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Power Systems – August 2010

Power Systems – August 2010. JS Blades. Power 795. Power 780. Power 770. Power 755. Power 750. Power 575. Power 570. Power 550. Power 595. Power 520. PS Blades. Power 720/740. Power 710/730. POWER5 510. Power 560. HPC. IBM i strategy and roadmap.

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Power Systems – August 2010

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  1. Power Systems – August 2010 JS Blades Power 795 Power 780 Power 770 Power 755 Power 750 Power 575 Power 570 Power 550 Power 595 Power 520 PS Blades Power 720/740 Power 710/730 POWER5 510 Power 560 HPC

  2. IBM i strategy and roadmap “Our commitment to our IBM i clients, ISVs and business partners is solid and unchanged. With our clearly defined processor and software roadmap, we are making substantial investments in the future of IBM i as an important, strategic element in the IBM systems portfolio.” IBM white paper Includes information about the IBM i market, Power Systems and IBM i roadmaps, plus the latest information on POWER7 and IBM i 7.1 http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html

  3. IBM i Roadmap 2009 2010 2011 Future IBM i Next IBM i 6.1.1 IBM i 6.1 Enhancements

  4. Power of i Webcast Series Introducing New Power Systems Express Servers for IBM i Clients • Wednesday, September 1, 2010 – 2 p.m. Eastern Time Moving up to IBM i 6.1, 7.1 and POWER7 • Tuesday, September 21, 2010 – 2 p.m. Eastern Time IBM DB2 WebQuery - the powerful, easy to use data analysis solution • Tuesday, October 12, 2010 – 2 p.m. Eastern Time IBM i Application Developers Update: Rational, Zend and more • Tuesday, October 26, 2010 – 2 p.m. Eastern Time Register today at www.systeminetwork.com/iwebcast1

  5. IBM i System Support * Specific models

  6. POWER7 IBM i Offering Portfolio *US list price

  7. Power 720 Express • Latest business solutions • Workload-optimizing Features • Outstanding Energy Efficiency • Enhanced Diagnostics • Innovative Solid State Drive options • Expanded Virtualization capabilities • 5X performance • 4x memory • 4X consolidation • 3 year HWMA Power 720 Express POWER6 520 • 6X performance • 4x memory • 4X consolidation • Reduced HWMA POWER5 520 • 25X performance • 16x memory • PowerVM • Reduced HWMA POWER4 800

  8. Power 740 Express • Latest business solutions • Workload-optimizing Features • Outstanding Energy Efficiency • Enhanced Diagnostics • Innovative Solid State Drive options • Expanded Virtualization capabilities • 2.5X performance • 2x cores • 2X consolidation • 3 year HWMA Power 740 Express POWER6 550 • 7X performance • 4x memory • 4X consolidation • Reduced HWMA POWER5 550 • 13X performance • 8x memory • PowerVM • Reduced SW costs • Reduced HWMA POWER4 830

  9. 2H2010 Power Systems Express IBM i Transition POWER7 POWER6 • 740 • 2 I/O loops • 2 sockets • Up to 16 cores • Small p20 tier • 520 • 2 I/O loops • 2 sockets • 4-core • Small p10 tier • 720 • 1 I/O loops • 1 socket • 6/8-core • Small p10 tier • 520 • 1 I/O loops • 1 socket • 2-core • Small p10 tier • 520 • 0 I/O loops • 1 socket • 1-core • Small p05 tier • 720 • 0 I/O loops • 1 socket • 4-core • Small p05 tier

  10. 2H2010 Power Systems Express IBM i Transition POWER7 POWER6 • 750 • 2 I/O loops • 4 sockets • Up to 32 cores • Small p20 tier • 550 • 2 I/O loops • 2 socket • Up to 8 cores • Small p20 tier • 740 • 2 I/O loops • 2 sockets • Up to 16 cores • Small p20 tier

  11. 2H2010 Power Systems Express IBM i Transition Selling POWER6 520: Selling POWER7 720: • Delivers best price/performance • Includes 3yr HWMA • Scalability • Improved performance per core • Supports IBM i 5.4 • Client can upgrade OS from V5R2 to 5.4 • Upgrade path from POWER5 520 & 525 • Support older I/O • Client can continue to use HSL2 / RIO • IOP based cards & I/O

  12. POWER7 delivers outstanding performance CPW 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 3800 4300 5950 Single core CPW

  13. IBM i CPW compares 520 4-core 720 6 or 8-core 520 2-core 720 4-core 520 1-core

  14. IBM i CPW compares 750 550 740 * 4 & 8 core at 3.3 Ghz * 16 core at 3.55 Ghz

  15. IBM i and Multi-core • IBM i Automated license management • IBM i only accesses number of cores entitled to • When additional license keys installed, IBM i provided access to additional cores • Offered today on POWER6 multi-core systems • PowerVM • PowerVM Express defaulted on 710, 720, 730 and 740 orders for all active cores • PowerVM Express may be removed from order • With IBM i, PowerVM core licenses may be reduced to the number of IBM i licenses • No need for active core deconfguration 720 4-core Small p05

  16. Expanding Move up to i Incentive • Provides a no charge IBM i core entitlement when migrating from selected legacy i servers • Automated ordering thru econfig • IBM i Economic Replacement Tool includes in business case http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/info/power/moveup/index.html

  17. POWER7 Technology Leadership • More performance per core • A lot more performance per system • 4, 6 or 8 cores per chip • 3.0 to 4.25 GHz • Up to 4 threads per core • Integrated eDRAM L3 Cache • Dynamic Energy Optimization

  18. Power 710, 720, 730 and 740 Express Highlights 2U - 1 Socket 4U - 1 Socket Power 7104-core P05 Tier 6- or 8- cores P10 Tier Max memory: 64 GB PCIe = 4 low profile Zero 12X I/O loops IBM i 6.1 or later Power 7204-core P05 Tier 6- or 8-cores P10 Tier Max memory: 128 GB CEC PCIe = 4 + 4 Up to 1* 12X I/O loop * if 6- or 8-core IBM i 6.1 or later 2U - 2 Sockets 4U - 2 Sockets Power 7308, 12 or 16 cores P20 Tier Max memory: 128 GB CEC PCIe = 4 low profile Zero 12X I/O loops IBM i 6.1 or later Power 740 4, 6, 8, 12, or 16 cores P20 Tier Max memory: 256 GB CEC PCIe = 4 + 4 Up to 2 12X I/O loops IBM i 6.1 or later

  19. Power Systems Express Rack/Tower Positioning

  20. Model Upgrades (Same Serial Number) 795 780 595 595 770 570 750 Withdrawal Jan 2011 570 560 N/A 740 4/6/8/12/16 core 550 550 N/A 720 6/8 core 520 4 core 720 4 core 520 2 core 520/525 N/A 520 1-core 730 8/12/16 core 520/515 710 4/6/8 core 510 POWER5 POWER6 POWER7

  21. 520 Upgrade Paths (same serial number) 740 4/6/8/12/16 core No upgrade paths into 740 POWER7 520 4-core 8203-E4A 720 6/8-core No upgrade paths into 4-core POWER6 POWER6 POWER7 withdrawn 525 9406-525 520 2-core 8203-E4A 520 2-core 9408-M25 * withdrawn withdrawn POWER5 POWER6 POWER6 No one-step POWER5 to POWER7 520 9406-520 720 4-core No upgrade paths into 4-core POWER5 withdrawn POWER7 * 520 1-core 9407-M15 520 1-core 8203-E4A 515 9407-515 No upgrade paths POWER6 POWER6 POWER5 No upgrade paths 520 9405-520 * conversion to 8203 POWER5

  22. Thanks

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