Requirements for data set striping

The following lists the requirements for data set striping.

• Volumes must be behind one of the following controllers:
  • Controllers that are ESCON-attached and support concurrent copy
  • 3990-6 controllers
  • 3990-3 controllers which are Extended Platform and ESCON-attached
  • 3990-3 controllers which have the RAMAC support-level microcode
  • 9394 controller
  • 9343 controller with cache
  • IBM® RAMAC Virtual Array
  • IBM Enterprise Storage Server®
• Volumes must be ENABLED or QUIESCED and varied ONLINE.