Requirements And Specifications; Requirements - HPE XP7 User Manual

Requirements and specifications

This topic contains requirements and specifications.

Requirements

The following table lists the requirements for PAV, HPAV, and Super PAV operations.
Item
Software License Keys
Host OS
Controller emulation
type
Device emulation type
for base device
Requirements
PAV
PAV
Workload Manager (WLM)
Dynamic mode: z/VM5.2
with PTF or later
Static mode: VM/ESA2.4.0
or later
I-2107
3390-1, 3390-2, 3390-3, 3390-9, 3390-L, 3390-M, 3390-A
Data Exchange devices listed below are not supported:
3390-3A, 3390-3B, 3390-3C
3390-9A, 3390-9B, 3390-9C, 3390-LA, 3390-LB, 3390-LC
3390-MA, 3390-MB, 3390-MC
For PAV and HPAV, all devices including supported device emulation types do
not operate in a CU that contains any of the above device emulation types
which are online.
For HPAV and the z/TPF OS, only the device emulation types listed below are
supported:
3390-3, 3390-9, 3390-L, 3390-M
For Super PAV, Compatible Super PAV cannot be used on the storage system
that has a CU in which both devices with Data Exchange and other devices
with mainframes are defined. For more information, see Restrictions on
using Compatible Super PAV on page 18.
HPAV
PAV
HPAV
Workload Manager (WLM)
z/OS 1.8 or later
z/OS 1.6 with PTF or
later
z/TPF OS 1.1 with
APAR PJ41092 or later
z/VM 5.3 or later
When you use z/VM,
you must use z/OS or
z/TPF as a guest OS
on z/VM.
I-2107 or I-2107-TPF
Requirements and specifications
Super PAV
z/OS 2.2 or later with
PTF containing APAR
OA56359
I-2107
Table Continued
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