Ficon Channels - IBM z13s Technical Manual

Feature code
0409
0410
3325
3326
0415
0416
0413
0414
0417
0404
0405
0406
0407
0408
0411
0172
0171
0170
a. SM is single-mode fiber.
b. MM is multimode fiber.
c. UTP is unshielded twisted pair. Consider using category 6 UTP for 1000 Mbps connections.
d. Or 50 µm MM OM3 (2 GHz-km), but OM4 is highly recommended.

4.8.2 FICON channels

The FICON Express16S, FICON Express8S, and FICON Express8 features conform to the
following architectures:
Fibre Connection (FICON)
High Performance FICON on z Systems (zHPF)
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP)
They provide connectivity between any combination of servers, directors, switches, and
devices (control units, disks, tapes, and printers) in a SAN.
Each FICON Express16S or FICON Express8S feature occupies one I/O slot in the PCIe I/O
drawer. Each feature has two ports, each supporting an LC Duplex connector, with one
PCHID and one CHPID associated with each port.
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Feature name
FICON Express8S LX 10 km
FICON Express8S SX
FICON Express8 LX 10 km
FICON Express8 SX
OSA-Express5S 10 GbE LR
OSA-Express5S 10 GbE SR
OSA-Express5S GbE LX
OSA-Express5S GbE SX
OSA-Express5S 1000BASE-T
OSA-Express4S GbE LX
OSA-Express4S GbE SX
OSA-Express4S 10 GbE LR
OSA-Express4S 10 GbE SR
OSA-Express4S 1000BASE-T
10GbE RoCE Express
Integrated Coupling Adapter
(ICA SR)
HCA3-O (12xIFB)
HCA3-O LR (1xIFB)
Connector type Cable type
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
RJ-45 Category 5 UTP
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
RJ-45 Category 5 UTP
LC Duplex 50, 62.5 µm MM
MPO 50 µm MM OM4
(4.7 GHz-km)
MPO 50 µm MM OM3
(2 GHz-km)
LC Duplex 9 µm SM
c
d