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I/O Connectivity

  
Overview What's new Products Performance
FICON Express4   |   FICON / FCP Connectivity    |   FCP channels    |   FICON Cascaded Directors   

Visit the Total Storage page for a complete list of supported devices.

Details of disk storage supported devices can be found at the Enterprise Disk Storage page.

Details of tape system supported devices are provided at the Enterprise Tape System page .

Visit the Total Storage SAN (Storage Area Network) page to read a complete list of supported directors and switches.


Other supported devices
Qualification Testing of Optica PRIZM product
(225KB)
Qualification Testing of Hitachi High Performance FICON for System z (zHPF)
(16 Dec. 2008, 38KB)
Qualification testing of Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V series products
(09 June 2008, 28KB)
Qualification testing of Hitachi USP V® series products
(04 Dec. 2007, 26.7KB)
Qualification testing of Hitachi TagmaStore® SANRISE® series products
(22 Dec. 2005, 28KB)
International Business Machines Corporation and Hitachi Ltd. have successful completed compatibility and interoperability testing


 
Questions?
  Do you have questions about the new Systems z10 servers and new I/O functionalities?  
Go to the System z FAQ page  

Cables
Do you have the appropriate FICON jumpers, patch cables, and conversion kits for your server? For all your cabling needs see the System z Fiber Cabling Services in the IBM Resource Link Services section (registration required)

IBM education
Are you ready for FICON? Learn about FICON Planning, Operation, Implementation, and Problem Determination, Course #ES326