IBM PowerLinuxTM a powerful combination

Artem RusinIBM Forum 2012 – EstoniaTallinn, October 9, 2012

IBM PowerLinuxTM a powerful combination

AGENDA:• Opensource – industry study• IBM and Linux• IBM PowerLinuxTM, Linux on POWERTM

• IBM hardware portfolio for Linux• Benefits of running Linux on POWERTM

• IBM October 2012 Announcements

Opensource – why do we use it ?

Opensource adoption• 50% - prefer opensource• 75% - consider opensource

equal to proprietary software

* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/

Concerns ?

* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/

How familiar are we with opensource ?

* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/

Opensource – most commonly used ?

* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/

IBM contribution

Source: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/04/linux-foundation-releases-annual-linux-development-report/

LINUX kernel development:

IBM contribution

LINUX kernel:• Kernel base architecture support • Security• Systems Management• RAS• Virtualization • Filesystems

Opensource Ecosystem:• Apache• Eclipse• Mozilla Firefox• PHP, Samba• OpenOffice.orgCommunities:• The Linux Foundation• Open Software Initiative• POWERLinux Community

LINUX on POWERTM

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What is it NOT ? • NOT AIX with Linux compatibility layer • NOT a Linux emulator• NOT x86 Linux running on x86 emulator on POWER hardware platform

LINUX on POWERTM

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What is it ? • IBM POWER – one of the 20+ hardware architectures supported NATIVELY by LINUX kernel, libaries, compilers • IBM POWER – one of 5 hardware architectures supported by major Linux Enterprise Vendors [RHEL, SLES]

LINUX on POWERTM

*source: https://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/server/compare.html

** source: https://www.suse.com/products/server/technical-information/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux*: Suse Linux Enterprise Server**:

LINUX on POWERTM Power 795

Power 770

Power 780

Power 775

Power 755

Power 750

PS Blades

Power 710/730

Power 720/740

HMCPS Blades

Supported POWER hardware, benefits:• Virtualization [PowerVM]• Performance [POWER7, SMT4]• RAS

IBM PowerLinuxTM

New in IBM hardware portfolio:• industry standard LINUX only servers:

rack server: IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2compute node: IBM Flex System p24L

High value linux solutions:• Big data analytics [IBM Infosphere, BigInsights, Apache Hadoop]• Opensource infrastructure services [Apache, Tomcat, Postfix, Sendmail, Bind, Samba, OpenLDAP]• Databases, middleware, management tools, development kitsWorkload optimized – Watson

IBM PowerLinuxTM

IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R1:• LINUX only, 2U, rack server• Single socket, 8 POWER7 cores• up to 128 GB of RAM • PowerVMTM hypervisor

IBM PowerLinuxTM

IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2:• LINUX only, 2U, rack server (8246-L2C/8246-L2S)• Two sockets, 8 POWER7 cores each• up to 256 GB of RAM • PowerVMTM hypervisor• superior economics

IBM PowerLinuxTMMemory modules (max of

4)• Up to 4 DIMMs per

module• 8GB/16GB/32GB options• 256 GB max. memory

GX bus

Two HMC ports

Two USB portsTwo

Serial ports

GX bus

• Dual Power supplies

• 200-240V

•5 PCI-e Gen2 low-profile, short

slots

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• Two POWER7 processor modules (sockets)

• 8 cores each, 16 total• 3.55 or 3.3 GHz options

PowerLinux 7R2 Power 7308246-L2C 8246-L2S 8231-E2C

Operating System

2U Storage Drawer (24 SFF HDDs or SSDs) n/a Yes Yes

4U PCI-e Expansion Drawer(10 PCIe or 10 PCIe + 18 SFFs) n/a Yes Yes

POWER7 Architecture 8-core 3.55 GHz8-core 3.3 GHz

4-core 3.0 GHz or 3.7 GHz 6-core 3.7 GHz8-core 3.55 GHz

Planar Dual Socket

DDR3 Memory 8 / 16 / 32 GB options 32GB to 256 GB

4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB options8GB to 256GB

Base Ethernet 4-port, 1 gigabitSAS SFF Bays Up to 6 HDD or SSDPCIe Gen2 Slots 5 PCIe x8 Gen2 Low Profile Slots (+ dedicated x4 Gen2 slot for Ethernet above)Integrated SAS/SATA Yes / RAID 0/10 std (RAID 5/6 opt)GX++ Slots Two ( One shared )Integrated Ports 3 USB, 2 Serial, 2 HMCDVD bay 1 slim-lineTape/RDX bay 1 Half Height ( Optional )Virtualization Management IVM / HMCRedundant Power, Cooling Yes EnergyScale Thermal Power Management Device (TPMD)Warranty 3 Years

IBM PowerLinuxTM

7R2 positioning

IBM PowerLinuxTM

IBM Flex System p24L Compute Node:• LINUX only, half width Flex System compute node• Two sockets, 6 or 8 POWER7 cores each• up to 256 GB of RAM • PowerVMTM hypervisor• Up to 14 Flex System p24L in a 10U Flex System Chassis

IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWERBenefits of using PowerVMTM

• VIOS – virtualized devices, networks, NPIV • Dedicated or shared CPU• Micro-PartitioningTM

• Dynamic Reconfiguration – CPU, Memory, I/O• „Virtualization without limits”• Trusted hypervisor

IBM PowerLinuxTM

PowerVM Editions Express Standard Enterprise

Concurrent VMs 2 per server 10 per core(up to 1000)

10 per core(up to 1000)

Virtual I/O Server

Suspend/Resume

Shared Processor Pools

Shared Storage Pools

Thin Provisioning

Live Partition Mobility

Active Memory Sharing

The difference in running LINUX on POWER• PowerVMTM editions

IBM PowerLinuxTM

LINUX on POWERPowerVMTM

IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWERInstallation process:• Installation Toolkit• Value add LoP tools [Linux on Power]• Simplified Setup Tool for popular workloads

IBM PowerLinuxTM

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The difference in running LINUX on POWERLinux on Power tools:• DynamicRM (RSCT)• ServiceRM (RSCT)• ESAgent• Lsvpd, lscfg, lsmcode• ibmit4linux-docs• nmon • SRC• sst

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IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWERPerformance:• POWER7, 8 cores per chip [3,55 GHz or 3.3 GHz]• 4SMT per core• 32MB Embedded L3 Cache• Performance gain vs. POWER6 up to 1.5 X per core• Reduced energy consumption

POWER7CORE

L2 Cache

POWER7CORE

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POWER7CORE

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POWER7CORE

L2 Cache

POWER7CORE

L2 Cache

L3 Cache and Chip Interconnect

MC1MC0

Local SMP Links

Remote SMP & I/O Links

FAST

L3 REGION

IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWER• RAS:

Reliability Availability Serviceability

IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWER• RAS features RAS Item Power 710 Power 720 Power 730 Power 740 Power 750

Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers ● ● ● ● ●Hot Swap DASD & Media / PCI Adapters ● ▬ ● ▬ ● ▬ ● ▬ ● ●Concurrent Firmware Update ● ● ● ● ●Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies ◙ ◙ ● ● ◙Dual disk controllers (split backplane) ▬ ◙ ▬ ◙ ◙Processor Instruction Retry ● ● ● ● ●Alternate Processor Recovery ● ● ● ● ●Storage Keys ● ● ● ● ●PowerVM™/Live Part. Mobility/Live App Mobility ◙ ◙ ◙ ◙ ◙Redundant Service Processors ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Redundant System Clocks ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Dynamic Processor Sparing ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Memory Sparing ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Dynamic Service Processor &System Clock Failover ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes** ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Enterprise Memory ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot GX Adapter Repair ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Midplane connection for inter-nodal communication ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬

● standard◙ optional▬ unavailable

IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWER• RAS features RAS Item Power 750 Power 770 Power 780 Power 795

Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers ● ● ● ●Hot Swap DASD / Media / PCI Adapters ● ● ● ●Concurrent Firmware Update ● ● ● ●Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies ◙ ● ● ●Dual disk controllers (split backplane) ◙ ● ● ●Processor Instruction Retry ● ● ● ●Alternate Processor Recovery ● ● ● ●Storage Keys ● ● ● ●PowerVM™/Live Part. Mobility/Live App Mobility ◙ ◙ ◙ ◙Redundant Service Processors ▬ ●* ●* ●Redundant System Clocks ▬ ●* ●* ●Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators ▬ ● ● ●Dynamic Processor Sparing ▬ ◙ ◙ ◙Memory Sparing ▬ ◙ ◙ ◙Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair ▬ ● ● ●Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair ▬ ●* ●* ●*Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add ▬ ●* ●* ●*Dynamic Service Processor &System Clock Failover ▬ ●* ●* ●Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes** ▬ ●* ●* ●*Enterprise Memory ▬ ● ● ●Hot GX Adapter Repair ▬ ● ● ●Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor ▬ ◙ ● ●PowerFlex ▬ ▬ ▬ ●

● standard◙ optional▬ unavailable* Requires at least two instances [servers]

IBM PowerLinuxTM

The difference in running LINUX on POWER• The Community:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl

IBM October Announcements:

Power770 and 780 • POWER7+ processors (CPU frequency, more L3 cache) 20-30%

increase in performance• Hardware assisted AME, filesystem encryption• Increased RAS, energy efficiency• Increased amount of VMs per core• 128 POWER7+ cores in one Power780 server • Enterprise System Pools – CoD [P780 only]

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl

IBM October Announcements:

Power795 • 64GB RAM DIMM – up to 16 TB of memory • Hybrid I/O, Gen2 I/O connections directly out of processor book• Enterprise System Pools – CoD

Power System Software• Enhanced PowerVMTM virtualization [a minimum of 5% of a core per VM - 20VMs per core]• PowerHA HyperSwap • PowerSC with Trusted Surveyor – policy based security, compliance

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl

IBM PowerLinuxTM a powerful combination

Thank you for your attention ;-)

IBM Forum 2012 – EstoniaTallinn, October 9, 2012