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Chapter 9. Configuration planning 167
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9.3 DS8000 licensed functions
Licensed functions are the storage unit’s operating system and functions. Each licensed
function indicator feature selected on a DS8000 base unit enables that function at the system
level. These features enable a licensed function subject to you applying a feature activation
code made available by IBM. They are also used for maintenance billing purposes. These
include both required features and optional features.
Table 9-2 provides the appropriate licensed function indicators for each licensed function.
Table 9-2 Licensed function indicators
9.3.1 Operating environment license (OEL) - required feature
You must order an operating environment license (OEL) feature, the IBM TotalStorage DS
Operating Environment, for every storage unit. The operating environment model and
features establish the extent of IBM authorization for the use of the IBM TotalStorage DS
Operating Environment. This operating environment license support function is called the
2244 Model OEL. The OEL licenses the operating environment and is based on the total
physical capacity of the storage unit (base model plus any expansion models). It authorizes
you to use the model configuration at a given capacity level.
Once the OEL has been technically activated for the storage unit, you can configure the
storage unit. Activating the OEL means that you have obtained the feature activation key from
the IBM disk storage feature activation (DSFA) Web site and entered it into the DS8000
Storage Manager. The feature activation process is discussed in more detail in 9.3.7, “Disk
storage feature activation” on page 173.
Table 9-3 on page 168 provides the feature codes for the operating environment license. (The
codes apply to models 921,922, and 9A2.)
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Licensed function IBM 2107 indicator feature
number
IBM 2244 function
authorization models and
features
Operating environment 0700 Model OEL 70xx
Point-in-Time Copy 0720 Model PTC 72xx
Remote Mirror and Copy 0740 Model RMC 74xx
Remote Mirror for z/OS 0760 Model RMZ 76xx
Parallel Access Volumes 0780 Model PAV 78xx
Note: Standby CoD disk drive features do not count toward the physical capacity.