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IBM Power Systems Update 6th February 2017

Presented by David SpurwayIBM Power Systems Product ManagerIBM Systems, UK and Ireland

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IBM Power System E850C

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Power E850C What’s new / Key features / Differentiation

• Same machine type 8408, new model 44E • Faster processors

– up to 20% (3.02GHz -> 3.65GHz)– fastest (32-core) now 4.22GHz

• All DDR4 memory - up to 4TB (same max as E850)

• Built-in PowerVM virtualization (EE licensing now included at no additional charge)• Cloud Management Software : PowerVC (included by default), IBM HMC Applications • Power to Cloud Rewards = 5K points• Softlayer voucher – 6 mos• Updated Solution Editions for Healthcare & HANA (48c, 2TB base memory)

• Industry-leading 4-socket per-core performance for AIX & Linux (SPEC)• Small tier System SW & 100 PVU (70 PVU for IFL cores)• Like E850 - 1 yr warranty 9x5 upgraded to 24x7 3yr coverage (except Japan)

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IBM Power E850C (8408-44E) processor & activation options

• 24 – 48 core system• Up to 4TB DDR4 Memory• 2, 3 or 4 sockets• 12-core processors• Min active cores = 12• Min active memory = 50% of installed• Built-in PowerVM Enterprise Edition

license entitlement• Capacity on Demand & Power IFL

32 cores @ 4.22 GHz(can overclock to 4.32 GHz)

8 8

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12

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• 16 – 32 core system• Up to 4TB DDR4 Memory• 2, 3 or 4 sockets• 8-core processors• Min active cores = 8• Min active memory = 50% of

installed• Built-in PowerVM Enterprise

Edition license entitlement• Capacity on Demand & Power IFL

48 cores @ 3.65GHz (can overclock to 3.82 GHz)

• 20 – 40 core system• Up to 4TB DDR4 Memory• 2, 3 or 4 sockets• 10-core processors• Min active cores = 10• Min active memory = 50% of installed• Built-in PowerVM Enterprise Edition

license entitlement• Capacity on Demand & Power IFL

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40 cores @ 3.95 GHz(can overclock to 4.12 GHz)

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Power E850C performance increase vs. Power E850

-- 32c ---- 40c --

-- 48c --

Nominal clockspeed increases up to 20% and system capacity increases up to 15%

3.72GHz

4.2GHz

3.35GHz

3.95GHz

3.02GHz

3.65GHz

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E850C Software Requirements

• If installing the AIX operating system LPAR with any I/O configuration (one of these):– AIX 7.2 with the 7200-01 Technology Level, or later– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 3 and APAR

IV88680, or later– AIX 6.1 with the 6100-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 8 and APAR

IV88679, or later– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-03 Technology Level and Service Pack 8, or later

(planned availability January 27, 2017)– AIX 7.2 with the 7200-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 3, or later

(planned availability January 27, 2017)

• If installing the AIX operating system Virtual I/O only LPAR (one of these):– AIX 7.2 with the 7100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 1, or later– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 1, or later– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-03 Technology Level and Service Pack 6, or later– AIX 6.1 with the 6100-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 6, or later

• If installing VIOS– VIOS 2.2.5, or later

• If installing the Linux operating system (one of these):

• Big endian– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, or later– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, or later– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack

3, or later

• Little endian– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, or later– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, or later

Service Packs– Ubuntu 16.04, or later 16.04.x levels– Ubuntu 14.04.3, or later 14.04.x levels

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Power E850C Staged Delivery in 4Q 2016USA, Canada, Europe, MEA General Availability – first shipments planned for October 28th

Firmware Release 860.0

Worldwide General Availability for– volume shipments planned for November 18th

Firmware Release 860 Service Pack 1 (860.1) Provides comprehensive support for the Power E850C server across all geographies, delivering remaining PowerVM capabilities and new I/O feature support above. This Service Pack will require an IPL to apply on any system that shipped initially with FW 860.0.

Provides initial support for the Power E850C server with the exception of the following PowerVM capabilities and new I/O features, for which support is planned to be delivered subsequently in Firmware Release 860 Service Pack 1 (860.1).

• Live Partition Mobility• Remote Restart• Virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC) Failover• Boot Support for NVMe adapters (#EC42, #EC55 & #EC57)• Enhanced RAS for feature EMX0 for Hot-Add of drawer and Cable Card (#EJ0B)• Disaster Recovery (cross-site) Remote Restart• 3M Copper CXP Cable Pair for feature EMX0 PCIe3 Expansion Drawer (#ECCS)• 2U12 LFF and 2U24 SFF 12G JBOD Storage Drawer (#ESLL/ #ESLS)• 2-port x 100GbE (#EC3M)• Secure Cryptographic adapter (#EJ32)• 4 TB SAS LFF 7200RPM 4KN Nearline Drive (#ES62)• 8 TB SAS LFF 7200RPM 4KN Nearline Drive (#ES64)

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Power E850 & E850C Cores and Activations

E850 offers CoD processor flexibility 1st & 2nd processor module cores 100%

permanently activatedCUoD (permanent activations)

3rd & 4th processor module cores optionally activated

CUoD or Elastic CoD or Utility CoD or Trial CoD

E850Processor modules

Physically required

Permanently activated

1st & 2nd Yes Yes 100%3rd optional optional4th optional optional

Processor modules

Physically required

Permanently activated

1st Yes Yes 100%2rd Yes optional3rd optional optional4th optional optional

E850C

E850C offers more CoD processor flexibility 1st processor module cores 100% permanently

activated (CUoD (permanent activations) 2nd & 3rd & 4th processor module cores optionally

activatedCUoD or Elastic CoD or Utility CoD or Trial CoD

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POWER8 S824System (8286-42A) – 4U

POWER8Processors

One or two 6-core 3.89 GHzOne or two 8-core 4.15 GHz

Two 12-core 3.52 GHz

Sockets 1 or 2 (Field Upgradable)

Memory 32 GB - 1 TB (1S)32 GB - 2 TB (2S)

Media Bays 1 slim line DVD

Integrated PCIe Four x16 + Seven x8 PCIe Gen31 x8 slot must have Ethernet adapter

Internal SAS Bays 12 SFF Disk/SSD or 18 SFF Disk/SSD and 8 SSD

Max I/O Drawers 1 for 1-socket, 2 for 2-socket

Max PCIe Slots 1-socket: 17, 2-socket: 31

3 Year 9x5 Warranty

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rPerf – Multiple SMT LevelsSMT1 SMT2 SMT4 SMT8

Power S824

6-core 3.8 GHz 59.9 86.9 112.9 120.8 12-core 3.8 GHz 116.8 169.4 220.2 235.6

8-core 4.1 GHz 82.3 119.3 155.1 166.0 16-core 4.1 GHz 160.4 232.7 302.4 323.6

24-core 3.5 GHz 209.1 303.2 394.2 421.8

Power E850C

16-core 4.22 GHz 165.9 240.6 312.8 334.7 24-core 4.22 GHz 244.8 354.9 461.4 493.7

32-core 4.22 GHz 323.6 469.2 610.0 652.7

20-core 3.95 GHz 171.9 249.3 324.0 346.7

30-core 3.95 GHz 287.5 416.8 541.9 579.840-core 3.95 GHz 380.0 551.1 716.4 766.5

24-core 3.65 GHz 218.5 316.8 411.9 440.7

36-core 3.65 GHz 322.3 467.3 607.5 650.0

48-core 3.65 GHz 426.1 617.8 803.1 859.3

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IBM Power Systems Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure

On-Premises Cloud Hybrid Infrastructure

Complementary Built-in Cloud Deployment Service Options

Transform traditional infrastructure with automation, self-service and elastic consumption models

Securely extend to Public Cloud with rapid access to compute services and API integration

• OpenStack-based Cloud Management: enabling DevOps to Full production

• Open source automation (installation and config. recipes)

• Flexible elastic private cloud capacity and consumption models

• Cross Data Center Inventory and Performance Monitoring via the IBM Cloud

• Manage VMs across on and off-premises clouds with a single pane of glass (e.g., VMware vRealize)

• Securely connect traditional workloads with cloud-native apps (Power & API Connect, BlueMix)

• Optional DR as a Service (GDR for Power)• Free access and capacity flexibility with SoftLayer

- Free SoftLayer starter pack (12 server months)- Flexibility to run capacity On Premises or in SoftLayer

•Design for Cloud Provisioning and Automation •Build for Infrastructure as a Service•Build for Cloud Capacity Pools across Data Centers

•Design for Hybrid Cloud with BlueMix•Deliver with automation for DevOps •Deliver with Database as a Service

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Cloud Components offered with a Power E850C system

= Base, included in HW $

= Base offering, separately priced.

= Optional product

Power Enterprise Server Hardware

POWER8 – 8408-44E or 9119-MME/MHE

PowerVM License5765-PVE – Small Tier

PowerVM SWMA 1 or 3yr : 5773-SM1 or -SM3

IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager

Lic & SWMA (1yr) 5765-VCC

IBM Power to Cloud Rewards

HMC Apps as a Service

IBM Cloud Starter Pack

Open source cloud automation & config tooling for AIX

IBM’s API Connect & WebSphere Connect

Open source cloud automation and configuration tooling for AIX  IBM has expanded its commitment to keep key open source cloud management packages updated and to provide timely security fixes in order to enable clients to leverage open source skills. Power E850C server clients are well positioned to take advantage of key packages recently provided to enable cloud automation, including:• chef automation for configuration, deployment, and management.

IBM is collaborating along with clients in this community to provide useful resources for using chef with AIX systems.

• yum package management is now available with repository access from both ftp and https protocols. rpm is also updated to enable automatic dependency discovery.

• cloud-init and all dependencies are now available in the repository andincludessupport for licensed AIX users. For more information see the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications website.

Securely connect system of record workloads and data to cloud native applications IBM’s API Connect and IBM WebSphere Connect provide secure connectivity to cloud-based applications, giving clients the ability to rapidly develop new applications and services accelerating their time to value. IBM’s Power to Cloud services can help clients get started with these solutions and in designing new applications leveraging IBM’s Bluemix, which enables clients’ to rapidly build, deploy, and manage their cloud applications, while tapping a growing ecosystem of available services and runtime frameworks.

IBM Cloud Starter PackTo assist clients with a hybrid cloud infrastructure, clients receive an offer to access a POWER8 Linux bare metal system in the IBM Cloud (SoftLayer) for six months with the purchase of a Power E850C.

IBM Power to Cloud Rewards Program The IBM Power to Cloud Rewards Program helps clients design, build and deliver clouds platforms on IBM Power Systems.  IBM Power to Cloud Rewards points can be used for a range of services focused on transforming from traditional IT platforms to private and hybrid cloud platforms.

• E850C = 5K points• E870C = 10K points • E880C = 20K points

Power to Cloud Rewards Program services offerings leverage the proven expertise of IBM Systems Lab Services consultants.

Cloud-based HMC Apps as a Service  The new HMC Apps as a Service is an offering that provides clients the capability to aggregate Power Systems performance and inventory data from across their enterprise, removing the burden of manual collection and aggregation of system information. These IBM-developed applications are hosted in a secure cloud and will provide health state, geo tagging, and threshold alerts that can be accessed through a secure portal from clients’ mobile devices. When clients purchase a new Power E850C, E870C or E880C server, they are entitled to this new service offering at no additional charge. The performance and inventory applications are initially scheduled to be offered in a technology preview in 2016 and to be followed by a full GA offering with more applications in 2017.

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Questions?David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product ManagerEmail: david.spurway@uk.ibm.comPhone: 07717 892 896Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

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Thank you!David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product ManagerEmail: david.spurway@uk.ibm.comPhone: 07717 892 896Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube