The badge earner has taken a dive into all aspects of IBM Z firmware. They have learned about all the various firmware subsystems involved with making the IBM Z mainframe the powerful and resilient machine that it is. The earner of this badge has a basic understanding of what each subsystem does relating to the mainframe, and has applied this skill in practice in a lab exercise on real hardware OR in the zFOCS simulation environment.

• Type Validation
• Level Intermediate
• Time Hours
• Cost Free