z/VM Version 6 Release 1 Architecture Level Set

z/VM V6.1 will operate on: IBM zEnterprise System (z196 and z114), IBM System z10 or equivalent server.

Specifically, the architecture level required by z/VM V6.1 is z/Architecture with the following facilities:

• Compare-and-swap-and-store facility
• Compare-and-swap-and-store facility 2
• DAT-enhancement facility 1
• DAT-enhancement facility 2
• Decimal-floating-point facility
• ETF2-enhancement facility
• ETF3-enhancement facility
• Execute-extensions facility
• Extended-immediate facility
• Extended-translation facility 2
• Extended-translation facility 3
• Floating-point-support enhancement facilities (comprising the FPR-GR-loading, FPS-sign-handling, and DFP-rounding facilities)
• General-instructions-extension facility
• Long-displacement facility
• Message-security assist
• Move-with-optional-specifications facility
• Parsing-enhancement facility
• PFPO facility
• Store-clock-fast facility
• Store-facility-list-extended facility

Refer to z/Architecture Principles of Operation, Chapter 1 for descriptions of these facilities.

Return to z/VM V6.1 Resources .