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Topology
Generic concepts and components
Following picture shows a conceptual view of the relationship between any OpenStack solution and z/VM.
An OpenStack solution is free to run its components wherever it wishes; its options range from running all components on z/VM, to running some on z/VM and others elsewhere, to running all components on other platform(s). The solution is also free to source its components wherever it wishes, either using z/VM. OpenStack enablement components or not.
z/VM ships a set of servers that provide local system management APIs. These servers consist of request servers that accept local connections, receive the data, and then call one of a set of worker servers to process the request. These servers are known collectively as SMAPI. The worker servers can interact with the z/VM hypervisor (CP) or with a directory manager. A directory manager is required for this environment.
Overall architecture
