z/OS® supports Fiber Connection
(FICON®), Enterprise Systems
Connection (ESCON), and Enterprise Systems Architecture/390 (ESA/390)
devices. Table 1 lists the most commonly-used
I/O devices that are supported by z/OS.
If you have a question about support for a device not listed, contact
your IBM® representative.
Note: The table does not comprise a list of devices that are service
supported. Many of the devices have been withdrawn from service support.
Rather, the table comprises a list of devices that are supported by
the software (z/OS). Normally,
when devices are withdrawn from service, they continue to be supported
by the software. DASD devices attached to some older
controllers, such as a 3880, 3990-1, or 3990-2, can still be defined
in Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD), but these devices cannot
be varied online to a z/OS V2R2 system.
Use of the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server® (2105) with z/OS requires
the 2105 microcode to be at EC fix level F25584 or later. This EC
level fixes a problem caused by software exploitation of the SII/RND
CCW commands.
For a table summary of device information, see z/OS MVS Device Validation Support.
The table shows the order that z/OS uses
when it attempts to satisfy a request for a device.
Table 1. IBM I/O devices and subsystems supported by z/OS z/OS V2R2| Device type |
Order of devices |
|---|
| DASD |
- 1750 TotalStorage DS6000™
- 2105 TotalStorage Enterprise Storage
Server (ESS)
- 2107 System Storage® DS8000®
- 3380 Direct Access Storage Device
- 3390 Direct Access Storage Device
- 3990-3 Storage Control
- 3990-6 Storage Control
- 9332 Direct Access Storage Device
- 9340 DASD Subsystem
- 9341 Storage Controller Module, 9343 Storage Controller, 9345
DASD Module
- 9345 DASD Module
- 9391 RAMAC Array
DASD
- 9393 RAMAC Virtual
Array Storage
- 9396 RAMAC Scalable
Array 3 Storage
- 9397 RAMAC Electronic
Array Storage
- RAMAC Array
Device
|
| Tape |
- 2440 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3420 Magnetic Tape Unit
- 3422 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3423 Magnetic Tape Device
- 3424 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3430 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3480 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3490 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3494 TotalStorage Enterprise
Automated Tape Library
- 3494 TotalStorage Enterprise
Peer-To-Peer Virtual Tape Server
- 3494 TotalStorage Enterprise
Virtual Tape Server
- 3495 TotalStorage Enterprise
Automated Tape Library
- 3584 System
Storage Automated Tape Library (TS3500)
- 3590 TotalStorage Enterprise
Tape System
- 3592 System
Storage Tape System (TS11xx)
- 3957 System
Storage Virtualization Engine (TS7700)
|
| Printer |
- 1403 Printer
- 3203 Printer
- 3211 Printer
- 3262 Line Printer
- 3284 Printer
- 3286 Printer
- 3800 Printing Subsystem
- 3812 Page Printer
- 3816 Page Printer
- 3820 Page Printer
- 3825 Page Printer
- 3827 Page Printer
- 3828 Advanced Function MICR Printer
- 3835 Page Printer
- 3900 Advanced Function Printer
- 4000 InfoPrint 4000
- 4028 Laser Printer
- 4100 InfoPrint 4100
- 4245 Line Printer
- 4248 Impact Line Printer
- 6262 Impact Line Printer
See also the latest IBM Printing
Systems: Printer Summary, S544-5749.
|
| Card reader and punch |
- 2501 Card Reader
- 2540 Card Read Punch
- 3505 Card Reader
- 3525 Card Punch
|
| Magnetic/optical |
- 2440 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3420 Magnetic Tape Unit
- 3422 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3423 Magnetic Tape Device
- 3424 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3430 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- 3490 Magnetic Tape Subsystem
- MVS/ESA Direct
Optical Attachment
- S/370 and S/390® Optical Media Attach/2
|
| Display |
- 3178 Display Station
- 3179 Display Station
- 3180 Display Station
- 3191 Display Station
- 3192 Color Display Station
- 3194 Display Station
- 3205 Color Display Station
- 3206 Display Station
- 3251 Display Station
- 3270 Information Display System
- 3290 Information Panel
- 3472 InfoWindow Workstation
|
| Communication |
See Hardware Requirements for Communications Server. |