On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:33:05 +0100, R.S. wrote:

>In z13 System Control Hubs (SCHs) replace the Bulk Power Hubs (BPHs)
>
>Question: what is SCH, and was is BPH?

As near as I can tell from 
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg248251.pdf 
it is used for communication between the HMC and the various parts of the z13.

<quote>
2.2.3 System control
Various system elements are managed through the flexible service processors 
(FSPs). An
FSP is based on the IBM PowerPC® microprocessor technology. Each FSP card has 
two
ports to connects to two internal Ethernet LANs, through system control hubs 
(SCH1 and
SCH2). The FSPs communicate with the SEs and provide a subsystem interface 
(SSI) for
controlling components. Figure 2-10 on page 42 is a conceptual overview of the 
system
control design.
</quote>

Figure 2-10 shows two customer-supplied Ethernet switches between the w HMCs 
and 
the two SCHs.

>
>As a user of BPH I would bet it is a kind of Ethernet switch. Is it 
>documented anywhere?
>Are the defices user-configurable or accessible?

I doubt it.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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