Ficon Express8S - IBM z13s Technical Manual

Operating
system
Support of SCSI
devices
CHPID type
FCP
Support of
hardware data
router
CHPID type
FCP
Support of
T10-DIF
CHPID type
FCP
a. PTFs are required to support GRS FICON CTC toleration.
b. PTFs are required.

7.3.30 FICON Express8S

FICON Express8S
The
Interconnect Express (PCIe) I/O drawer. It provides a link rate of 8 Gbps, with auto
negotiation to 4 or 2 Gbps for compatibility with previous devices and investment protection.
Both 10 km (6.2 miles) LX and SX connections are offered (in a feature, all connections must
have the same type).
With FICON Express 8S, clients might be able to consolidate existing FICON, FICON
Express2
FICON Express8S introduced a hardware data router for more efficient zHPF data transfers.
It is the first channel with hardware that is designed to support zHPF, as contrasted to FICON
Express8, FICON Express4
implementation.
Table 7-30 lists the minimum support requirements for FICON Express8S.
Table 7-30 Minimum support requirements for FICON Express8S
Operating
system
Native FICON and
CTC
CHPID type FC
zHPF single-track
operations
CHPID type FC
2
All FICON Express4, FICON Express2, and FICON features have been withdrawn from marketing.
z/OS z/VM
N/A V6R2
N/A V6R3
N/A V6R2
feature is exclusively installed in the Peripheral Component
2 2
, and FICON Express4
2
, and FICON Express2
z/OS z/VM
a
V1R12 V6R2
V1R12 V6R2
z/VSE z/TPF Linux on z Systems
b
V5R1 N/A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Red Hat RHEL 7
Red Hat RHEL 6
N/A N/A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SP3
Red Hat RHEL 7
Red Hat RHEL 6.4
b
N/A N/A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SP3
Red Hat RHEL 7
Red Hat RHEL 6.4
channels, while maintaining and enhancing performance.
2
, which have a firmware-only zHPF
z/VSE z/TPF Linux on z Systems
V5R1 V1R1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Red Hat RHEL 7
Red Hat RHEL 6
b
N/A N/A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Red Hat RHEL 7
Red Hat RHEL 6
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