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9.3 DS8000 licensed functions

Licensed functions are the storage unit’s operating system and functions. Each licensed function indicator feature selected on a DS8000 base unit enables that function at the system level. These features enable a licensed function subject to you applying a feature activation code made available by IBM. They are also used for maintenance billing purposes. These include both required features and optional features.

Table 9-2provides the appropriate licensed function indicators for each licensed function.

Table 9-2 Licensed function indicators

Licensed function	IBM 2107 indicator feature	IBM 2244 function
	number	authorization models and
		features
Operating environment	0700	Model OEL 70xx
Point-in-Time Copy	0720	Model PTC 72xx
Remote Mirror and Copy	0740	Model RMC 74xx
Remote Mirror for z/OS	0760	Model RMZ 76xx
Parallel Access Volumes	0780	Model PAV 78xx

9.3.1 Operating environment license (OEL) - required feature

You must order an operating environment license (OEL) feature, the IBM TotalStorage DS Operating Environment, for every storage unit. The operating environment model and features establish the extent of IBM authorization for the use of the IBM TotalStorage DS Operating Environment. This operating environment license support function is called the 2244 Model OEL. The OEL licenses the operating environment and is based on the total physical capacity of the storage unit (base model plus any expansion models). It authorizes you to use the model configuration at a given capacity level.

Once the OEL has been technically activated for the storage unit, you can configure the storage unit. Activating the OEL means that you have obtained the feature activation key from the IBM disk storage feature activation (DSFA) Web site and entered it into the DS8000 Storage Manager. The feature activation process is discussed in more detail in 9.3.7, “Disk storage feature activation” on page 173.

Note: Standby CoD disk drive features do not count toward the physical capacity.

Table 9-3 on page 168 provides the feature codes for the operating environment license. (The codes apply to models 921,922, and 9A2.)

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