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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