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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.
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