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zSeries fi ber cabling now offers three options to address
a solution for your fi ber cable installation. Enterprise fi ber
cabling offers two additional options to help meet your
structured (trunking) environments requirements.
zSeries fi ber cabling:
• Fiber-optic jumper cabling package
will analyze your zSeries channel confi guration and your
existing fi ber-optic cabling to determine the appropriate
fi ber-optic jumper cables required, then supply, label
and install the fi ber-optic jumper cables and complete
the installation with a detailed connection report.
• Fiber-optic jumper migration and reuse for a zSeries
upgrade
will plan, organize, re-label, re-route and re-plug your
existing fi ber-optic jumper cables for reuse with the
upgraded zSeries server
• Fiber-optic jumper cables and installation
will supply the fi ber-optic jumper cables you specify,
then label and install the fi ber-optic jumper cables.
Enterprise fi ber cabling options:
• zSeries fi ber-optic trunk cabling package
will analyze your zSeries channel confi guration and your
existing fi ber-optic infrastructure to determine the appro-
priate fi ber-optic harnesses, fi ber-optic trunk cables and
the fi ber-optic patch panel boxes required, then supply,
label and install the fi ber-optic components to connect
your new zSeries server to your existing structured fi ber
cabling infrastructure.
• Enterprise fi ber cabling package
will analyze your entire data center confi guration and
existing fi ber-optic infrastructure to determine the appro-
priate end-to-end enterprise solution for connectivity.
This is a customized offering that includes trunk cables,
zone cabinets, patch panels and direct attach har-
nesses for servers, directors and storage devices.
These tailored zSeries fi ber cabling options use the same
planning and implementation methodologies as IBM’s cus-
tomized enterprise fi ber cabling services, only focused on
your zSeries fi ber cabling needs.
Fiber Quick Connect (FQC): FQC, a zSeries confi guration
option, helps reduce the cable bulk associated with the
installation of potentially 240 (z800) to 256 (z900) to 420
(z990) ESCON channels in one I/O cage. Fiber harnesses,
which are factory-installed, enable connection to IBM’s
Fiber Transport System (FTS) direct-attach fi ber trunk
cables. Each trunk can have up to 72 fi ber pairs. Four
trunks can displace the 240 to 256 fi ber-optic cables on
the z800 or z900.
In planning for zSeries systems, refer to
Planning for:
S/390 Fiber Optic Links
(ESCON, FICON, Coupling Links,
and Open System Adapters), GA23-0367, and the Installa-
tion Manual Physical Planning (IMPP) manual. Refer to the
services section of Resource Link for further details on the
zSeries Fiber Cabling Service options and the Fiber Quick
Connect confi guration option.
Access Resource Link at ibm.com/servers/resourcelink.