(This was a few days ago and got lost in the mess until now, sorry) Eric Rossman wrote, in part: >While it usually implies "hardware" when we leave out the slash, that >is not always the case. zPLX is classified as software ("PL/X on >System z" is my best take). "IBM z Systems Advanced Workload Analysis >Reporter" (IBM zAware) is definitely classified as software. I don't >see anywhere IBM is classifying either otherwise.
I can't speak to zPLX, but IBM describes zAware thus: "IBM zAware is a self-contained firmware IT analytics solution that helps systems and operations professionals rapidly identify problematic messages and unusual system behavior in near real time." (https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/4D69ZNOV, PDF) And, while this might have shifted, or, quoting Rick in Casablanca, "I was misinformed", it was a well-placed IBMer who explained the slash-for-software to me a while ago. In fact, he used "z/Architecture" as an example of something that might be thought of as hardware, but which had the slash because IBM considers it software. Clearly this stuff in the middle--z/Architecture, zAware--could be argued either way: z/Arch seems like firmware at least as much as zAware. One might argue that since zPLX isn't for customer use and is used to build PR/SM and friends, it's in the firmware realm, even though it's obviously software. It's also quite possible that someone released something with the "wrong" name and got a pass, because it was too late to make all the changes... ...phsiii P.S. re: >("PL/X on System z" is my best take) That'd be "PL/X on IBM zSystems" now, yes? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN