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Zec12) and IBM Zenterprise BC12 (Zbc12 IBM System z Introduction July 2014 IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) and IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12) Frequently Asked Questions Worldwide ZSQ03058-USEN-16 1 Table of Contents Announcements ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12) Hardware ................................................................................................................................... 4 zEC12 Hardware ................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Academic Initiative and Skills .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 zEDC Express and Compression Acceleration ..................................................................................................................... 18 10GbE RoCE Express and SMC-R ............................................................................................................................................. 27 Transactional Execution ................................................................................................................................................................... 33 IBM zAware ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Flash Express ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 zEC12 and zBC12 Warranty ............................................................................................................................................................ 49 IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) ...................................................................................................................... 50 POWER7 Blades for zBX .................................................................................................................................................................. 56 IBM System x blades for zBX ........................................................................................................................................................ 60 IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise (DataPower XI50z) ........................ 65 zBX Networking ....................................................................................................................................................................................68 zBX Availability ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 71 zBX and blade Warranty and Maintenance ............................................................................................................................. 74 IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager ........................................................................................................................... 76 Ensemble ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 81 Hardware Management Console (HMC) .................................................................................................................................. 84 zBC12 Upgradeability ......................................................................................................................................................................... 87 zEC12 Upgradeability .........................................................................................................................................................................88 Software Pricing – zBC12 .................................................................................................................................................................89 Software Pricing – zEC12 ................................................................................................................................................................. 92 Performa nce ...........................................................................................................................................................................................96 Capacity on Demand offerings ................................................................................................................................................... 100 I/O .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 107 Networking ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 113 Older, but important, networking information ........................................................................................................................ 114 Water cooling option ......................................................................................................................................................................... 117 Overhead Cabling and Power ....................................................................................................................................................... 121 zEC12 Power requirements (including High Voltage DC Power option) ................................................................. 122 Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) ................................................................................................................................................. 124 zAAPs and zIIPs .................................................................................................................................................................................. 125 zEnterprise and PureSystems ..................................................................................................................................................... 128 Security ...................................................................................................................................................................................................130 IBM System Storage & zEnterprise ........................................................................................................................................... 136 STP ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 140 Parallel Sysplex ................................................................................................................................................................................... 142 Cloud and Mobile ............................................................................................................................................................................... 146 GDPS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 147 z/OS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 148 Linux on System z .............................................................................................................................................................................. 149 z/VM .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 153 z/VSE ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 155 Statements of Direction .................................................................................................................................................................. 157 2 Announcements Question: What is being announced for the IBM zEnterprise® System family of products on February 24, 2014? Answer: IBM is strengthening its commitment to support Smarter Computing by announcing enhancements to the IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12), the IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12), and the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter® Extension (zBX). New support provided for the IBM WebSphere® DataPower® Integration Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise firmware V6.0 can help with the rapid data transformation for cloud and mobile applications. A mobile application is now available, IBM Mobile Systems Remote, to allow you to display the configuration, status, and metrics information for systems managed by the IBM System z® Hardware Management
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