Esra Ufack, Mainframe Client Technical Specialist, IBM Turk esrau@tr.ibm.

com

Introduction to Mainframe Hardware

2012 IBM Corporation

Agenda

WHO uses Mainframes? And Why?

WHY the Mainframe delivers
ARCHITECTURE & Hardware Platform
HIGHLIGHTS of z196
z196 Book Concept
z196 Processor Unit Design
z196 Memory
z196 Connectivity
z196 RAS
BACKUP Slides

Definition of Mainframe

The Mainframe is a computer system designed to continuously

run very large, mixed workloads at high levels of utilization,
meeting user-defined service level objectives.

A Mainframe is what businesses use to host their commercial

databases, transaction servers, and applications that require a
greater degree of security and availability than is commonly
found on smaller-scale machines.

What is a Mainframe?
A style of operation, applications, and operating system
facilities.
Computers that can support thousands of applications and
input/output devices to simultaneously serve thousands of
users.
A mainframe is the central data repository, or hub, in a
corporations data processing center, linked to users through
less powerful devices such as workstations, terminals or
media devices.
Can run multiple, but isolated operating systems
concurrently.
Centralized control of resources.
Optimized for I/O in all business-related data processing
applications supporting high speed networking and terabytes
of disk storage.
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WHO uses
Mainframes?
And Why?

Sample of Customers Large and Small from Around the World

BANKS

OTHER FINANCIAL
INST.

RETAILERS

HEALTHCARE

UTILITIES /
ENERGY

Banco Itau

Bank of NZ
Bank of Montreal

[Slovenia]

[Peru]

Bank of China
Central Bank
of Russia

GOVERNMENTS

TRANSPORTATION

[Brazil]

Philippines
Savings Bank

OTHERS
[Gaming]
[Brazil]

[India]

Industrial
Bank of Korea

HOSTING
PROVIDERS

[Kazakhstan]

[USA]

[Belarusian Railways]
[Russian
Hydrometeorological
Research Institute]

[Germany]
[Vietnam]

[Manufacturer/USA]

Mainframe is the platform of choice for the top 25 global banks

Based on asset size, 96 out of the top 100 worldwide banks use System
z.1
50 out of the top 50 worldwide banks use System z.
72 out of the top 75 worldwide banks use System z.
For the latest generation of Mainframe;
$1.5 billion in R&D investment for z196
5,000+ IBMers worked more than three years, 31 million hours, 24hour development process across 18 IBM labs worldwide.
More than 40 IBM Fellows and Distinguished Engineers led this effort.
The zEnterprise 196 is the worlds fastest and most scalable enterprise
system. 2

1 Based on The Banker, System z install base and financial records

2 Based on 5.2GHz core processor speed

Workloads That Customers Run on Mainframe

Banking

Insurance

Retail

Healthcare

Public
Sector

Core Banking

Internet Rate
Quotes

On-line
Catalog

Patient Care
Systems

Electronic Tax
Processing

Wholesale
Banking
Payments

Policy Sales &

Management
(e.g. Life,
Annuity, Auto)

Supply Chain
Management

Online
Claims
Submission &
Payments

Web based
Social
Security

Customer
Care & Insight

Claims
Processing

Customer
Analysis

Fee payments

What is a workload?
The relationship between a group of applications and/or systems that are related across several
business functions to satisfy one or more business processes.

Academic Initiative
1,067 Schools enrolled in the IBM System z Academic Initiative program, reaching students
in 67 countries (more than half outside the US).
Mainframe contests continue to draw high school, college, and university student
participation around the world with 43,825 students from 32 countries.
3,246 students from 40 countries have taken the The IBM System z Mastery Test. This test
is offered to students globally in 2011 at no cost.
http://www-05.ibm.com/tr/industries/education/mainframe-index.html
IBM Academic Initiative System z resources (system access, course materials, education)
are available globally for universities and colleges.
Systemzjobs.com (Job board) is a no-fee service that connects students and experienced
professionals seeking System z job opportunities with IBM System z clients, partners, and
businesses.

WHY the
Mainframe delivers

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The Differentiation of Mainframe:

Why the Mainframe Is Just Another Computer, but a Different
Kind of Computer?
No other platform offers reliability, availability, scalability, resiliency, security, and management
features comparable to Mainframe, including:
High levels of application and data availability
Solid security and privacy
Massive horizontal and vertical scalability
Optimized operating environment
Advanced virtualization capabilities
Intelligent workload management
Utilization of open and industry standards
Unmatched platform for heritage (legacy) applications and data
Specialty engines that integrate with existing assets
World-class support
Centralized control
Continuing compatibility
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Mainframe Operating System Heritage

OS/360 -> OS/VS -> MVS -> MVS/SP -> MVS/XA -> MVS/ESA -> OS/390
-> z/OS
z/OS, IBMs premier zSeries operating system, is a highly secure, scalable,
high-performance enterprise operating system on which to build and deploy
traditional and Java-enabled applications, providing a comprehensive and
diverse application execution environment.

DOS/360 -> DOS/VS -> VSE/SP -> VSE/ESA -> z/VSE

z/VSE enables proven, robust, and cost-effective solutions. z/VSE provides
sturdy batch and industrial strength on-line transaction processing (CICS)
capabilities. z/VSE can fit comfortably into a legacy of thrifty, dependable z/VSE
solutions.

ACP -> TPF-> z/TPF

TPF is the platform driving the business-critical systems for many of

IBM's largest and most sophisticated users of online transaction
processing - airlines, railroads, hotels, financial services,
government, credit card and banking industries.
CP/67 -> VM/370 -> VM/SP -> VM/XA -> VM/ESA -> z/VM

z/VM provides a highly flexible test and production environment for

enterprises deploying the latest e-business solutions. z/VM helps
enterprises meet their growing demands for multi-user server
solutions with support for a broad range of operating systems.
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Mainframe Software
Customer Information Control System (CICS) - a
transaction processing environment that allows
applications to share information and to satisfy
customer requirements for information.
Information Management System Transaction
Manager (IMS TM) a transaction processing
environment and an application server
Information Management System Database
Server (IMS DB) - a database system that is capable
of extremely high performance.
DB2 - a full, functional relational database that
leverages all of the features of Mainframe and
z/OS to provide high availability and high
performance.
WebSphere Application Server (WAS) an
application server that runs on z/OS, and provides
true application portability between Mainframe and
distributed systems
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Maximizing Utilization of Resources

High business
growth

Up to 100% server utilization compared to 10-20% distributed

server utilization1
Shared everything infrastructure allows for maximum utilization
of resources

z HIGH
SCALABILITY

Green strategy
Running out of
energy & space

CPU, Memory, Network, Adapters, Cryptography, Devices

Lowers power
consumption for
each work unit

z GREEN
SAVINGS

Customer savings
Underutilized distributed servers

Up to 100% utilized Mainframe server

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Typically single application per server

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App

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App

App

App

Multiple applications on one

Mainframe server

goMainframe.com Joe Clabby

Mainframes Extreme Virtualization

Flexibility to respond

Built into the architecture not an add on feature

VIRTUALIZATION

Mainframe

Hardware support:
10% of circuits are
used for virtualization

Deploy virtual servers in seconds

Highly granular resource sharing (<1%)

Each LPAR is one

Virtual Mainframe

PR/SM

Hypervisor in
firmware

Add physical resources without taking system

down, scale out to 1000s of virtual servers
Do more with less: More virtual servers per core,
Share more physical resources across servers

LPAR Up to 60 Logical partitions

Extensive virtual server life-cycle management

Hardware-enforced isolation
z/VM 100s of virtual servers Shared Memory

Distributed Platforms
Limited per-core virtual server scalability
Physical server sprawl is needed to scale

The potential performance impact of the Linux server farm is

isolated from the other Logical partitions (LPAR)

Operational complexity increases as virtual server

images grow
VMWare, Xen, Virtual Iron focus only on x86, not
cross platform hardware management.

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Chip Design Affects Virtualization Capabilities

Replicated Server Chip Design

Consolidated Server Chip Design

Cache

Cache
Workload

Chip Real Estate

Processor
Speed

Workload

Workload

Workload

Workload

Mixed workloads stress cache usage, requiring more

context switches
Working sets may be too large to fit in cache
Fast processor speed is not fully realized due to
cache misses

Workload

RAS

RAS

Workload

Chip Real Estate

Processor
Speed

System z cache is able to contain more working sets

Processor speed is optimized by increased cache usage
Additional RAS function is beneficial for mixed
workloads

Note: System representations are not to scale, proportions may vary based on generation of chip and model
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A Fully virtualized infrastructure enables optimization to

maximize efficiency

Green strategy
Running out of
energy & space

Mainframe
EFFICIENCY

Consolidate the workloads of thousands of

distributed servers in a single system
Up to
Up to
Up to

Up to

80%
90%
90%
70%

Flexibility to
respond
EXTREME
VIRTUALIZATION

Reduction in energy consumption

Reduction in Floor Space
Reduction in SW License costs
Reduction in total cost of ownership

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Mainframe Security

Reduce
business risk

Reducing risk Protecting businesses

Mainframe
SECURITY

Helping businesses:
Protect from INTRUSION
z/OS and z/VM Integrity Statement
Protect DATA
Built in encryption accelerators in every server
FIPS-140-20 Level 4 certified encryption co-processors for highly secure encryption
Ensure PRIVACY
Access to all resources is controlled by an integrated central security manager
Protect VIRTUAL SERVERS
The only servers with EAL5 Common Criteria Certification for partitioning
Respond to COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS
Up to 70% in security audit savings

Up to 52% lower security administrative costs.

The Gold Standard for Security

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Manage Risk with Mainframe Resiliency

Continuous
business
operations

Availability built in across the system

z HIGH
Mainframe
AVAILABILITY
AVAILABILITY
RELIABILITY
RELIABILITY

Designed to deliver continuous availability at the application level

Single Mainframe

Multiple
Mainframe

Multiple Data Centers

Site 1

Where mean time

between failure is
measured in decades

Designed for
application availability
of 99.999%

Site 2

Industry-leading
solution for
disaster recovery

Avoiding the cost of downtime

Maintaining productivity of users

Ensuring access to critical

applications

Open to clients 24/7

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Summary of the Benefits of Mainframe

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ARCHITECTURE
& Hardware
Platform

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History
7th April 1964, Poughkeepsie NY: Announcement of the first general-purpose
computers:
A new generation of electronic computing equipment was introduced today
by International Business Machines Corporation. IBM Board Chairman
Thomas J. Watson Jr. called the event the most important product
announcement in the company's history.
The new equipment is known as the IBM System/360.
"System/360 represents a sharp departure from concepts of the past in
designing and building computers. It is the product of an international
effort in IBM's laboratories and plants and is the first time IBM has
redesigned the basic internal architecture of its computers in a decade.
The result will be more computer productivity at lower cost than ever
before. This is the beginning of a new generation - - not only of computers
- - but of their application in business, science and government ." *
* from the April 1964 announcement press release

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Evolution of the Mainframe

IBM
IBM
System/360 System/370
1964

1970

IBM
IBM System
System/390
z900
1990

2000

IBM System
z990

IBM System
z9 EC

IBM System
z9 BC

IBM System
z10 EC

IBM System
z10 BC

IBM System
zEnterprise
196

IBM System
zEnterprise
114

2003

2005

2006

2008

2009

2010

2011

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Conceptual diagram
OLD S/360
The central processor box contains the processors,
memory,1 control circuits and interfaces for
channels

RECENT
Current CPC designs are considerably more
complex than the early S/360 design. This
complexity includes many areas:
I/O connectivity and configuration
I/O operation
Partitioning of the system

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Mainframe basic components

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Mainframe is a balanced system design

System I/O Bandwidth
288 GB/Sec*

Balanced System
CPU, nWay, Memory,
I/O Bandwidth*

172.8 GB/sec*

96 GB/sec

Memory
3 TB**

24 GB/sec

1.5 TB**

512 GB

256
GB

300

64
GB

450

600

920

PCI for
1-way
1202

16-way

32-way

z196
54-way

64-way
* Servers exploit a subset of its designed I/O capability
** Up to 1 TB per LPAR
PCI - Processor Capacity Index

z10 EC
z9 EC
zSeries 990

80-way
Processors

zSeries 900

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The virtualization concept

The ability to share everything is based on one of the major concepts of the Mainframe. As
it is commonly used in computing systems, virtualization refers to the technique of hiding
the physical characteristics of the computing resources from users of those resources. For
example, each operating system in a logical partition of the Mainframe platform thinks it has
exclusive access to a real hardware image. The actual resources are shared with other
logical partitions. The virtualization concept is not an add-on to the platform. z/Architecture
contains many facilities in both the hardware and software that facilitate resource
virtualization. All elements of Mainframe enable the virtualization concept.
Virtualizing the Mainframe environment involves creating virtual systems (logical partitions
and virtual machines), and assigning virtual resources, such as memory and I/O channels, to
them. Resources can be dynamically added or removed from these logical partitions
though operator commands.
Dynamic logical partitioning and virtual machines increase flexibility, enabling selected
system resources such as processors, memory, and I/O components to be added and
deleted from partitions while they are actively in use. The ability to reconfigure logical
partitions dynamically enables system administrators to dynamically move resources from
one partition to another.
Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) is a hypervisor integrated with all
Mainframe elements that maps physical resources into virtual resources so that many logical
partitions can share the physical resources.
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PR/SM and logical partitions

Processor Resource/Systems Manager is a
feature that enables logical partitioning of
the central processor complex (CEC).
PR/SM provides isolation between
partitions, which enables installations to
separate users into distinct processing
images, or to restrict access to certain
workloads where different security
clearances are required.
Each logical partition operates as an
independent server running its own
operating environment. On the latest
Mainframe models, you can define up to 60
logical partitions running z/VM, z/OS,
Linux on IBM Mainframe, z/TPF, and more
operating systems. PR/SM enables each
logical partition to have dedicated or
shared processors and I/O channels, and
dedicated memory (which you can
dynamically reconfigure as needed).

Either can be use to

configure the IOCDS

Support Elements (SEs)

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LPAR concept

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Logical Partitions (LPARs) or Servers

A system programmer can assign
different operating environments to
each partition with isolation
An LPAR can be assigned a number
of dedicated or shared processors.
Each LPAR can have different
storage (CSTOR) assigned depending
on workload requirements.
The I/O channels (CHPIDs) are
assigned either statically or
dynamically as needed by server
workload.

Provides an opportunity to
consolidate distributed environments
to a centralized location

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LPAR Logical Dispatching (Hypervisor)

The next logical CP to be dispatched is
chosen from the logical CP ready queue
based on the logical CP weight.
LPAR LIC dispatches the selected logical CP
(LCP5 of MVS2 LP) on a physical CP in the
CPC (CP0, in the visual).
The z/OS dispatchable unit running on that
logical processor (MVS2 logical CP5) begins
to execute on physical CP0. It executes until
its time slice (generally between 12.5 and 25
milliseconds) expires, or it enters a wait, or it
is intercepted for some reason.
In the visual, the logical CP keeps running
until it uses all its time slice. At this point the
logical CP5 environment is saved and
control is passed back to LPAR LIC, which
starts executing on physical CP0 again.
LPAR LIC determines why the logical CP
ended execution and requeues the logical CP
accordingly. If it is ready with work, it is
requeued on the logical CP ready queue and
step 1 begins again.
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HiperDispatch
PR/SM and z/OS work in tandem to more efficiently use processor resources. HiperDispatch
is a function that combines the dispatcher actions and the knowledge that PR/SM has about
the topology of the server.
Performance can be optimized by redispatching units of work to same processor group,
keeping processes running near their cached instructions and data, and minimizing transfers
of data ownership among processors/books.
The nested topology is returned to z/OS by the Store System Information (STSI) 15.1.3
instruction, and HiperDispatch utilizes the information to concentrate logical processors
around shared caches (L3 at PU chip level, and L4 at book level), and dynamically optimizes
assignment of logical processors and units of work.
z/OS dispatcher manages multiple queues, called affinity queues, with a target number of
four processors per queue, which fits nicely into a single PU chip. These queues are used to
assign work to as few logical processors as are needed for a given logical partition workload.
So, even if the logical partition is defined with a large number of logical processors,
HiperDispatch optimizes this number of processors nearest to the required capacity. The
optimal number of processors to be used are kept within a book boundary where possible.

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LPAR
Characteristics

Summary

LPARs are the equivalent of a

separate mainframe for most practical
purposes

System administrators assign:

Memory
Processors
CHPIDs either dedicated or shared

Each LPAR runs its own operating

system
Devices can be shared across several
LPARs
Processors can be dedicated or
shared
When shared each LPAR is assigned
a number of logical processors (up to
the maximum number of physical
processors)
Each LPAR is independent

This is done partly in the IOCDS and

partly in a system profile on the
Support Element (SE) in the CEC.
This is normally updated through the
HMC.
Changing the system profile and
IOCDS will usually require a power-on
reset (POR) but some changes are
dynamic
A maximum of 60 LPARs can be
defined in a z196 CPC

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Terminology Overlap

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The channel subsystem

One of the main strengths of the Mainframe computers is the ability to deal with a large
number of simultaneous I/O operations. The channel subsystem (CSS) has a major role in
providing this strength. The CSS manages the flow of information between I/O devices and
central memory. By doing so it relieves CPUs of the task of communicating directly with I/O
devices and permits data processing to proceed concurrently with I/O processing. The
channel subsystem is built on the following components:
SAP (system assist processor) One of the Mainframe processor types, the SAP connects
the channel subsystem to the I/O devices that are attached to the channels. The SAP uses
the I/O configuration loaded in the Hardware System Area (HSA), and knows which device is
connected to each channel, and what is its protocol. The SAP manages the queue of I/O
operations passed to the channel subsystem by z/OS.
Channels These are small processors that communicate with I/O control units (CU). They
manage the transfer of data between central storage and the external device.
Channel path The channel subsystem communicates with I/O devices through channel
paths. If a channel is shared between multiple logical partitions, each logical partition
establishes a unique channel path to the each device using this channel.
Subchannels A subchannel provides the logical appearance of a device to the program and
contains the information required for performing a single I/O operation. One subchannel is
provided for each I/O device addressable by the channel subsystem.

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Channel Subsystem Relationship to Channels, Control Units and I/O

Devices
z196
Channel Subsystem

Controls queuing, de-queuing, priority management and

I/O identification of all I/O operations performed by LPARs

Partitions

Supports the running of an OS and allows CPs, memory

and Subchannels access to channels

Subchannels

This represents an I/O device to the hardware and is used

by the OS to pass an I/O request to the channel subsystem

Channels

CU

CU

The communication path from the channel subsystem to the

I/O network and connected Control Units/devices

CU

Control Units

Devices
(disk, tape, printers)

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The Mainframe I/O Logical Channel Subsystem Schematic

H
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P
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V
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S
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H
S
A

Cache
MBA

SAP

Logical-channel
Subsystem 0

Cache

Cache

MBA

MBA

SAP

Logical-channel
Subsystem 1

Cache
MBA

SAP

Logical-channel
Subsystem 2

SAP

Logical-channel
Subsystem 3

Physical-Channel Subsystem

FICON Switch,
Control Unit,
Devices, etc.

-One FICON channel shared

by all LCSs and all partitions

-A MCSS-Spanned Channel Path

- One ESCON channel shared

by all partitions configured
to LCS15
- A MIF-shared channel path

ESCON Switch,
Control Unit,
Devices, etc.

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Multiple channel subsystems and multiple subchannel sets

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I/O Device addressing

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System z I/O Connectivity

ESCON and FICON channels

Switches to connect peripheral devices to more than one CEC

CHPID addresses are two hex digits (FF / 256)

Multiple partitions can share CHPIDs (MIF)

I/O subsystem layer exists between the operating system and the CHPIDs

I/O control layer uses a control file IOCDS that translates physical I/O addresses into
devices numbers that are used by z/OS

Device numbers are assigned by the system programmer when creating the IODF and
IOCDS and are arbitrary (but not random!)

On modern machines they are three or four hex digits

example - FFFF = 64K devices can be defined

The ability to have dynamic addressing theoretically 7,848,900 maximum number of
devices can be attached.

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MIF Channel Consolidation - example

statically
assigned

dynamically
assigned

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HCD & Sample IOCP

ID

MSG2='ESRAU.IODF99 - 2011-02-15 22:05',SYSTEM=(2097,1), *

LSYSTEM=CECDCEA,

TOK=('CECDCEA',00800007C74E2094220520410111046F00000000,*
00000000,'11-02-15','22:05:20','ESRAU','IODF99')
RESOURCE PARTITION=((CSS(0),(PCF2GAR2,5),(PRDA,1),(PRDC,2),(PR*
DE,3),(PRDF,4),(*,6),(*,7),(*,8),(*,9),(*,A),(*,B),(*,C)*
,(*,D),(*,E),(*,F)),(CSS(1),(*,1),(*,2),(*,3),(*,4),(*,5*
),(*,6),(*,7),(*,8),(*,9),(*,A),(*,B),(*,C),(*,D),(*,E),*
(*,F)),(CSS(2),(*,1),(*,2),(*,3),(*,4),(*,5),(*,6),(*,7)*
,(*,8),(*,9),(*,A),(*,B),(*,C),(*,D),(*,E),(*,F)),(CSS(3*
),(*,1),(*,2),(*,3),(*,4),(*,5),(*,6),(*,7),(*,8),(*,9),*
(*,A),(*,B),(*,C),(*,D),(*,E),(*,F)))
CHPID PATH=(CSS(0),00),SHARED,PARTITION=((PRDA,PRDC),(=)),

CPATH=(CSS(0),00),CSYSTEM=CECDD6A,AID=0C,PORT=1,TYPE=CIB
...
CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=FFFD,PATH=((CSS(0),08,09,0A,0B,0C,0D,0E,0F)),*
UNIT=CFP
IODEVICE ADDRESS=(FF90,007),CUNUMBR=(FFFD),UNIT=CFP
IODEVICE ADDRESS=(FF97,007),CUNUMBR=(FFFD),UNIT=CFP

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PAV (Parallel Access Volume) & MA (Multiple Allegiance)

IBM PAV enables System z to process multiple I/Os to same logical volume at once
IBM Multiple Allegiance (concurrent execution of multiple requests from multiple hosts)
expands capability across multiple System z servers
I/O Priority enables use of info from z/OS Workload Manager to manage I/O processing
order

I/O without PAV/MA

Appl. A

Appl. B

UCB 100

Appl. C

UCB 100

Appl. A

UCB 100

UCB Busy

One I/O to
one volume
at one time

I/O with PAV/MA

Appl. B

UCB 1FF
Alias to
UCB 100

Device Busy

Parallel Access
Volumes

100

Appl. C

UCB 100

UCB 100

100

Multiple
Allegiance

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IBM PAV Static, Dynamic & Hyper

Static PAV: Aliases are always associated with the same Base Address.
Dynamic PAV: Aliases are assigned up front but can be reassigned to any base address as
need dictates: WLM function call Dynamic Alias Management - reactive alias assignment
HyperPAV: On demand/ Proactive alias assignment

I/O flow of PAV & MA

9000

8000

7000

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

I/O per second

Response (MS)

PAV Performance
9

<Queue
<Pend
<Connect
<Disc
I/O Rate>

NoPAV

PAV

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Static PAV & Dynamic PAV

Aliases assigned to specific addresses

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Hyper PAV
Alias is taken from and returned to a pool instead of LCU.
Define max. number of aliases per LCU in HCD.
Every I/O Request is queued when all aliases allocated in the pool in the same LCU are
exhausted.
Aliases kept in pool for use as needed

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ESCON Connectivity
ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection) is a data connection created by IBM commonly used to
connect their mainframe computers to peripheral devices.
ESCON replaced the older, slower parallel Bus&Tag channel technology
The ESCON channels use a director to support dynamic switching.

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ESCON Director

ESCD

ESCD

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Fiber Connectivity (FICON)

FICON (for Fiber Connectivity) was the next generation high-speed input/output (I/O)
interface used by for mainframe computer connections to storage devices.
FICON channels increase I/O capacity through the combination of a new architecture and
faster physical link rates to make them up to eight times as efficient as ESCON.

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FICON Connectivity

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ESCON vs FICON
ESCON
- 20 Mbytes / Second
- Lots of dead time. One active request at a time.
- One target control unit
FICON
- 800 Mbytes / Second
- Uses FCP standard
- Fiber Optic cable (less space under floor)
- Currently, up to 64 simultaneous I/O packets at a time with up to 64 different
control units
- Supports Cascading switches

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Hardware Management Console

Mainframe hardware can be managed by using either the Support Elements
directly attached to the server or using the Hardware Management Console
(HMC), which is a desktop application providing the end user interface to control
and monitor the status of the system.
Working from an HMC, an operator, a system programmer, or IBM technical
personnel can perform basic operations on the Mainframe servers. The HMC is a
powerful console that can load and shut down system images as well as the
entire machine. Some of the common capabilities of the HMC are:
Load the Mainframe hardware configuration.
Load or reset a system image.
Add and change the hardware configuration
(most of them dynamically).
Access the hardware logs.
All these functions can be executed using a
browser interface in a totally secure environment.
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Reserved processors & storage

Reserved processors are defined by the Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) to
allow for a nondisruptive capacity upgrade. Reserved processors are like spare logical
processors, and can be shared or dedicated. Reserved CPs should be defined to a logical
partition to allow for nondisruptive image upgrades.
Reserved storage can optionally be defined to a logical partition, allowing a nondisruptive
image memory upgrade for this partition. Reserved storage can be defined to both central
and expanded storage, and to any image mode, except the coupling facility mode.

LPAR dynamic storage reconfiguration

Dynamic storage reconfiguration on z196 servers allows an operating system running in a
logical partition to add (nondisruptively) its reserved storage amount to its configuration, if
any unused storage exists. This unused storage can be obtained when another logical
partition releases some storage or when a concurrent memory upgrade takes place. With
dynamic storage reconfiguration, the unused storage does not have to be continuous.

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HIGHLIGHTS
of z196

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z196 Overview
Machine Type
2817
5 Models
M15, M32, M49, M66 and M80
Processor Units (PUs)
20 (24 for M80) PU cores per book
Up to 14 SAPs per system, standard
2 spares designated per system
Dependant on the H/W model - up to 15,32,49,66 or 80 PU
cores available for characterization
Central Processors (CPs), Integrated Facility for Linux (IFLs),
Internal Coupling Facility (ICFs), Mainframe Application
Assist Processors (zAAPs), Mainframe Integrated
Information Processor (zIIP), optional - additional System
Assist Processors (SAPs)

Sub-capacity available for up to 15 CPs

3 sub-capacity points

Memory
System Minimum of 32 GB
Up to 768 GB per book
Up to 3 TB for System and up to 1 TB per LPAR
Fixed HSA, standard
32/64/96/112/128/256 GB increments

I/O
Up to 48 I/O Interconnects per System @ 6 GBps each
Up to 4 Logical Channel Subsystems (LCSSs)
STP - optional (No ETR)
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zEnterprise 196 Functions and Features

(GA Driver 86 August, 2010)
Five hardware models

Three subchannel sets per LCSS

Quad core PU chip

Up to 80 processors configurable as
CPs, zAAPs, zIIPs, IFLs, ICFs, or
optional SAPs
Increased capacity processors
Out of order instruction execution
Over 100 new and enhanced
instructions
Improved processor cache design
Up to 15 subcapacity CPs at capacity
settings 4, 5, or 6
Up to 3 TB of Redundant Array of
Independent Memory (RAIM)
Unified Resource Manager suites
Cryptographic enhancements
On Demand enhancements
Energy efficiencies

2 New OSA CHPIDs OSX and OSM

8 slot, 2 domain I/O drawer

z196

Concurrent I/O drawer add, remove,

replace
FICON discovery and autoconfiguration
Doubled HiperSockets to 32
Physical Coupling Links increased to 80
Doubled Coupling CHPIDs to 128
CFCC Level 17
Optional water cooling
Optional High Voltage DC power
Static Power Save Mode
Optional Top Exist I/O cable exit
STP enhancements
zBX-002 with IBM Smart Analytics
Optimizer, IBM Blades

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zEnterprise 196 Functions and Features (GA Driver 93 September, 2011)

Additional Cryptographic enhancements

8 GBps PCIe interconnects
Additional STP enhancements
Doubled Coupling CHPIDs to 128
Improved PSIFB Coupling Link
Physical Coupling Links increased to 104
New 32 slot PCIe Based I/O Drawer
Increased granularity of I/O adapters
New form factor I/O adapters i.e FICON
Express8S and OSA-Expres4S

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zEnterprise 114, 196 and zBX Enhancements - October 12, 2011)

zHPF enhancements
EAL5+ Certification for z196
GDPS Support for zEnterprise
GDPS xDR support for z/VSE
GDPS reduced HyperSwap impact and improved
scalability
New IBM Implementation Services for System z
New and revised zEnterprise Statements of Direction
zBX IEDN TOR 1 GbE optics for the customer network
Additional zBX 8 Gbps FCS optics for POWER7 and
System x blade connections to the customer SAN

z196

z114

zBX support for Windows on select System x blades

New DataPower XI50z firmware support
zBX support for AIX 7.1 on select POWER7 blades
Unified Resource Manager APIs
Unified Resource Manager dynamic discovery of storage
resources
z/VM 6.2 enhanced virtualization capabilities

IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator

zBX
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Design highlights
Offer a flexible infrastructure
Offer state-of-the-art integration capability
Offer high performance
Offer the high capacity and scalability
Offer the capability of concurrent upgrades for processors, memory, and I/O
connectivity
Implement a system with high availability and reliability
Have broad internal and external connectivity offerings
Provide the highest level of security in which every two PUs share a CP Assist for
Cryptographic Function (CPACF).
Be self-managing and self-optimizing IRD, Hiperdispatch
Have a balanced system design

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z196 Processor Design Basics

Logical View of Single Book

Processor Design
CPU (core)
cycle time
pipeline, execution order
branch prediction
hardware vs. millicode*
Memory subsystem (nest)
high speed buffers
(caches)
on chip, on book
private, shared
buses
number, bandwidth
latency
distance
speed of light

Memory

Shared Cache
Private
Cache

Private
Cache

CPU

CPU

Private
Cache

CPU

*executes complex instructions

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Performance Drivers with z196

Hardware
Memory subsystem
focus on keeping data closer to the processor unit
new chip-level shared cache
much larger book-level shared cache
Processor
Out-of-Order execution
new instructions to allow for reduced processor quiesce effects
reduced cache misses reduced pipeline disruption
up to 80 configurable processor units
Total of 4 different uni speeds, 3 sub-capacity
HiperDispatch
exploits new cache topology
reduced cross-book help
better locality for multi-task address spaces
State benefits if you re-compile
(Run-time modules or to make use of out-of-order execution)

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Hypervisor and OS Basics

Hypervisor (PR/SM)
Virtualization layer at OS level
Distributes physical resources
Memory
Processors
Logicals dispatched on physicals
Dedicated
Shared
Affinities
OS
Virtualization layer at address space level
Distributes logical resources
Memory
Processors
Tasks dispatched on logicals
Enhanced cooperation
HiperDispatch with z10 EC
z/OS + PR/SM

Logical View of 2 books

Memory

Memory
L2 Cache

L2 Cache
L1

L1

CPU

CPU

L1

L1

L1

CPU

CPU

CPU

L1

CPU

PR/SM
LP1

LP2

TCBa
TCBb

z/OSi

LPn
TCBx

LP1

LP2

TCBa
TCBb

z/OSj

LPm
TCBx

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z196 Under the covers (Model M66 or M80)

Internal
Batteries
(optional)

Processor Books,
Memory, MBA and
HCA cards

Power
Supplies

Ethernet cables for

internal System LAN
connecting Flexible

2 x Support
Elements

(FSP) cage controller

cards

Service Processor

InfiniBand I/O
Interconnects
I/O cage
2 x Cooling
Units
I/O drawers
Fiber Quick Connect
(FQC) Feature
(optional)

FICON &
ESCON
FQC

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z196 Water cooled Under the covers (Model M66 or M80) front
view
Internal
Batteries
(optional)
Power
Supplies
Support
Elements
I/O cage

I/O drawers

Ethernet cables for

internal System LAN
connecting Flexible

Service Processor
(FSP) cage controller
cards
Processor Books,
Memory, MBA and
HCA cards
InfiniBand I/O
Interconnects
2 x Water
Cooling
Units

z196TLLB64
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z196 System Upgrades:

Protecting your investments
z9 EC

M80

M49

z10 EC

M32

M15

Concurrent Upgrade

M66
z196 to higher hardware z196
model
Upgrade of z196 Models M15, M32,
M49 and M66 to M80 is disruptive
When upgrading to z196 all the Books
are replaced
Upgrade from Air to Water cooled not
available

Any z9 EC to any z196

Any z10 EC to any z196

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z196 Architecture
Continues line of upward-compatible Mainframe processors

Rich CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) Instruction Set Architecture

(ISA)
984 instructions (762 implemented entirely in hardware)
24, 31, and 64-bit addressing modes
Multiple address spaces robust inter-process security
Multiple arithmetic formats
Industry-leading virtualization support
High-performance logical partitioning via PR/SM
Fine-grained virtualization via z/VM scales to 1000s of images
Precise, model-independent definition of hardware/software interface
Architectural extensions for IBM z196
110+ new instructions added to improve compiled code efficiency
Decimal floating point quantum exceptions
New crypto functions and modes
Virtual architectural level

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*RISC = Reduced Instruction Set Computer

33

z196
Book Concept

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Book design
A z196 system has up to four books on a fully connected topology,
up to 80 processor units can be characterized, and up to 3 TB of
memory capacity. Memory has up to 12 memory controllers, using
5-channel redundant array of independent memory (RAIM)
protection, with DIMM bus cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error
retry. The 4-level cache hierarchy is implemented with eDRAM
(embedded) caches. Up until recently eDRAM was considered to
be too slow for this kind of use, however, a break-through in IBM
technology has negated that. In addition eDRAM offers higher
density, less power utilization, fewer soft-errors, and better
performance. Concurrent maintenance allows dynamic book add
and repair.
The z196 server uses 45nm chip technology, with advancing low
latency pipeline design, leveraging high speed yet power efficient
circuit designs. The multichip module (MCM) has a dense
packaging, allowing modular refrigeration units (MRUs) cooling, or
as an option, water cooling. The water cooling option is
recommended as it can lower the total power consumption of the
server.

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Book Layout
Backup Air Plenum

8 I/O FAN OUT

2 FSP

MCM @ 1800W
Refrigeration Cooled or
Water Cooled

16X DIMMs
100mm High

Fanout
Memory

Rear

DCA Power Supplies

3x DCA

11 VTM Card Assemblies

8 Vertical
3 Horizontal

Front

Cards

Memory

14X DIMMs
100mm High

Cooling
from/to MRU

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z196 PU chip, SC chip and MCM

z196
Quad Core
PU CHIP

96 MB
SC CHIP

BOOK
Front View

Front View
Fanouts

MCM
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z196 Cache / Book Topology

Fully connected 4 Book system:

Mem2 Mem1 Mem0

Book:

CP2

FBCs

CP1

SC1

CP3

CP0

FBCs

SC0

CP4

CP5

The z196 Books are fully interconnected

in a point to point topology as shown in
the diagram

96 total cores, 80way

Total system cache
768 MB shared L4 (eDRAM)
576 MB L3 (eDRAM)
144 MB L2 private (SRAM)
19.5 MB L1 private (SRAM)

Data transfers are direct between Books

via the Level 4 Cache chip in each
MCM.
Level 4 Cache is shared by all PU chips
on the MCM

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z196 Book Level Cache Hierarchy

PU
L1

L1

L1

PU
L1

L1

L1

L1

PU
L1

L1

L1

L1

PU
L1

L1

L1

L1

PU
L1

L1

L1

L1

PU
L1

L1

L1

L1

L1

1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB

L2
L2
L2
L2

1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB

L2
L2
L2
L2

1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB

L2
L2
L2
L2

1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB

L2
L2
L2
L2

1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB

L2
L2
L2
L2

1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB 1.5MB

L2
L2
L2
L2

24MB eDRAM
Inclusive L3

24MB eDRAM
Inclusive L3

24MB eDRAM
Inclusive L3

24MB eDRAM
Inclusive L3

24MB eDRAM
Inclusive L3

24MB eDRAM
Inclusive L3

LRU Cast-Out
CP Stores
Data Fetch Return

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192MB eDRAM
Inclusive L4
2 SC Chips

3/2/2012

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Cache levels and memory structure

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Enhanced book availability

Book Add
Model Upgrade by the addition of a single new book adding physical processors, memory,
and I/O Connections.
Continued Capacity with Fenced Book
Make use of the LICCC defined resources of the fenced book to allocate physical resources
on the operational books as possible.
Book Repair
Replacement of a defective book when that book had been previously fenced from the
system during the last IML.
Book Replacement
Removal and replacement of a book for either repair or upgrade

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z196
Processor Unit
Design

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Mainframe Servers Continue to Scale with z196

96 engines
80-way

z196

77 engines
64-way

z10 EC

Maximum PCI

Each new range continues to deliver:

New function
Unprecedented capacity to meet
consolidation needs
Improved efficiency to further
reduce energy consumption
Continues to delivering flexible and
simplified on demand capacity
A Mainframe that goes beyond the
traditional paradigm

64 engines
54-way

z9 EC

48 engines
32-way

z990

z900

20 engines
16-way

Minimum PCI

z/OS release used for LSPR measurements

z196 measurements are for a xx-way
PCI - (Processor Capacity Index

z900
z/OS 1.6

z990
z/OS 1.6

z9 EC
z/OS 1.6

z10 EC
z/OS 1.8

z196
z/OS 1.11

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z196 Continues the CMOS Mainframe Heritage

5.2
GHz

4.4
GHz

5000

Fastest
Microprocessor
In The Industry

4000

MHz

3000
1.7
GHz
2000

1000

300
MHz

420
MHz

550
MHz

1998
G5

1999
G6

770
MHz

1.2
GHz

1997
G4

G4 1st full-custom CMOS S/390

G5 IEEE-standard BFP; branch target prediction
G6 Copper Technology (Cu BEOL)

2000
z900

2003
z990

2005
z9 EC

z900 Full 64-bit z/Architecture

z990 Superscalar CISC pipeline
z9 EC System level scaling

2008
z10 EC

2010
z196

z10 EC Architectural extensions

z196 Additional Architectural
extensions and new cache
structure

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z196 GHz Leadership

Mainframe continues to grow frequency by
Leveraging 45nm technology
Advancing low latency pipeline design
Leveraging high speed yet power-efficient circuit designs
z196 achieves industry leadership 5.2 GHz operation
High-frequency processor design is enabled by
Innovative power-efficient circuit designs
IBMs SOI silicon technology
Leadership packaging technology including glass-ceramic MCMs
Leadership cooling technology, with choice of MRU or chilled-water cooling
GHz is especially important for CPU-intensive applications
System performance is not linear with frequency
Need to use LSPR + Mainframe capacity planning tools for real client /
workload sizing
GHz is not the only dimension that matters
Must balance frequency, pipeline efficiency, energy efficiency, cache/memory
design, I/O design
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z196 Out of Order (OOO) Value

OOO yields significant performance benefit for compute intensive apps through
Re-ordering instruction execution
Later (younger) instructions can execute ahead of an older stalled instruction
Re-ordering storage accesses and parallel storage accesses
OOO maintains good performance growth for traditional apps

Instrs

In-order core execution

Out-of-order core execution

1
2

L1 miss

L1 miss

3
4
5
Time

Execution

Time

Storage access
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Superscalar processor
A scalar processor is a processor that is based on a single-issue architecture, which means that only
a single instruction is executed at a time. A superscalar processor allows concurrent execution of
instructions by adding additional resources onto the microprocessor to achieve more parallelism
by creating multiple pipelines, each working on its own set of instructions.
A superscalar processor is based on a multi-issue architecture. In such a processor, where
multiple instructions can be executed at each cycle, a higher level of complexity is reached,
because an operation in one pipeline stage might depend on data in another pipeline stage.
Therefore, a superscalar design demands careful consideration of which instruction sequences
can successfully operate in a long pipeline environment.
On the z196, up to three instructions can be decoded per cycle and up to five
instructions/operations can be executed per cycle. Execution can occur out of (program) order.
If the branch prediction logic of the microprocessor makes the wrong prediction, removing all
instructions in the parallel pipelines also might be necessary. Obviously, the cost of the wrong
branch prediction is more costly in a high-frequency processor design. For this reason, a variety of
history-based branch prediction mechanisms are used.
The branch target buffer (BTB) runs ahead of instruction cache pre-fetches to prevent branch
misses in an early stage. Furthermore, a branch history table (BHT) in combination with a pattern
history table (PHT) and the use of tagged multi-target prediction technology branch prediction offer
an extremely high branch prediction success rate.
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Branch prediction
Because of the ultra high frequency of the PUs, the penalty for a wrongly predicted branch is
high. For that reason a multi-pronged strategy for branch prediction, based on gathered
branch history combined with several other prediction mechanisms, is implemented on each
microprocessor. The branch history table (BHT) implementation on processors has a large
performance improvement effect. Originally introduced on the IBM ES/9000 9021 in 1990,
the BHT has been continuously improved.
The BHT offers significant branch performance benefits. The BHT allows each PU to take
instruction branches based on a stored BHT, which improves processing times for
calculation routines. Besides the BHT, the z196 uses a variety of techniques to improve the
prediction of the correct branch to be executed. The techniques include:
Branch history table (BHT)
Branch target buffer (BTB)
Pattern history table (PHT)
BTB data compression
The success rate of branch prediction contributes significantly to the superscalar aspects of
the z196. This is because the architecture rules prescribe that, for successful parallel
execution of an instruction stream, the correctly predicted result of the branch is essential.
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Wild branch
When a bad pointer is used or when code overlays a data area containing a pointer to code, a random
branch is the result, causing a 0C1 or 0C4 abend. Random branches are very hard to diagnose because
clues about how the system got there are not evident. With the wild branch hardware facility, the last
address from which a successful branch instruction was executed is kept. z/OS uses this
information in conjunction with debugging aids, such as the SLIP command, to determine where a wild
branch came from and might collect data from that storage location. This approach decreases the many
debugging steps necessary when looking for where the branch came from.

IEEE floating point

Over 130 binary and hexadecimal floating-point instructions are present in z196. They incorporate IEEE
Standards into the platform.

Translation look-aside buffer

The translation look-aside buffer (TLB) in the instruction and data L1 caches use a secondary TLB to
enhance performance. In addition, a translator unit is added to translate misses in the secondary TLB.

Instruction fetching, decode, and grouping

The superscalar design of the microprocessor allows for the decoding of up to three instructions per cycle
and the execution of up to five instructions per cycle. Both execution and storage accesses for
instruction and operand fetching can occur out of sequence.

Extended translation facility

Used in data conversion operations for data encoded in Unicode, causing applications that are enabled
for Unicode or globalization to be more efficient. These data-encoding formats are used in Web services,
grid, and on-demand environments where XML and SOAP technologies are used.

Instruction set extensions

Hexadecimal floating point, Immediate, Load, Cryptographic, Extended Translate Facility-3 and Assist
instructions,

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z196 Compression and Cryptography Accelerator

Data compression engine
Static dictionary compression and expansion
Dictionary size up to 64KB (8K entries)
Local 16KB cache per core for dictionary
data

CP Assist for Cryptographic Function

(CPACF)
Enhancements for new NIST standard
Complemented prior ECB and CBC
symmetric cipher modes with XTS, OFB,
CTR, CFB, CMAC and CCM
New primitives (128b Galois Field multiply) for
GCM

Core 1

Core 0
2nd Level
Cache
IB OB TLB

Cmpr
Exp

TLB

16K

OB

IB

Cmpr
Exp

16K

Accelerator unit shared by 2 cores

Independent compression engines
Shared cryptography engines

Crypto
Cipher

Crypto
Hash

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Decimal floating point accelerator

The decimal floating point (DFP) accelerator function is present on each of the
microprocessors (cores) on the quad-core chip. Its implementation meets business
application requirements for better performance, precision, and function.
Base 10 arithmetic is used for most business and financial computation. Floating
point computation that is used for work typically done in decimal arithmetic has
involved frequent necessary data conversions and approximation to represent decimal
numbers. This has made floating point arithmetic complex and error-prone for
programmers using it for applications in which the data is typically decimal data.
Benefits
Avoids rounding issues such as those happening with binary-to-decimal
conversions.
Has better functionality over existing binary coded decimal (BCD) operations.
Follows the standardization of the dominant decimal data and decimal operations in
commercial computing supporting industry standardization (IEEE 745R) of decimal
floating point operations. Instructions are added in support of the Draft Standard for
Floating-Point Arithmetic, which is intended to supersede the ANSI/IEEE Std 7541985.

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Processor error detection and recovery

The PU uses something called transient recovery as an error recovery mechanism.
When an error is detected, the instruction unit retries the instruction and attempts to
recover the error. If the retry is not successful (that is, a permanent fault exists), a
relocation process is started that restores the full capacity by moving work to another
PU. Relocation under hardware control is possible because the R-unit has the full
architected state in its buffer

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z196 Multi-Chip Module (MCM) Packaging

96mm x 96mm MCM
103 Glass Ceramic layers
8 chip sites
7356 LGA connections
20 and 24 way MCMs
Maximum power used by MCM is 1800W

PU 2

PU 1

PU 0

CMOS 12s chip Technology

PU, SC, S chips, 45 nm
6 PU chips/MCM Each up to 4 cores

One memory control (MC) per PU chip

23.498 mm x 21.797 mm
1.4 billion transistors/PU chip
L1 cache/PU core
64 KB I-cache
128 KB D-cache
L2 cache/PU core
1.5 MB
L3 cache shared by 4 PUs per chip
24 MB
5.2 GHz

2 Storage Control (SC) chip

S10

S00
SC 1

SC 0

S11

S01

24.427 mm x 19.604 mm
1.5 billion transistors/SC chip
L4 Cache 96 MB per SC chip (192 MB/Book)
L4 access to/from other MCMs

4 SEEPROM (S) chips

PU 3

PU 4

PU 5

2 x active and 2 x redundant

Product data for MCM, chips and other engineering
information

Clock Functions distributed across PU and SC chips

Master Time-of-Day (TOD) function is on the SC

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z196 Quad Core PU Chip Detail

Up to Four active cores per chip
5.2 GHz
L1 cache/ core
64 KB I-cache
128 KB D-cache

12S0 45nm SOI

Technology
13 layers of metal
3.5 km wire
1.4 Billion Transistors

Chip Area 512.3mm2

23.5mm x 21.8mm
8093 Power C4s
1134 signal C4s

1.5 MB private L2 cache/ core

Two Co-processors (COP)
Crypto & compression accelerators
Includes 16KB cache
Shared by two cores
24MB eDRAM L3 Cache
Shared by all four cores
Interface to SC chip / L4 cache
41.6 GB/sec to each of 2 SCs
I/O Bus Controller (GX)
Interface to Host Channel Adapter (HCA)
Memory Controller (MC)
Interface to controller on memory DIMMs
Supports RAIM design

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z196 SC Chip Detail

12S0 45nm SOI
Technology

L4 Cache
(24MB)

13 layers of metal

Chip Area
478.8mm^2

L4 Cache
(24MB)

24.4mm x 19.6mm
7100 Power C4s
1819 signal C4s

1.5 Billion
Transistors
1 Billion cells for
eDRAM

eDRAM Shared L4
Cache

Fabric

IOs

PLL Data Perv

ETR/
TOD Data

Clk

BitStack

L4 Controller

BitPerv Stack

Fabric

IOs
Perv

Repower

96 MB per SC chip
192 MB per Book

6 CP chip interfaces
3 Fabric interfaces
2 clock domains

L4 Cache
(24MB)

L4 Cache
(24MB)

5 unique chip voltage

supplies
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z196 Microprocessor Summary

Major advance in Mainframe processor design
Deep, high-frequency (5.2 GHz) pipeline
Aggressive out of order execution core
4-level cache hierarchy with eDRAM L3 and L4
Synergy between hardware and software design
z/Architecture (ISA - Instruction Set Architecture) extensions
Compiler and micro-architecture co-optimization
Robust performance gain on existing binaries (code)
Major step up in processor performance
Up to 40% performance gain on existing compute-intensive code
Additional gains achievable with recompilation

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z196 Processor Features

Model

Books/
PUs

CPs

IFLs
uIFLs

zAAPs

zIIPs

ICFs

SAPs
Std

Optional
SAPs

Std.
Spares

M15

1/20

0-15

0-15
0-14

0-7

0-7

0-15

0-4

M32

2/40

0-32

0-32
0-31

0-16

0-16

0-16

0-10

M49

3/60

0-49

0-49
0-48

0-24

0-24

0-16

0-15

M66

4/80

0-66

0-66
0-65

0-33

0-33

0-16

12

0-20

M80

4/96

0-80

0-80
0-79

0-40

0-40

0-16

14

0-18

z196 Models M15 to M66 use books each with a 20 core MCM (two 4-core and four 3-core PU chips)
Concurrent Book Add is available to upgrade from model to model (except to the M80)
z196 Model M80 has four books each with a 24 core MCM (six 4-core PU chips)
Disruptive upgrade to z196 Model M80 is done by book replacement
Notes: 1. At least one CP, IFL, or ICF must be purchased in every machine
2. One zAAP and one zIIP may be purchased for each CP purchased even if CP capacity is banked.
3. uIFL stands for Unassigned IFL

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z196
Memory

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Memory design
The z196 memory design also provides
flexibility and high availability
Memory assignment or allocation is done at
power-on reset (POR) when the system is
initialized. PR/SM is responsible for the
memory assignments.
PR/SM has knowledge of the amount of
purchased memory and how it relates to
the available physical memory in each of
the installed books. PR/SM has control
over all physical memory and therefore is
able to make physical memory available to
the configuration when a book is
nondisruptively added. PR/SM also
controls the reassignment of the content of
a specific physical memory array in one
book to a memory array in another book.

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Large page support

By default, page frames are allocated with a 4 KB size. The z196 supports a large page size
of 1 MB. The first z/OS release that supports large pages is z/OS V1R9.
The translation look-aside buffer (TLB) exists to reduce the amount of time required to
translate a virtual address to a real address by dynamic address translation (DAT) when it
needs to find the correct page for the correct address space.
It is very desirable to have one's addresses in the TLB. With 4 K pages, holding all the
addresses for 1 MB of storage takes 256 TLB lines. When using 1 MB pages, it takes only 1
TLB line. This means that large page size exploiters have a much smaller TLB footprint.

Hardware system area

The hardware system area (HSA) is a non-addressable storage area that contains server
Licensed Internal Code and configuration-dependent control blocks. The HSA has a fixed
size of 16 GB and is not part of the purchased memory that is ordered and installed.

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z196 Redundant Array of Independent Memory (RAIM)

z196 introduces the redundant array of
independent memory (RAIM). The RAIM
design detects and recovers from DRAM,
socket, memory channel or DIMM failures.
The RAIM design requires the addition of
one memory channel that is dedicated for
RAS
The parity of the four data DIMMs are
stored in the DIMMs attached to the fifth
memory channel. Any failure in a memory
component can be detect and corrected
dynamically. This design takes the RAS of
the memory subsystem to another level,
making it essentially a fully fault tolerant
N+1 design.

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z196 Memory Offerings

Purchase Memory Memory available for
assignment to LPARs
Model

Standard
Memory GB

Flexible
Memory
GB

M15

32 - 704

NA

M32

32 - 1520

32 - 704

M49

32 - 2288

32 - 1520

M66

32 - 3056

32 - 2288

M80

32 - 3056

32 - 2288

Hardware System Area Standard 16 GB

outside customer memory for system use
Standard Memory Provides minimum
physical memory required to hold base
purchase memory plus 16 GB HSA
Flexible Memory Provides additional
physical memory needed to support
activation base customer memory and HSA
on a multiple book z196 with one book out of
service.
Plan Ahead Memory Provides additional
physical memory needed for a concurrent
upgrade (LIC CC change only) to a
preplanned target customer memory

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z196
Connectivity

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z196 I/O Infrastructure

Book 0

Book 1

Book 2

Book 3

Memory

Memory

Memory

Memory

PU

PU

PU

PU

PU

PU

PU

PU

FBC/L4 Cache

PU

FBC/L4 Cache

FBC/L4 Cache

PU

PU

HCA

PU

PU

PU

PU

PU

PU

HCA

PU

PU

PU

FBC/L4 Cache

PU

PU

PU

PU

HCA2-C
fanout

HCA

HCA

1st level
CopperCables
6 GBps
IFB-MP

RII

IFB-MP

IFB-MP

RII

2 GBps
mSTI

IFB-MP

IFB-MP

RII

500 MBps mSTI

IFB-MP

IFB-MP

IFB-MP

RII

2nd level
Embedded

333 MBps mSTI

2 GBps mSTI

1 GBps
mSTI

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ESCON

ESCON

ESCON

ESCON

2GBps
mSTI
FPGA

ISC ISC ISC ISC

FPGA

.
Channels

Coupling Links

Channels

Ports

FICON Express8
2/4/8 Gbps

ISC-3

ESCON

OSA-Express3
10 GbE

z196 system structure for I/O

Acronym

Full name

AID

Adapter identification

CIB

Coupling using InfiniBand

HCA

Host Channel Adapter

MBA

Memory Bus Adapter

PSIFB

Parallel Sysplex using

InfiniBand

IFB-MP

InfiniBand Multiplexer

STI-MP

Self-Timed Interconnect
Multiplexer

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z196 Channel Type and Crypto Overview

Supported Channel Types
I/O Channels
FICON Express8S
FICON Express8
FICON Express4 (Carry forward on upgrade)
ESCON Migrate Away (240 or fewer)
Networking
OSA-Express4S
OSA-Express3
10 Gigabit Ethernet LR and SR
Gigabit Ethernet LX and SX
1000BASE-T Ethernet
OSA-Express2 (Carry forward on upgrade)
1000BASE-T Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet LX and SX
HiperSockets (Define only)
Coupling Links
InfiniBand Coupling Links
12x InfiniBand
1x InfiniBand
ISC-3 Migrate Away (Peer mode only)
IC (Define only)

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Crypto
Crypto Express3
Configurable Coprocessor / Accelerator

OSA Express 3 Configuration Options Summary

CHPID type

Purpose / Traffic

Operating Systems

OSD
All OSA features
z196, z10, z9, zSeries

Supports Queue Direct Input/Output (QDIO) architecture

TCP/IP traffic when Layer 3 (uses IP address)
Protocol-independent when Layer 2 (uses MAC address)

z/OS, z/VM
z/VSE, z/TPF
Linux on Mainframe

Non-QDIO; for SNA/APPN/HPR traffic

and TCP/IP passthru traffic

z/OS, z/VM
z/VSE

OSA-Integrated Console Controller (OSA-ICC)

Supports TN3270E, non-SNA DFT to IPL CPCs & LPs

z/OS, z/VM
z/VSE

OSM
1000BASE-T
z196 exclusive

OSA-Express for Unified Resource Manager

Connectivity to intranode management network (INMN)
from z196 to Unified Resource Manager functions

z/OS, z/VM
Linux on Mainframe*

OSN
GbE, 1000BASE-T
z196, z10, z9 exclusive

OSA-Express for NCP

Appears to OS as a device supporting CDLC protocol
Enables Network Control Program (NCP) channel-related functions
Provides LP-to-LP connectivity
OS to IBM Communication Controller for Linux (CCL)

z/OS, z/VM
z/VSE, z/TPF
Linux on Mainframe

OSX
10 GbE
z196 exclusive

OSA-Express for zBX

Connectivity and access control to intraensemble data network (IEDN) from
z196 to zBX

z/OS, z/VM
Linux on Mainframe*

OSE
1000BASE-T
z196, z10, z9, zSeries
OSC
1000BASE-T
z196, z10, z9, z990, z890

*IBM is working with its Linux distribution partners to include support in future Linux on
Mainframe distribution releases.
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FICON Express8S SX and 10KM LX in the PCIe I/O drawer

For FICON, zHPF, and FCP environments
CHPID types: FC and FCP
2 PCHIDs/CHPIDs
Auto-negotiates to 2, 4, or 8 Gbps
Increased performance compared to
FICON Express8

FLASH

2, 4, 8 Gbps

SFP+

HBA
ASIC

IBM
ASIC

2, 4, 8 Gbps

SFP+

HBA
ASIC

IBM
ASIC

10KM LX - 9 micron single mode fiber

Unrepeated distance - 10 kilometers (6.2
miles)
Receiving device must also be LX

FLASH

PCIe
Switch

FC 0409 10KM LX, FC 0410 SX

SX - 50 or 62.5 micron multimode fiber

Distance variable with link data rate and
fiber type
Receiving device must also be SX
2 channels of LX or SX (no mix)
Small form factor pluggable (SFP) optics
Concurrent repair/replace action for each SFP

LX

OR

SX

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z196 HiperSockets doubled the number

High-speed intraserver network

Linux
LP2

z/OS
LP1

Independent, integrated, virtual LANs

Communication path system memory

HiperSockets

Communication across LPARs

Single LPAR - connect up to 32 HiperSockets
Support for multiple LCSS's & spanned channels
Virtual LAN (IEEE 802.1q) support

z/VSE
LP3

L2
z/VM
LP5

HiperSockets Network Concentrator

Broadcast support for IPv4 packets

L3
z/VM
LP4

IPv6

HiperSockets Network Traffic Analyzer (HS NTA)

No physical cabling or external connections required

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z196 Coupling Link Options

Type

Description

Use

Link
data rate

Distance

IC
(ICP)

Internal Coupling
Channel

Internal
communication

Internal
speeds

NA

32

12x InfiniBand

z196 & z10

z196 & z10 to z9

6 GBps
3 GBps*

150 meters
(492 feet)

32

1x InfiniBand

z196 & z10

5 Gbps
or 2.5 Gbps**

10 km unrepeated
(6.2 miles)
100 km repeated

32

32

InterSystem
Channel-3

z196, z10, z9

2 Gbps

10 km unrepeated
(6.2 miles)
100 km repeated

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InfiniBan
d
(CIB)
InfiniBan
d
(CIB)
ISC-3
(CFP)

z196
z196
Maximum Max links

z196
Max
CHPIDs

NA

128
CHPIDs

Maximum of 16 InfiniBand fanouts are allowed, 2 links per fanout

Maximum of 128 coupling CHPIDs (ICP, CIB, CFP) per server
Each InfiniBand link supports definition of multiple CIB CHPIDs, up to 16 per fanout
* z196 & z10 negotiate to 3 GBps when connected to a z9
** May negotiate to 2.5 Gbps when connected to a DWDM
Note: ICB-4 is not supported on z196

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InfiniBand coupling links on z196 and z114 Summary

Type

Speed

Distance

Fanout

Cabling
50 MM (OM3)
fiber
9 SM fiber

12x InfiniBand

6 or 3 GBps

150 meters

HCA2-O
HCA3-O

1x InfiniBand

5 or 2.5 Gbps

10 km

HCA2-O LR*
HCA3-O LR

IFB

IFB

HCA2-O

Up to 16 CHPIDs across 2 ports

IFB

IFB

HCA2-O LR*

Up to 16 CHPIDs across 2 ports

IFB & IFB3

HCA3-O

IFB & IFB3

Up to 16 CHPIDs across 2 ports**

IFB

IFB

IFB
HCA3-O LR

IFB

Up to 16 CHPIDs across 4 ports**

Ports exit from the front of a book/processor

drawer with HCAs. Unlike ISC-3 links, does not
use I/O card slots
12x InfiniBand z196, z114, z10, z9
6 GBps
z196/z114 and z10
3 GBps
z196/z114 & z10 to z9
z9 to z9 connection not supported
1x InfiniBand z196/z114 and z10 (not available
for z9)
5 Gbps (Server to Server and with DWDM)
2.5 Gbps (with DWDM)
* For z114 carry forward only
** Performance considerations may reduce the number of CHPIDs
per port

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Mainframe Crypto History

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Cryptographic Coprocessor Facility (CCF)

Cryptographic
Coprocessor
Single Chip Module

G3, G4, G5, G6, z900, z800

OS/390
ICSF

PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor (PCICC)

G5, G6, z900, z800

PCI Cryptographic Accelerator (PCICA)

z800/z900

PCIX Cryptographic Coprocessor

(PCIXCC)

z990

z890

z990

z890

CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions z990

Crypto Express2

z890
z990/z890

z9 EC z9 BC

z10 EC/BC

z9 EC z9 BC

z10 EC/BC

Crypto Express3

z10 EC/BC z196

Cryptographic Coprocessor Facility Supports Secure key cryptographic processing

PCICC Feature Supports Secure key cryptographic processing
PCICA Feature Supports Clear key SSL acceleration
PCIXCC Feature Supports Secure key cryptographic processing
CP Assist for Cryptographic Function allows limited Clear key crypto functions from any CP/IFL
NOT equivalent to CCF on older machines in function or Crypto Express2 capability
Crypto Express2 Combines function and performance of PCICA and PCICC
Crypto Express3 PCI-e Interface, additional processing capacity with improved RAS

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Crypto Express3 2-P Physical View

Coprocessor #1

PCIe interfaces

Coprocessor #2

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Crypto Express3 features highlights

Virtualization: all logical partitions (LPARs) in all Logical Channel Subsystems (LCSSs) have
access to the Crypto Express3 feature, up to 32 LPARs per feature
Designed for improved reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS)
Executes its cryptographic functions asynchronously to a Central Processor (CP) operation
Dynamic addition / configuration of cryptographic features to logical partitions without an
outage
Dynamic power management to maximize RSA performance while keeping within
temperature limits of the tamper-responding package
Secure code loading that enables the updating of functionality while installed in application
systems
Lock-step-checking of dual CPUs for enhanced error detection and fault isolation of
cryptographic operations performed by coprocessor when a PCIe adapter is defined as a
coprocessor
Updated cryptographic algorithms used in loading the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) with the
TKE workstation to keep in step with current recommendations for cryptographic strength
Support for smart card applications using Europay, MasterCard, Visa specifications
Health Monitoring of mesh, temperature, voltage, soft tamper and low battery. Monitoring is
internal to the card. Cannot be accessed or exploited by the customer
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z196 New and exclusive cryptographic capabilities

Elliptic Curve Cryptography Digital Signature Algorithm (ECC), an emerging public key algorithm
expected eventually to replace RSA cryptography in many applications. ECC is capable of providing
digital signature functions and key agreement functions. The new CCA functions provide ECC key
generation and key management and provide digital signature generation and verification functions
compliance with the ECDSA method described in ANSI X9.62 "Public Key Cryptography for the
Financial Services Industry: The Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)". ECC uses
keys that are shorter than RSA keys for equivalent strength-per-key-bit; RSA is impractical at key lengths
with strength-per-key-bit equivalent to AES-192 and AES-256. So the strength-per-key-bit is substantially
greater in an algorithm that uses elliptic curves.
ANSI X9.8 PIN security which facilitates compliance with the processing requirements defined in the new
version of the ANSI X9.8 and ISO 9564 PIN Security Standards and provides added security for
transactions that require Personal Identification Numbers (PIN).
Enhanced Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA), a Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA)
key token wrapping method using Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode in combination with other
techniques to satisfy the key bundle compliance requirements in standards including ANSI X9.24-1 and
the recently published Payment Card Industry Hardware Security Module (PCI HSM) standard.
Secure Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC), a method for computing a message
authentication code using a secret key and a secure hash function. It is defined in the standard FIPS 198,
"The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code". The new CCA functions support HMAC using
SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 hash algorithms. The HMAC keys are variablelength and are securely encrypted so that their values are protected.
Modulus Exponent (ME) and Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT), RSA encryption and decryption
with key lengths greater than 2048-bits and up to 4096-bits.
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Certifications for Mainframe

z/VM

The Common Criteria

program developed by
NIST and NSA
establishes an
organizational and
technical framework to
evaluate the
trustworthiness of IT
Products and
protection profiles

Common Criteria EAL4+

z/VM 5.4 + RACF with
CAPP and LSPP
designed for
compliance
Plan to have z/VM 6.1
evaluated during 2011

z/OS

z/VM
Linux

Linux

Linux on Mainframe
Linux

z/OS
Common Criteria EAL4+

Virtualization with partitions

with CAPP and LSPP

Cryptography

z/OS 1.10

z9 EC, z9 BC, z10 EC, z10 BC EAL5

z/OS 1.11 June 2010

z/OS 1.12 under evaluation
IdenTrust certification for
z/OS as a Digital Certificate
Authority
(PKI Services)

Common Criteria
Novell SUSE SLES9
and 10 certified at
EAL4+ with CAPP
RHEL5 EAL4+ with
CAPP and LSPP

z196 - EAL5+

Common Criteria EAL5

for Logical partitions

FIPS 140-2 level 4

for Crypto Express2

See: www.ibm.com/security/standards/st_evaluations.shtml
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z196
RAS

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Mainframe overall RAS Strategy

..Continuing our RAS focus helps avoid outages

Sources of Outages
Pre z9
-Hrs/Year/Syst-

Prior Servers

Impact of Outage

Unscheduled Outages

Scheduled Outages

Planned
Outages

Scheduled (CIE+Disrupt ive Pat ches + ECs)

Preplanning
requirements

Planned - (MES + Driver Upgrades)

Unscheduled (UIRA)

Power & Thermal

Management

z9 EC

Z10 EC

z196

Temperature = Silicon Reliability Worst Enemy

Wearout = Mechanical Components Reliability Worst Enemy.

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Redundancy in Mainframe Hardware

Power
2x Power Supply
2x Power feed
Internal Battery Feature
Optional internal battery in
cause of loss of external
power)
Cooling, air & water-cooling options
Dynamic oscillator switchover
Processors
Multiprocessors
Spare PUs
Memory
RAIM
Chip sparing
Error Correction and Checking
Enhanced book availability

The zEnterprise System continues to reduce

customer down time by focusing on all
sources of outages: unscheduled outages,
scheduled outages and planned outages.
Power and cooling requirements were reduced
while still managing reliability.
Major new Memory design for preventing
outages
Introducing new IO drawers technologies
designed for concurrent service
Introducing Mainframe management to the
mixed computing environment
Delivering Green functions and RAS together

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Preventing All Outages

Unscheduled Outages
Advanced Memory RAIM (Redundant Array of Independent Memory) design
Enhanced Reed-Solomon code (ECC) 90B/64B
Protection against Channel/DIMM failures
Chip marking for fast DRAM replacements
Mirrored Key cache
Improved chip packaging
Improved condensation management
Integrated TCP/IP checksum generation/checking
Integrated EPO switch cover (protecting the switch during repair actions)
Continued focus on Firmware
Scheduled Outages
Double memory data bus lane sparing (reducing repair actions)
Single memory clock bus sparing
Field Repair of interface between processor chip and cache chip and between
cache chips (fabric bus)
Fast bitline delete on L3/L4 cache (largest caches)
Power distribution using N+2 Voltage Transformation Modules (VTM)
Redundant (N+2) Humidity Sensors
Redundant (N+2) Altitude Sensors
Unified Resource Manager for zBX
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Improving Reliability
Power & Thermal Optimization and Management
Static Power Save Mode under z/OS control
Smart blower management by sensing altitude and humidity
Enhanced evaporator design to minimize temperature variations
MCM cooling with N+1 design feature
MCM backup cooling with Heat Exchanger
Available air to water heat exchanger for customer water cooling

Concurrent Maintenance and Upgrades

Duplex Units
Power Supplies,
Concurrent Microcode (Firmware) updates
Hot Pluggable I/O
PU Conversion
Permanent and Temporary Capacity Upgrades
Capacity Upgrade on Demand (CUoD)
Customer Initiated Upgrade (CIU)
On/Off Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD)
Capacity BackUp (CBU)
Flexible & Plan Ahead Memory Options
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z196 RAS Design of

..Fully Redundant I/O Subsystem of existing IO cage and drawers

processor

Fully Redundant I/O Design

Failover
I/O Hub

I/O Hub

Failover
I/O Mux

I/O Mux

I/O Mux

I/O Mux

I/O
Switch

I/O
Switch

Network
Switch

Network
Switch

Control
Unit

Control
Unit

End
User

End
User

ISC Links

ISC Links

Crypto Accelerator

Crypro Accelerator

Network adapter.

Network adapter.

I/O adapter.

I/O adapter.

Alternate Path

SAP / CP sparing
SAP Reassignment
I/O Reset & Failover
I/O Mux Reset / Failover
Redundant I/O Adapter
Redundant I/O interconnect
Redundant Network Adapters
Redundant ISC links
Redundant Crypto processors
I/O Switched Fabric
Network Switched/Router Fabric
High Availability Plugging Rules
I/O and coupling fanout
rebalancing on CBA
Channel Initiated Retry
High Data Integrity Infrastructure
I/O Alternate Path
Network Alternate Path
Virtualization Technology

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Create a redundant I/O configuration

LPARn

LPAR2

LPAR1

LPARn

LPAR2

LPAR1

CSS /
CHPID

Director
(Switch)

DASD CU

DASD CU
....

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BACKUP
Slides

117

Did You Know...

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Did You Know...

119

Did You Know...

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Did You Know...

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Quick Quiz: Which is the Better Vehicle?

VS.

Maserati MC12

Peterbilt Semi

The Race - Mile Dragstrip

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Quick Quiz: Which is the Better Vehicle?

VS.

100 Maserati MC12

Peterbilt Semi

The Race - Mile Dragstrip

Carrying 10 tons of crates
123

Is this Better?

VS.

Peterbilt Semi
10 Ford F-450 1 ton Pickups

The Race - Mile Dragstrip

Carrying 10 tons of crates
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Mainframe History - Myth vs. Truth

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/info/getztruth/index.jsp
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/s390/misc/bookoffer/download/360revolution_040704.pdf
http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/pdfs/zhistory.pdf
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/s390/audio/pdfs/zSeriesMainframeInnovations.pdf
http://www.ca.com/us/bigiron.aspx

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Academic Initiative: Success Story

IBM Training Center for Mainframe opens at VIT, Vellore, India
Students in Indian universities and colleges are generally taught about personal
computers and small server technology. But mainframes run businesses, and students
need exposure to this critical technology before they enter the workforce to maximize
their effectiveness. The need was recognized by Chancellor G. Viswanathan of the
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India as well as by an IBM team looking for
engineering institutes.
The opportunity opened in September 2010 for IBM to establish a partnership with
VIT, a top-tier academic institute, which was ready to commit to nurturing and
growing a System z ecosystem. Developed as
part of the IBM Academic Initiative System z Program, this unique
initiative builds partnerships with colleges and universities worldwide to
add IBM enterprise systems education to curricula and put the mainframe back in
computer science programs.
The program kicked off with several training sessions that the India
System z ISV team conducted at the VIT campus to educate professors and students on
z/OS concepts. IBM helped the university explore enterprise system solutions as they
built a long-term partnership with professors and the student community. In August, the
IBM Training Center for Mainframes was officially launched at VIT. This is the second
Training Center for Mainframe of its type in the world, and the first one in Asia. It has 60
dedicated high-end computers with 24/7 connectivity to the centralized System z in
Dallas, Texas.
VIT has added a course on Introduction to Mainframe Computing and offered it as an
elective in its Master of Computer Applications curriculum.
Chancellor Viswanathan has referred to IBM as a big role model and ensured that VIT
will make use of IBMs presence to foster innovation.
India has the big advantage of producing the largest number of IT professionals in the
world. The VIT will try to emerge as one of IBMs best partners, he said.
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Master the Mainframe Contest

No experience with mainframes is necessary. In fact, the contest is designed for students
with little or no mainframe experience, increasing with difficulty as the contest progresses.
Students just need to bring drive and competitive spirit and be ready to compete!
Experience!
Today's mainframes are growing in popularity and require a new generation of mainframe
experts. This contest is designed to equip you with basic skills to make you more
competitive for jobs in the enterprise computing industry. Participation in the Master the
Mainframe contest could give you the edge you need.

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References
Introduction to the New Mainframe: Large-Scale Commercial Computing, SG24-7175-00
IBM Mainframe Strengths and Values, SG24-7333-01
Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics, SG24-6366-01
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 1, SG24-6981-01
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 2, SG24-6982-02
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3, SG24-6983-03
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 4, SG24-6984-00
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 5, SG24-6985-01
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 6, SG24-6986-00
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 7, SG24-6987-01
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 8, SG24-6988-00
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 9, SG24-6989-04
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 9, SG24-6989-05
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 10, SG24-6990-03
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 11, SG24-6327-01
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 12, SG24-7621-00
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 13, SG24-7717-00
IBM zEnterprise 196 Technical Guide, SG24-7833-00
IBM zEnterprise System Technical Introduction, SG24-7832-00
IBM zEnterprise 114 Technical Guide, SG24-7954-00
IBM System z Connectivity Handbook, SG24-5444-12
z/Architecture Principles of Operation, SA22-7832-08
z/Architecture Reference Summary, SA22-7871-06
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