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April 2009IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) Reference GuideThe New Face of Enterprise Computing

enhanced access to open code libraries, both of which can be used to lower development costs. Large memory spaces can be used to increase both system

The IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) delivers innovative technologies for small and medium enter-prises that give you a whole new world of capab

PUs defi ned as Internal Coupling Facilities (ICFs), Inte-grated Facility for Linux (IFLs), System z10 Application Assist Processor (zAAPs) and System

Additionally, several service enhancements have also been designed to avoid unscheduled outages and include continued focus on fi rmware quality, reduc

The System z10 BC is designed to provide balanced system performance. From processor storage to the system’s I/O and network channels, end-to-end band

Timed Interconnect Multiplexer (STI-MP) card. There are two types of HCA fanout cards: HCA2-C is copper and is always used to connect to I/O (IFB-MP c

z10 BC model upgrades The z10 BC provides for the dynamic and fl exible capac-ity growth for mainframe servers. There are full upgrades within the z10

z10 BC PerformanceThe performance design of the z/Architecture can enable the server to support a new standard of performance for applications through

A new host bus interface using Infi niBand with a link data rate of 6 GBps, was introduced on the z10 BC. It provides enough throughput to support the

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 us

2Table of ContentsIBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) Overview page 3z/Architecture page 6z10 BC page 11z10 BC Design and Technology page 14z10

FICON Express Channels The z10 BC also supports carrying forward FICON Express LX and SX channels from z9 BC and z990 each channel operating at 1 or 2

The FICON Express4, FICON Express2 and FICON Express channels support native FICON and FICON Channel-to-Channel (CTC) traffi c for attachment to server

FCP – increased performance for small block sizesThe Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) Licensed Internal Code has been modifi ed to help provide increased I

IBM System Storage DS8000 Release 4.1 delivers new capabilities to support High Performance FICON for System z, which can improve FICON I/O throughput

Extended distance FICON – improved performance at extended distanceAn enhancement to the industry standard FICON architec-ture (FC-SB-3) helps avoid d

FICON Link Incident Reporting FICON Link Incident Reporting is designed to allow an operating system image (without operating intervention) to registe

The OSA-Express3 features are exclusive to System z10.There are operating system dependencies for exploitation of two ports in OSD mode per PCI-E adap

The OSA-Express3 and OSA-Express2 Ethernet features support the following CHPID types: CHPID OSA-Express3, Purpose/Traffi c Type OSA-Express2

OSA-Express3-2P Gigabit Ethernet SXThe OSA-Express3-2P Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) short wavelength (SX) feature has two ports which reside on a single PCI

When confi gured at 1 Gbps, the 1000BASE-T Ethernet feature operates in full duplex mode only and supports jumbo frames when in QDIO mode (CHPID type O

IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) OverviewIn today’s world, IT is woven in to almost everything that a business does and consequently is pivotal

OSA-Express Network Traffi c Analyzer is exclusive to the z10 BC, z9 BC, z10 EC, and z9 EC, and is applicable to the OSA-Express3 and OSA-Express2 feat

Layer 2 transport mode: When would it be used?If you have an environment with an abundance of Linux images in a guest LAN environment, or you need to

Direct Memory Access (DMA)OSA-Express3 and the operating systems share a common storage area for memory-to-memory communi-cation, reducing system over

Token-Ring networks and ESCON channels with an Ether-net network and integrated LAN adapters on System z10, OSA-Express3 or OSA-Express2 GbE or 1000BA

The HiperSockets function, also known as internal Queued Direct Input/Output (iDQIO) or internal QDIO, is an inte-grated function of the z10 BC server

interrupt. This enhancement is transparent to the operating system in the receiving LPAR. HiperSockets Multiple Write Facility, with fewer I/O interru

Today’s world mandates that your systems are secure and available 24/7. The z10 BC employs some of the most advanced security technologies in the indu

Enhancements to CP Assist for Cryptographic Func-tion (CPACF):CPACF has been enhanced to include support of the fol-lowing on CPs and IFLs:• Advanced

Improved key exchange – Added Improved key exchange with non-CCA cryptographic systems. New fea-tures added to IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (

Support for AES encryption algorithm includes the master key management functions required to load or generate AES master keys, update those keys, and

More Solutions, More AffordableToday’s businesses with extensive investments in hardware assets and core applications are demanding more from IT—more

TKE additional smart cards – new featureYou have the capability to order Java-based blank smart cards which offers a highly effi cient cryptographic an

It may sound revolutionary, but it’s really quite simple. In the highly unpredictable world of On Demand business, you should get what you need, when

can be added up to what the physical hardware model can contain for up to 10 days for a test activation or 90 days for a true disaster recovery. On sy

• The quantity of temporary CP capacity ordered is limited by the quantity of purchased CP capacity (permanently active plus unassigned) • The quant

z/OS Capacity provisioning allows you to set up rules defi ning the circumstances under which additional capac-ity should be provisioned in order to fu

In today’s on demand environment, downtime is not only unwelcome—it’s costly. If your applications aren’t consis-tently available, your business suffe

With the z10 BC, signifi cant steps have been taken in the area of server availability with a focus on reducing pre-planning requirements. Pre-planning

Dynamic Oscillator Switchover The z10 BC has two oscillator cards, a primary and a backup. For most cases, should a failure occur on the pri-mary osci

Power and cooling discussions have entered the budget planning of every IT environment. As energy prices have risen and utilities have restricted the

IBM System z servers stand alone against competition and have stood the test of time with our business resiliency solutions. Our coupling solutions wi

provide a more cost-effective, specialized z/OS® applica-tion Java execution environment. Workloads eligible for the zAAP (with z/OS V1.8) include all

16 allows one of these protocol exchanges to complete asynchronously. This allows faster duplexed request ser-vice time, with more benefi ts when the C

Parallel Sysplex Coupling ConnectivityThe Coupling Facilities communicate with z/OS images in the Parallel Sysplex environment over specialized high-s

The IBM System z10 BC also takes advantage of Infi niBand as a higher-bandwidth replacement for the Self-Timed Interconnect (STI) I/O interface feature

z10 Coupling Link Options Type Description Use Link Distance z10 BC z10 data rate z10

join the two server CTN. Previously, if both the Preferred Time Server (PTS) and the Backup Time Server (BTS) experienced a simultaneous power outage

Continuous Availability of NTP servers used as Exter-nal Time Source: Improved External Time Source (ETS) availability can now be provided if you confi

Application Programming Interface (API) to automate STP CTN reconfi guration: The concept of “a pair and a spare” has been around since the original Sy

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 ve

There is now a new Console Manager task that offers basic messaging capabilities to allow system operators or administrators to coordinate their activ

IBM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex CICS and WAS Enablement IBM Implementation Services for Parallel Sysplex Middle-ware – CICS enablemen

The z10 BC continues the line of upward compatible main-frame processors and retains application compatibility since 1964. The z10 BC supports all z/A

GDPS Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) is designed to provide a comprehensive end-to-end con-tinuous availability and/or disaster recov

Physical PlanningA System z10 BC feature may be ordered to allow use of the z10 BC in a non-raised fl oor environment. This capabil-ity may help ease t

Features Min # Max # Max Increments Purchase Features Features Connections per Feature Increments16-port 0 (1) 32 480 channels 16 ch

z10 BC Model StructureModel PU PUs for Max Avail Standard Standard CP/IFL/ Max Max Customer Subcapacity SAPs Spares ICF/zAAP/ C

CF Level Function z10 EC z9 EC z990 z10 BC z9 BC z890 16 CF Duplexing Enhancements X List Notifi cation I

The System z10 will be the last server to support connec-tions to the Sysplex Timer (9037). Servers that require time synchronization, such as to supp

The following Redbook publications are available now:z10 BC Technical Overview SG24-7632z10 BC Technical Guide SG24-7516System z Connectivity

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• Intelligent and optimized dispatching of workloads. HiperDispatch can help provide increased scalability and performance of higher n-way System z10

• Improved availability with Parallel Sysplex and Coupling Facility improvement• Enhanced application development and integration with new System RE

The z/VM hypervisor is designed to help clients extend the business value of mainframe technology across the enter-prise by integrating applications a