So true, Barton....."nothing to see here...move along...." :-)
I'd like more technical details on how workloads running on zLinux can
be integrated with supporting processes running on the blade Linux. can
a zLinux process control a blade server Linux process directly and if
so, how?
Nonetheless, an intriguing announcement for sure....it will be
interesting to see how the mainstream IT press plays it out.
DJ
On 07/22/2010 02:26 PM, Barton Robinson wrote:
Alan, are you trying to make this announcement so totally boring on
purpose? Just business as usual? nothing really new and exciting? Is
there anything here you could make exciting and explain why someone
would care? (faster is just expected, no longer exciting, more memory?
no support by z/vm announced)
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Thursday, 07/22/2010 at 11:34 EDT, Barton Robinson
<[email protected]> wrote:
So the biggest announcement of the year, i'm on my second pot of coffee,
and there's still only one post about this? Is this a non-event?
Kind of hard to talk about the enhancements in support of zEnterprise
until folks get up to speed on it, but here are the pending z/VM
enhancements.
Of interest for zEnterprise (6.1 only):
- Support of internal management network and internal customer data
network
- Support for management using the Universal Resource Manager as a member
of an ensemble
Of interest to everyone (5.4 and 6.1, except as noted):
- Guests can now use secure-key CPACF functions
- CP can do XRC timestamping of I/O. This includes support of STP for XRC
purposes.
- Improved HyperSwap capabilities
- "Uplink" support in VSWITCH. A guest can be defined as the uplink
instead of an OSA. A powerful enhancement to enable z-resident firewalls
in a VSWITCH configuration, and an important component of the support for
the zEnterprise System.
- Ability to turn off CP memory management 'reorder' processing
- Ability to coalescence empty page frames when needed
- Improved SSL server performance and capacity (watch for Red Alert -
migration required)
- SSL upgrade to use z/OS 1.11 version of System SSL (6.1 only) and
support for FIPS (not yet certified)
Statements of Direction:
- Single System Image with Live Linux Guest Relocation
- Common Criteria certification of z/VM 6.1
- Withdrawal of VM TCP/IP DNS server
- Withdrawal of the RESOURCE option on VMFINS
Enhancements will be delivered September through December.
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390
or visit
http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For more information on Linux on System z, visit
http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or
visit
http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For more information on Linux on System z, visit
http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
--
Dave Jones
V/Soft
www.vsoft-software.com
Houston, TX
281.578.7544
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,
send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit
http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For more information on Linux on System z, visit
http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
