IBM PowerLinux, Power Event

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Linux strategiHindsgavl – 2 maj 2012

Jan Kristian Nielsen - Client Architect2 maj 2012


IBM PowerLinux

2 Industry standard, tuned to the task.

Linux unifies the whole Enterprise

IBM unified all its hardware platforms with Linux in January 2000!!!


IBM PowerLinux


IBM provides complete Linux solutions

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ManagementRational®

IBM System x IBM Power Systems IBM System z

IBM Global Services

IBM Systems Software

IBM Global

Financing

• Implementation

Support services

• Subscriptions

• Enterprise-ready

Common across

platforms

• Manage complex

environments

• Simplification

• Tier 1 Linux

support for all

IBM Systems

• Match workload

needs to platform

capabilities

• OS management

skills common

across platforms

• Increase flexibility

• Petabyte-scale

storage solutions

Linux provides common benefits across all IBM platforms

Security• Policy-based security• Common criteria certification

• Very rapid time to fix ifvulnerabilities are discovered

Supported platforms• Wristwatches to mainframes• Broadest range of supported

virtualization environments• Can optimize by workload

Scalability• Ongoing innovation in both

scale out and scale up

• Platform support providesflexibility in consolidation

Skills• Linux skills widespread• OS management skills

applicable across platforms

IBM Systems Storage


IBM PowerLinux


Linux and Open Source adoption is growing

What is the IBM PowerLinuxTM solution for Linux Application Services ?

The platform

IBM PowerLinuxTM servers with PowerVM™ offer a highly virtualized, cloud-ready platform tuned for popular Linux applications to support more virtual workloads per server

The software stack

Virtualized open source applications provide an economical software stack for replacing more expensive infrastructure applications with robust open source software offerings.

Open source applications for PowerLinux are included with commercial Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, and are supported by Red Hat, SUSE or IBM.

Key differentiators that deliver customer value

• Faster and more economical delivery of Linux services via

PowerLinux/PowerVM platform tuned for Open Source Apps.

• Implementation/Tuning Guide, IBM Lab Services, Migration Factory via local reseller to insure up and running quickly

What is your company’s stance toward open source software

73%consider open

source software on equal footing to

proprietary software

ApacheLinux MySQL PHP JDK Tomcat Eclipse Jboss

100%of these are included with RHEL or SUSE on the PowerLinux 7R2

http://olex.openlogic.com/wazi/2011/survey-shows-enterprise-open-source-usage-ubiquitous/

Which of the following open source projects does your company use?


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux provides the same Linux with more features

Industry standard Linux

�Support Red Hat and SUSE Enterprise Linux versions consistent with x86_64

� POWER support available simultaneously with other platforms

� List of packages nearly identical, with logical deviates – e.g. bootloader

� Packages at same version/level – including kernel and device drivers

�Leverage same opens source system solutions whenever possible

� Collaborate with communities to support POWER when needed

� Contribute bug fixes back to communities when needed

� Work with Linux vendors to integrate, test, deliver and maintain POWER products

Tuned to the task

�PowerLinux servers exploit workload optimized advantages of POWER architecture

� Power7: optimize workload performance for platform, e.g. kernel, toolchain, libraries

� PowerVM: support unique features, e.g. DLPAR, AMS, Micro-partitions

� RAS: extend Linux RAS capabilities, e.g. EEH, platform error logging

PowerLinux is industry standard, tuned to the task

More powerful than x86 Linux, more scalable than VMware, and more reliable than Windows.


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux supports RHEL and SLES releases

�SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

• Full support of POWER7 (native mode)

• Earliest supported release: SLES 11 base

• Last update: SP2 GA February 2012

�SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

• Enabled for POWER7 in P6-compatibility mode

• Earliest supported release: SP3

• Last update: SP4 GA April 2011

�Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

• Full support of POWER7 (native mode)

• Earliest supported release: RHEL 6 base

• Last update: U2 GA December 2011

�Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

• Enabled for POWER7 in P6-compatibility mode

• Earliest supported release: U5

• Last update: U8 GA February 2012

SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise versions supporting POWER7:


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux supports key PowerVM features

Supported features/functions documented in InfoCenter article, Supported features for Linux on Power Systems servers

Feature 9 SP4 10 SP4 11 SP2 4.9 5.8 6.2

Micro-partitions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Dynamic LPAR Processors Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Dynamic LPAR Memory Add Add Yes Add Add Yes

Dynamic LPAR I/O Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Virtual Ethernet & SCSI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Virtual LAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

VIOS Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IBM i Hosted Virtual I/O Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Active Memory Sharing & De-dupe No No Yes No No Yes

Active Memory Expansion No No Late 2012 No No Late 2012

NPIV (Shared Fibre-Channel) No Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Virtual Tape No Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Live Partition Mobility No Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Partition Suspend/Resume No No Yes No Yes Yes

Linux Containers No No Yes No No Yes

Application Mobility No No Late 2012 No No Late 2012


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux supports all Power System servers...

Where to find more information on Power Servers:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/LinuxP/Performance+FAQs#PerformanceFAQs-WheredoIfindreferenceinformationonthePOWER7systems

Power 770

Power 780

Power 775

Power 755

Power 750

PS Blades

Power 710/730

Power 720/740

HMC & SDMC

PS Blades

Select from the broadest system portfolio in the industry

• The highest performance, most scalable UNIX system ever

• Modular footprints enable seamless growth

• The best selection of Entry servers and

Blades for Linux

Power 795


IBM PowerLinux


...Including the new IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2

Virtualization & Management

High performance, efficient server ideal for running multiple, industry standard Linux workloads, virtualized with PowerVMTM, saving you

money on IT infrastructure acquisition and operational costs.

Operating Systems

Powerful

�16-cores - 3.55 and 3.3 GHz options

�256 GB maximum memory with 4/8/16 GB DIMMs

�Two sockets with eight POWER7 cores per socket

Scalable and efficient

�PowerVM™ exploiting integrated hypervisor

�Support up to 10 VMs / core, 160 VMs / server

�Up to 20 PowerLinuxTM 7R2s in a single 42U rack

Solutions with superior economics

�Comparable server & system software pricing to x86 Linux

� 31% lower solution stack cost for virtualized infrastructure

�Up to 17% lower power / cooling costs than x86 rack servers

• Linux only POWER7

• Two socket, 2U rack

8246-L2C


IBM PowerLinux


PowerVM editions support Linux

PowerVM Editions

offer a unified virtualization

solution for all

Power workloads

� PowerVM Express Edition

– Evaluations, pilots, PoCs

– Single-server projects

� PowerVM Standard Edition

– Production deployments

– Server consolidation

� PowerVM Enterprise Edition

– Multi-server deployments

– Cloud infrastructure

PowerVM Editions Express Standard Enterprise

Concurrent VMs2 per

server10 per core(up to 1000)

10 per core(up to 1000)

Virtual I/O Server ��

Suspend/Resume ��

Shared Processor Pools ��

Shared Storage Pools ��

Thin Provisioning ��

Live Partition Mobility ��

Active Memory Sharing ��


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux differentiates with virtualization, performance, and RAS

Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)•Enterprise Hardware

•Redundant fans, blowers, power supplies, regulators, service processors, system clocks•Hot swap fans, blowers, regulators, disk, I/O adapters•Dynamic processor sparing•Memory sparing•Chipkill memory with dynamic bit steering•Dynamic system clock failover

•Concurrent firmware update•PCI bus Enhanced Error Handling (EEH)•Service Focal Point software•NVRAM-based error logging

Virtualization•Dedicated and shared cpus and I/O•Micro-partitioning•Dynamic LPAR cpu, memory, I/O•Virtual I/O Server for storage

•Virtual SCSI•Virtual CD•Virtual Tape

•Virtual LAN•N-port ID Virtualization (NPIV)•Active memory sharing (memory overcommit)•Live Partition Mobility•Partition Suspend/Resume

Performance•POWER7 Processor

•8 cores per chip•4-way SMT•VSX with 128-bit double precision floating point•Embedded L3 cache

•Turbocore Modes•Capacity Upgrade on Demand

•Try-and-buy•Processors and memory•Dynamic activation

•Solid state disk•Flexible large pages for applications•Outstanding Linux benchmarks•Advanced Toolchain from IBM

Virtualization & Management


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux provides additional RAS features

� Examples include:

� PCI bus error detection and recovery

–Implemented by EEH (Extended I/O Error Handling) on Power

• In the kernel and device drivers; no userspace tools needed

–Autonomic detection and recovery for most errors

� Platform error logging and analysis

–Platforms provides the OS with notifications of failures (hardware failures,

firmware/hypervisor issues, etc.)

–These events are received and logged to servicelog.

–Certain failures also handled

• Predictive CPU failures will cause the failing CPU to be taken offline (a.k.a.

CPU Gard)

• EPOW (Environmental and Power events), such as a switch to UPS power, a

fan failure, or a thermal condition, may shut down the system

• Platform dumps (FSP dumps, PHYP dumps, etc.) may be generated by the

platform for future analysis


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux provides value-add above commodity solutions

� Pre-load–RHEL or SLES at a minimal charge

� Installation toolkit–Free installation tooling for RHEL or SLES

–Simplified Setup Tool for common workloads – Apache, Firewall,

Print server...

� YUM repository for IBM value-add tools

� Advanced Toolchain–Lastest FSF tools (GNU) bundled, tested, supported by IBM

� SDK–Free Eclipse-based development environment

� Targeted solutions – existing and emerging

� Community


IBM PowerLinux


The Latest POWER7 Linux Publishes are on www.ibm.com

See the IBM Power Systems Performance Reports web

page for more detailshttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html


IBM PowerLinux


IBM Simplified Setup Tool in Installation Toolkit

Configures and tunes

four types of workloads- Apache Server

- Mail Server

- File and Print Server- Network Infrastructure

Server

Prepared for Online Updates

Backup and restore previous

configuration states


IBM PowerLinux


PowerLinux Strategic Solutions

Big Data

Analytics

Gain new insights through big

data Apache Hadoop analytics

projects running IBM

InfoSphere BigInsights and

Streams on PowerLinux

servers

Improve service delivery economics

by deploying open source

infrastructure applications for web

apps, email, networking and file/print

with PowerLinux and PowerVM

Deliver new services faster by

deploying systems and OEM

solutions tailored for specific industry

applications based on PowerLinux

Linux Application

Services

Industry Application

Solutions

PowerLinux optimized systems tuned for Big Data

PowerLinux optimized systems

tuned for Industry Solutions

PowerLinux optimized systems

tuned for virtualized Open Source

Infrastructure applications

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights

& Streams


IBM PowerLinux


IBM collaborates extensively on Linux releases

20072004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Standard Release Support Extended Release Support Self-support Release/updateSee for more details:�Red Hat lifecycle information - https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/�SUSE lifecycle information - http://support.novell.com/inc/lifecycle/linux.html

SLES 9 (9/04)

RHEL 4 (2/05)

Today

SLES 10 (7/06)

RHEL 6 (11/10)

RHEL 5 (3/07)

SLES 11 (3/09)


IBM PowerLinux


Help us Think Power Linux!

The new Think Power LinuxdeveloperWorks community

to organize and grow ourPowerLinux Ecosystem has:

�Blogs of recent news

�Message board for Q&A

�Wiki pages for the latestinformation

�Links to other projects and

channels

Join us today atwww.ibm.com/developerworks/group/thinkpowerlinux/


IBM PowerLinux


Learn more about PowerLinux

Think Power Linux community(developerWorks)

Power Systems Linux Portal

(Product Information)

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