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1. The Sysplex Timer Model 2 is the centralized time source that sets the Time Of Day TOD clocks in all attached servers to maintain synchronization The Sysplex Timer Model 2 provides the stepping signal that helps ensure that all TOD clocks in a multi server environment incre ment in unison to permit full read or write data sharing with integrity The Sysplex Timer Model 2 is a key component of an IBM Parallel Sysplex environment and a GDPS avail ability solution for On Demand Business The z10 EC server requires the External Time Reference ETR fea ture is standard on the z10 EC and supports attachment ETR feature to attach to a Sysplex Timer The at an unrepeated distance of up to three kilometers 1 86 miles and a link data rate of 8 Megabits per second The distance from the Sysplex Timer to the server can be extended to 100 km using qualified Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexers DWDMs However the maximum repeated distance between Sysplex Timers is limited to 40 km 53 Server Time Protocol STP STP is a message based protocol in which timekeeping information is transmitted between servers over externally defined coupling links ICB 4 ISC 3 and InfiniBand cou pling links can be used to transport STP messages Server Time Protocol STP Enhancements STP configuration and time information restoration after Power on Resets POR or power outage This enhancement delivers system management improvements by r
2. To increase the I O device addressing capability the I O subsystem provides support for multiple subchannels sets MSS which are designed to allow improved device connectivity for Parallel Access Volumes PAVs To sup port the highly scalable multi book system design the z10 EC I O subsystem uses the Logical Channel Subsystem LCSS which provides the capability to install up to 1024 CHPIDs across three I O cages 256 per operating system image The Parallel Sysplex Coupling Link architecture and technology continues to support high speed links pro viding efficient transmission between the Coupling Facility and z OS systems HiperSockets provides high speed capability to communicate among virtual servers and logi cal partitions HiperSockets is now improved with the IP version 6 IPv6 support this is based on high speed TCP IP memory speed transfers and provides value in allowing applications running in one partition to communicate with applications running in another without dependency on an external network Industry standard and openness are design objectives for I O in System z10 EC 15 210 EC Model The z10 EC has five models offering between 1 to 64 pro cessor units PUs which can be configured to provide a highly scalable solution designed to meet the needs of both high transaction processing applications and On Demand Business Four models E12 E26 E40 and E56 have 17 PUs per book and the high capacity z10
3. Some of the significant enhancements in the z10 EC that help bring improved performance availability and function to the platform have been identified The following sections highlight the functions and features of the 210 EC z10 EC Design and Technology The System z10 EC is designed to provide balanced system performance From processor storage to the system s I O and network channels end to end bandwidth is provided and designed to deliver data where and when it is needed The processor subsystem is comprised of one to four books connected via a point to point SMP network The change to a point to point connectivity eliminates the need for the jumper book as had been used on the System z9 and z990 systems The z10 EC design provides growth paths up to a 64 engine system where each of the 64 PUs has full access to all system resources specifically memory and I O Each book is comprised of a Multi Chip Module MCM memory cards and I O fanout cards The MCMs which measure approximately 96 x 96 millimeters contain the Processor Unit PU chips the SCD and SCC chips of z990 and z9 have been replaced by a single SC chip which includes both the L2 cache and the SMP fabric storage controller functions There are two SC chips on each MCM each of which is connected to all five CP chips on that MCM The MCM contain 103 glass ceramic layers to provide interconnection between the chips and the off module envi
4. on the use and ordering of resource tokens refer to the Capacity on Demand Users Guide SC28 6871 Capacity Provisioning Hardware working with software is critical The activation of On Off CoD on z10 EC can be simplified or automated by using z OS Capacity Provisioning available with z OS V1 10 and z OS V1 9 This capability enables the monitor ing of multiple systems based on Capacity Provisioning and Workload Manager WLM definitions When the defined conditions are met z OS can suggest capacity changes for manual activation from a z OS console or the system can add or remove temporary capacity automatically and with out operator intervention 210 EC can do IT better z OS Capacity provisioning allows you to set up rules defining the circumstances under which additional capac ity should be provisioned in order to fulfill a specific busi ness need The rules are based on criteria such as a specific application the maximum additional capacity that should be activated time and workload conditions This support provides a fast response to capacity changes and ensures sufficient processing power will be available with the least possible delay even if workloads fluctuate An installed On Off CoD record is a necessary prerequisite for automated control of temporary capacity through z OS Capacity Provisioning See z OS MVS Capacity Provisioning User s Guide SA33 8299 for more information On Off CoD Test On Off CoD allows f
5. Feature OSA Express3 GbE LX Single mode fiber 4 OSA Express3 10 GbE LR Single mode fiber 2 OSA Express3 GbE SX Multimode fiber 4 OSA Express3 10 GbE SR Multimode fiber 2 OSA Express3 1000BASE T Copper 4 Note that software PTFs or a new release may be required depending on CHPID type to support all ports OSA Express3 for 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 inspection and routing is now performed in hardware With direct memory access packets flow directly from host memory to the LAN without firmware intervention OSA Express3 is also designed to help reduce the round trip networking time between systems Up to a 45 reduction in latency at the TCP IP application layer has been measured The OSA Express3 features are also designed to improve throughput for standard frames 1492 byte and jumbo frames 8992 byte to help satisfy the bandwidth require ments of your applications Up to a 4x improvement has been measured compared to OSA Express2 25 The above statements are based on OSA Express3 perfor mance measurements performed in a laboratory environ ment on a System z10 and do not represent actual field measurements Results may vary Port density or granularity The OSA Express3 features have Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI E adapters The previous
6. Like other coupling links external InfiniBand coupling links are also valid to pass time synchronization signals for Server Time Protocol STP Therefore the same coupling links can be used to exchange timekeeping information and Coupling Facility messages in a Parallel Sysplex environment The IBM System 210 EC also takes advantage of InfiniBand as a higher bandwidth replacement for the Self Timed Interconnect STI I O interface features found in prior System z servers 51 The IBM System z10 EC will support up to 32 PSIFB links as compared to 16 PSIFB links on System z9 servers For either z10 EC or z9 there must be less than or equal to a total of 32 PSIFBs and ICB 4 links InfiniBand coupling links are CHPID type CIB Coupling Connectivity for Parallel Sysplex You now have five coupling link options for communication in a Parallel Sysplex environment 1 Internal Coupling Channels ICs can be used for internal communication between Coupling Facilities CFs defined in LPARs and z OS images on the same server 2 Integrated Cluster Bus 4 ICB 4 is for short distances ICB 4 links use 10 meter 33 feet copper cables of which 3 meters 10 feet is used for internal routing and strain relief ICB 4 is used to connect z10 EC to z10 EC z10 BC z9 EC z9 BC z990 and z890 Note If connect ing toaz10 BC or a z9 BC with ICB 4 those servers cannot be installed with the nonraised floor feature Also if the z10 BC is orde
7. SC 3s are supported exclusively in peer mode CHPID type CFP Note The InfiniBand link data rates do not represent the performance of the link The actual performance is depen dent upon many factors including latency through the adapters cable lengths and the type of workload Spe cifically with 12x InfiniBand coupling links while the link data rate is higher than that of ICB the service times of coupling operations are greater and the actual throughput is less Refer to the Coupling Facility Configuration Options white paper for a more specific explanation of when to continue using the current ICB or ISC 3 technology versus migrat ing to InfiniBand coupling links The whitepaper is available at http Awww ibm com systems z advantages pso whitepaper html 52 210 Coupling Link Options Type Description Use Link Distance z10BC z10 data rate Z10EC Max Max PSIFB 1x IB DDR LR z10toz10 5 Gbps 10 km unrepeated 12 32 6 2 miles 100 km repeated PSIFB 12x IB DDR z10toz10 6GBps 150 meters 12 32 210 toz9 3 GBps 492 ft Ic Internal Internal Internal N A 32 32 64 Coupling Communi Speeds CHPIDS Channel cation ICB 4 Copper 210 z9 2GBps_ 10 meters 12 16 connection z990 z890 33 ft between OS and CF ISC 3 Fiber 210 z9 2Gbps 10 km 48 48 connection 2990 z890 unrepeated between OS 6 2 miles and CF 100 km repeated e The maximum number of Coup
8. between logical partitions LPARs The receiving LPAR can now process a much larger amount of data per I O interrupt This enhancement is transparent to the operating system in the receiving LPAR HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility with fewer I O interrupts is designed to reduce CPU utilization of the sending and receiving LPAR The HiperSockets Multiple Write solution moves multiple output data buffers in one write operation If the function is disabled then one output data buffer is moved in one write operation This is also how HiperSockets functioned in the past If the function is enabled then multiple output data buf fers are moved in one write operation This reduces CPU utilization related to large outbound messages When enabled HiperSockets Multiple Write will be used anytime a message spans an IQD frame requiring multiple output data buffers SBALs to transfer the message Spanning multiple output data buffers can be affected by a number of factors including e IQD frame size e Application socket send size e TCP send size e MTU size The HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility is supported in the z OS environment For a complete description of the System z10 connectivity capabilities refer to IBM System z Connectivity Handbook SG24 5444 33 HiperSockets Enhancement for zlIP Exploitation In z OS V1 10 specifically the z OS Communications Server allows the HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility processing for ou
9. 0 24 48 ports 1or2 2 ports Express2 1 port Crypto 0 8 16 PCI X 2 PCI X 2 PCI X Express2 adapters adapters adapters 7 2 Minimum of one I O feature ESCON FICON or Coupling Link PSIFB ICB 4 ISC 3 required The maximum number of external Coupling Links combined cannot exceed 64 per server There is a maximum of 64 cou pling link CHPIDs per server ICs ICB 4s active ISC 3 links and IFBs ICB 4 and 12x IB DDR are not included in the maximum feature count for I O slots but are included in the CHPID count Initial order of Crypto Express2 is 4 PCI X adapters two fea tures Each PCI X adapter can be configured as a coprocessor or an accelerator OSA Express3 GbE and 1000BASE T have 2 and 4 port options Available only when carried forward on an upgrade from z890 or Z9 BC Limited availability for OSA Express2 GbE features Processor Unit Features Model Books CPs IFLs ZAAPs ICFs Standard Standard uIFLs zIIPs SAP Spares E12 1 17 0 12 0 12 0 6 0 12 3 2 0 11 0 6 E26 2 34 0 26 0 26 0 13 0 16 6 2 0 25 0 13 E40 3 51 0 40 0 40 0 20 0 16 9 2 0 39 0 20 E56 4 68 0 56 0 56 0 28 0 16 10 2 0 55 0 28 E64 4 77 0 64 0 64 0 32 0 16 11 2 0 63 0 32 Note a minimum of one CP IFL or ICF must be purchased on every model Note One zAAP and one zlIP may be purchased for each CP pur
10. 3 is required on the system it will use up a single I O slot for every 2 ICB 3 to accommodate the STI 3 card Note In the first and second I O cage the last domain in the I O cage is normally used for ISC 3 and ICB 8 links When the first 6 domains in an I O cage are full additional I O cards will be installed in the next I O cage When all the first 6 domains in all I O cages are full and no Coupling link or PSC cards are required the last domain in the I O cage will be used for other I O cards making a total of 28 per cage Coupling Facility CF Level of Support CF Level Function z10 EC z9 EC z990 z10 BC z9 BC z890 16 CF Duplexing Enhancements X List Notification Improvements Structure Size increment increase from 512 MB gt 1 MB 15 Increasing the allowable tasks in the CF from 48 to 112 X X 14 CFCC Dispatcher Enhancements X X 13 DB2 Castout Performance X X 12 z990 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 GA2 Level X X 9 Intelligent Resource Director IC3 ICB 3 ISC 3 Peer Mode X X MQSeries Shared Queues X X WLM Multi System Enclaves X X Note zSeries 900 800 and prior generation servers are not supported with System z10 for Coupling Facility or Parallel Sysplex levels 64 Statement of Direction IBM intends to support opt
11. Directed re IPL allows a program running natively in a partition to trigger a re IPL This re IPL is supported for both SCSI and ECKD devices z VM 5 3 provides support for guest exploitation FICON Link Incident Reporting FICON Link Incident Reporting is designed to allow an operating system image without operating intervention to register for link incident reports which can improve the ability to capture data for link error analysis The informa tion can be displayed and is saved in the system log Serviceability Enhancements Requests Node Identification Data RNID is designed to facilitate the resolution of fiber optic cabling problems You can now request RNID data for a device attached to a native FICON channel Local Area Network LAN connectivity OSA Express3 the newest family of LAN adapters The third generation of Open Systems Adapter Express OSA Express3 features have been introduced to help reduce latency and overhead deliver double the port den sity of OSA Express2 and provide increased throughput Choose the OSA Express3 features that best meet your business requirements To meet the demands of your applications provide granu larity facilitate redundant paths and satisfy your infra structure requirements there are five features from which to choose In the 10 GbE environment Short Reach SR is being offered for the first time Feature Infrastructure Ports per
12. Logical Channel Subsystems LCSS Change LCSS Subchannel Sets Add delete Logical partitions e Designed to eliminate a logical partition deactivate activate IPL Dynamic Change to Logical Processor Definition Z VM 5 3 Dynamic Change to Logical Cryptographic Coproces sor Definition z OS ICSF Additionally several service enhancements have also been designed to avoid scheduled outages and include concurrent firmware fixes concurrent driver upgrades concurrent parts replacement and concurrent hardware upgrades Exclusive to the z10 EC is the ability to hot swap ICB 4 and InfiniBand hub cards Enterprises with IBM System z9 EC and IBM z990 may upgrade to any z10 Enterprise Class model Model upgrades within the z10 EC are concurrent with the excep tion of the E64 which is disruptive If you desire a con solidation platform for your mainframe and Linux capable applications you can add capacity and even expand your current application workloads in a cost effective manner If your traditional and new applications are growing you may find the z10 EC a good fit with its base qualities of service and its specialty processors designed for assisting with new workloads Value is leveraged with improved hardware price performance and System z10 EC software pricing strategies 13 The z10 EC processor introduces IBM System z10 Enterprise Class with Quad Core technology advanced pipeline design and enhanced performance
13. There are two PCle adapters per feature Each port sup ports attachment to a one Gigabit per second Gbps Eth ernet Local Area Network LAN OSA Express3 GbE LX supports CHPID types OSD and OSN It can be defined as a spanned channel and can be shared among LPARs within and across LCSSs OSA Express3 Gigabit Ethernet SX The OSA Express3 Gigabit Ethernet GbE short wave length SX feature has four ports Two ports reside on a PCle adapter and share a channel path identifier CHPID There are two PCle adapters per feature Each port sup 27 ports attachment to a one Gigabit per second Gbps Eth ernet Local Area Network LAN OSA Express3 GbE SX supports CHPID types OSD and OSN It can be defined as a spanned channel and can be shared among LPARs within and across LCSSs Four port exploitation on OSA Express3 GbE SX and LX For the operating system to recognize all four ports on an OSA Express3 Gigabit Ethernet feature a new release and or PTF is required If software updates are not applied only two of the four ports will be visible to the operating system Activating all four ports on an OSA Express3 feature pro vides you with more physical connectivity to service the network and reduces the number of required resources I O slots I O cages fewer CHPIDs to define and manage Four port exploitation is supported by z OS z VM z VSE Z TPF and Linux on System z OSA Express3 1000BASE T Ethernet The OSA
14. These capabilities allow you to access and manage processing capacity on a temporary basis providing increased flexibility for on demand environments The CoD offerings are built from a common Licensed Internal Code Configuration Code LIC CC record structure These Temporary Entitlement Records TERs contain the infor mation necessary to control which type of resource can be accessed and to what extent how many times and for how long and under what condition test or real workload Use of this information gives the different offerings their personality Capacity Back Up CBU Temporary access to dormant processing units PUs intended to replace capacity lost within the enterprise due to a disaster CP capacity or any and all specialty engine types zIIP ZAAP SAP IFL ICF can be added up to what the physical hardware model can contain for up to 10 days for a test activation or 90 days for a true disaster recovery On system z10 the CBU entitlement records contain an expiration date that is established at the time of order and is dependent upon the quantity of CBU years You will now have the capability to extend your CBU entitle ments through the purchase of additional CBU years The number of CBU years per instance of CBU entitlement remains limited to five and fractional years are rounded up to the near whole integer when calculating this limit For instance if there are two years and eight months to the expiration date
15. accel eration The feature includes support for 13 14 15 16 17 18 and 19 digit Personal Account Numbers for stronger protection of data And the tamper resistant cryptographic coprocessor is certified at FIPS 140 2 Level 4 In 2008 the z10 EC received Common Criteria Evalua tion Assurance Level 5 EAL5 certification for security of logical partitions System z security is one of the many reasons why the world s top banks and retailers rely on the IBM mainframe to help secure sensitive business transac tions z Can Do IT securely 34 Cryptography The z10 EC includes both standard cryptographic hard ware and optional cryptographic features for flexibility and growth capability IBM has a long history of providing hard ware cryptographic solutions from the development of Data Encryption Standard DES in the 1970s to delivering integrated cryptographic hardware in a server to achieve the US Government s highest FIPS 140 2 Level 4 rating for secure cryptographic hardware The IBM System z10 EC cryptographic functions include the full range of cryptographic operations needed for e business e commerce and financial institution applica tions In addition custom cryptographic functions can be added to the set of functions that the 210 EC offers New integrated clear key encryption security features on z10 EC include support for a higher advanced encryption standard and more secure hashing algorithms Performing these fun
16. and flexibility 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 Single 1 0 cage 1 0 Feature Type Features Maximum _ESCON rr 24 360 channels _FICON Express2 4 _ 24 96 channels FICON Express 24 48 channels OSA Express3 24 48 96 2 or 4 ports OSA Express2 24 48 ports OSA Express3 LR SR 24 48 ports Crypto Express2 8 16 adapters 2 I O cages 1 0 Feature Type Features Maximum ESCON 48 720 channels FICON Express2 4 48 192 channels FICON Express 48 96 channels OSA Express3 24 48 96 2 or 4 ports OSA Express2 24 48 ports _OSA Express3 LR SR 24 48 ports Crypto Express2 8 16 adapters 63 3 CEC I O cages VO Feature Type Features Maximum _ESCON 69 1024 channels _FICON Express2 4 84 336 channels _FICON Express 60 120 channels OSA Express3 24 48 96 2 or 4 ports OSA Express2 24 48 ports OSA Express3 LR SR 24 48 ports Crypto Express2 8 16 adapters General Information e ESCON configured in 4 port increments Up to a maxi mum 69 cards 1024 channels e OSA Express2 can be Gigabit Ethernet GbE 1O000BASE T Ethernet or 10 GbE e OSA Express can be Gigabit Ethernet GbE 1000BASE T Ethernet or Fast Ethernet e If ICB
17. and reserved for the fixed Hardware Systems Area HSA There are up to 48 IFB links per system at 6 GBps each The 210 EC supports a combination of Memory Bus Adapter MBA and Host Channel Adapter HCA fanout cards New MBA fanout cards are used exclusively for ICB 4 New ICB 4 cables are needed for z10 EC and are only available on models E12 E26 E40 and E56 The E64 model may not have ICBs The InfiniBand Multiplexer IFB MP card replaces the Self Timed Interconnect Multiplexer STI MP card There are two types of HCA fanout cards HCA2 C is copper and is always used to connect to I O IFB MP card and the HCA2 O which is optical and used for customer InfiniBand coupling Data transfers are direct between books via the level 2 cache chip in each MCM Level 2 Cache is shared by all PU chips on the MCM PR SM provides the ability to con figure and operate as many as 60 Logical Partitions which may be assigned processors memory and I O resources from any of the available books The z10 EC has been designed to offer high performance and efficient I O structure All z10 EC models ship with two frames an A Frame and a Z Frame which together sup port the installation of up to three I O cages The z10 EC will continue to use the Cargo cage for its I O supporting up to 960 ESCON and 256 FICON channels on the Model E12 64 I O features and up to 1 024 ESCON and 336 FICON channels 84 I O features on the Models E26 E40 E56 and E64
18. at the time of order the expiration date can be extended by no more than two additional years One test activation is provided for each additional CBU year added to the CBU entitlement record CBU Tests The allocation of the default number of test activations changed Rather than a fixed default number of five test activations for each CBU entitlement record the number of test activations per instance of the CBU ber of CBU years the number of years assigned to the CBU record entitlement record will coincide with the num This equates to one test activation per year for each CBU entitlement purchased d to CBU entitlements purchased through the IBM sales channel or These changes apply only to System z10 an directly from Resource Link There are now terms governing System z Capacity Back Up CBU which allow customers to execute production workload on a CBU Upgrade during a CBU Test 40 While all new CBU contract documents contain the new CBU Test terms existing CBU customers will need to exe cute a contract to expand their authorization for CBU Test upgrades if they want to have the right to execute produc tion workload on the CBU Upgrade during a CBU Test Amendment for CBU Tests The modification of CBU Test terms is available for existing CBU customers via the IBM Customer Agreement Amend ment for IBM System z Capacity Backup Upgrade Tests in the US this is form number 2125 8145 This amendment can be execu
19. collaborative approach to exploit each other s strengths The z10 EC is also able to exploit numerous operating sys tems concurrently on a single server these include z OS z M 2 VSE z TPF TPF and Linux for System z These operating systems are designed to support existing appli cation investments without anticipated change and help you realize the benefits of the 210 EC System z10 the new business equation z OS August 5 2008 IBM announced z OS V1 10 This release of the z OS operating system builds on leadership capa bilities enhances time tested technologies and leverages deep synergies with the IBM System z10 and IBM System Storage family of products z OS V1 10 supports new capabilities designed to provide e Storage scalability Extended Address Volumes EAVs enable you to define volumes as large as 223 GB to relieve storage constraints and help you simplify storage management by providing the ability to manage fewer large volumes as opposed to many small volumes e Application and data serving scalability Up to 64 engines up to 1 5 TB per server with up to 1 0 TB of real memory per LPAR and support for large 1 MB pages on the System z10 can help provide scale and performance for your critical workloads e Intelligent and optimized dispatching of workloads Hip erDispatch can help provide increased scalability and performance of higher n way z10 EC systems by improv ing the way workload is dispatche
20. is installed the site with the BTS is a different site not affected by the power outage If an Internal Battery Feature IBF is installed on your System 55 z server STP now has the capability of receiving notifica tion that customer power has failed and that the IBF is engaged When STP receives this notification from a server that has the role of the PTS CTS STP can automatically reassign the role of the CTS to the BTS thus automating the recovery action and improving availability STP configuration and time information saved across Power on Resets POR or power outages This enhancement delivers system management improvements by saving the STP configuration across PORs and power failures for a single server STP only CTN Previously if there was a POR of the server or the server experienced a power outage the time and assignment of the PTS and CTS roles would have to be reinitialized You will no longer need to reinitialize the time or reassign the role of PTS CTS across POR or power outage events Note This enhancement is also available on the z990 and z890 servers in addition to System z10 and System z9 servers Application Programming Interface API to automate STP CTN reconfiguration The concept of a pair and a spare has been around since the original Sysplex Couple Data Sets CDSs If the primary CDS becomes unavailable the backup CDS would take over Many sites have had automation routines bring a new backu
21. need when you need it And you should pay for only what you use Radical Not to IBM It s the basic principle underlying IBM capacity on demand for the IBM System 210 Changes have been made to enhance the Capacity on Demand CoD experience for System z10 EC customers The number of temporary records that can be installed on the Central Processor Complex CPC has increased from four to eight Resource tokens are now available for On Off CoD The z10 temporary offerings that can change the thinking about on EC also introduces a architectural approach for demand capacity One or more flexible configuration defini tions can be used to solve multiple temporary situations and multiple capacity configurations can be active at once for example activation of just two CBUs out of a definition that has four CBUs is acceptable This means that On Off CoD can be active and up to seven other offerings can be active simultaneously Tokens can be purchased for On Off CoD so hardware activations can be prepaid All activations can be done without having to interact with IBM when it is determined that capacity is required no passwords or phone connections are necessary As long as the total z210 EC can support the maximums that are defined then they can be made available With the 210 EC it is now possible to add permanent capacity while a temporary capacity is currently activated without having to return first to the original con
22. partitions Increased number of Subchannels 63 75k Multiple Subchannel Sets MSS Redundant I O Interconnect Physical Channel IDs PCHIDs System Initiated CHPID Reconfiguration Logical Channel SubSystem LCSS Spanning System 1 0 Configuration Analyzer Today the information needed to manage a system s I O configuration has to be obtained from many separate applications The System s I O Configuration Analyzer SIOA tool is a SE HMC based tool that will allow the 18 system hardware administrator access to the information from these many sources in one place This will make it much easier to manage I O configurations particularly across multiple CPCs The SIOA is a view only tool It does not offer any options other than viewing options First the SIOA tool analyzes the current active IOCDS on the SE It extracts information about the defined channel partitions link addresses and control units Next the SIOA tool asks the channels for their node ID information The FICON channels support remote node ID information so that is also collected from them The data is then formatted and displayed on five screens 1 PCHID Control Unit Screen Shows PCHIDs CSS CHPIDs and their contro units 2 PCHID Partition Screen Shows PCHIDS CSS CHP Ds and what partitions they are in 3 Control Unit Screen Shows the control units their PCHIDs and their link addresses in each of the CSS s 4 Link Load Screen S
23. smart cards is protected by a user defined Personal Identification Number PIN 37 TKE 5 3 LIC has added the capability to store key parts on DVD RAMs and continues to support the ability to store key parts on paper or optionally on a smart card TKE 5 3 LIC has limited the use of floppy diskettes to read only The TKE 5 3 LIC can remotely control host cryptographic coprocessors using a password protected authority signa ture key pair either in a binary file or on a smart card The Smart Card Reader attached to a TKE workstation with the 5 3 level of LIC will support System z10 BC z10 EC z9 EC and z9 BC However TKE workstations with 5 0 5 1 and 5 2 LIC must be upgraded to TKE 5 3 LIC TKE additional smart cards You have the capability to order Java based blank smart cards which offers a highly efficient cryptographic and data management application built in to read only memory for storage of keys certificates passwords applications and data The TKE blank smart cards are compliant with FIPS 140 2 Level 2 When you place an order for a quantity of one you are shipped 10 smart cards System z10 EC cryptographic migration Clients using a User Defined Extension UDX of the Common Cryptographic Architecture should contact their UDX provider for an application upgrade before order ing anew System z10 EC machine or before planning to migrate or activate a UDX application to firmware driver level 73 and higher e The Cr
24. standalone CF is always failure isolated from exploiting z OS software and the server that z OS is running on for environments without System Managed CF Structure Duplexing While there is no unique standalone coupling facility model offered with the z10 EC customers can achieve the same physically isolated environment as on prior mainframe families by ordering a z10 EC z9 EC z9 BC and z990 with PUs characterized as Internal Cou pling Facilities ICFs There are no software charges associated with such a configuration e Internal Coupling Facility ICF Customers consider ing clustering technology can get started with Parallel Sysplex technology at a lower cost by using an ICF instead of purchasing a standalone Coupling Facility An ICF feature is a processor that can only run Coupling Facility Control Code CFCC in a partition Since CF LPARs on ICFs are restricted to running only CFCC there are no IBM software charges associated with ICFs ICFs are ideal for Intelligent Resource Director and resource sharing environments as well as for data shar ing environments where System Managed CF Structure Duplexing is exploited System Managed CF Structure Duplexing System Managed Coupling Facility CF Structure Duplexing provides a general purpose hardware assisted easy to exploit mechanism for duplexing CF structure data This pro vides a robust recovery mechanism for failures such as loss of a single structure or CF or loss of conn
25. supports IPSec processing making the zIIP an IPSec encryption engine helpful in creating highly secure connections in an enter prise In addition zIIP with z OS V1 10 supports select z OS Global Mirror formerly called Extended Remote Copy XRC disk copy service functions z OS V1 10 also introduces zllP Assisted HiperSockets for large messages available on System z10 servers only The new capability provided with z VM Mode partitions increases flexibility and simplifies systems management by allowing z VM 5 4 to manage guests to operate Linux on System z on IFLs to operate z VSE and z OS on CPs to offload z OS system software overhead such as DB2 workloads on zIIPs and to offer an economical Java exe cution environment under z OS on ZAAPs all in the same Z VM LPAR Numerical computing on the chip Integrated on the z10 EC processor unit is a Hardware Decimal Floating Point unit to accelerate decimal floating point transactions This function is designed to markedly improve performance for decimal floating point operations which offer increased precision compared to binary floating point operations This is expected to be particularly useful for the calculations involved in many financial transactions Decimal calculations are often used in financial applica tions and those done using other floating point facilities have typically been performed by software through the use of libraries With a hardware decimal f
26. table identifies whether the feature has two or four ports for LAN connectivity Select the density that best meets your busi ness requirements Doubling the port density on a single feature helps to reduce the number of I O slots required for high speed connectivity to the Local Area Network The OSA Express3 10 GbE features support Long Reach LR using 9 micron single mode fiber optic cabling and Short Reach SR using 50 or 62 5 micron multimode fiber optic cabling The connector is new it is now the small form factor LC Duplex connector Previously the SC Duplex connector was supported for LR The LC Duplex connector is common with FICON ISC 3 and OSA Express2 Gigabit Ethernet LX and SX The OSA Express3 features are exclusive to System z10 There are operating system dependencies for exploitation of two ports in OSD mode per PCI E adapter Whether it is a 2 port or a 4 port feature only one of the ports will be visible on a PCI E adapter if operating system exploitation updates are not installed OSA Express3 Ethernet features Summary of benefits OSA Express3 10 GbE LR single mode fiber 10 GbE SR multimode fiber GbE LX single mode fiber GbE SX multimode fiber and 1000BASE T copper are designed for use in high speed enterprise backbones for local area network connectivity between campuses to connect server farms to System z10 and to consolidate file servers onto System z10 With reduced latency improved
27. the installation Specifically z OS System Integrity is defined as the inability of any program not authorized by a mechanism under the installation s control to circumvent or disable store or fetch protection access a resource pro tected by the z OS Security Server RACF or obtain con trol in an authorized state that is in supervisor state with a protection key less than eight 8 or Authorized Program Facility APF authorized In the event that an IBM System Integrity problem is reported IBM will always take action to resolve it IBM s long term commitment to System Integrity is unique in the industry and forms the basis of the z OS industry leadership in system security z OS is designed to help you protect your system data transactions and applications from accidental or malicious modification This is one of the many reasons System z remains the industry s premier data 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 e Greater flexibility with support for the new z VM mode logical partitions allowing all System z processor types CPs IFLs zllPs ZAAPs and ICFs to be defined in the same z VM LPAR for use by various guest operating sys tems e Capability to install Linux on System z as well as 2 VM from the HMC on a System 210 that eliminates the need for any ext
28. tool is now available to assist you with preplanning of your Storage Area Network SAN environment prior to the installation of your System z10 server This standalone tool is designed to allow you to setup your SAN in advance so that you can be up and running much faster once the server is installed The tool assigns WWPNs to each virtual Fibre Channel Protocol FCP channel port using the same WWPN assignment algo rithms a system uses when assigning WWPNs for channels utilizing N_Port Identifier Virtualization NPIV 23 The tool needs to know the FCP specific I O device defini tions in the form of a csv file This file can either be cre ated manually or exported from Hardware Configuration Definition Hardware Configuration Manager HCD HCM The tool will then create the WWPN assignments which are required to set up your SAN The tool will also create a binary configuration file that can later on be imported by your system The WWPN prediction tool can be downloaded from Resource Link and is applicable to all FICON channels defined as CHPID type FCP for communication with SCSI devices Check Preventive Service Planning PSP buck ets for required maintenance http www ibm com servers resourcelink Extended distance FICON improved performance at extended distance An enhancement to the industry standard FICON architec ture FC SB 3 helps avoid degradation of performance at extended distances by implementing a ne
29. z for a single view of actual energy usage across multiple heterogeneous IBM platforms within the infrastructure AEM for Linux on System z will allow tracking of trends for both the z10 EC as well as multip D server platforms With this trend analysis a data center administrator will have the data to help properly estimate power inputs and more accurately plan data center con solidation or modification projects On System z10 the HMC will now provide support for the Active Energy Manager AEM which will display power consumption air input temperature as well as exhaust temperature AEM will also provide some limited status configuration information which might assist in explaining changes to the power consumption AEM is exclusive to System z10 IBM System z servers stand alone against competition and have stood the test of time with our business resiliency solutions Our coupling solutions with Parallel Sysplex technology allow for greater scalability and availability 48 Parallel Sysplex Cluster Technology Parallel Sysplex clustering is designed to bring the power of parallel processing to business critical System z10 System z9 z990 or z890 applications A Parallel Sysplex cluster consists of up to 32 z OS images coupled to one or more Coupling Facilities CFs or ICFs using high speed specialized links for communication The Coupling Facili ties at the heart of the Parallel Sysplex cluster enable high speed read
30. z10 EC provides our IBM customers an option for continued growth continuity and upgradeability The IBM System z10 EC builds upon the structure introduced on the IBM System z9 EC scalability and z Architecture The System z10 EC expands upon a key attribute of the platform availability to help ensure a resilient infrastructure designed to satisfy the demands of your business With the potential for increased perfor mance and capacity you have an opportunity to continue to conso The z10 system capacity than the z9 EC and has up to triple the idate diverse applications on a single platform EC is designed to provide up 1 7 times the total available memory The maximum number of Processor Units PUs has grown from 54 to 64 and memory has increased from 128 GB per book and 512 GB per system to 384 GB per book and 1 5 TB per system The z10 EC will continue to use the Cargo cage for its I O supporting up to 960 Channels on the Model E12 64 I O features and up to 1 024 84 I O features on the Models E26 E40 E56 and E64 HiperDispatch helps provide increased scalability and per formance of higher n way and multi book z10 EC systems by improving the way workload is dispatched across the server HiperDispatch accomplishes this by recognizing the physical processor where the work was started and then dispatching subsequent work to the same physical processor This intelligent dispatching helps reduce the movemen
31. z9 EC 2 Frame 2 Frame IBF Contained w in 2 Frames Number of Frames IBF Contained w in 2 Frames 201 5 cm 79 3 in 156 8 cm 61 7 in 180 3 cm 71 0 in Height with covers Width with covers Depth with covers 194 1 cm 76 4 in 156 8 cm 61 7 in 157 7 cm 62 1 in 180 9 cm 71 2 in None Height Reduction Width Reduction 178 5 cm 70 3 in None Machine Area 2 83 sq m 30 44 sq ft 2 49 sq m 26 78 sq ft Service Clearance 5 57 sq m 60 00 sq ft 5 45 sq m 58 69 sq ft IBF Contained w in Frame IBF Contained w in Frame Maximum of 1024 CHPIDs 3 I O cages 28 slots each 84 I O slots All features that require I O slots and ICB 4 features are included in the following table 61 210 EC Configuration Detail Features Min Max Max Increments Purchase Features Features Connections per Feature Increments 16 port 0 69 1024 16 channels 4 channels ESCON channels 1 reserved as a Spare FICON 0 84 336 4 channels 4 channels Express4 channels FICON 0 84 336 4 channels 4 channels Express2 channels FICON 0 60 120 2 channels 2 channels Express channels ICB 4 0 8 16 links 2 links 1 link ISC 3 Qo 12 48 links 4 links 1 link HCA2 0 0 16 32 links 2 links 2 links LR 1x HCA2 0 0 16 32 links 2 links 2 links 12x OSA 0 24 48 96 2or4 2 ports Express3 ports 4 ports OSA
32. 0 fi M 0 3 3 Up to 10 100 Km 210 EC z10 BC z9 EC z9 BC z990 z890 a a z10 EC I O Drawer Introducing long reach InfiniBand coupling links Now InfiniBand can be used for Parallel Sysplex coupling and STP communication at unrepeated distances up to 10 km 6 2 miles and greater distances when attached to qualified optical networking solutions InfiniBand coupling links supporting extended distance is referred to as Long Reach 1x one pair of fiber InfiniBand e Long Reach 1x InfiniBand coupling links support single data rate SDR at 2 5 gigabits per second Gbps when connected to a DWDM capable of SDR 1x IB SDR e Long Reach 1x InfiniBand coupling links support double data rate DDR at 5 Gbps when connected to a DWDM capable of DDR 1x IB DDR The link data rate will auto negotiate from SDR to DDR depending upon the capability of the attached equipment Other advantages of Parallel Sysplex using InfiniBand PSIFB e InfiniBand coupling links also provide the ability to define up to 16 CHPIDs on a single PSIFB port allow ing physical coupling links to be shared by multiple sysplexes This also provides additional subchannels for Coupling Facility communication improving scalability and reducing contention in heavily utilized system con figurations It also allows for one CHPID to be directed to one CF and another CHPID directed to another CF on the same target server using the same port
33. EC Model E64 has one 17 PU book and three 20 PU books The PUs can be characterized as either CPs IFLs ICFs ZAAPs or zllPs An easy to enable ability to turn off CPs or IFLs is available on z10 EC allowing you to purchase capacity for future use with minimal or no impact on software billing An MES feature will enable the turned off CPs or IFLs for use where you require the increased capacity There are a wide range of upgrade options avail able in getting to and within the z10 EC E64 E56 E40 E26 E12 z990 The z10 EC hardware model numbers E12 E26 E40 E56 and E64 on their own do not indicate the number of PUs which are being used as CPs For software billing pur poses only there will be a Capacity Identifier associated with the number of PUs that are characterized as CPs This number will be reported by the Store System Information STSI instruction for software billing purposes only There is no affinity between the hardware model and the number of CPs For example it is possible to have a Model E26 which has 13 PUs characterized as CPs so for software billing purposes the STSI instruction would report 713 z10 EC model upgrades There are full upgrades within the z10 EC models and upgrades from any z9 EC or z990 to any z10 EC Upgrade of 210 EC Models E12 E26 E40 and E56 to the E64 is disruptive When upgrading to z10 EC Model E64 unlike the z9 EC the first book is retained There are no direct
34. Express3 1000BASE T Ethernet feature has four ports Two ports reside on a PCle adapter and share a channel path identifier CHPID There are two PCle adapters per feature Each port supports attachment to either a 1OBASE T 10 Mbps 100BASE TX 100 Mbps or 1000BASE T 1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps Ethernet 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 must also be set to autonegotiate The feature supports the following settings 10 Mbps half or full duplex 100 Mbps half or full duplex 1000 Mbps 1 Gbps full duplex OSA Express3 1000BASE T Ethernet supports CHPID types OSC OSD OSE and OSN It can be defined as a spanned channel and can be shared among LPARs within and across LCSSs When configured at 1 Gbps the 1000BASE T Ethernet fea ture operates in full duplex mode only and supports jumbo frames when in QDIO mode CHPID type OSD OSA Express QDIO data connection isolation for the z VM environment Multi tier security zones are fast becoming the network configuration standard for new workloads Therefore it is essential for workloads servers and clients hosted in a virtualized environment shared resources to be protected from intrusion or exposure of data and processes from other workloads With Queued Direct Input Output QDIO data connection isolation you e Have the abili
35. IBM System z10 Enterprise Class z10 EC Reference Guide April 2009 Table of Contents IBM System z10 EnterpriseClass z10 EC Overview z Architecture zl0 EC z10 EC Design and Technology z10 EC Model z10 EC Performance z10 EC I O Subsystem z10 EC Channels and I O Connectivity HiperSockets Security Cryptography On Demand Capabilities Reliability Availability and Serviceability RAS Availability Functions Environmental Enhancements Parallel Sysplex Cluster Technology HMC System Support Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex Fiber Quick Connect for FICON LX Environments z10 EC Physical Characteristics z10 EC Configuration Detail Coupling Facility CF Level of Support Statement of Direction Publications page 3 page 6 page Il page 14 page 15 page 17 page 18 page 19 page 32 page 34 page 34 page 39 page 43 page 44 page 47 page 48 page 57 page 59 page 60 page 60 page 61 page 64 page 65 page 66 IBM System z10 Enterprise Class z10 EC Overview The IBM System z10 Enterprise Class z10 EC server is designed to meet the challenges of today s business world and to be the cornerstone of an evolutionary new model for efficient IT delivery called the Dynamic Infrastructure This model helps reset the economics of IT and can dramati cally improve operational efficiency security and respon siveness to help keep a business competitive The z10 EC with its advanced co
36. PX NetBIOS and SNA protocols in addition to Internet Protocol Version 4 IPv4 and IPv6 use work Packet of Layer 2 could provide protocol independence The OSA Express3 features have the capability to perform like Layer 2 type devices providing the capability of being protocol or Layer 3 independent that is not IP only With the Layer 2 interface packet forwarding decisions are based upon Link Layer Layer 2 information instead of Network Layer Layer 3 information Each operating system attached to the Layer 2 interface uses its own MAC address This means the traffic can be IPX NetBIOS SNA IPv4 or IPv6 An OSA Express3 feature can filter inbound datagrams by Virtual Local Area Network identification VLAN ID IEEE 802 1q and or the Ethernet destination MAC 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 Layer 3 Virtual MAC for z OS To simplify the infrastructure and to facilitate load balanc ing when an LPAR is sharing the same OSA Media Access Control MAC address with another LPAR each operating system instance can now have its own unique logical or virtual MAC VMAC adaress All IP addresses associ ated with a TCP IP stack are accessible using their own VMAC address instead of sharing the MAC address of an OSA port This applies
37. X 3322 Multimode fiber Choose the features that best meet your granularity fiber optic cabling and unrepeated distance requirements 19 FICON Express4 Channels The z10 EC supports up to 336 FICON Express4 channels each one operating at 1 2 or 4 Gb sec auto negotiated The FICON Express4 features are available in long wave length 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 miles or up to 10 kilometers 6 2 miles Both LX features use 9 micron single mode fiber optic cables The SX feature uses 50 or 62 5 micron multimode fiber optic cables Each FICON Express4 feature has four independent channels ports and can be configured to carry native FICON traffic or Fibre Channel SCSI traffic LX and SX cannot be intermixed on a single feature The receiving devices must correspond to the appropriate LX or SX feature The maximum number of FICON Express4 features is 84 using three I O cages FICON Express2 Channels The z10 EC supports carrying forward up to 336 FICON Express2 channels each one operating at 1 or 2 Gb sec auto negotiated The FICON Express2 features are avail able in long wavelength LX using 9 micron single mode fiber optic cables and short wavelength SX using 50 and 62 5 micron multimode fiber optic cables Each FICON Express2 feature has four independent channels ports and each can be configured
38. aphic Architecture CCA environment and the various formats and encryption schemes offered by the ATM vendors The following ICSF services are offered for Remote Key loading e Trusted Block Create CSNDTBC This callable service is used to create a trusted block containing a public key and some processing rules e Remote Key Export CSNDRKX This callable service uses the trusted block to generate or export DES keys for local use and for distribution to an ATM or other remote device Refer to Application Programmers Guide SA22 7522 for additional details 38 Improved Key Exchange With Non CCA Cryptographic Systems IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture CCA employs Control Vectors to control usage of cryptographic keys Non CCA systems use other mechanisms or may use keys that have no associated control information This enhancement provides the ability to exchange keys between CCA systems and systems that do not use Con trol Vectors Additionally it allows the CCA system owner to define permitted types of key import and export which can help to prevent uncontrolled key exchange that can open the system to an increased threat of attack These enhancements are exclusive to System z10 and System z9 and are supported by z OS and z VM for z OS guest exploitation On Demand Capabilities It may sound revolutionary but it s really quite simple In the highly unpredictable world of On Demand business you should get what you
39. aphically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex GDPS HiperSock ets HyperSwap IMS Lotus MQSeries MVS OS 390 Parallel Sysplex PR SM Processor Resource Systems Manager RACF Rational Red books Resource Link RETAIN REXX RMF S 390 Scalable Architecture for Financial Reporting Sysplex Timer Systems Director Active Energy Manager System Storage System z System z9 System z10 Tivoli TotalStorage VSE ESA VTAM WebSphere z9 210 z10 BC z10 EC z Architecture z OS z VM z VSE and zSeries are trademarks or registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the Unites States and other countries InfiniBand is a trademark and service mark of the InfiniBand Trade Asso ciation Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or regis tered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States or other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the Unites States 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 in the United States and other countries Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective companies IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts or new and used parts Regard
40. ast the PTS CTS Also recommend IBF on BTS to provide recovery pro tection when BTS is the CTS Message Time Ordering Sysplex Timer Connectivity to Coupling Facilities As processor and Coupling Facility link technologies have improved the requirement for time synchronization toler ance between systems in a Parallel Sysplex environment has become ever more rigorous In order to enable any exchange of time stamped information between systems in a sysplex involving the Coupling Facility to observe the correct time ordering time stamps are now included in the message transfer protocol between the systems and the Coupling Facility Therefore when a Coupling Facility is configured on any System z10 or System z9 the Cou pling Facility will require connectivity to the same 9037 Sysplex Timer or Server Time Protocol STP configured Coordinated Timing Network CTN that the systems in its Parallel Sysplex cluster are using for time synchroniza tion If the ICF is on the same server as a member of its Parallel Sysplex environment no additional connectivity is required since the server already has connectivity to the Sysplex Timer However when an ICF is configured on any z10 which does not host any systems in the same Parallel Sysplex cluster it is necessary to attach the server to the 9037 Sysplex Timer or implement STP HMC System Support The new functions available on the Hardware Management Console HMC version 2 10 1 app
41. atures provide improved performance by reducing latency at the TCP IP application Direct access to the memory allows packets to flow directly from the memory to the LAN without firmware intervention in the adapter An IT system needs to be available and protected every day The z10 EC offers availability enhancements which include faster service time for CF Duplexing updates to Server Time Protocol STP for enhanced time accuracy to an External Time Source and support for heterogeneous platforms in an enterprise to track to the same time source Security enhancements to the Crypto Express2 feature deliver support for 13 14 15 16 17 18 and 19 digit Personal Account Numbers for stronger protection of data The z10 EC has a new architectural approach for temporary offerings that have the potential to change the thinking about on demand capacity The z10 EC can have one or more flexible configuration definitions that can be available to solve multiple temporary situations and multiple capacity configurations that can be active at once This means that On Off Capacity on Demand CoD can be active and up to seven other offerings can be active simultaneously Tokens are available that can be purchased for On Off CoD either before or after execution Updates to the 210 EC are designed to help improve IT today outline a compelling case for the future running on System z and lock in the z10 EC as the cornerstone in your Dynami
42. be more easily and efficiently managed enhancing your ability to perform problem determination and analysis Registration allows other nodes and or SAN managers to query the name server to determine what is connected to the fabric what protocols are supported FICON FCP and to gain information about the System z10 using the attributes that are registered The FICON channel is now designed to perform registration with the fibre channel s Management Service and Directory Service It will register e Platforms Worldwide node name node name for the platform same for all channels Platform type host computer Platform name includes vendor ID product ID and vendor specific data from the node descriptor e Channel s Worldwide port name WWPN Node port identification N_PORT ID FC 4 types supported always 0x1B and additionally Ox1C if any Channel to Channel CTC control units are defined on that channel Classes 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 applies to all of the FICON Express4 FICON Express2 and FICON Express features CHPID type FC This support is exclusive to System z10 and is transparent to operating systems Preplanning and setup of SAN for a System z10 environment The worldwide port name WWPN prediction
43. be required it will be fulfilled with the currently available preplanned memory features The preplanned memory feature is offered in 16 gigabyte GB increments The quantity assigned by the configu ration tool is the number of 16 GB blocks necessary to increase the physical memory from that required for the starting logical memory to the physical memory required for the target logical configuration Activation of any pre planned memory requires the purchase of a preplanned memory activation feature One pre planned memory acti vation feature is required for each preplanned memory fea ture You now have the flexibility to activate memory to any logical size offered between the starting and target size Plan ahead memory is exclusive to System z10 and is transparent to operating systems Service Enhancements z10 EC service enhancements designed to avoid sched uled outages include e Concurrent firmware fixes e Concurrent driver upgrades Concurrent parts replacement Concurrent hardware upgrades DIMM FRU indicators Single processor core checkstop Single processor core sparing Point to Point SMP Fabric not a ring FCP end to end checking Hot swap of ICB 4 and InfiniBand hub cards Redundant 100 Mb Ethernet service network with VLAN 47 Environmental Enhancements Power and cooling discussions have entered the budget planning of every IT environment As energy prices have risen and utilities have restri
44. c Infrastructure by delivering superior business and IT services with agility and speed Just in time deployment of IT resources Infrastructures must be more flexible to changing capacity requirements and provide users with just in time deploy ment of resources Having the 16 GB dedicated HSA on the z10 EC means that some preplanning configuration changes and associated outages may be avoided IBM Capacity Upgrade on Demand CUoD provides a perma nent increase in processing capacity that can be initiated by the customer IBM On Off Capacity on Demand On Off CoD provides temporary capacity needed for short term spikes in capac ity or for testing new applications Capacity Backup Upgrade CBU can help provide reserved emergency backup capacity for all processor configurations An additional temporary capacity offering on the z10 EC is Capacity for Planned Events CPE a variation on CBU If unallocated capacity is available in a server it will allow the maximum capacity available to be used for planned events such as planned maintenance in a data center By having flexible and dynamic configuration definitions when capacity is needed activation of any portion of an offering can be done for example activation of just two CBUs out of a definition that has four CBUs is accept able And if the definition doesn t have enough resources defined an order can easily be processed to increase the capacity so if four CBUs aren t en
45. cations that depend on the existence of Layer 2 addresses such as DHCP servers and firewalls Layer 2 support can help facilitate server consolidation Complexity can be reduced network configuration is simplified and intuitive and LAN administrators can con figure and maintain the mainframe environment the same as they do a non mainframe environment With support of the new Layer 2 interface by HiperSockets packet forwarding decisions are now based upon Layer 2 infor mation instead of Layer 3 information The HiperSockets device performs automatic MAC address generation and assignment to allow uniqueness within and across logical partitions LPs and servers MAC addresses can also be locally administered The use of Group MAC addresses for multicast is supported as well as broadcasts to all other Layer 2 devices on the same HiperSockets network Datagrams are only delivered between HiperSockets devices that are using the same transport mode Layer 2 32 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 datagrams by Virtual Local Area Network identification VLAN ID IEEE 802 1q the Ethernet destination MAC address or both Filtering can help reduce the amount of inbound traf fic being processed by the operating system helping to reduce CPU utilization Analogous to the respective Layer 3 functions HiperSocket
46. ce FICON Exploitation of extended distance FICON is supported by IBM System Storage DS8000 series Licensed Machine Code LMC level 5 3 1xx xx bundle version 63 1 xx xx or later To support extended distance without performance deg radation the buffer credits in the FICON director must be set appropriately The number of buffer credits required is dependent upon the link data rate 1 Gbps 2 Gbps or 4 Gbps the maximum number of buffer credits supported by the FICON director or control unit as well as application and workload characteristics High bandwidth at extended distances is achievable only if enough buffer credits exist to support the link data rate FICON Express enhancements for Storage Area Networks N_Port ID Virtualization N_Port ID Virtualization is designed to allow for sharing of a single physical FCP channel among multiple operating system images Virtualization function is currently available for ESCON and FICON channels and is now available for FCP channels This function offers improved FCP channel 24 utilization due to fewer hardware requirements and can reduce the complexity of physical FCP I O connectivity Program Directed re IPL Program Directed re IPL is designed to enable an operat ing system to determine how and from where it had been loaded Further Program Directed re IPL may then request that it be reloaded again from the same load device using the same load parameters In this way Program
47. chased Standard memory 710 EC Minimum Maximum E12 16 GB 352 GB E26 16 GB 752 GB E40 16 GB 1136 GB E56 16 GB 1520 GB E64 16 GB 1520 GB Memory cards include 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 48 GB and 64 GB Fixed HSA not included Channels z10 Model E12 E26 E40 E56 E64 ESCON Min 0 0 0 0 0 ESCON Max 960 1024 1024 1024 1024 FICON Express4 Min FICON Express2 Min 0 0 0 0 0 FICON Express Min FICON Express4 Max 256 336 336 336 336 FICON Express2 Max 256 336 336 336 336 FICON Express Max 120 120 120 120 120 Note Minimum of one I O feature ESCON FICON or one Cou pling required Available only when carried forward on an upgrade from z9 EC or z990 62 Coupling Links Internal Links 64 Maximum of 32 IFB ICB 4 links on System z10 EC ICB 4 not supported on Model E64 Cryptographic Features Minimum Crypto Express2 Feature 0 Maximum 8 Each feature has 2 PCI X adapters each adapter can be config ured as a coprocessor or an accelerator OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 Features Min Max Max Increments Purchase Feat Feat Connections per feat Increments OSA Express3 0 24 96 2 ports 2 ports for 10 GbE OSA Express2 2 24 48 2or1 2 ports 10 GbE has 1 1 port z10 EC Frame and 1 0 Configuration Content Planning for 1 0 The following diagrams show the capability
48. covery For more information on these services contact your IBM representative or refer to www ibm com services server GDPS Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex GDPS is designed to provide a comprehensive end to end con tinuous availability and or disaster recovery solution for System z servers Now Geographically Dispersed Open Clusters GDOC is designed to address this need for open systems GDPS 3 5 will support GDOC for coordi nated disaster recovery across System z and non System z servers if Veritas Cluster Server is already installed GDPS and the Basic HyperSwap available with z OS V1 9 solutions help to ensure system failures are invisible to employees partners and customers with dynamic disk swapping capabilities that ensure applications and data are available GDPS is a multi site or single site end to end application availability solution that provides the capability to manage remote copy configuration and storage subsystems including IBM TotalStorage to automate Parallel Sysplex operation tasks and perform failure recovery from a single point of control GDPS helps automate recovery procedures for planned and unplanned outages to provide near continuous avail ability and disaster recovery capability For additional information on GDPS visit http www 03 ibm com systems z gdps 60 Fiber Quick Connect for FICON LX Environments Fiber Quick Connect FQC an optional feature on z10 EC is no
49. ct memory access a direct host memory to LAN flow return ing CPU cycles for application use This avoids a hop and is designed to reduce latency and to increase throughput for standard frames 1492 byte and jumbo frames 8992 byte IBM Communication Controller for Linux CCL CCL is designed to help eliminate hardware dependen cies such as 3745 3746 Communication Controllers ESCON channels and Token Ring LANs by providing a software solution that allows the Network Control Program NCP to be run in Linux on System z freeing up valuable data 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 EC while exploiting and leveraging IP The OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 GbE and 1000BASE T Ethernet features provide support for CCL This support is designed to require no changes to operat ing systems does require a PTF to support CHPID type OSN and also allows TPF to exploit CCL Supported by Z VM for Linux and z TPF guest environments OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 OSN OSA for NCP OSA Express for Network Control Program NCP Chan nel path identifier CHPID type OSN is now available for use with the OSA Express3 GbE features as well as the OSA Express3 1000BASE T Ethernet features OSA Express for NCP supporting the channel data link control CDLC protocol provides connectivi
50. cted the amount of power usage it is important to review the role of the server in bal ancing IT spending Power Monitoring The mainframe gas gauge feature introduced on the System z9 servers provides power and thermal informa tion via the System Activity Display SAD on the Hardware Management Console and will be available on the z10 EC giving a point in time reference of the information The current total power consumption in watts and BTU hour as well as the air input temperature will be displayed Power Estimation Tool To assist in energy planning Resource Link provides tools to estimate server energy requirements before a new server purchase A user will input the machine model memory and I O configuration and the tool will output an estimate of the system total heat load and utility input power A customized planning aid is also available on Resource Link which provides physical characteristics of the machine along with cooling recommendations environmental specifications system power rating power plugs receptacles line cord wire specifications and the machine configuration IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager AEM is a building block which enables customers to manage actual power consumption and resulting thermal loads IBM serv ers place in the data center The 210 EC provides support for IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager AEM for Linux on System
51. ctions in hardware is designed to contribute to improved performance Enhancements to eliminate preplanning in the cryptogra phy area include the System z10 function to dynamically add Crypto to a logical partition Changes to image pro files to support Crypto Express2 features are available without an outage to the logical partition Crypto Express2 features can also be dynamically deleted or moved CP Assist for Cryptographic Function CPACF CPACF supports clear key encryption All CPACF func tions can be invoked by problem state instructions defined by an extension of System z architecture The function is activated using a no charge enablement feature and offers the following on every CPACF that is shared between two Processor Units PUs and designated as CPs and or Inte grated Facility for Linux IFL e DES TDES AES 128 AES 192 AES 256 e SHA 1 SHA 224 SHA 256 SHA 384 SHA 512 e Pseudo Random Number Generation PRNG Enhancements to CP Assist for Cryptographic Function CPACF CPACF has been enhanced to include support of the fol lowing on CPs and IFLs e Advanced Encryption Standard AES for 192 bit keys and 256 bit keys e SHA 384 and SHA 512 bit for message digest SHA 1 SHA 256 and SHA 512 are shipped enabled and do not require the enablement feature Support for CPACF is also available using the Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility ICSF ICSF is a com ponent of z OS and is designed to transpa
52. d Key Entry TKE workstation and the TKE 5 3 level of Licensed Internal Code are optional features on the System z10 EC The TKE 5 3 Licensed Internal Code LIC is loaded on the TKE workstation prior to ship ment The TKE workstation offers security rich local and remote key management providing authorized persons a method of operational and master key entry identification exchange separation and update The TKE workstation supports connectivity 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 A encryption algorithm adds 256 bit master keys an S d includes the master key management functions required to load or generate AES master keys to cryptographic copro cessors in the host Also included is an imbedded screen capture utility to permit users to create and to transfer TKE master key entry instructions to diskette or DVD Under Service Manage ment a Manage Print Screen Files utility will be available to all users The TKE workstation and TKE 5 3 LIC are available on the z10 EC z10 BC z9 EC and z9 BC Smart Card Reader Support for an optional Smart Card Reader attached to the TKE 5 3 workstation allows for the use of smart cards that contain an embedded microprocessor and associated memory for data storage Access to and the use of con fidential data on the
53. d release to release migration The z VM hypervisor is designed to help clients extend the business value of mainframe technology across the enter prise by integrating applications and data while providing exceptional levels of availability security and operational ease z VM virtualization technology is designed to provide the capability for clients to run hundreds to thousands of Linux servers in a single mainframe together with other System z operating systems such as z OS or as a large scale Linux only enterprise server solution z VM V5 4 can also help to improve productivity by hosting non Linux workloads such as z OS z VSE and z TPF August 5 2008 IBM announced z VM 5 4 Enhancements in Z VM 5 4 include e Increased flexibility with support for new z VM mode logical partitions e Dynamic addition of memory to an active z VM LPAR by exploiting System z dynamic storage reconfiguration capabilities e Enhanced physical connectivity by exploiting all OSA Express3 ports e Capability to install Linux on System z from the HMC without requiring an external network connection e Enhancements for scalability and constraint relief e Operation of the SSL server in a CMS environment e Systems management enhancements for Linux and other virtual images For the most current information on z VM refer to the z VM Web site at http www vm ibm com ZNSE ZNSE 4 1 the latest advance in the ongoing evolution of VSE is designed to
54. d within the server e Low cost high availability disk solution The Basic HyperSwap capability enabled by TotalStorage Pro ductivity Center for Replication Basic Edition for System z provides a low cost single site high availability disk solution which allows the configuration of disk replication services using an intuitive browser based graphical user interface GUI served from z OS e Improved total cost of ownership zllP Assisted HiperSockets for Large Messages IBM Scalable Architecture for Financial Reporting enabled for zlIP a service offering of IBM Global Business Services zlIP Assisted z OS Global Mirror XRC and additional z OS XML System Services exploitation of zlIP and ZAAP help make these workloads more attractive on System z e Improved management of temporary processor capac ity A Capacity Provisioning Manager which is avail able on z OS V1 10 and available on z OS V1 9 with PTFs can monitor z OS systems on z10 EC servers Activation and deactivation of temporary capacity can be suggested or performed automatically based on user defined schedules and workload criteria RMF or equivalent function is required to use the Capacity Provi sioning Manager e Improved network security z OS Communications Server introduces new defensive filtering capability Defensive filters are evaluated ahead of configured IP filters and can be created dynamically which can provide added protection and minimal d
55. dulus lengths up to 4096 bits The services affected include key generation RSA based key management digital signatures and other functions related to these Refer to the ICSF Application Programmers Guide SA22 7522 for additional details Cryptographic enhancements to Crypto Express2 Dynamically 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 Cryptographic Candidate List Cryptographic Online List and Usage and Control Domain Indexes in advance of crypto hardware installation With the change to dynamically add crypto to a logical partition changes to image profiles to support Crypto Express2 features are available without outage to the logical partition Users can also dynamically delete or move Crypto Express2 features Preplanning is no longer required This enhancement is supported by z OS z VM for guest exploitation Z VSE and Linux on System z 36 Secure Key AES The Advanced Encryption Standard AES is a National Institute of Standards and Technology specification for the encryption of electronic data It is expected to become the accepted means of encrypting digital information includ ing financial telecommunications and government data AES is the symmetric algorithm of choice instead of Data Encryption Standard DES or Triple DES for the encryp tion and decrypt
56. e enabling PTFs AND System z10 server AND you need to be performing HiperSockets Multiple Write workload already on z OS Security Today s world mandates that your systems are secure and available 24 7 The z10 EC employs some of the most advanced security technologies in the industry helping you to meet rigid regulatory requirements that include encryption solutions access control management and extensive auditing features It also provides disaster recov ery configurations and is designed to deliver 99 999 application availability to help avoid the downside of planned downtime equipment failure or the complete loss of a data center When you need to be more secure more resilient z Can Do IT The z10 processor chip has on board cryp tographic functions Standard clear key integrated crypto graphic coprocessors provide high speed cryptography for protecting data in storage CP Assist for Cryptographic Function CPACF supports DES TDES Secure Hash Algorithms SHA for up to 512 bits Advanced Encryption Standard AES for up to 256 bits and Pseudo Random Number Generation PRNG Logging has been added to the TKE workstation to enable better problem tracking System z is investing in accelerators that provide improved performance for specialized functions The Crypto Express2 feature for cryptography is an example The Crypto Express2 feature can be configured as a secure key coprocessor or for Secure Sockets Layer SSL
57. e line of upward compatible main frame processors and retains application compatibility since 1964 The z10 EC supports all z Architecture compli ant Operating Systems The heart of the processor unit is the Enterprise Quad Core z10 Processor Unit chip which is specifically designed and optimized for mainframe sys tems New features enhance enterprise data serving per formance as well as CPU intensive workloads The z10 EC like its predecessors supports 24 31 and 64 bit addressing as well as multiple arithmetic formats High performance logical partitioning via Processor Resource Systems Manager PR SM is achieved by industry leading virtualization support provided by z VM 210 EC Architecture Rich CISC Instruction Set Architecture ISA e 894 instructions 668 implemented entirely in hardware e Multiple address spaces robust inter process security e Multiple arithmetic formats Architectural extensions for z10 EC e 50 instructions added to z10 EC to improve compiled code efficiency Enablement 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 technologies required to address today s IT challenges also takes much more than just a server it requires all of the system elements to be working together IBM system z10 operating systems and servers are designed with a
58. ecialty engines a resource token represents activation of one engine of that type for one day an IFL day a zlIP day or a ZAAP day The different resource tokens are contained in separate pools within the On Off CoD record The cus tomer via the Resource Link ordering process determines 41 how many tokens go into each pool Once On Off CoD resources are activated tokens will be decremented from their pools every 24 hours The amount decremented is based on the highest activation level for that engine type during the previous 24 hours Resource tokens are intended to help customers bound the hardware costs associated with using On Off CoD The use of resource tokens is optional and they are available on either a prepaid or post paid basis When prepaid the customer is billed for the total amount of resource tokens contained within the On Off CoD record When post paid the total billing against the On Off Cod record is limited by the total amount of resource tokens contained within the record Resource Link will provide the customer an order ing wizard to help determine how many tokens they need to purchase for different activation scenarios Resource tokens within an On Off CoD record may also be replen ished Resource Link offers an ordering wizard to help determine how many tokens you need to purchase for different acti vation scenarios Resource tokens within an On Off CoD record may also be replenished For more information
59. ectivity to a single CF through rapid failover to the backup instance of the duplexed structure pair CFCC Level 16 provides CF Duplex 50 ing enhancements described previously in the section titled Coupling Facility Control Code CFCC Level 16 A robust failure recovery capability Parallel Sysplex Coupling Connectivity The Coupling Facilities communicate with z OS images in the Parallel Sysplex environment over specialized high speed links As processor performance increases it is important to also use faster links so that link performance does not become constrained The performance avail ability and distance requirements of a Parallel Sysplex environment are the key factors that will identify the appro priate connectivity option for a given configuration When connecting between System z10 System z9 and z990 z890 servers the links must be configured to operate in Peer Mode This allows for higher data transfer rates to and from the Coupling Facilities The peer link acts simultaneously as both a CF Sender and CF Receiver link reducing the number of links required Larger and more data buffers and improved protocols may also improve 12x Upto meters if Y F 1x Km Upi z10 EC z10 BC se thi Up to 150 meters z9 EC and z9 BC S07 long distance performance oo be HCA2 O HCA2 0 LR Dobe HCA2 0 New ICB 4 cable CHES eS ICB 4 10 meters MBA 210 EC 210 BC z9 EC 29 BC 2990 z89
60. ecycle Extension for z OS R1 7 zlIP Web Deliverable required for z10 to enable HiperDispatch on z10 does not require a zlIP z OS V1 7 support was withdrawn September 30 2008 The Lifecycle Extension for z OS V1 7 5637 A01 makes fee based cor rective service for z OS V1 7 available through September 2009 With this Lifecycle Extension z OS V1 7 supports the z10 BC server Certain functions and features of the z10 BC server require later releases of z OS For a complete list of software support see the PSP buckets and the Software Requirements section of the System z10 BC announcement letter dated October 21 2008 2 Compatibility Support for listed releases Compatibility support allows OS to IPL and operate on z10 BC 3 Requires Compatibility Support which allows z VM to IPL and operate on the z10 providing IBM System z9 functionality for the base OS and Guests z VM supports 31 bit and 64 bit guests 4 zZ VSE V3 operates in 31 bit mode only It does not implement z Architecture and specifically does not implement 64 bit mode capabili ties z VSE is designed to exploit select features of IBM System z10 System z9 and IBM eServer zSeries hardware 5 Z VSE V4 is designed to exploit 64 bit real memory addressing but will not support 64 bit virtual memory addressing Note Refer to the z OS z VM z VSE subsets of the 2098DEVICE Preventive Planning PSP bucket prior to installing a z10 BC Z10EC Everyday the IT system ne
61. ed as a part of the server Licensed Internal Code SCSI IPL allows an IPL of an operating system from an FCP attached SCSI disk 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 an FCP SCSI device thereby allowing many hops through a Storage Area Network SAN for I O connectivity FCP full fabric connectivity enables mul tiple FCP switches directors on a fabric to share links and therefore 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 RAS Enhancements have been made to the z Architecture and the FICON interface architecture to deliver optimiza tions for online transaction processing OLTP workloads When exploited by the FICON channel the z OS operating system and the control unit High Performance FICON for System z ZHPF is designed to help reduce overhead and improve performance Additionally the changes to the architectures offer end to end system enhancements to improve reliability avail ability and serviceability RAS ZHPF channel programs can be exploited by the OLTP I O workloads DB2 VSAM PDSE and zFS which transfer small blocks of fixed size data 4K blocks ZHPF imple mentation by the IBM System Storage DS8000 is exclu sively f
62. eds to be available to users customers that need access to the company Web site line of business personnel that need access to the system application development that is constantly keeping the environment current and the IT staff that is operating and maintaining the environment If applications are not consis tently available the business can suffer The z10 EC continues our commitment to deliver improve ments in hardware Reliability Availability and Serviceability RAS with every new System z server They include micro code driver enhancements dynamic segment sparing for memory as well as the fixed HSA The z10 EC is a server that can help keep applications up and running in the event of planned or unplanned disruptions to the system IBM System z servers stand alone against competition and have stood the test of time with our business resiliency solutions Our coupling solutions with Parallel Sysplex tech nology allows for greater scalability and availability The InfiniBand Coupling Links on the 210 EC provides a high speed solution to the 10 meter limitation of ICB 4 since they will be available in lengths up to 150 meters What the z10 EC provides over its predecessors are improvements in the processor granularity offerings more options for specialty engines security enhancements additional high availability characteristics Concurrent Driver Upgrade CDU improvements enhanced network ing and on demand offerings The
63. ent addresses the requirements for those who need to provide the same accurate time across het erogeneous platforms in an enterprise The STP design has been enhanced to include support for a Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP client 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 maintain a time accuracy of 100 milliseconds Note NTP client support has been available since October 2007 Enhanced accuracy to an External Time Source The time accuracy of an STP only CTN has been improved by adding the capability to configure an NTP server that has a pulse per second PPS output signal as the ETS device This type of ETS device is available worldwide from sev eral vendors that provide network timing solutions STP has been designed to track to the highly stable accurate PPS signal from the NTP server and maintain an accuracy of 10 microseconds as measured at the PPS input of the System z server A number of variables such as accuracy of the NTP server to its time source GPS radio signals for example and cable used to connect the PPS signal will determine the ultimate accuracy of STP to Coordinated Universal Time UTC 54 In comparison the IBM Sysplex Timer is designed to maintain an accuracy of 100 microseconds when attached to an ETS with a PPS output If STP is config
64. er rates bandwidth e Improved performance e Increased number of start I Os e Reduced backup windows Channel aggregation to help reduce infrastructure 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 systems z connectivity Concurrent Update The FICON Express4 SX and LX features may be added to an existing 210 EC concurrently This concurrent update capability allows you to continue to run workloads through other channels while the new FICON Express4 features are being added This applies to CHPID types FC and FCP 20 Continued Support of Spanned Channels and Logical Partitions The FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 FICON and FCP CHPID types FC and FCP channel types can be defined as a spanned channel and can be shared among logical partitions within and across LCSSs Modes of Operation There are two modes of operation supported by FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 SX and LX These modes are configured on a channel by channel basis each of the four channels can be configured in either of two sup ported modes e Fibre Channel CHPID type FC which is native FICON or FICON Channel to Channel server to server e Fibre Channel Protocol CHPID type FCP which sup ports attachment to SCSI devices via Fibre Channel switches or directors in Z VM 2 VSE and Linu
65. ernal network setup or a physical connection between an LPAR and the HMC e Enhanced physical connectivity by exploiting all OSA Express3 ports helping service the network and reduc ing the number of required resources e Dynamic memory upgrade support that allows real memory to be added to a running z VM system With z2 VM V5 4 memory can be added non disruptively to individual guests that support the dynamic memory reconfiguration architecture Systems can now be configured to reduce the need to re IPL z VM Processors channels OSA adapters and now memory can be dynamically added to both the z VM system itself and to individual guests The operation and management of virtual machines has been enhanced with new systems management APIs improvements to the algorithm for distributing a guest s CPU share among virtual processors and usability f enhancements for managing a virtual network Security capabilities of z VM V5 4 provide an upgraded LDAP server at the functional level of the z OS V1 10 IBM Tivoli Directory Server for z OS and enhancements to the RACF Security Server to create LDAP change log entries in response to updates to RACF group and user profiles including user passwords and password phrases The z VM SSL server now operates in a CMS environment instead of requiring a Linux distribution thus allowing encryption ser vices to be deployed more quickly and helping to simplify installation service an
66. estoring the STP configuration and time information after Power on Resets PORs or power failure that affects both servers of a two server STP only Coordinated Timing Network CTN To enable this function the customer has to select an option that will assure than no other servers can join the two server CTN Previously if both the Preferred Time Server PTS and the Backup Time Server BTS experienced a simultaneous power outage site failure or both experienced a POR reinitialization of time and special roles PTS BTS and CTS was required With this enhancement you will no longer need to reinitialize the time or reassign the roles for these events Preview Improved STP System Management with new z OS Messaging This is a new function planned to generate z OS messages when various hardware events that affect the External Time Sources ETS configured for an STP only CTN occur This may improve problem deter mination and correction times Previously the messages were generated only on the Hardware Management Con sole HMC The ability to generate z OS messages will be supported on IBM System z10 and System z9 servers with z OS 1 11 with enabling support rolled back to z OS 1 9 in the second half of 2009 The following STP enhancements are available on System z10 and System z9 servers The STP feature and the latest Machine Change Levels are required Enhanced Network Time Protocol NTP client support This enhancem
67. figuration Capacity on Demand Temporary Capacity The set of contract documents which support the various EC has been completely refreshed While customers with exist Capacity on Demand offerings available for 210 39 ing contracts for Capacity Back Up CBU and Customer Initiated Upgrade CIU On Off Capacity on Demand On Off CoD may carry those contracts forward to z10 EC machines new CoD capability and offerings for 210 EC is only supported by this new contract set The new contract set is structured in a modular hierarchi cal approach This new approach will eliminate redundant terms between contract documents simplifying the con tracts for our customers and IBM Just in time deployment of System z10 EC Capacity on Demand CoD is a radical departure from previous System z and zSeries servers This new architecture allows Up to eight temporary records to be installed on the CPC and active at any given time Up to 200 temporary records to be staged on the SE Variability in the amount of resources that can be acti vated per record The ability to control and update records independent of each other Improved query functions to monitor the state of each record The ability to add capabilities to individual records con currently eliminating the need for constant ordering of new temporary records for different user scenarios e Permanent LIC CC upgrades to be performed while temporary resources are active
68. help address needs of VSE clients 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 ZNSE 4 1 is designed to support e 2 Architecture mode only e 64 bit real addressing and up to 8 GB of processor storage e System z encryption technology including CPACF con figurable Crypto Express2 and TS1120 encrypting tape e Midrange Workload License Charge MWLC pricing including full capacity and sub capacity options IBM has previewed 2 VSE 4 2 When available z VSE 4 2 is designed help address the needs of VSE clients with growing core VSE workloads z VSE V4 2 is designed to support e More than 255 VSE tasks to help clients grow their CICS workloads and to ease migration from CS VSE to CICS Transaction Server for VSE ESA e Up to 32 GB of processor storage e Sub Capacity Reporting Tool running natively e Encryption Facility for 2 VSE as an optional priced fea ture e IBM System Storage TS3400 Tape Library via the TS1120 Controller e IBM System Storage TS7740 Virtualization Engine Release 1 3 z VSE V4 2 plans to continue the focus on hybrid solu tions exploiting z VSE and Linux on System z service ori ented architecture SOA and security It is the preferred replacement for z VSE V4 1 z VSE V3 or VSE ESA It is designed to protect and leverage existing VSE information assets z TPF z TPF is a 64 bit ope
69. hows the Link address and the PCHIDs that use it 5 Node ID Screen Shows the Node ID data under the PCHIDs The SIOA tool allows the user to sort on various columns and export the data to a USB flash drive for later viewing z10 EC Channels and VO Connectivity ESCON Channels The z10 EC supports up to 1 024 ESCON channels The high density ESCON feature has 16 ports 15 of which can be activated for customer use One port is always reserved as a spare which is activated in the event of a failure of one of the other ports For high availability the initial order of ESCON features will deliver two 16 port ESCON features and the active ports will be distributed across those features Fibre Channel Connectivity The on demand operating environment requires fast data access continuous data availability and improved flexibil ity all with a lower cost of ownership The four port FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 features available on the z9 EC continue to be supported on the System z10 EC Choose the FICON Express4 features that best meet your business requirements To meet the demands of your Storage Area Network SAN provide granularity facilitate redundant paths and satisfy your infrastructure requirements there are three features from which to choose Feature FC Infrastructure Ports per Feature FICON Express4 10KM LX 3321 Single mode fiber FICON Express4 4KM LX 3324 Single mode fiber FICON Express4 S
70. hysical Layer FICON I O Interface Physical Layer SA24 7172 Hardware Management Console Operations Guide V2 10 0 IOCP User s Guide Maintenance Information for Fiber Optic Links z10 EC Parts Catalog Planning for Fiber Optic Links SCSI IPL Machine Loader Messages Service Guide for HMCs and SEs Service Guide for Trusted Key Entry Workstations Standalone IOCP User s Guide Support Element Operations Guide Version 2 10 0 System z Functional Matrix OSA Express Customer s Guide OSA ICC User s Guide SA23 0395 SB10 7034 SA23 0394 SC28 6867 SB10 7037 SY27 2597 GC28 6869 GA23 0367 SC28 6839 GC28 6861 GC28 6862 SB10 7152 SC28 6868 ZSWO01335 SA22 7935 SA22 7990 Publications for System z10 Enterprise Class can be obtained at Resource Link by accessing the following Web site www ibm com servers resourcelink 68 Copyright IBM Corporation 2009 IBM Systems and Technology Group Route 100 Somers NY 10589 USA Produced in the United States of America 04 09 All Rights Reserved References in this publication to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country in which IBM operates Consult your local IBM business contact for information on the products features and services available in your area IBM IBM eServer the IBM logo the e business logo AIX APPN CICS Cool Blue DB2 DRDA DS8000 Dynamic Infrastructure ECKD ESCON FICON Geogr
71. imary and a backup For most cases should a failure occur on the pri mary oscillator card the backup can detect it switch over and provide the clock signal to the system transparently with no system outage Previously in the event of a failure of the active oscillator a system outage would occur the subsequent system Power On Reset POR would select the backup and the system would resume operation Dynamic Oscillator Switchover is exclusive to System 210 EC and System z9 Transparent Sparing The z10 EC offers two PUs reserved as spares per server In the case of processor failure these spares are used for transparent sparing On z10 EC sparing happens on acore granularity rather than chip granularity as on z990 and System z9 for which chip equaled 2 cores Concurrent Maintenance Concurrent Service for I O features All the features that plug into the I O Cage are able to be added and replaced concurrent with system operation This virtually eliminates any need to schedule outage for service to upgrade the I O subsystem on this cage Upgrade for Coupling Links 210 EC has concurrent maintenance for the ISC 3 daughter card Also Coupling Links can be added concurrently This eliminates a need for scheduled downtime in the demanding sysplex envi ronment Cryptographic feature The Crypto Express2 feature plugs in the I O cage and can be added or replaced con currently with system operation Redu
72. infrastructure cost savings by reducing the number of channels for intercon necting the two sites FICON cascaded directors have the added value of high integri the FICON Express channel and the FICON cascaded switch fabric to aid in the detection and reporting of any ty connectivity Integrity features introduced within miscabling actions occurring within the fabric can prevent data from being delivered to the wrong end point l Li J i if E k j ee 1 puff ie Nee oes i j I bad Cm Two site non cascaded director topology Each CEC connects to directors in both sites LE To ea S do 1 W Two Site cascaded director topology Each CEC connects to local directors only With Inter Switch Links ISLs less fiber cabling may be needed for cross site connectivity FCP Channels z10 EC supports FCP channels switches and FCP SCSI disks with full fabric connectivity under Linux on System z and z VM 5 2 or later for Linux as a guest under z VM under z VM 5 2 or later and under z VSE 3 1 for system 21 usage including install and IPL Support for FCP devices means that z10 EC servers are capable of attaching to select FCP attached SCSI devices and may access these devices from Linux on z10 EC and z VSE This expanded attachability means that enterprises have more choices for new storage solutions or may have the ability to use existing storage devices thus leveraging existi
73. ion of data The AES encryption algorithm will be supported with secure encrypted keys of 128 192 and 256 bits The secure key approach similar to what is supported today for DES and TDES provides the ability to keep the encryption keys protected at all times including the ability to import and export AES keys using RSA public key technology Support for AES encryption algorithm includes the master key management functions required to load or generate AES master keys update those keys and re encipher key tokens under a new master key Support for 13 thru 19 digit Personal Account Numbers Credit card companies sometimes perform card security code computations based on Personal Account Number PAN data Currently ICSF callable services CSNBCSV VISA CVV Service Verify and CSNBCSG VISA CVV Service Generate are used to verify and to generate a VISA Card Verification Value CVV or a MasterCard Card Verification Code CVC The ICSF callable services cur rently support 13 16 and 19 digit PAN data To provide additional flexibility new keywords PAN 14 PAN 15 PAN 17 and PAN 18 are implemented in the rule array for both CSNBCSG and CSNBCSV to indicate that the PAN data is comprised of 14 15 17 or 18 PAN digits respectively Support for 13 through 19 digit PANs is exclusive to System z10 and is offered by z OS and z VM for guest exploitation TKE 5 3 workstation and continued support for Smart Card Reader The Truste
74. ion of this service refer to Services Announcement 608 041 RFA47367 dated June 24 2008 Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex DB2 Data Sharing To assist with the assessment planning implementation testing and backup and recovery of a System z DB2 data sharing 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 59 This DB2 data sharing service is designed for clients who want to 1 Enhance the availability of data 2 Enable applications to take full utilization of all servers resources 3 Share application system resources to meet business goals 4 Manage multiple systems as a single system from a single point of control 5 Respond to unpredicted growth by quickly adding com puting power to match business requirements without disruption 6 Build on the current investments in hardware software applications and skills while potentially reducing com puting costs The offering consists of six selectable modules each is a stand alone module that can be individually acquired The first module is an infrastructure assessment module followed by five modules which address the following DB2 data sharing disciplines 1 DB2 data sharing planning 2 DB2 data sharing implementation 3 Adding additional data sharing members 4 DB2 data sharing testing 5 DB2 data sharing backup and re
75. ional water cooling on future high end System z servers This cooling technology will tap 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 technology for high end System z servers will be designed to deliver improved energy effi ciencies IBM intends to support the ability to operate from High Voltage DC power on future System z servers This will be in addition to the wide range of AC power already supported A direct HV DC datacenter power design can improve data center energy efficiency by removing the need for an additional DC to AC inversion step The System z10 will be the last server to support Dynamic ICF expansion This is consistent with the System z9 hard ware announcement 107 190 dated April 18 2007 IBM System z9 Enterprise Class z9 EC and System z9 Busi ness Class z9 BC Delivering greater value for every one in which the following Statement of Direction was made IBM intends to remove the Dynamic ICF expansion function from future System z servers The System z10 will be the last server to support connec tions to the Sysplex Timer 9037 Servers that require time synchronization such as to support a base or Parallel Sys plex will require Server Time Protocol STP STP has been available since January 2007 and is offered on the System 210 System z9 and zSerie
76. is designed to adjust the inbound blocking algorithm to best match the application requirements For latency sensitive applications the blocking algo rithm is modified to be latency sensitive For streaming throughput sensitive applications the blocking algorithm is adjusted to maximize throughput The z OS TCP IP stack can dynamically detect the application requirements making the necessary adjustments to the blocking algo rithm The monitoring of the application and the blocking algorithm adjustments are made in real time dynamically adjusting the application s LAN performance tors can authorize the z OS TCP IP stack ic setting which was previously a static System administra to enable a dynam setting The z OS TCP IP stack is able to help determine the best setting for the current running application based on system configuration inbound workload volume CPU utilization and traffic patterns Link aggregation for z VM in Layer 2 mode ZNM 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 is participating in an aggregated group when configured in Layer 2 mode Link aggregation trunking is designed to allow you to combine multiple physical OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 ports of the same type for example 1GbE or 10GbE into a single logi cal link for increased throughput and f
77. isruption of services in the event of an attack e z OS V1 10 also supports RSA key ISO Format 3 PIN block 13 Digit through 19 Digit PANdata secure key AES and SHA algorithms e Improved productivity z OS V1 10 provides improve ments in or new capabilities for simplifying diagnosis and problem determination expanded Health Check Services network and security management automatic dump and re IPL capability as well as overall z OS I O configuration sysplex and storage operations With z OS 1 9 IBM delivers functionality that continues to solidify System z leadership as the premier data server z OS 1 9 offers enhancements in the areas of security net working scalability availability application development integration and improved economics with more exploita tion for specialty engines A foundational element of the platform the z OS tight interaction with the System z hardware and its high level of system integrity With z OS 1 9 IBM introduces e A revised and expanded Statement of z OS System Integrity e Large Page Support 1 MB e Capacity Provisioning e Support for up to 64 engines in a single image on z10 EC model only e Simplified and centralized policy based networking e Expanded IBM Health Checker e Simplified RACF Administration e Hardware Decimal Floating Point e Parallel Sysplex support for Infinibana Coupling Links e NTP Support for STP e HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility e OSA E
78. ity Availability and Serviceability RAS In today s on demand environment downtime is not only unwelcome it s costly If your applications aren t consis tently available your business suffers The damage can extend well beyond the financial realm into key areas of customer loyalty market competitiveness and regulatory compliance High on the list of critical business require ments today is the need to keep applications up and run ning in the event of planned or unplanned disruptions to your systems While some servers are thought of offering weeks or even months of up time System z thinks of this in terms of achieving years The z10 EC continues our commitment to deliver improvements in hardware Reliability Availability and Serviceability RAS with every new System z server They include microcode driver enhancements dynamic segment sparing for memory and fixed HSA The z10 EC is a server that can help keep applications up and running in the event of planned or unplanned disruptions to the system The System z10 EC is designed to deliver industry lead ing reliability availability and security our customers have come to expect from System z servers System z10 EC RAS is designed to reduce all sources of outages by reducing unscheduled scheduled and planned outages Planned outages are further designed to be reduced with the introduction of concurrent I O drawer add and eliminating pre planning requirements These featu
79. less our warranty terms apply Performance is in Internal Throughput Rate ITR ratio based on measure ments and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user s job stream the I O configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here All performance information was determined in a controlled environment Actual results may vary Performance information is provided AS IS and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied by IBM Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models This equipment is subject to all applicable FCC rules and will comply with them upon delivery Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppli ers of those products Questions concerning those products should be directed to those suppliers All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by custom ZSO003018 USEN 02
80. ling Links combined cannot exceed 64 per server PSIFB ICB 4 ISC 3 There is a maximum of 64 Coupling CHPIDs CIB ICP CBP CFP per server e For each MBA fanout installed for ICB 4s the number of possible customer HCA fanouts is reduced by one Each link supports definition of multiple CIB CHPIDs up to 16 per fanout 710 negotiates to 3 GBps 12x IB SDR when connected to a System z9 3 meters 10 feet reserved for internal routing and strain relief Note The InfiniBand link data rates of 6 GBps 3 GBps 2 5 Gbps or 5 Gbps do not represent the performance of the link The actual performance is dependent upon many factors including latency through the adapters cable lengths and the type of workload With InfiniBand coupling links while the link data rate may be higher than that of ICB 12x IB SDR or 12x IB DDR or ISC 3 1x IB SDR or 1x IB DDR the service times of coupling operations are greater and the actual throughput may be less than with ICB links or ISC 3 links Time synchronization and time accuracy on z10 EC If you require time synchronization across multiple servers for example you have a Parallel Sysplex environment or you require time accuracy either for one or more System z servers or you require the same time across heteroge neous 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 Proto col STP
81. loating point unit some of these calculations may be done directly and accelerated Liberating your assets with System z Enterprises have millions of dollars worth of mainframe assets and core business applications that support the heart of the business The convergence of service oriented architecture SOA and mainframe technologies can help liberate these core business assets by making it easier to enrich modernize extend and reuse them well beyond their original scope of design The 210 EC along with the inherent strengths and capabilities of a z OS environment provides an excellent platform for being an enterprise hub Innovative System z software solutions from WebSphere CICS Rational and Lotus strengthen the flexibility of doing SOA Evolving for your business The z10 EC is the next step in the evolution of the System z mainframe fulfilling our promise to deliver technol ogy improvements in areas that the mainframe excels in energy efficiency scalability virtualization security and availability The redesigned processor chip helps the 210 EC make high performance compute intensive processing a reality Flexibility and control over capacity gives IT the upper edge over planned or unforeseen demands And new technologies can benefit from the inherit strengths of the mainframe This evolving technology delivers a compel ling case for the future to run on System z 2 Architecture The z10 EC continues th
82. lready defined virtual resources new HMC capabilities are being made available allowing selected virtual resources to be defined In addition further enhancements have been made for managing defined virtual resources Enhancements are designed to deliver out of the box inte grated graphical user interface based GUI based manage ment of selected parts of z VM This is especially targeted to deliver ease of use for enterprises new to System z This helps to avoid the purchase and installation of additional hardware or software which may include complicated setup procedures You can more seam lessly perform hardware and selected operating system management using the HMC Web browser based user interface Enhanced installation support for z VM using the HMC HMC version 2 10 1 along with Support Element SE ver sion 2 10 1 on z10 EC now gives you the ability to install Linux on System z in a z VM virtual machine using the 58 HMC DVD drive This new function does not require an external network connection between z VM and the HMC but instead uses the existing communication path between the HMC and the SE This support is intended for environments that have no alternative such as a LAN based server for serving the DVD contents for Linux installations The elapsed time for installation using the HMC DVD drive can be an order of magnitude or more longer than the elapsed time for LAN based alternatives Using the cu
83. ly exclusively to System 210 However the HMC version 2 10 1 will continue to sup port System z9 zSeries and S 390 G5 G6 servers The 2 10 1 HMC will continue to support up to two 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet LANs A Token Ring LAN is not supported The 2 10 1 HMC applications have been updated to support HMC hardware without a diskette drive DVD RAM CD ROM and or USB flash memory drive media will be used Family Machine Type Firmware Driver SE Version 210 BC 2098 76 2 10 1 210 EC 2097 73 2 10 0 z9 BC 2096 67 2 9 2 z9 EC 2094 67 2 9 2 2890 2086 55 1 8 2 2990 2084 55 1 8 2 2800 2066 3G 1 7 3 2900 2064 3G 1 7 3 9672 G6 9672 9674 26 1 6 2 9672 G5 9672 9674 26 1 6 2 Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 HMC version 2 10 1 and Support Element SE version 2 10 1 can now communicate using IP Version 4 IPv4 IP Version 6 IPv6 or both It is no longer necessary to assign a static IP address to an SE if it only needs to com municate with HMCs on the same subnet An HMC and SE can use IPv6 link local addresses to communicate with each other 57 HMC SE support is addressing the following requirements e The availability of addresses in the IPv4 address space is becoming increasingly scarce The demand for IPv6 support is high in Asia Pacific countries since many companies are deploying IPv6 The U S Department of Defense and other U S govern ment agencies are requiring Pv6 support f
84. mbination of reliability availability serviceability security scalability and virtual ization delivers the technology that can help define this framework for the future The z10 EC delivers improvements to performance capacity and memory which can help enterprises grow their existing business while providing a cost effective infrastructure for large scale consolidation The October 2008 announcements extend the z10 EC leadership with improved access to data and the network tighter security with longer Personal Account Numbers for stronger protection of data enhancements for improved performance when connecting to the network increased flexibility in defining your options to handle backup require ments and enhanced time accuracy to an external time source Any successful business needs to be able to deliver timely integrated information to business leaders support per sonnel and customers on a 24x7 basis This means that access to data needs to be fast secure and dependable Enhancements made to z Architecture and the FICON interface architecture with the High Performance FICON for System z ZHPF are optimized for online transaction processing OLTP workloads The FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 features support the native FICON proto col and the ZHPF protocol The System z10 was introduced with a new connectivity option for LANs Open Systems Adapter Express3 OSA Express3 The OSA Express3 fe
85. n Systems Adapter OSA is protocol independent and Layer 3 indepen dent Packet forwarding decisions are based upon the 26 Medium Access Control MAC address QDIO Layer 3 Network or IP layer for IP workloads Packet forwarding decisions are based upon the IP address All guests share OSA s MAC address Jumbo frames in QDIO mode 8992 byte frame size when operating at 1 Gbps fiber or copper and 10 Gbps fiber 640 TCP IP stacks per CHPID for hosting more images Large send for IPv4 packets for TCP IP traffic and CPU efficiency offloading the TCP segmentation processing from the host TCP IP stack to the OSA Express feature Concurrent LIC update to help minimize the disrup tion of network traffic during an update when properly configured designed to avoid a configuration off or on applies to CHPID types OSD and OSN Multiple Image Facility MIF and spanned channels for sharing OSA among logical channel subsystems The OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 Ethernet features support the following CHPID types CHPID OSA Express3 Purpose Traffic Type OSA Express2 Features OSC 1000BASE T OSA Integrated Console Controller OSA ICC TN3270E non SNA DFT IPL to CPC and LPARs Operating system console operations OSD 1000BASE T Queued Direct Input Output QDI0 GbE TCP IP traffic when Layer 3 10 GbE Protocol independent when Layer 2 OSE 1000BASE T Non QDIO SNA APPN HPR and o
86. ndant Cage Controllers The Power and Service Control Network features redundant Cage Controllers for Logic and Power control This design enables non disrup tive service to the controllers and virtually eliminates cus tomer scheduled outage 46 Auto Switchover for Support Element SE The 210 EC has two Support Elements In the event of failure on the Primary SE the switchover to the backup is handled automatically There is no need for any intervention by the Customer or Service Representative Concurrent Memory Upgrade This function allows adding memory concurrently up to the maximum amount physically installed In addition the Enhanced Book Availability function also enables a memory upgrade to an installed z10 EC book in a multi book server Plan Ahead Memory Future memory upgrades can now be preplanned to be non disruptive The preplanned memory feature will add the necessary physical memory required to support target memory sizes The granularity of physical memory in the System z10 design 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 be speci fied in the configuration tool along with a starting logical memory size The configuration tool will then calculate the physical memory required to satisfy this target memory Should additional physical memory
87. ng invest ments and lowering total cost of ownership for their Linux implementations The same FICON features used for native FICON chan nels can be defined to be used for Fibre Channel Protocol FCP channels FCP channels are defined as CHPID type FCP The 4 Gb sec capability on the FICON Express4 channel means that 4 Gb sec link data rates are available for FCP channels as well FCP increased performance for small block sizes The Fibre Channel Protocol FCP Licensed Internal Code has been modified to help provide increased O operations per second for small block sizes With FICON Express4 there may be up to 57 000 I O operations per second all reads all writes or a mix of reads and writes an 80 increase compared to System z9 These results are achieved in a laboratory environment using one channel configured as CHPID type FCP with no other processing occurring and do not represent actual field measurements A significant increase in I O operations per second for small block sizes can also be expected with FICON Express2 This FCP performance improvement is transparent to operating systems that support FCP and applies to all the FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 features when configured as CHPID type FCP communicating with SCSI devices SCSI IPL now a base function The SCSI Initial Program Load IPL enablement feature first introduced on z990 in October of 2003 is no longer required The function is now deliver
88. nging logical processor definitions in an LPAR and the introduction of cryptography into an LPAR Features that carry forward from previous generation pro cessors include the ability to dynamically enable I O and the dynamic swapping of processor types Hardware System Area HSA Fixed HSA of 16 GB is provided as standard with the z10 EC The HSA has been designed to eliminate planning for HSA Preplanning for HSA expansion for configurations will be eliminated as HCD IOCP will via the IOCDS process always reserve e 4 Logical Channel Subsystems LCSS pre defined 60 Logical Partitions LPARs pre defined Subchannel set O with 63 75k devices Subchannel set 1 with 64K 1 devices Dynamic I O Reconfiguration always enabled by default Concurrent Patch always enabled by default Add Change the number of logical CP IFL ICF ZAAP zZIIP_ processors per partition and add SAPs to the con figuration Dynamic LPAR PU assignment optimization CPs ICFs IFLs ZAAPs zllPs SAPs Dynamically Add Remove Crypto no LPAR deactivation required 44 Enhanced Book Availability With proper planning z10 EC is designed to allow a single book in a multi book server to be non disrup tively removed from the server and re installed during an upgrade or repair action To minimize the effect on current workloads and applications you should ensure that you have sufficient inactive physical resources on the remain ing books t
89. o complete a book removal For customers configuring for maximum availability we rec ommend to purchasing models with one additional book To ensure you have the appropriate level of memory you may want to consider the selection of the Flexible Memory Option features to provide additional resources when completing an Enhanced Book Availability action or when considering plan ahead options for the future Enhanced Book Availability may also provide benefits should you choose not to configure for maximum availability In these cases you should have sufficient inactive resources on the remaining books to contain critical workloads while completing a book replacement Contact your IBM rep resentative to help you determine and plan the proper configuration to support your workloads when using non disruptive book maintenance Enhanced Book Availability is an extension of the support for Concurrent Book Add CBA delivered on z990 CBA makes it possible to concurrently upgrade a server by integrating a second third or fourth book into the server without necessarily affecting application processing The following scenarios prior to the availability of EBA would require a disruptive customer outage With EBA these upgrade and repair procedures can be performed concur rently without interfering with customer operations Concurrent Physical Memory Upgrade Allows one or more physical memory cards on a single book to be added or an existing card
90. on CPU inten sive workloads The z10 EC is specifically designed and optimized for full z Architecture compatibility New features enhance enterprise data serving performance industry leading virtualization capabilities energy efficiency at system and data center levels The 210 EC is designed to further extend and integrate key platform characteris tics such as dynamic flexible partitioning and resource management in mixed and unpredictable workload envi ronments providing scalability high availability and Quali ties of Service QOS to emerging applications such as WebSphere Java and Linux With the logical partition LPAR group capacity limit on z10 EC z10 BC z9 EC and z9 BC you can now specify LPAR group capacity limits allowing you to define each LPAR with its own capacity and one or more groups of LPARs on a server This is designed to allow z OS to manage the groups in such a way that the sum of the LPARs CPU utilization within a group will not exceed the group s defined capacity Each LPAR in a group can still optionally continue to define an individual LPAR capacity limit The z10 EC has five models with a total of 100 capacity settings available as new build systems and as upgrades from the z9 EC and z990 The five z10 EC models are designed with a multi book system structure that provides up to 64 Processor Units PUs that can be characterized as either Central Proces sors CPs IFLs ICFs zAAPs or ZzIIPs
91. ons of Express2 feature is supported by E and Linux on System z z VSE offers z OS z VM and Linux on System z offer support for both clear key and secure key operations Additional cryptographic functions and features with Crypto Express2 Key management Added key management for remote loading of ATM and Point of Sale POS keys The elimina tion of manual key entry is designed to reduce downtime due to key entry errors service calls and key manage ment costs Improved key exchange Added Improved key exchange with non CCA cryptographic systems New features added to IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture CCA are designed to enhance the ability to exchange keys between CCA systems and systems that do not use control vectors by allowing the CCA system owner to define permitted types of key import and export while preventing uncontrolled key exchange that can open the system to an increased threat of attack These are supported by z OS and by z VM for guest exploitation Support for ISO 16609 Support for ISO 16609 CBC Mode T DES Message Authentication MAC requirements ISO 16609 CBC Mode T DES MAC is accessible through ICSF function calls made in the PCI X Cryptographic Adapter segment 3 Common Cryptographic Architecture CCA code This is supported by z OS and by z VM for guest exploitation Support for RSA keys up to 4096 bits The RSA services in the CCA API are extended to sup port RSA keys with mo
92. or I Os that transfer less than a single track of data 22 The maximum number of I Os is designed to be improved up to 100 for small data transfers that can exploit ZHPF Realistic production workloads with a mix of data transfer sizes can see up to 30 to 70 of FICON Os utilizing ZHPF resulting in up to a 10 to 30 savings in channel utiliza tion Sequential I Os transferring less than a single track size for example 12x4k bytes IO may also benefit The FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 features will support both the existing FICON protocol and the ZHPF protocol concurrently in the server Licensed Internal Code High performance FICON is supported by z OS for DB2 VSAM PDSE and ZFS applications ZHPF applies to all FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 features CHPID type FC and is exclusive to System z10 Exploitation is required by the control unit IBM System Storage DS8000 Release 4 1 delivers new capabilities to support High Performance FICON for System z which can improve FICON I O throughput on a DS8000 port by up to 100 The DS8000 series Licensed Machine Code LMC level 5 4 2xx xx bundle version 64 2 xx xx or later is required Platform and name server registration in FICON channel The FICON channel now provides the same information to the fabric as is commonly provided by open systems registering with the name server in the attached FICON directors With this information your storage area net work SAN can
93. or a no charge test No IBM charges are assessed for the test including IBM charges associated with temporary hardware capacity IBM software or IBM maintenance This test can be used to validate the processes to download stage install acti vate and deactivate On Off CoD capacity non disruptively Each On Off CoD enabled server is entitled to only one no charge test This test may last up to a maximum duration of 24 hours commencing upon the activation of any capac ity resources contained in the On Off CoD record Activa tion levels of capacity may change during the 24 hour test period The On Off CoD test automatically terminates at the end of the 24 hours period In addition to validating the On Off CoD function within your environment you may choose to use this test as a training session for your per sonnel who are authorized to activate On Off CoD SNMP API Simple Network Management Protocol Appli 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 Capacity on Demand Permanent Capacity Customer Initiated Upgrade CIU facility When your business needs additional capacity quickly Customer Initiated Upgrade CIU is designed to deliver it CIU is designed to allow you to respond to sudden increased capacity requirements by requesting a System z10 EC PU and or memory upg
94. or any prod ucts purchased after June 2008 More information on the U S government require ments can be found at http Awww whitehouse gov omb memoranda fy2005 m05 22 pdf and http www whitehouse gov omb egov documents IPv6_ FAQs pdf HMC SE Console Messenger On servers prior to System z9 the remote browser capa bility was limited to Platform Independent Remote Console PIRC with a very small subset of functionality Full func tionality using Desktop On Call DTOC was limited to one user at a time and was slow so it was rarely used With System z9 full functionality to multiple users was delivered with a fast Web browser solution You liked this but requested the ability to communicate to other remote users There is now a new console messenger task that offers basic messaging capabilities to allow system operators or administrators to coordinate their activities The new task may be invoked directly or using a new option in Users and Tasks This capability is available for HMC and SE local and remote users permitting interactive plain text communication between two users and also allowing a user to broadcast a plain text message to all users This feature is a limited messenger application and does not interact with other messengers HMC z VM Tower systems management enhancements Building upon the previous VM systems management support from the Hardware Management Console HMC which offered management support for a
95. or non disruptive failover in the event that a port becomes unavailable e Aggregated link viewed as one logical trunk and con taining all of the Virtual LANs VLANs required by the LAN segment Load balance communications across several links in a trunk to prevent a single link from being overrun Link aggregation between a VSWITCH and the physical network switch Point to point connections Up to eight OSA Express3 or OSA Express2 ports in one aggregated link 29 e Ability to dynamically add remove OSA ports for on demand bandwidth e Full duplex mode send and receive e Target links for aggregation must be of the same type for example Gigabit Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet The Open Systems Adapter Support Facility OSA SF will provide status information on an OSA port its shared or exclusive use state OSA SF is an integrated component of z VM Link aggregation is exclusive to System z10 and System z9 is applicable to the OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 features in Layer 2 mode when configured as CHPID type OSD QDIO and is supported by z VM 5 3 and later Layer 2 transport mode When would it be used If you have an environment with an abundance of Linux images in a guest LAN environment or you need to define router guests to provide the connection between these guest LANs and the OSA Express3 features then using the Layer 2 transport mode may be the solution If you have Internet Exchange I
96. ough it can be redefined to be six CBUs as long as enough server infrastructure is available to meet maximum needs All activations can be done without having to interact with IBM when it is determined that capacity is required no passwords or phone connections are necessary As long as the total z10 EC can support the maximums that are defined then they can be made available With the z10 EC it is now possible to add permanent capacity while a temporary capacity is currently activated without having to return first to the original configuration The activation of On Off CoD on z10 EC can be simplified or automated by using z OS Capacity Provisioning avail able with z OS 1 9 and above This capability enables the monitoring of multiple systems based on Capacity Provi sioning and Workload Manager WLM definitions When the defined conditions are met z OS can suggest capacity changes for manual activation from a z OS console or the system can add or remove temporary capacity automati cally and without operator intervention Specialty engines offer an attractive alternative The z10 EC continues the long history of providing inte grated technologies to optimize a variety of workloads The use of specialty engines can help users expand the use of the mainframe for new workloads while helping to lower the cost of ownership The IBM System z specialty engines can run independently or complement each other For example
97. oupling Facility notifies only one connector in a sequential fashion If the shared queue is processed within a fixed period of time the other connectors do not need to be notified saving the cost of the false scheduling If a shared queue is not read within the time limit then the other connectors are notified as they were prior to CFCC Level 16 When migrating CF levels lock list and cache structure sizes might need to be increased to support new function For example when you upgrade from CFCC Level 15 to Level 16 the required size of the structure might increase This adjustment can have an impact when the system allocates structures or copies structures from one coupling facility to another at different CF levels The coupling facility structure sizer tool can size struc tures for you and takes into account the amount of space needed for the current CFCC levels Access the tool at http www ibm com servers eserver zseries cfsizer CFCC Level 16 is exclusive to System 210 and is sup ported by z OS and z VM for guest exploitation Coupling Facility Configuration Alternatives IBM offers multiple options for configuring a functioning Coupling Facility e Standalone Coupling Facility The standalone CF provides the most robust CF capability as the CPC is wholly dedicated to running the CFCC microcode all of the processors links and memory are for CF use only A natural benefit of this characteristic is that the
98. p CDS online to avoid a single point of failure This idea is being extended to STP With this enhancement if the PTS fails and the BTS takes over as CTS an API is now available on the HMC so you can automate the reassignment of the PTS BTS and Arbiter roles This can improve availability by avoiding a single point of failure after the BTS has taken over as the CTS Prior to this enhancement the PTS BTS and Arbiter roles had to be reassigned manually using the System Sysplex Time task on the HMC For additional details on the API please refer to System z Application Programming Inter faces SB10 7030 11 Additional information is available on the STP Web page http www ibm com systems z pso stp html The following Redbooks are available at the Redbooks Web site http Awww redbooks ibm com e Server Time Protocol Planning Guide SG24 7280 e Server Time Protocol Implementation Guide SG24 7281 Internal Battery Feature Recommendation Single data center e CTN with 2 servers install IBF on at least the PTS CTS Also recommend IBF on BTS to provide recovery pro tection when BTS is the CTS CTN with 3 or more servers IBF not required for STP recovery if Arbiter configured Two data centers e 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 protection when BTS is the CTS e CTN with 3 or more servers install IBF on at le
99. plex with System z10 BC System z9 of n 2 on the hardware as well as the software The z10 z990 and z890 only and currently supports z OS 1 8 and higher For detailed information on IBM s Parallel Sysplex technol ogy visit our Parallel Sysplex home page at http www 03 ibm com systems z pso Coupling Facility Control Code CFCC Level 16 CFCC Level 16 is being made available on the IBM System z10 EC Improved service time with Coupling Facility Duplex ing enhancements Prior to Coupling Facility Control Code CFCC Level 16 System Managed Coupling Facility CF Structure Duplexing required two duplexing protocol exchanges to occur synchronously during pro cessing of each duplexed structure request CFCC Level 16 allows one of these protocol exchanges to complete asynchronously This allows faster duplexed request ser vice time with more benefits when the Coupling Facilities are further apart such as in a multi site Parallel Sysplex environment 49 List notification improvements Prior to CFCC Level 16 when a shared queue subsidiary list changed state from empty to non empty the CF would notify ALL active con nectors The first one to respond would process the new message but when the others tried to do the same they would find nothing incurring additional overhead CFCC Level 16 can help improve the efficiency of coupling communications for IMS Shared Queue and WebSphere MQ Shared Queue environments The C
100. r TCP IP passthru LCS OSN 1000BASE T OSA for NCP GbE Supports channel data link control CDLC OSA Express3 10 GbE OSA Express3 10 Gigabit Ethernet LR The OSA Express3 10 Gigabit Ethernet GbE long reach LR feature has two ports Each port resides on a PCle adapter and has its own channel path identifier CHPID There are two PCle adapters per feature OSA Express3 10 GbE LR is designed to support attachment to a 10 Gigabits per second Gbps Ethernet Local Area Network LAN or Ethernet switch capable of 10 Gbps OSA Express3 10 GbE LR supports CHPID type OSD exclu sively It can be defined as a spanned channel and can be shared among LPARs within and across LCSSs OSA Express3 10 Gigabit Ethernet SR The OSA Express3 10 Gigabit Ethernet GbE short reach SR feature has two ports Each port resides on a PCle adapter and has its own channel path identifier CHPID There are two PCle adapters per feature OSA Express3 10 GbE SR is designed to support attachment to a 10 Gigabits per second Gbps Ethernet Local Area Network LAN or Ethernet switch capable of 10 Gbps OSA Express3 10 GbE SR supports CHPID type OSD exclu sively It can be defined as a spanned channel and can be shared among LPARs within and across LCSSs OSA Express3 Gigabit Ethernet LX The OSA Express3 Gigabit Ethernet GbE long wave length LX feature has four ports Two ports reside on a PCle adapter and share a channel path identifier CHPID
101. r emulation for TSO E CICS IMS or any other 3270 application that communicates through VTAM 31 With the OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 1000BASE T Ethernet features the OSA ICC is configured on a port by port basis using the Channel Path Identifier CHPID type OSC Each port can support up to 120 console session connections can be shared among logical partitions using Multiple Image Facility MIF and can be spanned 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 different Layer 2 to Layer 3 This enhance ment is designed to allow seamless mixing of Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic helping to reduce the total cost of network ing Previously Layer 2 and Layer 3 TCP IP connections through the same OSA port CHPID were unable to com municate with each other LPAR to LPAR using the Multiple Image Facility MIF This enhancement is designed to facilitate a migration from Layer 3 to Layer 2 and to continue to allow LAN administrators to configure and manage their mainframe network topology using the same techniques as their non mainframe topology OSA SF Virtual MAC and VLAN id Display Capability The Open Systems Adapter Support Facility OSA SF has the capability to support virtual Medium Access Control MAC and Virtual Local Area Network VLAN identifica tions IDs as
102. rade via the Web using IBM Resource Link and downloading and applying it to your System z10 EC server using your system s Remote Support connec tion Further with the Express option on CIU an upgrade may be made available for installation as fast as within a few hours after order submission Permanent upgrades Orders MESs of all PU types and memory for System z10 EC servers that can be delivered by Licensed Internal Code Control Code LIC CC are eligible for CIU delivery CIU upgrades may be performed up to the maximum available processor and memory resources on the installed server as configured While capacity upgrades to the server itself are concurrent your software may not be able to take advantage of the increased capacity without performin ming Load IPL g an Initial Program System z9 System z10 Resources CP zIIP ZAAP IFL ICF CP zIIP AAP IFL ICF SAP Offerings Requires access to IBM No password required RETAIN to activate to IBM RETAIN to activate CBU On Off CoD CBU On Off CoD CPE One offering at a time Multiple offerings active Permanent Requires de provisioning Concurrent with temporary upgrades of temporary capacity first offerings Replenishment No Yes w CBU amp On Off CoD CBU Tests 5 tests per record Up to 15 tests per record CBU Expiration No expiration Specific term length Capacity Provisioning No Yes Manager Support 42 Reliabil
103. rating system that allows you to move legacy applications into an open development environ ment leveraging large scale memory spaces for increased speed diagnostics and functionality The open develop ment environment allows access to commodity skills and enhanced access to open code libraries both of which can be used to lower development costs Large memory spaces can be used to increase both system and application effi ciency as I Os or memory management can be eliminated z TPF is designed to support e 64 bit mode e Linux development environment GCC and HLASM for Linux e 32 processors cluster Up to 84 engines orocessor 40 000 modules Workload License Charge Linux on System z The System z10 EC supports the following Linux on System z distributions most recent service levels Novell SUSE SLES 9 Novell SUSE SLES 10 Red Hat RHEL 4 Red Hat RHEL 5 10 Operating System ESA 390 _ iz Architecture 31 bit 64 bit z OS V1R8 9 and 10 No Yes z OS V1R7 with BM Lifecycle Extension for z OS V1 7 No Yes Linux on System z Red Hat RHEL 4 amp Novell SUSE SLES 9 Yes Yes Linux on System z Red Hat RHEL 5 amp Novell SUSE SLES 10 No Yes ZVM V5R2 3 and 4 No Yes ZNSE V3R1 Yes No ZNSE V4R1 and 2 No Yes z TPF V1R14 No Yes TPF V4R1 ESA mode only Yes No Z OS V1 7 support on the z10 BC requires the Lifecycle Extension for z OS V1 7 5637 A01 The Lif
104. rd or book the z10 EC is designed to provide access to your I O devices through another InfiniBand Multiplexer IFB MP to the affected I O domains This is exclusive to System z10 EC and z9 EC Enhanced Driver Maintenance One of the greatest contributors to downtime during planned outages is Licensed Internal Code LIC updates When properly configured 210 EC is designed to permit select planned LIC updates A new query function has been added to validate LIC EDM requirements in advance Enhanced programmatic internal controls have been added to help eliminate manual analy sis by the service team of certain exception conditions With the z10 EC PR SM code has been enhanced to allow multiple EDM From sync points Automatic apply of EDM licensed internal change requirements is now limited to EDM and the licensed internal code changes update process There are several reliability availability and serviceability RAS enhancements that have been made to the HMC SE based on the feedback from the System z9 Enhanced Driver Maintenance field experience Change to better handle intermittent customer network issues EDM performance improvements New EDM user interface features to allow for customer and service personnel to better plan for the EDM A new option to check all licensed internal code which can be executed in advance of the EDM preload or activate Dynamic Oscillator Switchover The z10 EC has two oscillator cards a pr
105. recovery action not always accepted by some environments The STP design provides continuous availability of ETS while maintaining the special roles of PTS and BTS assigned by the enter prise The improvement is available when the ETS is configured as an NTP server or an NTP server using PPS NTP server on Hardware Management Console HMC Improved security can be obtained by providing NTP server support on the HMC If an NTP server with or with out PPS is configured as the ETS device for STP it needs to be attached directly to the Support Element SE LAN The SE LAN is considered by many users to be a private dedicated LAN to be kept as 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 users may have for attaching NTP servers to the SE LAN The HMC using a separate LAN connection can access an NTP server available either on the intranet or Internet for its time source Note that when using the HMC as the NTP server there is no pulse per second capability available There ETS to be an NTP server fore you should not configure the using PPS Enhanced STP recovery when Internal Battery Feature is in use Improved availability can be obtained when power has failed for a single server PTS CTS or when there is a site power outage in a multisite configuration where the PTS CTS
106. red with the nonraised floor feature ICB 4 cannot be ordered 3 12x InfiniBand coupling links 12x IB SDR or 12x IB DDR offer an alternative to ISC 3 in the data center and facilitate coupling link consolidation Physical links can be shared by multiple operating system images or Coupling Facility images on a single system The 12x InfiniBand links support distances up to 150 meters 492 feet using industry standard OM3 50 micron multimode fiber optic cables 4 Long Reach 1x InfiniBand coupling links 1x IB SDR or 1x IB DDR are an alternative to ISC 3 and offer greater distances with support for point to point unre peated distances up to 10 km 6 2 miles using 9 micron single mode fiber optic cables Greater distances can be supported with System z qualified optical networking solutions Long Reach 1x InfiniBand coupling links sup port the same sharing capabilities as the 12x InfiniBand version allowing one physical link to be shared by multiple operating system images or Coupling Facility images on a single system System z now supports 12x InfiniBand single data rate 12x IB SDR coupling link attachment between System z10 and System z9 general purpose no longer limited to standalone coupling facility 5 InterSystem Channel 3 ISC 3 supports communica tion at unrepeated distances up to 10 km 6 2 miles using 9 micron single mode fiber optic cables and greater distances with System z qualified optical net working solutions
107. rently use the available cryptographic functions whether CPACF or Crypto Express2 to balance the workload and help address the bandwidth requirements of your applications The enhancements to CPACF are exclusive to the System z10 and supported by z OS z VM z VSE and Linux on System z Configurable Crypto Express2 The Crypto Express2 feature has two PCI X adapters Each of the PCI X adapters can be defined as either a Coprocessor or an Accelerator Crypto Express2 Coprocessor for secure key encrypted transactions default is e Designed to support security rich cryptographic func tions use of secure encrypted key values and User Defined Extensions UDX e Designed to support secure and clear key RSA opera tions e The tamper responding hardware and lower level firm ware layers are validated to U S Government FIPS 140 2 standard Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules at Level 4 35 Crypto Express2 Accelerator for Secure Sockets Layer SSL acceleration e Is designed to support clear key RSA operations e Offloads compute intensive RSA public key and private key cryptographic operations employed in the SSL pro tocol Crypto Express2 features can be carried forward on an upgrade to the System z10 EC so users may con tinue to take advantage of the SSL performance and the configuration capability The configurable Crypto z OS z VM z VS support for clear key operations only Current versi
108. res are designed to reduce the need for a Power on Reset POR and help eliminate the need to deactivate activate IPL a logical partition 43 RAS Design Focus High Availability HA The attribute of a system designed to provide service during defined peri ods at acceptable or agreed upon levels and masks UNPLANNED OUTAGES from end users It employs fault tolerance automated failure detection recovery bypass reconfiguration testing problem and change manage ment Continuous Operations CO The attribute of a system designed to continuously operate and mask PLANNED OUTAGES from end users It employs non disruptive hard ware and software changes non disruptive configuration and software coexistence Continuous Availability CA The attribute of a system designed to deliver non disruptive service to the end user 7 days a week 24 HOURS A DAY there are no planned or unplanned outages It includes the ability to recover from a site disaster by switching computing to a second site Availability Functions With the z10 EC significant steps have been taken in the area of server availability with a focus on reducing pre planning requirements Pre planning requirements are min imized by delivering and reserving 16 GB for HSA so the maximum configuration capabilities can be exploited And with the introduction of the ability to seamlessly include such events as creation of LPARs inclusion of logical subsystems cha
109. ronment Four models E12 E26 E40 and E56 have 17 PUs per book and the high capacity z10 EC Model E64 has one 17 PU book and three 20 PU books Each PU measures 21 973 mm x 21 1658 mm and has an L1 cache divided into a 64 KB cache for instruc tions and a 128 KB cache for data Each PU also has an L1 5 cache This cache is 3 MB in size Each L1 cache has a Translation Look aside Buffer TLB of 512 entries associated with it The PU which uses a high frequency z Architecture microprocessor core is built on CMOS 11S chip technology and has a cycle time of approximately 0 23 nanoseconds 14 The design of the MCM technology on the z10 EC pro vides the flexibility to configure the PUs for different uses there are two spares and up to 11 System Assist Proces sors SAPs standard per system The remaining inactive PUs on each installed MCM are available to be charac terized as either CPs ICF processors for Coupling Facil ity applications or IFLs for Linux applications and z VM hosting Linux as a guest System z10 Application Assist Processors zAAPs System z10 Integrated Information Processors zIIPs or as optional SAPs and provide you with tremendous flexibility in establishing the best system for running applications Each model of the z10 EC must always be ordered with at least one CP IFL or ICF Each book can support from the 16 GB minimum memory up to 384 GB and up to 1 5 TB per system 16 GB of the total memory is delivered
110. rrent support and the z VM support z VM can be installed in an LPAR and both z VM and Linux on System z can be installed in a virtual machine from the HMC DVD drive without requiring an external network setup or a connection between an LPAR and the HMC This addresses security concerns and additional configura tion efforts using the only other previous solution of the exter nal network connection from the HMC to the z VM image Enhanced installation support using the HMC is exclusive to System z10 and is supported by z VM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex IBM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex CICS and WAS Enablement IBM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex Middle ware CICS enablement consists of five fixed price and fixed scope selectable modules 1 CICS application review 2 z OS CICS infrastructure review module 1 is a prerequi site for this module 3 CICS implementation module 2 is a prerequisite for this module 4 CICS application migration 5 CICS health check IBM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex Mid dleware WebSphere Application Server enablement consists of three fixed price and fixed scope selectable modules 1 WebSphere Application Server network deployment planning and design 2 WebSphere Application Server network deployment implementation module 1 is a prerequisite for this module 3 WebSphere Application Server health check For a detailed descript
111. s Layer 2 devices can be configured as primary or secondary connectors or multicast routers This is designed to enable the creation of high performance and high availability Link Layer switches between the internal HiperSockets network and an external Ethernet or to connect the HiperSockets Layer 2 networks of different servers The HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility for z10 EC is also supported for Layer 2 HiperSockets devices thus allowing performance improvements for large Layer 2 datastreams HiperSockets Layer 2 support is exclusive to System z10 and is supported by z OS Linux on System z environ ments and z VM for Linux guest exploitation HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility for increased performance Though HiperSockets provides high speed internal TCP IP connectivity between logical partitions within a System z server the problem is that HiperSockets draws excessive CPU utilization for large outbound messages This may lead to increased software licensing cost HiperSock ets large outbound messages are charged to a general CPU which can incur high general purpose CPU costs This may also lead to some performance issues due to synchronous application blocking HiperSockets large outbound messages will block a sending application while synchronously moving data A solution is HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility HiperSockets performance has been enhanced to allow for the streaming of bulk data over a HiperSockets link
112. s 990 and 890 servers ESCON channels to be phased out It is IBM s intent for ESCON channels to be phased out System z10 EC and System z10 BC will be the last servers to support greater than 240 ESCON channels ICB 4 links to be phased out Restatement of SOD from RFA46507 IBM intends to not offer Integrated Cluster Bus 4 ICB 4 links on future servers IBM intends for System 210 to be the last server to support ICB 4 links Publications The following Redbook publications are available now z10 EC Technical Overview SG24 7515 z10 EC Technical Guide z10 EC Capacity on Demand Getting Started with InfiniBand on z10 EC and System z9 SG24 7516 SG24 7504 SG24 7539 The following publications are available in the Library section of Resource Link z10 EC System Overview 210 EC Installation Manual Physical Planning IMPP z10 EC PR SM Planning Guide 210 EC Installation Manual z10 EC Service Guide z10 EC Safety Inspection Guide System Safety Notices Application Programming Interfaces for Java Application Programming Interfaces Capacity on Demand User s Guide SC28 687 1 CHPID Mapping Tool User s Guide GC28 6825 Common Information Model CIM Management Interface Coupling Facility Channel I O Interface SA22 1084 GC28 6865 SB10 7153 GC28 6864 GC28 6866 GC28 6870 G229 9054 API JAVA SB10 7030 SB10 7154 66 Physical Layer ESCON and FICON CTC Reference ESCON I O Interface P
113. shared by an operating system the data device is not shared QDIO data connection isolation applies to the z VM 5 3 and 5 4 with PTFs environment and to all of the OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 features CHPID type OSD on System z10 and to the OSA Express2 features on System 29 Network Traffic Analyzer With the large volume and complexity of today s network traffic the z10 EC offers systems programmers and network administrators the ability to more easily solve network problems With the introduction of the OSA Express Network Traffic Analyzer and QDIO Diagnostic Synchronization on the System z and available on the 210 EC customers will have the ability to capture trace trap data and forward it to z OS 1 8 tools for easier problem determination and resolution This function is designed to allow the operating system to control the sniffer trace for the LAN and capture the records into host memory and storage file systems using existing host operating system tools to format edit and process the sniffer records OSA Express Network Traffic Analyzer is exclusive to the z10 EC z10 BC z9 EC and z9 BC and is applicable to the OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 features when configured as CHPID type OSD QDIO and is supported by z OS Dynamic LAN idle for z OS Dynamic LAN idle is designed to reduce latency and improve network performance by dynamically adjusting the inbound blocking algorithm When enabled the z OS TCP IP stack
114. sociated with OSA Express2 feature config ured as a Layer 2 interface This information will now be displayed as a part of an OSA Address Table OAT entry This information is independent of IPv4 and IPv6 formats There can be multiple Layer 2 VLAN Ids associated to a single unit address One group MAC can be associated to multiple unit addresses For additional information view IBM Redbooks IBM System z Connectivity Handbook SG24 5444 at www redbooks ibm com HiperSockets The HiperSockets function also known as internal Queued Direct Input Output iDQIO or internal QDIO is an inte grated function of the z10 EC server that provides users with attachments to up to sixteen high speed virtual Local Area Networks LANs with minimal system and network overhead HiperSockets eliminates the need to utilize I O subsystem operations and the need to traverse an external network connection to communicate between logical partitions in the same z10 EC server Now the HiperSockets internal networks on z10 EC can support two transport modes Layer 2 Link Layer as well as the current Layer 3 Network or IP Layer Traffic can be Internet Protocol IP version 4 or version 6 IPv4 IPv6 or non IP AppleTalk DECnet IPX NetBIOS or SNA HiperSockets devices are now protocol independent and Layer 3 independent Each HiperSockets device has its own Layer 2 Media Access Control MAC address which is designed to allow the use of appli
115. t of cache and data and is designed to improve CPU time and performance HiperDispatch is available only with new z10 EC PR SM and z OS functions Processor Units cores defined as Internal Coupling Facilities ICFs Integrated Facility for Linux IFLs System z10 Application Assist Processor zAAPs and System 210 Integrated Information Processor zIIPs are no longer grouped together in one pool as on the z990 but are grouped together in their own pool where they can be managed separately The separation significantly simpli fies capacity planning and management for LPAR and can have an effect on weight management since CP weights and ZAAP and zIIP weights can now be managed sepa rately Capacity BackUp CBU features are available for IFLs ICFs zAAPs and ZIIPs 12 For LAN connectivity 210 EC provides a OSA 2 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet GbE Long Reach feature along with the OSA Express3 Gigabit Ethernet SX and LX with four ports per features The z10 EC continues to support OSA Express2 1000BASE T and GbE Ethernet features and supports IP version 6 IPv6 on HiperSockets OSA Express2 OSN OSA for NCP is also available on System z10 EC to support the Channel Data Link Control CDLC protocol providing direct access from the host operating Express3 system images to the Communication Controller for Linux on the z10 EC z10 BC z9 EC and z9 CCL using OSA Express3 or OSA ment for external hardware for communica
116. tbound large messages originating from z OS to be performed on a zIIP The combination of HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility and zlIP enablement is described as zlIP Assisted HiperSockets for large mes sages zlIP Assisted HiperSockets can help make highly secure available virtual HiperSockets networking a more attractive option z OS application workloads based on XML HTTP SOAP Java etc as well as tradition transfer can benefit from zlIP enablement by he al file ping to lower general purpose processor utilization for such TCP IP traffic Only outbound z OS TCP IP large messages which origi nate within a z OS host are eligible for HiperSockets zlIP Assisted processing Other types of network traffic such as IP forwarding Sysplex Distributor inbound processing small messages or other non TCP IP network protocols are not eligible for zlIP Assisted HiperSockets When the workload is eligible then the TCP IP HiperSockets device driver layer write processing is redirected to a ZIIP which will unblock the sending application zlIP Assisted HiperSockets for large messages is available with z OS V1 10 with PTF and System z10 only This feature is unsup ported if z OS is running as a guest in a z VM environment and is supported for large outbound messages only To estimate potential offload use PROJECTCPU for current and existing workloads This is accurate and very simple but you have to be on z OS 1 10 with th
117. ted at any time and separate from any par ticular order Capacity for Planned Event CPE Temporary access to dormant PUs intended to replace capacity lost within the enterprise due to a planned event such as a facility upgrade or system relocation This offering is available only on the System z10 CPE is similar to CBU in that it is intended to replace lost capacity however it differs in its scope and intent Where CBU addresses disaster recovery scenarios that can take up to three months to remedy CPE is intended for short duration events lasting up to three days maximum Each CPE record once activated gives you access to all dormant PUs on the machine that can be configured in any combination of CP capacity or specialty engine types zIIP ZAAP SAP IFL ICF On Off Capacity on Demand On Off CoD Temporary access to dormant PUs intended to augment the existing capacity of a given system On Off CoD helps you contain workload spikes that may exceed permanent capacity such that Service Level Agreements cannot be met and business conditions do not justify a permanent upgrade An On Off CoD record allows you to temporarily add CP capacity or any and all specialty engine types zIIP ZAAP SAP IFL ICF up to the following limits e The quantity of temporary CP capacity ordered is limited by the quantity of purchased CP capacity permanently active plus unassigned The quantity of temporary IFLs ordered is limited by quan
118. terested to use a 210 EC only for Linux workload the z10 EC can be configured as a server with IFLs only Available on System z since 2004 the System z10 Applica tion Assist Processor zAAP is designed to help enable strategic integration of new application technologies such as Java technology based Web applications and XML based data interchange services with core business database environments This helps provide a more cost effective specialized z OS application Java execution envi ronment Workloads eligible for the zAAP with z OS V1 8 include all Java processed via the IBM Solution Developers Kit SDK and XML processed locally via z OS XML System Services The System z10 Integrated Information Processor zIIP is designed to support select data and transaction process ing and network workloads and thereby make the consoli dation of these workloads on to the System z platform more cost effective Workloads eligible for the zlIP with z OS V1 7 or later include remote connectivity to DB2 to help support these workloads Business Intelligence Bl Enter prise Relationship Management ERP Customer Relation ship Management CRM and Extensible Markup Language XML applications In addition to supporting remote connectivity to DB2 via DRDA over TCP IP the zIIP also supports DB2 long running parallel queries a workload integral to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions The zlIP with z OS V1 8 also
119. the ZAAP and zIIP processors enable you to pur chase additional processing capacity exclusively for spe cific workloads without affecting the MSU rating of the IBM System z model designation This means that adding a specialty engine will not cause increased charges for IBM System z software running on general purpose processors in the server In order of introduction The Internal Coupling Facility ICF processor was intro duced to help cut the cost of Coupling Facility functions by reducing the need for an external Coupling Facility IBM System z Parallel Sysplex technology allows for greater scalability and availability by coupling mainframes together Using Parallel Sysplex clustering System z serv ers are designed for up to 99 999 availability The Integrated Facility for Linux IFL processor offers sup port for Linux and brings a wealth of available applications that can be run in a real or virtual environment on the z10 EC An example is the z VSE strategy which supports integration between the IFL z VSE and Linux on System z to help customers integrate timely production of z VSE data into new Linux applications such as data warehouse envi ronments built upon a DB2 data server To consolidate dis tributed servers onto System z the IFL with Linux and the System z virtualization technologies fulfill the qualifications for business critical workloads as well as for infrastructure workloads For customers in
120. through put and up to 96 ports of LAN connectivity when all are 4 port features 24 features per server you can do more with less The key benefits of OSA Express3 compared to OSA Express2 are e Reduced latency up to 45 reduction and increased throughput up to 4x for applications e More physical connectivity to service the network and fewer required resources Fewer CHPIDs to define and manage Reduction in the number of required I O slots Possible reduction in the number of I O drawers Double the port density of OSA Express2 A solution to the requirement for more than 48 LAN ports now up to 96 ports The OSA Express3 features are exclusive to System 210 OSA Express2 availability 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 system for exploitation of two ports per PCI E adapter and if you are not resource constrained Historical summary Functions that continue to be sup ported by OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 e Queued Direct Input Output QDIO uses memory queues and a signaling protocol to directly exchange data between the OSA microprocessor and the network software for high speed communication QDIO Layer 2 Link layer for IP IPv4 IPv6 or non IP AppleTalk DECnet IPX NetBIOS or SNA work loads Using this mode the Ope
121. tions Express2 to help eliminate the require Additional channel and networking improvements include support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic FCP management facility for z VM and Linux for 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 EC the z10 EC offers a configurable Crypto Express2 feature with PCI X adapters that can be individually configured as a secure coprocessor or an accelerator for SSL the TKE workstation with optional Smart Card Reader and provides the following CP Assist for Cryptographic Function CPACF e DES TDES AES 128 AES 192 AES 256 e SHA 1 SHA 224 SHA 256 SHA 384 SHA 512 e Pseudo Random Number Generation PRNG z10 ability Availability and Serviceability RAS custom EC is designed to deliver the industry leading Reli ers expect from System z servers RAS is designed to reduce all sources of outages by reducing unscheduled scheduled and planned outages Planned outages are further designed to be reduced by reducing preplanning requirements z10 EC preplanning improvements are designed to avoid planned outages and include e Flexible Customer Initiated Upgrades e Enhanced Driver Maintenance Multiple from sync point support e Reduce Pre planning to avoid Power On Reset 16 GB for HSA Dynamic I O enabled by default Add
122. tity of purchased IFLs permanently active plus unassigned Temporary use of unassigned CP capacity or unas signed IFLs will not incur a hardware charge The quantity of permanent zlIPs plus temporary zIIPs can not exceed the quantity of purchased permanent plus unassigned CPs plus temporary CPs and the quantity of temporary zlIPs can not exceed the quantity of permanent zIIPs The quantity of permanent ZAAPs plus temporary ZAAPs can not exceed the quantity of purchased permanent plus unassigned CPs plus temporary CPs and the quantity of temporary ZAAPs can not exceed the quan tity of permanent ZAAPs The quantity of temporary ICFs ordered is limited by the quantity of permanent ICFs as long as the sum of perma nent and temporary ICFs is less than or equal to 16 The quantity of temporary SAPs ordered is limited by the quantity of permanent SAPs as long as the sum of perma nent and temporary SAPs is less than or equal to 32 Although the System z10 E will allow up to eight temporary records of any type to be installed only one temporary On Off CoD record may be active at any given time An On Off CoD record may be active while other temporary records are active Management of temporary capacity through On Off CoD is further enhanced through the introduction of resource tokens For CP capacity a resource token represents an amount of processing capacity that will result in one MSU of SW cost for one day an MSU day For sp
123. to Layer 3 mode and to an OSA port shared among Logical Channel Subsystems This support is designed to e Improve IP workload balancing Dedicate a Layer 3 VMAC to a single TCP IP stack e Remove the dependency on Generic Routing Encapsu lation GRE tunnels e Improve outbound routing Simplify configuration setup e Allow WebSphere Application Server content based routing to work with z OS in an IPv6 network e Allow z OS to use a standard interface ID for IPv6 addresses Remove the need for PRIROUTER SECROUTER function in z OS OSA Layer 3 VMAC for z OS is exclusive to System z and is applicable to OSA Express3 and OSA Express2 features when configured as CHPID type OSD QDIO Direct Memory Access DMA OSA Express3 and the operating systems share a common storage area for memory to memory communi cation reducing system overhead and improving perfor mance There are no read or write channel programs for data exchange For write processing no I O interrupts have to be handled For read processing the number of I O interrupts is minimized 30 Hardware data router With OSA Express3 much of what was previously done in firmware packet construction inspection and routing is now performed in hardware This allows packets to flow directly from host memory to the LAN without firmware intervention With the hardware data router the store and forward technique is no longer used which enables true dire
124. to be upgraded increasing the amount of physical memory in the system Concurrent Physical Memory Replacement Allows one or more defective memory cards on a single book to be replaced concurrent with the operation of the system Concurrent Defective Book Replacement Allows the concurrent repair of a defective book when that book is operating degraded due to errors such as multiple defective processors Enhanced Book Availability is exclusive to z10 EC and z9 EC Flexible Memory Option Flexible memory was first introduced on the z9 EC as part of the design changes and offerings to support enhanced book availability Flexible memory provides the additional resources to maintain a constant level of memory when replacing a book On z10 EC the additional resources required for the flexible memory configurations are provided through the purchase of preplanned memory fea tures along with the purchase of your memory entitlement In most cases this implementation provides a lower cost solution compared to z9 EC Flexible memory conf tions are available on Models E26 E40 E56 and and range from 32 GB to 1136 GB model dependent igura E64 only Redundant 1 0 Interconnect z10 EC with Redundant I O Interconnect is designed to allow you to replace a book or respond to a book failure and retain connectivity to resources In the event of a failure or customer initiated action such as the replace 45 ment of an HCA2 C fanout ca
125. to carry native FICON traffic or Fibre Channel SCSI traffic LX and SX cannot be inter mixed on a single feature The maximum number of FICON Express2 features is 84 using three I O cages FICON Express Channels The z10 EC also supports carrying forward FICON Express LX and SX channels from z9 EC and z990 up to 120 chan nels each channel operating at 1 or 2 Gb sec auto negoti ated Each FICON Express feature has two independent channels ports The System z10 EC Model E12 is limited to 64 features any combination of FICON Express4 FICON Express2 and FICON Express LX and SX features The FICON Express4 FICON Express2 and FICON Express feature conforms to the Fibre Connection FICON architecture and the Fibre Channel FC architecture pro viding connectivity between any combination of servers directors switches and devices in a Storage Area Network SAN Each of the four independent channels FICON Express only supports two channels per feature is capa ble of 1 Gigabit per second Gb sec 2 Gb sec or 4 Gb sec only FICON Express4 supports 4 Gbps depena ing upon the capability of the attached switch or device The link speed is auto negotiated point to point and is transparent to users and applications Not all switches and devices support 2 or 4 Gb sec link data rates FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 Performance Your enterprise may benefit from FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 with e Increased data transf
126. ty between System z operating systems and IBM Communication Con troller for Linux CCL CCL allows you to keep your busi ness data and applications on the mainframe operating systems while moving NCP functions to Linux on System z CCL provides a foundation to help enterprises simplify their network infrastructure while supporting traditional Systems Network Architecture SNA functions such as SNA Network Interconnect SNI Communication Controller for Linux on System z is the solution for companies that want to help improve network availability by replacing token ring networks and ESCON channels with an Ethernet network and integrated LAN adapters on System z10 OSA Express3 or OSA Express2 GbE or 1000BASE T OSA Express for NCP is supported in the z OS z VM Z VSE TPF z TPF and Linux on System z environments OSA Integrated Console Controller The OSA Express Integrated Console Controller OSA ICC support is a no charge function included in Licensed Internal Code LIC on z10 EC z10 BC z9 EC z9 BC z990 and z890 servers It is available via the OSA Express3 OSA Express2 and OSA Express 1000BASE T Ethernet features and supports Ethernet attached TN3270E consoles The OSA ICC provides a system console function at IPL time and operating systems support for multiple logical partitions Console support can be used by z OS z OS e ZNM Z VSE z TPF and TPF The OSA ICC also supports local non SNA DFT 3270 and 328x printe
127. ty to adhere to security and HIPAA security guidelines and regulations for network isolation between the operating system instances sharing physical network connectivity Can establish security zone boundaries that have been defined by your network administrators Have a mechanism to isolate a QDIO data connec tion on an OSA port ensuring all internal OSA routing between the isolated QDIO data connections and all other sharing QDIO data connections is disabled In this state only external communications to and from the iso lated QDIO data connection are allowed If you choose to deploy an external firewall to control the access between hosts on an isolated virtual switch and sharing LPARs then an external firewall needs to be configured and each individual host and or LPAR must have a route added to their TCP IP stack to 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 today but the ability to communicate between sharing QDIO data connections may be restricted through the use of this sup port You decide whether an operating system s or z VM s 28 Virtual Switch OSA Express QDIO connection is to be non isolated default or isolated QDIO data connection isolation applies to the device statement defined at the operating system level While an OSA Express CHPID may be
128. upgrades from the z9 BC or IBM eServer zSeries 900 z900 or previous generation IBM eServer zSeries IBM is increasing the number of sub capacity engines on the z10 EC A total of 36 sub capacity settings are avail able on any hardware model for 1 12 CPs Models with 13 CPs or greater must be full capacity For the z10 EC models with 1 12 CPs there are four capacity settings per engine for central processors CPs The entry point Model 401 is approximately 23 69 of a full speed CP Model 701 All specialty engines con tinue to run at full speed Sub capacity processors have availability of 210 EC features functions and any to any upgradeability is available within the sub capacity matrix All CPs must be the same capacity setting size within one z10 EC z10 EC Model Capacity Identifiers e 700 401 to 412 501 to 512 601 to 612 and 701 to 764 e Capacity setting 700 does not have any CP engines e Nxx where n the capacity setting of the engine and Xx the number of PU characterized as CPs in the CEC e Once xx exceeds 12 then all CP engines are full capacity 16 z10 EC Base and Sub capacity Offerings CP Capacity Relative to Full Speed 7xX 100 6xx 69 35 5xx 51 20 xx 23 69 xx 01 through 12 e The z10 EC has 36 additional capacity settings at the low end e Available on ANY H W Model for 1 to 12 CPs Models with 13 CPs or greater have to be full capacity e All CPs must be the same capacit
129. ured to use a dial out time service or an NTP server without PPS it is designed to provide a time accuracy of 100 milliseconds to the ETS device For this enhancement the NTP output of the NTP server has to be connected to the Support Element SE LAN and the PPS output of the same NTP server has to be con nected to the PPS input provided on the External Time Reference ETR feature of the System z10 or System z9 server Continuous availability of NTP servers used as Exter nal Time Source Improved External Time Source ETS availability can now be provided if you configure different NTP servers for the Preferred Time Server PTS and the Backup Time Server BTS Only the PTS or the BTS can be the Current Time Server CTS in an STP only CTN Prior to this enhancement only the CTS calculated the time adjustments necessary to maintain time accuracy With this enhancement if the PTS CTS cannot access the NTP server or the pulse per second PPS signal from the NTP server the BTS if configured to a different NTP server may be able to calculate the adjustment required and propagate it to the PTS CTS The PTS CTS in turn will per form the necessary time adjustment steering This avoids a manual reconfiguration of the BTS to be the CTS if the PTS CTS is not able to access its ETS In an ETR network when the primary Sysplex Timer is not able to access the ETS device the secondary Sysplex Timer takes over the role of the primary a
130. w being offered for all FICON LX single mode fiber channels in addition to the current support for ESCON FQC is designed to significantly reduce the amount of time required for on site installation 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 connection time by up to 80 FQC is for factory installation of IBM Facilities Cabling Services Fiber Transport System FTS fiber harnesses for connection to channels in the I O cage FTS fiber har nesses enable connection to FTS direct attach fiber trunk cables from IBM Global Technology Services Note FQC supports all of the ESCON channels and all of the FICON LX channels in all of the I O cages of the server z10 EC Physical Characteristics 210 EC Environmentals Model 11 0 Cage 2 1 0 Cage 3 1 0 Cage E12 9 70 kW 13 26 kW 13 50 kw E26 13 77 kW 17 51 kW 21 17 kW E40 16 92 kW 20 66 kW 24 40 kW E56 19 55 kW 23 29 kW 27 00 kW E64 19 55 kW 23 29 kW 27 50 kW Model 11 0 Cage 2 1 0 Cage 3 1 0 Cage E12 33 1 KBTU hr 46 0 KBTU hr 46 0 KBTU hr E26 47 7 kBTU hr 61 0 kKBTU hr 73 7 kBTU hr E40 58 8 kBTU hr 72 0 kKBTU hr 84 9 KBTU hr E56 67 9 kBTU hr 81 2 kBTU hr 93 8 KBTU hr E64 67 9 kBTU hr 81 2 kBTU hr 93 8 kBTU hr Note Model E12 has sufficient Host Channel Adaptor capacity for 58 I O cards only 210 EC Dimensions z10 EC
131. w protocol for persistent Information Unit IU pacing Control units that exploit the enhancement to the architecture can increase the pacing count the number of IUs allowed to be in flight from channel to control unit Extended distance FICON also allows the channel to remember the last pacing update for use on subsequent operations to help avoid degradation of performance at the start of each new operation Improved IU pacing can help to optimize the utilization of the link for example help keep a 4 Gbps link fully utilized at 50 km and allows channel extenders to work at any dis tance with performance results similar to that experienced when using emulation The requirements for channel extension equipment are simplified with the increased number of commands in flight This may benefit z OS Global Mirror Extended Remote Copy XRC applications as the channel exten sion kit is no longer required to simulate specific channel commands Simplifying the channel extension require ments may help reduce the total cost of ownership of end to end solutions Extended distance FICON is transparent to operating sys tems and applies to all the FICON Express2 and FICON Express4 features carrying native FICON traffic CHPID type FC For exploitation the control unit must support the new IU pacing protocol The channel will default to cur rent pacing values when operating with control units that cannot exploit extended distan
132. workload environments For 210 EC z Architecture processor capacity identifier is defined with a 7XX notation where XX is the number of installed CPs Based on using an LSPR mixed workload the perfor mance of the z10 EC 2097 701 is expected to be up to 1 62 times that of the z9 EC 2094 701 The LSPR contains the Internal Throughput Rate Ratios ITRRs for the 210 EC and the previous generation zSeries processor families based upon measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a con trolled environment The actual throughput that any user 17 may experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user s job stream the I O configuration and the workload processed LSPR workloads have been updated to reflect more closely your current and growth workloads The classifica tion Java Batch CB J has been replaced with a new clas sification for Java Batch called ODE B The remainder of the LSPR workloads are the same as those used for the z9 EC LSPR The typical LPAR configuration table is used to establish single number metrics such as MIPS and MSuUs The z10 EC LSPR will rate all z Architecture processors running in LPAR mode 64 bit mode and assumes that HiperDispatch is enabled For more detailed performance information consult the Large Systems Performance Reference LSPR available at http www ibm com servers eserver zseries Ispr CPU Measurement Facilit
133. write data sharing and resource sharing among all the z OS images in a cluster All images are also connected to a Sysplex Timer or by implementing the Server Time Protocol STP so that all events can be prop erly sequenced in time Parallel Sysplex Resource Sharing enables multiple system resources to be managed as a single logical resource shared among all of the images Some examples of resource sharing include JES2 Checkpoint GRS star and Enhanced Catalog Sharing all of which provide sim plified systems management increased performance and or scalability Although there is significant 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 configuration With the Paral lel Sysplex environment combined with the Workload Manager and CICS TS DB2 or IMS incoming work can be dynamically routed to the z OS image most capable of handling the work This dynamic workload balancing along with the capability to have read write access data from any where in the Parallel Sysplex cluster provides scalability and availability When configured properly a Parallel Sys plex cluster is designed with no single point of failure and can provide customers with near continuous application availability over planned and unplanned outages With the introduction of the z10 EC we have the concept EC participates in a Sys
134. x on System z10 environments Native FICON Channels Native FICON channels and devices can help to reduce bandwidth constraints and channel contention to enable easier server consolidation new application growth large business intelligence queries and exploitation of On Demand Business The FICON Express4 FICON Express2 and FICON Express channels support native FICON and FICON Channel to Channel CTC traffic for attachment to serv ers disks tapes and printers that comply with the FICON architecture Native FICON is supported by all of the z10 EC operating systems Native FICON and FICON CTC are defined as CHPID type FC Because the FICON CTC function is included as part of the native FICON FC mode of operation FICON CTC is not limited to intersystem connectivity as is the case with ESCON but will support multiple device definitions FICON Support for Cascaded Directors Native FICON FC channels support cascaded directors This support is for a single hop configuration only Two director cascading requires a single vendor high integrity fabric Directors must be from the same vendor since cas caded architecture implementations can be unique This type of cascaded support is important for disaster recov ery and business continuity solutions because it can help provide high availability extended distance connectivity and particularly with the implementation of 2 Gb sec Inter Switch Links has the potential for fiber
135. xpress3 support e Advancements in ease of use for both new and existing IT professionals coming to z OS e Support for zllP Assisted IPSec System Data Mover SDM offload to zIIP and support for eligible portions of DB2 9 XML parsing workloads to be offloaded to ZAAP processors e Expanded options for AT TLS and System SSL network security e Improved creation and management of digital certifi cates with RACF SAF and z OS PKI Services e Additional centralized ICSF encryption key management functions for applications e Improved availability with Parallel Sysplex and Coupling Facility improvement e Enhanced application development and integration with new System REXX facility Metal C facility and z OS UNIX System Services commands e Enhanced Workload Manager in managing discretionary work and zlIP and ZAAP workloads Commitment to system integrity First issued in 1973 IBM s MVS System Integrity State ment and subsequent statements for OS 390 and z OS stand as a symbol of IBM s confidence and commitment to the z OS operating system Today IBM reaffirms its com mitment to z OS system integrity IBM s commitment includes designs and development practices intended to prevent unauthorized application programs subsystems and users from bypassing z OS security that is to prevent them from gaining access circumventing disabling altering or obtaining control of key z OS system processes and resources unless allowed by
136. y The CPU Measurement Facility is a hardware facility which consists of counters and samples The facility provides a means to collect run time data for software performance tuning The detailed architecture information for this facility can be found in the System z10 Library in Resource Link z10 EC I O Subsystem The z10 EC contains an I O subsystem infrastructure which uses an I O cage that provides 28 I O slots and the ability to have one to three I O cages delivering a total of 84 I O slots ESCON FICON Express4 FICON Express2 FICON Express OSA Express3 OSA Express2 and Crypto Express2 features plug into the z10 EC I O cage along with any ISC 3s and InfiniBand Multiplexer IFB MP cards All I O features and their support cards can be hot plugged in the I O cage Installation of an I O cage remains a disruptive MES so the Plan Ahead fea ture remains an important consideration when ordering a z10 standard in the A Frame the A Frame also contains the EC system Each model ships with one I O cage as Central Electronic Complex CEC cage where the books reside and any additional I O cages are installed in the Z Frame Each IFB MP has a bandwidth up to 6 GigaBytes per second GB sec for I O domains and MBA fanout cards provide 2 0 GB sec for ICB 4s The z10 EC continues to support all of the features announced with the System z9 EC such as e Logical Channel Subsystems LCSSs and support for up to 60 logical
137. y within the z10 EC e All specialty engines run at full capacity The one for one entitle ment to purchase one ZAAP or one zlIP for each CP purchased is the same for CPs of any capacity Only 12 CPs can have granular capacity other PUs must be CBU or characterized as specialty engines z10 EC Performance The performance design of the z Architecture can enable the server to support a new standard of performance for applications through expanding upon a balanced system approach As CMOS technology has been enhanced to support not only additional processing power but also more PUs the entire server is modified to support the increase in processing power The I O subsystem supports a greater amount of bandwidth than previous generations through internal changes providing for larger and faster volume of data movement into and out of the server Sup port of larger amounts of data within the server required improved management of storage configurations made available through integration of the operating system and hardware support of 64 bit addressing The combined bal anced system design allows for increases in performance across a broad spectrum of work Large System Performance Reference IBM s Large Systems Performance Reference LSPR method is designed to provide comprehensive z Archi tecture processor capacity ratios for different configura tions of Central Processors CPs across a wide variety of system control programs and
138. ypto Express2 feature is supported on the System z9 and can be carried forward on an upgrade to the System z10 EC e You may continue to use TKE workstations with 5 3 licensed internal code to control the System z10 EC e TKE 5 0 and 5 1 workstations may be used to control z9 EC z9 BC z890 and z990 servers Remote Loading of Initial ATM Keys Typically a new ATM has none of the financial institution s keys installed Remote Key Loading refers to the pro cess of loading Data Encryption Standard DES keys to Automated Teller Machines ATMs from a central admin istrative site without the need for personnel to visit each machine to manually load DES keys This has been done by manually loading each of the two clear text key parts individually and separately into ATMs Manual entry of keys is one of the most error prone and labor intensive activities that occur during an installation making it expen sive for the banks and financial institutions Remote Key Loading Benefits e Provides a mechanism to load initial ATM keys without the need to send technical staff to ATMs e Reduces downtime due to key entry errors e Reduces service call and key management costs e Improves the ability to manage ATM conversions and upgrades Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility ICSF together with Crypto Express2 support the basic mechanisms in Remote Key Loading The implementation offers a secure bridge between the highly secure Common Cryptogr

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