IBM z Systems Connectivity Handbook

IBM z Systems Connectivity Handbook

Released April 2015
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738440514

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Book description

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

  • IBM z Systems® z13 (z13)

  • IBM zEnterprise® EC12 (zEC12)

  • IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12)

  • IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196)

  • IBM zEnterprise 114 (z114)

    • 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 z Systems hardware announcement dated January 14, 2015.

    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 z Systems.

    Table of contents

    1. Front cover
    2. Notices
      1. Trademarks
    3. IBM Redbooks promotions
    4. Preface
      1. Authors
      2. Now you can become a published author, too
      3. Comments welcome
      4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
    5. 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
        1. 1.4.1 Native PCIe
      5. 1.5 Parallel channel
      6. 1.6 ESCON protocol
      7. 1.7 Fibre Channel connection
      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 z Systems I/O and special-purpose feature support
    6. 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 example
        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
        1. 2.3.1 I/O configuration rules
      4. 2.4 References
    7. Chapter 3. Enterprise Systems Connection
      1. 3.1 Description
        1. 3.1.1 ESCON modes and topologies
        2. 3.1.2 ESCON elements
        3. 3.1.3 Multiple image facility
      2. 3.2 Connectivity
        1. 3.2.1 ESCON channel support on z Systems
        2. 3.2.2 Software support
      3. 3.3 References
    8. Chapter 4. Fibre Connection
      1. 4.1 Description
        1. 4.1.1 FICON modes and topologies
        2. 4.1.2 FCP Channel
        3. 4.1.3 FCP and FICON mode characteristics
      2. 4.2 FICON elements
        1. 4.2.1 FICON channel
        2. 4.2.2 High performance FICON for z Systems (zHPF)
        3. 4.2.3 Platform and name server registration in FICON channel
        4. 4.2.4 Open exchanges
        5. 4.2.5 Spanned channels
        6. 4.2.6 Control unit port
        7. 4.2.7 z/OS discovery and auto-configuration
      3. 4.3 Connectivity
        1. 4.3.1 FICON Express16S
        2. 4.3.2 FICON Express8S
        3. 4.3.3 FICON Express8
        4. 4.3.4 FICON Express4
        5. 4.3.5 Qualified FICON and FCP products
        6. 4.3.6 FICON advantages over ESCON
        7. 4.3.7 Software support
        8. 4.3.8 Resource Measurement Facility
      4. 4.4 References
    9. Chapter 5. Channel-to-channel connections
      1. 5.1 Channel-to-channel function overview
      2. 5.2 Connectivity
        1. 5.2.1 ESCON CTC channel connectivity
        2. 5.2.2 FICON-to-ESCON CTC connectivity
        3. 5.2.3 FICON channel-to-channel connectivity
      3. 5.3 References
    10. Chapter 6. IBM Open Systems Adapter-Express
      1. 6.1 Functional description
        1. 6.1.1 Operating modes
        2. 6.1.2 QDIO mode
        3. 6.1.3 Non-QDIO mode
        4. 6.1.4 OSA addressing support
        5. 6.1.5 OSA/SF support
      2. 6.2 OSA capabilities
        1. 6.2.1 Virtual IP address
        2. 6.2.2 Primary/secondary router function
        3. 6.2.3 IPv6 support
        4. 6.2.4 Large send for IP network traffic
        5. 6.2.5 VLAN support
        6. 6.2.6 SNMP support for z/OS and Linux on z Systems
        7. 6.2.7 IP network multicast and broadcast support
        8. 6.2.8 Address Resolution Protocol cache management
        9. 6.2.9 IP network availability
        10. 6.2.10 Checksum offload support for z/OS and Linux on z Systems
        11. 6.2.11 Dynamic LAN idle for z/OS
        12. 6.2.12 QDIO optimized latency mode
        13. 6.2.13 Layer 2 support
        14. 6.2.14 QDIO data connection isolation for z/VM
        15. 6.2.15 QDIO interface isolation for z/OS
        16. 6.2.16 Layer 3 VMAC for z/OS
        17. 6.2.17 Enterprise Extender
        18. 6.2.18 TN3270E Server
        19. 6.2.19 OSA for Network Control Program (NCP) support
        20. 6.2.20 Adapter interruptions for QDIO
        21. 6.2.21 Inbound workload queuing
        22. 6.2.22 Network management: Query and display OSA configuration
        23. 6.2.23 OSA-Express for ensemble connectivity
      3. 6.3 Connectivity
        1. 6.3.1 OSA features
        2. 6.3.2 OSA function support
        3. 6.3.3 Software support
        4. 6.3.4 Resource Measurement Facility
      4. 6.4 Summary
      5. 6.5 References
    11. Chapter 7. OSA-Express Console support
      1. 7.1 Description
        1. 7.1.1 Migration considerations
      2. 7.2 Connectivity
      3. 7.3 Software support
        1. 7.3.1 TN3270E emulation
      4. 7.4 Summary
      5. 7.5 References
    12. Chapter 8. RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Express features
      1. 8.1 Technology overview
        1. 8.1.1 Remote Direct Memory Access technology overview
        2. 8.1.2 Shared Memory Communications â€“ Remote Direct Memory Access
      2. 8.2 10GbE RoCE Express
      3. 8.3 Software support
    13. Chapter 9. IBM HiperSockets technology
      1. 9.1 Description
        1. 9.1.1 HiperSockets benefits
        2. 9.1.2 Server integration with HiperSockets
        3. 9.1.3 HiperSockets function
        4. 9.1.4 Supported functions
      2. 9.2 Connectivity
      3. 9.3 Summary
      4. 9.4 References
    14. Chapter 10. Coupling links and common time
      1. 10.1 z Systems cluster technology
        1. 10.1.1 Coupling links and STP
        2. 10.1.2 Multi-site sysplex considerations
      2. 10.2 Connectivity
        1. 10.2.1 Coupling link options
        2. 10.2.2 Internal Coupling (IC) link
        3. 10.2.3 InterSystem Channel-3 (ISC-3)
        4. 10.2.4 Integrated Coupling Adapter Short Range (ICA SR)
        5. 10.2.5 InfiniBand coupling links
        6. 10.2.6 Fanout rebalancing (FC 2400)
      3. 10.3 Time functions
        1. 10.3.1 NTP server with PPS support
        2. 10.3.2 Software support
      4. 10.4 References
    15. Chapter 11. Extended distance solutions
      1. 11.1 Unrepeated distances
      2. 11.2 Conversion to parallel channel
      3. 11.3 Enterprise Systems Connection
        1. 11.3.1 ESCON unrepeated distance
        2. 11.3.2 ESCON repeated distance solutions
      4. 11.4 Fibre Connection (FICON)
        1. 11.4.1 FICON unrepeated distance
        2. 11.4.2 FICON repeated distance solutions
      5. 11.5 Coupling links
      6. 11.6 Wavelength-division multiplexing
        1. 11.6.1 z Systems GDPS qualification
        2. 11.6.2 z Systems qualified WDM vendor products
      7. 11.7 References
    16. Appendix A. Cryptographic features
      1. Overview
      2. Crypto Express5S
      3. Crypto Express4S
      4. Crypto Express3
      5. References
    17. Appendix B. IBM zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC) Express
      1. Benefits of using the zEDC Express feature
      2. zEDC Express operation
      3. Software support
    18. Appendix C. Flash Express feature
      1. Overview
      2. Flash Express
    19. Appendix D. Fiber optic cables
      1. Description
      2. Connector types for fiber cables
      3. Mode-conditioning patch cables
      4. InfiniBand cables
      5. Integrated Coupling Adapter Short Range (ICA SR) cables
      6. Conversion kits
        1. References
    20. Appendix E. CHPID assignment and the CHPID Mapping Tool
      1. Description
      2. CHPID Mapping Tool
      3. InfiniBand and ICA support
      4. Support for native PCIe features
      5. References
    21. Appendix F. Channel feature attributes
      1. Cable types and attributes
    22. Appendix G. Fiber cabling services
      1. Options for getting help
      2. IBM Site and Facilities Services options
      3. Fiber transport system
      4. Summary
      5. References
    23. Related publications
      1. IBM Redbooks publications
      2. Other publications
      3. Online resources
      4. How to get IBM Redbooks publications
      5. Help from IBM
    24. Back cover
    25. 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
    26. Notices
      1. Trademarks

    Product information

    • Title: IBM z Systems Connectivity Handbook
    • Author(s):
    • Release date: April 2015
    • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
    • ISBN: 9780738440514