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FICON Link Incident Reporting
FICON Link Incident Reporting is designed to allow an operating system image (without operating intervention) to register for link incident reports, which can improve the ability to capture data for link error analysis. The informa- tion can be displayed and is saved in the system log.
Serviceability Enhancements
Requests Node Identifi cation Data (RNID) is designed to facilitate the resolution of fi ber optic cabling problems. You can now request RNID data for a device attached to a native FICON channel.
Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity
OSA-Express3 – the newest family of LAN adapters
The third generation of Open Systems
Choose the
business requirements.
To meet the demands of your applications, provide granu- larity, facilitate redundant paths, and satisfy your infrastruc- ture requirements, there are seven features from which to choose. In the 10 GbE environment, Short Reach (SR) is being offered for the fi rst time.
Feature | Infrastructure | Ports per |
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Single mode fiber | 4 | |
Single mode fiber | 2 | |
Multimode fiber | 4 | |
Multimode fiber | 2 | |
Multimode fiber | 2 | |
Copper | 4 | |
Copper | 2 |
Note that software PTFs or a new release may be required (depending on CHPID type) to support all ports.
OSA-Express3 for reduced latency and improved throughput
To help reduce latency, the
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The above statements are based on
Port density or granularity
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fiber optic cabling. The connector is new; it is now the small form factor, LC Duplex connector. Previously the SC Duplex connector was supported for LR. The LC Duplex connector is common with FICON,
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