ibm power systems deliver value through ibm i & aix, linux

IBM Power Systems deliver value through IBM i & AIX, Linux and AI

David SpurwayIBM Power Systems CTO, UKI

Agenda

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• The Three Prong Strategy

• 30 Years of IBM i and just getting started!

• IBM i with AI and Hybrid Cloud

• Digital Humans

• IBM i 7.4 – New release with loads of new features

• IBM Db2 Mirror for i –Enables Continuous Availability for IBM i

• IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 - Shared Utility Capacity

across a pool of Power E980s

• POWER9 and beyond

IBM Partner Ecosystem / i-Community / 9th May, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation

The plan

IBM Partner Ecosystem / i-Community / 9th May, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 3

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/uk-

en/perspectives/the-power-systems-plan-has-three-

prongs

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6

473248463709708288

The Three Prong Strategy:

• Deliver Modern Innovation and

value to AIX and IBM i

• Drive flexible and resilient

infrastructure into enterprise Linux

deployments

• Lead the industry with the highest

performing AI solutions that are

simple to consume

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/uk-en/perspectives/the-power-systems-plan-has-three-prongs

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6473248463709708288

Oxford Cancer Biomarkers (OCB)


Combining leading-edge diagnostics with AI

technology to improve outcomes for cancer patients

Predicting which patients with stage II colorectal

cancer will suffer a recurrence after surgery is

difficult. However, many are routinely prescribed

chemotherapy, even though it may cause severe

side effects. In some patients these can be fatal.

Oxford Cancer Biomarkers worked with Meridian IT

to apply IBM® PowerAI Vision to identify novel

diagnostic biomarkers in tumor microenvironments,

with the potential to enhance early diagnosis and

treatment decisions.

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/oxford-cancer-

biomarkers-systems-hardware-ai-diagnostics

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/oxford-cancer-biomarkers-systems-hardware-ai-diagnostics

Celebrations

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21st June

30 years since launch

Celebrations at various events and

locations throughout the year

How are you celebrating?

Tweet a photo

#IBMi30


1988

2000

2008

Some from me, at the International i-Power event


IBM i Architecture: Continuous Evolution


Integration – Cloud, Mobile, REST, Availability,

Open Source

DB2 for i & Single Level Store – RCAC;

Temporal, OLAP

Security – Single Sign-on, Kerberos, Authority

Collection

Virtualization – PowerVM; Live Partition Mobility

Technology Independent Machine Interface – Support of POWER9,

external storage, etc

Provides built-in application virtualizationIntegrates business components, e.g. DB2

Enables integrity, security, virus-resistanceAutomate & optimize storage management

Ensures application compatibility across multiple technology generations

Power Server

IBM i 30th Anniversary


https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us-

en/resources/power/ibm-i-anniversary/

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us-en/resources/power/ibm-i-anniversary/

See innovation at work in the IBM i community


Just two of the many

customer examples

from around the world

showing innovation

with IBM i.

These examples

feature integrating

IBM i with IBM

Watson to create new

Hybrid Cloud

solutions.https://www.ibm.com/case-

studies/computer-merchants

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/jori

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/computer-merchants

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/jori

IBM i - Enabling solutions for your business

IBM i Native Solutions

RPG Cobol

IBM Power Systems

Open Source on IBM i

PASE

12IBM Partner Ecosystem / i-Community / 9th May, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation

http://www.mantisbt.org/

What is IBM Think?


As IBM's flagship global business and technology conference, Think delivers the latest insights into how the next generation of critical technologies like AI, cloud, and cybersecurity can help you address your biggest challenges.

But Think is about more than cutting-edge technology. It's about your acceleration, your growth, your value, and how we can work with you to achieve your goals.

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Think 2019 and casting my net wider


What I said I was

planning to do, which

included networking,

my presentation about

how IBM Power

Systems competes

really well with Public

Clouds, and the

sessions on Autism.

https://www.linkedin.co

m/pulse/think-2019-

casting-my-net-wider-

david-spurway/

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/think-2019-casting-my-net-wider-david-spurway/

When Neurodiversity Works: Bringing new perspective and talent to your team


An opportunity to help

Currently 44% of people with autism have IQ scores

in the average to above average range. Nearly half

of 25-year-olds with autism have never held a

paying job. Looking at these statistics, IBM saw an

opportunity to bring these uniquely talented

individuals into our workforce.

https://www.ibm.com/services/insights/when-

neurodiversity-works

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https://www.ibm.com/services/insights/when-neurodiversity-works

A meeting of mindsReplay available


Tom Rosamilia, SVP,

IBM Systems and

Chairman, NA

Hilary Mason, GM for

Machine Learning at

Cloudera

Rich Karlgaard, Forbes

publisher, columnist,

speaker and author

Jeff Jonas, Senzing

Founder and CEO

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https://www.ibm.com/events/think/watch/replay/120290212/

Combine new “AI” with traditional “iron”


Automate resolution of mundane Helpdesk tickets

with Pepper, IBM Watson & IBM i

Build an enhanced IT help desk chatbot on IBM i with Watson Assistant


The fully documented

steps to integrate IBM

Watson Assistant with

IBM i to resolve

common issues.

https://www.ibm.com/d

eveloperworks/ibmi/libr

ary/i-it-helpdesk-

chatbot/

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-it-helpdesk-chatbot/

Running Node-RED inside IBM i


Running a shell in the

Unix emulation (PASE)

in our IBM i.

Running Node-RED inside IBM I (2)


Firstly, we can see that

node.js is installed

(version 8.15). That is

the platform Node-

RED runs on.

“npm” is the standard

package manager for

node.js, and we can

see that is installed.

And then we start up

Node-RED, on our

IBM i, in PASE.

Node-RED running inside IBM i


Showing the active

jobs, we can now see

Node-RED in the list

Looking at the network


Node-RED is now

“listening” on Port

1880…

Now, web interface to that connection in IBM i


If you look very closely,

we are connecting to

an IP address and

using that port for

Node-RED, 1880.

So, from here on in, we

are working with the

IBM i, but through this

web interface.

Hands-On Lab: How to Build a Coffee Order Chatbot Using IBM Watson


“In this lab, IBM Watson Assistant team members

will walk through the steps of building a chatbot that

helps take coffee orders, and which runs in a Slack

workspace. After covering every step from building

to deployment to placing the coffee order, lab

attendees will be able to put their brew-bots to work

with ease.”

https://github.com/garyrwilson/Watson-Assistant-

Labs

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https://github.com/garyrwilson/Watson-Assistant-Labs

On to Digital Humans - UBS


“Client advisors in the UBM Wealth Management

Switzerland team will use two newly developed

avatars: "Daniel Kalt", a digital version of UBS

Regional Chief Investment Officer Switzerland and

"Fin", a friendly helper and digital assistant, during

client meetings.”

https://www.faceme.com/ubs-casestudy

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https://www.faceme.com/ubs-casestudy

Another from Faceme - Ubank


“UBank taps FaceMe and IBM to launch Mia, a

digital home loan assistant

Laying claim to the world's first AI-based digital

home loan assistant”

https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/657542/ubank-

taps-faceme-ibm-launch-mia-digital-home-loan-

assistant/

https://www.faceme.com/our-work-and-case-

studies/world-first-digital-human-home-loan-

application-assistant

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https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/657542/ubank-taps-faceme-ibm-launch-mia-digital-home-loan-assistant/

https://www.faceme.com/our-work-and-case-studies/world-first-digital-human-home-loan-application-assistant

RBS and Digital Humans


“A life-like avatar called Cora is being put through

her paces by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L),

helping customers with basic queries and giving its

digital banking drive a more human face.”

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-rbs-avatar/british-

bank-rbs-hires-digital-human-cora-on-probation-

idUKKCN1G523L

https://www.ibm.com/industries/banking-financial-

markets/front-office/chatbots-banking

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https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-rbs-avatar/british-bank-rbs-hires-digital-human-cora-on-probation-idUKKCN1G523L

https://www.ibm.com/industries/banking-financial-markets/front-office/chatbots-banking

IBM i Strategy Whitepaper

IBM i plays a critical role in our Power Systems software portfolio. We continuously provide new

solutions and are actively engaged in expanding into new technology areas to support the new

business requirements of our clients. This year, 2016, we have delivered IBM i 7.3,…

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us-en/resources/power/i-strategy-roadmap/30

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us-en/resources/power/i-strategy-roadmap/

IBM i Release Roadmap


• Two or Three Major Releases supported.

• Two Future Major Releases under development.

• Semi-annual new function for the most recent releases.

………7.3 ………

2010

7.1

** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

2014

iNext

2016

…iNext + 1

…

7.2…

Technology

Refreshes

………

Future

IBM i Release Roadmap


** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

** Arrows indicate “ongoing status and do not imply any specific dates.

IBM i 7.4 and IBM i 7.3 TR6 - Dates


• IBM i 7.4 and IBM Db2 Mirror for i

• Announcement April 23, 2019

• GA June 21, 2019

• RDi enhancements see the Fix list for Rational Developer for i website.

• IBM i 7.3 TR6

• Announcement April 23, 2019

• GA May 10, 2019

More information available:

• Announcement letters

• developerWorks Enhancement Landing pages…

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i73-TR6

and

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i74

• Knowledge Center

https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/877/ENUSZP19-0255/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en


http://ibm.biz/rdi_fix_list


http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i73-TR6

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/i74

IBM i System Support


Servers IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.3 IBM i 7.4

POWER9S914, S922 (VIOS only), H922 (VIOS only), S924, H924, E980

POWER8S812, S814, S822 (VIOS only), S824, E870, E870C, E880, E880C

POWER7/7+710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 795

POWER7 BladeCenter PS700/701/702/703/704 (all VIOS only)

POWER7/7+ Flex p260/270/460 (all VIOS only)

POWER6+ 520, 550, 560, 570, JS23/43 (VIOS only)

POWER6 520, 550, 570, 595, JS12/22 (VIOS only)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi1 – no IOP or HSL support

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Current as of 2018-10-26

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi

Those older IBM Power Systems were great, but the time has come to move up to POWER9!


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tho

se-older-ibm-power-systems-

were-great-time-has-come-david-

spurway/

• POWER5 – Facebook

launched

• POWER6 – iPhone launched

• POWER7 – iPad launched

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/those-older-ibm-power-systems-were-great-time-has-come-david-spurway/

IBM i Support Roadmap


** All statements

regarding IBM's future

direction and intent are

subject to change or

withdrawal without

notice, and represent

goals and objectives

only.

** Arrows indicate

“ongoing status and do

not imply any specific

dates.

IBM i Strategic Directions


Power Solutions

• Enable clients to exploit latest hardware technology (POWER9 and peripherals)

• Enable clients to transform their customer experience using mobile, Internet of Things, cognitive, Machine

Learning and AI

• Enable ISV Solutions to implement the latest technologies

• Provide flexible solutions options for cloud and MSPs

Open Platform

• Grow IBM i solutions options including open source languages and applications

• Extend IBM i solutions portfolio with Linux and AIX application choices

The Integrated Promise of IBM i

• Deliver a simple, high value platform for business applications

• Provide exceptional security and resiliency for critical business data

• Leverage IBM systems, storage and software technologies

IBM i Strategic Directions


Power Solutions

• Enable clients to exploit latest hardware technology (POWER9 and peripherals)

• Enable clients to transform their customer experience using mobile, Internet of Things, Cognitive, Machine

Learning and AI

• Enable ISV Solutions to implement the latest technologies

• Provide flexible solutions options for cloud and MSPs

Open Platform

• Grow IBM i solutions options including open source languages and applications

• Extend IBM i solutions portfolio with Linux and AIX application choices

The Integrated Promise of IBM i

• Deliver a simple, high value platform for business applications

• Provide exceptional security and resiliency for critical business data

• Leverage IBM systems, storage and software technologies

IBM i 7.4 Portfolio – “Strong Foundation for Continuous Innovation”


Availability• PowerHA supports Hyperswap clustering configurations, and user profile administration is automated• IBM Db2 Mirror for i reduces RTO to zero by providing continuous availability

Security• Implementing latest in industry standards, allowing clients to secure critical business information• Authority collection has added support for object based control

Support of POWER9 Hardware• Add support for applicable hardware and I/O available in the 2Q timeframe

Cloud• Supporting cloud initiatives from IBM Cognitive Systems – IBM i in IBM Cloud, MSPs, Private & Hybrid Cloud

Solution Enablement• Providing new RPG and COBOL Operations, making processing of data more efficient• Many improvements in Db2 functions, including HASH built-in and Services for DTAARAs• New Open Source environments allowing the porting of new application solutions to IBM i

Connectivity• Enhancements to multiple products connecting to and from IBM i applications and database

Social• Supporting the latest in social connections, Domino 10 is available for IBM i

Lots More

IBM i Cores/Partition – SMT – Threads


Limits – Disk Arms and Max LUN size


IBM i 7.1 IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.3 IBM i 7.4

Disk arms in all basic auxiliary storage pools (ASPs 1 – 32), per partition 2047 2047 2047 3999

Disk arms in all independent auxiliary storage pools (iASPs 33 – 255) in all

nodes in a cluster

2047 2047 2047 5999

Maximum combined number of disk arms and redundant connections to disk

units (i.e., maximum number of disk paths)

2800 35,600 35,600 35,600

512/520 byte block size LUNs (Note 1):

• 5xx block SAS disks (internal or vSCSI attached)

• DS8000 LUNs

• IBM Storwize LUNs

• SVC LUNs

1.2 TB

or 2 TB

(Note 2)

2 TB 2 TB 2 TB

4160 byte block size LUNs (Note 1):

• 4K block SAS disks (internal or vSCSI attached)

2 TB 4 TB 4 TB 16 TB

4096 byte block size LUNs (Note 1):

• 4K block SAS disks (vSCSI attached)

• FlashSystems LUNs

N/A 2 TB 2 TB 16 TB

Note 1 – Actual limit is one block short of the max shown in the table.

Note 2 – For IBM i 7.1 the load source max is up to 1.2 TB. Other LUNs can be up to 2 TB.

Statement of Direction - NVMe


POWER9 processor based Systems have the ability to attach NVMe storage

Currently no supported VIOS or Direct configuration of NVMe by IBM i

IBM i 7.4 Announce has SOD for NVMe:

Some customers may notice NVM on some configuration screens please point to this Statement of Direction

IBM plans to add native support for Non-Volatile

Memory Express (NVMe) devices into the IBM i

Operating System.

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10881017

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10881017

Reminder - Retranslate Programs in IBM i 7.4


Can get minor improvements to generated sequences of machine instructions

• Typical for a new release

• Provide better optimizations for isolated sequences of instructions

• Especially for newer generations of hardware

Identify programs that are performance sensitive

• Simply retranslate them, even if you do not have the source code

• Run them on the new IBM i 7.4 release for a possible performance benefit

QBNCVTPGM tool makes it easier to retranslate a set of programs

• See the Simplified program conversion article on developerWorks for details

https://developer.ibm.com/articles/program-conversion-qbncvtpgm-qbncvtplst/

Authority Collection


A utility that captures pertinent data associated with an authority check– Covers all native IBM i file systems– Capture unique instances of the authority check

The collection will include one key piece of information… – “What authority does the OS require for this authority check?”

A security administrator or application provider can determine minimum authority required to the objects to allow the application to run successfully.

Allows “locking down” authority with no impact to existing workflow.

Enhancements delivered via Db2 PTF Groups


www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/db2/groupptf

SF99703 Level 15SF99704 Level 1

7.3 – TR67.4 – GA

Enhancements timed with TR5 & TR9

• RPG Embedded SQL Enhancements

• New and Enhanced SQL built-in functions

• New and Enhanced IBM i Services

• Additional Database features in ACS

• SQL Language Improvements

• OmniFind Text Search enhancement

• And more…

2018 2019


7.2 – TR87.3 – TR4

7.2 – TR97.3 – TR5


Enhancements timed with IBM i 7.4 GA & TR6

• IBM Db2 Mirror for i

• Authority Collection for objects

• RPG Embedded SQL Enhancements

• New and Enhanced IBM i Services

• Additional Database features in ACS

• SQL Language Improvements

• And more…

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/techupdates/db2/groupptf

Db2 for i – What’s in IBM i 7.4?


Everything in IBM i 7.3 TR1 →TR6

Db2 Mirror

New HASH built-in functions

SQL Precompiler enhancements for RPG and COBOL

Reorganize Physical File Member enhance

Authority Collection by Object

Quality Improvements related to Db2 Mirror

SQE

– Enforcing job temporary storage limits

– Improved paging within the SQL Plan Cache

– Improved paging for plans with Random I/O

– Improved estimates (costing) of plans with temporary objects

– Improved management of stale plans

– Improved optimization on busy partitions

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IBM Db2 Mirror for i


IBM Db2 Mirror for i: Enables Continuous Availability

• High speed synchronous replication of Db2 for i (Data Center Solution)

• Access Db2 objects from either LPAR

Application Availability Enablement • Two Nodes read and write to the same DB Files• Enables quickly moving all work to one node, for

planned maintenance or node failure

Enables Business Continuity for Disruptive System Upgrades

– Nodes can be at different OS levels – Nodes can be on different Power Hardware

Generations– Rolling upgrades for no downtime– Roll a node back a release with minimal impact if

Active/Active applications are deployed

– Requires POWER8 or later and IBM i 7.4– New IBM i LPP: 5770-DBM

Db2 Mirror

Application

High Availability topology classification & positioning


Technology Active/Active Clustering Active/Passive Clustering Active/Inactive

Definition Application level clustering;

applications in the cluster have

simultaneous access to the

production data therefore no app

restart upon an app node outage.

Certain types enable read-only

access from secondary nodes

OS level clustering; one OS in the cluster

has access to the production data, multiple

active OS instances on all nodes in the

cluster. Application is restarted on a

secondary node upon outage of a

production node.

VM level clustering, One VM in a cluster

pair has access to the data, one logical OS,

one or two physical copies. OS and

applications must be restarted on a

secondary node upon a primary node

outage event. LPM enables the VM to be

moved non-disruptively for a planned

outage event.

Outage Types SW,HW,HA, planned, unplanned

RTO 0, limited distance

SW,HW,HA,DR, planned, unplanned,

RTO>0, multi-site

HW,HA,DR, planned, unplanned, RTO>0,

multi-site

OS integration Inside the OS Inside the OS OS agnostic

RPO Sync mode only Sync/Async Sync/Async

RTO 0 Fast (minutes) Fast Enough (VM Reboot)

Licensing* N+N licensing N+1 licensing N+0 licensing

Industry Examples Oracle RAC, Db2 Mirror, pureScale PowerHA, Redhat HA, Linux HA VMware, VMR HA, LPM,

…VM partition

Active …

Active/Active

VM partition

Active …VM partition

Active …

Active/Passive

VM partition

Active

VM partition

Active …Restart

Active/inactive

…

• N = number of licensed processor cores on each system in the cluster

• Illustrations represent two-node shared-storage configurations for conceptual simplicity. There are many other topologies and data

resiliency combinations

Db2 Mirror – Active Active

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RoCE

Name Age

Fred

Add record

24 24 Fred

Operating System Synchronous Replication

Synchronous Database Update on both nodes

SYSBASE or IASP

Node 1

App

Database

Name Age

Node 2

App

Database

Db2 Mirror – Active Active, Web Clients


Web Clients

RoCE

Node 1

Database

App

Node 2

Database

App

Application layer connects with either JDBC or Load Balancer

Db2 Mirror – Active Passive


RoCE

Node 1

Database

App

Node 2

Database

App

Run Production Workloads on this

node

Run Queries and reports on this node

Db2 Mirror – What makes it different


New integrated IBM i synchronization technology

Does not leverage any existing availability technology to provide continuous availability

– But does work with existing technology

JO JO

Normal Network

Connection

FredSally

Fred

Sally

Fred

Sally

FredSally

Logical

Replication

Physical

Replication

DR Solutions Built on Top of Db2 Mirror for IBM i


RoCE

< 200M

Metro or Global Mirror

DR Solutions Built on Top of Db2 Mirror for IBM i


Communication Hardware


4 Adapter Options• PCIe3 2-port 10 Gb NIC & ROCE SR/Cu

adapter

(FC EC2R and EC2S; CCIN 58FA)

• PCIe3 2-port 25/10 Gb NIC & ROCE SFP28

adapter

(FC EC2T and FC EC2U; CCIN 58FB)

• PCIe3 2-port 100 GbE NIC & ROCE QSFP28

Adapter

(FC EC3L and EC3M; CCIN 2CEC)

• PCIe4 2-port 100 GbE ROCE x16 adapter

(FC EC66 and EC67; CCIN 2CF3)

Max Cable length = 100 M

Optional RoCE switch

POWER9 enables SR-IOV

Db2 Mirror – Where to get more information

IBM Partner Ecosystem / i-Community / 9th May, 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 56https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/db2mi/db2mintro.htm

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/db2mi/db2mintro.htm

Recent Announcements


• New I/O for POWER8 and more for POWER9

• IBM PowerAI Vision V1.1 offers licensing for use in a nonproduction environment

• PowerVM 3.1 and PowerVC 1.4.3

• HMC V9 Virtual Appliance for PowerVM or Intel

• Driverless AI by H2O.ai, available through IBM, offers new pricing on multiple

license purchases and a new shared user license option

• IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for Linux, V7.2.3

• IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power Systems, V1.3.0

• Some hardware features withdrawn

https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/877/ENUSZG19-0002/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en



http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/877/ENUSZP19-0216/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en




http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/877/ENUSZG19-0036/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en

Proven record of virtualization innovation


Logical Partitions2001

Dynamic LPARs

2002

Capacity Upgrade on Demand

2007

Utility CoD

Live Partition Mobility

Virtual I/O

2004

Micro-partitioning

2019

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0

2012

System Pools

Power Flex

2010

2013

Power Enterprise Pool

2017

Elastic COD via ESS

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0

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Base and Metered Capacity

• Processor activations

• Memory activations

• AIX and IBM i licenses

Usage tracked by the minute via

Cloud Management Console

Announced : April 23rd

Initial GA : May 17th

Initial availability : NA, EMEA, AP

Shared Utility Capacity across a pool of Power E980 systems

• Purchase System and Base capacity

• Variable demand addressed by purchasing Capacity

Credits for Metered capacity

• Cloud Management Console with HMC automatically

tracks and debits against Capacity Credits based on

actual usage

Base

Metered

All processor & memory resources are fully activated


Cloud Management Console (CMC)

POWER9: A Cloud-Everywhere Solution

Easy onboarding: A 3-year entitlement is included

with E950/E980 orders

CMC runs as a service in the IBM cloud, freeing

organizations from maintaining software to

monitor infrastructure

Dynamic views of performance, inventory and

logging for entire Power enterprises simplifies and

unifies information in a single location

New: Single launch point for apps

POWER9 Cloud Benefits

• Consolidated view across multiple Power

data centers helps planning and decisions

• Simplifies inventory auditing, patch planning

and capacity monitoring


Enterprise Pools 2.0 purchase example

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Client purchases Power E980 systems with new Base Processor & Memory Activation resources.

Processors Active by System

32 Base128 Installed



Pool = 192 BasePool = 384 Installed

192

32

19264

96

Base

Base

Base

Base

System A System B Pool #1System C

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 resource activation

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All remaining resources are activated when a Pool is started.

Resource usage is metered for minutes above the pool’s aggregate Base resources






32

19264

96

Base

Base

Base

Base


192

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 processor usage use case #1

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Processor Example - Pool has 1 system using more than its Base Processor Activations, but another system is

idle, using less than its Base Processor resources at the same time, so 0 Metered resource usage is recorded






32

19264

96

Base

Base

Base

Base


0 Metered Minutes

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 processor usage use case #2

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Processor Example - Processor usage > the aggregate of Base Processor Activations across the pool, so

Metered Processor Capacity minutes are recorded and Metered Capacity Credits are debited accordingly






Base

Base

Base

Base


32 Metered Minutes recorded for # minutes where usage > aggregate

Base resources

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 with Utility Capacity


Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 will offer Utility Capacity across a collection of Power E980 systems to deliver seamless

multi-system resource sharing and new flexibility for clients deploying a private cloud infrastructure.

Utility Capacity consists of :

• Base Capacity - purchased on each Power E980 system but aggregated across the pool for consumption monitoring

• Base Processor Activation (1 core - any OS)

• Base Linux Processor Activation (1 core)

• Base AIX software license entitlement (1 core)

• Base IBM i software license entitlement (1 core)

• Base 1 GB Memory usage

• Metered Capacity - additional resource above Base Capacity, activated for use when each system is added to a Pool

• Metered resource consumption is monitored by the minute at the pool level

• Metered Capacity resource consumption is charged by the minute for specific resources consumed above a pool’s

aggregated Base Capacity

• Clients may manage potential resource consumption via PowerVM & PowerVC configuration & resource management

options & policies

Requirements for Power Enterprise Pools 2.0


• Client purchases or leases a Power E980 system with some “dark” resources available for temporary

use.

• Up to 16 Power E980 systems may be in the same Pool

• All Power E980 must be in the same enterprise and country

• FW 930 is required

• Up to 500 VMs at GA (SOD for 1,000)

• Shared Processor Partitions only - no Dedicated LPARs

• 25% Base Processor Activations are required

• 50% Base Memory Activations are required

• Cloud Edition software is required for every Base Processor Activation

• Cloud Management Console connection required

• All HMCs managing servers within a Pool require Network Time Protocol (NTP) to be enabled

• Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) must be enabled via HMC for each server in a Pool

• Hardware & Software Maintenance are required

• Client purchases Capacity Credits from Sales (via eConfig order) or directly via Entitled System Support

(ESS) (where currently available in US, Europe & MEA) to pay for resource consumption.

Pools 2.0 Hardware Features - Power E980

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Hardware Features for Pools 2.0 Mach/Mod Feature Price Maint (24x7)

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 Enablement 9080-M9S #EP20 $0 N/A

1 core Base Processor Activation (Pools 2.0) for EFP1 - Any OS 9080-M9S #EP90 $8,000 $57/mo.




1 core Base Processor Activation (Pools 2.0) for EFP1 – Linux/VIOS only 9080-M9S #EP96 $4,000 $29/mo.




256 GB Base Memory Activation (Pools 2.0) 9080-M9S #EP9S $23,552 N/A

512 GB Base Memory Activation (Pools 2.0) 9080-M9S #EP9U $47,104 N/A

Static Mobile Base Feature

Proposal

Processor Activation (1 Core)

Hardware Maintenance

(24x7 4hr)

$5,000

$42/mo.

$7,000

$50/mo.

$8,000

$57/mo.

Memory Activation (1 GB) $82 $89 $92

Base Activation Feature Prices $US


Pools 2.0 Capacity Credit Features


Capacity Credit Features Mach/Mod Feature Price

1 Capacity Credit 5819-CRD #EP9B $240

10 Capacity Credits 5819-CRD #EP9C $240

100 Capacity Credits 5819-CRD #EP9D $240

1,000 Capacity Credits 5819-CRD #EP9E $240

10,000 Capacity Credits 5819-CRD #EP9F $240

1 Capacity Credit - Digitals 5819-CRD #EP9J $240

10 Capacity Credit - Digitals 5819-CRD #EP9K $240

100 Capacity Credit - Digitals 5819-CRD #EP9L $240

1,000 Capacity Credit - Digitals 5819-CRD #EP9M $240

10,000 Capacity Credit - Digitals 5819-CRD #EP9N $240

Direct & BP Sales via eConfig & ePricer

Price these ESS features (used only on ESS)

Pools 2.0 Consumption Rate Table


Resource Type Metered Usage Ratio

(Minutes : 1 Credit)

Processor Activation (1 core - any operating system) 20,000

Processor Activation (1 core - Linux/VIOS only) 40,000

AIX software entitlement (1 core) 30,000

IBM i software entitlement (1 core) 1,500

Memory Activation (1 GB) 1,500,000

POWER Processor Roadmap


New Micro-Architecture

New Process Technology

PCIe GEN4

POWER8 POWER9

2014POWER8

12 cores

22nm

NewMicro-

Architecture

NewProcess

Technology

2016Addition of

NVLink

EnhancedMicro-

ArchitectureWith NVLink –5X Bandwidth

2017P9 Scale-out24/12 Cores

14nm

Optimized for Data-Centric Workloads

CAPI Acceleration / I/O

Scale-Out Datacenter TCO Optimization

Acceleration Enhancements to CAPI and NVLINK

2018P9 Scale-up

12 Cores14nm

POWER9’

Extreme MemoryBandwidth

….

.Source: http://www.nextplatform.com/2015/08/10/ibm-roadmap-extends-power-chips-to-2020-and-beyond/

2020P9’

24 Cores14nm

New High BandwidthMemory Subsystem

2S/4S Server Refresh

PCIe GEN4

POWER10

Extreme Analytics Optimization

….

2021P10 TBD7nm

New Micro-Architecture

New ProcessTechnology

PCIe GEN5

Lithography - Economy of scale

UV – Lithography 193 nm eUV – Lithography 13 nm


Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography

“For both the 7nm and 5nm nodes, IBM and its alliance partners at the SUNY Poly Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, NY relied heavily on transistor and interconnect patterning driven by Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.”

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2018/02/euv-lithography-spie/


https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2018/02/euv-lithography-spie/

Agenda

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• The Three Prong Strategy

• 30 Years of IBM i and just getting started!

• IBM i with AI and Hybrid Cloud

• Digital Humans

• IBM i 7.4 – New release with loads of new features

• IBM Db2 Mirror for i –Enables Continuous Availability for IBM i

• IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 - Shared Utility Capacity

across a pool of Power E980s

• POWER9 and beyond


Thank you!David Spurway – IBM Power Systems CTO

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 07717 892 896

Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

mailto:[email protected]

https://twitter.com/d_spurway

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/david-spurway-870869

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