On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:55:33 -0600, Scott Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Consider with the IBM z15, there is no longer any "license requirement" for >activation - no longer implemented with (z14, z13) hardware PCIe cards >(recommended: at least 4 per CPC/CEC) involved, as the function is on-chip. >And the performance measurement moves from RMF 74 subtype 9 to subtype 10; >also, some of the SMF 30 metrics are zeroed-out as no longer relevant. > >Scott Barry >SBBTech LLC I dont believe that is true Scott. Its true that the hardware comes on z15 at no additional charge, and you'll get some compression features for free, like for Connect:Direct. But asking for ZEDC compression from a DSS job, etc still requires the software entitlement. From the white paper that Sri posted 1.3 - IBM Z hardware and OS requirements zEDC requires the following: z/OS V2R1 (or later) operating system. IBM zEnterprise EC12 CPC (with GA2 level microcode) or zBC12 CPC, or later. On z14, zEDC Express feature is sharable across up to 31 partitions and up to 16 cards per CPC. zEDC Express software feature enabled in an IFAPRDxx parmlib member. Adequate 64-bit real storage configured to this z/OS image ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
