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by Octavian Lascu, Erik Bakker, Hans-Peter Eckam, Parwez Hamid, Rakesh Krishnakumar
IBM z13 Technical Introduction
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Chapter 1. Infrastructure matters
1.1 Overview
1.2 IBM z13 technical description
1.2.1 CPC drawers
1.2.2 Processor unit characterization
1.2.3 I/O subsystem
1.2.4 Hardware Management Console and Support Elements
1.2.5 Capacity on demand and performance
1.3 IBM z BladeCenter Extension Model 004
1.4 IBM z Unified Resource Manager
1.5 Software
1.6 Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS)
1.7 IBM z Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter (IBM zAware)
1.8 Simultaneous multithreading (SMT)
1.9 Single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD)
1.10 Dynamic memory reassignment
1.11 Shared RoCE support
Chapter 2. Hardware overview
2.1 The z13 highlights, models, and upgrades
2.1.1 IBM z13 highlights
2.1.2 IBM z13 models
2.1.3 IBM z13 upgrades
2.2 Frames
2.2.1 IBM z13 frames
2.3 z13 CPC drawers, and single chip modules
2.4 Processor chip
2.5 Processor unit
2.6 Memory
2.6.1 IBM z13 memory
2.6.2 Concurrent memory upgrade
2.6.3 Redundant array of independent memory (RAIM)
2.6.4 Hardware system area (HSA)
2.7 I/O system structure
2.8 I/O features
2.8.1 FICON Express16S
2.8.2 FICON Express8S
2.8.3 FICON Express8 (carry forward only)
2.8.4 OSA-Express5S
2.8.5 OSA-Express4S (carry forward only)
2.8.6 Flash Express
2.8.7 zEDC Express
2.8.8 The 10 Gigabit Ethernet RoCE Express
2.8.9 Coupling links and timing-only links
2.8.10 Cryptographic features
2.9 Coupling and clustering
2.9.1 Integrated Coupling Adapter (ICA SR)
2.9.2 InfiniBand coupling links
2.9.3 Internal Coupling (IC)
2.9.4 Coupling Facility Control Code (CFCC)
2.10 Time functions
2.10.1 Server Time Protocol (STP)
2.10.2 Network Time Protocol support
2.10.3 Time coordination for zBX components
2.11 Hardware Management Console and Support Element
2.12 Power and cooling
2.13 IBM z BladeCenter Extension
Chapter 3. Key functions and capabilities of IBM z13
3.1 Virtualization
3.1.1 z13 hardware virtualization
3.1.2 IBM z Systems software virtualization
3.1.3 zBX virtualized environments
3.1.4 z Systems based clouds
3.1.5 GDPS Virtual Appliance
3.2 The z13 technology improvements
3.2.1 Microprocessor
3.2.2 Memory
3.2.3 Native PCIe features and integrated firmware processor
3.2.4 Flash Express
3.2.5 zEDC Express
3.2.6 10GbE RoCE Express
3.2.7 I/O capabilities
3.2.8 Cryptography
3.3 Capacity and performance
3.3.1 Capacity settings
3.3.2 z13 Capacity on Demand (CoD)
3.3.3 z13 performance
3.4 Common time functions of z Systems
3.4.1 Server Time Protocol (STP)
3.4.2 Network Time Protocol (NTP) client support
3.5 Hardware Management Console (HMC) functions
3.5.1 HMC key enhancements for z13
3.6 z13 power and cooling functions
3.6.1 High voltage DC power
3.6.2 Integrated battery feature (IBF)
3.6.3 Power capping and power saving
3.6.4 Power estimation tool
3.6.5 IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
3.6.6 Top Exit Power
3.7 IBM z BladeCenter Extension (zBX) Model 004
3.7.1 IBM blades
3.8 Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS)
3.8.1 IBM z Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter (IBM zAware)
3.8.2 RAS capability for the SE
3.8.3 RAS capability for the HMC
3.8.4 RAS capability for zBX
3.9 High availability
3.9.1 High availability for z Systems with Parallel Sysplex
3.9.2 PowerHA in zBX environment
3.10 IBM z Systems and emerging paradigms
Chapter 4. Operating system support
4.1 Software support summary
4.2 Support by operating system
4.2.1 z/OS
4.2.2 z/VM
4.2.3 z/VSE
4.2.4 z/TPF
4.2.5 Linux on z Systems
4.2.6 References
4.3 Software support for zBX Model 004
4.4 z/OS considerations
4.5 Coupling facility and CFCC considerations
4.6 Input/output configuration program (IOCP) considerations
4.7 GDPS Virtual Appliance
Chapter 5. A system of insight for digital business
5.1 Integrated hybrid infrastructures
5.1.1 A cornerstone of a smart IT infrastructure
5.2 Benefiting from a smart infrastructure
5.3 Cloud, analytics, mobile, social, and security
5.3.1 Cloud computing
5.3.2 Analytics on IBM z13
5.3.3 IBM z13 serving mobile and social applications
5.3.4 Security on IBM z13
Appendix A. Software licensing
Software licensing considerations
zBX licensed software
IBM z Unified Resource Manager
Appendix B. Channel options
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