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Status Not under consideration
Categories I/O and Networking
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 19, 2015

PLAC1010-1371 Increase distance between z196 and zBX

SUBMITTER SECTION
Submitted by: Carles.Aris
Submitters Company: la Caixa

PUBLIC
Requirement Number and Title: PLAC1010-1371 Increase distance between z196 and zBX
Homework Assigned: No
Requirement Category: Core Technology
Current Status:
Closed Status:
Session:
Requirement Value Category: System Management - Configuration Management
Product Affected: Hardware - Processors
Problem Description: Maximum distance between z196 and zBX is only 20 m

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Nov 9, 2020

    Due to the fact that zBX is not supported any longer on current generations, and unfortunately this RFE was aging unattended, it is now being closed as it is no longer applicable to current or future products.

  • Guest
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    Aug 24, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - I/O and Networking

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - LAN (OSA Express, Hipersockets, RoCE)

  • Guest
    Reply
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    Aug 25, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - LAN (OSA Express, Hipersockets, RoCE) 
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - zBLC

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - zBLC family
    Product - zBLC
    Component - zBLC Requirements
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - zBLC