IBM zEnterprise EC12

zEnterprise® EC12 (2827)
Processor Core Types: CP/IFL/ICF/zAAP2/zIIP2
Model Minimum Maximum
H20 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 20 / 20 / 20 / 10 / 10
H43 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 43 / 43 / 43 / 21 / 21
H66 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 66 / 66 / 66 / 33 / 33
H89 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 89 / 89 / 89 / 44 / 44
HA1 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 101 / 101 / 101 / 50 / 50
Coupling Links
IC maximum 32
ISC-3 maximum4 48
12x InfiniBand maximum 32 ports5
1x InfiniBand maximum 64 ports5
Channels
FICON Express8S / FICON Express8 / FICON Express4 / OSA-Express4S / OSA-Express3 Minimum: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 Maximum: 320 / 176 / 176 / 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
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 196 (z196) and IBM System z10® Enterprise Class
Supported Operating Systems
z/OS z/OS V1.12, V1.13 or higher
z/OS V1.11, V1.10 Lifecycle Extension
z/VM VM V5.4, 6.1, 6.2 with PTFs, and subsequent releases.
z/VM V6.1, 6.2 and subsequent releases for zBX support
Linux on System z Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and RHEL 5, SUSE Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and SLES 10
z/VSE z/VSE V4.3 and 5.1 will support zEC12 in compatibility mode with PTFs z/VSE V5.1 (with PTFs) will exploit Crypto Express4S with existing z/VSE cryptographic functionality
z/TPF z/TPF 1.1
AIX (on POWER7 blade located in IBM BladeCenter Extension Mod 003) 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 blade installed in zBX) 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
Microsoft Windows (on IBM BladeCenter HX5 blades installed in ZBX Mod 003) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (SP2) (Datacenter Edition recommended) – 64 bit only
IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) Model 003
WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise Minimum: 0 Maximum: 287
IBM BladeCenter PS701 Express blade Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1127
IBM BladeCenter HX5 blade Minimum: 0 Maximum: 567

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