z990 Compatibilty Support allowed a customer to define the new processor type 2084 (z990) or 2086 (z890) from an existing processor using HCD and then run z/OS on the new processor without taking advantage of new z900 features. The new z990 features would be available under Exploitation Support.
>From IBM: Compatibility support by the different operating systems allows you to run existing workloads while being able to immediately take advantage of the increased computing capacity and improved performance of the z990 server. Although determined by individual operating system, z990 Compatibility support generally provides for the following: Support for a single logical channel subsystem (LCSS) Support for up to 15 LPARs Hope this helps, Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
