HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

9 P9500 storage system rules
This chapter describes rules for P9500 storage systems in a mainframe environment.
P9500 storage systems
Before implementation, contact an HP storage representative for information about support for
specific configurations, including the following:
• Storage system firmware
• FICON director models and firmware
• Mainframe models and operating system version
Vision and Storage Magic
Vision (formally RMF Magic) enables you to understand and optimize the performance of I/O
workloads for your disk subsystem. It uses RMF or CMF data to generate reports that provide
storage, performance, and capacity planning professionals with detailed insight of storage
performance.
Storage Magic uses the information collected by Vision to provide performance predictions that
help you to determine which disk configuration options are best for your workload.
For more information about Vision or Storage Magic, contact your local HP sales or storage
representative.
Table 59 (page 103) describes the combinations of mainframe operating systems that support shared
access with P9500 storage systems.
Table 59 P9500 FICON SAN support
Mainframe operating
nl
systems
2, 3
Mainframe models
FICON
nl
directors
1
Storage system
firmware
Storage
nl
system
IBM:
B-series
nl
C-series
nl
McDATA
V01P9500
• z/OS
• S/390 9672 G5
• z/VM
• S/390 9672 G6
• z/VSE
• z800
• Linux SUSE for zSeries
• z890
• OS/390
• z900
• VM/ESA
• z990
• VSE/ESA
• z9 BC
• Linux SUSE for S/390 (FCP)
• z9 EC
• ALCS
• z10 BC
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for
zSeries
• z10 EC
nl
HDS: S/390 compatible
4
nl
ADL: Millennium 2000c
4
1
For more information about supported director models, see “B-series FICON directors and fabric rules” (page 29),
“C-series FICON directors and fabric rules” (page 46), and “McDATA FICON directors and fabric rules” (page 63).
2
For the latest information on supported Mainframe operating system support with the P9500, see the HP SPOCK website
at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access. On the left side of the
home page, under Other Hardware, click Mainframe Connectivity to access the mainframe streams. The P9500 FICON
streams are located under the Mainframe FICON Streams heading.
3
Not all mainframe operating systems can run on all listed mainframe models.
4
Cascaded directors are not supported for ADL, OS/390 or S/390-compatible mainframes.
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