IBM Z10 EC User Manual

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z10 EC Frame and I/O Confi guration Content: Planning for I/O

The following diagrams show the capability and fl exibility

built into the I/O subsystem. All machines are shipped with

two frames, the A-Frame and the Z-Frame, and can have

between one and three I/O cages. Each I/O cage has 28

I/O slots.

I/O Feature Type

Features

Maximum

ESCON

24 360

channels

FICON Express2/4

24 96

channels

FICON Express

24 48

channels

OSA-Express3

24

48/96 (2 or 4 ports)

OSA-Express2

24 48

ports

OSA-Express3 LR/SR

24 48

ports

Crypto Express2

8 16

adapters

I/O Feature Type

Features

Maximum

ESCON

48 720

channels

FICON Express2/4

48 192

channels

FICON Express

48 96

channels

OSA-Express3

24

48/96 (2 or 4 ports)

OSA-Express2

24 48

ports

OSA-Express3 LR/SR

24 48

ports

Crypto Express2

8 16

adapters

I/O Feature Type

Features

Maximum

ESCON

69 1024

channels

FICON Express2/4

84 336

channels

FICON Express

60 120

channels

OSA-Express3

24

48/96 (2 or 4 ports)

OSA-Express2

24 48

ports

OSA-Express3 LR/SR

24 48

ports

Crypto Express2

8 16

adapters

General Information:

• ESCON confi gured in 4-port increments. Up to a maxi-

mum 69 cards, 1024 channels.

• OSA-Express2 can be Gigabit Ethernet (GbE),

1000BASE-T Ethernet or 10 GbE.

• OSA-Express can be Gigabit Ethernet (GbE),

1000BASE-T Ethernet or Fast Ethernet.

• If ICB-3 is required on the system, it will use up a single

I/O slot for every 2 ICB-3 to accommodate the STI-3

card.

Note: In the fi rst and second I/O cage, the last domain in

the I/O cage is normally used for ISC-3 and ICB-3 links.

When the fi rst 6 domains in an I/O cage are full, additional

I/O cards will be installed in the next I/O cage. When all

the fi rst 6 domains in all I/O cages are full and no Coupling

link or PSC cards are required, the last domain in the I/O

cage will be used for other I/O cards making a total of 28

per cage.

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