Hello Everyone, just a quick reminder that there are required service levels for both z/VM and Linux for the new IBM z13. Besides the PSP Bucket, additional information is available for z/VM at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/service/vmreqz13.html
Note the above list includes support for the Multi-VSwitch Aggregation (ability to do LAG with shared OSAs) which was announced to be available June 26th, so you won't find closed PTFs at this time. The absence of the four related PTFs will not limit use of the z13, just the new VSwitch support. Linux tested environments can be found at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/linux/resources/testedplatforms.html Unlike some of the past machines where you could put off getting to the required levels of Linux when running as a guest, do not make that assumption this time. You might find yourself with a Linux that won't boot any more. Also please take a minute to read the footnotes on that page they are technical in nature, not just legal :). Even if you somehow managed to bring up one of the unsupported Linux levels on your new z13, you might only be temporarily lucky. Additional updates to millicode could find you in an unfortunate situation where those unsupported Linux guests no longer run. Keep Calm and Stay Current Bill Bitner ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
