IBM DS8880 features and licensed functions
This chapter describes licensed functions and their activation for the DS8880.
This chapter covers the following topics:
9.1 IBM DS8880 licensed functions
The licensed functions are now bundled into three groups as listed in Table 9-1.
Table 9-1 DS8000 licensed functions
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Licensed function for DS8000 with Enterprise Choice warranty
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License scope
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IBM 283y-LF8 indicator feature code numbers
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Base Function (BF)
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ALL
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8151 - 8160
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Copy Services (CS)
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ALL, FB, or CKD
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8250 - 8260
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z-synergy Services (zsS)
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CKD
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8350 - 8360
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The grouping of licensed functions facilitates ordering, which differs from earlier DS8000 models for which licensed functions were more granular and were ordered specifically.
The three license bundles contain the following functions:
•Base Function license (BF):
– Operating Environment License (OEL)
– Logical Configuration support for Fixed Block (FB) (open systems)
– Thin Provisioning
– Easy Tier
– I/O Priority Manager
•Copy Services license (CS):
– FlashCopy
– Metro Mirror
– Global Mirror
– Metro/Global Mirror
– z/Global Mirror
– z/Global Mirror Resync
– Multi-Target Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC)
•z-synergy Services license (zsS):
– Fibre Channel connection (FICON) attachment
– Parallel access volume (PAV)
– HyperPAV
– High Performance FICON for z Systems (zHPF)
– IBM z/OS Distributed Data Backup
The licensed functions are enabled through a 283x (x=1...4) licensed function indicator feature, plus a 283y-LF8 (y=6...9) licensed function authorization feature number:
•The DS8000 provides Enterprise Choice warranty options that are associated with a specific machine type. The x in 283x designates the machine type according to its warranty period, where x can be 1, 2, 3, or 4.
For example, a 2834-981 machine type designates a DS8886 storage system with a four-year warranty period.
•The y in 283y can be 6, 7, 8, or 9, according to the associated 2831/2832/2833/2834 base unit model. The 2836 function authorizations apply to 2831 base units, 2837 to 2832, and so on.
For example, 2839-LF8 designates a DS8000 Licensed Function Authorization for a 2834 machine with a four-year warranty period.
•The licensed function indicator feature numbers enable the technical activation of the function, subject to a feature activation code that is made available by IBM and applied by the client. The 283y-LF8 (y=6...9) licensed function authorization feature numbers establish the extent of authorization for that function on the 283x-98z (x=1...4, z=0/1) machine for which it was acquired.
•Licensed functions are activated and enforced with a defined license scope. License scope refers to the type of storage and the type of servers, that the function can be used with. For instance, the zsS licenses are only available with the count key data (CKD) (z/FICON) scope.
The base functions are mandatory. The base functions must always be configured for both mainframe and open systems, which is a scope of ALL. Also, to configure CKD volumes, the activation of Feature Code 8300 is required.
With CS, if these services are only used for either mainframe or open systems, the restriction to either FB or CKD is possible. However, most clients will want to configure CS for scope ALL.
For each group of licensed functions, specific feature code numbers indicate the licensed capacity, as shown in Table 9-2. Also, see “Ordering granularity” on page 225.
Table 9-2 License feature codes
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Feature Code
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Feature code for licensed function indicator
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BF
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CS
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zsS
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8151
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8251
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8351
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10 TB (up to 100 TB capacity)
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8152
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8252
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8352
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15 TB (from 100.1 TB to 250 TB capacity)
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8153
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8253
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8353
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25 TB (from 250.1 TB to 500 TB capacity)
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8154
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8254
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8354
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75 TB (from 500.1 to 1,250 TB capacity)
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8155
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8255
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8355
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175 TB (from 1,250.1 TB to 3,000 TB capacity)
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8156
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8256
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8356
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300 TB (from 3,000.1 TB to 6,000 TB capacity)
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8160
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8260
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8360
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500 TB (from 6,000.1 TB to 10,000 TB capacity)
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9.1.1 Feature Codes for Copy Services Manager on HMC
With DS8880 and DS8000 Release 8.1 microcode, you can activate the Copy Services Manager code integrated on the HMC. See Table 9-3.
For Copy Services Manager on HMC entitlement, an order of IBM Copy Services Manager V6 (5725-Z54) is required before you can configure CSM on the HMC. Ensure the number of years for software support and maintenance that is purchased is tied to the length of the warranty on the DS8880.
Table 9-3 CSM on HMC
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Feature Code
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CSM on HMC licensed capacity
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8450
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Inactive
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8451
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1 to 100 TB
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8452
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101 to 250 TB
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8453
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251 to 500 TB
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8454
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501 to 1250 TB
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8455
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1251 to 3000 TB
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8456
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3001 to 6000 TB
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8457
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6001 to 10000 TB
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9.1.2 Licensing general introduction
Several of the orderable feature codes must be activated through the installation of a corresponding license key bundle. These feature bundle codes are listed in Table 9-1 on page 218. Certain features can be configured directly for the client by the IBM marketing representative during the ordering process.
Features that work with a license key
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Important: All Copy Services are now bundled.
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The following features are available after the license bundle is activated:
•Metro Mirror (MM) is a synchronous way to perform remote replication. Global Mirror (GM) enables asynchronous replication, which is useful for longer distances and lower bandwidth.
•Metro/Global Mirror (MGM) enables cascaded 3-site replications, which combine synchronous mirroring to an intermediate site with asynchronous mirroring from that intermediate site to a third site at a long distance. Combinations with other Copy Services features are possible, and sometimes even needed. Usually, the 3-site MGM installation also requires an MM sublicense on site A with the MGM license (and even a GM sublicense, if after a site B breakdown, you want to resynchronize between site A and site C). At site B, on top of the MGM, you also need the MM and GM licenses. At site C, you then need sublicenses for MGM, GM, and FlashCopy.
•Multiple-target PPRC (MT-PPRC) enhances the disaster recovery solutions by allowing data at a single primary site to be mirrored to two remote sites simultaneously. The function builds and extends Metro Mirror and Global Mirror capabilities and is supported on DS8880, on newer DS8870 firmware, and also on Copy Services Manager (CSM) or IBM z Systems software, such as IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (IBM GDPS)/Multiple-target Metro Mirror (MTMM). Various interfaces and operating systems support the function. With DS8870, this feature was a separate chargeable feature code for each machine. For the DS8880 family, this feature is integrated with the CS license bundle.
•Two possibilities exist for FlashCopy (point in time copy (PTC)): Use it with thick (standard) volumes or thin-provisioned extent space-efficient (ESE) volumes.
The ESE thin volumes can also be used in remote-mirroring relationships. ESE volumes offer the same good performance as standard (thick) volumes, and can be managed by IBM Easy Tier.
However, ESE thin volumes are currently (R8.0) not yet available for z Systems CKD.
•The z/OS Global Mirror (zGM) license, which is also known as Extended Remote Copy (XRC), enables z/OS clients to copy data by using System Data Mover (SDM). This is an asynchronous copy. For more information, see 5.3.6, “z/OS Global Mirror” on page 138.
•Copy Services Manager on HMC offers full CSM functionality and must be enabled through DFSA activation key. CSM enablement files are activated on the HMC when the key is applied.
•For z Systems clients, PAVs allow multiple concurrent I/O streams to the same CKD volume. HyperPAV also reassigns the alias addresses dynamically to the base addresses of the volumes based on the needs of a dynamically changing workload. Both features result in such large performance gains that for many years they were configured as an effective standard for mainframe clients, similar to FICON, which is required for z/OS.
•zHPF is a feature that uses a protocol extension for FICON and allows data for multiple commands to be grouped in a single data transfer. This grouping increases the channel throughput for many workload profiles. It works on all newer IBM zEnterprise Systems and it is preferred for these systems because of the performance gains that it offers.
•z/OS Distributed Data Backup (zDDB) is a feature for clients with a mixture of mainframe and distributed workloads to use their powerful z Systems host facilities to back up and restore open systems data. For more information, see IBM System Storage DS8000: z/OS Distributed Data Backup, REDP-4701.
•Easy Tier is available in the following modes:
– Automatic mode works on the subvolume level (extent level) and allows auto-tiering in hybrid extent pools. The most-accessed volume parts go to the upper tiers. In single-tier pools, it allows auto-rebalancing if it is turned on.
– Manual dynamic volume relocation mode works on the level of full volumes and allows volumes to be relocated or restriped to other places in the DS8000 online. It also allows ranks to be moved out of pools. For more information, see IBM DS8000 EasyTier, REDP-4667.
As part of Easy Tier, the following functions can be implemented:
– Easy Tier Application provides an extra application programming interface (API) for software developers to use so that applications direct Easy Tier data placement on the DS8000. This API also enables clients to assign (“pin”) volumes to a particular tier within an Easy Tier pool to meet performance and cost requirements. For more information, see DS8870 Easy Tier Application, REDP-5014.
– Easy Tier Heat Map Transfer automatically replicates a heat map to remote systems to ensure that they are also optimized for performance and cost after a planned or unplanned outage. For more information, see IBM DS8870 Easy Tier Heat Map Transfer, REDP-5015.
•I/O Priority Manager is the quality of service (QoS) feature for the System Storage DS8000 series. When larger extent pools are used that include many servers that are competing for the same rank and device adapter resources, clients can define Performance Groups of higher-priority and lower-priority servers and volumes. In overload conditions, the I/O Priority Manager throttles the lower-priority Performance Groups to maintain service on the higher-priority groups. With DS8870 and earlier models, the I/O Priority Manager function was an extra charge by TB. The I/O Priority Manager function is now included in the Base Function so that it is available to all DS8880 clients. For more information, see DS8000 I/O Priority Manager, REDP-4760.
•IBM Database Protection provides the highest level of protection for Oracle databases by using more end-to-end checks for the detection of data corruption as data passes through different storage area network (SAN) and storage hardware layers. This feature complies with the Oracle Hardware Assisted Resilient Data (HARD) initiative. For more information about this feature, see the IBM Database Protection User’s Guide, GC27-2133-02.
Ordering feature options without needing a license key
The following ordering options of the DS8880 do not require the client to install a license key:
•Earthquake Resistance Kit, Feature Code (FC) 1906: The Earthquake Resistance Kit is an optional seismic kit for stabilizing the storage unit racks so that the racks comply with IBM earthquake resistance standards. It includes cross braces on the front and rear of the racks, and the racks are secured to the floor. These stabilizing features limit potential damage to critical DS8000 machine components and help to prevent human injury.
•Overhead cabling: For more information about FC1400 (top-exit bracket) and FC1101 (ladder), see 7.2.3, “Overhead cabling features” on page 180. One ladder for each site is sufficient. A smaller ladder (FC1102) is offered when you use the DS8886 option to expand the rack height to full length.
•Shipping Weight Reduction (FC0200): If your site features delivery weight constraints, IBM offers this option that limits the maximum shipping weight of the individually packed components to 909 kg (2,000 lb). Because this feature increases installation time, order it only when required.
•Extended Powerline Disturbance Feature (FC1055): This feature extends the available uptime in case both power cords lose external power, as described in “Extended power line disturbance feature” on page 185.
•Storage Appliance indicator (FC0952): The feature is for DS8880 models that are meant to be actively used with Full Disk Encryption (FDE). It allows a Storage Appliance (2421-AP1) pair (FC1762) or single Storage Appliance (FC1761) with Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) software to be ordered and preinstalled on a small Linux server. This server pair can then manage the encryption key with SKLM. For more information about disk encryption, see IBM DS8880 Data-at-rest Encryption, REDP-4500.
•Epic (FC0964), VMware VAAI (FC0965): For clients who want to use the Epic healthcare software or VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI), these features must be selected by the IBM marketing representative. For the VAAI XCOPY/Clone primitive, the PTC (FlashCopy) license (in the CS bundle) is also needed.
•IBM ProtecTIER® indicator (FC0960), IBM SAN Volume Controller (FC0963), IBM Storwize® V7000 virtualization (FC0961), N series Gateway (FC0962) indicator: If the DS8880 is used or virtualized behind any of these data deduplication or virtualization devices or an NAS gateway, select the correct feature to indicate this device.
For more information about these features, see the IBM DS8880 Introduction and Planning Guide, GC27-8525.
9.1.3 Licensing cost structure
For the three possible license bundles, the following general guidelines apply:
•Base Function (BF) license
The license needs to be equal to or greater than the total physical capacity of the storage system. Select the full raw capacity and order the number of TBs to support the total physical capacity of your storage system.
•Copy Services (CS) license
The license can be equal to, less than, or more than the total physical capacity of the storage system. You need to license the TBs that you actually use in copy relationships.
•z-synergy Services (zsS) license
The license can be equal to or less than the total physical capacity of the storage system, but order less only if you have a mixed machine FB/Open and CKD/mainframe. You need to license the full CKD/z raw capacity for zsS, that is, the physical capacity of all ranks that will be formatted as CKD ranks.
Copy Services license specifics
You can order the CS license to support the total usable capacity of all volumes that are involved in one or more copy services functions. However, this sort of subcapacity licensing (less than the total physical raw capacity) requires capacity monitoring and a steady remote connection on the client side.
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Important: With the CS license bundle, only order subcapacity licensing, which is less than the total physical raw capacity, when a steady remote connection for the DS8000 is available.
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By using a remote connection for call home, the CS license can be based on the usable capacity of the volumes that will potentially be in CS relationships. This amount typically is less than the total physical capacity.
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Note: The Copy Services license goes by the usable capacity of all volumes that are involved in at least one Copy Services relationship. If overprovisioning is used on the DS8880 with a significant amount of Copy Services functionality, the Copy Services license needs to be equal to the total rank usable capacity only. This is true even if the logical volume capacity of volumes in Copy Services is greater.
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For example, with overprovisioning, if the total rank usable capacity of a DS8880 is 100 TB but 200 TB of thin-provisioning volumes are in Metro Mirror, only a 100 TB of Copy Services license is needed.
For FlashCopy volumes, you need to count the source plus target volumes as usable capacity. Several examples are shown.
Pricing examples for Copy Services
The following examples are provided to illustrate your CS licensing requirements in an FB environment.
•Scenario 1: For FlashCopy of a 10 TB source, the purchase of 20 TBs of capacity of CS license is required.
•Scenario 2: To use Metro Mirror on a source of 10 TB and then a single FlashCopy on the target of 10 TB, the purchase of 10 TBs of CS license on the source and the purchase of 20 TBs of CS on the target DS8000 is required.
•Scenario 3: To use Global Mirror on a source of 10 TB and then a single FlashCopy on the target DS8000 of 10 TB, the purchase of 10 TBs of CS license on the source and the purchase of 20 TBs of CS on the target DS8000 is required.
•Scenario 4: To use MGM on a source of 10 TB and then a single FlashCopy on the target of 10 TB, the purchase of 10 TB of CS license on the source and secondary, and the purchase of 20 TB of CS on the target is required.
However, consider that with MGM, certain scenarios can require more FlashCopy targets on the local machines, and so larger CS TB scopes are necessary.
•Scenario 5: A client wants to perform Global Mirror for 10 TB and perform a FlashCopy on the target for practicing disaster recovery, but not affect the normal GM. This situation requires a GM secondary, GM Journal, and FlashCopy volume on the secondary system. The source DS8880 requires 10 TB and the target DS8880 requires a 30 TB Copy Services license.
•Scenario 6: For zGM/XRC 10 TB, the purchase of 10 TB and 10 TB of capacity for the CS license on both the source and the target is required.
•Scenario 7: To perform 4-site replications, the purchase of the correct capacity license requirement for each storage system is required.
z-synergy Services (zsS) licensing
A z-synergy Services license is usually required for only the total physical capacity that is logically configured as CKD ranks for use with z Systems host systems.
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Note: If z/OS Distributed Data Backup is used on a system with no CKD ranks, a 10 TB z-synergy Services license must be ordered to enable the FICON attachment functionality.
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Drive features
The BF is based on the raw (decimal TB) capacity of the drives. The pricing is based on the disk drive performance, capacity, speed, and other characteristics that provide more flexible and optimal price and performance configurations. Table 9-4, Table 9-5, and Table 9-6 on page 225 provide an overview of the available hard disk drives (HDDs) and flash drives.
To calculate the raw (gross) physical capacity, multiply for each drive set the number of drives with their individual capacities. Therefore, for example, a drive set of sixteen 1.2 TB drives has a 19.2 TB raw capacity.
Table 9-4 shows the feature codes for disk drive sets.
Table 9-4 Feature codes for disk drive sets
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Drive set feature number
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Drive size
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Drive type
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Drive speed
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Encryption capable1
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Drives per set
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5308
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300 GB
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2.5-inch disk drives
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15K RPM
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Yes
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16
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5618
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600 GB
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2.5-inch disk drives
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15K RPM
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Yes
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16
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5708
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600 GB
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2.5-inch disk drives
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10K RPM
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Yes
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16
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5768
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1.2 TB
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2.5-inch disk drives
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10K RPM
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Yes
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16
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5868
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4 TB
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2.5-inch disk drives
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7.2K RPM
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Yes
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Half: 8
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1 Drives are FDE self-encrypting drive (SED)-capable.
Table 9-5 shows the feature codes for flash drive sets.
Table 9-5 Feature codes for flash drive sets
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Drive set feature number
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Drive size
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Drive type
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Drive speed
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Encryption capable
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Drives per set
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6058
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200 GB
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2.5-inch flash drives
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N/A
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Yes
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16
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6158
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400 GB
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2.5-inch flash drives
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N/A
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Yes
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16
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6258
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800 GB
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2.5-inch flash drives
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N/A
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Yes
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16
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6358
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1.6 TB
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2.5-inch flash drives
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N/A
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Yes
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16
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Table 9-6 shows the feature codes for flash card sets.
Table 9-6 Feature codes for flash card sets
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Feature code
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Drive capacity
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Drive type
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Drive speed in RPM (K=1000)
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RAID support
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15961
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400 GB
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1.8-inch flash card
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N/A
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5, 10
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15982
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400 GB
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1.8-inch flash card
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N/A
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5, 10
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1516a
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800 GB
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1.8-inch flash card
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N/A
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5, 10
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1518b
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800 GB
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1.8-inch flash card
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N/A
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5, 10
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1 FlashCard set A: Required for each high-performance flash enclosure (HPFE) (Feature Code (FC) 1500).
2 FlashCard set B: Optional with FC1596 or FC1516. If FC1598 or FC 1518 is not ordered, a filler set is required.
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Important: Check with an IBM representative or consult the IBM website for an up-to-date list of available drive types.
Related information: New storage system expansions for DS8880 are delivered only with FDE drives. Existing DS8870 disks are supported only in a DS8870 to DS8886 model conversion.
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IBM Easy Tier is a license feature that is available at no charge. Therefore, it is configured, by default, with the BF license bundle.
The Database Protection (for Open/FB) feature, the Thin Provisioning feature, and the I/O Priority Manager feature come with the BF license bundle.
The IBM z/OS Distributed Data Backup feature comes with the zsS license bundle.
Ordering granularity
You order the license bundles by TB, but not by single TB. The granularity is slightly larger. For instance, below 100 TB total physical capacity, the granularity increment for an upgrade is 10 TB. With larger total capacities, the granularity is larger. See Table 9-7.
Table 9-7 Ordering granularity
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Tier
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Minimum (TB)
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Maximum (TB)
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Tier TB granularity
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Feature quantity (maximum)
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Range delta (TB)
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Feature number
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1
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1
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100
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10
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10
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100
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8x51
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2
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101
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250
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15
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10
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150
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8x52
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3
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251
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500
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25
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10
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250
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8x53
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4
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501
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1250
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75
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10
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750
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8x54
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5
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1251
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3000
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175
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10
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1750
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8x55
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6
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3001
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6000
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300
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10
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3000
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8x56
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7
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6001
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10000
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500
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8
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4000
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8x60
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Tip: For more information about the features and considerations when you order DS8880 licensed functions, see the following announcement letters:
•IBM DS8880 (IBM 283x)
•IBM DS8880 (M/T 283x) high-performance flagship - Function Authorizations
IBM announcement letters are available at this website:
Use the DS8880 keyword as a search criterion in the Contents field.
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9.2 Activating licensed functions
You can activate the license keys of the DS8000 after the IBM SSR completes the storage complex installation. If you plan to use the Storage Management GUI to configure your new storage, after the initial login as admin, the setup wizard will guide you to download your keys from the IBM Disk storage feature activation (DSFA) website and activate them. However, if you plan to use the data storage command-line interface (DS CLI) to configure your new storage, you must first obtain the necessary keys from the IBM DSFA website at this location:
Before you connect to the IBM DSFA website to obtain your feature activation codes, ensure that you have the following items:
•The IBM License Function Authorization documents. If you are activating codes for a new storage unit, these documents are included in the shipment of the storage unit. If you are activating codes for an existing storage unit, IBM sends the documents to you in an envelope.
•A USB memory device can be used for downloading your activation codes if you cannot access the DS Storage Manager from the system that you are using to access the DSFA website. Instead of downloading the activation codes in softcopy format, you can print the activation codes and manually enter them by using the DS Storage Manager GUI or the DS CLI. However, this process is slow and error-prone because the activation keys are 32-character strings.
9.2.1 Obtaining DS8000 machine information and activating license keys
To obtain the license activation keys from the DSFA website, you need to know the serial number and machine signature of your DS8000 unit.
You can obtain the required information by using the DS Storage Management GUI or the DS CLI. If you use the Storage Management GUI, you can obtain and apply your activation keys at the same time. These options are described next.
DS Storage Management GUI
Complete the following steps to obtain the required information by using the Management GUI:
1. Open a browser and enter https://< IP address of HMC >.
2. Log in by using a user ID with administrator access. If you are accessing the system for the first time, contact your IBM service support representative (SSR) for the user ID and password. After a successful login, the system monitor window opens.
3. If this machine is new, a System Setup wizard window opens automatically that guides you through the initial setup and configuration tasks, as shown in Figure 9-1.
Figure 9-1 Activate Licensed Functions
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Note: Before you begin this task, resolve any current DS8000 problems that exist. You can contact IBM Support to help you resolve these problems.
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4. Click Activate Licensed Functions (on Figure 9-1) to begin the guided procedure to acquire and activate your feature activation keys, as shown in Figure 9-2.
Figure 9-2 Enter the license keys with help
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Note: You can download the keys and save the XML file to the folder that is shown here, or you can copy the license keys from the IBM DSFA website.
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5. After you enter all of your license keys, click Activate to start the activation process, as shown in Figure 9-3.
Figure 9-3 Add the license keys
6. Click Summary in the System Setup wizard to view the list of licensed functions or feature keys that are installed on your DS8000, as shown in Figure 9-4.
Figure 9-4 Summary of licensed functions
7. If you must activate additional feature keys after the initial installation, click the System icon in the Settings monitor window and then select Licensed Functions, as shown in Figure 9-5.
Figure 9-5 Licensed Functions
8. To obtain the machine signature and machine type and model (MTM) after the installation, click Actions → Properties, as shown in Figure 9-6.
Figure 9-6 Properties window showing the machine signature and MTM
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Important: The initial enablement of any optional DS8000 licensed function is a concurrent activity (assuming that the correct level of Licensed Internal Code (LIC) is installed on the system for the function).
The following activation activities are disruptive and require an initial machine load (IML) or restart of the affected image:
•Removal of a DS8000 licensed function to deactivate the function.
•A lateral change or reduction in the license scope. A lateral change is defined as changing the license scope from FB to CKD or from CKD to FB. A reduction is defined as changing the license scope from all physical capacity (ALL) to only FB or only CKD capacity.
Note: Before you begin this task, you must resolve any current DS8000 problems that exist. You can contact IBM Support for help to resolve these problems.
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10. Wait for the activation process to complete and select Licensed Functions to display the list of activated features, as illustrated in Figure 9-7.
Figure 9-7 List of licensed functions
DS command-line interface
To obtain the required information by using the DS CLI, log on to the DS CLI and run the lssi and showsi commands as shown in Figure 9-8.
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dscli> lssi
Name ID Storage Unit Model WWNN State ESSNet
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IBM.2107-75XXXX1 IBM.2107-75XXXX1 IBM.2107-75XXXX0 981 50050763YYYYYYYY Online Enabled
dscli> showsi
Name IBM.2107-75XXXX1
desc -
ID IBM.2107-75XXXX1
Storage Unit IBM.2107-75XXXX0
Model 981
WWNN 50050763YYYYYYYY
Signature 55d3-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
State Online
ESSNet Enabled
Volume Group V0
os400Serial 686
NVS Memory 16.0 GB
Cache Memory 218.8 GB
Processor Memory 252.6 GB
MTS IBM.2831-75XXXX0
numegsupported 1
ETAutoMode tiered
ETMonitor automode
IOPMmode Disabled
ETCCMode -
ETHMTMode Enabled
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Figure 9-8 Obtain DS8000 information by using the DS CLI
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Note: The showsi command can take the storage facility image (SFI) serial number as a possible argument. The SFI serial number is identical to the storage unit serial number, except that the SFI serial number ends in 1 instead of 0 (zero).
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Gather the following information about your storage unit:
•The Machine Type - Serial Number (MTS), which is a string that contains the machine type and the serial number. The machine type is 283x (or 242x, for earlier DS8000 models) and the last seven characters of the string are the machine’s serial number (XYABCDE), which always ends with 0 (zero).
•The model, which, for example, is 981 for a DS8886.
•The machine signature, which is found in the Machine signature field and uses the following format: ABCD-EF12-3456-7890.
Use Table 9-8 to document this information, which is entered in the IBM DSFA website to retrieve the activation codes.
Table 9-8 DS8000 machine information
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Property
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Your storage unit’s information
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Machine type
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Machine’s serial number
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Machine signature
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9.2.2 Obtaining the activation codes
If you plan to use the DS CLI to configure your system, you need to obtain your activation keys before you configure your machine.
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Note: A DS8800 is shown in the following figures. However, the steps are identical for all models of the DS8000 family.
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Complete the following steps to obtain the activation codes:
1. As shown in Figure 9-9, connect to the DSFA website at the following address:
Figure 9-9 IBM DSFA website
2. Click DS8000 series. The Select DS8000 series machine window opens, as shown in Figure 9-10. Select the appropriate 283x (or 242x) machine type.
Figure 9-10 DS8000 DSFA machine information entry window
3. Enter the machine information that was collected in Table 9-8 on page 232, and click Submit. The View machine summary window opens, as shown in Figure 9-11.
Figure 9-11 DSFA View machine summary window
Figure 9-11 on page 233 shows the View machine summary window, which shows the total purchased licenses and the number of licenses that are currently assigned. The example shows a storage unit where all licenses are assigned. When you assign licenses for the first time, the Assigned field shows 0.0 TB.
4. On the left, click Manage activations. The Manage activations window opens, as shown in Figure 9-12. For each license type and storage image, enter the following information that is assigned to the storage image:
– Select the license scope from the list box:
• FB (fixed-block data)
• CKD (count key data)
• All
– Type the capacity value (in TB) to assign to the storage image
The capacity values are expressed in decimal terabytes. The sum of the storage image capacity values for a license cannot exceed the total license value.
Figure 9-12 DSFA Manage activations window
5. After the values are entered, click Submit.
7. The Retrieve activation codes window opens, which shows the license activation codes for the storage image, as shown in Figure 9-13. Print the activation codes or click Download now to save the activation codes in an XML file that you can import into the DS8000.
Figure 9-13 DSFA Retrieve activation codes window
8. Click Settings → System → Licensed Functions → Activate in the GUI to enter the activation codes after the initial installation. Click the yellow symbol to import the XML file, or alternatively, you can enter individual license keys, as shown in Figure 9-14.
Figure 9-14 Activating additional licenses in the GUI
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Important: In most situations, the DSFA application can locate your 283y (y=6...9) licensed function authorization record when you enter the DS8880 283x (x=1...4) serial number and signature. However, if the 283y licensed function authorization record is not attached to the 283x record, you must assign it to the 283x record by using the Assign function authorization link on the DSFA application. In this case, you need the 283y serial number (which you can find on the License Function Authorization document).
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9.2.3 Applying activation codes by using the DS CLI
The license keys also can be activated by using the DS CLI. This option is available only if the machine OEL was activated and you have installed a compatible DS CLI program on your console.
Complete the following steps to apply activation codes by using the DS CLI:
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dscli> showsi
Name IBM.2107-75XXXX1
desc -
ID IBM.2107-75XXXX1
Storage Unit IBM.2107-75XXXX0
Model 981
WWNN 50050763YYYYYYYY
Signature 55d3-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
State Online
ESSNet Enabled
Volume Group V0
os400Serial 686
NVS Memory 16.0 GB
Cache Memory 218.8 GB
Processor Memory 252.6 GB
MTS IBM.2831-75XXXX0
numegsupported 1
ETAutoMode tiered
ETMonitor automode
IOPMmode Monitored
ETCCMode -
ETHMTMode Enabled
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Figure 9-15 DS CLI showsi command
2. Obtain your license activation codes from the IBM DSFA website, as described in 9.2.2, “Obtaining the activation codes” on page 232.
3. Enter an applykey command at the following dscli command prompt. The -file parameter specifies the key file. The second parameter specifies the storage image.
dscli> applykey -file c:2831_75XXXX0.xml IBM.2107-75XXXX1
Or you can apply individual keys:
dscli> applykey -key f190-1234-1234-1234-1234-5678-1234-5678 IBM.2107-75ZA571
CMUC00199I applykey: License Machine Code successfully applied to storage image IBM.2107-75ZA571.
4. Verify that the keys were activated for your storage unit by running the lskey command, as shown in Figure 9-16.
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dscli> lskey
Activation Key Authorization Level (TB) Scope
==========================================================================
Encryption Authorization on All
Global mirror (GM) 70 All
High Performance FICON for System z (zHPF) on CKD
I/O Priority Manager 100 All
IBM HyperPAV on CKD
IBM System Storage DS8000 Thin Provisioning on All
IBM System Storage Easy Tier on All
IBM database protection on FB
IBM z/OS Distributed Data Backup on FB
Metro/Global mirror (MGM) 70 All
Metro mirror (MM) 70 All
Operating environment (OEL) 100 All
Parallel access volumes (PAV) 40 CKD
Point in time copy (PTC) 70 All
RMZ Resync 70 CKD
Remote mirror for z/OS (RMZ) 70 CKD
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Figure 9-16 Using the lskey command to list the installed licenses
For more information about the DS CLI, see the IBM DS8000 Series Command-Line Interface User’s Guide, SC27-8526.
The BF license bundle needs to be installed before ranks can be formatted for FB (open systems). The zsS license bundle needs to be installed before ranks can be formatted for CKD (mainframe).
9.3 Licensed scope considerations
An increase in license capacity is concurrent. A deactivation (or decrease in license capacity) takes place only after one additional machine IML. Similar considerations apply to the license scopes:
•The BF license and CS license are available with several license scopes, such as ALL, FB, and CKD.
•An increase in license scope, for example, changing FB or CKD to ALL, is a concurrent activity.
•A lateral change, such as changing FB to CKD or changing CKD to FB, or a reduction of the license scope, such as changing ALL to FB or CKD, is a disruptive activity because it requires an IML to activate the change.
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Tip: Because the BF license must be ordered for the full physical capacity anyway, and because the CS license can be ordered for only those volumes that are in Copy Services relationships, consider the following tip: For BF and CS, configure these bundles with scope “ALL” from the beginning.
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