3 i/o and cryptographic feature cards, 1 i/o feature cards – IBM 990 User Manual

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zSeries 990 Technical Guide

The z990 CHPID Mapping Tool (CMT) can help you plan for the best I/O port selection for
high availability purposes. For more information about the z990 CMT, see “IBM z990 CHPID
Mapping Tool (CMT)” on page 116
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3.3 I/O and cryptographic feature cards

I/O cards have the I/O port(s) to connect the z990 server to external devices, networks, or to
other servers. I/O cards are plugged into I/O slots in an I/O cage, and their specific locations
are based on z990 configuration rules. There are different types of I/O cards, one for each
channel or link type. I/O cards can be installed or replaced concurrently.

Optional cryptographic cards are also plugged into an I/O slot in an I/O cage, and have
coprocessors and accelerator cards for cryptographic functions. There are two different types
of cryptographic cards, and they can be installed or replaced concurrently.

3.3.1 I/O feature cards

Table 3-3 gives a summary of all I/O feature cards that are supported on z990 servers.

Table 3-3 I/O feature cards

(*) OSA-E Feature Codes 2364, 2365, and 2366 are brought forward on an upgrade only.

I/O feature cards no longer supported

The following I/O feature cards are no longer supported on z990 servers:

Parallel channel cards (z900’s FC 2304)

Parallel channel cards are not offered as a new build option and are not offered on an
upgrade from z900. Parallel control units can be connected to ESCON channels of the
z990 server through the following ESCON Converters:

– IBM 9034 (which has been withdrawn from marketing)

I/O card types

Feature Codes (FC)

ESCON

2323

FICON Express LX

2319

FICON Express SX

2320

OSA-E GbE LX

1364
2364 (*)

OSA-E GbE SX

1365
2365 (*)

OSA-E 1000BASE-T Ethernet

1366

OSA-E Fast Ethernet

2366 (*)

OSA-E Token Ring

2367

ISC-3

0218 (ISC-D),
0217 (ISC-M)

ISC-3 up to 20 Km

RPQ 8P2197 (ISC-D)

ETR

6154

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