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FICON/zHPF operating environment The following table lists the operating environment required for FICON/zHPF. For more information about FICON/zHPF operating environments, including supported hosts and operating environments, see the IBM Redbooks. Table 6 Operating environment required for FICON/zHPF Items CPU z9, z10 Specification FICON Express FICON Express2 FICON Express4 z900 Native FICON FICON Express z990 FICON Express G5/G6 Native FICON z800, zSeries Operating system OS/390 Rev. 2.6 and later released For FICON: Z-OS R1.V1 and later released For FICON/zHPF: z/OS V1.7 with the IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.7 (5637-A01) z/OS V1.8, V1.9 with PTFs z10 Controller emulation type Host-based software VM/ESA 2.4.0 VM/ESA 2.3.0 with Authorized Problem Analysis Report (APAR) VSE/ESA 2.3 with APAR z/VM Version 3 Release 1 2105-F20 or later 2107 High Performance FICON (HPF) FICON and FICON/zHPF protocol sequence Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the basic read/write sequence of FICON and zHPF Protocols. For details, see the ANSI standard document Fibre Channel Single-Byte Command Code Sets Mapping Protocol - 4. 16 FICON/zHPF and ESCON host attachment

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FICON/zHPF operating environment
The following table lists the operating environment required for FICON/zHPF. For more information
about FICON/zHPF operating environments, including supported hosts and operating environments,
see the IBM Redbooks.
Table 6 Operating environment required for FICON/zHPF
Specification
Items
FICON Express
FICON Express2
FICON Express4
z9, z10
CPU
Native FICON
z900
FICON Express
FICON Express
z990
Native FICON
G5/G6
z800, zSeries
OS/390 Rev. 2.6 and later released
Operating system
For FICON: Z-OS R1.V1 and later released
For FICON/zHPF:
z/OS V1.7 with the IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.7 (5637-A01)
z/OS V1.8, V1.9 with PTFs
z10
VM/ESA 2.4.0
VM/ESA 2.3.0 with Authorized Problem Analysis Report (APAR)
VSE/ESA 2.3 with APAR
z/VM Version 3 Release 1
2105-F20 or later
2107
Controller
emulation type
High Performance FICON (HPF)
Host-based
software
FICON and FICON/zHPF protocol sequence
Figure 2
and
Figure 3
show the basic read/write sequence of FICON and zHPF Protocols. For details,
see the ANSI standard document
Fibre Channel Single-Byte Command Code Sets Mapping Protocol
4
.
FICON/zHPF and ESCON host attachment
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