Introduction
This chapter provides background information about the topics that are covered in this paper and the reasons that make the IBM DS8000 storage system and IBM Z servers an ideal combination.
Although most of the synergy items that are described here apply when the DS8900F storage system is combined with a comprehensive z/OS software level, some of the items also apply to other operating systems that deploy on IBM Z, including Linux on IBM Z, IBM z/TPF, IBM z/VM®, and IBM z/VSE®.
This chapter includes the following topics: