This is IBM speak for any of the new Z boxes and the like. Remember when everything had an 'E' in front of it. They thought that was 'COOL' too.
Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Alan Ackerman >> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:50 AM >> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >> Subject: Re: New z9 models >> >> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:22:44 -0400, Richards.Bob >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Neale, >> > >> >What about this one? PAV support and more for z/VM 5.2! >> > >> >http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=206-084 >> >> That announcement keeps talking about "the System z environment". New >> terminology? What's >> "the System z environment"? Do these new features work on all z* machine, >> or only z9 machines? >> >> There is a reverence to Hardware Requirements that gives: >> >> IBM System z9 Enterprise Class >> IBM System z9 Business Class >> IBM zSeries 990 >> IBM zSeries 890 >> IBM zSeries 900 >> IBM zSeries 800 >> >> But then several places say "exclusive to the z9 EC and z9 BC" -- I >> cannot figure out if ANY of the >> new stuff will work on our z900. IBM maintains its sterling record for >> incomprehensible >> announcements. (First kill all the lawyers. Then hire someone who was an >> English major, not a >> computer-science major. Sigh!) >> >> We have two z9-109s coming in the next month -- but that one z900 will >> probably keep us from >> making any use of z9-109-only features. (Our last non-LPAR VM system.) >> These new z9-109s >> may have been renamed z9-109 EC, but the paperwork from IBM so far does >> not say so. Maybe >> the new name only applies to systems ordered after today?
