IBM eserver zSeries 900 technical guide / [Franck Injey ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Injey, Franck.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Center.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IBM computers.

Physical Description:

xii, 320 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie, NY : IBM Corp., International Technical Support Organization, 2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This edition of the IBM eServer zSeries 900 Technical Guide contains additional and updated information on the following topics: New 16 Turbo models Customer Initiated Upgrade (CIU) support Concurrent memory upgrades Concurrent undo Capacity BackUp (CBU) OSA-E High Speed Token Ring support OSA-Express enhancements Enhanced IBM PCI Cryptographic Accelerator (PCICA) for security Customer-defined UDXs FICON Express channel cards, CTC support, Cascading Directors support, 2Gbit/sec links Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) support for SCSI devices HiperSockets support Intelligent Resource Director (IRD) LPAR CPU Management support for non-z/OS logical partitions System Managed Coupling Facility Structure Duplexing Message Time Ordering for Parallel Sysplex 64-bit support for Coupling Facility RMF support for PCICA, PCICC, and CCF RMF reporting on System Assist Processor (SAP) Note that a chapter containing information on connectivity has been added to this edition, as well as a new appendix describing fiber cabling services. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended for IBM systems engineers, consultants, and customers who need the latest information on z900 features, functions, availability, and services.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote the second edition

The team that wrote the first edition

Notice

Comments welcome

Chapter 1. zSeries 900 overview

1.1 Introduction

1.2 z900 family models

1.3 System functions and features

1.3.1 Processor

1.3.2 Memory

1.3.3 I/O connectivity

1.3.4 Cryptographic coprocessors

1.3.5 Parallel Sysplex support

1.3.6 Intelligent Resource Director

1.3.7 Workload License Charge

1.3.8 Hardware consoles

1.4 Concurrent upgrades

1.5 64-bit z/Architecture

1.6 z900 Support for Linux

1.7 Autonomic Computing

Chapter 2. zSeries 900 system structure

2.1 Design highlights

2.2 System design

2.2.1 20-PU system structure

2.2.2 12-PU system structure

2.2.3 Processing units

2.2.4 Reserved Processors

2.2.5 Processing Unit assignments

2.2.6 Processing Unit sparing

2.3 Modes of operation

2.3.1 Basic Mode

2.3.2 Logically Partitioned Mode

2.4 Model configurations

2.4.1 General purpose models

2.4.2 Capacity models

2.4.3 Coupling Facility model

2.4.4 Hardware Management Console

2.4.5 Frames

2.4.6 CPC cage

2.4.7 MultiChip Module design

2.4.8 PU design

2.5 Memory

2.5.1 Memory configurations

2.5.2 Storage operations

2.5.3 Reserved storage

2.5.4 LPAR storage granularity

2.5.5 LPAR Dynamic Storage Reconfiguration

2.6 Channel Subsystem

2.6.1 Channel Subsystem overview

2.6.2 Channel Subsystem operations

2.6.3 Channel Subsystem structure

2.6.4 Self Timed Interfaces

2.6.5 I/O cages

2.6.6 Channels to SAP assignment

2.6.7 Channel feature cards

Chapter 3. Connectivity

3.1 Connectivity overview

3.1.1 Configuration planning

3.1.2 Channel features support

3.1.3 CHPID assignments.

3.1.4 HiperSockets (iQDIO) and Internal Coupling-3 (IC-3) channel definitions

3.1.5 Enhanced Multiple Image Facility

3.1.6 Channel planning for availability

3.1.7 Configuration guidelines and recommendations

3.2 Parallel channel

3.2.1 Connectivity

3.3 ESCON channel

3.3.1 Connectivity

3.4 Fibre Connection channel

3.4.1 Description

3.4.2 Connectivity

3.4.3 Migrating from ESCON to FICON connectivity

3.4.4 FICON distance solutions

3.5 FICON channel in Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) mode

3.5.1 Connectivity

3.6 Open Systems Adapter-2 channel

3.6.1 Connectivity

3.7 OSA-Express channel

3.7.1 Connectivity

3.8 External Time Reference

3.8.1 Connectivity

3.9 Parallel Sysplex channels

3.9.1 Connectivity

3.10 HiperSockets

3.10.1 Connectivity

Chapter 4. Cryptography

4.1 Cryptographic function support

4.2 Cryptographic hardware features

4.2.1 z900 cryptographic feature codes

4.2.2 Cryptographic Coprocessor (CCF) standard feature

4.2.3 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor (PCICC) feature

4.2.4 PCI Cryptographic Accelerator (PCICA) feature

4.3 Cryptographic RMF monitoring

4.4 Software Corequisites

4.5 Certification

4.6 References

Chapter 5. Sysplex functions

5.1 Parallel Sysplex

5.1.1 Parallel Sysplex described

5.1.2 Parallel Sysplex summary

5.2 Coupling Facility support

5.2.1 Coupling Facility Control Code (CFCC)

5.2.2 Model 100 Coupling Facility

5.2.3 Operating system to CF connectivity

5.2.4 ICF processor assignments

5.2.5 Dynamic CF dispatching and dynamic ICF expansion

5.3 System-managed CF structure duplexing

5.3.1 Benefits

5.3.2 Solution

5.3.3 Configuration planning

5.4 Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex

5.4.1 GDPS/PPRC

5.4.2 GDPS/XRC

5.4.3 GDPS and z900 features

5.5 Intelligent Resource Director.

5.5.1 IRD overview

5.5.2 LPAR CPU management

5.5.3 Dynamic Channel Path Management

5.5.4 Channel Subsystem Priority Queueing

5.5.5 WLM and Channel Subsystem priority

5.5.6 Special considerations and restrictions

5.5.7 References

Chapter 6. Capacity upgrades

6.1 Concurrent upgrades

6.2 Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD)

6.3 Customer Initiated Upgrade (CIU)

6.4 Capacity BackUp (CBU)

6.5 Nondisruptive upgrades

6.5.1 Upgrade scenarios

6.5.2 Planning for nondisruptive upgrades

Chapter 7. Software support

7.1 Operating system support

7.2 z/OS and OS/390

7.3 z/VM and VM/ESA

7.4 Linux

7.5 VSE/ESA

7.6 TPF

7.7 64-bit addressing OS considerations

7.8 Migration considerations

7.8.1 Software and hardware requirements

7.8.2 Considerations after concurrent upgrades

7.9 Workload License Charges

Appendix A. Reliability, availability, and serviceability functions

A.1 RAS concepts

A.2 RAS functions of the processor

A.3 RAS functions of the memory

A.4 RAS functions of the I/O

A.5 Other RAS enhancements

Appendix B. Hardware Management Console and Support Element

B.1 Hardware Management Console (HMC)

B.2 Support Elements

B.3 HMC to SE connectivity

B.4 Remote operations

B.5 HMC and SE functions

Appendix C. z900 upgrade paths

C.1 Vertical upgrade paths within z900

C.2 Horizontal upgrade paths from S/390 G5/G6 to z900

C.3 Upgrade paths for z900 Coupling Facility model

Appendix D. Resource Link

Appendix E. CHPID Mapping Tool

Appendix F. Environmental requirements

F.1 Server dimensions - plan view

F.2 Shipping specifications

F.3 Power requirements

Appendix G. Fiber cabling services

G.1 Fiber connectivity solution options

G.2 zSeries Fiber Cabling Service for z800 and z900

G.3 Fiber Transport Services (FTS)

Glossary.

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other resources

Referenced Web sites

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"September 2002."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

939263303