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## C 

## Native Peripheral Component Interconnect Express 

This appendix introduces the native Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) adapters management on IBM Z servers (IBM z14, z13, and z13s)$^{1}$. The appendix also includes concepts of the integrated firmware processor (IFP) and resource groups (RG). 

This appendix includes the following topics: 

GLYPH<SM590000> C.1, “Design of native PCIe adapter management” on page 420 

GLYPH<SM590000> C.2, “Native PCIe adapters plugging rules” on page 422 

GLYPH<SM590000> C.3, “Native PCIe adapter definitions” on page 422 

