Driver Level 27 Hmc And Se Enhancements And Changes - IBM z13s Technical Manual

11.2.1 Driver Level 27 HMC and SE enhancements and changes

The HMC and SE with Driver 27 has several enhancements and changes for z13s servers:
Rack-mounted HMC
A new rack-mounted HMC (FC 0094) is available. For more information, see 11.2.2,
"Rack-mounted HMC" on page 392.
New SE server
The SEs are no longer two notebooks in one z13s server. They are now two 1U servers
that are installed in the top of the CPC frame. For more information, see 11.2.3, "New
Support Elements" on page 393.
New backup options
The backup options of the HMC and SE have changed. You can now have an FTP
destination for the backup. For more information, see 11.2.4, "New backup options for
HMCs and primary SEs" on page 393.
New UFD
A new optional 32 GB USB flash memory drive (UFD) is available for previous servers to
create a backup. For more information, see 11.2.4, "New backup options for HMCs and
primary SEs" on page 393.
Monitor activity enhancements
You can now display the activity for an LPAR by processor type, and the Monitors
Dashboard is enhanced to show simultaneous multithreading (SMT) usage. For more
information, see "The Monitors Dashboard task" on page 412.
HMC Data Replication
If you are using HMC Data Replication and you have an HMC at Driver 27, this HMC can
only do Data Replication with another HMC at Driver 27 or Driver 22. Data Replication with
driver levels older than Driver 22 are not supported on an HMC at Driver 27. If IBM z
Unified Resource Manager is used, data replication is not available, Mirroring between the
primary and alternate Ensemble HMCs is used instead.
STP enhancements
Enhancements and changes have been added for the Server Time Protocol (STP), which
are described in 11.5.8, "Server Time Protocol support" on page 416.
Help infrastructure updates
The content from the following publications is incorporated into the HMC and SE help
system:
– z Systems Hardware Management Console Operations Guide Version 2.13.1
– z Systems Hardware Management Console Operations Guide for Ensembles Version
2.13.1
– z Systems Support Element Operations Guide Version 2.13.1
Alternatively, see the HMC and SE (Version 2.13.1) console help system or go to the IBM
Knowledge Center at the following website:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter
After you get to the IBM Knowledge Center, click z Systems, and then click z13s.
Disable boot from removable media
By default, starting at level 2.13.0, booting from removable media has been disabled. An
admin password for the UEFI (the successor of BIOS) can be set. This action protects the
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