HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Systems User Guide

2 Requirements and specifications
This chapter provides basic system requirements, along with specifications for BCM, PPRC, and
other mainframe-related interfaces and functions. In addition to the information here, “Planning for
Continuous Access Synchronous Z” (page 28) provides many specifications, recommendations,
and restrictions for the elements of a Cnt Ac-S Z system that require attention before setting up and
using Cnt Ac-S Z.
System requirements and specifications
The following table describes general system requirements.
RequirementItem
XP P9500
• Number of CUs: 255
• Range of CUs: 0x00 to 0xfe
Supported device
emulation types
• 3380-3, 3390-1, 3390-2, 3390-3, 3390-9, 3390-L, 3390-M
• Earlier model emulation types that can be used are: 3380-E, 3380-J, 3380-K, 3390-3R.
RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 6 configurations.RAID levels supported
The XP P9500 can be connected to:Storage systems at main
and remote sites
• XP P9500 (70–01–01 xx/xx or later)
• XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array (60-07-51-xx/xx or later)
• XP12000 Disk Array or XP10000 Disk Array (50-09-98-xx/xx or later)
When pairs in a consistency group belong to multiple XP P9500s, XP24000/XP20000
Disk Array, XP12000 Disk Array, and XP10000 Disk Array cannot be used.
See “Requirements for XP P9500 with earlier model storage systems” (page 29) for
more information.
Continuous Access
Synchronous Z
• Must be installed on main and remote system.
• Separate license codes are required for each storage system.
• Synchronous only. The XP P9500 does not support Asynchronous.
• Can co-exist with Continuous Access Synchronous.
For information about exceeding licensed capacity and license expiration, see the HP XP
P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide.
None.Other required licenses
However, when combining Cnt Ac-S Z and Thin Provisioning Z, the following licensed
capacity limitations apply:
• If using a Thin Provisioning Z THP V-VOL (virtual volume) for the Cnt Ac-S Z P-VOL or
S-VOL, the capacity of the allocated pages for the THP V-VOL will be counted as the
licensed capacity of Cnt Ac-S Z.
• If the actual licensed capacity exceeds the available licensed capacity, Cnt Ac-S Z can
be used as usual for 30 days. After 30 days, only split or release operations will be
allowed.
Required. Contact your HP account team for assistance.Additional shared memory
For supported OS versions, see the HP SPOCK Website: http://www.hp.com/storage/
spock for latest the information.
Supported mainframe host
platforms
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