IBM Z10 EC manual

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z10 EC preplanning improvements are designed to avoid planned outages and include:

•Flexible Customer Initiated Upgrades

•Enhanced Driver Maintenance

–Multiple “from” sync point support

•Reduce Pre-planning to avoid Power-On-Reset

–16 GB for HSA

–Dynamic I/O enabled by default

–Add Logical Channel Subsystems (LCSS)

–Change LCSS Subchannel Sets

–Add/delete Logical partitions

•Designed to eliminate a logical partition deactivate/ activate/IPL

–Dynamic Change to Logical Processor Defi nition – z/VM 5.3

–Dynamic Change to Logical Cryptographic Coproces- sor Defi nition – z/OS ICSF

Additionally, several service enhancements have also been designed to avoid scheduled outages and include concurrent fi rmware fi xes, concurrent driver upgrades, concurrent parts replacement, and concurrent hardware upgrades. Exclusive to the z10 EC is the ability to hot swap ICB-4 and Infi niBand 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 fi t 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.

The z10 EC processor introduces IBM System z10 Enterprise Class with Quad Core technology, advanced pipeline design and enhanced performance on CPU inten- sive workloads. The z10 EC is specifi cally designed and optimized for full z/Architecture compatibility. New features enhance enterprise data serving performance, industry leading virtualization capabilities, energy effi ciency at system and data center levels. The z10 EC is designed to further extend and integrate key platform characteris- tics such as dynamic fl exible 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 defi ne 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 defi ned capacity. Each LPAR in a group can still optionally continue to defi ne an individual LPAR capacity limit.

The z10 EC has fi ve models with a total of 100 capacity settings available as new build systems and as upgrades from the z9 EC and z990.

The fi ve 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 zIIPs.

Some of the signifi cant enhancements in the z10 EC that help bring improved performance, availability and function to the platform have been identifi ed. The following sections highlight the functions and features of the z10 EC.

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Contents IBM System z10 Enterprise Class z10 EC Reference Guide Table of Contents IBM System z10 Enterprise Class z10 EC Overview Specialty engines offer an attractive alternative Just-in-time deployment of IT resourcesNumerical computing on the chip Order of introductionLiberating your assets with System z ArchitectureEvolving for your business Z10 EC ArchitecturePage Commitment to system integrity Page TPF VSELinux on System z Operating System ESA/390 Z10 ECPage Page Z10 EC Design and Technology Z10 EC Model Z10 EC Base and Sub-capacity Offerings Z10 EC model upgradesLarge System Performance Reference Z10 EC PerformanceCPU Measurement Facility System I/O Configuration Analyzer Z10 EC I/O SubsystemZ10 EC Channels and I/O Connectivity Ficon Express4 and Ficon Express2 Performance Concurrent UpdateSupport of Spanned Channels and Logical Partitions Modes of OperationFCP Channels Ficon Support for Cascaded DirectorsFCP increased performance for small block sizes FCP Full fabric connectivity Scsi IPL now a base functionFicon and FCP for connectivity to disk, tape, and printers Platform and name server registration in Ficon channelIt will register Program Directed re-IPL NPort ID VirtualizationOSA-Express3 Ethernet features Summary of benefits Feature Infrastructure Ports perPort density or granularity OSA-Express2 availability FeaturesPurpose/Traffic TypeOSA-Express3 Gigabit Ethernet LX OSA-Express3 10 Gigabit Ethernet SROSA-Express3 Gigabit Ethernet SX Four-port exploitation on OSA-Express3 GbE SX and LXDynamic LAN idle for z/OS Network Traffic AnalyzerLayer 2 transport mode When would it be used? Link aggregation for z/VM in Layer 2 modeOSA Layer 3 Virtual MAC for z/OS Direct Memory Access DMAHardware data router IBM Communication Controller for Linux CCLRemove L2/L3 LPAR-to-LPAR Restriction OSA Integrated Console ControllerOSA/SF Virtual MAC and Vlan id Display Capability HiperSockets HiperSockets Enhancement for zIIP Exploitation Can Do IT securely Security CryptographyCP Assist for Cryptographic Function Cpacf Configurable Crypto Express2 Secure Key AES Dynamically add crypto to a logical partitionEnhancement with TKE 5.3 LIC TKE 5.3 workstation and support for Smart Card ReaderTKE additional smart cards System z10 EC cryptographic migrationRemote Key Loading Benefits Remote Loading of Initial ATM KeysImproved Key Exchange With Non-CCA Cryptographic Systems Capacity on Demand Temporary Capacity On Demand CapabilitiesAmendment for CBU Tests Capacity Provisioning System z9 System z10 OS Capacity provisioning allows you to set up rulesRAS Design Focus Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability RASHardware System Area HSA Availability FunctionsEnhanced Book Availability Concurrent Physical Memory Replacement Concurrent Physical Memory UpgradeConcurrent Defective Book Replacement Enhanced Driver MaintenancePlan Ahead Memory Transparent SparingPower Monitoring Service EnhancementsPower Estimation Tool Environmental EnhancementsIBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Parallel Sysplex Cluster TechnologyCoupling Facility Control Code Cfcc Level Improved service time with Coupling Facility DuplexSystem-Managed CF Structure Duplexing Coupling Facility Configuration AlternativesParallel Sysplex Coupling Connectivity Coupling Connectivity for Parallel Sysplex Introducing long reach InfiniBand coupling linksZ10 EC Max Z10 Coupling Link OptionsServer Time Protocol STP Time synchronization and time accuracy on z10 ECPreview Improved STP System Management with Continuous availability of NTP servers used as Exter Enhanced Network Time Protocol NTP client supportNTP server on Hardware Management Console HMC Enhanced STP recovery when Internal Battery FeatureApplication Programming Interface API to automate Internal Battery Feature Recommendation Family Machine Type HMC System SupportInternet Protocol, Version 6 IPv6 HMC/SE Console MessengerHMC z/VM Tower systems management enhancements Gdps Implementation Services for Parallel SysplexFiber Quick Connect for Ficon LX Environments Z10 EC Dimensions Z9 EC Number of Frames 2 Frame Z10 EC Physical Characteristics Z10 EC Configuration DetailZ10 EC Environmentals Model O Cage Model O CageOSA-Express3 and OSA-Express2 Features Min Max Processor Unit Features ModelCPs IFLs ICFsGeneral Information Z9 BC Coupling Facility CF Level of SupportStatement of Direction Following Redbook publications are available now PublicationsResource Link ZSO03018-USEN-02
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