IBM DS8000 and Transparent Cloud Tiering (DS8000 Release 9.1)

Requirements

This chapter describes the requirements for Transparent Cloud Tiering, including DS8000, network and z/OS environment:

•4.1, “Ethernet connections on DS8000” on page 34

•4.2, “z/OS Level” on page 36

•4.3, “DS8000 Release Level” on page 37

•4.5, “Authentication information” on page 38

•4.6, “TLS/SSL considerations” on page 40

4.1 Ethernet connections on DS8000

In order to implement Transparent Cloud Tiering, you need IP connectivity from each of the DS8000 internal servers to the cloud object storage solution. The DS8000 offers two ...