Features On Demand Support - IBM z13s Technical Manual

HMC/SE Version 2.13.1 provides the following CoD information:
– Millions of service units (MSU) and processor tokens
– Last activation time
– Pending resources that are shown by processor type instead of just a total count
– Option to show the details of installed and staged permanent records
– More details for the Attention state by providing seven more flags
HMC and SE are a part of the z/OS Capacity Provisioning environment. The Capacity
Provisioning Manager (CPM) communicates with the HMC through z Systems APIs, and
enters CoD requests. For this reason, SNMP must be configured and enabled by using the
Customize API Settings task on the HMC.
For more information about using and setting up CPM, see these publications:
z/OS MVS™ Capacity Provisioning User's Guide, SC33-8299
z Systems Capacity on Demand User's Guide, SC28-6943

11.5.7 Features on Demand support

FoD is a new centralized way to entitle flexibly features and functions on the system. FoD
contains, for example, the zBX High Water Marks (HWMs). HWMs refer to highest quantity of
blade entitlements by blade type that the customer has purchased. On the z196/z114, the zBX
HWMs are stored in the processor and memory LICCC record. On z13s servers, they are in
the FoD record.
FoD allows separate LICCC controls for z Systems processors (central processors (CPs),
Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) and IBM z Integrated Information Processors (zIIPs)), and
zBX HWMs, providing entitlement controls for each blade type. It is also used as LICCC
support for the following features:
IBM zAware: Enablement/max connections
Base/proprietary service: Expiration date
New features: Yet to be announced or developed
11.5.8 Server Time Protocol support
With the STP functions, the role of the HMC is extended to provide the user interface for
managing the Coordinated Timing Network (CTN):
The z13s server relies solely on STP for time synchronization, and continues to provide
support of a pulse per second (PPS) port. It maintains accuracy of 10 microseconds as
measured at the PPS input of the z13s server. If STP uses a Network Time Protocol (NTP)
server without PPS, a time accuracy of 100 milliseconds to the ETS is maintained.
z13s servers cannot be in the same CTN with a System z10 (n-2) or earlier systems. As a
consequence, z13s servers cannot become member of an STP mixed CTN.
An STP-only CTN can be managed by using different HMCs. However, the HMC must be
at the same driver level (or later) than any SE that is to be managed. Furthermore, all SEs
to be managed must be known (defined) to that HMC.
In a STP-only CTN, the HMC can be used to perform the following tasks:
Initialize or modify the CTN ID.
Initialize the time, manually or by contacting an NTP server.
Initialize the time zone offset, Daylight Saving Time offset, and leap second offset.
Assign the roles of preferred, backup, and current time servers, and arbiter.
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