Servers are available with fibre channel protocol.
Press Release Summary:
With secure key crypto function from PCIX Cryptographic Coprocessor and On/Off Capacity on Demand, zSeries® 990 leverages current application portfolio with Linux and z/OS®. It consolidates Linux and mainframe applications onto same platform and lets users increase utilization of IT resources by sharing them among business applications. Product also offers GDPS/PPRC and Cross Site Parallel Sysplex distance of 100 km.
Original Press Release:
IBM Enhances the IBM eServer zSeries 990 Family of Servers
At a glance
This z990 announcement provides:
o Availability of Fibre Channel Protocol on z990
o IPL of operating system from a SCSI disk for z800, z900, and z990
o On/Off Capacity on Demand for IFLs
o GDPS/PPRC and Cross Site Parallel Sysplex distance of 100 km
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: LE001).
Overview
The proliferation of servers to satisfy the business demands over the past several years has created a large investment in applications on older technology, increased complexity in IT management and operations, decreased overall efficiency of resources, and grown the need for larger data centers. Added to this is the need for critical business solutions to support business pressures on demand. This requires an environment that is supportive, adaptive, and responsive to on demand business requirements and one that can consolidate diverse critical business applications onto a single platform.
The IBM zSeries® 990 (z990) is designed to provide solutions to these business pressures:
o Leverage the current application portfolio with Linux and z/OS®
o Simplify the operations and management of the diverse business applications by consolidating both Linux and mainframe applications onto the same platform
o Increase the overall utilization of your IT resources by sharing these resources among your business applications
o Decrease the sprawling server proliferation by minimizing the required number of servers
o Support the on demand business requirements by sensing and responding to the business with the platform resources when they are needed
With the availability of the secure key crypto function from the PCIX Cryptographic Coprocessor (PCIXCC) and On/Off Capacity on Demand, and with the October 31 planned availability of the two high-end models and support for two logical channel subsystems and 30 logical partitions, the z990 now allows for easier migration and consolidation of your applications onto a minimal number of z990 servers. Utilizing the z990 along with its support for the increased number of logical partitions and enhancements to one of the industry's best virtualization technologies, z/VM® can help your business to be resilient to the unpredictable on demand world and can deliver the broad range of scalability needed to help support your consolidation and business growth objectives.
Planned availability dates
The following feature is planned to be available on October 7, 2003:
On/Off CoD Active IFL (#9888)
The following features and functions are planned to be available on October 31, 2003:
SCSI IPL Feature Enabler (#9904)
Fibre Channel Protocol
GDPS(TM)/PPRC and Cross Site Parallel Sysplex® distance of 100 km
FCP SAN Management support
