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IBM Power Systems

Move up to POWER7 and IBM i 7.1

Erik Rex

Cert. Consultant Specialist

Power IBM i

[email protected]


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ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi

� New resource for the IBM i community

� Wide variety of technical information

� Organized by Subject matter� Topics

�New to IBM i

�Download & Tools

�Technical Library

�with examples!

�Community and Forums

�IBM i Services

�Events

�Technology updates Wiki

� Register for notifications

� Submit your own comments!

**Info Center remains the site for technical documentation, however, sometimes information will appear on dW first.

developerWorks IBM i Zone


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Effortless Currency after Incomparable longevity, reliability, and investment protection

� IT Healthcare specialists:– Hospitals

– Elderly, disabled and child care

– Benchmarking

– Thorough business analysis

� Running the business for 18 years on an AS/400 Model F60 with OS/400 V3R2

� Replaced by an IBM Power 720 with IBM i 7.1

� Unsurpassed reliability, security, and availability

� IBM i architected for application investment protection

– Migration and Pre-testing completed in 5 days

� Dramatic performance improvement, savings in energy, maintenance, and space requirement of a 2-drawer file cabinet


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Power Systems

Power System HardwarePower System Hardware

Power HypervisorPower Hypervisor

RPG Cobol Java PHPRPG Cobol Java PHP

IBM invested over $3.2B in POWER7 systems over the last 3.5 years.

2008 2011-132010

IBM i Next

2001

POWER4

2004

POWER5

2007

POWER6

2010

POWER7 POWER8

Power and IBM i RoadmapsPower and IBM i Roadmaps

The Future of IBM i


IBM i – Enhancements since V5R4


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IBM i 5.4 Life Cycle*

- Marketed and serviced

- GTS Fee-based service

- Serviced only

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 20162010

EOL9/30/16

EOM5/2011

EOS9/30/13

IBM i 5.4 has been in the market longer than any previous IBM i release

* 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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Clients are moving to IBM i 7.1

� Thousands of Clients running IBM i 7.1

� Over a third of Power systems shipping

with IBM i are shipping with 7.1

� IBM i Technology Refreshes– Easier adoption of new I/O & PowerVM

capabilities

Servers

IBM i 5.4

14. Feb 2006

IBM i 6.1 21. Marts

2008

IBM i 7.1

23. April 2010

POWER7� �

POWER6JS12, 22, 23/43, 550 560

� �

POWER6520, 550*, 570, 595

� � �

POWER5+� � �

POWER5� � �

800, 810, 825, 870, 890 � �

270, 820, 830,

840 �


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IBM i Program conversion consideration

� Refer to Redpaper IBM i Program Conversion: Getting Ready for 6.1 and Beyond

– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/abstracts/redp4293.html

� Verify third party software is supported on these releases

Conversion required

IBM i 6.1Machine code 6.1.0 or 6.1.1

V5R4Machine code

V5R4M0 or V5R4M5

V5R3Machine code

V5R3M0 or V5R3M5

Conversion required

Conversion required


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2008 2011-132010

IBM i Roadmap

� Clients requesting fewer operating system releases and longer support cycles� Major release upgrades can be disruptive for a business

� Interim technology refreshes will provide new functions� Simpler to install on a current release and less disruptive

Technology Refresh

…..


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Building a Foundation for the Future

IBM i 6.1 Highlights

– Solid State Drive support with unique IBM i performance advantages

– Java Virtual Machine, shared with AIX & Linux

– Systems Director Navigator web-based console

– PowerHA disk clustering

– Support for BladeCenter

– SAN DS8000 performance optimization

– PowerVM virtual storage for i partitions

IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which

follow.


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IBM i 7.1 and POWER7 deliver unbeatable combination

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

POWER5 8-Core

IBM i V5R4 (model)

POWER6 8-Core

IBM i 6.1

POWER7 8-Core

IBM i 6.1

POWER7 8-Core

IBM i 7.1

POWER7 delivers 56% improvement

IBM i 7.1 delivers 15% improvement

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Over 150% performance improvement

POWER6 and IBM i 6.1 deliver 59% improvement

Source Data:

http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/bixmlwo_results.htm

http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/bid_results.htm

3550 CPW

per Core

4575 CPW

per Core

5788 CPW

per Core

5788 CPW

per Core


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� Information into insights� Simplify supplier data exchange with native XML in DB2® for i

� Data protection and compliance� Secure critical client data with DB2 column level encryption

� Resiliency without downtime� Implement multi-site disaster recovery with PowerHA SystemMirror

� Virtualization without limits � Test a new release with ease by hosting i 7.1 on a i 6.1 server

� Management with automation� Reduce costs of fix management with IBM Systems Director

� Workload optimizing systems� Automate exploitation of solid state drives

Total integration with IBM i 7.1


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IBM i - Technology Refresh

2008 2012 . . .2010 2011

IBM i 6.1.1 TR 1 TR 2 TR 3 TR 4

April 24


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IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 1 – Oct. 2010

� Virtual Media Auto-Changer – Client partitions can change the image loaded in the server's IMGCLG. – Customer Value: Load media into one partition's IMGCLG and do unattended installs of other IBM

i LPARs on the same box.

� Virtual optical media library– Migrate optical libraries into a virtual optical media library backed by disk.

� Y4 Cryptographic card for IBM i customers– PCIe attached so it can plug into the newer PCIe slots

� Support for LTO5 in TS2900 Tape Library– Low Profile Entry level Tape Library TS2900 will now support the newest LTO5 tape drive.

(Tucson will announce in Feb, IBM i GA will be in March for 6.1.1 and later.)

� Full Network install– Initial (scratch) install of an IBM i v7.1 system from a network device

� Web Services - New client support – WSDL2RPG• Call Web Services natively from RPG

• WSDL converted to native RPG to encapsulate Web Service call


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May 2011: Technology Refresh 2 Virtualization Enhancements

� IBM i Suspend/Resume (Hibernation)– Ability to suspend a partition and resume it from the suspend point– Customer Value: Saves IPLs. Suspend before CEC maintenance, do the repair or CEC IPL and

then resume.

� IBM i to IBM i Virt Tape– Allow multiple IBM i partitions to share the tape drive owned by a different IBM i partition.– Client partitions can be either 7.1 or 6.1 with 6.1.1 machine code.

� I/O Performance – Multi-path– New load balancing multi-path algorithm that tries to push more I/O down the faster path. – Example: When using NPIV, running both disk and tape traffic on the same port more feasible

since the disk traffic will move off the port if the tape traffic starts slowing down the disk performance.

� DS5K NPIV support– Allows better utilization of FC adapter/switch resources by using NPIV with the DS5300/DS5100.

� PowerVM Redundant VIOS Support for IBM i on POWER Processor-Based Blades– Available through the use of SDMC


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May 2011: Technology Refresh 2 Storage Announcements

� SFF DASD Drawer– SFF (Small Form Factor) SAS disk drawer that supports up to 24 SFF (2.5 inch) disks in a 2U 19

inch rack drawer.

– POWER6 and POWER7; IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1

� 177 GB SFF SSD

– 2.5 times more capacity than existing 69 GB SSD

– Much improved cost per GB, and lower number of slots needed for same number of GB

– Just a few SSD reduce need for a large number of HDD, and often improve performance

� 571 GB 10K RPM SFF Disk Drive– Lower cost per GB and more GB per 2U rack space

� IBM i Disk Sanitizer PRPQ supports SSD– Sanitize natively attached internal SSDs in CECs and Drawers


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IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 3 – October 2011� DB2

• Security – Simplify Authentication with new keyword

• SSD Asynchronous Table & Index Movement

• DB2 Monitoring Tool Improvements – Filters

• Error Cases, Client IP Addresses, Group & User Profiles

� Virtualization • Thin Provisioning for DS8700 and DS8800 storage servers,

and for VIOS Shared Storage Pools

• Virtual Partition Manager is enhanced to create IBM i partitions

• For POWER6 and POWER7 Express Servers that do not have an external management console.

• Enhancement to IBM i 7.1, the ability to create up to four IBM i partitions will be enabled in VPM.

� System and I/O Support• New ’C’ models of IBM Power 710, 720, 730, 740, 770, and

780 servers with IBM i 7.1 and IBM i 6.1 with 6.1.1• PCIe2 1.8 GB Cache RAID SAS Adapter Tri-Port 6 Gb

(#5913)• SAS SFF 15K RPM 283 GB disk drive• PCIe2 8x 4-port Fibre Channel Adapter (#5729)• Bus level statistics for 12x loops• Ethernet link aggregation improves throughput and

reliability for up to 8 links• Share physical Ethernet connections across partitions with

Ethernet layer-2 bridging

� IBM i for Business Intelligence• New solution from IBM

• Low-cost value built solution (IBM i with Power System)

• Builds on popular DB2 Web Query

• Start with Operational Reporting and optionally grow into

Data Warehousing

� IBM DB2 Web Query for i• Standard Edition bundle to provide customers with a

complete query reporting solution in a single, simplified

ordering package.

• New interface that allows users to generate URLs to query

reports for report

� PowerHA SystemMirror for i• Support replication through V7000

• Support replication though SVC server

• Metro Mirror, Global Mirror and FlashCopy support

� Application Runtime Expert• Automate servicing of applications using scripting, CL

commands and SQL queries

� Zend Server Community Edition• PHP environment preloaded with IBM I• New extensions and toolkit for accessing DB2 for i


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Ibm i 7.1 Technology Refresh 4 - GA 24/4 2012

IBM i and PowerVM for Virtualization

� Delivers the next step for cloud implementation

� Drive systems to 90%+ utilization

� Performance without penalty

Consolidate viaVirtual Images

DynamicResourceSharing

IBM iVirtualized

I/O

NetworkInstall

SuspendResume

Storage-basedVirtual ImageDeployment

LivePartitionMobility


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IBM i Technology Refresh 4 - Highlights

� Moving running workloads from one machine to another with

Live Partition Mobility delivers the next step for cloud

environments

� DB2 for i enhancements improve performance as well as

delivering additional security, error monitoring and SQL

functions

Virtualized SAN and Network Infrastructure

� DB2 WebQuery for i simplifies ordering with Express and

Standard offerings

� New options in Application Runtime Expert allow access to

the tool without granting high security levels

� IBM i Workload Groups allows clients to license SWG products

at "less than capacity" level

• PowerHA for IBM i now includes support for Advanced Copy

Service for IBM Storage Systems Storwize V7000 and San

Volume Controller (SVC)


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� Improves service levels for IBM i workloads– Business and IT security and resiliency are as critical as ever, and must

be dynamic and intelligent in order to match the speed of business

change

– PowerVM Live Partition Mobility

� Move running IBM i partitions between systems

� Eliminate planned outages and balance workloads across systems� VIOS is required

Virtualized SAN and Network InfrastructureVirtualized SAN and Network Infrastructure

Live Partition Mobility for IBM i


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DB2 for i Enhancements

� Significant functional enhancements– Short names

– Where used information

– Support for JDBC 4.1 specification

� SQL enhancements– Subselect

– RUNSQL command

� Security enhancements– Object Auditing Control

� Performance improvements – based on analysis of index statistics

� DB Management Improvements – adding SYSDISKSTAT catalog to QSYS

library

� Enhanced SQL Error Reporting using

monitor records

Row Lock Performance

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MinutesBefore

After


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Authoring Tool“Intuitive”

Authoring Tool“Intuitive”

Reports & Graphs“Flexible delivery”

Reports & Graphs“Flexible delivery”

Dashboards“Insightful”

Dashboards“Insightful”

OLAP“Extensible”

OLAP“Extensible”

DB2 Web Query – Intuitive, Insightful, Extensible

IBM DB2 WebQuery

• New Express and Standard Offerings

• Simplify packaging

• Core-based licensing

• More granular user security


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Web Integration Enhancements

� Java 7 5761-JV1 Options 14 & 15– 32 and 64 bit version Java 7 runtime engine

– Available only on IBM i 7.1

� XML Service GA Dec 2011– New Open Source tool to access Native IBM i objects from any language

– Access RPG programs from PHP, RUBY, or other languages

– Use in a Tier 1 or Tier 2 environment


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Application Runtime Expert for i

� Application Runtime Expert for i – *ALLOBJ special authority NO longer

required

– Uses the Web Admin Permissions support

– Review and compare content within spool

files from CL commands

– Archive the spool file content created on

remote system by CL command call

– Console passwords maintained per session


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IBM i Access Client Solutions

� New Java based iAccess solution

– Runs on any platform with Java

• Windows PC

• Linux

• MAC

� Popular iAccess Functions

– 5250 Display and Print Emulation

– Data Transfer (*.ods & *.xlsx)

– IBM i System 5250 Console

� Portable solution – NO Install!

– Load solution on thumb drive!

� Open Beta

– Any customers interested in

participating?


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Application Management Tool Set

� NEW Product for Managing and Editing – Control Language (CL) source code (scripts)

– Work with Libraries & Objects

� Targeted for the Administrator or Super User– Perform various system and application

administration tasks

� Low Cost – Tier priced based on Serial number


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IBM i Workload Groups – Enhanced Management & Licensing

� Workload Groups new capabilities to manage/license workloads

on IBM i – Limit the number of cores that are used by specific applications

within single system/partition/subsystem

– Limits placed at the whole processor-core level

– Applications licensed for the number of capped cores

– Can cap a single job or all jobs/threads in a subsystem

IBM i = 6 Cores

Application #2 = 4 Cores


IBM i System / Partition / Subsystem

IBM i = 6 Cores


Application #1= 6 Cores

IBM i System / Partition / Subsystem

IBM i Today IBM i with Workload Groups

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang

=en#/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/IBM%20i%20workload%20groups


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New I/O Support for IBM i

� New SFF SSD: – 2X performance 2X capacity – Better price performance

� High performance low profile SAS SSD Adapter– RAID 5/6 with just one adapter (vs two)– May lower the cost for SSD configuration

� New lower price, 4-port 1Gb LAN adapter– Native support plus support through VIOS– Replaces existing 2-port and 4-port LAN adapters in most

POWER7 proposals

� New DAT160 USB-attached tape drive config option – for Power 720/740/750 HH bay of system unit– Supported through VIOS– Potentially improves performance for saves/restores


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World Class eMLC SSD Performance

Note these are drive specific measurements and projections which can vary from what you might experience. The values assume528 byte sectors running RAID-0 with no protection. Hypothetically if measured with 512 byte sectors (unsupported by IBM) as doneby most SSD vendors, values would be even higher. The values are highly workload dependent. Factors such as read/write mix,random/non-random data, drive cache hits/misses, data compressibility in the drive controller, large/small block, type of RAID ormirroring protection, etc will change these values. These values are produced by a server with plenty of processor, memory andcontroller resources to push this much I/O into the SSD. Most client system applications don’t push SSD nearly this hard


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Planning for IBM i upgrades

� Planning critical for a successful upgrade to a new release– IBM i information center is the starting point for information

• IBM i 7.1 Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahc1.htm

• IBM i 7.1 Memo to Users

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahg/rzahgmtu.htm

• IBM i 6.1 Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahc1.htm

• IBM i 6.1 Memo to Users

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/rzahg/rzahgmtu.htm

NOTE: If skipping a release review the Memo-to-Users and the Installing, upgrading or deleting IBM i and related software sections for conversion and compatibility information that will apply even when skipping a

release.

– IBM i Upgrade planning

http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/index.html

• This site provides information on Power systems running the IBM i operating system and products or features

which may not be supported in future releases of IBM i or on future product offerings

– IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification tool

http://www-

912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/5a6b33f04dcc093a8625736a00590072?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,pruv

• ‘As-is’ tool developed by IBM to help ensure a successful IBM i (i5/OS) upgrade


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Considerations for deciding which release

� Clustering only supports N-1 upgrades– Can do the N-2 upgrades but will have to rebuild clusters

� What release 3rd party software is supported on

� IBM i 7.1 will support new hardware with Technology Refreshes – http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/techrefresh/index.html– Perm applies needed PTFs for hardware support

� Refreshes of the machine code and operating system are done for – Support of new hardware (for a new partition install, need a machine code media that

has hardware support permanently applied and the operating system image that it was tested with)

– Aged PTFs are included in the refresh (reduces time of install)– Information center topic Replacing Licensed Internal Code and IBM i of the same

version and release has instructions for installing a refresh – http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/resave/index.html


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Outline* of Major IBM i Planning or Pre-Upgrade Tasks A.) Use key planning documents: Info Center (e.g. Install Guide), Memo to Users and

Planning website, – If needed IBM ITSO Redpaper: IBM i Program Conversion: Getting Ready for i5/OS V6R1 and beyond

B.) Verify server firmware requirements and read applicable PSP (Preventive Service Planning) documents- IBM Prerequisite website

https://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf

C.) Read applicable Info APARs -- e.g. II14310 (Required PTFs for 6.1)

II14482 (Required PTFs for 7.1)S

D.) Order latest CUMe package for release you are going toE.) “Prepare for Install PTFs” are required system before using the Prepare for Install menu

option (see info APARs listed above)F.) Review Software Stack (for each LPAR)

– Third Party Vendors– License Program Products– Middleware

G.) Consider using virtual image catalog for upgrade (see info APARs listed above for PTFsare required for source releases)

– See document at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/power/i/nfs_optical upgrade.pdf for more information

H.) Use Collection Services to collect performance data on current release

I.) Verify contents of the software media that was shipped

J.) Accept Software Agreements before upgrading (GO LIGPGM and then Option 5: Prepare for Install)

K.) Permanently apply PTFs (frees up system ASP storage for a faster install)L.) Clean-up spool filesM.) Ensure a current back-up of partition/system

•Note: This is not an all-inclusive task list –Info Center install/upgrade documentation

TIP: To make upgrade planning easier --- take advantage of the IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool!


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Electronic Software Download

� IBM i 6.1 and 7.1

� IBM i preloaded on newly purchased Power Systems

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess


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Moving up to POWER7

Mark Olson

WW Power Systems Product Manager


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Power 770

Power 750

Power 795

Power 720/740

PS BladesPower 710/730

Power Systems


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Power 770

Power 750

Power 795

Power 720/740


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CPW is often less relevant in picking the right server

Max CPW

110,000

1,000,000+

183,200

97,700

97,700

363,000321,000

Power 780

550,700


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Max CPW – POWER5 Through POWER7

Power 7951,000,000+

Power 750183,200

Power 710 / 72046,300

PS 7xx110,000

Power 770321,000

Power 730 / 74097,700

Power 780363,000-555,700

Power 595216,000

Power 55014,000

Power 57076,900

Power 5207,100

POWER5

Power 595294,700

Power 55037,950

JSxx24,050

Power 570103,800

Power 52018,300

POWER6

POWER7


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Power 770

Power 750

Power 795

Power 720/740


76,300

1,000,000+

181,000

97,700

97,700

Memory & I/O & GHz are important POWER7 selection factors

I/O loops

Memory

GHz

n/a

8 - 512 GB

2.4 - 3 GHz

Max 8 - 32

64GB - 8 TB

3.7-4.25 GHz

Max 1 - 2

8 - 512 GB

3.0 – 3.55 GHz

0

4 - 256 GB

3.0 – 3.7 GHz

Max 0 - 1 - 2

8 - 512 GB

3.0 – 3.7 GHz

Max 2 - 8

64GB – 4TB

3.1 – 3.5 GHz

Max 2 - 8

64GB – 4TB

3.8–4.1 GHz

Power 780

Power Systems


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Power 720 and Power 740

Power 720 � 4U rack or tower� 4, 6, 8, core options� 3.0 GHz� 3 years HW warranty

Power 740� 4U rack or tower � 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 core options� 3.3, 3.7, or 3.55 GHz� 3 years HW warranty

4-core � 64GB max memory

� 0 Disk-only drawers

� 0 PCI I/O drawers

� 0 I/O loops

� Max 9+1 PCI slots

� Max 8 disk slots

� P05 IBM i tier

6-, 8-core � 256GB max memory

� Disk-only drawers

� PCI I/O drawers

� Up to 1 I/O loop



� P10 IBM i tier

4-, 6-, 8-core � 256GB max memory


� PCI I/O drawers




� P20 IBM i tier

8-, 12-, 16-core � 512GB max memory


� PCI I/O drawers




� P20 IBM i tier


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✓Power 720: New Model: E4C

✓Power 740: New Model: E6C

✓2X Memory (Up to 512 GB)

✓5 PCIe Gen2 Slots � Plus 6th slot for Ethernet adapter� Plus optional 4 additional Gen2 slots

✓Same GHz options

✓Same number cores

✓Same number loops / I/O drawers

✓Same number SAS drives

✓New Business Intelligence Editions

October 2011 Power 720 / 740 Enhancements


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PCI Adapters (as of November 2011)

4-port��2-portUSB (AIX)

YNSSD on 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��Crypto

No adapter plansIXS (IBM i)

No adapter plansiSCSI

No plansTwinax (IBM i)

4 Gb & 8 Gb��Fibre Channel

�Y�Y 380 MB�Y 1800 MB

��

��

��

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 / Comm

1 Gb & 10 Gb ��LAN (Ethernet)

PCIeType adapter

Oct

Gen2

Gen2

Gen2


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I/O Migration/Upgrade Considerations

POWER5 POWER6 POWER7

noyes limitedyesIOP-based

adapters

SAS-bay-based

PCIe-basedSAS-bay-based---SSD

SCSI limited

SAS mostly

SCSI

SAS mostly

SCSI mostly

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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More Information on Upgrades

� Work with your sales team

� InfoCenter manuals

� IBM i Upgrade planning web sites – www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/index.html

• This site provides information on Power systems running the IBM i operating

system and products or features which may not be supported in future releases of

IBM i or on future product offerings

– www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/sod2.html (see also the handy listing of

devices “not supported” list in the “additional information” on this page)

� IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification tool– www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf

– Tool helps ensure a successful IBM i (i5/OS) upgrade

� SPT – Systems Planning Tool

� Announcement Letters / Sales manuals / Red books


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What are you waiting for…..

� Recommending to all our customers to upgrade to 6.1 since Spring 2008.

� Recommending to all our customers to upgrade to 7.1 since last summer.

� Every upgrade has been successful and the secret is…….. preparation and planning.

� If you are looking at POWER7 hardware you will need to be at 6.1.1 or 7.1.

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Analyze Object Convert

� Most important planning step– 2 Months before: Run ANZOBJCVN to see what issues you

might have.– Iterative process

� *COLLECT in batch� *REPORT

– *CVNPRB– *LIBSUM

� Going from V5R4 to 7.1 (Skipping 6.1) requires you to perform this as well.

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IBM i 6.1 or 7.1?

� Always go to the latest release if you can.

� Ask your third party vendors what release they support.

� If using Websphere 6.1 or 7.0 then IBM i 7.1 is ok.

� If using JAVA, gone in IBM i 7.1 is Classic Java 1.4 (option 6), 5.0 (option 7), and

6.0 (option 10).

� Gone in 7.1 is Anynet – Easy conversion to Enterprise Extenders beforehand.

� Websphere MQ 6 not supported on 7.1, upgrade to 7.0.1 of MQ.

� Domino 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 8.5 upgrade to IBM i 6.1, Domino 8.5.1 or 8.5.2 upgrade to IBM i 7.1.

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What you need to start

� Order (download or physical media) 6.1 or 7.1 about 4 weeks before your planned upgrade date.

� Read Preventive Service Planning PTF 6.1: SF98610 7.1: SF98710� Read Informational APAR 6.1: II14310 & 7.1: II14482� Verify software order.� Download & install keys� Validate FSP Firmware levels� Manuals:

– IBM i Installing, Upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software. 6.1: SC41-5120-10. 7.1: SC41-5120-11

– Memo to Users: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzaq9/rzaq9.pdf

� PTFs order about 2 weeks before the upgrade.� Plan Save strategy for before and after the upgrade.� Determine dedicated system time required.

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9 Key Points to take home

� ANZOBJCVN, ANZOBJCVN, ANZOBJCVN !!!

� Get the required PTFs on your system before the upgrade (from Informational APARs).

� Read Memo to Users.

� Check FSP Firmware minimum levels.

� Have a Good FULL Backup right before the upgrade.

� Have license keys and new PTFs available.

� Install PTFs (Cumulative, Hiper, Groups) after verification.

� Conversions need to complete afterwards.

� SAVE 22 or Full save after the conversions.

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