A related question: Does the cost of adding an IFL different on different machines e.g. 2817 compared to 2098. If yes why? as it is just characterization of a core.
On Monday, 28 October 2013 8:03 AM, Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote: Radoslaw Skorupka writes: >You cannot pay for more spares.... You can, though not at core-level granularity. That's because all uncharacterized cores are spares. Among current mainframe models the zEnterprise zEC12 always leaves the factory with a minimum of 2 spare cores, but you can have up to 102 spare cores if you wish. To get a zEC12 with 102 spare cores you would order the 2827-HA1 model with 1 IFL, 1 CP, or 1 ICF configured. That'd be unusual, but it's possible. The zEnterprise zBC12 is similar. If you order a 2828-H06 (single processor drawer) machine you can have anywhere from 0 to 5 spare cores. (You can reach 5 spare cores if you order your 2828-H06 with 1 IFL, 1 CP, or 1 ICF.) The 2828-H13 (dual processor drawer) always leaves the factory with at least 2 spare cores, but you can have as many as 12. In the extremely unlikely event your zEnterprise machine experiences a core failure with no spare cores available your machine will make every attempt to continue operating as gracefully as possible on the surviving cores, perhaps with reduced capacity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
