Draft Document for Review September 23, 2019 1:36 am 8860ch02.fm 2.6.4 Power Estimation Tool 2.6.5 SMC Applicability Tool 2.6.6 zBNA Tool 2.7 Hardware Management Console/Support Element setup 2.7.1 Defining the HMC Activation Profiles The Power Estimation Tool is a web-based tool that allows you to estimate the power  consumption for your IBM Z server. The tool also estimates the machine’s weight. See the IBM Resource Link to access the tool. A tool called Shared Memory Communications (SMC) Applicability Tool (SMCAT) has been  created that helps customers to determine the value of SMC-R and SMC-D in their  environment with minimal effort and minimal impact. SMCAT is integrated within the TCP/IP stack and gathers new statistics that are used to  project SMC applicability and benefits for the current system. For more information, see the  Shared Memory Communications Reference Information website. zBNA is a PC-based productivity tool designed to provide a means of estimating the elapsed  time for batch jobs solely based on the differences in CPU speeds for a base processor and a  target processor, the number of engines on each system, and system capacities. Data  sharing is not considered. zBNA provides powerful, graphic demonstration of the z/OS batch  window. The zBNA Tool also provides the capability to project the benefits of exploiting the IBM  Integrated Accelerator for zEDC and the ability to estimate the benefit of zHyperLink I/O  activity. The zBNA tool and its Users Guide can be downloaded from the IBM z Systems Batch  Network Analyzer (zBNA) Tool website. This section introduces the configuration and management tools and procedures available on  the Hardware Management Console (HMC) and the Support Element (SE). Activation profiles must be customized by using the HMC. Activation profiles are required for  central processor complex (CPC) and CPC image activation. They are used to tailor the  operation of a CPC and are stored in the SE associated with the CPC. There are four types of  activation profiles: 14  IBM z15 (8561) Configuration Setup GLYPH<SM590000> Reset: A reset profile is used to activate a CPC and its images. GLYPH<SM590000> Image: An image profile is used to activate an image of a CPC previously activated. GLYPH<SM590000> Load: A load profile is used to load a previously activated image with a control program or  operating system. GLYPH<SM590000> Group: A group profile is used to define the group capacity value for all logical partitions  belonging to that group.