I had made that assumption, but to confirm, last week, I asked my BP that question and they did not agree with me. They have provided a cost for the card and have requested a quote for the installation cost. They could be wrong, or the installation quote could come in at a very high number :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of J O Skip Robinson > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FICON efficiency question > > Aside from the question of what you would like to have, I think the bigger > question is what's possible. The z9 has been out of marketing for a long time. > AFAIK you cannot alter the configuration in any way. That is, adding a FICON > card is not an option. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ed Finnell > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FICON efficiency question > > There was a feature(MES) for DB/2 for some level of Raids that was supposed > to bypass processor. > I had to beg for year-end funds to get it and then get DB/2 to a level that > would recognize it. Think it ran almost five weeks before some level of Media > Manager dropped support for it. > > > In a message dated 9/29/2014 3:21:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Yes, I guess that is what I am asking, and when the question is explicitly > stated like that, I doubt the answer is yes. > I still wonder if there could be less general CP and more > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
