z10 BC Channels and I/O Connectivity
ESCON Channels
The z10 BC supports up to 480 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
Fibre Channel Connectivity
The on demand operating environment requires fast data access, continuous data availability, and improved fl ex- ibility, all with a lower cost of ownership. The four port FICON Express4 and FICON Express2 features available on the z9 BC continue to be supported on the System z10 BC.
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 fi ve features from which to choose.
FICON Express4 Channels
The z10 BC supports up to 128 FICON Express4 chan- nels, each one operating at 1, 2 or 4 Gb/sec
or 62.5 micron multimode fi ber optic cables. Each FICON Express4 feature has four independent channels (ports) and can be confi gured to carry native FICON traffi c or Fibre Channel (SCSI) traffi c. LX and SX cannot be inter- mixed on a single feature. The receiving devices must cor- respond to the appropriate LX or SX feature. The maximum number of FICON Express4 features is 32 using four I/O drawers.
Exclusive to the z10 BC and z9 BC is the availability of a, lower cost FICON Express4
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FICON Express4 10KM LX | 3321 | Single mode fiber | 4 | |
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FICON Express4 4KM LX | 3324 | Single mode fiber | 4 | |
FICON | 4KM LX | 3323 | Single mode fiber | 2 |
FICON Express4 SX |
| 3322 | Multimode fiber | 4 |
FICON | SX | 3318 | Multimode fiber | 2 |
Choose the features that best meet your granularity, fi ber optic cabling, and unrepeated distance requirements.
FICON Express2 Channels
The z10 BC supports carrying forward FICON Express2 channels, each one operating at 1 or 2 Gb/sec auto- negotiated. The FICON Express2 features are available in long wavelength (LX) using 9 micron single mode fi ber optic cables and short wavelength (SX) using 50 and
62.5micron multimode fi ber optic cables. Each FICON Express2 feature has four independent channels (ports) and each can be confi gured to carry native FICON traffi c or Fibre Channel (SCSI) traffi c. LX and SX cannot be inter- mixed on a single feature. The maximum number of FICON Express2 features is 20, using four I/O drawers.
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