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IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC)

In today’s world, IT is woven into almost everything that a business does and consequently is pivotal to a business. Yet technology leaders are challenged to manage sprawling, complex distrib­ uted infrastructures and the ever grow­ ing flow of data while remaining highly responsive to the demands of the busi­ ness. And they must continually evalu­ ate and decide when and how to adopt a multitude of innovations to keep the company competitive. IBM has a vision that can help—the new enterprise data center—an evolutionary model that Highlights helps reset the economics of IT and can dramatically improve operational ■ Industry leading combination of ■ Save energy via consolidation efficiency. It also can help reduce and System z10 security, resiliency, of disparate workloads and control rising costs and improve provi­ virtualization and connectivity reduce costs via virtualization sioning speed and data center security technologies packaged specifi­ capabilities for more efficient and resiliency. It will allow you to be cally as a midrange enterprise resource sharing highly responsive to any user need. And solution it aligns technology and business— ■ Enables future growth—as a giving you the freedom and the tools ■ Specialty engines offer an modern platform for a growing you need to innovate and be competi­ attractive alternative when portfolio of business solutions tive. System z™ is an excellent choice running new workloads as the foundation for a highly respon­ ■ Up to 50% more performance at sive infrastructure. half the price for incremental Linux workloads (*) New world. New business. A whole Smart Technology for a changing IT world The z10 BC advances the innovation of new mainframe. Meet the new The z10 BC has the machine type of the System z10 platform and brings IBM System z10™ Business Class 2098, with one model (E10) offering value to a wider audience. It is built (z10™ BC), the technology that could between one to ten configurable using a new redesigned air cooled change the way you think about Processor Cores. This model design drawer package which replaces the Enterprise solutions. The technology offers increased flexibility over the two prior “book” concept in order to reduce that delivers the scalability, flexibility, model System z9® BC by delivering cost and increase flexibility. A and breakthrough performance you seamless growth within a single model, redesigned I/O drawer offers higher need—at the lower capacity entry point both temporary and permanent. availability and can be concurrently you want. This is the technology that added or replaced when at least two fights old myths and perceptions— The z10 BC delivers improvements in drawers are installed. Reduced capacity that’s not just for banks and insurance both the granular increments and total and priced I/O features will continue to companies. This is the technology for scalability compared to previous be offered on the z10 BC to help lower any business that wants to ramp up System z midrange servers, achieved your total cost of acquisition. The new innovation, boost efficiencies and lower by both increasing the performance of quad core design z10 processor chip costs—pretty much any enterprise, any the individual core as well as increasing delivers higher frequency and will be size, any location. This is a new main­ the number of cores per server. The introduced at 3.5 GHz which can help frame technology for a new kind of data z10 BC delivers up to 1.4X more improve the execution of CPU intensive center—resilient, responsive, energy capacity on average for a uni-processor workloads on the z10 BC up to 2.5x efficient—the new enterprise data cen­ compared to the IBM System z9 compared to z9 BC. These new design ter. This is z10 BC. And it’s about to Business Class (z9™ BC) and up to approaches facilitate the high-availabil­ rewrite the rules and deliver new free­ 1.5X more capacity on a fully config­ ity, dynamic capabilities and lower cost doms for your business. Whether you ured server than a z9 BC Model S07, that differentiate this z10 BC from other want to deploy new applications for average LSPR workloads running servers. quickly, grow your business without z/OS® 1.9. growing IT costs or consolidate your The z10 BC supports from 4 GB up to infrastructure for reduced complexity, 120 GB of real memory with options up look no further—z Can Do IT. to 248 GB planned in June 2009. This is almost four times the maximum memory available on the z9 BC. The Think Big, Virtually Limitless used to consolidate x86 servers. With increased available memory on the The Information Technology industry increased capacity the z10 BC virtual­ server can help to benefit workloads has recognized the business value of ization capabilities can help to support that perform better with larger memory exploiting virtualization technologies on hundreds of virtual servers in a single configurations, such as DB2®, any and all server platforms. The lead­ 1.42 square meters footprint. When WebSphere® and Linux®. In addition ing edge virtualization capabilities of consolidating on System z you can to the customer purchased memory, an System z, backed by over 40 years of create virtual servers on demand; additional 8 GB of memory is included technology innovation, are the most achieve network savings through for the Hardware System Area (HSA). advanced in the industry. With utilization HiperSockets™ (internal LAN); improve The HSA holds the I/O configuration rates of up to 100%, it’s the perfect systems management of virtual servers; data for the server and is entirely platform for workload consolidation, and most importantly, consolidate soft­ fenced from customer memory. both traditional and new. ware from many distributed servers to a single consolidated server.

High speed connectivity and high band­ ● Want to deploy dozens—or width out to the data and the network hundreds—of applications on a sin­ So why run hundreds of stand-alone are critical in achieving high levels of gle server for lower total cost of servers when z10 BC could do the transaction throughput and enabling ownership? Want a more simplified, work more efficiently, in a smaller resources inside and outside the server responsive infrastructure? space, at a lower cost? Less power. to maximize application requirements. ● Want investment protection where Less space. Less impact on the The z10 BC has a new host bus inter­ new generation technology typically environment. face with a link data rate of 6 GB using allows application growth at no the industry standard InfiniBand® pro­ extra cost? Keep cool—Monitoring of energy tocol to help satisfy requirements for consumption coupling (ICF and server-to-server The virtualization technology found in Power and cooling discussions have connectivity), cryptography (Crypto z/VM® with the System z platform may entered the budget planning of every IT Express2 with secure coprocessors and help clients achieve all of these opera­ environment. As energy prices have SSL transactions), I/O (ESCON®, tional goals while also helping to risen and utilities have restricted the FICON® or FCP) and LAN (new OSA­ maximize the financial return on their amount of power usage, it is important Express3 Gigabit, 10 Gigabit and System z investments. to review the role of the server in bal­ 1000BASE-T Ethernet features). New ancing IT spending. To assist in energy High Performance FICON for System z The z10 BC can have big advantages planning, Resource Link™ provides (zHPF) also brings new levels of per­ over traditional server farms. The tools to estimate server energy require­ formance when accessing data on z10 BC is designed to reduce energy ments before a new server purchase. zHPF enabled storage devices such as usage and save floor space when And once the z10 BC is installed and the IBM System Storage DS8000™. operational, the mainframe power moni­ toring tool, introduced on the System z9 servers, provides power and thermal When you need to be more secure, The z10 BC is designed to meet information via the System Activity more resilient, z Can Do IT. The z10 Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Display (SAD). The tool offers an energy processor chip has on board crypto­ Level 5 (EAL5) certification for the secu­ consumption point-in-time reference. graphic functions. Standard clear key rity of its logical partitions. With a z10 BC, this information can be integrated cryptographic coprocessors fed into IBM Systems Director Active provide high speed cryptography for System z security is one of the many Energy Manager™ (AEM) for Linux on protecting data in storage. CP Assist reasons why the world’s top banks and System z V3.1. AEM for Linux on for Cryptographic Function (CPACF) retailers rely on the IBM mainframe to System z will allow tracking of trends supports DES, TDES, Secure Hash help secure sensitive business transac­ for both the z10 BC as well as multiple Algorithms (SHA) for up to 512 bits, tions. z Can Do IT securely. server platforms. With this trend analy­ Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) sis, a data center administrator will for up to 256 bits and Pseudo Random More Solutions, More Affordable have the data to help properly Number Generation (PRNG). Audit log­ Today’s businesses with extensive estimate power inputs and more accu­ ging has been added to the new TKE investments in hardware assets and rately plan data center consolidation or workstation to enable better problem core applications are demanding more modification projects. tracking. from IT—more value, more transac­ tions, more for the money. Above all, Serve and Protect, Providing affordable System z is investing in accelerators they are looking for business solutions protection that provide improved performance for that can help enable business growth Today’s world mandates that your specialized functions. The Crypto while driving costs out of the business. systems are secure and available 24/7. Express2 feature for cryptography is an System z has an ever growing set of The z10 BC employs some of the most example. The Crypto Express2 feature solutions that are being enhanced to advanced security technologies in the can be configured as a secure key help you lower IT costs. From enter­ industry—helping you to meet rigid reg­ coprocessor or for Secure Sockets prise wide applications such as SAP or ulatory requirements that include Layer (SSL) acceleration. The feature Cognos® BI to the consolidation of encryption solutions, access control includes support for 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, infrastructure workloads, z10 BC has management, and extensive auditing 18 and 19 digit Personal Account low cost solutions that also help you features. It also provides disaster recov­ Numbers for stronger protection of save more as your demand grows. So, ery configurations and is designed to data. And the tamper-resistant crypto­ consider consolidating your IT work­ deliver 99.999% application availability graphic coprocessor is certified at FIPS loads on the z10 BC server if you want to help avoid the downside of planned 140-2 Level 4. To help customers scale the right solutions on a premier platform downtime, equipment failure, or the their Crypto Express2 investments for at a price you can afford. complete loss of a data center. their business needs, Crypto Express2 is also available on z10 BC as a single PCI-X adapter which may be defined as either a coprocessor or an accelerator. The convergence of Service-Oriented z/VSE™, z/VM, z/TPF, TPF and Linux IBM. It’s the basic principle underlying Architecture (SOA) and mainframe tech­ for System z. Operating systems IBM capacity on demand for the nologies can also help liberate these designed to support existing application IBM System z10. core business assets by making it eas­ investments without anticipated change ier to enrich, modernize, extend and and help you realize the benefits of the Today’s infrastructures work harder to reuse them well beyond their original z10 BC. z10 BC—the new business be more flexible to changing capacity scope of design. The ultimate imple­ equation. requirements and providing users with mentation of flexibility for today’s On just-in-time deployment of resources. Demand Business is a Service Oriented Numerical computing on the chip IBM Capacity Upgrade on Demand Architecture—an IT architectural style Speed and precision in numerical (CUoD) provides a permanent increase that allows you to design your applica­ computing are important for all our cus­ in processing capacity that can be initi­ tions to solve real business problems. tomers. The z10 BC offers improve­ ated by the customer. IBM On/Off The z10 BC, along with the inherent ments for decimal floating point Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD) pro­ strengths and capabilities of multiple instructions, because each z10 proces­ vides temporary capacity needed for operating system choices and innova­ sor chip has its own hardware decimal short term spikes in capacity or for test­ tive System z software solutions from floating point unit, designed to improve ing new applications. Capacity Backup WebSphere, CICS®, Rational® and performance 10X over that provided by Upgrade (CBU) can help provide Lotus® strengthen the flexibility of the System z9. Decimal calculations are reserved emergency backup capacity doing SOA and strengthen System z as often used in financial applications and for multiple processor configurations. an enterprise hub. those done using other floating point facilities have typically been performed A new temporary capacity offering on Balanced design with a choice in operating by software through the use of libraries. the System z10 is Capacity for Planned systems With a hardware decimal floating point Events (CPE), a variation on CBU. If Delivering the technologies required to unit some of these calculations may be unallocated capacity is available in a address today’s IT challenges also done directly and accelerated. server, it will allow the maximum capac­ takes much more than just a server; it ity available to be used for planned requires all of the system elements to Pay for what you use, Use what you need events such as planned maintenance in be working together. IBM system z10 It may sound revolutionary, but it’s really a data center. The three-day CPE con­ operating systems and servers are quite simple. In the highly unpredictable tract can be purchased at a fixed price. designed with a collaborative approach world of On Demand business, you to exploit each other’s strengths. The should get what you need, when you The z10 BC also introduces a new z10 BC is also able to exploit numerous need it. And you should pay for only architectural approach for temporary operating systems concurrently on a what you use. Radical? Not to offerings that can change the thinking single server, these include z/OS, about on demand capacity. One or more flexible configuration definitions V1.9). This capability enables the moni­ The z10 BC has lowered prices on can be used to solve multiple tempo­ toring of multiple systems based on IFLs, zAAPs and zIIPS by 50%, Now rary situations and multiple capacity Capacity Provisioning and Workload $47,500.** Additionally, a 62% price configurations can be active at once Manager (WLM) definitions. When the reduction on memory for System (for example, activation of just two defined conditions are met, z/OS can z10 BC or z10 EC when purchased CBUs out of a definition that has four suggest capacity changes for manual after October 21, 2008 and with the CBUs is acceptable). This means that activation from a z/OS console or the Specialty Engine for new workloads, On/Off CoD can be active and up to system can add or remove temporary now $2250 per GB**. seven other offerings can be active capacity automatically and without simultaneously. Tokens can be pur­ operator intervention. z10 BC can do IT In order of introduction: chased for On/Off CoD so hardware better. activations can be prepaid. The Internal Coupling Facility (ICF) Special workloads, Specialty engines, processor was introduced to help cut All activations can be done without hav­ affordable technology the cost of Coupling Facility functions ing to interact with IBM—when it is The z10 BC continues the long history by reducing the need for an external determined that capacity is required, no of providing integrated technologies to Coupling Facility. IBM System z Parallel passwords or phone connections are optimize a variety of workloads. The Sysplex® technology allows for greater necessary. As long as the total z10 BC use of specialty engines can help users scalability and availability by coupling can support the maximums that are expand the use of the mainframe for mainframes together. Using Parallel defined, then they can be made avail­ new workloads, while helping to lower Sysplex clustering, System z servers able. A new feature now makes it pos­ the cost of ownership. The IBM System are designed for up to 99.999% sible to add permanent capacity while a z specialty engines can run independ­ availability. temporary capacity is currently acti­ ently or complement each other. vated, without having to return first to For example, the zAAP and zIIP The Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) the original configuration. processors enable you to purchase processor offers support for Linux and additional processing capacity exclu­ brings a wealth of available applications Hardware working with software is criti­ sively for specific workloads, without that can be run in a real or virtual cal. The activation of On/Off CoD on affecting the MSU rating of the environment on the z10 BC. An exam­ z10 BC can be simplified or automated IBM System z model designation. This ple is the z/VSE strategy which sup­ by using z/OS Capacity Provisioning means that adding a specialty engine ports integration between the IFL, (available with z/OS V1.10 and z/OS will not cause increased charges for z/VSE and Linux on System z to help IBM System z software running on gen­ eral purpose processors in the server. customers integrate timely production The System z Integrated Information Always available, Always on of z/VSE data into new Linux applica­ Processors (zIIP) is designed to support In today’s on demand environment, tions, such as data warehouse environ­ select data and transaction processing downtime is not only unwelcome—it’s ments built upon a DB2 data server. To and network workloads and thereby costly. If your applications aren’t consis­ consolidate distributed servers onto make the consolidation of these work­ tently available, your business suffers. System z, the IFL with Linux and the loads on to the System z platform more The damage can extend well beyond System z virtualization technologies ful­ cost effective. Workloads eligible for the the financial realm into key areas of fill the qualifications for business-critical zIIP (with z/OS V1.7 or later) include customer loyalty, market competitive­ workloads as well as for infrastructure remote connectivity to DB2 to help sup­ ness and regulatory compliance. High workloads. For customers interested to port these workloads: Business on the list of critical business require­ use a z10 BC only for Linux workload, Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Relationship ments today is the need to keep appli­ the z10 BC can be configured as a Management (ERP), Customer cations up and running in the event of server with IFLs only. Relationship Management (CRM) and planned or unplanned disruptions to Extensible Markup Language (XML) your systems. The System z Application Assist applications. In addition to supporting Processor (zAAP) is designed to help remote connectivity to DB2 (via DRDA® While some servers are thought of enable strategic integration of new over TCP/IP) the zIIP also supports offering weeks or even months of up application technologies such as DB2 long running parallel queries—a time, System z thinks of this in terms of Java™ technology-based Web applica­ workload integral to Business achieving years. The z10 BC continues tions and XML-based data interchange Intelligence and Data Warehousing our commitment to deliver improve­ services with core business database solutions. The zIIP (with z/OS V1.8) also ments in hardware Reliability, Availability environments. This helps provide a supports IPSec processing, making the and Serviceability (RAS) with every new more cost-effective, specialized z/OS zIIP an IPSec encryption engine helpful System z server. They include microc­ application Java execution environment. in creating highly secure connections in ode driver enhancements, dynamic Workloads eligible for the zAAP (with an enterprise. In addition, zIIP (with segment sparing for memory and fixed z/OS V1.8) include all Java processed z/OS V1.10) supports select z/OS 8 GB HSA, as well as a new I/O drawer via the IBM Solution Developers Kit Global Mirror (formerly called Extended design. Having the dedicated HSA (SDK) and XML processed locally via Remote Copy, XRC) disk copy service on the z10 BC means that some pre- z/OS XML System Services. functions. z/OS V1.10 also introduces planning configuration changes and zIIP Assisted HiperSockets for large messages (available on System z10 servers only). associated outages may be avoided. The System z10 offers further redun­ The New Face Of System z The z10 BC is a server that can help dancy of the ETS by allowing the server IBM’s mainframe capabilities are leg­ keep applications up and running in the to be configured as a Network Timer endary. Customers deploy systems that event of planned or unplanned disrup­ Protocol (NTP), not just an NTP client. remain available for years because they tions to the system. are expected to, and continue to, work Geographically Dispersed Parallel above expectations. However, these IBM System z servers stand alone Sysplex™ (GDPS®) is designed to pro­ systems have seen significant innova­ against competition and have stood the vide a comprehensive end-to-end con­ tive improvements for running new test of time with our business resiliency tinuous availability and/or disaster applications and consolidating work­ solutions. Our coupling solutions with recovery solution for System z servers, loads in the last few years, and Parallel Sysplex technology allow for Geographically Dispersed Open customers can see real gains in greater scalability and availability. The Clusters (GDOC) is designed to address price/performance by taking advantage new InfiniBand Coupling Links on the this need for open systems. When of this new technology. z10 BC support high speed coupling available, GDPS 3.5 will support GDOC up to 150 meters (492 feet). for coordinated disaster recovery IBM provides affordable world-class across System z and non-System z technology to help today’s enterprises The Server Time Protocol (STP) feature servers if Veritas Cluster Server is respond to business conditions quickly is designed to provide the capability for already installed. GDPS and the new and with flexibility. From automation to multiple servers and Coupling Facilities Basic HyperSwap™ (available with advanced virtualization technologies to to maintain time synchronization with z/OS V1.9) solutions help to ensure new applications supported by open each other, without requiring a Sysplex system failures are invisible to employ­ industry standards such as SOA, Timer®. STP enhancements on the ees, partners and customers with IBM servers teamed with IBM’s Storage System z10 allow for better accuracy dynamic disk-swapping capabilities that Systems, Global Technology Services when attaching to an External Time ensure applications and data are and IBM Global Financing help deliver Source (ETS). An alternative method to available. z10 BC—big on service, low competitive advantages for the New obtain accurate time is from an NTP on cost. Enterprise Data Center. server. NTP client support is available on System z9 servers configured in an z Can Do IT. The future runs on STP-only Coordinated Timing Network. IBM System z and the future begins today! IBM System z10 Business Class (2098) at a glance

Processor Core types: CP/IFL/ICF/zAAP1/zIIP1 Model Minimum Maximum Increments E10 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 5 / 10 / 10 / 5 / 5 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1

Coupling Links2 ISC-33 48 IC 32 ICB-4 12 Maximum # Links 644 InfiniBand Coupling Links 12

Channels Minimum: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 ESCON / FICON Express4 / FICON Express25/ FICON Express5 / OSA-Express3 / OSA-Express2 Maximum: 480 / 128 / 80 / 40 / 96:486 / 48 ESCON / FICON Express4 / FICON Express25 / FICON Express5 / OSA-Express3 / OSA-Express2 Increments: 4 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 1 ESCON / FICON Express4 / FICON Express25 / FICON Express5 / OSA-Express3 GbE, 1000BASE-T / OSA-Express3 10 GbE / OSA-Express2 GbE, 1000BASE-T / OSA-Express2 10 GbE

HiperSockets Up to sixteen high-speed “virtual” Local Area Networks (LANs)

Cryptographic7 Crypto Express2 Optional up to 8 features (16 PCI-X adapters), minimum order is 2 features

Processor Memory Model Minimum Maximum8 E10 4 GB 120 GB (248 GB in June 2009)

Upgradeability Upgradeable from IBM System z9 Business Class (z9 BC) Upgradeable from IBM eServer™ zSeries® 890 (z890) Upgradeable within the z10 BC Model E10 Upgradeable to z10 EC Model E12 IBM System z10 Business Class (2098) at a glance

Physical Configuration Model E10, minimum9 Model E10, maximum10 Weight 857.3 kg (1890 lbs) 953 kg (2100 lbs) Footprint 1.42 Sq meters (15.22 sq ft) 1.42 Sq meters (15.22 sq ft) Service 3.50 Sq meters (37.62 sq ft) 3.50 Sq meters (37.62 sq ft) Input <28o C, >28o C 3.7, 4.3 KW 6.2, 7.35 KW Heat <28o C, >28o C 12.5, 14.7 KBTU/hr 21.3, 24.7 KBTU/hr Air Flow Nominal11 780 CFM (22.09 m3/m) 1320 CFM (37.38, m3/m) W x D x H 785 x 1854 x 2013mm (30.9 x 71 x 79.3 inches)

Supported Operating Systems z/OS12 z/OS V1.8 and subsequent releases z/VSE z/VSE V3.1, V4.1 and subsequent releases z/VM z/VM 5.2 and subsequent releases Linux on System z Novell SUSE SLES 9 and subsequent releases, Red Hat RHEL 4 and subsequent releases, Linux is supported as a z/VM guest or natively in an LPAR TPF TPF 4.1 and subsequent releases z/TPF z/TPF 1.1 and subsequent releases

1 One zAAP and/or zIIP maximum per general purpose processor (CP); one CP can satisfy the requirement of one or both specialty engines 2 At least one I/O feature (ESCON or FICON) or Coupling Link feature (ICB-4, ISC-3, or InfiniBand) must be present in a server 3 ISC-3 Peer mode only 4 64 external and 32 internal 5 Available only when carried forward on an upgrade (z9 BC maximums for FICON Express2=80, FICON Express=40) 6 OSA-Express3 offers 2-ports per CHPID (except for 10 Gigabit adapters) 7 Initial order of Crypto Express2-1P / Crypto Express2 requires 2 features, maximum of 8 features 8 Excludes the standard fixed size of 8 GB HSA; 248 GB maximum planned for June 2009 availability. Statements regarding IBM Future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal, and represents goals and objectives only. 9 One I/O drawer and no Internal Battery Feature (IBF) 10 Four I/O drawers and Internal Battery Feature (IBF) 11 Airflow is designed to increase as the local ambient room temperature increases. Nominal airflow assumes 77 degrees F ambient 12 z/OS R1.7 + zIIP Web Deliverable required for System z10 to enable HiperDispatch on System z10 (does not require a zIIP). z/OS V1.7 support was withdrawn September 30, 2008. The Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.7 (5637-A01) makes fee-based corrective service for z/OS V1.7 available through September 2009. With this Lifecycle Extension, z/OS V1.7 supports the z10 BC server. Certain functions and features of the z10 BC server require later releases of z/OS. For a complete list of software support, see the PSP buckets and the Software Requirements section of the System z10 BC announcement letter, dated October 21, 2008.

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