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IBM Power Systems Power your Planet + Workload-Optimizing Systems AIX - The Future of UNIX Total Integration with i Scalable Linux ready for x86 Consolidation Virtualization without Limits 9 Drive over 90% utilization Dynamic Energy Optimization 9 70-90% energy cost reduction 9 Dynamically scale per demand 9 EnergyScale™ technologies Resiliency without Downtime 9 Roadmap to continuous availability Management with Automation 9 VMControl to manage virtualization 9 High availability systems & scaling
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IBM Power Systems Power Systems Portfolio Power Power 595 795 Power 780 Power 770 570 Power 740 Power 720 550 Power 750 HPC Power 710 JS Blades PS Power 730 Power 575 Power 755 PS702 PS701 PS700 4 © 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems IBM i Strategy and Roadmap “Our commitment to our IBM i clients, ISVs and business partners is solid and unchanged. With our clearly defined processor and software roadmap, we are making substantial investments in the future of IBM i as an important, strategic element in the IBM systems portfolio. New IBM white paper Includes information about the IBM i market, Power Systems and IBM i roadmaps, plus the latest information on POWER7 and IBM i 7.1 http://www.ibm.
IBM Power Systems IBM i Roadmap 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 IBM i Next IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1.1 IBM i 6.
IBM Power Systems Building on the Foundation IBM i 6.
IBM Power Systems IBM i 7.
IBM Power Systems IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights continued Remote Upgrade to IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1 – NFS backed optical images for IBM i upgrades – Electronic Delivery Support expanded IBM i 7.
IBM Power Systems DB2 for i – XML Support XML is an industry standard for exchanging information between customers, suppliers, and partners Rich XML Support now available with DB2 for i 1. 2. 3. XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations Decompose (shred) XML documents into relational columns Generate XML documents from existing relational data OmniFind Text Search Server provides support for searching XML documents – – – Search elements of an XML document (e.g.
IBM Power Systems DB2 for i - Additional Enhancements Column Level Encryption – Allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a specific column in a database table accessed through SQL or native – Solutions from tool providers including Patrick Townsend, and Linoma Software supply encryption algorithms First Name Last Name City State Credit Card# Megan Jones Minneapolis Minnesota *&^%$* Casey Smith Ames Iowa $%@^ Application Developers – MERGE, Array support, Global Vari
IBM Power Systems DB2 Web Query 9Upgrade Query/400 with DB2 Web Query Get Better Performance – Up to 5x better performance over Query/400 Reduce Report Maintenance – Leverage parameterized reporting or OLAP functions to minimize report maintenance Remove Dependency on IT – Give the Power of the data to end users in the formats they want it with information in real time Upgrade into full blown BI – DB2 Web Query enabled Data Mart/Warehouses 9Bring BI and Query Solution Back to IBM i Stop the
IBM Power Systems DB2 Web Query Enhancements Make Better Business Decisions and Improve Customer Service New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.
IBM Power Systems PowerHA SystemMirror for i Asynchronous Geographic Mirroring for multi-site DR solution – IBM i based mirroring for geographically dispersed systems – Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to target system – Support for automatic failover – Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN, and virtual disk Space-Efficient Flash Copy IBM i PowerHA IBM i PowerHA IASP IASP – Working with IBM DS8000 function to allow Flash Copy without requiring double DASD LUN level switching for local HA so
IBM Power Systems PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i Editions IBM i HA/DR Clustering Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Centralized cluster management 9 9 Cluster resource management 9 9 Centralized cluster configuration 9 9 Automated cluster validation 9 9 Cluster admin domain 9 9 New tiered pricing structure lowers costs of HA/DR solutions for mid-sized businesses Cluster device domain 9 9 Integrated heartbeat 9 9 Application monitoring 9 9 Advanced Copy Services for PowerHA
IBM Power Systems Virtualization Enhancements for IBM i Maintain current IBM i 6.1 partitions IBM i 6.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions Minimize change while deploying new release AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter VIOS VIOS IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1 POWER6 & POWER7 Deploy new IBM i 7.1 partitions IBM i 7.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions Continue to run applications with IBM i 6.
IBM Power Systems IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x iSCSI Software Target Supports Higher Speed Connection – Replaces current iSCSI adapter on Power server side with software in IBM i – Uses Ethernet adapters and network to connect Power to BladeCenter and System x – Supports 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet connections – Can connect to iSCSI adapter or software initiator on BladeCenter and System x IBM Power Server with IBM i Supported Environments – Windows Server 2008 and 2003 Server editions
IBM Power Systems IBM i Storage Management and SSD IBM i 6.1.1 and 7.
IBM Power Systems Solid-State Disk Drive PCIe SAS RAID Adapter Higher I/O performance for the most demanding applications PCIe SAS Adapter / Double-wide card 4 SSD bays on card / 1, 2 or 4 SSD modules per adapter 177 GB per SSD module / Up to 708 GB per card 177GB SSD 177GB SSD 177GB SSD 177GB SSD SAS Cntrl Supported OS: AIX 5.3 or later, IBM i 7.1, REHL 5.
IBM Power Systems Remove Disk Units Without an IPL or Outage 1 Work with Disk Configuration Concurrent Remove of Disk Units Select one of the following: – Hot remove disk unit(s) without having to IPL or take an outage – Does not require restricted state – Can be paused and restarted – So hot, its cool 1. Display disk configuration 2. Add units to ASPs 3. Work with ASP threshold - ... - ... 10. Stop hot spare 11. Work with encryption 12.
IBM Power Systems Systems Management Enhancements Systems Director Navigator for i – Ability to manage a target IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1 system • Navigator management server runs in one place • One browser used to manage multiple environments • Extends Navigator management to IBM i 5.
IBM Power Systems Network Upgrade Simplifies Upgrading Multiple Systems IBM 6.1 Base Support • Installation of LPPs, and PTFs onto a IBM i 6.1 system October 2009 – 6.1.1 Support • Upgrade to IBM i 6.1.1 from i 6.1 system DVD April 2010 – 7.1 Support • Upgrade to IBM i 7.1 from i 6.1 or i 6.1.1 Electronic software distribution Future Plan* • Scratch install of new system • IBM i 6.1, IBM i 6.1.1, or IBM i 7.
IBM Power Systems Install or Upgrade using VSCSI Virtual Optical support IBM i or VIOS hosting – can provide virtual storage and/or just the optical (POWER6/7) -From HMC, create a server VSCSI to map to the client partition -Create a NWSD for the client partition & vary on - create a client VSCSI (“as required” initially) to map to the hosting partition.
IBM Power Systems Electronic Software Download All currently marketed IBM i releases available – IBM i 5.4, 6.1, 7.1 Software is downloaded from ESS web site: http://www.ibm.
IBM Power Systems Technology Refresh (TR) Is an update to the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) base release, planned to be delivered on approximately a six month cycle, and targeted to enable a specific set of new hardware and firmware functions. The first TR will start with IBM i 7.1 The TR mechanism allows customers to more timely and easily take advantage of new hardware and firmware functions without moving to a new release.
IBM Power Systems Web Server Enhancements IBM HTTP Server for i running Apache – Latest Apache 2.
IBM Power Systems Web Integration New Features Developers can use Web Admin – No longer need *ALLOBJ special authority – Administrators can grant users ‘Permission’ – Empowering the User Monitor Web Server Log files – Monitor log and error files for ALL Web servers – Send notifications on discovery • *QSYSOPR or Email Integrated GUI interface now available to Developers and Operators without compromising your system security 27 © 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems WebSphere Support for IBM i 7.1 WebSphere Application Server – – – – WebSphere Application Server Express V6.1 and V7.0 WebSphere Application Server V6.1 and V7.0 WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1 and V7.0 Fix Packs 6.1.0.29 and 7.0.0.7 contain IBM i 7.1 level support Access information WebSphere MQ – WebSphere MQ V7.0.1 – WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0.2.1 Customer retention WebSphere Portal – WebSphere Portal 6.1.
IBM Power Systems Rational Support for IBM i 7.
IBM Power Systems Rational Open Access: RPG Edition Extends RPG application reach to pervasive devices – Provides ability for RPG programs to work with a variety of clients including phones, XML, Web Services – Developers write handlers for non-5250 interfaces Tool providers plan to offer handler solutions for common devices and interfaces – looksoftware, Profound Logic, IBM Lab Services, VMI New product 5733-OAR required to create or run programs that utilize Open Access for RPG Rational Devel
IBM Power Systems Rational Open Access: RPG Edition Browser Web Services RPG applications produce 5250 data stream Mobile HATS – HATS and partner tools are used to extend to other user interfaces RPG Development Tool RPG Compiler RPG Runtime 5250 Data Stream Device 5250 Emulator RPG Applications Today RPG Applications with Open Access RPG Development Tool RPG Compiler Open Access for RPG RPG Runtime Open Access for RPG Handlers Mobile Handlers XML Handlers Web Service Handlers Availab
IBM Power Systems ISV Handlers Looksoftware •Delivery of multi-channel User Interfaces from a single RPG program •Includes support for smartclient, riaclient, thinclient and mobileclient Profound Logic •Native graphical user interface platform for IBM i •Rapidly create rich browser based applications visually •Uses native RPG operations and programming techniques IBM Lab Services •Three Options •FM handler - middleware to managed protocol between the client applications and RPG Open I/O •Web Services han
IBM Power Systems Zend PHP Enhancements Zend Server Community Edition for i – – – – – Preloaded with IBM i 7.1, 6.1, 5.4 Includes one year of Silver support from Zend Provided for no additional charge Also available for download from zend.com Replaces Zend Core Zend Server for i – – – – Provides advanced functions Available from IBM with advanced support offerings Also available from zend.
IBM Power Systems Zend Delivers an Open Solution Stack for IBM i Opens up a vast ecosystem of technologies – Development tools – Application frameworks – Applications Zend Framework enables simple, scalable, best-practice, application development – 10M+ downloads – Built into Zend Server and Studio 4+ million trained PHP developers 34 © 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems New Zend Product Offerings for IBM i Zend Server Community Edition Replaces Zend Core Zend Core DB2 Drivers Bundled MySQL DB & Drivers Web-based administrator Debugger interface IBM i Toolkit 9 9 9 Technical support 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Caching API Java connector Performance via Fast CGI Software updates & hot fixes Technical support Zend Platform Native installation Bytecode acceleration Zend Framework Zend Server CE 9 9 9 9+ 9 9+ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Native installation Certified PHP Zen
IBM Power Systems Lotus Support for IBM i 7.1 Lotus Notes and Domino – Collaboration beyond e-mail – Domino 8.5.1 Lotus Sametime – Real-Time community collaboration – Sametime 8.5.1 Lotus Quickr – Share everyday content – Quickr 8.5 IBM i Supports Consolidation of x86 Workloads Additional Products – Enterprise Integrator 8.5.2 – Forms 3.5.1 – Domino Fax V4R5 IBM i offers platform for consolidation of Lotus collaboration solutions For the latest information, see: http://www.ibm.
IBM Power Systems Additional Enhancements IBM Transform Services for i Enhancement – Delivers Adobe PDF output support to IBM i applications – New support to transform existing Spool Files to PDF format – Shipped with IBM i Encrypted ASP Enhancements – Added ability to start/stop encryption on an existing iASP – Encryption key management enhancements BRMS Enhancements – Improved functions for managing backups, media, backup history, and recoveries Support for additional Tape Libraries with NPIV
IBM Power Systems Additional Enhancements IBM i Access Family Enhancements – IBM i Access for Windows 7.1 offers: • Enhancements to the .NET, ODBC, and OLE DB providers including support for XML data type • Enhancements to Data Transfer • Updated PC5250 Display and Printer Emulation based on IBM Personal Communications 6.0 • Help files converted to html help format • Enhancements to Install, including install-time support for secondary languages – IBM i Access for Web 7.
IBM Power Systems IBM i and Software as a Service Over 90 ISVs currently offer SaaS solutions on IBM Power Systems with IBM i – Lowers cost of solution acquisition – Lowers cost of ongoing maintenance Unique technology that is core to IBM i enables ISV to deploy SaaS with little change to their applications – Low cost for ISV to offer SaaS solution – Multiple deployment models available today for varied customer needs without the need for complicated cloud computing technology 39 © 2010 IBM Corporat
IBM Power Systems Getting to IBM i 7.1 - Supported Upgrade paths Important planning documents: Installs on POWER5 POWER6 POWER7 i5/OS V5R4M0 with Machine code V5R4M0 or V5R4M5 Memo to Users. For IBM i 7.1: – https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzaq9/rzaq9.pdf IBM i Program Conversion: Getting Ready for 6.1 and Beyond – http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4293.html Servers IBM i 5.4 POWER7: 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 770, 780, 795 Still have the 6.1 conversions IBM i 7.
IBM Power Systems IBM i License Transfer Enables IBM i entitlement to be transferred between selected systems – – – – – – – Implemented WW via IBM configurator SWMA required on From and To systems From system must have been installed at least one year Applicable to optional, not base licenses Administrative fee plus license price difference Applicable to 520, 550 and larger systems IBM i processor-core entitlement moves to new system From POWER5, 6, 7 Making it Easier for Clients to Buy a replacemen
IBM Power Systems IBM i Life Cycle IBM i 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IBM i Upgrade paths V5R2 V5R3 5.4* 6.1* 7.1* Service *The projected date for the service of IBM i releases is based on current IBM planning assumptions. Note that it is IBM’s current practice to support an IBM i release until the next two releases have been made available, plus twenty four months. IBM’s plans and directions are subject to change without notice.
IBM Power Systems 3 IBM i 7.
IBM Power Systems Withdrawals and Changes Function / Product Recommended Replacement Direct Attach Ops Console Not supported with i 7.1 LAN Console or HMC Java Developer Kit (Classic) Not included with i 7.1 IBM Technology for Java Extended Integrated Server Support Not support on i 7.1 (5761-LSB) Linux not supported on iSCSI attached systems IBM i no longer support save while active and File Level Backup for Linux partitions IBM i in Option 29 - Integrated Server Support.
IBM Power Systems New wiki for key links to the most current information https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/IBM+i Redbook: IBM i 7.1 Technical Overview – http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247858.
IBM Power Systems POWER7 August Announcements POWER7 795, 710, 720, 730, 740 © 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems New Power 795 ✓New High-end ✓24 to 256 Cores ✓8 TB memory ✓TurboCore ✓3.7, 4.0 or 4.
IBM Power Systems Power your planet with Power Systems Express servers 2 Socket 1 Socket New Power 710 Express New Power 720 Express New Power 730 Express Power 740 Express New 4 Socket Blades Power 750 Express PS700, PS701, PS 702 Express 48 © 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems Power 710, 720, 730 and 740 Express Highlights Power 710 2U - 1 Socket 4U - 1 Socket 4-core P05 Tier 6- or 8- cores P10 Tier Max memory: 64 GB PCIe = 4 low profile Zero 12X I/O loops IBM i 6.1 or later 4-core P05 Tier 6- or 8-cores P10 Tier Max memory: 128 GB CEC PCIe = 4 + 4 Up to 1* 12X I/O loop * if 6- or 8-core IBM i 6.
IBM Power Systems Why 720/740 Probably Best for IBM i Clients You can run IBM i on the 710/730, but the 720/740 is probably a much better fit for most IBM i environments.
IBM Power Systems Power Systems Express Rack/Tower Positioning Power 710 Power 720 Power 730 Power 740 Power 750 2U rack 4U rack, tower 2U rack 4U rack, tower 4U rack Number of processor sockets 1 1 2 1 or 2 1 to 4 Number of cores 4, 6, 8 4, 6, 8 8, 12, 16 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 3.0, 3.7, 3.55 3.0 64 (4-core) 128 (6/8-core) 3.0, 3.7, 3.55 3.3, 3.7, 3.55 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32 3.0, 3.3, 3.55 128 256 512GB 1.8TB 2.4TB 1.8TB 2.4TB 2.
IBM Power Systems Power 710 8231-E2B 4-,6-,8-core 1 socket Processor module – pick ONE – 4-core: #8350 3 GHz – 6-core: #8349 3.7 GHz – 8-core: #8359 3.
IBM Power Systems Power 730 8231-E2B 8-,12-,16-core 2U 2 sockets Processor module – pick TWO of the same feature – – – – 4-core: 4-core: 6-core: 8-core: #8350 #8348 #8349 #8359 3 GHz 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz 3.
IBM Power Systems Power 720 8202-E4B 4-,6-,8-core 1 socket Processor module – pick ONE – 4-core: #8350 3 GHz – 6-core: #8351 3 GHz – 8-core: #8352 3 GHz 4U Can NOT change module For 4-core – – – – – – 54 Zero 12X I/O loops Max 64 GB memory Zero disk-only drawers Fibre Channel cards ok IBM i P05 tier (users) AIX small tier For 6-/8-core – – – – – – Max 1 12X I/O loop Max 128 GB memory Disk-only drawers Fibre Channel cards ok IBM i P10 tier (users) AIX small tier © 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems Power 740 8205-E6B 4-,6- & 8-,12-,16-core 1 or 2 sockets Pick processor modules – 1 or 2: 4-core: #8353 3.3 GHz – 1 or 2: 4-core: #8347 3.7 GHz – 1 or 2: 6-core: #8354 3.7 GHz – 2: 8-core: #8355 3.55 GHz 4U (just one 8-core module not supported) Can NOT mix feat codes Can add 2nd 3.3 or 3.
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