Draft Document for Review February 7, 2020 3:15 pm 8464chang.fm Summary of changes February 2020, First Edition R5.0 This section describes the technical changes that are made in this edition of the book and in  previous editions. This edition might also include minor corrections and editorial changes that  are not identified. Summary of Changes for SG24-8464-00 for IBM TS7700 Release 5.0 Guide as created or updated on February 7, 2020. This revision reflects the addition, deletion, or modification of new and changed information,  which is summarized below. New and existing capabilities of the TS7700 5.0 include the following highlights: GLYPH<SM590000> Eight-way Grid Cloud, which consists of up to three generations of TS7700 GLYPH<SM590000> Synchronous and asynchronous replication GLYPH<SM590000> Full AES256 encryption for replication data that is in-flight and at-rest GLYPH<SM590000> Tight integration with IBM Z and DFSMS policy management GLYPH<SM590000> Optional target for DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tier using DFSMS GLYPH<SM590000> Optional Cloud Storage Tier support GLYPH<SM590000> Optional integration with physical tape GLYPH<SM590000> 16 Gb FICON throughput that exceeds 5 GBps per TS7700 cluster GLYPH<SM590000> IBM Z hosts view up to 3,968 common devices per TS7700 grid GLYPH<SM590000> Grid access to all data independent of where it exists GLYPH<SM590000> TS7770 Cache On-demand feature that is based capacity licensing GLYPH<SM590000> TS7770 support of SSD within the VED server Note:  For more information about the TS7770 Cloud Object Storage solution and how to  implement and integrate this solution into your enterprise, see: IBM TS7700 R5.0 Cloud Storage Tier Guide , REDP-5573: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5573.html For more information about planning and implementing the function of using the TS7700  as an optional target for DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tier using DFSMS see: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5583.html IBM TS7700 Series DS8000 Object Store User’s Guide Version 1.0 , REDP-5583: IBM DS8000 and Transparent Cloud Tiering , SG24-8381: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248381.html ' Copyright IBM Corp. 2 020. All rights reserved. xxv