■ Specialty engines for flexible
deployment of Linux workloads
and internal Parallel Sysplex
coupling facilities help to
better align z890 advanced
technology with your IT
infrastructure requirements
■ Flexibility to run multiple
applications and operating
systems on a single server.
IBM ^ zSeries 890
A mainframe sized and priced to suit your business needs
Highlights
■ IBM ^ zSeries
functionality at a lower entry
capacity level than previously
available on IBM z/Architecture
hardware, and with new
granular growth options
■ Optionally configured zSeries
Application Assist Processor
(zAAP), delivering a costeffective and specialised
Java™ execution environment
for improved price/performance
benefits
A mainframe for the mid-sized enterprise
The wave of change that IBM first
called ‘on demand’ continues to gain
momentum. Customers ask more of
your company every day, demanding
that your technology infrastructure be
responsive, flexible and resilient. To
help meet the challenges of constant
change, your company must do more
than simply integrate its processes –
it must literally be able to provide
products and services to customers
on demand. Achieving success in
this environment requires an entirely
new approach. In short, it’s never
been so important for your business –
and your IT infrastructure – to
be flexible.
But what does it really mean to be
flexible? It means building an IT
infrastructure that can change as fast
as market demands. It means
maintaining the ability to grow along
with your business at your own pace,
increasing and decreasing capacity
the mid-sized enterprise. The z890 is
a mainframe with advanced on
demand capabilities at a size and
cost that fits your business.
How can the z890 help you control
costs? This new line of high
performance midrange servers
provides many of the capabilities
available in larger enterprise class
servers at a lower entry point, along
with extremely granular growth
options that allow you to buy the
capacity that best fits your needs.
The z890 is capable of running Linux
and mainframe operating systems at
the same time, and it provides the
flexibility to easily manage changing
business needs while maintaining
mainframe levels of availability
and security.
as needed and paying for only what
you use. It means running multiple
applications on a single server and
running multiple operating systems at
the same time. It means maintaining
flexible growth and upgrade options.
If your company can truly achieve
this flexibility, it can compete – and
win – in today’s marketplace.
From an IT perspective, flexibility has
sometimes seemed like a luxury
afforded only to larger companies.
While small and medium-sized
businesses struggled to do more with
less, bigger companies were able to
simplify their infrastructures through
high-end enterprise servers like the
IBM ^ zSeries 990 (z990).
Now, IBM brings the advanced
mainframe technology of the z990 to
your IT world with the new
IBM ^ zSeries 890 (z890),
designed and sized specifically for
With the z890, you can start at the
capacity setting you need to meet
your IT infrastructure requirements,
then easily add additional capacity to
meet your changing needs as you
grow. The four processors on the
z890 have seven engine levels,
giving you a total of 28 capacity
settings overall. The smallest z890 –
with capacity setting 110 – has most
of the same features as the other 27
capacity settings; however it has
smaller I/O configuration/expansion
capabilities.
To help you reduce the complexity
and costs of your IT infrastructure,
you can use the advanced
virtualisation technology of the z890
to run several operating systems at
the same time. Competitively priced
Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
engines help you run Linux
applications more cost-effectively,
z890 – Single model with multiple features for a range of capacity settings
Uni-Processor
variants
2 Processor
variants
3 Processor
variants
4 Processor
variants
110 210 310 410
120 220 320 420
130 230 330 430
140 240 340 440
150 250 350 450
160 260 360 460
170 – Full Uni 270 – Full 2P 370 – Full 3P 470 – Full 4P
Single machine: 2086 and a single model: A04
point. That’s not so bad, considering
the z990 is IBM’s most sophisticated
mainframe, with world-class
scalability, virtualisation, automation,
security and reliability.
The new IBM ^ zAAP,
planned to be available on the z890
and z990 servers, is an attractively
priced specialised processing unit
that provides an economical Java
execution environment for customers
who desire the traditional qualities
of service and the integration
advantages of the zSeries platform.
zAAPs are designed to assist and
operate asynchronously with the
central processors to execute Java
programming under control of the
IBM Java Virtual Machine (JVM). This
can help reduce the demands and
capacity requirements on central
processors which may then be
available for reallocation to other
zSeries workloads. The amount of
central processor savings may vary
based on the amount of Java
application executed by zAAPs, and
thereby may contribute to lowering
the overall cost of computing for z/OS
Java technology-based applications.
Best of all, IBM JVM processing
cycles can be executed on the
configured zAAPs with no anticipated
modifications to the Java
application(s).
Another new feature for both the z890
and the z990 is the OSA-Integrated
Console Controller (OSA-ICC), which
offers system console (IPL) and
operations support for multiple logical
partitions (LPARs). The OSA-ICC
enables local and remote user
console session capability, as well as
encrypted remote connection for
configuration changes. Use of the
OSA-ICC can positively impact the
ongoing costs of running your
system by eliminating the requirement
for an external controller for console
support.
The zSeries is the enterprise class
e-business server optimised for
integration, transactions and data of
the next generation e-business world.
In implementing the z/Architecture
features with new technology
solutions, zSeries models are
designed to help facilitate the IT
business transformation and reduce
the stress of Business to Business
(B2B) and Business to Customer
(B2C) growth pressure. The zSeries
represents an advanced generation
Granular growth options
When it comes to growth, the z890
offers extreme granularity. The range
of capacities for the z890 has
increased from the processor on its
predecessor, the z800 – options for
low capacity have gotten lower and
those for high capacity have gotten
higher. What does that mean to your
business? It means you can start at
the capacity level you need to simplify
your IT infrastructure, then add
additional capacity to meet your
changing needs as you grow.
Built on z990 technology
Built on the powerhouse function of
the z990, the z890 offers many of the
features and functions of the z990 at a
considerably lower capacity entry
and specialised assist processing
with zAAPs delivers a newly designed
environment for running Java
technology-based applications along
with z/OS on the mainframe. Most
importantly, the z890 gives your
business many of the same
availability, scalability and security
features of the z990 – IBM’s
cornerstone e-business on demand
server.
The z890 can provide the power and
flexibility that seemed out of reach, in
a size that’s right for your IT world.
of servers that feature enhanced
performance, support for zSeries
Parallel Sysplex clustering, improved
hardware management controls and
innovative functions to address
e-business processing. The z890 may
be configured with an Internal
Coupling Facility (ICF) processor that
can be integrated with other central
processors or configured standalone
to allow the z890 to run as a
Coupling Facility.
The zSeries is designed to deliver a
high level of application availability in
response to today’s on demand
environment. It offers technology for
high reliability and is endowed with
self-healing, self-managing features
so your system can fine-tune itself in
key areas to help provide optimised
performance. Fault avoidance and
tolerance design features can help
minimise business disruptions and
permit concurrent maintenance
and repairs.
The IBM ^ Capacity Upgrade
on Demand
1
allows for the addition of
one or more Central Processors
(CPs), ICFs, Integrated Facility for
Linux (IFLs), and/or zAAPs to
increase your server resources when
you need them.
The IBM ^ On/Off Capacity
on Demand
1
capability of the z890 is
designed to provide even greater
flexibility by allowing you to turn on
temporary capacity resources at busy
times of the year and then turn them
back off when they’re no longer
needed. This can give you
exceptional control over costs
while you meet your dynamic
capacity needs.
The z890 processors can provide
reserved emergency backup CPU
capacity through their Capacity
BackUp
1
feature. This feature gives
extra capacity to your operation in
emergency situations where you have
lost capacity in another part of your
establishment and need to recover
capacity on a designated
z890 system.
* Additional terms and conditions apply.
Pay for what you use
The z890 and the z/OS or z/OS.e
operating systems can be a powerful
combination in helping to reduce
computing costs by leveraging the
sub-capacity benefits of Entry
Workload License Charges (EWLC).
Subcapacity EWLC aligns IBM
monthly license charge software
charges with the utilisation of an LPAR
or LPARs where a software product
executes. Exclusive to the z890 is the
EWLC Tiered Price Structure, which
IBM is introducing in order to provide
greater granularity and price/
performance for all flat-charge
IBM software products that run on the
z890.
IBM Global Financing, a leading
provider of IT financing services,
offers TOTAL Solution Financing –
an innovative, tailored approach to
financing that can make acquiring
your z890 fast, easy and affordable.
The financing charges for all your
hardware, software and services can
be included in a single monthly
payment to help simplify your
administration. By spreading your total
cost of acquisition over the term of the
financing, you turn large upfront
expenses into regular monthly
payments. This flexibility can help you
to overcome current budget
restrictions, better manage your
expenses, and eliminate hardware
disposal issues.
An open, flexible server
The z890 offers the flexibility to
manage numerous operating systems
on a single server, including z/OS,
OS/390, z/VM, VM/ESA, VSE/ESA,
TPF and Linux for zSeries and
Linux for S/390.
While zSeries servers support a
number of different operating
systems, their most advanced
features are optimised for z/OS. z/OS
is the foundation for the future of
zSeries. It is designed and developed
to quickly respond to the demanding
quality of service requirements for the
on demand business environment.
z/OS easily allows you to physically
scale up to the amount of server
capacity you need. It is designed to
deliver high qualities of service for
enterprise transactions and data, and
extends these qualities to new
applications using some of the latest
software technologies. It provides a
security-rich, scalable, highperformance base on which to
deploy Internet and Java
applications, providing a
comprehensive and diverse
application execution environment.
Unique to the z890 and the z800 is
z/OS.e – a specially-priced product
offering with a select subset of z/OS
functionality that is designed to make
the deployment of new applications
on these servers attractively priced.
Not only does z/OS.e use the same
code base as z/OS with custom
parameters, it also provides a stable
operating environment comparable to
z/OS in service, management,
reporting and reliability. Best of all, no
new skills or service procedures are
required for z/OS customers who
wish to exploit z/OS.e.
z/VM, strategic to Linux and new
workloads on zSeries, uses
established virtualisation technology
as a foundation to offer Virtual
Machine (VM) capabilities on a
mainframe. It allows you to virtualise
processor, communications, storage
I/O and networking resources to help
minimise the planning, purchasing
and installation of new hardware to
support additional workloads. An
ideal environment for consolidating
servers and simplifying the
infrastructure, z/VM enables you to
run up to hundreds of Linux images
simultaneously on a single server –
helping to reduce both cost and
complexity – while benefiting from the
reliability and availability of the z890.
The z890 provides important
improvements to the QDIO
architecture to help improve
performance and may help minimise
the overhead of running Linux and
other virtual server guests running
under z/VM V4 or later. The Linux
open standards-based platform
supports rapid application portability
which can be adapted to suit
changing business needs. zSeries
enables massive scalability within a
single server. Linux and z/VM can
take advantage of the zSeries
capacity by allowing you to run many
virtual blade servers simultaneously,
so you can scale out virtually for high
utilisation while helping to lower the
cost of ownership.
New zSeries Grid Computing support
leverages Linux for zSeries and z/VM
to provide on demand Grid node
capacity to help meet changing
needs. Linux for zSeries supports
the 64-bit architecture and can utilise
the 16 HiperSockets available on the
z890.
Linux also benefits from the zSeries
support of Fibre Channel Protocol
(FCP) channels, switches and
FCP/SCSI devices with full fabric
connectivity. The z890 allows you to
IPL operating systems that support
SCSI-attached disk attached via the
zSeries FCP channel. This expanded
attachability means you have more
choices for new storage solutions, or
may have the ability to use existing
storage devices to leverage your
current investments and help lower
the cost of ownership for your Linux
implementation.
Many VSE/ESA customers have faced
a challenge to leverage their existing
VSE investments without being limited
by them. They can reap the benefits
of combining VSE/ESA and Linux,
using Linux to consolidate existing
distributed servers onto one zSeries
server – in other words, to ‘think
inside the box.’
Safety and security
In the on demand era, security is
more critical than ever. The IBM
Crypto PCICA adapter is designed to
support the increased number of
LPARs, available on the z890, and
provides the highest level of SSL
acceleration on the z890 system. In
addition to the PCICA, a new crypto
adapter (PCIXCC) is being added to
replace the CMOS Cryptographic
Coprocessor and the PCICC adapter.
The PCIXCC feature supports
applications requiring a FIPS 140-2
Level 4 certified crypto module and
also serves as an execution
environment for user defined
extensions and a high-performance
path for Public Key/SSL operations.
The PCIXCC is programmable, so
enhancements and extensions can
be made to the capability of the CCA
services that execute within the
PCIXCC to support new applications.
zSeries cryptography is further
advanced with the introduction of the
Cryptographic Assist Architecture
implemented on general purpose
z890 processors (CPs). With the
available scalability and data rates,
the z890 processor offers a set of
symmetric cryptographic functions,
synchronously executed, which can
provide the performance of the
encrypt/decrypt function of Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL), Virtual Private
Network (VPN) and data storing
applications which do not require
FIPS 140-2 Level 4 security.
World-class servers
The IBM brand is about
uncompromising flexibility in
selecting, building and deploying the
applications your business needs.
Toward that end, IBM offers one of
the industry’s broadest range of
platforms and operating systems.
IBM is committed to industrystandard, cross-platform technologies
– such as Java support, XML, HTML,
SOAP and UDDI – that are at the
heart of a flexible e-business on
demand infrastructure.
Support for these standards in our
key middleware – including DB2
Universal Database, WebSphere
Application Server and MQSeries –
means you won’t be locked in to a
single platform as your business
grows. As a result, you have more
flexibility to deploy applications in a
cost-effective way.
Smoothing the path
The systems management functions
and features of the z890 provide
incredibly robust control and
automation as well as exceptional
service-ability and availability. For
example, Intelligent Resource
Director (IRD) extends the classic
strengths of I/O priority queuing by
prioritising requests across the
channels of the z890 to move to the
workloads which require additional
connectivity via Dynamic Channel
Path Management. It can dynamically
balance CP resources across LPARs
according to business goals.
z/OS can provide an approach for
installing and configuring products: a
managed system infrastructure. This
approach, when employed, goes a
step beyond Web-based wizards by
furnishing a step-by-step installation
guide and automated system
updates. For example, Managed
Systems Infrastructure for Setup can
establish a Parallel Sysplex cluster
quickly and easily by transparently
creating the policies, parmlib
specifications and initialisation
parameters necessary to configure a
basic Parallel Sysplex environment.
The new frontier
What does the on demand era mean
for your medium-sized enterprise?
It means being able to sense and
respond to change. It means
managing risk while lowering costs.
It means greater control and
transparency with less complicated
management. And it means
maintaining a flexible IT infrastructure.
With its combination of flexible design
and advanced mainframe technology,
the IBM ^ zSeries 890 can
help your company simplify its
infrastructure and remain flexible. It
can offer your business extremely
granular growth options, along with
the power and flexibility that comes
with technology that can be
configured for general purpose
workload processing (CPs), Linux
workloads (IFL), Parallel Sysplex ICF,
as well as specialty assist processing
for I/O (SAPs) and Java-based
applications (zAAPs). All of this
comes with the world-class
mainframe qualities of service
(e.g., high availability, scalability
and security) found on the z990 –
IBM’s cornerstone e-business on
demand server. The z890 is designed
to provide a growth-focused
mainframe with advanced on demand
capabilities at a size and cost that fits
your business.
IBM ^ zSeries 890 enterprise server at a glance
2
Hardware models
A04
Maximum Coupling links
ISC-3: 48 IC: 32 ICB-2 - N/A ICB-3: 16 ICB-4: 8 Max # links: 64
Channels
Minimum 0/0/0/0 (ESCON/FICON Express/OSA-Express/HiperSockets)
Maximum 420/40/40/16 (ESCON/FICON Express/OSA-Express/HiperSockets)2110 Capacity Setting = 240/32/24/16
Increments 4/2/2/1 (ESCON/FICON Express/OSA-Express/HiperSockets)
Cryptographic
PCIX Crypto Coprocessor – optional up to 4 features (4 coprocessor cards)
PCI Crypto Accelerator – optional up to 2 features (4 cards)
LPARS
30 max/2110 capacity setting 15 max
Processor memory
Minimum 8GB
Maximum 32GB
Upgradeability
Upgradeable within z890
Upgradeable to z990 from select z890 configurations
Physical Configuration
Min Max
Weight (unpacked) kg 674 785
Weight (unpacked) lbs 1482 1730
Floor space square metres 1.24 1.24
Floor space square feet 13.33 13.33
Floor space with service
clearance square metres
3.03 3.03
Floor space with service
clearance square feet
32.61 32.61
Input Power kVA 1.5 4.7
Heat output kBTU/hr 5.12 16.05
Air flow CFM 640 640
Air flow m*3/min 17.64 17.64
Height cm 194.1 194.1
Height inches 76.4 76.4
General
Conforms to EIA guidelines for frame
Software
z/OS LPAR mode: z/OS 1.2 and subsequent
releases
z/OS.e LPAR mode: z/OS.e 1.3 and subsequent
releases
Linux on zSeries LPAR mode: Red Hat, SUSE, Turbolinux
OS/390 LPAR mode: OS/390 2.10
VSE LPAR mode: VSE/ESA 2.6 and subsequent
releases
TPF LPAR mode: TPF 4.1 (ESA mode only)
Linux on S/390 LPAR mode: Red Hat, SUSE, Turbolinux
z/VM LPAR mode: z/VM V3.1, z/VM V4.3 and
subsequent releases
IBM ^ zSeries 890 enterprise server features and benefits
z/Architecture
●
zAAP
●
Intelligent Resource Director
●
Capacity Upgrade on Demand
3
●
Integrated Facility for Linux
●
Capacity BackUp
3
●
On/Off Capacity on Demand
3
●
HiperSockets
●
Customer Initiated Upgrades
3
●
QDIO
Cluster systems
●
Parallel Sysplex clustering technology
●
Sysplex Distributor
●
Shared ICFs and CPs
●
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex
3
●
Dynamic CF Dispatching
●
ICF
●
Dynamic ICF Expansion
●
Internal Coupling Channel
●
Transparent ICF Sparing
●
z/VM Virtual Parallel Sysplex (when z/VM has been licensed)
●
InterSystem Coupling-3 Links
●
Integrated Cluster Bus
●
System-Managed CF Structure Duplexing
Availability
●
Transparent CP Sparing
●
System Assist Processor (SAP)
●
Enhanced Application Preservation
●
Dynamic memory sparing
●
Reassignment and Sparing
●
CICS subspace group facility (when CICS has been licensed)
●
Partial memory restart
●
CICS subsystem storage protect (when CICS has been licensed)
●
Dynamic Channel Path Management
●
Remote operations support
●
Dual Support Elements
●
N+1 power supply technology
●
Hybrid cooling
●
Concurrent power and thermal maintenance
●
Concurrent channel, OSA-E and Coupling Link maintenance
●
Concurrent Hardware Management Console and Support Element
●
Concurrent Licensed Internal Code (LIC) maintenance for CP, SAP, SE, PR/SM, LPAR,
Hardware Management Console
●
Dynamic I/O Reconfiguration
IBM ^ zSeries 890 enterprise server features and benefits (cont.)
Management
●
(SE) maintenance
●
Power/Thermal
●
Cancel I/O Requests
●
Internal Battery Feature
●
ESCON sparing
PR/SM
●
Up to 30 LPARs each (up to 15 LPARS each with capacity setting 110) with 64-bit central
memory addressability
●
Enhanced Dynamic Reconfiguration management
Performance
●
IEEE binary floating point support for advanced Lotus Domino and Java performance
●
Up to 32GB memory
●
Hipersorting
●
Hiperbatch
●
Compare-and-move extended
●
Hardware-assisted data compression
●
Performed Locked Operations for enhanced IP performance
●
DB2 sort assist (when DB2 has been licensed)
I/O connectivity
●
ESCON half duplex data transfer
●
Multiple Image Facility (MIF)
●
ESCON CTC native and basic mode
●
FICON full duplex data transfer
●
FICON CTC
●
FICON Bridge
●
Full fabric FCP support
●
FCP support for SCSI devices
●
Logical Channel SubSystems
Networking
●
OSA-Express (Gigabit Ethernet, 1000BASE-T Ethernet, Token-Ring)
●
OSA-ICC Integrated Console Controller
●
HiperSockets
Security
●
Open Architecture Distributed Transaction Element
●
SSL Acceleration for Linux and z/OS (when Linux or z/OS have been licensed)
●
Tamper-proof Cryptographic Support
●
Designed for LPAR isolation – certified EAL4+ by U.S. Government
●
Designed for FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certification
●
AES Encryption support
●
CP assist for Cryptographic Functions
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2
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configuration/expansion capabilities.
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