Sampling Techdocs : February - March 2009

Hello, here we go again for another round of interesting material from TechDocs.

• FAQ : High Performance FICON Faq and zHPF Technical summary for planning
  I think this is self explanatory.
  
  
• White Paper : Introduction to IBM Cognos 8 BI for Linux on System z
  "IBM Cognos 8 BI for Linux on System z delivers a broad range of Business Intelligence capabilities on an open, enterprise-class platform. This document provides an overview of best practice configurations for IBM Cognos 8 BI v8.4 on Linux for System z and performance measurement results with various deployments".
  
  
• Flash : System z10 OSA, OSA Feature Code History, OSA Connector and Cabling Reference
  Any technical detail you have to know on OSA cards in a three slide presentation with number of ports, supported platforms, chpid types etc.
  
  
• Presentations : Advanced I/O Configuration Topics (Part 1 of 2) and Advanced I/O Configuration Topics (Part 2 of 2)
  This is a two-part presentation John Hughes (IBM) gave at the Share Conference last February in Austin. He discusses "complex I/O configuration topics like CTCs, coupling links, and peer mode". He also illustrates (with lots of screen prints) how to work out these configurations with HCD and HCM.
  By the way, you can find lots of great presentations at the Share site (click the Proceedings tab) of nearly every session that was given at Austin or at previous conferences.
  
  
• Presentation : z/OS Communications Server use of OSA (Open System Adapter) Ethernet and Token Ring
  We're definitely into OSA this time : "OSA (Open System Adapter) is the only LAN (Local Area Network) attachment to the System z. This document details the options for attaching an OSA in QDIO and non-QDIO mode to z/OS TCP/IP and/or VTAM". Lots of information over here !
  
  
• Presentation : TS7700 Release 1.5 Technical Overview Presentation
  This is a very thorough and technical presentation of all new functionalities of the TS7700 Virtualization engine like e.g. the enlarged cache, the new disk-only TS7720 Virtualization engine, the integration of the Library Manager etc.
  

Well that's it for now. As I always say : just check them out !