IBM z13s Technical Guide

Native Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

This appendix introduces the design of native Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) features management on z13s and includes the concepts of the integrated firmware processor (IFP) and resource groups (RGs).

The following topics are included:

•Design of native PCIe I/O adapter management

•Native PCIe feature plugging rules

•Native PCIe feature definitions

G.1 Design of native PCIe I/O adapter management

The native PCIe adapter is a new category of features introduced since zEC12. These ...