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4.3 HiperSockets
HiperSockets provides very fast TCP/IP communications between servers
running in different logical partitions (LPARs) on a zSeries machine. The z890
and z990 processors support up to 16 HiperSocket internal LANs. The z800 and
z900 processors support up to four HiperSockets. Each HiperSocket is defined
as a CHPID of type IQD.
To communicate between servers running in the same zSeries Central
Electronics Complex (CEC), HiperSockets sets up I/O queues in the zSeries
processor’s memory. The packets are then transferred at memory speeds
between the servers, thereby totally eliminating the I/O subsystem overhead and
any external network latency.
HiperSockets implementation is based on the OSA-Express ...