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So you decided to move to a POWER7 server. Great! But how do you get there?

Power 770

Power 750

Power 780

PS Blades

Power 720/740

Power 710/730

Power 795


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Definitions for This IBM Presentation

� Upgrade = new model which keeps the same serial number– Example: POWER6 570 9117-MMA to POWER7 770 9117-MMB

� Migration = new model which does not keep the same serial number– Example: POWER6 550 8204-E8A to POWER7 750 8223-E8B

• Insight: Legal & accounting rules require at least

20% of the original asset to be reused to be

classified an upgrade to the same asset. • IBM uses a serial number to track an asset and

uses an average config definition to determine if

a model upgrade path can be offered.

• Each client has to determine how to classify their new model acquisition. (if an upgrade or not)


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Is protecting a serial number important?

� To some clients, it does not matter. To others it does matter.

� Serial number might matter:– Additional documentation/tools for moving to newer server

– Financially works better for depreciation/budget

– IBM software entitlements moves easily to newer server (especially IBM i)

– IBM 5250 entitlements (IBM i) moves easily to new server

– May ease discussions with ISVs if licensing serial number specific

� Serial number might not matter:– Financial impact to depreciation/budget not an impact

– IBM software transferable (with a bit more effort)

– IBM 5250 more transferable now to POWER7 with RPQ

– ISV software licensing not impacted by serial number


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Model Upgrades (Same Serial Number) as of May 2011

POWER5 �� POWER6 POWER6 �� POWER7

595

570

550

520/525

520/515

595

570

550

520 4-core

520 2-core

560

795

770

750

780

720 4 core

720 6/8 core

740

730

710

520 1-core

595

570

550

520 4-core

520 2-core

560

520 1-core

9406 only

9406 only

9406 only

No one-step POWER5 to POWER7 upgrades


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Power 770

Power 750

Power 795

Power 720/740

PS BladesPower 710/730

Power Systems

76,300

1,000,000

+181,000

97,700

97,700

Memory & I/O loops & GHz are important POWER7

selection factors

I/O loops

Memory

GHz

n/a

8 - 256 GB

3 GHz

Max 8 - 32

16GB - 8 TB

3.7-4.25 GHz

Max 1 - 2

8 - 512 GB

3.0 – 3.55 GHz

0

4 - 128 GB

3.0 – 3.7 GHz

Max 0 - 1 - 2

8 - 256 GB

3.0 – 3.7 GHz

Max 2 - 8

32GB – 2TB

3.1 – 3.5 GHz

Max 2 - 8

32GB – 2TB

3.8–4.1 GHz

Power 780

More redundancy, reliability

, availability designed into server


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RAS Item Power 750 Power 770 Power 780 Power 595 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 Partition Mobility/Live Application 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 and 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

POWER7 RAS Feature OverviewOptionalStandard

Not available

* Requires two or more nodes** Planned for 2H10 on 780, 1H11 on 795

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


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,

Key Evolutionary I/O Technology Transitions

� SCSI to SAS 3.5-inch to SAS 2.5-inch (SFF)

� PCI / PCI-X / PCI-X DDR to PCIe Gen1 to PCIe Gen 2

� RIO/HSL to 12X SDR to 12X DDR

� IBM i : IOP-based to Smart IOA

� New cool Stuff …. SSD, FCoE, ….


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I/O Technology Transitions … POWER5 to POWER7

POWER5 POWER6 POWER7

noyes (I/O drawer only**)yesIOP-based adapters

SAS-bay-based

PCIe-basedSAS-bay-based---SSD

SCSI limited

SAS mostly

Some SCSI,

SAS mostly

SCSI mostly,

Some SASDisk

PCI-X (I/O drawer only**)

PCIe

PCI-X

PCIe

PCI-X

---PCI cards

---

12X*

HSL / RIO

12X*

HSL / RIO

---I/O loops

Evolving I/O technologies is to be expected and desired. But as you would also expect, it requires planning to ensure smooth upgrades/migrations.

* 12X loop is either all PCIe or all PCI-X** Power 750 is exception with some PCI-X slots in CEC


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IBM i PCI Adapters (as of May 2011)

Y Sept 2010NSSD on PCI adapter

YNFCoE (or FCoEE)

Y

Y with IOP

Y

Y, with IOP

4 Gb

�Y �No 175 MB�Y 1500 MB

�Y �Y 90 MB�Y 1500 MB

2-port & 4-port(SNA only with IOP)

1 Gb & 10 Gb

PCI-X

Y Sept 2010Crypto

No adapter plansInt xSeries Card (IXS)

No adapter plansiSCSI

No plansTwinax

4 Gb & 8 GbFibre Channel

�Yes�Yes 380 MB�SOD 3Q 2011

SAS�Tape/disk 0 cache�Disk medium cache�Disk big cache

�No plans �No plans�No plans

SCSI�Tape/disk 0 cache�Disk medium cache�Disk big cache

2-port(No SNA)

WAN

1 Gb & 10 Gb LRLAN (Ethernet)

PCIeType adapter

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


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19-inch POWER7 I/O Drawer Configuration Rules

�If server limited on number of loops, I/O drawer selection can be impacted

12X PCI-X DDRMax 4 per loop

6 slots per drawer

12X PCIe

Max 2 per loop10 slots per drawer

No mixing PCI-X 12X and PCIe 12X on same loop

0720 4-core

1 or 2750

1720 6/8-core

0710 / 730

1 or 2740

2 to 8770 or 780

0755

Max loops POWER7 model

Note:

• No RIO/HSL

• No IOPs (IBM i)

#5802 or 5877

#5802 or 5877

#5796

5714-G30#5796

5714-G30


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POWER7 19-inch IO and Storage Drawers

SASAvailableEXP12S SAS Disk Drwr#5886

12XSupportedPCI-X I/O Drwr7314-G30

SCSISupportedEXP24 SCSI Disk Drwr#5786

12XAvailablePCIe I/O Drwr

(No SFF Bays)#5877

SASAvailableEXP24S SAS Disk Drwr#5887

SCSISupportedEXP24 SCSI Disk Drwr

EXP24 SCSI Disk Tower

7031-D24

7031-T24

12XAvailablePCIe I/O Drwr

(w/ SFF Bays)#5802

12XAvailablePCI-X I/O Drwr#5796

InterfaceStatusDescriptionOrder #

� NOTE: no RIO/HSL drawers


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I/O: 12X drwr -

adaptorsPOWER6Server

Step 1

Step 2

Apply all pre-

requisites

Step 3

POWER7Server

I/O 12X

attached

Recommended Steps After Selecting POWER7 Model

I/O: HSL/RIO

drwr & adaptors

Bring in

POWER7

Get the I/O

ready


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I/O: 12X drwr -


Step 1 POWER6

Server

I/O: 12X drwr -

adaptors

Recommended Steps

I/O: HSL/RIO

drwr & adaptors

POWER6 system unit I/O• What are you keeping that won’t fit in the future POWER7 system unit?

• Example: 3.5-inch disk drives (POWER7 server = SFF in CEC)

• Example: PCI-X adapters (Most POWER7 servers are PCIe only)

• IVE / HEA differences to consider?POWER6 I/O drawers

• Put I/O from POWER6 server which you are keeping that won’t fit in POWER7 system unit into a 12X I/O drawer

• Move off HSL/RIO I/O drawers – replace with all 12X I/O drawers• Remove all IOPs. Move to all smart PCI adapters.

Get the I/O

ready

This step more limited if you are migrating from a POWER5 server to a POWER6

server. There are no 12X I/O drawers, PCIe slots, SFF disk, etc on a POWER5 server.


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POWER7 I/O Upgrade Considerations

� All the newer IBM I/O drawers (12X), disk, SSD and PCI adapters used on POWER6 supported on POWER7 servers (non-Blade statement)

– May need to move 3.5-inch SAS drives and PCI-X adapters

� Older I/O on POWER6 servers, but not on POWER7 servers

– RIO/HSL I/O drawers

– SCSI disk smaller than 69GB or SCSI drives slower than 15k rpm

– QIC tape drives

– IOPs and IOP-based PCI adapters (IBM i)2749, 5702, 5712, 2757, 5581, 5591, 2790, 5580, 5590, 5704, 5761, 2787, 5760, 4801, 4805,

3709, 4746, 4812, 4813

– Older LAN adapters: #5707, 1984, 5718, 1981, 5719, 1982

– Older SCSI adapters: #5776, 5583, 5777

– Telephony adapter: #6412

– See planning web page www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/sod2.html


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I/O: 12X drwr -


Step 1 POWER6

Server

I/O: 12X drwr -

adaptors

POWER6

Server

I/O 12X

attachedStep 2

Apply all pre-requisites

i.e. HMC, firmware

and then

OS levels

POWER6Server

I/O 12X

attachedStep 3 POWER7

Server

I/O 12X

attached

Recommended Steps (when you can)

I/O: HSL/RIO

drwr & adaptors


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Fibre Channel over Ethernet (Converged Network Adapter)

�Save PCI slots �Save switches�Save space/electrical/cooling�Simplify wiring� Improve flexibility

CEC or I/O drawer

FC Switch

Ethernet

Ethernet and Fibre Channel cables

Ethernet Switch

CEC or I/O drawer

FC

Ethernet cable

Ethernet device / switch

Fibre Channel cable

Fibre Channel (FC) device or FC switch

rack

FCoE Switch

FCoE

Ethernet cables

CEC or I/O drawer

rack

Ethernet cable

Ethernet device / switch or FCoE device / switch

Fibre Channel cable

Fibre Channel (FC) device or FC switch

PCIe adapter - Blade adapter


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Upgrades - PEX & Side-by-side RPQ�When you need to run two systems in parallel while upgrading …

–Option A PEX (Power Exchange)• Flexible duration

• Additional software licensing required

• Results in machine with different serial number

–Option B Side-by-Side RPQ• For POWER7 servers with upgrade path & with “roll-in

roll-out” upgrade• 1 - 8 weeks duration

• No additional IBM Power Systems licensing required

Other non IBM Power Systems licensing may be needed

• Results in machine with the same serial number

Done

one server present

STEP 3

Ship original server

back to IBM

STEP 2

Run in parallel, gradually moving

workload to new server

STEP 1Bring in model upgrade or

2nd server

Start

one server present


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Thank You from IBM Rochester


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Power your planet.Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet.


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Power your planet.Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet.


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