IBM DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tiering: DS8000 Release 9.3

Requirements

This chapter describes the requirements for Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT), including IBM DS8000, network, and IBM z/OS environments.

This chapter includes the following topics:

•4.1, “Ethernet connections on DS8000” on page 38

•4.2, “z/OS level” on page 40

•4.4, “DS8000 release level” on page 41

•4.6, “Authentication information” on page 43

•4.7, “SSL/TLS considerations” on page 44

4.1 Ethernet connections on DS8000

To implement TCT, you need IP connectivity from each of the DS8000 internal servers to the cloud object storage solution. ...