Page 7: ...so supports RSA key ISO Format 3 PIN block 13 Digit through 19 Digit PAN data secure key AES and SHA algorithms Improved productivity z OS V1 10 provides improve ments in or new capabilities for simpl...

Page 8: ...server for mission critical workloads z VM z VM V5 4 is designed to extend its System z virtualization technology leadership by exploiting more capabilities of System z servers including Greater flexi...

Page 9: ...ts with growing core VSE workloads and or those who wish to exploit Linux on System z for new Web based business solutions and infrastructure simplification z VSE 4 1 is designed to support z Architec...

Page 10: ...verable required for z10 to enable HiperDispatch on z10 does not require a zIIP z OS V1 7 support was withdrawn September 30 2008 The Lifecycle Extension for z OS V1 7 5637 A01 makes fee based cor rec...

Page 11: ...er to reduce cost and increase flexibility A redesigned I O drawer offers higher availability and can be concurrently added or replaced when at least two drawers are installed Reduced capacity and pri...

Page 12: ...System z FCP security improvements and Linux support for HiperSockets IPv6 STP enhancements include the additional support for NTP clients and STP over InfiniBand links Like the System z9 BC the z10 B...

Page 13: ...irtualization capabilities energy efficiency at system and data center levels The z10 BC is designed to further extend and integrate key platform characteristics such as dynamic flexible partitioning...

Page 14: ...recision in numerical computing are important for all our customers The z10 BC offers improvements for decimal floating point instructions because each z10 processor chip has its own hardware decimal...

Page 15: ...o communicate with applications running in another with out dependency on an external network Industry standard and openness are design objectives for I O in z9 BC The z10 BC has one model the E10 Mac...

Page 16: ...A01 to Z01 A01 to Z02 A03 to Z03 A04 to Z04 and A05 to Z05 Capacity setting A00 does not have any CP engines Nxx where n the capacity setting of the engine and xx the number of PU characterized as CP...

Page 17: ...for z VM and Linux operating environments Based on using an LSPR mixed workload the perfor mance of the z10 BC 2098 Z01 is expected to be up to 1 4 times that of the z9 BC 2096 Z01 Moving from a Syste...

Page 18: ...els 63 75k Multiple Subchannel Sets MSS Redundant I O Interconnect Physical Channel IDs PCHIDs System Initiated CHPID Reconfiguration Logical Channel SubSystem LCSS Spanning System I O Configuration A...

Page 19: ...FICON Express4 features are available in long wavelength LX and short wavelength SX For customers exploiting LX there are two options available for unre peated distances of up to 4 kilometers 2 5 mile...

Page 20: ...ure costs For more information about FICON visit the IBM Redbooks Web site at http www redbooks ibm com search for SG24 5444 There are also various FICON I O Connectivity information at www 03 ibm com...

Page 21: ...ructure cost savings by reducing the number of channels for inter connecting the two sites FCP Channels z10 BC supports FCP channels switches and FCP SCSI disks with full fabric connectivity under Lin...

Page 22: ...re provides improved utilization of inter site con nected resources and infrastructure FICON and FCP for connectivity to disk tape and printers High Performance FICON improvement in performance and RA...

Page 23: ...es of service support by the channel Platform registration is a service defined in the Fibre Chan nel Generic Services 4 FC GS 4 standard INCITS ANSI T11 group Platform and name server registration ap...

Page 24: ...will default to cur rent pacing values when operating with control units that cannot exploit extended distance FICON Exploitation of extended distance FICON is supported by IBM System Storage DS8000...

Page 25: ...or reduced latency and improved throughput To help reduce latency the OSA Express3 features now have an Ethernet hardware data router what was previ ously done in firmware packet construction inspecti...

Page 26: ...ty OSA Express2 Gigabit Ethernet and 1000BASE T Ethernet continue to be available for ordering for a limited time if you are not yet in a position to migrate to the latest release of the operating sys...

Page 27: ...e has two ports Each port resides on a PCIe adapter and has its own channel path identifier CHPID There are two PCIe adapters per feature OSA Express3 10 GbE SR is designed to support attachment to a...

Page 28: ...ernet Local Area Network LAN The feature supports auto negotiation and automatically adjusts to 10 100 or 1000 Mbps depending upon the LAN When the feature is set to autonegotiate the target device mu...

Page 29: ...forward local traffic to the firewall Internal routing can be disabled on a per QDIO connec tion basis This support does not affect the ability to share an OSA Express port Sharing occurs as it does...

Page 30: ...n Layer 2 mode z VM Virtual Switch controlled VSWITCH controlled link aggregation IEEE 802 3ad allows you to dedicate an OSA Express2 or OSA Express3 port to the z VM operat ing system when the port i...

Page 31: ...address Fil tering can reduce the amount of inbound traffic being pro cessed by the operating system reducing CPU utilization Layer 2 transport mode is supported by z VM and Linux on System z OSA Laye...

Page 32: ...center floor space CCL helps preserve mission critical SNA functions such as SNI and z OS applications workloads which depend upon these functions allowing you to collapse SNA inside a z10 BC while e...

Page 33: ...d across multiple Channel Subsystems CSSs Remove L2 L3 LPAR to LPAR Restriction OSA port sharing between virtual switches can communi cate whether the transport mode is the same Layer 2 to Layer 2 or...

Page 34: ...the same transport mode Layer 2 with Layer 2 and Layer 3 with Layer 3 A Layer 2 device cannot communicate directly with a Layer 3 device in another LPAR A HiperSockets device can filter inbound datagr...

Page 35: ...sages originating from z OS to be performed on a zIIP The combination of HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility and zIIP enablement is described as zIIP Assisted HiperSockets for large mes sages zIIP As...

Page 36: ...the many reasons why the world s top banks and retailers rely on the IBM mainframe to help secure sensitive business transactions z Can Do IT securely The z10 BC includes both standard cryptographic...

Page 37: ...ernment FIPS 140 2 standard Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules at Level 4 Crypto Express2 Accelerator for Secure Sockets Layer SSL acceleration Is designed to support clear key RSA operat...

Page 38: ...lly add crypto to a logical partition Today users can preplan the addition of Crypto Express2 features to a logical partition LP by using the Crypto page in the image profile to define the Cryptograph...

Page 39: ...onnectivity to an Ethernet Local Area Network LAN operating at 10 or 100 Mbps Up to ten TKE work stations can be ordered Enhancement with TKE 5 3 LIC The TKE 5 3 level of LIC includes support for the...

Page 40: ...occur during an installation making it expen sive for the banks and financial institutions Remote Key Loading Benefits Provides a mechanism to load initial ATM keys without the need to send technical...

Page 41: ...z10 BC machines new CoD capability and offerings for z10 BC is only supported by this new contract set The new contract set is structured in a modular hierarchi cal approach This new approach will el...

Page 42: ...mers to execute production workload on a CBU Upgrade during a CBU Test While all new CBU contract documents contain the new CBU Test terms existing CBU customers will need to exe cute a contract to ex...

Page 43: ...rent resource tokens are contained in separate pools within the On Off CoD record The customer via the Resource Link ordering process deter mines how many tokens go into each pool Once On Off CoD reso...

Page 44: ...i cation Programming Interface enhancements have also been made for the new Capacity On Demand features More information can be found in the System z10 Capacity On Demand User s Guide SC28 6871 Capaci...

Page 45: ...o expect from System z servers System z10 BC RAS is designed to reduce all sources of outages by reducing unscheduled scheduled and planned outages Planned outages are further designed to be reduced w...

Page 46: ...nt optimization CPs ICFs IFLs zAAPs zIIPs SAPs Dynamically Add Remove Crypto no LPAR deactivation required Redundant I O Interconnect In the event of a failure or customer initiated action such as the...

Page 47: ...gn is more closely associated with the granularity of logical entitled memory leaving little room for growth If you anticipate an increase in memory require ments a target logical memory size can now...

Page 48: ...h cooling recommendations environmental specifications system power rating power plugs receptacles line cord wire specifications and the machine configuration IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manage...

Page 49: ...high availability must move on to a database data sharing configuration With the Paral lel Sysplex environment combined with the Workload Manager and CICS TS DB2 or IMS incoming work can be dynamicall...

Page 50: ...rted by z OS and z VM for guest exploitation Coupling Facility Configuration Alternatives IBM offers multiple options for configuring a functioning Coupling Facility Standalone Coupling Facility The s...

Page 51: ...ng reach 1x InfiniBand coupling links support double data rate DDR at 5 Gbps when connected to a DWDM capable of DDR Depending on the capability of the attached DWDM the link data rate will automatica...

Page 52: ...ternative to ISC 3 in the data center and facilitate coupling link consolidation physical links can be shared by multiple systems or CF images on a single system The 12x IB links support distances up...

Page 53: ...u require the same time across heterogeneous platforms System z UNIX AIX etc you can meet these requirements by either installing a Sysplex Timer Model 2 9037 002 or by implementing Server Time Protoc...

Page 54: ...on the Support Element By configuring an NTP server as the STP External Time Source ETS the time of an STP only Coordinated Timing Network CTN can track to the time provided by the NTP server and main...

Page 55: ...s isolated as possible from the intranet or Internet Since the HMC is normally attached to the SE LAN pro viding an NTP server capability on the HMC addresses the potential security concerns most user...

Page 56: ...s IBF not required for STP recovery if Arbiter configured Two data centers CTN with 2 servers one in each data center install IBF on at least the PTS CTS Also recommend IBF on BTS to provide recovery...

Page 57: ...om municate with HMCs on the same subnet An HMC and SE can use IPv6 link local addresses to communicate with each other HMC SE support is addressing the following requirements The availability of addr...

Page 58: ...seamlessly perform hardware and selected operating system man agement using the HMC Web browser based user inter face Support for HMC z VM tower systems management enhancements is exclusive to z VM 5...

Page 59: ...ing environment IBM Global Technology Services announced and made available the IBM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex Middleware DB2 data shar ing on February 26 2008 Implementation Service...

Page 60: ...nstallation and setup of fiber optic cabling FQC facilitates adds moves and changes of ESCON and FICON LX fiber optic cables in the data center and may reduce fiber con nection time by up to 80 FQC is...

Page 61: ...W 28 degC warm room 4 339 kW 5 315 kW 6 291 kW 7 266 kW 28 degC z10 BC Highlights and Physical Dimensions z10 BC z9 BC Number of Frames 1 Frame 1 Frame Height with covers 201 5 cm 79 3 in 42 EIA 194 1...

Page 62: ...O slots but are included in the CHPID count 4 Initial order of Crypto Express2 is 2 4 PCI X adapters two features Each PCI X adapter can be configured as a coprocessor or an accelera tor FICON Expres...

Page 63: ...B N A N A 5 Gbps N A 150m z10 12x PSIFB N A N A N A 6 GBps N 2 Server generation connections allowed Theoretical maximum rates shown 1x PSIFBs support single data rate SDR at 2 5 Gbps when connected t...

Page 64: ...Compatibility 64 bit CFCC X X Addressability Message Time Ordering X X DB2 Performance SM Duplexing Support for zSeries X X 11 z990 Compatibility SM Duplexing Support for 9672 G5 G6 R06 X X 10 z900 G...

Page 65: ...p into building chilled water that already exists within the datacenter for computer room air conditioning systems External chillers or special water conditioning will not be required Water cooling te...

Page 66: ...Coupling Links I O Interface Physical Layer SA23 0395 ESCON and FICON CTC Reference SB10 7034 ESCON I O Interface Physical Layer SA23 0394 FICON I O Interface Physical Layer SA24 7172 Hardware Manage...

Page 67: ...es and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Micro soft Corporation In the United States other countries or both Intel is a trademark of the Intel Corporation i...

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