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HIGHLIGHTS
o IBM announces the ES/9000 family of processors in conjunction
with the introduction of ESA/390.
o The ES/9000 family's range offers up to 100-fold growth from the
entry-level processor to the ES/9000 Model 900.
o The ES/9000 family of processors supports ESA/390 from the
smallest distributed system to the largest IBM system complex.
For specific product and feature descriptions refer to the
individual announcements.
o The concept of ESA/390 provides a cohesive and embracing
structure to meet the needs of a customer enterprise (large or
small) in the competitive environment of the 1990s. ESA/390 is a
response to customer requirements, delivered to the customer in
the new ES/9000 family of processors.
DESCRIPTION
ES/9000 FAMILY OF PROCESSORS
For the first time, an entire family of compatible processors,
spanning up to 100-fold growth from the smallest to the most
powerful, is being announced simultaneously. The ES/9000 family
consists of 18 processors, encompassing both air-cooled and
water-cooled processors, with a standard 50/60 Hz power input for the
entire family. The span of performance and upgrade options offered
by ES/9000 allows customers to configure systems to meet their
individual processing requirements at all levels within the
enterprise, from the distributed office environment to the largest
sysplex.
New announcements of Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON
(TM)) Architecture and associated fiber optic products allow new
levels of intersystem performance and system coupling characterized
by ease of installation, flexibility, and availability. These
announcements, together with their associated software, significantly
enhance the customers' ability to configure ES/9000 processor
'networks" to meet the application needs of the 1990s within the
'networks" to meet the application needs of the 1990s within the
framework of a single architecture.
Many optional and application enabling features are being
provided, for example:
o High-speed Integrated Cryptographic Feature (ICRF) (water-cooled
processors)
o High-speed integrated Vector Processing (water-cooled and
selected air-cooled processors)
o Management of multiple systems with time-of-day clock
synchronization (water-cooled and selected air-cooled
processors).
All models of the ES/9000 family of processors are supported
by MVS/ESA (TM), VM/ESA (TM), and VSE/ESA (TM). Additionally,
selected processors support AIX (R)/370, DPPX/370, and TPF.
In addition, hardware design enhancements coupled with
appropriate software releases provide enhanced throughput for DB2
(TM) 2.3 complex query environments. VM/ESA Release 1.1 shared file
subsystems and SQL/DS environments also achieve improved throughput
when operating on an ES/9000 processor.
In today's environment it is vital that every opportunity be
taken to achieve a competitive edge. The richness and scope of the
full ES/9000 family provide the base upon which to build
applications, whether distributed, centralized, or both. Customers
can be confident the applications they build reside on a base that is
flexible, in terms of growth and structure, to meet changing business
patterns.
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Corporation.
ES/9000 WITH ESA/390
In conjunction with the announcement of the ES/9000, IBM announces
ESA/390, an enhanced system architecture for the 1990s. Based on
customer requirements, this enhanced system architecture introduces
new levels of:
o Client-server computing
o System availability
o Technical computing
o System connectivity
o System security
o Systems management
o Networking
o Enterprise data
o Transaction processing.
ESA/390 covers the full spectrum of IBM general-purpose
operating systems (MVS/VM/VSE). In embracing the full ES/9000
family, ESA/390 provides the platform from which the ES/9000 can
reach its full potential.
New optional architectural facilities are announced in
conjunction with the ES/9000, selected ES/3090 models, and ESA/390.
These include:
o Enterprise Systems Connection Architecture (TM) Facility
o IBM Cryptographic Architecture Facility
o Multi-Systems Facility.
ESCON FACILITY: The ESCON Architecture Facility is a revolutionary
new facility built on three complementary elements:
o New protocols for high-speed, long-distance information exchange
o High-speed switched point-to-point
o Fiber optic links operating at up to 10MB/second.
Implementation of the architecture is transparent to customer
application programs and provides evolutionary growth.
Among the advantages that ESCON will provide for the customer
are:
o Less disruptive installation and reconfiguration
o Less cable bulk and weight
o Processor-to-processor or input/output (I/O) device connection up
to a distance of 9 km
o Improved security
o Shared data resources
o Centralized configuration management
o New operational tools and automation possibilities
o Improved system availability.
ESCON architecture provides the foundation upon which new
levels of system coupling can be implemented forming the new concept
of a sysplex consisting of multiple ES/9000 processors.
The ESCON channels are supported on all ES/9000 processors.
IBM SYSTEM SECURITY: In response to the increasing dependence on
information systems and the need to ensure the security of both
electronically maintained and transmitted data, IBM is announcing the
Cryptographic Architecture Facility of ESA/390.
With the availability of the Integrated Cryptographic Feature
(ICRF) on the ES/9000 water-cooled models, IBM introduces a total
Cryptographic Architecture Facility.
Customers can now store, transmit, and manipulate data with
the knowledge that the content of the data is secure from external
access in any form other than encrypted.
Customer benefits from the Cryptographic Facility include:
o High-speed cryptographic processing on the water-cooled
processors
o New licensed program product software support throughout the
ES/9000 family
o End-to-end security throughout the ES/9000 family
o International cryptographic standards compliance
o Full security integration with other IBM security products, such
as RACF.
Cryptographic Architecture is an important step forward in
protecting data 'in house" and during transmission.
protecting data 'in house" and during transmission.
MULTI-SYSTEMS FACILITY: The combination of products associated with
the ESCON Architecture Facility and the new products related to
intersystems coupling enhanced by ESA/390 forms the basis of the new
Multi-Systems architectural facility.
Included among the advantages that the Multi-Systems Facility
will provide the customer are:
o Improved availability
o Increased automated operations
o Reduced operating complexity
o Centralized operational control
o Easier change control
o Effective resource sharing.
Other announcements associated with the Multi-Systems Facility
will simplify the task of remote operations with the attendant
advantages in overall productivity and control. A new product, the
Sysplex Timer, establishes a foundation for managing multiple systems
by providing the capability to synchronize the time-of-day clocks of
attached processors.
ES/9000 INVESTMENT PROTECTION
The upgrades and compatible growth options available with the ES/9000
ensure that our customer's investments in applications are protected.
To enhance and protect our customers' recent investments, IBM
offers upgrade options from selected ES/3090 J models and selected
models of the ES/9370 to appropriate ES/9000 processors.
ES/9000 processors can be said to be a 'revolution," delivered
ES/9000 processors can be said to be a 'revolution," delivered
in an evolutionary process, that allows protection of previous
customer investment -- both in terms of System/370 to ESA/390
portability and now in terms of family-to-family upgrades. A new era
in IBM commitment to customers' requirements for the 1990s has begun.
SUMMARY
The ES/9000 is a single family of compatible processors offering
customers unprecedented flexibility in terms of processor
performance, processor connectivity, processor co-operation,
processor upgradeability, systems management, and data security.
The combination of ESA/390 and the new integrated
architectures, together with the new ES/9000 family, opens a new
frontier in information systems, providing new application areas to
meet the customers' business opportunities and challenges in the
1990s.
PUBLICATIONS
Refer to Product Announcements 190-125, 190-130, and 190-131.
EDUCATION SUPPORT
Refer to Product Announcements 190-125, 190-130, and 190-131.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
ES/9000 FAMILY MAXIMUM CONFIGURATIONS
PROCESSOR VECTOR
MODEL STORAGE BUS CHANNEL* FACILITY CRYPTO
120 256MB** 4 12
130 256MB** 4 12
150 256MB** 6 12
170 256MB 6 24
190 512MB 32 1
210 1GB 48 1
260 1GB 48 1
320 1GB 48 1
440 1GB 48 2
480 1GB 48 2
330 640MB 64 1 1
340 1.13GB 64 1 1
500 2.25GB 64 2 1
580 2.25GB 64 3 1
620 4.5GB 128 4 2
720 4.5GB 128 6 2
820 9GB 256 4 2
900 9GB 256 6 2
* Combined channels (ESCON and parallel).
** 16MB in System/370 only.
Notes:
1. All numbers are maximums.
2. Specific details are defined in Product Announcements 190-125,
190-130, and 190-131.
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