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Power 7 upgrade planning – IBM i•Adrian Ang

•Power Systems

© 2010 IBM CorporationIBM CONFIDENTIAL

•Power Systems•Advisory IT Specialist

IBM i 7.1 Overview

© 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

Virtualization without Limits Dynamic Energy Optimization

Workload-Optimizing Systems

AIX - The Future of UNIX

Total Integration with i

Scalable Linux ready for x86

Consolidation

Power your Planet

+

© 2010 IBM Corporation3

Virtualization without Limits

� Drive over 90% utilization

� Dynamically scale per demand

Dynamic Energy Optimization

� 70-90% energy cost reduction

� EnergyScale™ technologies

Resiliency without Downtime

� Roadmap to continuous availability

� High availability systems & scaling

Management with Automation

� VMControl to manage virtualization

� Automation to reduce task time

Systems for a Smarter Planet

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Strategy and Roadmap

� “With our clearly defined roadmaps for

POWER processors and the IBM i operating

environment, IBM's commitment to our i

clients is solid and unchanged. We are making

substantial investments in the future of i as an

important, strategic element in the IBM product

portfolio.”


� New IBM white paper reviews IBM i Strategy

and Roadmap– Includes information about the IBM i market, Power

Systems and IBM i roadmap, and concludes with a listing of the wide range of IBM initiatives to help businesses reduce costs, improve service, and manage risk.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Roadmap

2008 2010 20112009 2012

IBM i Next


IBM i 6.1.1

IBM i 6.1

IBM i 7.1

Delivering a major new release of IBM i every two years

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

IBM Power Systems

IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights

� Workload-Optimizing Systems– Automatically locate hot data to SSDs for dramatic performance improvements

� Total Integration with DB2 – Simplify data exchange with customers and suppliers with native XML support

– Efficiently search unstructured XML data with OmniFind Text Search Server

– Improve application performance with SQE enhancements


– Improve application performance with SQE enhancements

� Resiliency without downtime– Extended distance supported for multi-site disaster recovery solutions

– Automatically switch storage between servers for high availability

� Virtualization without limits – Host multiple IBM i releases to facilitate upgrading to IBM i 7.1

� Management with Automation– Lower cost of PTF management with IBM Systems Director

– Manage multiple IBM i releases from single browser environment

– Enhanced performance management to optimized application environments

IBM Power Systems

IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights

� DB2 – Support for XML and column level encryption

� PowerHA – Async Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching

� Virtualization – IBM i 6.1 virtualization for i 7.1 partitions

� Solid State Drives

PO

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Custome

r #

Date Credit

Card

Purchase

Order

123 2468 5/27/09

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IBM i

PowerHA

IBM i

PowerHA


� Solid State Drives– Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs

� Open Access for RPG– Extend application reach to pervasive devices

� Zend Server Community Edition– PHP environment preloaded with IBM i

� Systems Director– Richer management of IBM i via Systems Director

IASP IASP

Power Systems

VIOS

IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1

Announce April 13

GA April 23

IBM Power Systems

DB2 for i – XML Support

� XML is an industry standard for exchanging

information between customers, suppliers,

and partners

� Rich XML Support now available with DB2 for i 1. XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations


1. XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations

2. Decompose (shred) XML documents into relational columns

3. Generate XML documents from existing relational data

� OmniFind Text Search Server provides

support for searching XML documents– Search elements of an XML document (e.g., customer name = Smith)

– SQL statements use OmniFind to search the XML documents

– Available with IBM i for no additional charge

� Strategic replacement for XML Extenders

Program Product

PO # Customer # Date Purchase

Order

123 2468 5/27/09

456 1357 6/10/09

~XML

~

~XML

~

IBM Power Systems

DB2 for i - Additional Enhancements

� Column Level Encryption– Allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a

specific column in a database table accessed through SQL or native

– Solutions from tool providers including Patrick Townsend and Linoma Software supply encryption algorithms

� Application Developers– MERGE, Array support, Global Variables, and consuming

result sets in RPG allows for more powerful and efficient programming

� Performance

First

Name

Last

Name

City State Credit

Card#

Megan Jones Minneapolis Minnesota *&^%$*

Casey Smith Ames Iowa $%@^

On-Demand Performance

Center– Rich tools for DB2 for i– Including Visual Explain


� Performance– Adaptive Query Processing can modify query plan while the

query is running to significantly improve performance

– Advanced SQE query optimizer now supports native logical files

� Management – New tooling to monitor long running operations

– SQL_CANCEL procedure to cancel long running queries.

– Random or Sequential I/O statistics to identify tables that can benefit from SSDs

DB2 is an integrated database supporting transaction

processing and business intelligence applications

– Adaptive Query Processing can automatically build an index to replace table scan Ptaking queries from 30 minutes to 1 minute

IBM Power Systems

DB2 Web Query Enhancements

� New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1– Security Enhancements

• Change password from within DB2 Web Query

• Enhanced meta data control

– Administrative Enhancements

• Change Management

• New WRKWEBQRY functions simplifies admin

– Performance Enhancements

• Improved internal processing

• Improved analysis capabilities

� Get Better Performance– Up to 5x better performance over Query/400

� Reduce Report Maintenance– Leverage parameterized reporting or OLAP

functions to minimize report maintenance

� Remove Dependency on IT– Give the Power of the data to end users in the

formats they want it with information in real time

� Upgrade into full blown BI

�Upgrade Query/400 with DB2 Web Query


• Improved analysis capabilities

– Functional Enhancements

• Improved Dashboard development

• Active Reports usability enhancements

� DB2 Web Query supports querying XML

documents with IBM i 7.1

DB2 Web Query provides an integrated Business Intelligence

solution that offers rich functionality and breakthrough performance

� Upgrade into full blown BI– DB2 Web Query enabled Data Mart/Warehouses

�Bring BI and Query Solution Back to IBM i

� Stop the pain and expense of replicating data

� Make decisions with current data

IBM Power Systems

IBM i

PowerHA

IBM i

PowerHA

IASP IASP

PowerHA SystemMirror for i - IBM 7.1 Enhancements

� Asynchronous Geographic Mirroring

for multi-site DR solution– IBM i based mirroring for geographically dispersed

systems

– Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to target system

– Support for automatic failover

– Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN, and virtual disk

� Space-Efficient Flash Copy


IBM i

PowerHA

IBM i

PowerHA

IASP

– Working with IBM DS8000 function to allow Flash Copy without requiring double DASD

� LUN level switching for local HA

solution– Switch IASP on DS8000 or DS6000 between local

systems

– Support for automatic failover

– Supports native and VIOS with NPIV attached SANs

PowerHA provides a robust, simple to manage High

Availability and Disaster Recovery solution

IBM Power Systems

Virtualization Enhancements for IBM i

1. IBM i 6.1 partition can host � IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions

� AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat Linux partitions

� iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter

2. IBM i 7.1 partition can host � IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions

POWER6 & POWER7

VIOS

IBM i 6.1

VIOS

IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1


� IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions

� AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat Linux partitions

� iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter

3. PowerVM VIOS can host � IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions

� AIX and Linux partitions

� VIOS supports advanced virtualization technologies including Active Memory Sharing and NPIV

POWER6 & POWER7

VIOS

IBM i 7.1

POWER6 & POWER7

VIOS

IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1VIOS

VIOS

IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1

Storage Virtualization can reduce costs while

improving IT infrastructure flexibility

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Storage Management Enhancements for SSD

� IBM i supports hierarchical storage

management – Now IBM i automatically collects I/O performance data and

moves most active data to Solid State Drives (SSD)

� DB2 for i supports SSD as preferred media

– New DB2 Random Read Statistics

� Additional enhancements for SSDs Batch Performance Runs

Associated Bank Reduces Batch Run Time

by 40% with SSDs*


� Additional enhancements for SSDs – New “SSD-Aware” utilities

– Improved performance instrumentation

– Usability enhancements

� SSD Analyzer Tool – Designed to help determine if SSDs can help improve

application performance

– Runs on IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1

0

1

2

3

4

5

Ho

urs

72 Drives 72 Drives + 8 SSD 60 Drives + 4 SSD

40% Reduction

*http://www.ibmsystemsmagpowersystemsibmidigital.com/nxtbooks/ibmsystemsmag/ibmsystems_power_200909/index.php#/16# Download http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3780

SSDs can improve performance of long running batch jobs

or queries. IBM i can easily get the right data on the SSDs

72 Drives replaced by60 Drives + 4 SSD

IBM Power Systems

Systems Management Enhancements

� Systems Director Navigator for i– Ability to manage a target IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1 system

• Navigator management server runs in one place

• One browser used to manage multiple environments

• Extends Navigator management to IBM i 5.4

– Support for Tape and Journal management and BRMS

� Performance Management Enhancements


– More metrics into Collection Services: DS8000, 12X Bus, Save/Restore, and Tape

– Performance Data Investigator is enhanced to include Disk response time and Java memory perspectives

� Systems Director Enhancements – New functions for managing IBM i

– Management server runs on AIX, Linux, or Windows

– Manages IBM i 6.1 and 7.1 environments

Systems Director provides an integrated platform

management solution for IBM i and heterogeneous servers

Systems

Director

6.1.12Q 09

6.1.24Q 09

6.22Q 10

Support Group and CUM PTFs � � �

6.1.2 Agent for IBM i � �Additional monitors �

IBM Power Systems

Web Server Enhancements

� IBM HTTP Server for i running Apache

– Latest Apache 2.2 release– Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant

� IBM Technology for Java– Java 5 and 6 support for 32-bit and 64-bit JVMs– No longer shipping Classic JVM


– No longer shipping Classic JVM

� Integrated Web Application Server– Part of IBM i– Supports running Java 5 and 6 applications

� Integrated Web Services Server– Up to 2x performance improvement– Static WSDL support providing enhanced

flexibility– Now supports programs in IASP

Integrated Web technologies easily

support new application deployments

IBM Power Systems

WebSphere Support for IBM i 7.1

� WebSphere Application Server– WebSphere Application Server Express V6.1 and V7.0

– WebSphere Application Server V6.1 and V7.0

– WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1 and V7.0

– Fix Packs 6.1.0.29 and 7.0.0.7 contain IBM i 7.1 level support

� WebSphere MQ– WebSphere MQ V7.0.1

– WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0.2.1

Customer retention

Access information


– WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0.2.1

� WebSphere Portal– WebSphere Portal 6.1.5

� WebSphere Commerce Server– WebSphere Commerce Server 7 (with fix pack 1)

• (SOD for 2010 delivery for IBM i 6.1 and 7,1)

WebSphere offers rich Web application server solutions for IBM i

Cost reduction

Operational efficiency

IBM Power Systems

Rational Open Access: RPG Edition

� Extends RPG application reach to pervasive devices– Provides ability for RPG programs to work with a variety of clients including

phones, XML, Web Services

– Developers write handlers for non-5250 interfaces

� Tool providers plan to offer handler solutions for

common devices and interfaces

� New product 5733-OAR required to create or run

programs that utilize Open Access for RPG


programs that utilize Open Access for RPG

� Rational Developer for Power with RPG development

feature is required to write the code to invoke handlers

� Supported Environments– IBM i 7.1 and 6.1

Open Access enables RPG applications to easily reach new devices and new users with new interfaces

IBM Power Systems

HATS

Browser

Web Services

Mobile

RPGDevelopment

Tool

RPGCompiler

RPGRuntime

5250 Data Stream

Device5250 Emulator

RPG Applications with Open Access

Rational Open Access: RPG Edition

� RPG applications produce 5250 data stream– HATS and partner tools are used to extend to other user interfaces

RPG Applications Today


RPGDevelopment

Tool

RPGCompiler

RPGRuntime

Handlers

Web Service

XML

Mobile

Handlers

Handlers

RPG Applications with Open Access

Open Access for RPG Open Access for RPG

Handlers Available from•LANSA•looksoftware•Profound Logic•IBM Lab Services

IBM Power Systems

Lotus Support for IBM i 7.1

� Lotus Notes and Domino– Collaboration beyond e-mail

– Domino 8.5.1

� Lotus Sametime– Real-Time community collaboration

– Sametime 8.5.1

� Lotus Quickr– Share everyday content

IBM i Supports Consolidation of


– Share everyday content

– Quickr 8.5

� Additional Products– Enterprise Integrator 8.5.2

– Forms 3.5.1

– Domino Fax V4R5

IBM i offers platform for consolidation of

Lotus collaboration solutions

x86 Workloads

For the latest information, see: http://www.ibm.com/systems/resources/releasesupport.pdf

IBM Power Systems

POWER7 Upgrade Planning


POWER7 Upgrade Planning

IBM Power Systems

*

520 Upgrade Paths

520 4-core8203-E4A

POWER6

520 2-core8203-E4A

520 2-core9408-M25

5259406-525

No upgrade paths into 4-core

POWER6

withdrawn

withdrawn

7206/8-core

POWER7

7404/6/8/12/16 core

POWER7

No upgrade paths

into 2S/4U

© 2010 IBM CorporationPower your planet. IBM Confidential Until Announced

5209406-520

POWER6

POWER5

POWER5

5159407-515

No upgrade

paths

8203-E4A

POWER6

520 1-core8203-E4A

POWER6

520 1-core9407-M15

9408-M25

POWER6

5209405-520

9406-525

POWER5

POWER5

No upgrade

paths

* conversion to 8203

withdrawn

7204-core

POWER7*

No upgrade paths

into 1S/4U

IBM Power Systems

Power 520 to Power 720 Upgrade Economics

720 upgrade economics differ from Power 570 to 770/780 or Power 595 to 795 upgrade economics�770/780/795 upgrades have hardware & activation “trade-in” value resulting

in lower hardware purchase price

POWER5 520 to POWER6 520�No real hardware/activation savings -- savings is in the licensing


POWER6 520 to POWER7 720�Like POWER5 upgrades, no hardware/activation savings -- savings is in

the licensing�Get same 50% no-charge processor core activations as IBM Edition if

qualify�Any system eligible, though IBM i probably most interested�Warranty handled just like normal upgrades

� *** If 3yr warranty happens – terms TBD ****

IBM Power Systems

Model Upgrades (Same Serial Number) by end 2010

595

570

550

595

570

550

560

795

770

750

780

N/A

N/A740 4/6/8/12/16 core


POWER5 POWER6 POWER7

550

520/525

520/515

550

520 2/4 core

520 1-core

N/A

N/A

720 4 core

720 6/8 core

740 4/6/8/12/16 core

730 8/12/16 core

710 4/6/8 core510

IBM Power Systems

Upgrades - PEX & Side-by-side RPQ

When you need to run two systems in parallel while upgrading P

�Option A PEX (Power Exchange)

Start one server present

STEP 1Bring in model upgrade or 2nd server

STEP 2


�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 Power 720 RPQ #847208� 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

STEP 2 Run in parallel, gradually moving workload to new server

STEP 3Ship original server back to IBM

Doneone server present

IBM Power Systems

Four Evolutionary I/O Technology Transitions

1. IOP-based to Smart IOA

2. HSL-1 / HSL-2 to 12X

3. SCSI to SAS

Finish line in sight – Fibre Channel biggest area of focus

Starting transition, 2007 popularity depends on need for IOP


4. PCI / PCI-X / PCI-X DDR to PCIe

Starting transition, probably very low usage in 2007

Starting transition, modest usage in 2007

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

IBM Power Systems

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


�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

IBM Power Systems

Withdrawals and Changes

Function / Product Notes Recommended Replacement

Direct Attach Ops Console Not supported with i 7.1 LAN Console or HMC

Java Developer Kit (Classic) Not included with i 7.1 IBM Technology for Java

Extended Integrated Server Support

Not support on i 7.1 (5761-LSB)

Linux not supported on iSCSI attached systems

IBM i no longer support save while active and File Level Backup for Linux partitions

IBM i in Option 29 - Integrated Server Support.

IBM i Information Center Media

Physical Media no longer available Use the online version of the Information Center


AnyNet Still included in i 7.1, but no longer supported Enterprise Extenders function of IBM i

System i Access for wireless Not supported on i 7.1 (5722-XP1)

Secure Perspectives Not supported on i 7.1 (5733-PS1) Lab Services offering

Rational Developer for i Withdraw Feb 9 effective May 11 (5733-RDI) Rational Developer for Power – RPG and COBOL Development for i

Zend Core for i 5639-ZC1 product renamed to Zend Server Community Edition for i

Zend Server Community Edition for i

Zend Platform for i Withdraw 4/13 effective 7/17 (5619-ZP1, 5771-ZP1)

Zend Server Support for i 5771-ZC1

Zend and MySQL Value Pack Withdraw 4/13 effective 7/17 (5639-MVP) Zend Server Support for i 5771-ZC1

IBM i Planning Web Sitehttp://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v6r1/planstmts.html

IBM Power Systems

SNA Applications over IP Networks with Enterprise Extender

� Enables businesses to run existing SNA applications over an IP network without the expense of a parallel network infrastructure

� Supports existing applications over new generations of routers and network equipment that do not support SNA


equipment that do not support SNA � Improves performance significantly versus

AnyNet� Supports a broad range of SNA protocols

& applications

IBM Power Systems

POWER6 adapters not supported on POWER7 serversFeature Description CCIN Replacement feature

STORAGE

2749 PCI Ultra Magnetic Media Controller HVD SCSI 2749 SCSI 5736 (LVD)

2757 PCI-X Ultra RAID Disk Controller SCSI 2757 SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

2780 PCI-X Ultra4 RAID Disk Controller SCSI 2780 SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5580 2780 Controller with auxiliary Write Cache SCSI 2780 / 5708 SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5581 2757 Controller with auxiliary Write Cache SCSI 2757 / 5708 SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5583 5777 Controller with auxiliary Write Cache SCSI 571E / 574F SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5590 2780 Controller with auxiliary Write Cache SCSI 2780 / 574F SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5591 2757 Controller with auxiliary Write Cache SCSI 2757 / 574F SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE


5702 PCI-X Ultra Tape Controller SCSI 5702 SCSI 5736 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5712 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 Adapter SCSI 5702 SCSI 5736 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5776 PCI-X Disk Controller 90 MB SCSI 571B SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5777 PCI-X Disk Controller 1.5 GB SCSI 571E SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5778 PCI-X EXP24 Controller 1.5 GB SCSI (note – adapter supported, can move it, but then is #5780/5782 feat code)

571F SCSI 5782 or move to SAS or FC/FCoE

5806 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter SCSI (note – adapter supported without an IOP – then is #5736 feat code)

571A SCSI 5736

5911 SAS adapter for 570 internal Split DASD option 57BA Not applicable

FIBRE CHANNEL

2787 PCI-X Fibre Channel Disk Controller 2787 PCI-X 5749/5759 / PCIe 5774/5735 / FCoE

5704 PCI-X Fibre Channel Tape Controller 5704 PCI-X 5749/5759 / PCIe 5774/5735 / FCoE

5760 PCI-X Fibre Channel Disk Controller 280E PCI-X 5749/5759 / PCIe 5774/5735 / FCoE

5761 PCI-X Fibre Channel Tape Controller 280D PCI-X 5749/5759 / PCIe 5774/5735 / FCoE

IBM Power Systems

POWER6 adapters not supported on POWER7 (cont)Feature Description CCIN Replacement feature

Ethernet

1981, 5718 10 GB Ethernet-SR PCI-X Adapter 1981 / 5718 PCI-X 5721, PCIe 5769

1982, 5719 10 GB Ethernet-LR PCI-X Adapter 1982 / 5719 PCI-X 5722, PCIe 5772

1984, 5707 2-Port GB Ethernet-SX PCI-X Adapter 1984 / 5707 PCIe 5768

3709 PCI 100/10 Mbps Ethernet IOA (note System i heritage ordered as 940x feat 2849 instead of 3709)

2849 None, use 1Gb adapters

Integrated xSeries Servers (IXS)

4812 PCI Integrated xSeries® Server 4812-001 iSCSI attach 5713


4812 PCI Integrated xSeries® Server 4812-001 iSCSI attach 5713

4813 PCI Integrated xSeries Server 4812-001 iSCSI attach 5713

I/O Processors (IOPs)

2844 PCI IOP 2844 None

2847 PCI IOP for SAN Load Source 2847 None

3705 PCI IOP (System i 2843) 2843 None

DTTA

6312 Quad Digital Trunk Telephony PCI Adapter 6312 None

Cryptographic

4801 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor 4758-023 PCI-X 4764, PCIe 4807/4808/4809

4805 PCI Cryptographic Accelerator 2058-001 PCI-X 4764, PCIe 4807/4808/4809

Twinax

4746 PCI Twinaxial Workstation IOA 2746 None. if really need, OEM protocol converter

IBM Power Systems

POWER6 devices not supported on POWER7 serversFeature Description CCIN Replacement feature

HDD (Disk drives)

3273 36.4 GB 10k rpm SCSI Disk Drive 1967 SAS: SFF 1882/1883, 3.5-in 3647

4319, 4326 35.16GB 10k rpm Disk Unit 4326 SAS: SFF 1884, 3.5-in 3677

3277 36.4 GB 15k rpm SCSI Disk Drive 1970 SAS: SFF 1883, 3.5-in 3647

1968, 3274 73.4 GB 10k rpm SCSI Disk Drive 1968 SAS: SFF 1882/1883, 3.5-in 3647

1969, 3275 146.8 GB 10k rpm SCSI Disk Drive 1969 SAS: SFF 1882, 3.5-in 3647

1973, 3578 300 GB 10k rpm SCSI Disk Drive 3578 SAS: SFF 1885, 3.5-in 3648

Internal Optical drives

3706 DVD-ROM (note System i heritage ordered for 940x as feat 4631 instead of 3706)

6336 DVD RAM 5762


4631 instead of 3706)

4430, 4630 DVD-RAM 6330-002 DVD RAM 5762

4633 DVD-RAM 6333 DVD RAM 5762

5756 IDE Slimline DVD-ROM Drive 6337-002/003 DVD RAM 5762

5757 IBM 4.7 GB IDE Slimline DVD-RAM Drive 6331-002 DVD RAM 5762

Internal HH tape drives

3707 30 GB 1/4 in. Cartridge Tape (note System i heritage ordered for 940x as feat 4684 instead of 3707)

DAT 5907, 5619 or LTO 5746

3708, 4487 50 GB 1/4 in. Cartridge Tape (note System i heritage ordered for 940x as feat 4687)

63A0 DAT 5907, 5619 or LTO 5746

5907 36/72 GB 4 mm DAT72 SAS Tape Drive N/A DAT 5907, 5619

Diskette Drive

2591 External USB 1.44 MB Diskette Drive N/A None

Display / Monitor

3636 L200P Flat Panel Monitor N/A 22 in. wide screen 3632

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Support Roadmap

IBM iRelease

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

V5R3

5.4

**V5R3 End of Service

4/30/2009

V5R4 End of Marketing

1/7/2011


*The projected date for the next release of IBM i is based on current IBM planning assumptions. Note that it is IBM’s current practice to support an IBM i release until the next two releases have been made available, plus twelve months. So, for example,i5/OS V5R3 will be supported until April 2009, twelve months after IBM i 6.1 is generally available in March 2008. Exact dates vary according to a variety of factors, including development schedules and IBM’s broader software lifecycle support cycles. For example, to simplify customers’ software lifecycle management, IBM currently coordinates end of support dates for IBM i and other IBM software products in April or September. This presentation contains information about IBM’s plans and directions. Such plans are subject to change without notice.

** Was announced on 1/29/08: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS908-014/ENUS908014.PDF

6.1

Next Release

*

IBM Power Systems

IBM i System Support

Servers IBM i 5.4 IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1

POWER7

710,720, 730, 740, 750, 770, 780, 795 � �POWER6

JS12, 22, 23/43, 550* 560 � �POWER6

520, 550*, 570, 595 � � �

� � �


POWER5+

515, 525 � � �POWER5

520, 550, 570, 595 � � �800, 810, 825, 870, 890 � �270, 820, 830, 840 �

* Specific models

IBM Power Systems

How to get from ‘here’ to IBM i 6.1/7.1?


IBM Power Systems

IBM i Life Cycle

IBM i 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

V5R2

V5R3

5.4*

IBM i

Upgrade

paths


5.4*

6.1*

7.1*

Service*The projected date for the service of IBM i releases is based on current IBM planning assumptions. Note that it is IBM’s current practice to support an IBM i release until the next two releases have been made available, plus twenty four months. This presentation contains information about IBM’s plans and directions. Such plans are subject to change without notice.

IBM Power Systems

What if a much Earlier Release is Installed? P Getting to a Supported i5/OS Release

“Multiple Upgrades”

V4R5

V5R2

IBM i 6.1

*

V5R4

IBM i 7.1


* Note: these upgrade paths are no longer formally supported by IBM, so ‘best effort’ support only.

Also, you’d need access to V5R1, V5R2 or V5R3 media.

V4R4

V5R1

IBM i 6.1

*

V5R3*

IBM Power Systems

IBM i Family & OS/400 Release Life Cyclehttp://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html


IBM Power Systems

IBM i, i5/OS and OS/400 Release Support

http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/software/i5osschedule.html


IBM Power Systems

IBM i, i5/OS and OS/400 Release Support

http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/software/i5osschedule.html


IBM Power Systems

FYI: Supported Models – IBM i, i5/OS & OS/400Models supported by IBM i 5.4 (‘i5/OS V5R4’) and/or IBM i 6.1 (‘V6R1’)

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


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FYI: Supported Models – IBM i, i5/OS & OS/400Models supported by IBM i 5.4 (‘i5/OS V5R4’) and/or IBM i 6.1

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


Important: Use the IBM Hardware Pre-req Web site tool for the latest regarding minimum software levels needed

for hardware models and/or features: http://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf

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POWER5 or POWER6 Servers Upgrade Planning – Guideline

� In general*, upgrade firmware & software in the following order: (“Work from the

outside in”)

– HMC Firmware --- See HMC Planning Site:

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/home.html

– Server Firmware Sites

• Systems with an HMC: http://www-

912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/ibmscdirect/E58D7BBF0EAC9A2786256EAD005F54D8

• Systems without an HMC (‘Upgrade policy set to OS’) http://www-

912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/c32447c09fb9a1f186256a6c00504227/604992740f846a49862


912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/c32447c09fb9a1f186256a6c00504227/604992740f846a49862

56fd3006029b5?OpenDocument

– Operating Systems

• Plan for which OS level runs on top of which levels of firmware/hardware

• IBM Prerequisite Web site: http://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eserverprereq.nsf

• V5R4: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/books/sc415120.pdf

• V6R1: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzahc/sc415120.pdf

* Note: there may be “exceptions to the rule”P

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Planning and Preparing for IBM i 6.1/i 7.1 Upgrade


IBM i 6.1/i 7.1 Upgrade

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“Top 3 Tools” – IBM i Upgrade Planning

1.) System i Planning Web Site


2.) IBM Information Center

3.) IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification tool

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System i Planning Web Site


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IBM i for Power SystemsP. Planning Web Site

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/


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System i Planning Web Site

http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/i/planning/index.html


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System i Planning�Migrations and Upgrades

http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/i/planning/migrationupgrade.html


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http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/index.html

Migrations & Upgrades�Upgrade Planning Info.


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http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v6r1/index.html

Upgrade Planning Info.�V6R1


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Upgrade Planning Info.�V6R1�Software

http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/v6r1/software.html

Let’s navigate back

several pages


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IBM Information Center


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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzahc/rzahc1.htm?tocNode=int_217885

Migrations & Upgrades�SW Upgrades�V6R1 Info. Center


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POWER6, POWER5+,POWER5 HMC, N

IBM Director, N

FYI: IBM Systems Information Centers home page

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/


IBM i (i5/OS)

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“Needle in a haystack?”


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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/index.jsp?topic=/rzahc/rzahc1.htm&tocNode=int_217885

Migrations & Upgrades�SW Upgrades�V6R1 Info. Center


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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzahc/fastpathrzahc.htm

Migrations & Upgrades�SW Upgrades�V6R1 Info.�FastpathP.


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Prefer a hardcopy? P PDFs are availablehttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzahc/rzahcprintthis.htm?tocNode=int_218201

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/rzahc/sc415120.pdf


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IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool for IBM i


Verification Tool for IBM i

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What is the IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool?

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

�Tool checks to see if key required pre-upgrade steps have been successfully completed

� If not, the steps that were missed or completed incorrectly are flagged

� YOU then have the opportunity to successfully complete the missing/incorrect steps


missing/incorrect steps� Important – the tool itself does not automatically perform

any corrective actions/missed steps

Useful to ‘anyone preparing for an upgrade’�Source: OS/400 V5R2M0 and later �Target : up to IBM i 6.1 (“i5/OS V6R1”)

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New Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool N can be used to:

Verify Prepare for Install steps�Prerequisite ‘Prepare for Install’ PTFs applied �Acceptance of Software Agreements�Allocation of additional LIC space�System values�ANZOBJCVN PTFs applied ( V6R1 only)�etc.

Checks for other items that may prevent a successful upgrade


Checks for other items that may prevent a successful upgrade�Damaged system profiles�Duplicate/extension files in system libraries�etc.

Optionally performs other steps, including checking for the existence of useful items prior to the upgrade including �Performance data�BRMS recovery report�etc.

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“PRUV” Tool Requirements:

Client�Windows PC

Server:�OS/400 V5R2/V5R3 or i5/OS V5R4

�and Host Servers (Option 12) installed

Download tool from IBM site: �The URL/Web site is contained in the knowledgebase document

KB465353483 (or search for keyword “PRUV”)


KB465353483 (or search for keyword “PRUV”) http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/5a6b33f04dcc093a8625736a00590072?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,pruv

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Pre-Upgrade Verification tool for IBM i:


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Signon to desired system


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Select desired ‘Target Release’


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Choose the kind of checks to run


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Click Finish after reviewing messages


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Program Conversion

� Ensures unprecedented system integrity

� Delivers improved performance

� Enables exploitation of future system and processor capabilities

� Program conversion will be required to run with i 6.1– Program conversion automatically upgrades software to exploit latest system enhancements


– Not required for POWER6, which can run i 5.4

� Conversion requires program's creation data (observability) – Note that all programs created for V5R1 or later releases have had their creation data automatically

saved during program creation

� Tool available now to analyze program conversion for V5R3 / V5R4 – Identifies potential issues, if any, and estimates conversion time

� Program conversion is performed during install/restore of applications, at first use or at scheduled time

ITSO Redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting Ready for V6R1 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4293.html?Open

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A) Use the Key Planning Documents (ITSO Redpaper)� IBM i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting Ready for i5/OS V6R1

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4293.html?Open


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B) Analyze existing system(s) -- ANZOBJCVN tool

� FYI - Chapter 1 in ITSO redpaper summarizes overall process (e.g. download PTFs to obtain ANZOBJCVN tool)

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4293.pdf


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B) Analyze existing system(s) -- ANZOBJCVN

http://www-912.ibm.com/n_dir/nas4apar.nsf/c79815e083182fec862564c00079d117/3af47a966c4df94586257306003c6868?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,ii14306

� Be sure to refer to the latest information - (e.g. PTFs) in the Info APAR II14306


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Thank You
