system z hardware – specialty engines

TGVL: System z Sales Foundation Class Overview

TGVL: System z Foundation

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System z Hardware – Specialty Engines

David E Brown

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IBM System z

z10 EC z10 BC



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Internal Coupling Facility (ICF) 1997

Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)

2000

IBM System z Integrated

Information Processor (IBM

zIIP) 2006

System z Application Assist Processor

(zAAP) 2004

Evolution of System z Specialty Engines

Specialty Engines reduce the Total Cost of Ownership for System z.

System Assist Processor (SAP) 1994

I/O



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1. There are no Software Costs for SAP, ICF, zAAP, zIIP Usage!

2. All ICFs, IFLs, zAAPs, and zIIPs are carried over to all System z Upgrades withou cost!

3. All Specialty Engines run at full speed on sub-capacity Servers!

Two very important Total Cost of Ownership Facts



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Technology roadmap to deliver client value

Integrated or network attached Accelerators

Delivering new functionality

Increasing efficiencies

Enabling new solutions

Flexibility Performance Lower cost

New functionality Efficiency

The next evolution of IBM Mainframe computers

Integrating and managing architectures to provide the most efficient and effective delivery of IT capability

ICFs

IFLs

zAAPs

zIIPs

SAPs

IBM System z10

The world’s most powerful enterprise computing platformPerformanceCapacityResilienceResponsivenessLOW COST OF OWNERSHIP



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Cell Broadband Engine

SOD

Coprocessor

Accelerator

System z Crypto Express2Configuration

Other System z “Specialty Engines”



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PU 0PU 2

PU 4 PU 3

SC 0SC 1

PU 1

z10 EC Multi-Chip Module (MCM)

z10 EC & BC PU ChipQuad Core

4 PUs (Cores)

System z10 PU Chips & Packaging



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Poll Question

Do you have z10 EC or BC Servers installed at any of your customers?



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Central Processor (CP)-Provides processing capacity for z/Architecture instruction set–Runs z/OS, z/VM, VSE/ESA, TPF

Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) - Feature-Provides additional processing capacity exclusively for Linux workloads-Runs Linux or Linux under z/VM Version 4 or Version 5

Internal Coupling Facility (ICF) - Feature-Provides additional processing capacity exclusively for the execution of the Coupling Facility Control Code (CFCC) in a CF LPAR

IBM System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) - Feature on z10/z9/z990/z890-Java Virtual Machine (JVM) under z/OS - first exploiter-Requires z/OS 1.6

System Assist Processors (SAPs) -Standard and Opt SAPs do I/O processing in the channel subsystem

System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP)-Requires z10, or z9 BC and EC and z/OS V6 -DB2 V8 first exploiter -Serving XML Data, Remote Mirroring, ISV support, etc

Spare PUs – Not orderable-Available (unassigned) PUs on all System z Servers-Support “Transparent Sparing” for other PU types

System z PU Types and Characterization Features

PU 0PU 2

PU 4 PU 3

SC 0SC 1

PU 1

S 0

S 1

S 2

S 3



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System z Configuration Process

eConfig is a PC based tool for System z order generation (Techline)

Systems Assurance (SA) is required for all System z orders

PUs are not orderable – only CPs, SAPs, ICFs, IFLs, zIIPs, zAAPs

All z10 EC Serves will have 2 Spare PUs

z10 BC can have from 0 to 7 Spare PUs

Techline should be used for Server Capacity Analysis

zPCR

CP3000

Resource Link available for System z Hardware Planning



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Learning Points – System z Class Overview

1. Specialty Engines reduce the Total Cost of Ownership for System z..

2. All Specialty Engines run at full speed on sub-capacity Servers!

3. All ICFs, IFLs, zAAPs, and zIIPs are carried over to all System z Upgrades without cost!

4. Specialty Engines play a key role in IBM’s System z Cost & Value strategy.

5. IFLs support Linux or Linux under z/VM exclusively.

6. ICF’s Support Coupling Facilty Control Code (CFCC – for Parallel Sysplex) exclusively.

7. zAAPs supprort Java processing under z/OS.

8. zIIPs were first supported by DB2.

9. All PU chips for System z10 Servers contain 4 PUs (Cores).

10.Techline should be used for System z10 Capacity Analysis and for Order Configurations.



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