zEnterprise® EC12 (2827) | ||
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Processor Core Types: CP/IFL/ICF/zAAP*/zIIP* | ||
Model | Minimum | Maximum |
H20 | 1 / 0† / 0 / 0 / 0 | 20 / 20 / 20 / 10 / 10 |
H43 | 1 / 0† / 0 / 0 / 0 | 43 / 43 / 43 / 21 / 21 |
H66 | 1 / 0† / 0 / 0 / 0 | 66 / 66 / 66 / 33 / 33 |
H89 | 1 / 0† / 0 / 0 / 0 | 89 / 89 / 89 / 44 / 44 |
HA1 | 1 / 0† / 0 / 0 / 0 | 101 / 101 / 101 / 50 / 50 |
Coupling Links | ||
IC maximum | 32 | |
ISC-3 maximum‡ | 48 | |
12x InfiniBand maximum | 32 ports§ | |
12x InfiniBand maximum | 32 ports§ | |
1x InfiniBand maximum | 64 ports§ | |
Channels | ||
FICON Express8S / FICON Express8 / FICON Express4 / OSA-Express5S / OSA-Express4S / OSA-Express3 | Minimum: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 | Maximum: 320 / 176 / 176 / 96 / 96 / 96 |
Flash Express | 8 (4 pairs – 8 PCIe adapters); offered in pairs | |
HiperSockets™ | Up to 32 high-speed “virtual” Local Area Networks | |
Cryptography | ||
Crypto Express4S | Minimum order 2 features; Max is 16 features | |
Crypto Express3 | Minimum order 2 features; Max is 8 features | |
Compression Acceleration | ||
zEDC Express | 8 – minimum recommended is 2 | |
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) | ||
10GbE RoCE Express | 16 – minimum recommended is 2 per LPAR | |
Processor Memory | ||
Model | Minimum | Maximum |
H20 | 32 GB | 7046 GB |
H43 | 32 GB | 1392 GB |
H66 | 32 GB | 2272 GB |
H89 | 32 GB | 3040 GB |
HA1 | 32 GB | 3040 GB |
Upgradeability | ||
Upgradeable within the zEC12 family | ||
Upgrading to the HA1 from other zEC12 models will require a planned outage | ||
Upgradeable from IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12) to zEC12 H20, IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196) and IBM System z10® Enterprise Class | ||
Supported Operating Systems | ||
z/OS | z/OS V2.1 z/OS V1.12, V1.13 or higher z/OS V1.11, V1.10 Lifecycle Extension |
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z/VM | VM V5.4, 6.2, 6.3 and subsequent releases. z/VM V6.2 and subsequent releases for zBX support |
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Linux on z Systems | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and subsequent releases, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP2 and SLES 10 (SP4) | |
z/VSE | z/VSE V4.3 and subsequent releases z/VSE V5.1 (with PTFs) will exploit Crypto Express4S with existing z/VSE cryptographic functionality |
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z/TPF | z/TPF 1.1 | |
AIX (on BladeCenter PS701 Express blades installed in IBM z BladeCenter Extension (zBX) Model 003 or Model 004) | AIX 5.3, AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1 and subsequent releases and PowerVM® Enterprise Edition | |
Linux on System x (on IBM BladeCenter HX5 blades installed in zBX Model 003 or Model 004) | Red Hat RHEL 5.5 and up, 6.0 and up and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 (SP4) and up, SLES 11 SP1 and up – 64 bit only Model 004 – same as above plus Red Hat RHEL 7.0 and up. SLES 12 and up |
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Microsoft Windows (on IBM BladeCenter HX5 blades installed in zBX Mod 003 or Model 004)†† | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (SP2) (Data centre Edition recommended) – 64 bit only | |
IBM zzBX Model 003 and Model 004 | ||
WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise | Minimum: 0 | Maximum: 28‡‡ |
IBM BladeCenter PS701 Express blade | Minimum: 0 | Maximum: 112‡‡ |
IBM BladeCenter HX5 blade | Minimum: 0 | Maximum: 56‡‡ |
Hypervisors | ||
IBM BladeCenter PS701 Express blades installed in zBX Model 03 | PowerVM Enterprise Edition VIOS 2.2. | |
IBM BladeCenter PS701 Express blades installed in zBX Model 004 | PowerVM Enterprise Edition VIOS 2.2.3 |
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IBM BladeCenter HX5 (7873) blades installed in zBX Model 03 | KVM Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation Hypervisor (RHEV-H) 6.4 | |
IBM BladeCenter HX5 (7873) blades installed in zBX Model 004 | KVM Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation Hypervisor (RHEV-H) 6.5 |
* If ordering a zAAP or a zIIP, one or more general purpose processor (CP) per the specialty engine is required. One CP can satisfy the requirement for either or both of the specialty engines.
† No IFL is required unless ordering an IFL only server—model capacity identifier 400. If you order a 400 no CP is orderable.
‡ ISC-3 Peer mode only
§ Assuming feature HCA3-O. Maximum of 32 1x IFB ports on M15; Maximum of 16 12x IFB ports on M15
** Provides the minimum physical memory required to hold base purchase memory plus 32 GB HSA
†† All supported releases of Windows may not be available from Microsoft but continue to be available from IBM and other resellers.
‡‡ The blades for BladeCenter PS701 Express blade, BladeCenter HX5 blade and DataPower XI50z can be shared in the same BladeCenter chassis—note that DataPower XI50z blades are “doublewide” and use two slots. Total zBX capacity cannot exceed 112 total blades.
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