power hardware : 2q deep dive

© 2013 IBM Corporation1 Title of presentation goes here

Power Systems 2013

Power Hardware:2Q Deep Dive

Paul [email protected]

© 2013 IBM Corporation2

Agenda

• Power 795 enhanced – New memory features & I/O enhancements

• Power 795/780/770 CoD ease-of-ordering features• Power 770/780 additional I/O options

– 16Gb Fibre Channel– 10Gb Ethernet – 2-port NIC & FCoE– #EDR1 EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer

• COMING SOON - High Performance Option with DS8800• PowerLinux low-latency, “accelerated” 10Gb Ethernet adapter

– Solarflare’s OpenOnload Low Latency

• New Power 710 with 1-year warranty option• IBM i I/O SAN configuration enhancements• Power 750/760 IMFC enhanced• Statement of Direction for DAT160 tape• Flex System #EC24 CN4058 8-port 10Gb Mez card update• Bonus topics• PureSystems Update


Power 795 New Memory

• Big price performance enhancements• Same capacity points as with existing 2GB

DRAM DIMM memory features• Newer 4GB DRAM technology in the DIMMs

save electricity & cooling• Same pricing as POWER7+ 780 memory#EM40, EM41,

EM42, EM44

Price statements based on IBM USA suggested list prices as of May 2013 on a Power 795 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.

45-85% lower for DIMMs

27% lower for activations


Power 795: New Memory Price/Performance

New DIMMs provide significant memory price reduction and activation price reduction (new features built with 4Gb DRAM vs 2Gb DRAM technology)

Feat GB Current feat # $ / GB New feat

# $ / GB

0/32 GB 5600 61.25 EM40 17.2

0/64 GB 5601 120.63 EM41 17.2

0/128 GB 5602 120.64 EM42 17.2

0/256 GB 6664 120.65 EM44 66.4

1GB activate 8212 256 EMA2 185

Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of May 2013 on a Power 795 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.

27% less

45% less85% less85% less72% less

+ New memory uses much less electricity/cooling than current memoryMemory features and pricing now consistent with POWER7+ 770/7807.6 Firmware is required


Power 795: New Memory Price/Performance

Easier to buy “standby” memory and Elastic (On/Off) memoryFor example … using the 0/128 GB memory features as a comparison:– Was $31,824 to buy 128GB memory + 64GB activations ---- 64GB inactive– Now $14,040 to buy 128GB memory + 64GB activations ---- 64GB inactive

Around a 50% reduction !!!

Pie charts below show price of 0/128 GB memory 100% activated

Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of May 2013 on a Power 795 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.

795 memory features and pricing now consistent with POWER7+ 770/780Note: 7.6 Firmware is required

2200

23680

15440

32768

PhysicalActivate

April 2013$48,208 for 128GBFully activated

June 2013$25,880 for 128GB Fully activated


Memory Config Rules

SAME as previous memory features:Same minimums per server or per book or per socket/SCMSame minimum activation rules Same maximums per server or per bookSame considerations mixing of different size memory features

Can mix new (#EM4x 4Gb technology) & old (#56xx 2Gb technology)Can mix on the same server (assuming 7.6 firmware)Can mix on the same processor bookBUT can NOT mix on the same socket / SCM

Can continue to buy old memory features even if on Firmware 7.6But probably a poor economic/environmental decision

Also announcing equivalent bulk memory features #EMB1, EMB2, EMB3, EMB4 (only used when upgrading from POWER6 595 to Power 795 when POWER6 595 has bulk memory features)

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3

DDR3


Power 795 Memory Details

• 32 DDR3 DIMM slots per processor book (8 memory feat codes) • DIMMS: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB • Plugged in “octants” of DIMMs. 1 feature code = 4 identical DIMMs. So always plug two feat

codes of memory at a time • CAN mix pairs of different size DIMM features on same processor book• Per processor book: minimum 2 quad DIMMs (two of the same memory features) • Per system: minimum of 50% of memory capacity activated or minimum of 32GB memory

activated (which ever is larger)

Capacity per processor book (assuming same size DIMMs used)

DIMM size

1 Quad

2 Quad

3 Quad

4 Quad

5 Quad

6 Quad

7 Quad

8 Quad

8 GB n/a 64 n/a 128 n/a 192 n/a 256

16 GB n/a 128 n/a 256 n/a 384 n/a 512

32 GB n/a 256 n/a 512 n/a 768 n/a 1024

64 GB n/a 512 n/a 1024 n/a 1536 n/a 2048

Original Feature Code

New Feature Code

Feature GB

#5600 #EM40 0/32#5601 #EM41 0/64#5602 #EM42 0/128#5564 #EM44 0/256

# Proc books 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8DIMM slots 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 256

Max TB 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16


Power 795 & PCIe Gen2 Function

• Plug GX++ PCIe adapter directly into GX++ slot on the processor card

• No cabling except optical fiber for downstream I/O switch

• Max 3 GX++ PCIe adapters per per processor book

• Can be in any of the 4 GX slots

• Using a GX++ PCIe adapter means an I/O drawer can not be placed in that GX slot. Can have one or the other. OK to mix.

• No change to minimum of one #5803 I/O drawer per 795


Power 795 PCIe Gen2 Enhancements

PCIe Gen2 GX++ I/O enhancements

Expanding support for adapters introduced Oct 2012

– IBM i support of the FCoE adapter (#EN22) starting 26 July 2013 (#EN23 already supported by IBM i)

– RHEL 6.4 support of the FCoE and FC adapters (#EN22 and #EN23) now available

#EN22#EN23


PCIe Gen2 for Power 795

• Two PCIe Gen2 GX++ adapters• 16 Gb Fibre Channel #EN23• 10 Gb FCoE/CNA #EN22

• 2-ports of high performance capability– Access to full bandwidth of GX++ bus (up to 20 GB/s peak)– Slightly lower latency than adapter in #5803/5873 I/O Drawer, but

probably not noticeable for most client applications• Innovative, highly compact packaging

– Combines GX adapter + GX cables + PCIe I/O drawer + PCIe adapter into just one new 2-port GX adapter

– Can save money, space, energy/cooling, maintenance

Nov GA 2012:


GX++ 2-port 10Gb FCoE (CNA) SR Adapter (#EN22)

• Two ports - each 10 Gb • Each port runs Ethernet NIC (Network Interface Card) and/or Fibre Channel traffic• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) capability through VIOS• Attachment to switch is supported, no direct device attachment support• OS levels required

– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-02– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-08– IBM i – 6.1 or later with VIOS. NIC initially supported, FCoE supported 26 July 2013. – Linux - not supported as of 2012– VIOS 2.2.2.0 – Firmware 7.6 required

• Standard SR fiber optic cables with LC type connectors up to 300m – OM4 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 4700 MHz*km bandwidth– OM3 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 2000 MHz*km bandwidth– OM2 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 500 MHz*km bandwidth– OM1 - multimode 62.5/125 micron fibre, 200 MHz*km bandwidth

CCIN = 2B74

FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet

CNA (Converged Network Adapter)


Power 795/780/770 Easier Ordering of CoD Memory Features

• Easier to order large amounts of memory billing features– Adding a 100-day billing feature (#EMJ3) for granularity– Helps enable max of 99,990 GB/memory days per order– Enhancement applies to Power 770/780/795 (“B/C/D” models)

• Easier to order large amounts of memory activations– Adding a 100 GB activation feature (#EMA3) for granularity– Also allowing more 256 GB activations features ordered at one time– EMA3 added to Power 795, already on POWER7+ 770/780


Agenda








Power 770/780 Additional I/O Support

Extending support of I/O announced earlier onto the Power 770/780 Power 770/780

“C” modelsGA date

Power 770/780 “D” models

GA date

2-port 16Gb Fibre Channel PCIe Adapter (#EN0A) 7 June 2013 19 July 2013

4-port (10 Gb FCoE & 1 GbE) SR&RJ45 PCIe Adapter (#EN0H)

7 June 2013 19 July 2013

EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer (#EDR1)

7 June 2013(plus adding IBM i)

Already supports (adding IBM i)


2-port 16 Gb Fibre Channel (HBA)Support for Power 770/780 “C” & “D” models

#EN0A – full high#EN0B – low profile

• Runs at 16Gb, 8Gb or 4Gb• Adding Power 770/780 support• Already on POWER7+ 710/720/730/740/750/760

• Compared to the #5735 2-port 8Gb FC• Price* #5735 = $3499 #EN0A = $4500• Only 30% more price = 100% more bandwidth**

• Even if not using 16Gb switches / devices today, for just a little more, buy and use an adapter which can adapt to your future configurations

* Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of May 2013 on a Power 720 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary. ** Running at 8Gb provides half the potential bandwidth compared to running at 16 Gb. Running at 4Gb provides ¼ the potential bandwidth.

May 2013 announcements


2-port 16 Gb Fibre Channel Adapter#EN0A – full high#EN0B – low profile

• 16 Gb per port bandwidth– 2X the bandwidth of the 2-port 8Gb Fibre Channel adapter– Same bandwidth of 4-port 8Gb Fibre Channel adapter

• Each port runs at 16Gb, 8Gb or 4Gb (fastest available connection)• For PCIe Gen2 slots in POWER7+ 710/720/730/740/750/760

– Adding 770/780 (‘C’ and ‘D’ models) fulfilling SOD– For Power 795 see #EN23 2-port 16Gb FC GX++ Adapter

• NPIV support through VIOS• AIX, IBM i, Linux, VIOS support

– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-02 and Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-01 and Service Pack 7, or later (added since announcement, was SOD)– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-08 and Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-07 and Service Pack 7, or later – Note NOT PLANNED: AIX 6.1 with TL 6 and AIX 7.1 with TL 0 and AIX 5.3 – IBM i 6.1 -- VIOS required. Both VSCSI and NPIV protocols supported.– IBM i 7.1 -- VIOS required. Both VSCSI and NPIV protocols supported.– SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2, or later– Red Hat Enterprise Linux – see SOD– VIOS requires VIOS 2.2.2.2, or later

• CCIN

577FMay 2013 announcements


2-port 16 Gb FC Adapter - Cabling

#EN0A – full high#EN0B – low profile

• Use same cabling as with 8Gb FC or 10Gb optical Ethernet• Standard SR fiber optic cables with LC type connectors :

– OM4 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 4700 MHz*km bandwidth– OM3 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 2000 MHz*km bandwidth– OM2 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, 500 MHz*km bandwidth– OM1 - multimode 62.5/125 micron fibre, 200 MHz*km bandwidth

• Cables are client responsibility

FC Switch

Cable / Speed / Distance

Cable | 4 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 16 Gbps ----------------------------------------------------------- OM4 | .5m - 400m | .5m - 190m | .5m – 125m OM3 | .5m - 380m | .5m - 150m | .5m – 100m OM2 | .5m - 150m | .5m - 50m | .5m – 35m OM1 | .5m - 70m | .5m - 21m | .5m – 15m

Adapter includes two SPF+ transceivers


CNA = Converged Network Adapter– Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and NIC traffic simultaneously– NIC = Network Interface Card

“Like 3 cards in one” … • A 2-port 10Gb Ethernet NIC card #5708 ~ $4150

• A 2-port 8Gb Fibre Channel Card #5735 ~ $3500 ~ $8,150

• A 2-port 1Gb Ethernet NIC card #5767 ~ $500

– #EN0H/EN0J only $3500 – Save up to $4650 …. 57% reduction !!!– Save up 2 PCIe slots … 66% reduction !!!

4-port 10GbE CNA/FCoE & 1GbE AdapterSupport for Power 770/780 “C” & “D” models

#EN0H – full high#EN0J – low profile

2 ports 10GbE CNA

2 ports 1GbE NIC only

* Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of May 2013 on a Power 720 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.

Adding Power 770/780Already for POWER7+ 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760



4-port 10GbE CNA & 1GbE Adapter#EN0H – full high#EN0J – low profile

• Two ports: 10 Gb per port– CNA (Converged Network Adapter) – FCoE & NIC

• Two ports: 1 Gb (1000Mb) or 100Mb per port– NIC (Network Interface Card)

• For PCIe Gen2 slots in POWER7+ 710/720/730/740/750/760 – Adding 770/780 (‘C’ and ‘D’ models) fulfilling SOD– For Power 795 see #EN23 2-port 10Gb CNA GX++ Adapter

• NPIV support through VIOS for FCoE• AIX, IBM i, Linux, VIOS support

– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-02 and Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-01 and Service Pack 7, or later (added since announcement, was SOD)– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-08 and Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-07 and Service Pack 7, or later – Note NOT PLANNED: AIX 6.1 with TL 6 and AIX 7.1 with TL 0 and AIX 5.3 – IBM i 6.1 -- VIOS required. NIC supported, FCoE starting 26 July 2013– IBM i 7.1 -- VIOS required. NIC supported, FCoE starting 26 July 2013– SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2, or later– Red Hat Enterprise Linux – see SOD– VIOS requires VIOS 2.2.2.2, or later

• CCIN

2B93



•Cables are the responsibility of the client

•Standard SR fiber optic cables with LC type connectors : – OM4 / OM3 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, up to 300 meters length– OM2 - multimode 50/125 micron fibre, up to 82 meters length– OM1 - multimode 62.5/125 micron fibre, up to 33 meters length

•RJ45 ports use 4-pair CAT-5 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) or higher – Up to 100 meter length

4-port 10GbE CNA & 1GbE Adapter Cabling

#EN0H – full high#EN0J – low profile

2 ports 10GbE CNA SR Optical2 ports 1GbE NIC RJ45

* Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of Jan 2013 on a Power 720 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.

Adapter includes two SPF+ transceivers for 10Gb ports


Agenda








EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer EnhancementsSupport for Power 770/780 “C” & “D” models

Support on ‘C’ models of 770 & 780AIX, IBM i, Linux starting 7 June(Ultra Drawer already supported on ‘D’ model 710 780)

Up to 480,000 IOPS (100% read)Up to 11.6 TBUp to 4.5 GB/s bandwidthDownstream HDD

#EDR1

#ES04, ESR4

Expanding native support of IBM i 7.1 TR6 SSD features (#ES04/#ESR4) to

– Power 770/780 “C” models 7 June– Power 770/780 “D” models 17 July– (IBM i already supported on “D” models of Power 720 760 )



#EDR1 EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer

• Supported on– “D” model Power 770/780– “D” model Power 710/720/730/740/750/760– Adding “C” model Power 770/780

• Supported by– AIX 6.1 or later– Linux – IBM i 7.1 TR6 native support (Not supported via VIOS)– VIOS

• Minimum of 6 SSD per Ultra Drawer• All drives RAID formatted (no JBOD)• Active/Active recommended for top performance

– A/A requires at least two arrays – ideally even number arrays, evenly balanced• Attaches to one or two GX++ slots

• Two integrated RAID SAS controllers– 3.1GB write cache – protected through redundancy of this pair

#EDR1



• 1.8” eMLC – Performance + Endurance + Small size

• Excellent Performance– Similar to 387GB SFF eMLC– Big improvements over 177GB 1.8” SSD

• Used only in EXP30 Ultra Drawer• RAID format (528 byte sectors – no JBOD)• Two feature codes #ES02

– #ES02 for AIX/Linux/VIOS– #ES04 for IBM i added to 770/780 C & D models– Same hardware, 2 features for IBM config tools

• CCIN = 58BB• Server model & OS pre-reqs

– See #EDR1 or #5888 EXP30 Ultra Drawer

– Six pack #ESR2 = 6x #ES02– Six pack #ESR4 = 6x #ES04 added to 770/780

387GB 1.8” SAS SSD with eMLC

#ES02#ES04

387GB 1.8” SSD

Physically like a fat, really-long credit card

Fits in EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer



EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer SOD Shared April 2012

IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.

Status

doneIBM plans to expand the capabilities of the EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer in several areas. First, the number of servers which support attachment is planned to be expanded to include the Power 770/780 (9117-MMC/9179-MHC) and other future servers.

Done (currently max 1 drawer for IBM i)

Second, the attachment of up to two #5887 EXP24S Disk Drawers downstream of the Ultra Drawer is planned. The Ultra Drawer's integrated SAS controllers would then run these EXP24S drawers (up to 48 disk drives) in addition to the 30 SSD in the Ultra Drawer. Assuming 600GB drives are used in the EXP24S, this would provide a total of up to 40 TB storage capacity in only 5U of space while using zero PCIe slots.

FutureThird, then later in time, IBM also plans to provide Easy Tier functionality for the EXP30 Ultra Drawer and downstream EXP24S Disk Drawer combination for AIX and AIX/VIOS. The Ultra drawer's integrated SAS controllers would automatically monitor and manage the contents of the SSD and HDD and place "hot" (frequently accessed) content on the SSD and "cold" (less frequently accessed) content on the HDD.

Fourth, IBM plans to expand the integration of IBM Power Systems with the EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer and with selected IBM storage solutions such as the IBM Storage System DS8000. With this planned advanced integration configuration, the Ultra Drawer would provide an extremely low latency cache for the IBM SAN, improving overall I/O performance while maintaining the SAN's advance capabilities such as FlashCopy and Metro/Global Mirroring and supporting Power Systems Live Partition Mobility capability.


EXP30 Ultra Drawer SOD Summary (April 2012)

POWER7Server

Hot Cold

POWER7Server + DS8000

1. More POWER7 Models supported in the future … DONE!

2. Down stream HDD drawers … DONE!

3. Easy Tier capability for HDD drawers (AIX/Linux)

4. DS8000 integration -- DAS performance + SAN functionality


IBM Easy Tier Server, Announcing June 2013

DS8k determines “hot” data and caches hot data onto SSD which are directly attached to server

Can significantly improve overall performance, especially for heavy random read applications

POWER7POWER7+

Server+

EXP30

EXP24Sor

DS8870

AIX


Agenda








PowerLinux I/O Enhancement

• Enabling hardware for communication-optimized applications, especially in the finance industry like trading

• Support for two specialized 10Gb Ethernet adapters with low-latency network communication hardware accelerator for higher performance

• Adds support for user-provided applications using POSIX sockets APIs and the OpenOnload(R) interfaces from Solarflare

• RHEL 6.4 or later

#EL39

#EL3A

7R1 & 7R2 “D/T” models

PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SFN6122F AdapterThis adapter supports OpenOnload

PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SFN512FAdapter


OpenOnload® Application Acceleration Software

• Accelerated performance• TCP/IP, UDP and multicast acceleration• Streamlines and reduces interrupts, context

switches and data copies• Reduces latency by up to 50%, increases

message rates up to 3x or more• Can seamlessly integrate into existing

infrastructure• Binary compatible with industry standard APIs

• No software modifications are needed

• Standards-based solution uses TCP/IP and UDP• No specialized protocols needed

• Compatible with existing Ethernet infrastructure• Linux-based

• Open source, available with bundled support

Content of this chart provided by SolarflareOpenOnload is a registered trademark of Solarflare


#EL39 & #EL3A PowerLinux Adapters

#EL3A

#EL39

PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SFN6122F Adapter. This adapter supports OpenOnload


• 2-port, PCIe Gen2 10Gb Ethernet Adapters

• Two adapters (look alike but are different)

– #EL39, PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SFN6122F Adapter• Supports OpenOnload

– #EL3A, PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SFN5162F Adapter• Lower cost, does not support OpenOnload, but still can

provide lower latency options

• Supported in Gen2 slots of PowerLinux 7R1/7R2– 8246-L1D, L2D, T1D, T2D – Not supported on other models as of May 2013– RHEL 6.4 or later as of May 2013

• SFP+ active copper twinax ports– Use #EN01, #EN02, or #EN03 cables (includes

transceivers in cable features)


Leveraging Solarflare Adapters

#EL3A

#EL39

PCIe2 LP 2-port 10GbE SFN6122F Adapter. This adapter supports OpenOnload


Attributes contributing to performance: Receive Side Scaling

LSO, LRO, Interrupt CoalescingEnd-to-end latency (TCP) < 7µs

Dual port bi-directional line-rate performanceAcceleration of memcached

NetQueue, VMQNetQueue with RSS

SR-IOV w/hypervisor management (KVM)vNIC / Partitioning

• Linux only environments• Can be implemented without application code

changes assuming standard POSIX socket APIs have been implemented

• See Solarflare additional information using “SFN6122F” and “OpenOnload” and “SFN5162F”

• Two Solarflare white papers of high interest:– For SFN5162F:

http://www.solarflare.com/Content/userfiles/documents/ Solarflare_Performant_Adapter_Solutions_Brief.pdf

– For SFN6122F: http://www.solarflare.com/Content/UserFiles/Documents/ Solarflare_10GbE_OpenOnload_Low-Latency.pdf


Additional Solarflare Adapter Information

• Solarflare's SFN6122F and SFN5162F 10Gb Ethernet server adapters can enable high throughput, low latency and high CPU efficiency, improving the performance and efficiency of network communications, network-attached storage and remote file system access. Solarflare's unique hardware-accelerated virtualized NIC (vNIC) architecture can provide high scalability, high throughput, and low latency benefits to a wide range of network-intensive applications. Each vNIC provides a dedicated channel between the network adapter and host software, allowing network I/O processing to be distributed efficiently over multiple CPU cores. This can reduce or eliminate processing bottlenecks and can dramatically improve I/O performance on busy networks.

• Solarflare SFN6122F 10Gb Ethernet adapters support the OpenOnload application acceleration middleware which can provide ultra-low latency, very high throughput, and reduced latency jitter even as message loads increase. SFN6122F with OpenOnload bypasses the network stack in the operating system kernel by dedicating a vNIC to each accelerated application, reducing the processing associated with networking and improving core scaling. SFN6122F application acceleration is based on industry standard APIs and protocols, so, for applications written to standard POSIX socket APIs, 10 Gb Ethernet accelerated performance can be achieved without modifications to applications, proprietary protocols, or specialized networks.

Content of this chart provided by Solarflare


Agenda








New Power 710 8268-E1D with 1-year Warranty

Power 710 8231-E1D Power 710 8268-E1DSame Features

Same CapacitiesSame PerformanceSame OS Support

Worldwide Availability USA & Germany only3-year Warranty 1-year Warranty

Reduced Price

An alternative offering for a lower acquisition price

New!


Agenda








Additional IBM i Native (nonVIOS) SAN Support

• Additional connection option to VIOS• GA: 31 May 2013 via PTF

IBM i 7.1 TR6 on Power 710795

(POWER7 or POWER7+)

IBM Storwize V7000, IBM Storwize V3700, or IBM SVC *

4Gb FC

8Gb FC FC Switch required

FC Switch optional

• For IBM i clients who would prefer to implement VIOS at a later time– Note functions like NPIV or Live Partition Mobility require VIOS

• Avoiding a switch may save cost and complexity for simple environments– Option for 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) adapters

PCIe adapters

PCIe adapters

* Plus Storwize V3500 where it is offeredNote: 16Gb FC only

supported through VIOS


Power 750/760 Integrated Multifunction Card

Compared to #1768 / #1769 Multifunction Card, #EN10/EN11 have a large subset of OS support#EN10/EN11 AIX, IBM i, Linux, VIOS support

– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-02 and Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-01 and Service Pack 7, or later (added since announcement, was SOD)– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-08 and Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-07 and Service Pack 7, or later – Note NOT PLANNED: AIX 6.1 with TL 6 and AIX 7.1 with TL 0 and AIX 5.3 – IBM i 6.1 -- VIOS required. NIC supported, FCoE starting 26 July 2013– IBM i 7.1 -- VIOS required. NIC supported, FCoE starting 26 July 2013– SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2, or later– Red Hat Enterprise Linux – see SOD– VIOS requires VIOS 2.2.2.2, or later (SOD for 2.2.1)

#1768/1769 AIX, IBM i, Linux, VIOS support– AIX V7.1 TL02: Service Pack 2, or later– AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-01 and Service Pack 7, or later (added since announcement, was SOD)– AIX V6.1 TL08: Service Pack 2, or later– AIX V6.1 TL07: Service Pack 7, or later – AIX V6.1 TL06: Service Pack 11, or later– AIX V5.3 TL12: Statement of Direction– IBM i 7.1 TR6, or later VIOS required for Ethernet ports– IBM i 6.1.1 with machine code 6.1.1, or later VIOS required for Ethernet ports– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2, or later– Red Hat Enterprise Linux – see SOD– VIOS requires VIOS 2.2.2.2, or later (SOD for 2.2.1)



Planning Statement for DAT160 Tape

• IBM plans to withdraw from marketing the DAT 80/160 tape drives in mid 2014 due to projected supply constraints

• This does not impact support of existing drives• This does not impact supply of new DAT cartridges

for existing drives• There is NO DAT technology follow on

Suggested entry alternatives:– RDX for entry system requirements– LTO for somewhat larger systems

IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.

RDX


IBM Flex System 8-port 10Gb FCoE Adapter

• #EC24 CN4058 8-port (6 usable) 10Gb CNA ports (NIC & FCoE)• Consolidation of Ethernet and Fiber Channel using FCoE• Allows dual/redundant VIOS on p260 • Provides a lot of ports with one mezzanine card • 10 Gb Fiber Channel over Ethernet • Connection at 1 Gb or 10 Gb bandwidth • Provides 8 ports / Support up to six 10 Gb ports

– IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10 Gb Converged Scalable Switch – IBM Flex System EN4093 10 Gb Converged Switch

• Requires available Mezzanine slot • Maximum allowed: 2 (Initial order maximum: 2) • Supported Systems: p260 with P7 (22X) / p260 with P7+ (23X) / p460 (42X)• OS level required:

– AIX V7.1 with the 7100-02 Technology Level, or later – AIX V6.1 with the 6100-08 Technology Level, or later – IBM i 6.1 & 7.1 supported through VIOS– SUSE Linux supported – Red Hat Linux supported – Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported

• Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both • CSU: Yes

Mezz AdapterFCoE 10 Gbt

(4)FCoE 10 Gbt

(4)

GA date “re-reset” to 23 Aug 2013

(announced 11 April 2013)

Announced Nov 2012 with 2012 GA

GA date reset to 31 May 2013 shortly after

announcement



• #EC24 CN4058 8-port (6 usable) 10Gb CNA ports (NIC & FCoE)• Consolidation of Ethernet and Fiber Channel using FCoE• Makes dual VIOS practical on p260 • Provides a lot of ports with one mezzanine card • 10 Gb Fiber Channel over Ethernet • Connection at 1 Gb or 10 Gb bandwidth • Provides 8 ports / Support up to six 10 Gb ports






(4)FCoE 10 Gbt

(4)

30 Jan Update:

1. Planned (and did) offer an i-listed RPQ 8A2090 starting March with

a subset of attachability function

• Full NIC attachability / function

• FCoE attachability / function in combination with the CN4093

switch and Brocade or Cisco SAN fabrics :

• Supporting XIV, DS8k, DS3k, DS5k, tape

• Not supporting: V7000, SVC, or IBM Flex System V7000

Controller Node (4939-A49)

• AIX V7.1 with the 7100-02 Technology Level and Service Pack

2 or later• AIX V6.1 with the 6100-08 Technology Level and Service Pack

2 or later• IBM i 6.1.1 or later through VIOS

• VIOS 2.2.2.2.

2. Due to the reset, the prerequisite AIX/Linux levels for #EC24 are

being adjusted. Sales manual will be revised. When planned GA

mid 2013, will require the “then-available latest levels of software

fixes”



• #EC24 CN4058 8-port (6 usable) 10Gb CNA ports (NIC & FCoE)• Consolidation of Ethernet and Fiber Channel using FCoE• Makes dual VIOS practical on p260 • Provides a lot of ports with one mezzanine card • 10 Gb Fiber Channel over Ethernet • Connection at 1 Gb or 10 Gb bandwidth • Provides 8 ports / Support up to six 10 Gb ports






(4)FCoE 10 Gbt

(4)

30 May Update:

1. Planned Aug GA looking ok so far for full attachability /

function. “keep your fingers crossed”

2. Plan to expand functionality of the i-listed RPQ 8A2090 in mid

June. It would then become a much larger subset of

attachability function. Adding

• FCoE attachability / function in combination with the

CN4093 switch and Brocade or Cisco SAN fabrics :

• To support: V7000, SVC, or IBM Flex System V7000

Controller Node (4939-A49)

• Note - testing is still underway and therefore this is

planning information to help with sales strategies. This is

ppt slide is not an official commitment to this schedule.

Check the RPQ description later in June for confirmation.

IBM plans subject to change until announced.


Agenda








•PCIe Gen2 2-Port 10Gb Ethernet RoCE Adapter– Function/performance from application perspective identical between

the copper and optical adapters – NOTE – NIM function not supported– New Optical fiber adapter

• Max distance = 300m• List price on Power 770 = $ 2,292

– Existing Copper cable adapter• Max distance = 5m • List price on Power 770 = $ 1,310

•Supported with AIX and Linux

RoCE LAN Adapters - May 2013 News

#EC27/#EC28+

#EC29/#EC30

Add support to use in PCIe Gen1 slots of #5802/5877

Note concurrent use of both ports at fully rated performance requires a Gen2 slot, but

this enhancement provides additional connectivity and configuration flexibility

(already supported in #5803/5873)

Key difference

Prices are USA suggested list prices for a model 795 and are subject to change. Reseller prices may vary.


PCIe Adapter Spread Sheet Quick Reference Tool

• Quickly see first-level information on adapters, adapter slots, OS pre-req• Gen1/Gen2?, LP/FH?, equivalent feat code?, what type slot?, what drawer?

performance bandwidth needs?, detailed Ethernet attributes, etc• (Pre-req Tool and other existing documentation still the source for real detailed information)

• Download your own copy of this spreadsheet– IBMers: http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105846– Partners: http://partners.boulder.ibm.com/src/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105846

Tool created by Tenley Jackson, Sue Baker, Dick Bresenham, Mark Olson and others

Updating with May 2013 content

(estimate update posted by 6 June)

Download your copy from Techdoc


New contract required – New order process

• IBM and BP sales: READ 19 February 2013 Announcement Letter entitled “Revised Terms and Order Process: IBM Machine Code License Acceptance Agreement”

• New contract required for many customers – Avoids confusion / misunderstanding between IBM and customers relating to machine code

license terms– Simple one-time signature

• “Library card agreement”, signed once per customer per country, • Once signed, applies on going-forward basis to ALL IBM machines newly acquired by customer or

installed machines newly upgraded.

• Action schedule– 19 February through 31 July 2013 : Client Reps proactively lead effort to have major accounts

sign agreement– Starting 1 August 2013: orders for machines requiring signed agreement will not be fulfilled

until agreement is signed !!!! – Firm order requirement for all high end systems including all System Z, high end Storage,

high end Power Systems• Power 795, 780, 770, 760 (Machine types 9119, 9179, 9117, 9109)

– Optional at this time for other Power servers • For questions – see announcement letter and contact BPSO/CSO

Reminder !!Action required


Reminder – April SSD Price Action

• 23 April 2013• Power 387 GB SSD dropped their list prices

– SFF (2.5-inch) & 1.8-inch drives• 387 GB SSD prices now match 177 GB SSD SSD

– SFF to SFF & 1.8-inch to 1.8 inch

CHANGE 177 GB PROPOSALS TO 387 GB WHERE EVER POSSIBLE(Plan to withdraw some of 177GB option from marketing soon – not announced as of 28 May, but coming soon.)

* Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of May 2013 on a Power 720 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.

SFF 387GBWas $6200Now $358842% less

1.8-inch 387GBWas $6100Now $440027% less

Plus 387 GB 4-pack can give another 10% savings if applicable

Plus 387 GB 6-pack can give another 10% savings if applicable

387 387 177 387 387 177


Schedules and Availability - Hardware

• Announce: 28 May 2013• eConfig support: 28 May 2013• Planned Availability (GA):

– By 7 June: Everything except below – 19 July

• IBM i SSD features for EXP30 SSD drawer on POWER7+ 770/780• Addition of #EN0A (PCIe 16 Gb FC adapter) & #EN0H (PCIe Ethernet

adapter) on POWER7+ 770/780– 26 July

• IBM i support of FCoE capability on #EN10/EN11, #EN0J/EN0H, #EN22

Plus Early Preview of upcoming 6 June announcementOf DS8800 and Power SSD


Four forces are driving business innovation and change

90% of mobile users keep their device within arm’s reach 100% of the time1 8 zettabytes of digital

content created by 20153

1 IBM Forum 2012, Smarter Commerce Prague2 IBM GBS 2011 IBV Study, “The power of cloud: driving business model innovation3 IDC, IDC Predictions 2012: Competing for 2020, Doc #231720, December 20114 Morgan Stanley Cloud perspective: http://www.morganstanley.com/views/perspectives/cloud_computing.pdf

% of CEOs using Social to Connect with

Customers2

Mobile Social Big Data & Analytics

Delivered via the Cloud62% of workloads will be cloud based by 20144


Clients need to address critical inhibitors in this environment

Improve IT efficiency by simplifying the IT lifecycle

Accelerate new applications, big data and analytics

1. From a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of IBM

34% of new IT Projectsdeploy late1

Mobile

Big Data

Social

Analytics

Only 1 in 5 Can allocate 50% or more of their IT

budget to new projects2

2. IBM, Data center operational efficiency best practices, April 2012.


PureSystems Momentum is Strong!

systems shipped in more than 90 countries

references & case studies demonstrating success

optimized solutions from 275 leading partners

requests for PureSystems trials through the cloud

authorized resellers worldwide

Business Partners seller and technical certifications

Q1 Q2 Q3 2014Q42013


PureSystems Family: Simplifying cloud, big data & analytics

Data Platform

Delivering Big Data Platform Services

Infrastructure

Delivering Cloud Infrastructure Services

Application Platform

Delivering Cloud Application Platform Services


IBM PureSystems Solutions Offering Overview Summary

CLOUD Backup and Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure Cloud Solutions on PureFlex and

Flex System

• IBM PureFlex Solution for Cloud Backup and Recovery• Reference Architecture solution that leverages Tivoli Storage Manager to

enable clients to deliver Cloud services with reliability

• IBM Flex System Solution for Microsoft Hyper-V• Virtualization and “Cloud ready” reference architecture solutions, certified by

Microsoft for small and medium businesses

• IBM PureFlex Solution for SAP Business Suite• SAP Business Suite application reference architecture solutions for Cloud and

bare metal deployments the enable faster provisioning and management efficiency

MOBILE Quickly deploy a cloud-ready mobile application

• IBM® Mobile Application Platform Pattern for PureApplication System• Accelerates the deployment of the IBM Worklight server on IBM

PureApplication Systems on POWER and x86

• IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure Solutions for Citrix XenDestop and VMware View

• Enhanced Reference Architectures to extent Storage Solutions for PureFlex and Flex System

Delivering Cloud Application and Infrastructure Services


IBM PureSystems Solutions Offering Overview SummarySOCIAL Rapidly deploy your Social Business Platform with IBM Connections Pattern• • IBM Connections Pattern for PureApplication System

• Enables client to rapidly deploy your Social Business Platform and reduces deployment time from 1-3 weeks to only 30 minutes for lower cost

• IBM Connections Hypervisor Edition 4.0 (System Pattern)

ANALYTICS Gain business insights faster and speed application performance with IBM PureFlex,

System x3950 and SAP

• IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and HANA • Reference Architecture on PureFlex/Flex System and x3950• Enables clients to optimize all elements of their SAP applications and accelerate

business intelligence, analytics and reporting to near real time

• IBM Flex System Solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator• Reference architecture and integrated offering for SAP Business Warehouse

Accelerator on Flex System • Gives clients real time visibility into business operations

IBM i PureFlex configuration optimized and priced for IBM i clients considering consolidating

IBM i and x86 workloads into a single platform• • IBM PureFlex System for IBM i

• Physical and virtual consolidation without workload migration for IBM i clients• Configuration updates and managed via RPQ process

Delivering Cloud Application and Infrastructure Services


Introducing: IBM PureFlex™ Solution for IBM i (NEW June 2013!)Delivering a high value, pre-integrated and optimized starting point for IBM i

Integrated InfrastructureDelivering Infrastructure Services

Fully integrated Hardware and Software All HW pre-configured, integrated and cabled SW Preload of IBM i OS, PowerVM, Flex System Manager and

Storage configuration

Reliability and redundancy i clients demand Pre-configured Dual VIOS Servers Redundant Switches and I/O Internal storage with pre-configured drives Raided and Mirrored

Right sized to get started quickly and simply with expandability and scalability as needed p460 compute node configured for IBM i with 5-cores, and

redundant I/O Ideal platform for Infrastructure consolidation of Power based

and x86 based workloads

Management integration across all resources Flex System Manager simplifies management of all resources

within PureFlex both physical and virtual

IBM Lab Services included to accelerate your deployment Highly skilled PureFlex and IBM i experts perform integration and

deployment onsite

Value from Day 1 with a ~$45K List Price Savings Complete solution HW+SW starting at $135K (US List price)


PureFlex enables clients to consolidate IBM I + x86 and save $Delivers 207% ROI, 17 month Payback and $1.1M in savings over 5 years1

• Consolidate Power and x86 servers leveraging leading virtualization capability• Simplify and automate management across the entire infrastructure • Leverage V7000 to improve storage utilization, lower cost and optimize performance

• PureFlex Solution for IBM i• One p460 compute node

• (5-core active)

• Two x240 compute nodes (8-core each)

• 4.8TB V7000 SAN Storage

• One IBM i Power 550

• Ten x Dell x86 2U Servers

(4-cores each)

• 10TB EMC SAN Storage

Today PureFlex Solution for IBM i

Break Even Analysis

Investment Analysis Values

Initial Investment $167,004

Total Five Years Investment $351,752

Total Five Years Benefits $1,081,873

Return on Investment (ROI) 207.6%

Payback Period (months) 17

1. Source: The IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool developed and hosted by, Alinean Inc.


Agenda






• New Power 710 with 1-year warranty option• IBM i I/O SAN configuration enhancements• Power 750/760 IMFC enhanced• Statement of Direction for DAT160 tape• Flex System #EC24 CN4058 8-port 10Gb Mez card update• Bonus topics• PureSystems UpdateTHANKS !!!


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Fußnoten zum vorherigen SlideReference the PowerLinux 7R2 SAP SD 2-Tier Performance chart in the 710/730/7R2 section (1) The SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark performed on December 9, 2012 by IBM in Austin,

TX, USA, has been certified with the following data: Number of SAP SD benchmark users: 8,016, Average dialog response time: 0.98 seconds, Throughput: Fully processed order line 876,000 items/hour, Dialog steps/hour: 2,628,000, SAPS: 43,800, Average database request time 0.020 sec / 0.018 sec (dialog/update): CPU utilization of central server: 99% Operating system, central server: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, RDBMS: DB2 10, SAP Business Suite software: SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0, Configuration: Central server: IBM PowerLinux 7R2, 2 processors / 16 cores / 64 threads, IBM POWER7+, 4.22 GHz, 32 KB (I) and 32 KB (D) L1 cache, and 256 KB L2 cache per core, 10 MB L3 cache per core, 256 GB main memory. The SAP certification number was not available at press time and can be found at the following Web page: www.sap.com/benchmark

(2) The SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark performed on December 24, 2012 by Cisco Systems in Walldorf, Germany, was certified on January 8, 2013, with the following data: Number of SAP SD benchmark users: 6,530 Average dialog response time: 0.98 seconds, Throughput: Fully processed order line items per hour: 713,670, Dialog steps per hour: 2,141,000, SAPS: 35,680 Average database request time (dialog/update): 0.015 sec / 0.036 sec, CPU utilization of central server: 99% Operating system, central server: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 RDBMS: Sybase ASE 15.7 SAP Business Suite software: SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 Configuration: Central server: Cisco UCS B200 M3, 2 processors / 16 cores / 32 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E5-2690, 2.90 GHz, 64 KB L1 cache and 256 KB L2 cache per core, 20 MB L3 cache per processor, 256 GB main memory

http://www.sap.com/benchmark


The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For additional information about the benchmarks, values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.

IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html .

All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of AIX were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006, LINPACK, and Technical Computing benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL C for AIX v11.1, XL C/C++ for AIX v11.1, XL FORTRAN for AIX v13.1, XL C/C++ for Linux v11.1, and XL FORTRAN for Linux v13.1.

For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.

TPC http://www.tpc.org SPEC http://www.spec.org LINPACK http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf Pro/E http://www.proe.com GPC http://www.spec.org/gpc VolanoMark http://www.volano.com STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/ SAP http://www.sap.com/benchmark/ Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/ Baan http://www.ssaglobal.com Fluent http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/ Ideas International http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/bench.html Storage Performance Council http://www.storageperformance.org/results

Revised December 2, 2010

Notes on benchmarks and values

http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html

http://www.tpc.org/

http://www.spec.org/

http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf

http://www.proe.com/

http://www.spec.org/gpc

http://www.volano.com/

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/

http://www.sap.com/benchmark/

http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/

http://www.ssaglobal.com/

http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm

http://www.top500.org/

http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/bench.html

http://www.storageperformance.org/results


Revised December 2, 2010

Notes on HPC benchmarks and values

The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For additional information about the benchmarks, values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.

IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html .

All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of AIX were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006, LINPACK, and Technical Computing benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL C for AIX v11.1, XL C/C++ for AIX v11.1, XL FORTRAN for AIX v13.1, XL C/C++ for Linux v11.1, and XL FORTRAN for Linux v13.1. Linpack HPC (Highly Parallel Computing) used the current versions of the IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL). For Power7 systems, IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) for AIX Version 5.1 and IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) for Linux Version 5.1 were used.

For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.SPEC http://www.spec.org LINPACK http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf Pro/E http://www.proe.com GPC http://www.spec.org/gpc STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/ Fluent http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/ AMBER http://amber.scripps.edu/ FLUENT http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/fl5bench/index.htm GAMESS http://www.msg.chem.iastate.edu/gamess GAUSSIAN http://www.gaussian.com ANSYS http://www.ansys.com/services/hardware-support-db.htm

Click on the "Benchmarks" icon on the left hand side frame to expand. Click on "Benchmark Results in a Table" icon for benchmark results.ABAQUS http://www.simulia.com/support/v68/v68_performance.php ECLIPSE http://www.sis.slb.com/content/software/simulation/index.asp?seg=geoquest& MM5 http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/ MSC.NASTRAN http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod%5Fsupport/nastran/performance/v04_sngl.cfm STAR-CD www.cd-adapco.com/products/STAR-CD/performance/320/index/html NAMD http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd HMMER http://hmmer.janelia.org/

http://powerdev.osuosl.org/project/hmmerAltivecGen2mod

http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html

http://www.spec.org/

http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf

http://www.proe.com/

http://www.spec.org/gpc

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/

http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm

http://www.top500.org/

http://amber.scripps.edu/

http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/fl5bench/index.htm

http://www.msg.chem.iastate.edu/gamess

http://www.gaussian.com/

http://www.ansys.com/services/hardware-support-db.htm

http://www.simulia.com/support/v68/v68_performance.php

http://www.sis.slb.com/content/software/simulation/index.asp?seg=geoquest&

http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod_support/nastran/performance/v04_sngl.cfm

http://www.cd-adapco.com/products/STAR-CD/performance/320/index/html

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd

http://hmmer.janelia.org/

http://powerdev.osuosl.org/project/hmmerAltivecGen2mod


Revised April 2, 2007

Notes on performance estimates

rPerf for AIX

rPerf (Relative Performance) is an estimate of commercial processing performance relative to other IBM UNIX systems. It is derived from an IBM analytical model which uses characteristics from IBM internal workloads, TPC and SPEC benchmarks. The rPerf model is not intended to represent any specific public benchmark results and should not be reasonably used in that way. The model simulates some of the system operations such as CPU, cache and memory. However, the model does not simulate disk or network I/O operations.

• rPerf estimates are calculated based on systems with the latest levels of AIX and other pertinent software at the time of system announcement. Actual performance will vary based on application and configuration specifics. The IBM eServer pSeries 640 is the baseline reference system and has a value of 1.0. Although rPerf may be used to approximate relative IBM UNIX commercial processing performance, actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration. Note that the rPerf methodology used for the POWER6 systems is identical to that used for the POWER5 systems. Variations in incremental system performance may be observed in commercial workloads due to changes in the underlying system architecture.

All performance estimates are provided "AS IS" and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied by IBM. Buyers should consult other sources of information, including system benchmarks, and application sizing guides to evaluate the performance of a system they are considering buying. For additional information about rPerf, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller.

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CPW for IBM i

Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) is a relative measure of performance of processors running the IBM i operating system. Performance in customer environments may vary. The value is based on maximum configurations. More performance information is available in the Performance Capabilities Reference at: www.ibm.com/systems/i/solutions/perfmgmt/resource.html

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