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Configurations
Configurations
Before you begin the system generation procedure, make sure your
installation has the minimum configuration supported by VM/370 and the
features and facilities required by VM/370. VM/370 Minimum Configuration
The minimum configuration supported by VM/370 is: One One One One One Two One One One To determine
necessar y for
Requirements."
Processor (393,2i6 bytes of storage) System Console device
Printer
Card Reader
Card Punch Spindles of Direct Access Storage Nine-Track Magnetic Tape Unit Multiplexer Channel
Selector or Block Multiplexer Channel
the amount of real storage and direct access storage
a configuration, see "Estimating VM/370 Storage A representative VM/370 configuration is:
IBM 4341 2Mb/4Mb Storage IBM 3278 Display Console Model 2A
IBM 3203 Printer Model 5 --Two IBM 3350 Direct Access Storage Model A2 Four drives attached
to a 3880 Storage Control Model 1
IBM 2305. Fixed Head Storage Facility, Model 2
IBM 3420 Magnetic Tape Units -- Two
IBM 3705 Communications Controller
IBM 3277 Display Stations (as needed) with the 3272 Control Unit (local attachment) or with the 3271 Control unit (remote
attachment) IBM 3278 Display Stations (as needed) with 3274 Control unit
(local attachment or remote attachment). Part 1. Planning for System Generation 103
page ot (;;C.lU-H:SU1--IU AS upaa'tea Aprl.J. I, I::::n:n OJ (;;N.l:>-Uts .. :j/ Configur at ions
Configurations Supported by CMS CMS supports the following configurations: Virtual storage size: minimum of 320K bytes, up to 16 million bytes
in multiples of 4K. Virtual console: any terminal supported by VM/370 as a virtual
machine operator's console. I The same unit record devices (card readers, punches, and printers) , supported by VM/370 as spooling devices,' except the 2520 Punch. See I "Unit Record Devices". Up to ten logical 2314, 2319, 3340, 3330 Model 1, 2, or 11, 3333
Model 1 or 11, or 3350 direct access storage devices. The maximum
size of a CMS minidisk is: C 11 S 200 404 808 348
696
555 l;UU A i,j 203 246
246
348
682
115 Dev iCe (§i 2314/2319 (the entire disk) 3330/3333 Model 1 or 2 3330/3333 Model 11 3340 Model 35 3340 Model 70 3350 (in native mode) Up to four 2400, 2415, 2420, 3410 (9 track only), or 3420 (7 or 9
track) Magnetic Tape Units. Configurations Supported by RSCS RSCS supports the following configurations: Virtual storage size: Minimum of 512K, up to 16 million bytes in
multiples of 4K. virtual console: any terminal supported by VM/370 as a virtual
machine operator's console. Any virtual card readers, punches, and printers supported by VM/370 as spooling devices. One logical 2314, 2319, 3330 Model 1, 2, or 11, 3333 Model 1 or 11, 3340, or 3350 direct access storage devices. Transmission Control Units: 2701 Data Adapter Unit; 2703 Transmission
Control Unit; or 3704 or 3705 Communications Controllers in EP mode
only. Only binary synchronous communication transmission is
supported.
The minimum configuration supported by RSCS is: 512K virtual storage One console One Reader One Transmission Control Unit One or more binary synchronous lines dedicated to the RSCS virtual
machine 104 IBM VM/370 Planning and System Generation Guide
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