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HP P9000 for Compatible High Perf FICON Connectivity Software

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When High Performance FICON is exploited by the FICON channel, the z/OS operating system and the control unit, the FICON channel overhead will be reduced
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High Performance FICON for system z or zHPF is an enhancement of the FICON channel architecture; which also means compatibility with certain standards such as Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling standard (FC-FS), Fibre Channel Switch Fabric and Switch Control Requirements (FC-SW), and Fibre Channel Single-Byte-4 (FC-SB-4) standards. Enhancements have been made to the z/Architecture® and the FICON interface architecture to deliver improvements for online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads. zHPF is implemented exclusively in System z10. When High Performance FICON is exploited by the FICON channel, the z/OS operating system, and the control unit; the FICON channel overhead will be reduced. This is achieved by simplification of the protocol, and by reducing the number of information units processed, resulting in more efficient use of the fiber link.

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Improved Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) Workloads Performance
  • Reduced FICON channel overhead when High Performance FICON is exploited by the FICON channel, the z/OS operating system, and the control unit.
  • Improves performance with simplification of the protocol, and by reducing the number of information units processed, resulting in more efficient use of the fiber link.
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