58 IBM eServer zSeries 900 Technical Guide
The z900 server’s CSS supports communications to:
Other servers or devices, like disk and tape, using the following channel types:
– Parallel channels
– ESCON channels
– FICON or FICON Express channels
FICON or FICON Express channels can operate in FICON native (FC), FICON Bridge
(FCV) or Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) modes.
Local Area Networks, using the following channel types:
– Open Systems Adapter Express (OSA-E)
OSA-E channels can operate with Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Asynchronous
Transfer Mode, or High Speed Token Ring LANs.
– Open Systems Adapter 2 (OSA-2)
OSA-2 channels can operate with Fiber Distributed Data Interface or Token Ring LANs.
Other zSeries or S/390 servers in a Parallel Syspl ...