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POWER8 Announcement
Optimized for
Data
Open Innovation
Platform
Superior Cloud
Economics
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3Years of
Development
$2.4BIn Direct
Investment
$1BIn Linux and
Open Technologies
100sOf Patents
4.2BillionTransistors
$3BFuture ChipResearch
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Innovation Drives Performance
Gain by Technology Scaling
Gain by Innovation
Source: “An Introduction to POWER8 Processor”, Dr. Joel Tendler, IBM Corporation
180 nm 130 nm 90 nm 65 nm 45 nm 32 nm 22 nm
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
P4 P4+ P5+ P6 P7 P7+ P8
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IBM POWER9, NVIDIA GPU, and Mellanox
• $325M supercomputer contract• Expected on-line in 2017
Courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Oak Ridge National Labs• Lawrence Livermore
National Labs
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POWER8
Announcement Highlights
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POWER8 Chips
Scale Out Systems
Dual Chip Module6 Cores per Chip
Enterprise Systems
Single Chip Module12 Cores per Chip
LC Systems
OpenPOWER Design12 Cores per Chip
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POWER8 Scale-Out Family
S814
1 socket, 4U4 - 8 cores
S824
2 socket, 4U6 - 24 cores
S822L2 socket, 2U, Linux
16 - 24 cores
S812L1 socket, 2U, Linux
10 - 12 cores
S822
1 or 2 socket, 2U6 - 20 cores
S824L2 socket, 4U, Linux
8 - 24 cores
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E85016 - 48 Cores
128 GB – 2 TB Memory*7 - 51 PCI Adapters
E8708 - 80 Cores
256 GB – 8 TB Memory8 - 96 PCI Adapters
E8808 - 192 Cores
256 GB – 16 TB Memory8 - 192 PCI Adapters
* Statement of direction to 4 TB. Statements of direction represent plans only and are subject to change without notice.
POWER8 Scale-Up Enterprise Family
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POWER8 E870 and E880 Nodes
System Nodes (5U) 32 – 48 cores / node
32 DIMM slots / node
8 PCIe Gen3 I/O slots / node19-inch Rack(E870 Shown)
PCIe I/O Drawers (4U)
12 PCIe expansion slots Connects via 2 PCIe adapter slots
EXP24S SAS Drawers (2U) 24 SFF SSD/HDD
Connects via 2 SAS adapters
System Control Unit (2U)
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POWER8 Enterprise E870 and E880
SystemControl
Unit
Node 1
Node 4
Node 2
Node 3
E870 E880
Node32-core
4.02GHz
40-core4.19GHz
32-core4.35GHz
48-core4.02GHz
1Node
32cores
40cores
32cores
48cores
2Nodes
64cores
80cores
64cores
96cores
3Nodes
96cores
144cores
4Nodes
128cores
192cores
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Hadoop / Spark Commercial Technical
OpenPOWER Linux Cluster (LC) Systems
S812LC
1 socket, 2U, Linux8 or 10 cores
Up to 1 TB memory
Up to 112 TB Storage
4 Available PCI Slots
KVM / Bare Metal
S822LC – GCA
2 socket, 2U, Linux16 or 20 cores
Up to 1 TB memory
2 Disks
5 Available PCI slots
KVM / Bare Metal
S822LC – GTA
2 socket, 2U, Linux16 or 20 cores
Up to 1 TB memory
2 Disks
2 NVIDIA K80 GPUs
3 Available PCI Slots
Bare Metal
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Optimized for Data
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Systems of Record
System of Record Performance is About Minimizing Waiting
Batch
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Core
Cache
Memory
Memory is slow
relative to
cache2-100
clock cycles
400-800clock cycles
1clock cycle
Cache is Critical to Good Performance
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Cache Miss – Fighting Fire With a Bucket
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Workloads That Benefit from Big Caches
Big SharedCaches
CoreCoreCore Core
Batch
Memory Memory
VM VM VM SharedData
VM SharedData
Big LocalCaches
Big MemoryCaches
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Chip Cache and Core Speed
2S=2 Socket, 4S=4 Socket, 8S=8 Socket, DCM=Dual Chip Module, SCM=Single Chip Module, Low Power Models Not Included, Updated 6/1/2015
Chip FamilyCore
Frequency
(GHz)
L1 plus L2Cache per Core (KB)
ApproximateCache per Core
(MB)
Intel 26xx-V3 (2S, 8+ Cores) 2.2 – 3.2 320 2.81
Intel 48xx-V3 (4S, 8+ Cores) 1.9 – 2.1 320 2.81
Intel 88xx-V3 (8S, 8+ Cores) 2.1 – 2.8 320 2.81 – 4.81
POWER8 (DCM, 8+ Cores) 3.02 – 4.15 608 19.27
POWER8 (SCM, 8+ Cores) 4.02 – 4.35 608 19.27
IBM z13 5.0 4,320 32.22
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On-Module1 Hop
Off-Module1 to 3 Hops
POWER7 Low Latency Interconnect
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POWER8 Lower Latency Improves Scaling
Maximum of 2 hops
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POWER8 Two Hop Alternative
Multiple alternatives allows greater concurrency
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Single Thread Performance is Increasing
Performance measured in rperfs
+14 % +28%
POWER7 7403.7 GHz8 CoresSMT1
56
POWER7+ 7404.2 GHz8 CoresSMT1
64
POWER8 S8244.1 GHz8 CoresSMT1
82
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Course Grain(Throughput Risk)
Fine Grain(Deadlock Risk)
Acquiring Locks has Trade-Offs
A
B
C
D
E
A
B
C
D
E
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Transactional Memory Improves Throughput
Traditional Locking Transactional Memory
T1 T2 T3
Time
T1 T2 T3
Restart
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Systems of Insight
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POWER8 More Than 2X Peak I/O Bandwidth
40 GB/s
Peak Bandwidth
POWER7+
GX++(2) 20 GB/s
x16
x8
96 GB/s
Peak Bandwidth
x8
x16
POWER8
PCIe Gen3 x16(2) 32 GB/s
PCIe Gen3 x8(2) 16 GB/s
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Peak I/O Bandwidth (2-Socket Example)
POWER8S824
POWER7+740
POWER7740
192 GB/s
60 GB/s
50 GB/s
50 100 150 2000
I/O Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Designed for Memory Intensive Workloads
MemoryBuffer
DRAMChips
POWER8
• Large in-memory databases
• Large virtualized environments
• Train of thought analytics
• Data-in-motion analytics
Up to 1 TB per socketUp to 230 GB/s sustained
Consistent speed
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Threading to Match Workload Needs
SMT1
1.00
SMT2
1.59
SMT4
2.23
SMT8
2.65Set at VM level
Dynamically shift betweenmodes as needed
Hardware enforced fairness
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Chip Bandwidth and Threading
2S=2 Socket, 4S=4 Socket, 8S=8 Socket, DCM=Dual Chip Module, SCM=Single Chip Module, Low Power Models Not Included, Updated 6/1/2015
Chip Family
MemoryBandwidth
per Socket
Peak I/OBandwidth
per Socket
Threadsper
Core
Intel 26xx-V3 (2S, 8+ Cores) 59 – 68 GB/s 80 GB/s 1, 2
Intel 48xx-V3 (4S, 8+ Cores) 102 GB/s 64 GB/s 1, 2
Intel 88xx-V3 (8S, 8+ Cores) 102 GB/s 64 GB/s 1, 2
POWER8 (DCM, 8+ Cores) 192 GB/s 96 GB/s 1, 2, 4, 8
POWER8 (SCM, 8+ Cores) 230 GB/s 64 GB/s 1, 2, 4, 8
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Memory
CPU
Read and write
data to and fromnetwork or storage
Read and writedata to and from
memorymultiple times
Bandwidth is Central to Big Data
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Memory Memory Memory
1 Gb Ethernet
Replicatedlocal disk
Scale server and disktogether
Largenumber ofnodes
Traditional Hadoop Architecture
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IBM Data Engine for Analytics
SpectrumScale
Memory Memory
GZIPCompression Accelerator
1/3Of the Storage
1/2Number of Servers
(TeraSort Benchmark)
10/40 Gb EthernetInfiniBand
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What Does This Mean to You?
Better real-worldperformance
Happier more productive users, more speed-of-thought analytics, more transactions
Less on-goingtuning
More productive staff
IBM Data Enginefor Analytics
Fewer servers, less storage, lower cost
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Fewer Cores Saves Money
>Util %
Core
Util %
Core
• Bigger cores
• Higher utilization
• Less idle capacity
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POWER8 vs. Haswell Performance
Benchmark
Intel
E5 V3Haswell
BestResults POWER8
BestResults
Per
CoreRatio
SAP SD 2-Tier ERP 6Dell PowerEdge R730
E5-2699 v3, 36 Core16,500
IBM E87080 Core
79,750 2.2 X
SPECjbb2013Lenovo Flex x240
E5-2699 v3, 36 Core245,178
IBM E87080 Core
1,299,150 2.4 X
SPECint_rate2006Dell PowerEdge T620E5-2699 v3, 36 Core
1,400IBM E880
64 Core5,400 2.1 X
SPECfp_rate2006Dell PowerEdge T620E5-2699 v3, 36 Core
942IBM E880
64 Core4,470 2.5 X
Oracle e-BS 12.1.3Extra Large Payroll
Cisco UCS C240 M4E5-2697 v3, 28 Core
1,125,281IBM S824
12 Core1,090,909 2.3 X
IBM Power E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 appli cation; 8 processors / 80 cores /640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048 GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, order line items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000, SAPS: 436,100, Database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Cert #2014034. Resultvalid as of November 15, 2015. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark .Dell PowerEdge R730, on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors/36cores/72 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E5-2699v3; 2.30 GHz, 256 GB memory; 16,500 SD benchmark users, running RHEL 7 and SAP ASE 16; Certification # 2014033.
SPECjbb2013 results are submitted as of 12/01/2014. For more information go to http://www.specbench.org/jbb2013/results
SPECcpu2006 results are submitted as of 11/15/2015. For more information go to http://www.specbench.org/cpu2006/results
All results use Oracle eBS 12.1.3 Payroll Batch Extra Large Kit and are current as of 11/15/2015. For more information go tohttp://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.html
http://www.sap.com/benchmarkhttp://www.specbench.org/jbb2013/resultshttp://www.specbench.org/jbb2013/resultshttp://www.specbench.org/cpu2006/resultshttp://www.specbench.org/cpu2006/resultshttp://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.htmlhttp://www.specbench.org/cpu2006/resultshttp://www.specbench.org/jbb2013/resultshttp://www.sap.com/benchmark
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(1) IBM Power Enterprise System E870 on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver7.31 application; 4 processors / 40 cores / 320 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 1024 GB memory, 192.750 adhocnavigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2015024 Result valid as of June1, 2015. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.(2) Dell PowerEdge R930, on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver7.31 application; 4 processors / 72 cores / 144 threads, , Intel Xeon Processor E-7 8890 v3 ,2.5 GHz; 1536 GB memory, 172.450 adhocnavigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2015014(3) Dell PowerEdge R920, on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver7.31 application; 4 processors / 60 cores / 120 threads, , Intel Xeon Processor E-7 4890 v2 ,2.8 GHz; 1024 GB memory, 137,010 adhocnavigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2014044(4) HP DL580 Gen8, on the SAP BW Extended mixed load standard application benchmark running SAP Netweaver7.30 application; 4 processors / 60 cores / 120 t hreads, , Intel Xeon Processor E-7 4880 v2 ,2.5 GHz; 1024 GB memory, 126,980 adhocnavigation steps per hours on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SAP Hana 1.0, Certification #: 2014009
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
SAP BW Enhanced Mixed Load (BW-EML) Standard Application Benchmark Results2 billion initial record load on SAP Hana 1.0: Ad-hoc navigation step per hour/per core
Source: http//www.sap.com//benchmark
IBME870
POWER84p/40c/320t
DellPowerEdge
R930E7-8890 v34p/72c/144t
HPDL580 Gen8E7-4880 v24p/60c/120t
DellPowerEdge
R920E7-4890 v24p/60c/120t
Power Delivers 2X More per Core
POWER8 E870 Sets New SAP HANA Record
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0.0
0.5
1.0
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2.0
2.5
POWER824c/192t
POWER824c/192t
All IBM Data is found in STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/IBM150305Based on STAC- A2.β2.GREEKS.TIME.WARM. STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/INTC140814Based on STAC- A2.β2.GREEKS.MAX_PATHS. STAC Configuration Disclosure for this SUT: www.STACresearch.com/INTC140509
STAC- A2.β2.GREEKS.TIME.WARM STAC- A2.β2.GREEKS.MAX_PATHS
E5-2699 v336c/72t
E7-4890 v260c/120t
R e l a t i v e P e r f
o r m a n c e
POWER8: More than 2X Performance of x86
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Hypervisor
VirtualMachine
VirtualProcessor
Linux
IBM i
AIX
Common Server Virtualization Terms
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Non-Virtualized Virtualized
Managing Virtual Processors is Complex
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VP RunningSpins on the Lock
VP Not RunningOwns the Lock
Power is Optimized for Virtualization
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100%
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Better
Maximum Sustained UtilizationProduction Workloads at 31,000 Customer Sites
Source: Comparative VM Load Analysis; Query Report 2012A67; Solitaire Interglobal, LTD.; September 2012
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• Planned maintenance
• Rebalance capacity
• Failover clusters
• Server migration
Power Enterprise Pools Lower Costs
Before After
A B C A B C
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What Does This Mean to You?
Higher utilizationFewer core based software licenses, smallerdata center footprint
Less on-goingtuning
More productive staff
Enterprise Pools Ability to more fully utilize investments andlower product lifecycle management costs
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Power Reliability and Availability Strategy
Avoid
errors by
design
Make soft
errors
harmless
Focus on
planned and
unplanned
outages
Let
hardware
take care of
hardware
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Soft or Transient Errors
Alpha Particles Cosmic Rays Electronic Noise
Soft errors can change the values of data in memory or logic
Cannot be resolved by replacing parts
Burst of electriccharge
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Avoid Errors by Design
Stacked LatchesIBM patented design holds dataon-chip making it less likely to have afault due to radiated energy
Embedded eDRAM Cache
IBM patented design improves on-chipcache density and reduces soft errors
Silicon on Insulator
IBM patented design improves chipperformance and reduces soft errors
On-Chip Controller
Dedicated on-chip processorimproves reliability of energymanagement
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First Failure Data Capture
Core
Caches
MemoryFault IsolationRegisters
Error Injection
• Design-time• Run-time
• Repair-time
ServiceProcessor
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Make Soft Errors Harmless
ECC• L1 parity/reload
• L2, L3, L4 cache
• Cache directories
• Chipkill memory
CRC with Retry / Recalibration
• Memory bus
• Fabric bus
Retry• Memory controller
• Memory buffer
• Core instruction
• PCIe controller
PCI Enhanced Recovery
• PCIe bus and slotsCache
Memory
Bus
Core
On-chipCache
Controller
L4 Cache
eDRAM
• L3/L4 cache
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• Simulated equivalent of 1 million years of execution
• Generated over 26,000 soft errors in an 8 hour period
• Mean time to failure for soft errors of over 330,000 years
IBM POWER 78020 billion high-energyprotons directed at aPower 780 server
Beam
Dynamic Beam Experiment
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• Growing number of cores per socket
• Increasing memory exploitation
• Greater need for memory availability
Memory Availability Needs are Growing
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Let Hardware Take Care of Hardware
P8 P8
Cache Cache
SpareDRAM chips
Sparefabric lanes
Spare L2/L3 cache columns
L2/L3 cache line deleteL4 persistent fault handling
Alternate core recovery
Core sparing (CoD)
Sparememory bus lanes
Memory sparing (CoD)
Hypervisor mirroring(E870/E880/E850)
Redundant I/O adapters, I/O drawers, I/O drawer links, Virtual I/O Servers
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Integrated
virtualization
allows
transparent
changes to
physical
resources
PowerVM Integrated Hypervisor
AIX Linux IBM i
Processor Memory I/O Bus/Lane
Sparing and Alternate Processor Recovery
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Single
Core Deallocation
Logical Memory
Block Deallocation
De-allocate only if necessary
Dynamic Predictive Deallocation
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Mitigate Extent of Failure
Special Uncorrectable
Error Handling
Core Contained
Checkstop
VM
1
VM
2
VM
3
Last line of defense in availability strategy
X UncorrectableMemory
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IBM Tokyodatacenter after an8.9 earthquake inMarch of 2011
No loss of service orneed to switch to the
DR site.
Resilient Enough To Survive An Earthquake
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POWER8 Reduces Planned Outages
Packaged for Service• Color coded parts
• Light path LEDs
• Tool-less or simple tool
Concurrent Maintenance
• Hot swap I/O, fans, powersupplies, disks
• System firmware (PowerVM)• Many AIX fixes
Diagnostics and Reporting• Flexible service processor
• First failure data capture
• Extensive error logging
• Service focal point
• Call home Capacity on Demand• Concurrent activation of memory
and cores
• Enterprise pools
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“Re-boot”Individual
Core
PowerVMPower on Reset Engine
• Core initiation values canbe dynamically reset
• Allows more firmwareupdates to be doneconcurrently
Soft Reset Reduces Planned Outages
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AIX Stability Reduces Planned Outages
• Common to patch only1-2 times per year
• Lower cost, risk, andoutages
Technology Level - New features, new device support, cumulative fixes
Service Pack - New device support, cumulative fixes
TL SPSP SP SP SPSP SP SP
TL SPSP SP SP SPSP SP SP SPSP SP SP
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
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2015 ITIC Global Server Reliability Report
Sources: http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1446127681_768.html
77% of AIX administrators rarely or never reboot their servers( Compared to 49% for Solaris (SPARC) and 45% for Windows 2008 )
Category Best Non z Systems Result
Best Tier 1 Unplanned Downtime(Under 1 hour)
IBM Power
Best Tier 2 Unplanned Downtime(1 to 4 hours)
IBM Power
Best Tier 3 Unplanned Downtime(Greater than 4 Hours) IBM Power (a)
Best Virtualization Reliability IBM PowerVM
Best OS Planned Downtime IBM AIX
Most Secure Server OS IBM AIX
(a) Lenovo x86 was the only x86 platform that achieved a tie with IBM Power for unplanned down time > 4 Hours
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Sources: http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1446127681_768.html
21%
24%
30%
35%
40%42%
44%
45%
47%
48%
54%
Oracle
Amazon
Salesforce
DellHP
VMware
Cisco
SAP
Microsoft
IBM
In 2015, which vendors provide the most comprehensive security products,services and security strategy for the cloud? (Select ALL that apply)
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The average cost of a data breach is $3.8MSource: Ponemon Institute LLC 2015, 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis
A typical security attack goes unnoticed for nearly 8 monthsSource: https://www.mandiant.com/news/release/mandiant-releases-annual-threat-report-on-advanced-targeted-attacks1/
42% of security breaches are caused by configuration errorsSource: IBM Security Services Cyber Security Intelligence Index, 7/2013
Mobile phone based malware grew by 2,577% in 2012Source: http://www.imsm.com/us/news/bizarre-facts-information-security/
Security Breaches
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SQL Injection Spear Fishing DDoS 3rd Party SW Physical
Malware XSS Watering hole Undisclosed
Size of circle estimates relative impact of incident in terms of cost to business
Security Incidents by Attack Type – 2012 to 2014
2012 2013 2014
Source: IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly – 1Q 2015
Security Incidents May Dwarf All Others
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Six Keys to Improving Security
Part of theDNA
Real-TimeMonitoring and
Analytics
Defense inDepth
Audit, Log, andCompliance
Granular Authorization
Configuration andHuman Errors
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Security is Part of the DNA of PowerVM
• Hardware enforced isolation• ZERO PowerVM reported
vulnerabilities or exposures
• Independent HMC users• Digitally signed Hypervisor
• No user logins in Hypervisor
PowerVM Hypervisor
HMC
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AIX AIX
• Domain based
access control lists
• Multi Level Security
• IP filters
• IPsec
• Encrypted file system
AIX
• AIX Security Expert
• Centralized settings• File permission
manager
• POWER8 in-core
encryption
• Trusted execution
• Auditing
• Open SSH / Secure FTP
• VPN support
AIX Security Examples
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Power Security and Compliance (PowerSC)
AIX AIX
VLAN membership monitoring
Secure live partition mobility
Trusted boot
VIOS
Security and compliance 1
Real-time compliance
Patch level monitoring
Trusted
firewall1
Trustedlogging
1. Also available for Linux
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What Does This Mean to You?
Hardware selfhealing
Fewer outages. Less business impact as aresult of an outage
Fewer plannedoutages
More uptime, happier users
Broad securitycapabilities
Enables lowers business risk, avoids cost ofsecurity event
Compliancefeatures
Easier enforcement and auditing of securitypolicies
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Open Ecosystem
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Leverage Broad Open Ecosystem
Open Cloud
Management
Open SystemSoftware inux and
OpenPlatform
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2 socket systems Moore’s Law
P
r i c e P e r f o r m a n c
e ( $ / S I R )
Processors
Semiconductor
Technology
1
10
100
Chip No Longer Driving Price Improvements
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2 socket systems Moore’s Law
P
r i c e P e r f o r m a n c
e ( $ / S I R )
1
10
100 • Workload accelerators
• Advanced memories
• Optimized system design
• Custom system-on-chip
• System software integration
• Processors
• Cloud deployment
System Stack Innovations Are Required
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OpenPOWER: 147 Members at All Layers
Chip /SOC
BoardsSystems
I/O / Storage Acceleration
System / Software
Integration
Implementation /HPC /Research
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Workload Accelerators
Memory
Workload Accelerator
Cost of moving workoff-processor vs. benefit
Lower latency and higherbandwidth increases use cases
H W kl d A l W k
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How Workload Accelerators Work
Application
Off-loaded Logic
Processor Logic
FPGA or GPU POWER8
W kl d A l t d P
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*All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
FieldProgrammableGate Array
GraphicsProcessingUnit
Description
Reconfigurable hardware
Task customized, low latency,low power
1000s of simple cores
High bandwidth, floatingpoint, and parallelism
ExampleUse Cases
Compression, encryption,high speed streaming,search, Monte Carlosimulations
Deep neural networks,speech recognition,chemistry, simulations, JAVA,Hadoop, graphics
Power ChipIntegration
Coherent AcceleratorProcessor Interface (CAPI)
NVIDA via PCIe x16NVIDIA NVLink (SOD*)
C h t A l t P I t f
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Non-CAPI
Off-Chip Accelerator
Core
Memory
P C I
CAPI
FPGAw/CAPI Accelerator P8
Core
Memory
P C I
Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
CAPI L Fl h L t
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CAPI Lowers Flash Latency
Traditional
PCIeDrivers
20,000Instructions
POWER8
CAPI< 500Instructions
TraditionalPCIe
CAPIDevice
PCIe Gen3Electricals
IBM D t E i f N SQL CAPI A li ti
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• IBM Power S822L
• CAPI-attached FPGA
• FlashSystem 840
• Ubuntu Linux
• Redis software
• Reduced server footprint with in-memoryconsolidation
• Up to 3x lower cost peruser
Up to 24x infrastructureconsolidation savings vs.
x86 for in-memory data
IBM Data Engine for NoSQL – CAPI Application
P S t d NVIDIA GPU R d
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Power Systems and NVIDIA GPU Roadmap
NVIDIA GPU NVIDIA GPU with NVLink
2015
Power ChipPower Chipwith NVLink*
2016*
*All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
80 GB/sPeak*
PCIe x1632 GB/s
P i E Will H l D i Ad ti
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Programming Ease Will Help Drive Adoption
OpenCL
Multi-CoreCPU
FPGA GPU
Open-standards cross-platform API and ecosystem for
heterogeneous parallel applications
CUDA
NVIDIAGPU
NVIDIAspecific
API
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POWER7
Scale-Out
POWER7
Enterprise
POWER8
Scale-Out
POWER8
Enterprise
LinuxSupport
Yes Yes Yes Yes
HardwareOffering
Linux onlyServers
IntegratedFacility for
Linux
Linux onlyServers
IntegratedFacility for
Linux
70 PVU IBM
SoftwareYes Yes Yes Yes
KVMHypervisor
No No Yes No
Open SystemSoftware inux and
Little Endian S pport Simplifies Lin Porting
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Little Endian Support Simplifies Linux Porting
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Big Endian Little Endian
Most significant digit Least significant digit
IBM z SystemsIBM Power SystemsNetworking
Intel x86
4,861
IBM POWER8 IBM POWER8SLES12RHEL 7.1Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10
AIX and IBM iSLES11RHEL 7.1
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Open CloudManagement
Participation More than 23,000 members with supportfrom 516 companies
Interoperability Allows mixed Hypervisor and OSenvironments
Competition Members are driving innovation whichwill lower costs
Momentum OpenStack is expected to do in 5 yearswhat Linux did in 15 years
Open Comprehensive Cloud API Stack
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Open Comprehensive Cloud API Stack
Block storage
Object storage
Image service
Compute
Network
Bare metal Database
Identity
More….Dashboard Orchestration
Measurement
Open Cloud APIs
What Does This Mean to You?
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What Does This Mean to You?
Open hardwareplatform More options, lower costs, betterperformance
CAPI Better performance at lower cost
IBM Data Enginefor NoSQL Fewer servers, lower TCA, and lower on-going maintenance
Open systemsoftware
Reduced requirement for skill specialization,less vendor lock-in, easier app porting
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Cloud and Ease of Use
Power Cloud Automation and Ease of Use
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Power Cloud Automation and Ease of Use
Platform
Management
Virtualization
Management
Cloud
Management
Hardware Management Console
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Hardware Management Console
PowerVM
VM
VMVIOS
One-Touch
VIOS Deploy
• Enhanced GUI• Performance monitoring
• Remote restart
• Event management
VM
Templates
PowerVC 1 3 Virtualization Management
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PowerVC 1.3 Virtualization Management
Imagemanagementand cloning
Multi-disk supportStorage Pools
Remote Restart
System Evacuation
IP address pools
VM placement policies
Dynamic Resource Optimization
AIXLinux IBM i
PowerVMPowerVM
SharedProcessor
Pools
Host
Groups
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack
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IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack
• Self service portal
• Create, start, stop, move, resize, and delete VMs
• Billing and metering
• Approval process
• Tenant management
Easily deploy VMs on POWER, x86,
or z/VM in minutesDeploy in as little as 4-clicks On-Premise
IaaS Cloud
IBM Cloud Software: Built on OpenStack
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IBM Cloud Software: Built on OpenStack
z Drivers
z/VM
IBM Cloud Manager and IBM Cloud Orchestrator
vCenter
Hyper-V
ESX
Power KVM
PowerVC
PowerVM
Network
Storage
x86KVM
OpenStack APIs
Trade-Off Between Cost and Quality
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LexusToyota
Trade-Off Between Cost and Quality
Trade-Off Between Cost and Quality
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LexusToyota
What if they cost the same?
Trade-Off Between Cost and Quality
What if They Cost the Same?
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Power x86
What if They Cost the Same?
Power Cloud: Low Cost of Acquisition
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Dell PowerEdge
R720
HP ProLiant
DL380 G8
IBM Power
822L
$21,300 $22,763 $22,382
* Based on US pric ing for Power S822L annou ncing on A pri l 28, 2014 matching co nfigurat ion table above. Source: hp.com , dell .com, vmware.com
Server list price*-3-year warranty, on-site
$12,605 $14,068 $14,895
Virtualization- 2 sockets, 3 yr. 9x5 sub./supp.
$2,998KVM for Red Hat on x86 (RHEV)
$ 2,998KVM for Red Hat on x86 (RHEV)
$2,998KVM for Linux on Power
(PowerKVM)
Linux OS list price
- RHEL, 2 sockets, unlimited guests,9x5, 3 yr. sub./ supp.
$5,697Red Hat subscription and Red
Hat support
$5,697Red Hat subscription and Red
Hat support
$4,489Red Hat subscription and IBM
support
Linux on Ivy Bridge
vs.
Linux on POWER83.4 GHz 20-core2.7 GHz 24-core2.7 GHz 24-core
Power Cloud: Low Cost of Acquisition
Low-Touch Automation Lowers Cost
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Low-Touch Automation Lowers Cost
Value of cloud• Rapid time to value
• Lower cost
POWER8 allows
• Greater ability to mix unpredictable workloads
• Better performance at high utilization
• Less tuning
What Does This Mean to You?
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What Does This Mean to You?
POWER8 scale-out servers
Lower hardware and software costs
OpenStack APIsupport
Multi-platform, multi-vendor cloudcapabilities
Low-touchautomation
Faster time to value, lower cost, less tuning
POWER8 Announcement Summary
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POWER8 Announcement Summary
Optimized for Data
Open Ecosystem
Ease of Use and Cloud
Economics
Open Innovation to
put data to work
POWER8
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Backup Slides
Links
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Links
Power Technology for a Smarter Future Jeffrey Stuecheli – Power HardwareArchitect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6PD2rKi0o
2014 05 22 Linux on Powerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUfvyhBjm0
39 PowerKVM Deep Divehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5rr1WYttg
2014 10 30 Fall Power8Announcementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=youtu.be
POWER8 Scale-Out: Speedy and Scalable Cachehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INGrcUn5lD0&feature=youtu.be
Links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6PD2rKi0ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUfvyhBjm0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUfvyhBjm0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5rr1WYttghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5rr1WYttghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INGrcUn5lD0&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INGrcUn5lD0&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INGrcUn5lD0&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4K5UVqUplw&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5rr1WYttghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUfvyhBjm0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6PD2rKi0o
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Links
IBM Goes Deep for Big Data with POWER8 Open Server https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsZ960wYZP4
POWER8 S824 Quick Look Around, Nigel Griffithshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCW8-DNzmHA
POWER8 Enterprise - Power E870 First Lookhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v= jOzPTopt7HE
Cloud Magic! Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems with POWER8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3wPlqrWsA
Innovations with POWER8, Jeff Steucheli, STG Hardware Architect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jER3Q8V54
KVM on IBM POWER8 machines by Paul Mackerrashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9XfXlw_DqM
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsZ960wYZP4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCW8-DNzmHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzPTopt7HEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzPTopt7HEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3wPlqrWsAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3wPlqrWsAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jER3Q8V54https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jER3Q8V54https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9XfXlw_DqMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9XfXlw_DqMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7jER3Q8V54https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3wPlqrWsAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzPTopt7HEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCW8-DNzmHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsZ960wYZP4
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Chef and POWER8: Serving up Linux workload managementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCWXb2iqNXg
Infor: Enabling Client Success on the POWER8 Platformhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEUdXa0kOo
SugarCRM and POWER8: Performance and scalability for global CRMsolutionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTIYOQFwIQ
EnterpriseDB: Performance and cost savings with POWER8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= _bjAWCGGRDE
SkySQL: Delivering mission-critical database applications on POWER8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQmZG-boPU
A journey through the open innovation of POWER8 and IBM Power Systemshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyXc12J6FA
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCWXb2iqNXghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEUdXa0kOohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTIYOQFwIQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bjAWCGGRDEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bjAWCGGRDEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQmZG-boPUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyXc12J6FAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyXc12J6FAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyXc12J6FAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQmZG-boPUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bjAWCGGRDEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTIYOQFwIQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEUdXa0kOohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCWXb2iqNXg
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2013 12 19 PowerVChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU5M97ZMJY
PowerVC Initial Thoughtshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngP6NH5vLA
PowerVC Part 2 - Look Around the GUIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCd59JkoDw
PowerVC Part 3 - Config V7000, SAN, Network & Servershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jom4pqppxas
PowerVC Part 4 - Virtual Machine Capture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba-6cEJqu-o
PowerVC Part 5 - Deploy to a new Virtual Machinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzNvzCnIZME
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU5M97ZMJYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU5M97ZMJYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngP6NH5vLAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngP6NH5vLAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCd59JkoDwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jom4pqppxashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jom4pqppxashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba-6cEJqu-ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzNvzCnIZMEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzNvzCnIZMEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba-6cEJqu-ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jom4pqppxashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxCd59JkoDwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngP6NH5vLAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU5M97ZMJY
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What Power8 Means to Me - Kyle Foster(You have to speak Canadian to understand this video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDKON2bB20
Is the x86 architecture really the best choice? Discover IBM Power Systemshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v= jDJSssGp9O8
The IBM POWER8 processor and IBM Power Systemshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZq8t_sw3Q
IBM i and POWER8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96u3GaOzSy0
IBM Linux on Power - Backed by the Linux communityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x YyX3QlhIAc
Corent Technology: Building a SaaS platform on POWER8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwo34swU81k
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDKON2bB20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZq8t_sw3Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZq8t_sw3Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96u3GaOzSy0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96u3GaOzSy0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYyX3QlhIAchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYyX3QlhIAchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwo34swU81khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwo34swU81khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYyX3QlhIAchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96u3GaOzSy0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZq8t_sw3Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDKON2bB20
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IBM Power Systems + POWER8 for Big Data, Cloud and Mobilehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IA7xqlXNI
Boost your Linux with IBM Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGIBF4rwn8
Leaders in Linux: Doug Balog, GM, Power Systems, IBMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJ_pNQ8Ars
OpenPOWER Foundation Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXfhjRRj7o
Big Redis on POWER8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh8cqzFpxCE
Mellanox and POWER8: Performance for the largest Big Data workloadshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfghppl2CVo
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IA7xqlXNIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IA7xqlXNIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGIBF4rwn8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGIBF4rwn8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJ_pNQ8Arshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJ_pNQ8Arshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXfhjRRj7ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXfhjRRj7ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh8cqzFpxCEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh8cqzFpxCEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfghppl2CVohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfghppl2CVohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfghppl2CVohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh8cqzFpxCEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXfhjRRj7ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJ_pNQ8Arshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGIBF4rwn8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IA7xqlXNI
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IBM Power Systems Enterprise Pools: Greater flexibility, availability andcontrol for your business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8L2m4MT-k
Linux, Cloud, and Next Generation Workloads - Brad McCredie, IBMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GutsOg8Vyk
IBM PowerVC 1.2 Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTbC6JW7YE
PowerVC Introduction and Configuration - Part 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IAEqVtIGU
PowerVC Introduction and configuration - Part 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHCplS6yos
Other Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8L2m4MT-khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GutsOg8Vykhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTbC6JW7YEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IAEqVtIGUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IAEqVtIGUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHCplS6yoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHCplS6yoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHCplS6yoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IAEqVtIGUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTbC6JW7YEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GutsOg8Vykhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf8L2m4MT-k
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Nvidia/IBM to Build Two Coral 100+ Petaflop Supercomputers in 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACTJbpe1Ww
POWER8 Enterprise E870 from experiencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u5aSEt6spw
Power Systems: Open Innovation to Put Data to Workhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM0KdMjk8s
part1 The basics of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for IBM Power Platform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5n4MoOC_20
part 2 Advanced Virtual Machines features Red Hat Enterprise Virtualizationfor IBM Power Platformhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOanROup0LY
Other Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQwFfPX2KdYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACTJbpe1Wwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACTJbpe1Wwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u5aSEt6spwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u5aSEt6spwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM0KdMjk8shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM0KdMjk8shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5n4MoOC_20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5n4MoOC_20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOanROup0LYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOanROup0LYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOanROup0LYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5n4MoOC_20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM0KdMjk8shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u5aSEt6spwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACTJbpe1Wwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQwFfPX2KdY
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22 PowerSC Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQa3 Y_GMsc
Is the x86 architecture really the best choice? Discover IBM Power Systems.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= jDJSssGp9O8
MariaDB and IBM POWER8 - the perfect match for ultimate performance andlower TCOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DpCSmrhPVM
MariaDB (like MySQL) - 10 Linux on POWER Killer Apps for AIX Peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eX_4Jvfz4
POWER8 Temperature & Watts from FSP using wbemclihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKE1Vg7PPg
Other Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxolzOCAq8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxolzOCAq8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQa3Y_GMschttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQa3Y_GMschttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DpCSmrhPVMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DpCSmrhPVMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eX_4Jvfz4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eX_4Jvfz4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKE1Vg7PPghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKE1Vg7PPghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eX_4Jvfz4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DpCSmrhPVMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJSssGp9O8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQa3Y_GMschttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLxolzOCAq8
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HMC 8.2 new GUI B: VM Properties and DLPARhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNlYMqts8w
The Next Chapter in IBM and SAP Innovation: Doug Balog announces SAPHANA on POWER8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_tV2uDGniU
2015 Power Systems, Advanced Technology Support, Europe/EMEAhttp://w3.aixncc.uk.ibm.com/654V/pmwiki.php
POWER8 Claims and Proof Pointshttps://w3-connections.ibm.com/communities/service/html/community/bookmarks?communityUuid=31ea8016-5fdf-4764-9103-398c47b09aa2
Virtual HMC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxZKqBFJj0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxZKqBFJj0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNlYMqts8whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNlYMqts8whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_tV2uDGniUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_tV2uDGniUhttp://w3.aixncc.uk.ibm.com/654V/pmwiki.phphttp://w3.aixncc.uk.ibm.com/654V/pmwiki.phphttps://w3-connections.ibm.com/communities/service/html/community/bookmarks?communityUuid=31ea8016-5fdf-4764-9103-398c47b09aa2https://w3-connections.ibm.com/communities/service/html/community/bookmarks?communityUuid=31ea8016-5fdf-4764-9103-398c47b09aa2https://w3-connections.ibm.com/communities/service/html/community/bookmarks?communityUuid=31ea8016-5fdf-4764-9103-398c47b09aa2https://w3-connections.ibm.com/communities/service/html/community/bookmarks?communityUuid=31ea8016-5fdf-4764-9103-398c47b09aa2http://w3.aixncc.uk.ibm.com/654V/pmwiki.phphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_tV2uDGniUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNlYMqts8whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbxZKqBFJj0
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Power HMC
V8.8.4
POWER6 POWER7 POWE8
VMware ESXi or Red Hat KVM
• Same functionality as
traditional HMC
• x86 64-bit with Intel VT-xor AMD-V
• 4 CPU, 8 GB memory,
160 GB disk, 2 NIC• Mix HW and virtual HMC
• License plus SWMA
Power - Continuous System Innovation
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POWER5/5+130/90 nm
2004 2007
POWER6/6+65/65 nm
2010
POWER7/7+45/32 nm
POWER822 nm
2014
• 64 cores• 4TB memory
• Micro-partitioning
• Virtual I/O
• Unified POWERvirtualization
• 2-way SMT
• On-chip memorycontroller
• 8-core chips• 8TB memory
• Larger L2
• Up to 5.0 GHz
• On-chip L3controller
• Dynamic CPUsparing
• Partition mobility
• Storage keys
• 256 cores• 16TB memory
• 8-core chips
• 80 MB on-chipeDRAM L3 cache
• 4-way SMT
• Enterprise pools
• Hypervisor memorymirroring
• Spare DRAMs
• 12-core chips• 8-way SMT
• CAPI
• Over 19MB cacheper core
• Transactional
memory• Multi-path
interconnect
• PCIe Gen3
• On-chip controller
POWER8 Optimized for Data
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Systems of Record
Systems of Engagement
Systems of Insight
Systems of Engagement
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• Competitive advantage
• Anytime, anywhere
• Untrusted devices
• Exposes internal IT
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Systems of Record
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• Core to business
• Update transactional
• High volume
• Secure
Systems of Insight
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• Competitive advantage
• Ubiquitous
• Large data footprint• Unpredictable
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Parallel Workloads
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• Systems of Insight
• Systems of Engagement
Cloud Computing
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• Rapid time to value and lower cost
• Dynamic, unpredictable workloads
• Multi-tenant• Open API driven
The API Economy
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Open Cloud APIs Will Benefit Cloud Deployments
Faster time to value
Greater flexibility
Topology insulation
Lower cost
Open Cloud APIs and Services Benefit Clients
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OpenStack
VirtualCompute
VirtualStorage
VirtualNetwork
OpenModular Design
Vendor Interoperability
Rapidly GrowingRich Feature Set
Cloud Foundry
Virtualized
resourcesallows more
seamlesschanges
PowerVC Virtualization Management: Today
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One Nova copy perPowerVM instance
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
Controller
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
HMC
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
VIOSLPARs
VIOSLPARs
VIOSLAPRs
OpenStack
NovaOpenStack
NovaOpenStack
Nova
PowerVC Virtualization Management: NovaLink
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• Supports more VMs
• Uniform for PowerVM and PowerKVM
• Simplifies use by other OpenStackmanagers
• HMC not used for VM management
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
NovaLink
OpenStack
Nova
NovaLink
OpenStack
Nova
Controller
PowerVM PHYP
Service Processor
NovaLink
OpenStack
Nova
VIOSLPARs
VIOSLPARs
VIOSLAPRs
POWER8 Four Level Cache Design
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L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1C C C C C C
L2
L1
L2
L1
L2
L1
L2
L1
L2
L1
L2
L1
C C C C C C
Shared eDRAM L3
Mem L4
Mem L4
Mem L4
Mem L4
MemL4
MemL4
MemL4
MemL4
Industry Standard Benchmarks
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Publish for a reason• Biggest result
• Lowest cost
• Efficiency
• Mandated
Need an opponent
Expensive to run
Real Workloads Benefit from Large Caches
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Multiple Working Sets
Cache
Ejected New
Industry Benchmarks Don’t Stress Caches
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Cache
Single Working Set
POWER8 Delivers 2.5x Performance on Hadoop
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
POWER8 Cisco
Relative System Performance• 2.5x the performance of the best
published x86 system on TeraSort
• Exploits cores, threads, largercaches, and more memorybandwidth
• TeraSort is a Hadoop benchmark
– Sorts a 10 TB dataset in parallel
– Exercises the Map-reducedframework and Hadoop File System
IBM Analytics Stack: IBM Power System S822L; 24 cores / 192 threads, POWER8; 3.0GHz, 512 GB memory, RHEL 6.5, InfoSphere BigInsights 3.0
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/le_tera. pdf
Hadoop TeraSort Benchmark
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/le_tera.pdfhttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/le_tera.pdfhttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/le_tera.pdf
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1.27
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
SGIXeon E5-2630-v224 nodes288 cores
10 TB
CiscoXeon E5-266516 nodes256 cores
10 TB
IBM POWER8S822L8 nodes
192 cores10 TB
G B
/ C o r e / M i n u t e
1.7X
Best Result
Cisco: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/borderless-networks/advanced-services/le_tera.pdf SGI: http://www.sgi.com/pdfs/4440.pdf IBM: POWER8 with BigInsights was tested in IBM laboratories
Cloudera ApacheHadoop BigInsights
SAP S&D 2-Tier Benchmark (per Core)
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Processor and Memory Affinity
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POWER8Cores
Cache
Memory
Local
POWER8Cores
Cache
Memory
Near
POWER8Cores
Cache
Memory
Far
PowerVM Dynamic Platform Optimizer
Processor Folding Increases Throughput
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VP VP VP VP
Allows for growth anddecreases dispatch overhead
Allows for growth butincreases dispatch overhead
VP VP VP VP
No Folding4 Active Virtual Processors Processor Folding2 Active and 2 AvailableVirtual Processors
PowerVM Workload Management
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Workload MetricsTotal Throughput: 14.42M
Mix High and Low Priority Work
High Priority MetricsTotal Throughput: 12.95M
10.2%Reduction
High Priority Work
Competitive Hypervisor Workload Management
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Mix High and Low Priority WorkHigh Priority Work
Workload MetricsTotal Throughput: 6.8 M
High Priority MetricsTotal Throughput: 4.48 M
34.1%Reduction
PowerVM Can Lower Software Costs
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By Virtual Processor
• Pay by quantity of definedvirtual processors
• Pay for the possible
By Capped Sub-Pool
• Pay by the size of the sub-pool• Pay close to actual
Core Based Software Licensing Models
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Sub-Capacity
• Sum of defined virtual
processors
• Each VM has a cap
• Work that peaks at the
same time
Entire Machine
• Pay for all cores
• Socket size affectssoftware costs
• Work that needs the
whole machine
Capped Pool
• Pay for pool size
• Each VM can scale tothe pool size
• Work that peaks at
different times
Numberof
PhysicalCores
2 VP
2 VP
2 VPCapped Pool
VM
VM
VM
VM
Power Threading Can Lower Software Costs
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Core Core Core Core
Core Core Core Core
Core Core
8 Licenses 2 Licenses
8 Cores, 8 Threads 2 Cores, 8 Threads
POWER8 – Greater On-Chip Bandwidth
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Semiconductor technology• Lower layers used for circuit
interconnect
• Top layers used for powerdistribution, clocks, off-chip signaling
Intel Haswell – 11 layers
IBM POWER8 – 15 layers
• Remaining layers form high-speed
on-chip highway system• 2X wires per transistor over Haswell
Power Lowers Core Based Software Costs
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• Base license affected by –Cost per core
–Number of cores
• Maintenance
–Usually % of base license
• All-you-can-eat license
–True-up / new contract
>Util %
Core
Util %
Core
Bigger coreHigh utilization
Large Servers Can Run at Higher Utilization
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Single Application(2 CPUs)
64 Applications(38 CPUs)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Physical Scale-Out Can Trap Capacity
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• Common paradigm
• Low or inconsistent results
• Fixed ratio of
resources
A B C D
E F G H
Integrated Facility for Linux
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Note: All prices shown are US list prices and are subject to change without notice
POWER8
Model
IFL
Price
No CostPowerVMLicense
PowerVMSWMA per IFL
1 Year 24x7
Power E880/E870 $8,591 All Cores $300
Power E850 $4,164 IFL Cores $300
• IFL Benefits
– Substantial savings on hardwareand PowerVM support for Linuxonly workloads
• IFL Includes
– 4 Core activations
– 32 GB memory activations
Linux on Power: Lower IBM Software Costs
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• 70 Processor Value Units• Same as 2-socket servers
• Enterprise Power
advantage
PowerVM
Linux Linux Linux
Power Hardware
IBM Linux Technology Centers
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United States
Brazil
Australia
India
Israel
China
Germany
• 600 developers in over 100 open
source projects to improve Linux• 500+ IBM Linux SW products
• Work with industry organizations toexpand the use of Linux
Power Systems Linux Centers
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Austin, TX
Beijing, ChinaMontpellier,France
New York,NY Tokyo, Japan
• Tailored customer briefings
• Linux porting and optimization• POWER8 parallel processing and
virtualization assistance
• ISV and business partner workshops
Linux Support on POWER8 Models
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Linux Distribution (Big Endian / Little Endian) S812 LCS822 LC
S812 L
S822 L
S824 L S814 / S822
S824
S850 S870
S880
RED HAT LINUX
Big Endian - Red Hat Linux 6.5 and updates X X (opt) X X
Big Endian - Red Hat Linux 6.6 and updates X X (opt) X X X
Big Endian - Red Hat Linux 7 and updates X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X X (opt)
Big Endian - Red Hat Linux 7.1 and updates X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt)
Little Endian - Red Hat Linux 7.1 and updates X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt)
SUSE LINUX
Big Endian – SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 and updates X X X
Big Endian – SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 and updates X X X (opt) X
Little Endian – SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and updates X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt)
UBUNTU LINUX
Little Endian – Ubuntu 14.04 X (opt)
Little Endian – Ubuntu 14.04.2 X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt)
Little Endian – Ubuntu 14.04.3 X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt) X (opt)
X (opt) - This version is optimized for POWER8 technology Big Endian byte order support Little Endian byte order support
Hypervisor Support on POWER8 Models
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Linux / Hypervisor DistributionS812 LCS822 LC
S812 LS822 L S824 L
S814
S822S824 S850
S870S880
RED HAT LINUX
PowerVM X X X X X
PowerKVM X X
SUSE LINUX
PowerVM X X X X X
PowerKVM X X
UBUNTU LINUXPowerVM X X X X X
PowerKVM X X X
Supported POWER8 Features for LinuxPOWER8 Feature Description RHEL RHEL SUSE SUSE Ubuntu
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POWER8 Feature Description RHEL6.0 to 6.6
RHEL
7 and up
SUSE
11 and up
SUSE
12.0
Ubuntu
14
Active Memory™ Data Deduplication YES YES YES YES YES
Active memory sharing YES YES YES YES YES
Dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR) I/O adapter add/remove YES YES YES YES YES
DLPAR memory add YES YES YES YES YES
DLPAR memory remove YES YES YES YES YES
DLPAR processor add/remove YES YES YES YES YES
64 KB huge pages support YES YES YES YES
Dynamic simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) enable/disable YES YES YES YES YES
Event-based branching for Java™ optimization on POWER8 YES YES YES
GNU Debugger (GDB) VSYES and decimal floating point support YES YES YES YES YES
Live Partition Mobility YES YES YES YES YES
Memory resilience YES YES YES YES YES
Micropartitions – 20 VMs per core YES YES YES YES YES
N-Port ID virtualization YES YES YES YES
Shared storage pools YES YES YES YES YES
Static multithreading (SMT8) YES YES YES
TCPIP acceleration for Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA) YES YES YES YES
Thin provisioning YES YES YES YES
Hardware transactional memory YES YES YES
Virtual Tape YES YES YES YES
Windows Server to Linux Server Function
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Windows Function Linux Counterpart (1) Description of basic function
IIS, FileZilla FTP Client & Server vsftpd, pure-ftpd FTP services
IIS,, Apache Apache, Engine-X, lighttpd Web services
DNS Services BIND, PowerDNS, djbdns Domain name services
Domain User Authentication Kerberos, Heimdal User/Group authentication services
Microsoft Exchange Citadel, zimbra, Open-Xchange Groupware (e-mail, documents, etc.)
Microsoft Internet Explorer Firefox, Konqueror, Epiphany, Opera Web browser services
Microsoft Windows Folder and Print sharing SAMBA File and Print services
Microsoft Netmeeting Gnomemeeting (Ekiga) Web conferencing servicesMicrosoft Office OpenOffice, GNOME Office, Libre Desktop office services
Norton McAfee Anitvirus ClamAV, AVG Antivirus, Avast Home Antivirus services
Outlook Express Kontact, Evolution, Thunderbird Email client services
Sharepoint KnowledgeTree Document sharing, editing, management
ZoneAlarm , Sygate SPF Guarddog, Firestarter, GUFW, iptables Firewall services
(1) Does not include all possible options available for Linux (just the most common)
For additional details on Linux alternatives to Windows based functions see the following:
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
http://www.linuxalt.com/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalents
POWER8 Endian Support
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.htmlhttp://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.htmlhttp://www.linuxalt.com/https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalentshttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalentshttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareEquivalentshttp://www.linuxalt.com/http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
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Big-Endian Little-Endian
AIX AIX 6.1, AIX 7.1 N/A
IBM i IBM i 7.1, IBM i 7.2 N/A
SUSE SLES11 SLES12
Red HatRHEL 6.5 - RHEL 7.0,
RHEL 7.1RHEL 7.1
Canonical N/A Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10
PowerVM Mixed endian LPAR support as of FW8.30
PowerKVM Mixed endian guest support as of 10/2014
Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC)
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• Place, deploy, move, change, and capture VMs
• Resource pooling
• Built on OpenStack
• AIX, Linux, IBM i
PowerVC Image Deploy
http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/AppData/Local/Temp/PowerVC%20Demo.MP4http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/AppData/Local/Temp/PowerVC%20Demo.MP4
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PowerVM Flexibility Lowers Costs
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I/O
Dedicated Shared
Cores
Memory
Relative SMT4 Performance3650
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p770+64 core3.8 GHz
p780+128 core3.72 GHz
p795128 core4.25 GHz
E87080 core
4.19 GHz
E880192 core4.0 GHz
729
1380
18521600
p795256 core4.0 GHz
2978
Relative Performance 3906
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p770+64 core3.8 GHz
p780+128 core3.72 GHz
p795128 core4.25 GHz
E87080 core
4.19 GHz
E880192 core4.0 GHz
729
1380
18521712
p795256 core4.0 GHz
2978
E870 orE880
CDIMM CDIMM
To Other Enclosures 25.6 GB/s
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SCU Card
ClockInterface
SCU Card
ClockInterface
P8P C I e
P C I e
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
ME M
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
ME M
P8P C I e
P C I e
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
M
E M
ME M
P8P C I e
P C I e
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
M
E M
ME M
S MP
S MP
S M
P
S M
P
SMP SMP
SMP SMP
P C I e
P C I e
28.8 GB/s
15.75 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
Power to SCU
To ServiceProcessor
To Clock
To ServiceProcessor
To Clock
Power to SCU
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
P C I e G en 3 x 1 6
E850
CPU Planar
s s
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IO Planar
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x16
PCIe Gen3 x8
PCIe Gen3 x8
4 USB 3.0
PEX
Service Processor 2 x 1 GE, 1 x Serial
2 x USB 2.0
x8
x8x16
x16x16
x8
x16
x8
x16
x16
x16
x16
StorageBackplane
8 SFF4 SSD
Op-panel
DVD
RAID Backplane
SAS CTLRAID #1
SAS CTLRAID #2
C
D I M M s
C D I M M s
C
D I M M s
C D I M M s
POWER8Dual-ChipModule 2
POWER8Dual-Chip
Module 0
POWER8Dual-ChipModule 3
POWER8Dual-Chip
Module 1
POWER8 E850
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POWER8DCM 2 POWER8DCM 3POWER8DCM 0 POWER8DCM 1
4 U S B 3 . 0
CDIMMs CDIMMs CDIMMs CDIMMs
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 8
S A S C T L 1
x 8
P C I e G en 3
x 8
P C I e G en 3
x 8
S A S C T L 2
x 8
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
P C I e G e
n 3 x 1 6
MemCTL
MemCTL
MemCTL
MemCTL
MemCTL
MemCTL
MemCTL
MemCTL
PCIe Gen3Switch
S8242 SocketSystem
Planar FSP, 2 HMC, Serial
24 GB/s 12.8 GB/s
x16 x16
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With the EJ0N and EJ0S Split Backplane Feature
P8
PCIe PCIe
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
SMP SMP
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
PCIe PCIe
SMPSMP
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
PCIe
SMPSMP
PCIe PCIe
SMP SMP
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
External SAS
x8x16 x8x16
x8
x8
x8 x8
32 GB/s
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 7
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 2
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 1
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 0
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 9
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 8
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 4
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 6
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 5
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 3
U S B
PEX PEX
S A S
1
S A S
2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
PCIe
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 2
S8241 SocketSystem
Planar FSP, 2 HMC, Serial
24 GB/sx16
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With the EJ0N and EJ0S Split Backplane Feature
P8
PCIe PCIe
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
SMP SMP
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
PCIe PCIe
SMP SMP
External SAS
x8x16
x8
x8
x8
32 GB/s
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 7
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 2
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 1
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 0
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 9
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 8
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 6
U S B
PEX PEX
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
S A S
1
S A S
2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
S814
SystemPlanar
FSP, 2 HMC, Serial
24 GB/sx16
8
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P8
PCIe PCIe
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
SMP SMP
P8
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
CDIMM
ME M
PCIe PCIe
SMP SMP
External SAS
x8x16
x8
x8
x8
32 GB/s
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 7
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 2
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 1
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 1 0
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 9
P C I e
G en 3
x 8
C 8
P C I e
G en 3
x 1 6
C 6
U S B
PEX PEX
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
S A S
1
S A S
2
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
SFF
DVD
S8222 SocketSystem
Planar FSP, 2 HMC, Serial
24 GB/s 12.8 GB/s
x16 x168
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