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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Linux on System z: The Next Frontier for the Mainframe
Cameron Seay, NC A & T State University
ECC Conference
June 10, 2041
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
In this presentation:
The motivation for including Linux on z in our Program
Linux in our Enterprise Systems Curriculum
Linux-related projects now and in the near future
The Road Ahead
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NC A & T State Univ:
Located in Greensboro, NC, enrollment appx 10,500.
One of the 100+ Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Established in 1891 as a Land Grant College
Still produces more African American engineers than any school in the world
I am in the Computer Systems Technology Dept in the School of Technology
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The motivation for including Linux on z in our ES Program:
We have been very successful in placing students in ES positions:
While z/OS is stable we see zLinux as having potential for exponential growth in the next 3-5 years
Linux is the foundation for cloud computing, zLinux is merely an extension of it.
zLinux is an excellent entre for high school students to ES
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Linux in our Enterprise Systems Curriculum
NC A & T has a z9 on loan from IBM (18 engines, 128 GB real storage, 4 TB of DASD with another 40 TB on the way).
We install z/VM (5.4) as the foundation for every LPAR and put whatever we want in the guests
For our z/OS courses we create z/OS guests. This way each student can have their own “lpar”.
We create as many guests as we need for our VM courses
Each student has first and second level guests.
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Linux in our Enterprise Systems Curriculum
Our focus is actually on using z/VM as a vehicle to deploy Linux, NOT on z/VM admin
We cover virtualization concepts, CP/CMS basics, Linux installation, and there is usually a server deployment project
We also use this as an opportunity to deepen cloud skill by having the student write Web based data management applications in php or Java.
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Linux-related projects now and in the near future Linux is flexible and pervasive...
Big Data Analytics (A & T and Univ of Puerto Rico)
Banner Proof of Concept
Other Linux based business application POCs
Oracle and Linux consolidation
State of NC MOU (training NC employees on zLinux)
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Linux-related projects now and in the future
Linux an z a great way to introduce K-12 students to the platform
Raspberry Pi projects can be tied to z on the mainframe (via a re-compile of Raspian)
Vance County STEM project “I CAN CODE!”
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The Road Ahead:
EVENTUALLY… we will acquire a BC 12 or an EC 12
Projects on Power & z
System z on Demand
Connecting smaller colleges via A & T and other AI Schools
Whatever in the heck industry will fund!
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QUESTIONS?