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Document Author: Additional Author(s):	Bette Brody Gregory Daynes		Document ID:	TD104518
Doc. Organization:	Advanced Technical Support		Document Revised:	12/09/2008
Product(s) covered:	z10; z/OS

Abstract: The latest generation of IBM System z servers, the IBM System z10 Enterprise Class (z10 EC) and IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) is designed to meet your business needs. This server is a marriage of evolution and revolution, building on the inherent strengths of the System z platform, delivering new technologies and virtualization designed to offer improvements in price / performance for key workloads as well as enabling a new range of hybrid solutions. The z10 servers further extends System z's leadership in key capabilities with the delivery of expanded scalability for growth and large-scale consolidation, availability to help reduce risk and improve flexibility to respond to changing business requirements, and improved security. The z10 servers are at the core of the enhanced System z platform designed to deliver technologies businesses need today along with a foundation to drive future business growth. The good news is all supported z/OS releases can run on a z10 servers. Similarly, all supported z/OS and z/OS.e releases can participate in a sysplex with a Coupling facility or operating system image on a z10 servers. The software support for the z10 server, like the IBM z9 EC and z9 BC, differs by z/OS release level and is provided by a combination of FMIDs and PTFs. The z10 servers requires a System z10 Systems Assurance and the Systems Assurance Confirmation Form (filled out by IBM) must be completed before the System z10 will ship. See your IBM Representative for details. Chapter 2 in the z10 Systems Assurance Guide describes all software considerations and can be obtained from your IBM Representative.

For software considerations for the System z10 click on the .pdf file. (check for z10 Ops)

Classification:	Software	Category:	Installation and Migration
Platform(s):	IBM System z Family	S/W Pillar(s):	System z
O/S:	z/OS	Keywords:	z/OS, z10 EC, PTFs, HiperDispatch, zIIP, PSP, SMP/E