IBM z16

Today April 5th 2022 IBM announced the new generation of mainframe called IBM z16. Planned availability date is May 31, 2022. The system is a significant step forward from z15 with AI and compliance components as well as a restructuring from z15. With that the drawer capacity is significantly increased.

 

Useful links:

• Videos
  • z16 intro
  • I tried to break a million dollar computer
• z16
  
  • Press release & blog
  • IBM z16 landing page
  • data sheet
  • IBM z16 Technical Introduction
  • IBM z16 (3931) Technical Guide
• Linux
  • tested platforms (more updates on the required service pending)
  • Red Hat (minimal required versions)
    • RHEL 7.9 with service
    • RHEL 8.4: kernel 4.18.0-305.45.1.el8, s390utils-2.15.1-5.el8 (for CPU MF to work kernel 4.18.0-305.48.1)
  • SUSE
    • SLES 12 SP5 with service
    • SLES 15 SP3: kernel 5.3.18-150300.59.54-default, s390-tools 2.15.1-8.11.1
  • Canoncical
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: kernel 5.4.0-107-generic, s390-tools 2.12.0-0ubuntu3
  • Distribution Certifications:
    • Canoncial: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Red Hat: RHEL 8.4, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4,
    • SUSE: tbd
• z/VM (7.1, 7.2, 7.3 support)
  • z/VM requirements, APARs etc
• Performance
  • IBM z16 FICON Express32S Performance (pdf)
  • Non-Volatile Memory Express Performance with Linux on IBM® LinuxONE Emperor 4

 

Please come back frequently here as I will updating this blog entry with more information as soon as it becomes available!
(Updated 08/08/2022)