IBM Power Systems
Systems Software leadership for innovation
Software Editions
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Mike PerryIT Specialist
IBM Systems & Technology Group
IBM Power Systems
Enterprise Edition Offerings
• AIX
• Systems Director
• VMControl(VMControl is a bundled component of Systems Director, but has its own chart below
to show the features which are provided by each version)
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to show the features which are provided by each version)
• PowerVM
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AIX Editions…..
AIX 5.3 & AIX 6.1
� Operating System� Virtualisation support
� RAS�
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AIX 6.1 Enterprise Edition bundle consisting of
� AIX V6.1� PowerVM AIX Workload Partitions Manager� Systems Director Enterprise Edition� Tivoli® Application Dependency Discovery Manager
� IBM Tivoli Monitoring
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Management of WPARS across multiple systems
Lifecycle operations
Single Console for:
� Graphical Interface
� Create & Remove
� Start & stop
� Checkpoint & RestartWorkload
Browser
Workload Partitions Manager
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� Monitoring & Reporting
� Manual Relocation
� Automated Relocation
� Policy driven change
Infrastructure Optimization
Load Balancing
WPAR Agent
Global Level
System/Application WPARs
WPAR Agent
Global Level
System/Application WPARs
WPAR Agent
Global Level
System/Application WPARs
Workload
Partition
Manager
Web Service
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Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
� Improved support for Workload partitions
� Data feed from ITM for instant status changes & discovery of new LPARs
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
� Improved out of box reports & easier installation
� Automatic best practices configuration
AIX Enterprise EditionTivoli components available as part of AIX Enterprise Edition
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� Tivoli Common Reporting for enhanced reporting across products
Tivoli Performance Analyzer (integrated into ITM)
� Extends ITM data to predictive trending to manage performance over time
� New forecasting of resource trends to focus monitoring on emerging problems.
� Leverages the long-term historical and real time data in Tivoli Data Warehouse
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IBM Tivoli Application Dependency
Discovery Manager initiates and assists
planning for consolidation by providing best-
of-breed discovery capabilities
� Discovers the COMPONENTS in a Data Center
Environment
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM)
AIX EE Solution Components: Discovery
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Environment
� CENTRALIZES and VISUALIZES the
CONFIGURATION of the Components in a Data
Center Environment
� Discovers the RELATIONSHIP of the Components
in a Data Center Environment
� DISCOVERS AND TRACKS THE CHANGES in a
Data Center Environment
Can Feed this Information to other IBM Tivoli® Products
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System 1
System p Discovery - Topology View
AIX EE Solution Components: Discovery
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TADDM discovery of System p Topology via Hardware Management Console (HMC)
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IBM Tivoli Monitoring helps prioritize consolidation decisions by visualizing the
actual virtual server utilization against historical trends. It automates a client’s
best practices in response to system events
� Improves mean-time-to-recovery by
visualizing the virtual world to solve
“virtual performance problems”
� Side-by-side real-time and historical data
Tivoli EnterprisePortal User Tivoli Enterprise
Portal Server Tivoli Data Warehouse
Tivoli EnterprisePortal User
Tivoli EnterprisePortal User Tivoli Enterprise
Portal Server Tivoli Data WarehouseTivoli Data Warehouse
IBM Tivoli Monitoring
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring
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� Side-by-side real-time and historical data
assists in separating intermittent problems
from reoccurring problems from peak
workloads
� Out-of-the-box reporting allows
customers to quickly provide executive
level reports and identify resource
bottlenecks
Hub TivoliEnterprise
Management Server
Remote Tivoli Enterprise Management Servers
Hub TivoliEnterprise
Management Server
Remote Tivoli Enterprise Management Servers
“Managed Servers”
Universal Agent / Agent Builder
Agentless Agent Agent Agent Agent Agent Agent
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System p Monitoring – Hypervisor View
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring
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System p Monitoring – AIX LPAR View
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring
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System p Monitoring – VIOS LPAR View
AIX Solution Components: Monitoring
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System p Monitoring – Heat Chart for Server Utilization
AIX EE Solution Components: Monitoring
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AIX Enterprise Edition
To the base AIX V6.1 OS, Enterprise Edition adds:
•PowerVM AIX Workload Partitions Manager
•Tivoli® Application Dependency Discovery Manager
•IBM Tivoli Monitoring
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•IBM Tivoli Monitoring
•IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition
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IBM Systems Director & AIX Editions
Products
IBM Systems Director Express Edition
IBM Systems Director Standard Edition
IBM Systems Director
Enterprise Edition
AIX Enterprise Edition
IBM System Director 6.1.2 � � � �
Active Energy Manager 4.2 � � �
VMControl 2.2
Express � � � �Standard � � �
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� � �Enterprise � �
Network Control 1.1 � � �
Transition Manager for HP® SIM � � � �
Service and Support Manager 6.1.2 � � � �
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2(incl. Capacity Planning)
� �
Tivoli Application Dependency
Discovery Manager v7.2� �
AIX WPAR Manager V2.1 �
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Systems Director
System pools
Systems Director Enterprise Edition
Systems Director Standard Edition
Systems Director Express Edition
Systems Director is bundled with AIX EE, but can also be purchased separately for non-AIX EE environments
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Advanced discovery and
monitoring
Advanced energy reporting
pools deployment
Energy Management
Virtual image management
Network management
Basic monitoring
and updates
Express Edition
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VMControl Editions
VMControlVMControl
Express EditionVMControl
Standard EditionVMControl
Enterprise Edition
Virtualization Capabilities
Manage resourcesAutomate virtual
imagesOptimize system
pools
PowerVM
Create/manage virtual machines � � �
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Create/manage virtual machines (x86, PowerVM and z/VM) � � �
Virtual machine relocation � � �
Capture/import, create/remove standardized virtual images � �
Deploy standard virtual images � �
Maintain virtual images in a centralized library � �
Create/remove system pools and manage resources in system pools
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Add/remove physical servers within system pools �
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ExpressEdition
StandardEdition
EnterpriseEdition
Servers
Supported
p520 / p550 Power
750
PS70x
POWER 5 / 6 / 7
JS2X / JS43 /JS12PS70x
POWER 6 / 7, JS2X, JS43,
PS70x
Max LPARs2 + 1VIOS /
Server10 / Core 10 / Core
Management IVM IVM & HMC IVM & HMC
PowerVM Editions
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Management IVM IVM & HMC IVM & HMC
VIOS Yes Yes Yes
Live Partition Mobility No No Yes
Shared Processor Pools NoYes
(HMC)
Yes(HMC)
Active Memory Sharing No No Yes
Shared Dedicated Capacity Yes Yes Yes
Operating Systems AIX & Linux AIX & Linux AIX & Linux
PowerVM Lx86 Yes Yes Yes
Upgrade from edition to another: Electronic Key