IBM Z10 BC manual HMC System Support, Family, Machine Type, Internet Protocol, Version 6 IPv6

HMC System Support

The new functions available on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) version 2.10.1 as described apply exclu- sively to System z10. However, the HMC version 2.10.1 will continue to support the systems as shown.

The 2.10.1 HMC will continue to support up to two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LANs. Token Ring LANs are not supported. The 2.10.1 HMC applications have been updated to sup- port HMC hardware without a diskette drive. DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, and/or USB fl ash memory drive media will be used.

Family	Machine Type	Firmware Driver	SE Version
z10 BC	2098	76	2.10.1
z10 EC	2097	73	2.10.0
z9 BC	2096	67	2.9.2
z9 EC	2094	67	2.9.2
z890	2086	55	1.8.2
z990	2084	55	1.8.2
z800	2066	3G	1.7.3
z900	2064	3G	1.7.3
9672 G6	9672/9674	26	1.6.2
9672 G5	9672/9674	26	1.6.2

Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)

HMC version 2.10.1 and Support Element (SE) version

2.10.1can now communicate using IP Version 4 (IPv4), IP Version 6 (IPv6), or both. It is no longer necessary to assign a static IP address to an SE if it only needs to com- municate with HMCs on the same subnet. An HMC and SE can use IPv6 link-local addresses to communicate with each other.

HMC/SE support is addressing the following requirements:

•The availability of addresses in the IPv4 address space is becoming increasingly scarce.

•The demand for IPv6 support is high in Asia/Pacifi c countries since many companies are deploying IPv6.

•The U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. govern- ment agencies are requiring IPv6 support for any prod- ucts purchased after June 2008.

More information on the U.S. government requirements can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ memoranda/fy2005/m05-22.pdf and http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/IPv6_ FAQs.pdf.

HMC/SE Console Messenger

On systems prior to System z9, the remote browser capa- bility was limited to Platform Independent Remote Console (PIRC), with a very small subset of functionality. Full func- tionality via Desktop On-Call (DTOC) was limited to one user at a time; it was slow, and was rarely used.

With System z9, full functionality to multiple users was delivered with a fast Web browser solution. You liked this, but requested the ability to communicate to other remote users.

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