CP Assist for Cryptographic Functions (CPACF)

CPACF is a set of cryptographic instructions providing improved performance. The servers support different algorithms:

• on the IBM System z9 Enterprise Class and IBM System z9 Business Class
  • SHA-1 algorithm is available
  • SHA-224 and SHA-256 algorithms are available
  • AES algorithm using 128-bit length keys is available
• on IBM System z10 Enterprise Class, z10 Business Class, IBM zEnterprise 196, IBM zEnterprise 114 and later
  • SHA-1 algorithm is available
  • SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 algorithms are available
  • AES algorithm using 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys is available