Book description
This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the
connectivity options that are available for use within and beyond
the data center for the IBM z Systems® family of mainframes,
which includes these systems:
IBM z13™
IBM z13s™
IBM zEnterprise® EC12 (zEC12)
IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12)
IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196)
IBM zEnterprise 114 (z114)
This book highlights the hardware and software components,
functions, typical uses, coexistence, and relative merits of these
connectivity features. It helps readers understand the connectivity
alternatives that are available when planning and designing their
data center infrastructures.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
-
Chapter 1. Connectivity options
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Channel subsystem
- 1.3 I/O cage, I/O drawer, and PCIe I/O drawer
- 1.4 I/O and special purpose features support
- 1.5 Parallel channel
- 1.6 ESCON protocol
- 1.7 Fibre Channel connection
- 1.8 Open Systems Adapter-Express
- 1.9 HiperSockets
- 1.10 Parallel Sysplex and coupling links
- 1.11 10GbE RoCE Express
- 1.12 Shared Memory Communications - Direct Memory Access
- 1.13 Crypto Express
- 1.14 Flash Express feature
- 1.15 zEDC Express feature
- 1.16 z Systems I/O and special-purpose feature support
- Chapter 2. Channel subsystem overview
- Chapter 3. Enterprise Systems Connection
- Chapter 4. Fibre Connection
- Chapter 5. Channel-to-channel connections
-
Chapter 6. IBM Open Systems Adapter-Express
- 6.1 Functional description
-
6.2 OSA capabilities
- 6.2.1 Virtual IP address
- 6.2.2 Primary/secondary router function
- 6.2.3 IPv6 support
- 6.2.4 Large send for IP network traffic
- 6.2.5 VLAN support
- 6.2.6 SNMP support for z/OS and Linux on z Systems
- 6.2.7 IP network multicast and broadcast support
- 6.2.8 Address Resolution Protocol cache management
- 6.2.9 IP network availability
- 6.2.10 Checksum offload support for z/OS and Linux on z Systems
- 6.2.11 Dynamic LAN idle for z/OS
- 6.2.12 QDIO optimized latency mode
- 6.2.13 Layer 2 support
- 6.2.14 QDIO data connection isolation for z/VM
- 6.2.15 QDIO interface isolation for z/OS
- 6.2.16 Layer 3 VMAC for z/OS
- 6.2.17 Enterprise Extender
- 6.2.18 TN3270E Server
- 6.2.19 OSA for Network Control Program (NCP) support
- 6.2.20 Adapter interruptions for QDIO
- 6.2.21 Inbound workload queuing
- 6.2.22 Network management: Query and display OSA configuration
- 6.2.23 OSA-Express for ensemble connectivity
- 6.3 Connectivity
- 6.4 Summary
- 6.5 References
- Chapter 7. OSA-Express Console support
- Chapter 8. Shared Memory Communications
- Chapter 9. IBM HiperSockets technology
- Chapter 10. Coupling links and common time
- Chapter 11. Extended distance solutions
- Appendix A. Cryptographic features
- Appendix B. IBM zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC) Express
- Appendix C. Flash Express feature
- Appendix D. Fiber optic cables
- Appendix E. CHPID assignment and the CHPID Mapping Tool
- Appendix F. Channel feature attributes
- Appendix G. Fiber cabling services
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM z Systems Connectivity Handbook SG24-5444 and z Systems Functional Matrix REDP-5157
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2017
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738442129
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