Hmc System Support - IBM Z10 BUISNESS CLASS Z10 BC Reference Manual

HMC System Support

The new functions available on the Hardware Management
Console (HMC) version 2.10.1 as described apply exclu-
sively to System z10. However, the HMC version 2.10.1 will
continue to support the systems as shown.
The 2.10.1 HMC will continue to support up to two 10/100
Mbps Ethernet LANs. Token Ring LANs are not supported.
The 2.10.1 HMC applications have been updated to sup-
port HMC hardware without a diskette drive. DVD-RAM,
CD-ROM, and/or USB fl ash memory drive media will be
used.
Family Machine Type
z10 BC 2098
z10 EC 2097
z9 BC 2096
z9 EC 2094
z890 2086
z990 2084
z800 2066
z900 2064
9672 G6 9672/9674
9672 G5 9672/9674
Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
HMC version 2.10.1 and Support Element (SE) version
2.10.1 can now communicate using IP Version 4 (IPv4),
IP Version 6 (IPv6), or both. It is no longer necessary to
assign a static IP address to an SE if it only needs to com-
municate with HMCs on the same subnet. An HMC and
SE can use IPv6 link-local addresses to communicate with
each other.
Firmware Driver SE Version
76 2.10.1
73 2.10.0
67 2.9.2
67 2.9.2
55 1.8.2
55 1.8.2
3G 1.7.3
3G 1.7.3
26 1.6.2
26 1.6.2
HMC/SE support is addressing the following requirements:
• The availability of addresses in the IPv4 address space
is becoming increasingly scarce.
• The demand for IPv6 support is high in Asia/Pacifi c
countries since many companies are deploying IPv6.
• The U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. govern-
ment agencies are requiring IPv6 support for any prod-
ucts purchased after June 2008.
More information on the U.S. government requirements
can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
memoranda/fy2005/m05-22.pdf and
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/IPv6_
FAQs.pdf.
HMC/SE Console Messenger
On systems prior to System z9, the remote browser capa-
bility was limited to Platform Independent Remote Console
(PIRC), with a very small subset of functionality. Full func-
tionality via Desktop On-Call (DTOC) was limited to one
user at a time; it was slow, and was rarely used.
With System z9, full functionality to multiple users was
delivered with a fast Web browser solution. You liked this,
but requested the ability to communicate to other remote
users.
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