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486 IBM z13s Technical Guide
SMC-R requires the following software:
򐂰 z/OS V2R1 (with PTFs) or higher are the only supported operating systems for the SMC-R
protocol. You cannot roll back to previous z/OS releases.
򐂰 z/OS guests under z/VM 6.3 are supported to use 10GbE RoCE features
򐂰 IBM is working with its Linux distribution partners to include support in future Linux on
z Systems distribution releases.
Other RoCE considerations
The following are other consideration when using RoCE:
򐂰 RoCE system limits:
16 Physical cards per CPC (no change from zEC12)
31 Virtual Functions per PCHID
128 unique VLANs per PCHID physical port
Each VF guaranteed minimum of 2 VLANs with a maximum of 16 (31 VFs, and the
maximum number of VLANs depends on the number of unique VLAN IDs)
򐂰 z/OS CS consumption of RoCE virtual resources:
One VF consumed per TCP stack (per PCIe function ID (PFID) / port).
One virtual message authentication code (VMAC) per VF (z/OS uses PF generated
VMAC)
One VLAN ID (up to 16) per OSA VLAN (“inherited” as TCP connections occur)
򐂰 z/OS Communications Server Migration considerations:
RoCE HCD (IOCDS) configuration changes are required
Existing z/OS RoCE users might be required to make a TCP/IP configuration change
(that is, existing TCP/IP profile (PFIDs) might be compatible with shared RoCE)
򐂰 Changes are required for existing RoCE users for the following cases:
z/OS users who use multiple TCP/IP stacks and both stacks currently use the same
RoCE feature (single z/OS image sharing a physical card among multiple stacks).
z/OS users who need to use both physical RoCE ports from the same z/OS instance
(not “best practices”, but is allowed).
z/OS users who could not continue using (coordinate) the same PFID values (continue
using the existing PFID value used in the dedicated environment for a specific z/OS
instance) when adding multiple PFIDs and VFs to the same card (for additional shared
users).
D.2.10 SMC-R use cases for z/OS to z/OS
SMC-R with RoCE provides high-speed communications and “HiperSockets like”
performance across physical processors. It can help all TCP-based communications across
z/OS LPARs that are in different CPCs.
The following list shows several typical communications patterns:
򐂰 Optimized Sysplex Distributor intra-sysplex load balancing
򐂰 WebSphere Application Server type 4 connections to remote DB2, IMS, and CICS
instances
򐂰 IBM Cognos® to DB2 connectivity

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