The IBM zEnterprise system integrates multiple computing architectures within a single management framework, offering enhanced productivity, scalability, and security for enterprise data centers. It features advanced resource management through the unified resource manager, allowing for streamlined operations across heterogeneous workloads and the ability to utilize IBM's latest technologies. The system is designed to support dynamic application deployment, improve cost efficiency, and enhance infrastructure management while minimizing complexity.

1. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
IBM zEnterprise System
The IBM zEnterprise™ System (zEnterprise) is a system that com-
Highlights bines unprecedented innovations with the IBM gold standard of enter-
prise computing—the System z® mainframe. The zEnterprise is a
● A “System of Systems”, integrating heterogeneous compute system capable of hosting many workloads
IBM’s leading technologies to dramati-
cally improve productivity of today’s integrated together, each one optimized to meet individual business
multiarchitecture data centers and goals on an IT infrastructure managed as one single entity. The
tomorrow’s private clouds. IBM zEnterprise System includes the zEnterprise 196 (z196), the
● The world’s fastest and most scalable zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) with its integrated optimiz-
enterprise system with unrivalled relia- ers and/or select IBM blades, and the Unified Resource Manager
bility, security, and manageability. (zManager).
● Tightly integrated, landmark cross
platform systems management capabili- A zEnterprise can deploy and intelligently manage workloads across
ties and policy-based frameworks for
mainframe and distributed technologies with a single management
optimizing multitier, heterogeneous
workloads. interface. Built-in functions can extend many of IBM’s leading main-
frame-like governance and qualities of service even further to special-
ized application optimizers and select POWER7® and IBM x861 blade
servers, allowing simplified operations across all these application
environments.
The IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196) is designed with performance and
capacity for growth and large-scale consolidation and when combined
with improved security, resiliency and availability, the z196 can help to
lower both risk and reduce cost. Data serving with the IBM mainframe
platform helps you reduce complexity in your IT infrastructure
while helping you simplify compliance and leverage your core asset—
your data.

2. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
The new zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) is an
infrastructure hosting the optimizers and blade servers. The
zBX utilizes a private high speed internal network that con-
nects it to the z196, which reduces the need for networking
hardware and provides inherently high security. The zBX
allows the zEnterprise to extend its strong portfolio to
support AIX® on Power and Linux® on System x®1
applications.
The IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager (zManager)
provides integrated management for the zEnterprise System.
It can dramatically simplify operations across the multiple
application environments. The Unified Resource Manager
provides energy monitoring and management, goal-oriented
resource management, increased security, virtual networking,
and information management, all integrated into a single
easy-to-use interface.
as they all create copies of data. Security is a concern and
management of all these heterogeneous silos consumes the
Extending out by bringing applications
majority of IT budget.
closer to their data
The needs of today’s business are requiring an increase in
With the new zEnterprise System, IBM welcomes the next
speed of deployment for new applications. Many customers
generation of enterprise computing—a multiarchitecture
are battling growing infrastructure complexity with many
platform that offers tighter integration between the database
tiers and nodes of independent resources spread over the
and the applications that need access to System z data but run
corporate network. Businesses are quickly realizing that sys-
on a distributed platform.
tem management information does not typically offer an
end-to-end view. Automation policies are limited to tier and
How did IBM do it? The z196 can attach the zBX infrastruc-
node boundaries. Each “island” of resources speaks a different
ture to support this new multiplatform environment. Installed
language with a different protocol. Redundancy is pervasive
in the zBX will be special purpose workload optimizers like
the new IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer for DB2® for
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3. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
z/OS®, V1.1 and WebSphere® DataPower® Integration (backup or restore). And from a serviceability standpoint the
Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise (DataPower XI50z), and resources, z/VM guests and blades will be able to monitor
select general purpose POWER7 blades with a statement of themselves and log errors that happen—with time stamps to
direction to add IBM x86 blades.1 Managing everything is the keep data and transaction integrity. A notification of an issue
Unified Resource Manager. It can help to deliver end-to-end can be sent to operations and a “call home” is placed to the
virtualization and management and the ability to optimize IBM System Service Representative to come out and take a
resource deployment according to individual workload repair action. Hardware management functionality that is
requirements. Now you can run an application that spans similar to what you get on any System z server today.
z/OS, Linux on System z, AIX on POWER, or Linux on
System x1 but have it under a single management umbrella. Every IT installation wants to make the best use of its
resources and maintain the highest possible throughput to
Transforming the way assets are help achieve the best possible system responsiveness and ulti-
managed and deployed mately meet Service Level Agreements. Unified Resource
The zEnterprise System is the only platform that allows the Manager manages your resources to user specified business
definition of z/VM® guests and blades as virtual servers service level objectives. It can define a group of virtual servers
within a tightly integrated and centrally managed enterprise that support an application. With the ability to monitor and
computing environment. Virtualization means fewer manage the group, dynamic adjustments can be made to
resources are required to meet peak demands. And the virtu- ensure that all applications are provided sufficient resources.
alization and integration of heterogeneous platforms brings
new collaboration of technical resources together. Packaged Using the z196 to scale to meet your
hardware can reduce the complexity of ordering and business needs
installing a system. But the real value is in the integrated, The z196 will enable growth and optimize service delivery
advanced management of all the virtual servers using the under conditions of change by taking scalability to new
Unified Resource Manager. dimensions. The all new 96 core design delivers massive scale
for consolidation, secure data serving and transaction pro-
With the Unified Resource Manager, you are able to apply cessing. The z196 is expected to deliver 40 percent more
some of the fundamental strengths of the System z environ- capacity compared to an IBM System z10® Enterprise Class
ment to a multiplatform infrastructure—think of it as gover- (z10™ EC) of equal Nway and up to 60 percent more total
nance taken to the next step. When new resources are capacity on a fully configured server than the z10 EC Model
installed, the Unified Resource Manager will be able to run E64, for average LSPR workloads running z/OS 1.11.
discovery and identify them, add them to the inventory, and
turn them on or off. It can also perform a physical configura-
tion of the resource and establish a plan for disaster recovery
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4. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
Our new 5.2 GHz microprocessor chip has a high-frequency satisfy coupling, cryptography, I/O and LAN requirements;
design that leverages IBM leadership technology with more for ICF and server-to-server connectivity, for the Crypto
cache than other chips and a new execution sequence that Express3 with secure coprocessors and SSL transactions,
delivers world-class per-thread performance. There are for I/O connectivity using ESCON®, FICON® or FCP,
100 new instructions that will help to deliver CPU-centric for LAN connectivity using the OSA-Express3 Gigabit,
performance. For CPU intensive workloads additional gains 10 Gigabit and 1000 BASE-T Ethernet features. The High
of up to 30 percent can be achieved via compiler improve- Performance FICON for System z (zHPF) has been
ments. Like the z10 processor chip, there are data compres- enhanced and combined with FICON Express8 bring new
sion and cryptographic processors right on the chip. levels of performance when accessing data on zHPF enabled
storage devices such as the IBM System Storage® DS8700.
The z196 has a machine type of 2817, with five models offer-
ing between one to 80 configurable cores. The server Virtualization for today—and for the
supports up to 3 TB of real memory (1 TB per LPAR) which future
is double the maximum memory available on the z10 EC. A The z/VM hypervisor offers a base for organizations that
significant reliability enhancement to the z196 is Redundant want to exploit IBM virtualization technology on one of the
Array of Independent Memory (RAIM)—similar to what is industry’s best-of-breed server environments—the System z
known in the Disk industry as Redundant Array of platform. Test and development servers can run side by side
Independent Disk (RAID). The z196 will be the first high- on the same hardware as production, helping to improve
end server in the industry to offer RAIM. The increased resource utilization and offer significant operational advan-
available capacity and memory on the server can help to tages. With the z196 design for increased capacity and the
benefit throughput on workloads such as DB2, WebSphere number of available processor cores per server, and reduced
and Linux. Beyond the customer purchased memory, there is energy usage and floor space, it is a perfect fit for large-scale
an additional 16 GB of memory for the Hardware System consolidation. The z196 virtualization capabilities can sup-
Area (HSA). The HSA holds the I/O configuration data for port up to 50 distributed servers on a single core, up to
the server. thousands on a single system.
High-speed connectivity and high bandwidth out to the data The new heterogeneous zEnterprise technology is centered
and the network are critical in achieving sufficient levels of around creating a virtual server environment for deploying
transaction throughput and enabling resources inside and applications that have affinity to data hosted on the z196 but
outside the server to maximize application requirements. runs on AIX or Linux on System x.1 The virtual servers can
The z196 uses a host bus interface with a link data rate of
6 GB using the industry-standard InfiniBand protocol to help
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5. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
be created and associated with a pool of resources that are Optimizers installed in the zBX are specialized appliances
then grouped with System z virtual servers to define a that are dedicated to workloads. The optimizer is made up of
workload for which coherent management and performance hardware and software, in a closed environment, dedicated to
policies can be defined and enforced. This will allow better a specific workload and highly integrated with z/OS. The
end-to-end application integration with System z transaction IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer installed in the zEnterprise
processing, messaging and data serving capabilities. can offer data-in-memory support to deliver significant
performance and/or lower cost per transaction for queries
A new world of application support redirected to the solution. The DataPower XI50z for
System z is optimized to provide best-of-breed support for zEnterprise is a multifunctional appliance that can be imple-
mission-critical data and mixed workloads. Data processing mented to provide XML hardware acceleration, streamline
requires exceptional single-thread performance, so the z196 is and secure valuable service-oriented architecture (SOA)
engineered with a strong threading model and robust cache applications, or provide drop in integration for heteroge-
in support of the processing of data—as opposed to a neous environments by enabling core Enterprise Service
throughput computing design targeting more generic appli- Bus (ESB) functionality including routing, bridging, transfor-
cations. This strategy allows the z196 to deliver exceptional mation and event handling.
data management capabilities while also accommodating
mixed applications that have close affinity to this data. Workloads across all industries fit the zEnterprise model. In
banking there are components across retail and wholesale
There will always be situations where end-to-end application banking that rely on several architectures to execute, but the
logic is best served by a set of closely federated heteroge- core of most banking relies on System z and z/OS. Insurance
neous resources that includes System z and other processor typically maintains Claims processing on System z but
types. For example, there are particular industry processes reaches out to the internet for interaction with consumers,
where a distributed topology is the de facto standard. Even utilizing Linux, UNIX® and Intel®. Government is relying
when most processing is performed on System z, some criti- more and more on the web based capability to reach out to
cal software element might not be available and must be consumers and improve the rate of return for taxes, accurate
deployed on a distributed server. Now on zEnterprise, an payment of social benefits and even Census based reporting.
IBM blade, installed in the zBX, can be used to host And these examples run in retail, healthcare and telecommu-
applications with the Unified Resource Manager enabling nications as well.
application integration with System z transaction processing,
messaging and data serving capabilities.
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6. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
Specialty engines offer more choice secure connections in an enterprise. In addition, zIIP (with
System z specialty engines can help deliver greater efficien- z/OS V1.10 and above) supports select z/OS Global Mirror
cies and expand the use of the mainframe for a broader (formerly called Extended Remote Copy, XRC) disk copy
set of applications, while helping to lower the total cost of service functions. z/OS V1.10 introduced zIIP Assisted
ownership. HiperSockets™ for large messages.
The System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) is The System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) is
designed to support and run data and transaction processing designed to support new application technologies such
and network workloads and to make the consolidation of as Java™ and XML and helps make running these new appli-
these workloads on to System z more cost effective. cation technologies on z/OS more cost effective. Workloads
Workloads eligible for the zIIP (with z/OS V1.7 or a later) eligible for the zAAP (with z/OS V1.8) include all Java
include remote connectivity to DB2 to help support these processed via the IBM Solution Developers Kit (SDK) and
workloads: Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Relationship XML processed locally via z/OS XML System Services. z/OS
Management (ERP), Customer Relationship Management v1.11 is enhanced with a new capability that can enable zAAP
(CRM) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) applica- eligible workloads to run on zIIPs. This capability can allow
tions. z/OS V1.11, together with DB2 for z/OS Version 8 or you to run zIIP and zAAP eligible workloads together on just
DB2 9 DB2 utilities, now offers additional capabilities for one specialty engine—the zIIP.
exploiting zIIPs. DB2 utilities sorting fixed-length records
using IBM’s memory object sorting technique can have a The z196 also features the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
portion of the workload redirected to a zIIP when one is to support Linux and open standards creating a great oppor-
available. In addition to supporting remote connectivity tunity for large-scale consolidation. Linux brings a wealth of
to DB2 (via DRDA® over TCP/IP) the zIIP also supports available applications that can be run in a real or virtual envi-
DB2 long-running parallel queries—a workload integral to ronment within z196. An example is the z/VSE® strategy,
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions. A which supports integration between the IFL, z/VSE and
solution from IBM Global Business Services (GBS), Linux on System z to help customers integrate timely pro-
IBM Scalable Architecture for Financial Reporting (SAFR), a duction of z/VSE data into new Linux applications, such as
highly efficient and scalable business intelligence reporting data warehouse environments built upon a DB2 data server
solution, can be enabled for the zIIP. The zIIP (with z/OS (all of which are supported as a guest on z/VM 5.4 with
V1.8 and above) also supports IPSec processing, making the z/VM mode partitions).
zIIP an IPSec encryption engine helpful in creating highly
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7. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
Improve your agility to respond to monitor and provide trend reporting of energy efficiency for
change the entire heterogeneous infrastructure. New static power
Along with having multiple technologies to manage, IT savings mode allows for turning off engines that are not being
departments must be agile so they can respond rapidly to used. New query max potential power will help when doing
change. It may be necessary to coordinate changes in people, total data center energy use management.
processes and technology. The z196 can help.
There is value in reducing wattage and power across the
The server will continue to build on the System z capacity entire data center and zEnterprise offers solutions that can
on-demand offerings that simplify making modifications. help. The z196 will have a water cooled option that doesn’t
Permanent Capacity Upgrade can be initiated by the cus- increase the system footprint and offers energy savings with-
tomer using Resource Link via CIU (Customer Initiated out compromising performance. There is an option for high-
Upgrade). Temporary capacity is available with IBM On/Off voltage dc, which can eliminate the need for a Universal
Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD) when satisfying short- Power Supply (UPS) inverter and Power Distribution Unit
term spikes in capacity or for testing new applications when (PDU). Top exit I/O cabling can improve flexibility in the
needed. Capacity Back-up (CBU) can help provide reserved data center by helping to increase air flow in a raised-floor
emergency capacity for multiple processor configurations. environment. And the zBX has an optional rear door heat
And Capacity for Planned Events (CPE), a variation on CBU exchanger to reduce energy consumption.
is available when there is unallocated capacity available in a
server, CPE will allow up to the maximum capacity available New system. New possibilities. New
to be used for planned events such as planned maintenance in value.
a data center. A three-day CPE contract can be purchased at The zEnterprise System is a revolutionary new mainframe—a
a fixed price based on the amount of capacity you need to truly integrated hardware platform that is able to span and
turn on. intelligently manage workloads across mainframe and distrib-
uted technologies. The multiplatform system managed with
Helping to manage energy usage the zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager brings integration
Power and cooling discussions continue to be part of any IT of governance to manage risk across the infrastructure, inte-
budget planning. As energy prices have risen and utilities gration that will help to accelerate insight for the business,
have restricted the amount of power usage, it is important to integration of processes to increase business agility, and inte-
review the role of the server in balancing IT spending. A gration of people to enable new business innovation.
zEnterprise System can help take better control of energy
usage in the data center. Unified Resource Manager will
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8. IBM Systems and Technology System z
Data Sheet
IBM zEnterprise System (2817) at a glance
Processor Core Types: CP / IFL / ICF / zAAP2 / zIIP2 / zBX
Model Minimum Maximum
M15 1/0 /0/0/0/0
3
15 / 15 / 15 / 7 / 7 / 1
M32 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 32 / 32 / 16 / 16 / 16 / 1
M49 1/0 /0/0/0/0
3
49 / 49 / 16 / 24 / 24 / 1
M66 1/0 /0/0/0/0
3
66 / 66 / 16 / 33 / 33 / 1
M80 1 / 03 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 80 / 80 / 16 / 40 / 40 / 1
Coupling Links
Maximum # external 80
coupling links
ISC-3 maximum4 48
IC maximum 32
InfiniBand maximum 32
CHPID maximum 128
Channels
Minimum: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 ESCON / FICON Express8 / FICON Express4 / OSA-Express3 / OSA-Express2
Maximum: 240 / 336 / 336 / ESCON / FICON Express8 / FICON Express4 / OSA-Express3 / OSA-Express2
96:48 / 48
HiperSockets Up to 32 high-speed “virtual” Local Area Networks
Crypographic
Crypto Express3 Minimum order is two features, maximum is eight features (16 PCIe adapters)
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IBM zEnterprise System (2817) at a glance
Processor Memory
Model Minimum Maximum
M15 32 GB 7525 GB
M32 32 GB 1520 GB
M49 32 GB 2288 GB
M66 32 GB 3056 GB
M80 32 GB 3056 GB
Upgradeability
Upgradeable within the z196 family
Upgrading to the M80 from other z196 models will require a planned outage
Upgradeable from IBM System z10 Enterprise Class and IBM System z9® Enterprise Class
Supported Operating Systems
z/OS z/OS V1.9 and subsequent releases6
z/VM: z/VM 5.4 and subsequent releases
Linux on System z: Red Hat RHEL 5 and subsequent releases, Novell SUSE SLES 10 and subsequent releases, Linux as z/VM guest
z/VSE z/VSE V4.2 and subsequent releases
z/TPF z/TPF 1.1
AIX® (on POWER7 blade AIX 5.3 and subsequent releases and PowerVM™ Enterprise Edition
located in zBX)
IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) Model 002
IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer 5 solution sizes: 7, 14, 28, 42, 56
WebSphere DataPower Minimum: 0 Maximum: 287
Integration Appliance XI50 for
zEnterprise
POWER7 blades Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1127
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10. Notes

11. Notes

12. For more information
To learn more about zEnterprise, please contact your
IBM marketing representative or IBM Business Partner, or
visit: ibm.com/systems/zenterprise
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1
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject
to change or withdrawal without notice, and represents goals and
objectives only.
2
If ordering a zAAP or a zIIP, one or more general purpose processor
(CP) per the specialty engine is required. One CP can satisfy the
requirement for either or both of the specialty engines.
3
No IFL is required unless ordering an IFL only server - model capacity
identifier 700. If you order a 700 no CP is orderable
4
ISC-3 Peer mode only
5
Excludes the standard fixed size of 16 GB HSA
6
z/OS V1.10 is required to support an ensemble
7
The blades for POWER7 and WebSphere DataPower Integration
Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise can be shared in the same BladeCenter
chassis—note that DataPower appliance blades are “doublewide” and use
two slots. They can be mixed in the same zBX with IBM Smart Analytics
Optimizer blades—but not in the same BladeCenter Chassis. Total zBX
capacity can not exceed 112 total blades.
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