Specifications include, but are not limited to:Wayne County Regional Educational Services Agency, Wayne RESA is requesting proposals for a z/OS Server; a 5 TB Enterprise Storage System; Virtual Tape System, z/OS upgrade assistance to the latest release. Optionally, a Hosted / Outsourced / Cloud solution including business continuity equivalent to the below configuration may also be bid. Vendors may offer pricing on all or a portion or the entire project. Installation, configuration, migration and documentation should be included. All details of inclusions and exclusion documented. z13s H01 Server minimally with (4) feature code 0410 FICON Express8s SX 2 ports, (2) feature code 0417 OSA-Express5s 1000BASE-T 2 ports (pricing for 1 additional) Enterprise Storage System 5 TB with flashcopy, PAV, 4 FICON Virtual Tape System with 2 FICON channels, (1) 1 GbE for connection to an existing EMC Data Domain 2500 or a VTS internal storage alternative. The VTS must have the capability to scratch virtual tapes within itself without a tape management system. Business Continuity for the above configuration Hosted Solution which provides the same functionality as the hardware specified above. The proposed solution must be virtually addressed within our intranet. A connection through the AT&T ASE MPLS cloud service is desired. Business continuity must be included. Complete technical support to bring production system live. z/OS upgrade assistance to the latest release after production system is stable.
