IBM System z Connectivity Handbook

IBM System z Connectivity Handbook

Released June 2014
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses the connectivity options available for use within and beyond the data center for the IBM System z® family of mainframes, which includes these systems:

  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12 (zEC12)

  • IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12)

  • IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196)

  • IBM zEnterprise 114 (z114)

  • IBM System z10® Enterprise Class (z10 EC)

  • IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC)

    • This book highlights the hardware and software components, functions, typical uses, coexistence, and relative merits of these connectivity features. It helps readers understand the connectivity alternatives that are available when planning and designing their data center infrastructures.

    The changes to this edition are based on the System z hardware announcement dated July 23, 2013.

    This book is intended for data center planners, IT professionals, systems engineers, technical sales staff, and network planners who are involved in the planning of connectivity solutions for IBM System z servers.

    Table of contents

    1. Front cover
    2. Notices
      1. Trademarks
      2. Preface
        1. Authors
        2. Now you can become a published author, too
        3. Comments welcome
        4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
    3. Chapter 1. Connectivity options
      1. 1.1 Overview
      2. 1.2 Channel subsystem
      3. 1.3 I/O cage, I/O drawer, and PCIe I/O drawer
      4. 1.4 I/O and special purpose features support
      5. 1.5 Parallel channel
      6. 1.6 ESCON protocol
      7. 1.7 Fibre Channel connection (FICON)
      8. 1.8 Open Systems Adapter-Express
      9. 1.9 HiperSockets
      10. 1.10 Parallel Sysplex and coupling links
      11. 1.11 10GbE RoCE Express
      12. 1.12 Crypto Express
      13. 1.13 Flash Express feature
      14. 1.14 zEDC Express feature
      15. 1.15 System z I/O and special-purpose feature support
    4. Chapter 2. Channel subsystem overview
      1. 2.1 CSS description
        1. 2.1.1 CSS elements
        2. 2.1.2 Multiple CSS concept
        3. 2.1.3 Multiple CSS structure
        4. 2.1.4 Multiple image facility
        5. 2.1.5 Physical channel ID
        6. 2.1.6 Adapter ID
        7. 2.1.7 Multiple CSS construct
        8. 2.1.8 Channel spanning
        9. 2.1.9 Multiple subchannel sets
        10. 2.1.10 Summary
      2. 2.2 I/O configuration management
        1. 2.2.1 IBM Configurator (eConfig)
        2. 2.2.2 Hardware Configuration Definition
        3. 2.2.3 CHPID Mapping Tool
      3. 2.3 I/O configuration planning
      4. 2.4 References
    5. Chapter 3. Parallel channel
      1. 3.1 Overview
      2. 3.2 Parallel channel: Single path to a control unit
      3. 3.3 Parallel channel modes
      4. 3.4 Parallel channel elements
        1. 3.4.1 Parallel channel control unit types
      5. 3.5 References
    6. Chapter 4. Enterprise Systems Connection
      1. 4.1 Description
        1. 4.1.1 ESCON modes and topologies
        2. 4.1.2 ESCON elements
        3. 4.1.3 Multiple image facility
      2. 4.2 Connectivity
        1. 4.2.1 ESCON channel support on System z
        2. 4.2.2 Software support
      3. 4.3 References
    7. Chapter 5. Fibre Connection
      1. 5.1 Description
        1. 5.1.1 FICON modes and topologies
        2. 5.1.2 FCP Channel
        3. 5.1.3 FCP and FICON mode characteristics
      2. 5.2 FICON elements
        1. 5.2.1 FICON channel
        2. 5.2.2 High performance FICON for System z (zHPF)
        3. 5.2.3 Platform and name server registration in FICON channel
        4. 5.2.4 Open exchanges
        5. 5.2.5 Multiple image facility
        6. 5.2.6 Spanned channels
        7. 5.2.7 Control unit port
        8. 5.2.8 z/OS discovery and auto-configuration
      3. 5.3 Connectivity
        1. 5.3.1 FICON Express8S
        2. 5.3.2 FICON Express8
        3. 5.3.3 FICON Express4
        4. 5.3.4 FICON Express2
        5. 5.3.5 FICON Express
        6. 5.3.6 Qualified FICON and FCP products
        7. 5.3.7 FICON advantages over ESCON
        8. 5.3.8 Software support
        9. 5.3.9 Resource Measurement Facility
      4. 5.4 References
    8. Chapter 6. Channel-to-channel connections
      1. 6.1 Channel-to-channel function overview
      2. 6.2 Connectivity
        1. 6.2.1 ESCON CTC channel connectivity
        2. 6.2.2 FICON-to-ESCON CTC connectivity
        3. 6.2.3 FICON channel-to-channel connectivity
      3. 6.3 References
    9. Chapter 7. IBM Open Systems Adapter-Express
      1. 7.1 Functional description
        1. 7.1.1 Operating modes
        2. 7.1.2 QDIO mode
        3. 7.1.3 Non-QDIO mode
        4. 7.1.4 OSA addressing support
        5. 7.1.5 OSA/SF support
      2. 7.2 OSA capabilities
        1. 7.2.1 Virtual IP address
        2. 7.2.2 Primary/secondary router function
        3. 7.2.3 IPv6 support
        4. 7.2.4 Large send for IP network traffic
        5. 7.2.5 VLAN support
        6. 7.2.6 SNMP support for z/OS and Linux on System z
        7. 7.2.7 IP network multicast and broadcast support
        8. 7.2.8 ARP cache management
        9. 7.2.9 IP network availability
        10. 7.2.10 Checksum offload support for z/OS and Linux on System z
        11. 7.2.11 Dynamic LAN idle for z/OS
        12. 7.2.12 QDIO optimized latency mode
        13. 7.2.13 Layer 2 support
        14. 7.2.14 QDIO data connection isolation for z/VM
        15. 7.2.15 QDIO interface isolation for z/OS
        16. 7.2.16 Layer 3 VMAC for z/OS
        17. 7.2.17 Enterprise Extender
        18. 7.2.18 TN3270E Server
        19. 7.2.19 OSA for Network Control Program support
        20. 7.2.20 Adapter interruptions for QDIO
        21. 7.2.21 Inbound workload queuing
        22. 7.2.22 Network management: Query and display OSA configuration
        23. 7.2.23 OSA-Express for ensemble connectivity
      3. 7.3 Connectivity
        1. 7.3.1 OSA features
        2. 7.3.2 OSA function support
        3. 7.3.3 Software support
        4. 7.3.4 Resource Measurement Facility
      4. 7.4 Summary
      5. 7.5 References
    10. Chapter 8. OSA-Express Console support
      1. 8.1 Description
      2. 8.2 Connectivity
      3. 8.3 Software support
      4. 8.4 Summary
      5. 8.5 References
    11. Chapter 9. RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Express features
      1. 9.1 Technology overview
        1. 9.1.1 Remote Direct Memory Access technology overview
        2. 9.1.2 Shared Memory Communications â€“ Remote Direct Memory Access
      2. 9.2 10GbE RoCE Express
      3. 9.3 Software support
    12. Chapter 10. IBM zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC) Express
      1. 10.1 Benefits of using the zEDC Express feature
      2. 10.2 zEDC Express operation
      3. 10.3 Software support
        1. 10.3.1 IBM System z Batch Network Analyzer
    13. Chapter 11. IBM HiperSockets technology
      1. 11.1 Description
        1. 11.1.1 HiperSockets benefits
        2. 11.1.2 Server integration with HiperSockets
        3. 11.1.3 HiperSockets function
        4. 11.1.4 Supported functions
      2. 11.2 Connectivity
      3. 11.3 Summary
      4. 11.4 References
    14. Chapter 12. Coupling links and common time
      1. 12.1 System z cluster technology
        1. 12.1.1 Coupling links and STP
        2. 12.1.2 Multi-site sysplex considerations
      2. 12.2 Connectivity
        1. 12.2.1 Coupling link options
        2. 12.2.2 Internal Coupling (IC) link
        3. 12.2.3 InterSystem Channel-3 (ISC-3)
        4. 12.2.4 Integrated Cluster Bus
        5. 12.2.5 InfiniBand coupling links
        6. 12.2.6 Fanout rebalancing (FC 2400)
      3. 12.3 Time functions
        1. 12.3.1 NTP server with PPS support
        2. 12.3.2 Sysplex Timer
        3. 12.3.3 Software support
      4. 12.4 References
    15. Chapter 13. Extended distance solutions
      1. 13.1 Unrepeated distances
      2. 13.2 Conversion to parallel channel
      3. 13.3 Enterprise Systems Connection
        1. 13.3.1 ESCON unrepeated distance
        2. 13.3.2 ESCON repeated distance solutions
      4. 13.4 Fibre Connection (FICON)
        1. 13.4.1 FICON unrepeated distance
        2. 13.4.2 FICON repeated distance solutions
      5. 13.5 Coupling links
      6. 13.6 Wavelength-division multiplexing
        1. 13.6.1 System z GDPS qualification
        2. 13.6.2 System z qualified WDM vendor products
      7. 13.7 References
    16. Appendix A. CHPID assignment and the CHPID Mapping Tool
      1. Description
      2. CHPID Mapping Tool
      3. InfiniBand support
      4. Support for native PCIe features
      5. References
    17. Appendix B. Fiber optic cables
      1. Description
      2. Connector types for fiber cables
      3. Mode-conditioning patch cables
      4. InfiniBand cables
      5. Conversion kits
        1. References
    18. Appendix C. Fiber cabling services
      1. Options for getting help
      2. IBM Site and Facilities Services options
      3. Fiber transport system
      4. Summary
      5. References
    19. Appendix D. Cryptographic features
      1. Overview
      2. Crypto Express4S
      3. Crypto Express3
      4. References
    20. Appendix E. Flash Express feature
      1. Overview
      2. Flash Express
    21. Appendix F. Channel feature attributes
      1. Cable types and attributes
    22. Related publications
      1. IBM Redbooks publications
      2. Other publications
      3. Online resources
      4. How to get IBM Redbooks publications
      5. Help from IBM
    23. Back cover
    24. IBM System x Reference Architecture for Hadoop: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Reference Architecture
      1. Introduction
      2. Business problem and business value
      3. Reference architecture use
      4. Requirements
      5. InfoSphere BigInsights predefined configuration
      6. InfoSphere BigInsights HBase predefined configuration
      7. Deployment considerations
      8. Customizing the predefined configurations
      9. Predefined configuration bill of materials
      10. References
      11. The team who wrote this paper
      12. Now you can become a published author, too!
      13. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
    25. Notices
      1. Trademarks

    Product information

    • Title: IBM System z Connectivity Handbook
    • Author(s):
    • Release date: June 2014
    • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
    • ISBN: None