Chapter 4. Central processor complex I/O system structure

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Central processor complex I/O system structure

This chapter describes the I/O system structure and connectivity options that are available on the z13.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Introduction to the InfiniBand and PCIe for I/O infrastructure

•I/O system overview

•I/O drawer

•PCIe I/O drawer

•PCIe I/O drawer and I/O drawer offerings

•Fanouts

•I/O features (cards)

•Connectivity

•Parallel Sysplex connectivity

•Cryptographic functions

•Integrated firmware processor

•Flash Express

•10GbE RoCE Express

•zEDC Express

4.1 Introduction ...

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