IBM Z10 BC manual Fiber Quick Connect for Ficon LX Environments, Gdps

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Fiber Quick Connect for FICON LX Environments

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, Geographically Dispersed Open Clusters (GDOC) is designed to address this need for open systems. When available, GDPS 3.5 will support GDOC for coordinated disaster recovery across System z and non-System z servers if Veritas Cluster Server is already installed. GDPS and the new 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 appli- cations and data are available. z10 BC—big on service, low on cost.

GDPS is a multi-site or single-site end-to-end application availability solution that provides the capability to manage remote copy confi guration 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/.

Fiber Quick Connect (FQC), an optional feature on z10 BC, is offered for all FICON LX (single-mode fi ber) chan- nels, in addition to the current support for ESCON (62.5 micron multimode fi ber) channels. FQC is designed to signifi cantly reduce the amount of time required for on-site installation and setup of fi ber optic cabling. FQC facilitates adds, moves, and changes of ESCON and FICON LX fi ber optic cables in the data center, and may reduce fi ber con- nection time by up to 80%.

FQC is for factory installation of Fiber Transport System (FTS) fi ber harnesses for connection to channels in the I/O drawer. FTS fi ber harnesses enable connection to FTS direct-attach fi ber trunk cables from IBM Global Technol- ogy Services.

FQC, coupled with FTS, is a solution designed to help minimize disruptions and to isolate fi ber cabling activities away from the active system as much as possible.

IBM provides the direct-attach trunk cables, patch panels, and Central Patching Location (CPL) hardware, as well as the planning and installation required to complete the total structured connectivity solution. An ESCON example: Four trunks, each with 72 fi ber pairs, can displace up

to 240 fi ber optic jumper cables, the maximum quantity of ESCON channels in one I/O drawer. This signifi cantly reduces fi ber optic jumper cable bulk.

At CPL panels you can select the connector to best meet your data center requirements. Small form factor connec- tors are available to help reduce the fl oor space required for patch panels.

CPL planning and layout is done prior to arrival of the server on-site using the default CHannel Path IDdentifi er (CHPID) placement report, and documentation is provided showing the CHPID layout and how the direct-attach har- nesses are plugged.

FQC supports all of the ESCON channels and all of the FICON LX channels in the I/O drawer of the server. On an upgrade from a z890 or z9 BC, ESCON channels that are NOT using FQC cannot be used on the z10 BC FQC feature.

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Contents IBM System z10 Business Class z10 BC Reference Guide Table of Contents IBM System z10 Business Class z10 BC Overview Think Big, Virtually LimitlessMore Solutions, More Affordable Special workloads, Specialty engines, affordable technologyNew Face Of System z Architecture Z10 BC ArchitectureArchitecture operating system support Page Commitment to system integrity VSE TPFLinux on System z Operating System ESA/390Z10 BC Page Page Z10 BC Design and Technology Z10 BC Model Z10 BC capacity identifiersMemory Dimm sizes 2 GB and 4 GB Z10 BC model upgrades Z10 BC Model Capacity IDsZ10 BC Performance Large System Performance ReferenceCPU Measurement Facility Z10 BC I/O Subsystem System I/O Configuration AnalyzerZ10 BC Channels and I/O Connectivity Concurrent Update Support of Spanned Channels and Logical PartitionsModes of Operation Ficon Support for Cascaded Directors FCP ChannelsFCP increased performance for small block sizes Scsi IPL now a base functionFCP Full fabric connectivity High Performance Ficon improvement in performancePreplanning and setup of SAN for a System z10 environment Platform and name server registration in Ficon channelDistance Ficon Express enhancements for Storage Area NetworksNPort ID Virtualization Program Directed re-IPLServiceability Enhancements Feature Infrastructure Ports perFicon Link Incident Reporting OSA-Express3 the newest family of LAN adaptersOSA-Express3 Ethernet features Summary of benefits OSA-Express2 availabilityFeatures Purpose/TrafficType OSA-Express3 10 Gigabit Ethernet LROSA-Express3-2P Gigabit Ethernet SX Four-port exploitation on OSA-Express3 GbE SX and LXOSA-Express3 1000BASE-T Ethernet OSA-Express3-2P 1000BASE-T EthernetNetwork Traffic Analyzer Link aggregation for z/VM in Layer 2 mode Dynamic LAN idle for z/OSLayer 2 transport mode When would it be used? OSA Layer 3 Virtual MAC for z/OSDirect Memory Access DMA Hardware data routerIBM Communication Controller for Linux CCL OSA-Express3 and OSA-Express2 OSN OSA for NCPOSA Integrated Console Controller Remove L2/L3 LPAR-to-LPAR RestrictionOSA/SF Virtual MAC and Vlan id Display Capability HiperSockets HiperSockets Enhancement for zIIP Exploitation Security Cryptography Can Do IT securelyCP Assist for Cryptographic Function Cpacf Enhancements to CP Assist for Cryptographic Func Tion Cpacf Configurable Crypto Express2Crypto Express2-1P Support for ISO Support for RSA keys up to 4096 bitsDynamically add crypto to a logical partition Secure Key AESSupport for 13- thru 19-digit Personal Account Numbers TKE 5.3 workstationEnhancement with TKE 5.3 LIC Smart Card ReaderTKE additional smart cards new feature System z10 BC cryptographic migrationRemote Loading of Initial ATM Keys Remote Key Loading BenefitsOn Demand Capabilities Capacity on Demand Temporary CapacityAmendment for CBU Tests Capacity Provisioning OS Capacity provisioning allows you to set up rules System z9 System z10Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability RAS RAS Design FocusEnhanced Driver Maintenance Availability FunctionsHardware System Area HSA Redundant I/O InterconnectDynamic Oscillator Switchover Concurrent Memory UpgradeService Enhancements Transparent SparingPower Monitoring Power Estimation ToolEnvironmental Enhancements IBM Systems Director Active Energy ManagerImproved service time with Coupling Facility Duplex Parallel Sysplex Cluster TechnologyCoupling Facility Control Code Cfcc Level Coupling Facility Configuration Alternatives System-Managed CF Structure DuplexingParallel Sysplex Coupling Connectivity Introducing long reach InfiniBand coupling linksCoupling Connectivity for Parallel Sysplex Z10 Coupling Link Options Time synchronization and time accuracy on z10 BCServer Time Protocol STP Server Time Protocol enhancementsPreview Improved STP System Management with Enhanced STP recovery when Internal Battery Feature Continuous Availability of NTP servers used as ExterInternal Battery Feature Recommendation Application Programming Interface API to automateHMC System Support Family Machine TypeInternet Protocol, Version 6 IPv6 HMC/SE Console MessengerEnhanced installation support for z/VM using the HMC HMC z/VM Tower System Management EnhancementsImplementation Services for Parallel Sysplex Fiber Quick Connect for Ficon LX Environments GdpsZ10 BC Physical Characteristics Z10 BC System PowerZ10 BC Highlights and Physical Dimensions Z9 BC Physical PlanningZ10 BC Configuration Detail Z10 BC Concurrent PU ConversionsZ10 BC Model Structure Z10 BC Minimum MaximumIBF Z10 BC IBF hold uptime Drawer DrawersCoupling Facility CF Level of Support Z890Statement of Direction Publications Following Redbook publications are available nowAvailable in the Library section of Resource Link Resource LinkZSO03021-USEN-02
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