Front cover IBM z13 and IBM z13s Technical Introduction Bill White Cecilia A De Leon Edzard Hoogerbrug Ewerson Palacio Franco Pinto Barbara Sannerud Martin Soellig John Troy Jin J Yang Redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM z13 and IBM z13s Technical Introduction March 2016 SG24-8250-01 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. Second Edition (March 2016) This edition applies to the following IBM z Systems™ platforms: IBM z13™ and z13s™. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . vii Trademarks . viii IntelliMagic . ix IBM Redbooks promotions . xi Preface . xiii Authors. xiii Now you can become a published author, too! . .xv Comments welcome. .xv Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . .xv Chapter 1. Platforms matter . 1 1.1 The z13 and z13s: Built for today and tomorrow. 2 1.1.1 Accelerated data and transaction serving. 3 1.1.2 Integrated analytics for insight . 3 1.1.3 Access to the API economy . 3 1.1.4 An agile application development and operations environment . 3 1.1.5 Efficient, scalable, and secure cloud services. 4 1.1.6 End-to-end security for data and transactions . 4 1.2 z13 and z13s technical description . 4 1.2.1 Technical highlights . 5 1.2.2 Storage connectivity . 7 1.2.3 Network connectivity . 8 1.2.4 Special-purpose features and functions . 9 1.2.5 Capacity on Demand and performance . 10 1.2.6 Reliability, availability, and serviceability. 11 1.3 Software support . 11 1.3.1 IBM compilers . 12 Chapter 2. IBM z13 hardware overview . 13 2.1 z13 models and upgrade paths. 14 2.2 z13 frames and cabling . 16 2.3 z13 CPC drawers . 17 2.3.1 Single chip modules . 18 2.3.2 Processor Unit . 19 2.3.3 Memory . 21 2.3.4 Hardware system area . 23 2.4 z13 I/O system structure . 23 2.5 z13 power and cooling . 25 2.5.1 Radiator (air) cooling option . 26 2.5.2 Water cooling option . 26 2.5.3 High Voltage Direct Current power feature . 26 2.5.4 Power considerations . 26 Chapter 3. IBM z13s hardware overview . 29 3.1 z13s models and upgrade paths . 30 3.2 z13s frames and cabling . 31 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. iii 3.3 z13s CPC drawers . 32 3.3.1 Single chip modules . 33 3.3.2 Processor Unit . 34 3.3.3 Memory . 36 3.3.4 Hardware system area . 38 3.4 z13s I/O system structure . 38 3.5 z13s power and cooling . 41 Chapter 4. Supported features and functions . 43 4.1 I/O features at a glance. 44 4.2 Storage connectivity . 46 4.2.1 FICON Express16S . 48 4.2.2 FICON Express8S . 49 4.2.3 FICON Express8 (carry forward only). 49 4.3 Network connectivity . 50 4.3.1 OSA-Express functions. 50 4.3.2 HiperSockets functions . 52 4.3.3 OSA-Express5S . 54 4.3.4 OSA-Express4S (carry forward only) . 55 4.4 Native PCIe features and integrated firmware processor . 56 4.4.1 Flash Express . 56 4.4.2 zEDC Express. 57 4.4.3 The 10 Gigabit Ethernet RoCE Express . 57 4.5 Cryptographic features . 57 4.5.1 CP Assist for Cryptographic Function . 58 4.5.2 Crypto Express5S . 58 4.5.3 Web deliverables . 59 4.6 Coupling and clustering. ..