Introduction
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What is z/VM Cloud Connector
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z/VM cloud connector is a development sdk for manage z/VM.
It provides a set of APIs to operate z/VM including guest, image,
network, volume etc.

Just like os-win for nova hyperv driver and oslo.vmware for
nova vmware driver, z/VM cloud connector (CloudLib4zvm) is
for nova z/vm driver and other z/VM related openstack driver such
as neutron, ceilometer.

Integration Samples
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* Sample 1: for openstack

.. image:: ./images/openstack_zcc.jpg

* Sample 2: for other solutions like VMWare etc.

.. image:: ./images/3rd_iaas.jpg

Internal Architecture
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Here's internal component list of zvm cloud connector.

.. image:: ./images/zcc_internal.jpg

Comparation with vmware openstack driver
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Here's architecture comparsion between z/VM and vmware enablement for openstack.

.. image:: ./images/zvm_vmware.jpg