© 2010 IBM Corporation IBM System x & BladeCenter Delivering Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet Don Roy [email protected]

© 2010 IBM Corporation

IBM System x & BladeCenter Delivering Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet

Don Roy

[email protected]

© 2010 IBM Corporation2

Memory Capacity

A need to reduce operational expenses

Having to cut license fees and energy costs

Investing in only what is needed

Having to get the most out of existing data centers.

Do More With Less

Speed time from deployment to production

Optimized performance for their workload needs

Get more out of the people, IT, and spending they have

Flexibility to get the IT they need, the way they need it

Simplify

Difficult challenges create an opportunity for innovation

Client challenges with enterprise workloadsDatabase, Virtualization, Transaction processing

Restricted server utilization

Bigger workloads

Difficulty supporting more, bigger virtual machines, growing databases and increases in transaction processing.


The PC architecture has already been pushed to its limits

Are easy to acquire

Support a broad application base

Take advantage of readily available administration skills

In distributed computing environments, 85 percent of computing capacity sits idle1

Power and cooling costs are now eight times greater than they were 12 years ago2

Management costs now represent 70 percent of IT budget³

1 Based on IBM estimates.2,3 Clabby Analytics, The Data Center ‘Implosion Explosion’ … and the Need to Move to a New Enterprise Data Center Model , February 2008

x86 SERVERS

BUT

We Love Them!

We Hate Them!


Traditional server paradigms need to change

Personal Computers

Rack optimized

Blade Servers

Tower PC Servers

The x86-based PC architecture is now 28 years old. It has evolved through PCs, towers, racks and blades. Holds 53 percent of the server market and that number is growing.


A smarter planet demands smarter systems

Scale quickly and efficiently.

Remove memory bottlenecks.

Maximize utilization.

Are optimized for workloads.

Provide rapid access to data.

Clients need systems that:

DATAWorkloads

Innovation

The next generation x86 architectures must be able to keep up with the proliferation of workloads and explosion

of data of a smarter, more interconnected planet.


IBM Systems………….

In today’s economy, we need dynamic infrastructures that drive down costs, and are intelligent and secure.

Not just containing operational cost and complexity, but achieving breakthrough productivity gains through virtualization, optimization, energy stewardship, and flexible sourcing.

Increasingly customer demand for quality service & continuous accessibility

Security, resiliency & compliance challenges are created by the accelerating pace of change.

Reduce Cost

Improve Service

Manage Risks and Threats


Smarter systems from IBM enable you to add memory to x86-based systems independently of the processor

Add up to

and licensing costs by

Reduce storage costs by up to

more memory per processor

© 2010 IBM Corporation

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97%

50%


System x & BladeCenter“Fit for Purpose”

Scale Out

Sca

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p

BladeCenter

Infrastructure Simplification,

Application Serving

Server Consolidation, Virtualization

Enterprise &

iDataPlex

Web 2.0, HPC,

Grid, Energy Efficiency

Stand alone Applications

Rack and Tower


Maximize memory, minimize cost, simplify deployment

New thinking for the next generation of x86 systems

Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet


eX5 leadership for an evolving marketplace5th Generation of X-Architecture

1st Gen: First x86 server with scalable 16 processor design

20032nd

Generation

20053rd

Generation

20011st

Generation

2nd Gen: First x86 server with 100 #1 Benchmarks

3rd Gen: First x86 server with Hot-swap memory

4th Gen: First x86 server to break 1 Million tpmC

5th Gen: Breakthrough performance, ultimate flexibility, simpler management

2010 5th

Generation

20074th

Generation


eX5 Portfolio - Systems for a Smarter Planet

Broad coverage for most enterprise applications, server

consolidation, virtualized workload enablement.

4U / 4-WayScalable

Demand for minimum footprint as well as integrated networking infrastructure has increased the growth of the blade form factor.

BladeCenter HX5

Powerful and scalable system allows some workloads to migrate onto 2 socket design that delivers enterprise computing in a dense package

System x3690 X5

Consolidation, virtualization, and database workloads being migrated off of proprietary hardware are demanding more addressability

System x3850 X5


IBM System x3850 X5

Scalable 4-socket 4U server

Up to 96 DIMMs with MAX5

eXFlash

FlexNode

Get the best performance per workload with a versatile, scalable platform that delivers 6 times the memory of any 4-socket x86 system today for the maximum utilization, reliability and

performance needed for compute- and memory-intensive workloads.

System Specifications

4x Xeon 7500 series CPUs (4C/6C/8C) 64 to 96 DDR3 DIMMs / per node 6 open PCIe slots (+ 2 additional) Up to 8x 2.5” HDDs or 16x 1.8” SSDs RAID 0/1 Std, Optional RAID 5/6 2x 1GB Ethernet LOM 2x 10GB Ethernet SFP+ Virtual Fabric / FCoEE Scalable to 8 socket, 192 DIMM Internal USB for embedded hypervisor IMM, uEFI & IBM Systems Director


(2x) 1975W Rear Access Hot Swap, Redundant P/S

(4x) Intel Xeon CPU’s

(8x) Memory Cards for 64 DIMMs – 8 1066MHz DDR3 DIMMs per card 6x - PCIe Gen2 Slots

(+2 additional)

2x 60mm Hot Swap Fans

(8x) Gen2 2.5” Drives or2 * eXFlash

(2x) 120mm Hot Swap Fans

Dual USB Light Path Diagnostics

RAID (0/1) standard, RAID 5/6 Optional

DVD Drive

2x 10Gb Ethernet Adapter

x3850 X5: 4-socket 4U x86 (Nehalem EX) platform


IBM System x3690 X5

Scalable 2 socket 2U server


eXFlash

FlexNode

A scalable server that delivers up to 4x the memory of today’s 2-socket servers and double the processing cores, for unmatched performance.


2x Xeon 6500 & 7500 series CPUs (4C/6C/8C) 32 to 64 DDR3 DIMMs / per node 2 x8 PCIe slots, 2 x8 Low Profile slots Up to 16x 2.5” HDDs or 24x 1.8” SSDs RAID 0/1 Std, Opt RAID 5 2x 1GB Ethernet Optional 2x 10GB SFP+ Virtual Fabric / FCoEE Scalable to 4 sockets, 64 DIMM or 128 DIMM Internal USB for embedded hypervisor IMM, uEFI, and IBM Systems Director


(1x) x16 (full height, full length or (2x) x8 (1 full size, 1 full height / half length) (2x) PCIe x8 Low Profile(1x) PCIe x4 Low Profile for RAID

(4x) N+N 675W Rear Access Hot Swap Redundant P/S

(16x) Gen2 2.5” Drives or3 * eXFlash

Scaling ports

32 x DDR3 Memory DIMMs16 in upper mezzanine (pictured)16 below

8x Memory Buffers

(4x) 60mm Hot Swap Fans

Dual USB

Light Path Diagnostics

DVD Drive

x3690 X5: 2-socket 2U (Nehalem EX) platform


MAX 5 Doubles Memory Capacity

MAX 5 Features:

Expand memory capacity

No impact on memory latency

Up to double the number of memory DIMMs than the competitors

Over five times the memory capacity in two sockets vs. today’s leading two-socket systems

2 mechanical designs (1u or Blade)

Provides the memory customers have needed for database and virtualization – up to 100% more

virtual machines

Allows higher memory capacity to be reached with less expensive DIMMs for more economical high

end implementations


8-socket4-socket2-socket

Maximize memoryThe new eX5 portfolio provides as much as twice the amount of memory as competitive systems

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3 System x3850 X5 Systems(4-socket, 6-core)

100 to 3

What does this mean for your business?Reducing the cost of your IT

100 HP DL380 G4 Rack Servers(2-socket, 2-core)

3 Month ROI

Save 70% per year in IT costs


50 to 2

2 System x3850 X5 Systems(4-socket, 8-core)

50 HP DL585 Opteron Rack Servers(4-socket, 4-core)

3 Month ROI

Save 80% per year in IT costs

What does this mean for your business?Reducing the cost of your IT


Minimize costEliminate the memory bottleneck and minimize VMware licensing costs

Software licensing costs for VMware Enterprise Plus Cost: $3,500 per processor. Memory is constrained before processors are fully utilized.

Software licensing costs for VMware Enterprise Plus Cost: $3,500 per processor. Memory is constrained before processors are fully utilized.

2S Non-IBM server

x3690 X5 with MAX5

82%more VMs

Same 2S license cost

x3690 X5 with MAX5

4S Non-IBM server

50%license cost

Same number of VMs


Minimize costReduce Microsoft SQL software licensing costs by 50 percent using eX5 technology

Notes:All pricing shown is Microsoft List Pricing as of January 2010 per the pricing information on http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspxPricing model used is per processor licensing which is based on $24,999 per physical socket on the server (logical cores are not counted)

A 1,000 user SQL Server 2008 database using a Nehalem-EX system.

Non-IBM Nehalem-EX server System x3690 X5 2-socket Nehalem-EX server

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition licensing cost SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition licensing cost

US$100,000 US$50,000

50%license cost

Same number of users


eXFlash - Maximum internal storage performance

eXFlash Features

Up to 2 eXFlash per system UP to 240,000 IOPs, 1.6TB per FlashPack RAID 5/6 and high throughput non-raided Hot swappable, front accessible, modules

Combination of solid-state disk technology and high-speed controller architecture deliver extreme performance to replace limited IOPs of traditional HDDs

Maximize Performance, Cost, Reliability

A single x3850 X5 with eXFlash delivers the same storage performance of: 800 spinning hard drives For just 3% of the cost 3.2TB in x3850 x5 / 4.8TB in x3690 x5

Each blazing fast eXFlash delivers:

Over 240,000 IO operations per second

99% better performance per watt

Power reduced to 1% of spinning disks

64x greater reliability over traditional HDDs


IBM BladeCenter – Industry Leading Choice

Purpose optimized chassis versatile family common solutions complete compatibility

Innovative advantages Less power/heat Family compatibility Ecosystem of suppliers Better redundancy Innovative technology options

Platform optimized blades flexible solutions

MultiCoreCell

OEM


IBM BladeCenter HX5Scalable high end blade for high density compute and memory capacity


2x Xeon 7500 and 6500 series CPUs (4C/6C/8C) 16x DDR3 VLP DIMMs MAX5 memory expansion to 40 DIMM Scalable to 4S, 32 DIMM or 4S, 80 DIMM UP to 16 I/O ports and to 2x SSD Optional RAID 5 with battery backed cache Optional 10GB Virtual Fabric Adapter / FCoEE Internal USB for embedded hypervisor IMM, uEFI, and IBM Systems Director

Scalable blade server enables standardization on same platform for two- and four-socket server needs for faster time to value, while delivering peak performance and productivity in high-density environments.

Scalable 2 socket Blade


Latest NHM – EX processor

FlexNode


HX5 Blade

2x Intel Nehalem-EXProcessors

16x VLP DDR3 Memory

2x SSD drives (1.8”)

Dual & redundant

I/O and Power

2x IO Expansion Slots(1x CIOv + 1x CFFh)


HX5 4-Socket Blade

4x Intel Xeon 7500Series CPUs(2 per node)

4x IO Expansion Slots(2x CIOv + 2x CFFh)

32x VLP DDR3 Memory (16 per node)

4x SSD drives (1.8”)(2 per node)

2x 30mm nodes

HX5 Configurations 2S, 16D, 8 I/O ports, 30mm 4S, 32D, 16 I/O ports, 60mm

Additional Features Internal USB for embedded hypervisor Dual & redundant I/O and Power IMM & UEFI

Scale Connector

16x memory buffers(8 per node)


MAX5 for HX5

24x VLP DDR3 memory

6x memory buffers

HX5+MAX5 Configurations 2S, 40D, 8 I/O ports, 60m 4S, 80D, 16 I/O ports, 120mm

MAX5

HX5

FireHawk6 SMI lanes4 QPI ports3 scalability ports


Bringing the goodness of eX5 to blades… Snaps onto base blade (sold as a bundle w/ base HX5) Enables more memory than any other blades

Blade leadership! Up to 30% more VMs than max competition blade Flexible configurations & unmatched memory capacity,

scaling from 1-socket, 32D 4-socket, 80D Uses processors that cost up to 30% less than the

competition for scaling Targeted for Virtualization & DB for customers that

need a blade form factor

Never before seen levels of scaling… 2-socket, 30mm building block 2-socket 4-socket w/ logical partitioning

Max compute density! Up to 32 cores in a 1¼ U equivalent space Modular scalability in 2-socket increments to get to 4-

socket Targeted for database, and compute intensive

simulations

HX5 Blade HX5 Blade with MAX5

IBM BladeCenter Scalable Blades

2P, 30mm2-socket, 16DIMM

8 I/O ports30mm

4-socket, 32DIMM16 I/O60mm

2-socket, 40DIMM

8 I/O 60mm

4-socket, 80DIMM16 I/O 120mm

Common Building Block


Reduce $/VM cost by over 30% by virtualizing on HX52.5X memory over HP BL490, more VMs per server, drastically reduced SW licensing costs

Customer Scenario

$60K Budget

2 – 3 GB / VM

50% utilization

Customer Scenario

$60K Budget

2 – 3 GB / VM

50% utilizationHP BL490 G6

VMware Enterprise Plus Cost: $5,100 / processor – Memory constrained before processors are fully utilized

Servers purchased 2 servers 1 server

CPU / Memory 4 CPUs / 36 DIMMs 2 CPUs / 40 DIMMs

SW license cost VMWare cost: $20,400 VMWare cost: $10,200

VMs supported 70 virtual machines 90 virtual machines

30% more virtual machines at same CapEx

50% VMWare license cost savings

50% fewer servers to manage

1/3 more compute overhead for peak workloads

PLUS OpEx savings from simplified management and reduced energy costs

30% more virtual machines at same CapEx

50% VMWare license cost savings

50% fewer servers to manage

1/3 more compute overhead for peak workloads

PLUS OpEx savings from simplified management and reduced energy costs

HX5+MAX5


Optimize workloads: Run interactive applications by day on a 2S system and batch jobs by night on 4S system

Help reduce software licensing costs: Execute partitions to optimize software licensing costs when priced per system core.

Boost security: Isolate workloads to help improve security and assure quality of service.

Two 2S SystemsOne 4S System

FlexNode enables you to dynamically transform a single into two distinct systems - and then back again


eX5 configuration flexibilityChoose a system that fits your needs today and in the future

Base System

Native (QPI) Scaling

Memory Expansionwith MAX5

Memory Expansion and Scaling with MAX5


3.5x Faster SAP performance

3.8x Performance

2.8x Database Performance

Benchmarks Show the Advantage of eX5 The 3850 X5 outperforms HP’s DL580 G5 across the board!

Designed for enterprise applications, eX5 systems are the only ones with the right balance to deliver maximum capability and minimum cost

Virtualization demands memory to run the most efficient virtual environments. With eX5, clients can get 6 times the memory as HP’s Dunnington – based DL580 G5.

Database and transaction processing applications need the memory capacity and bandwidth from eX5. And with eXFlash, clients can lower costs 97% for database storage.

TPC-E

SPEC

VMmark

2-tier SAP SD


IBM’s New 2 Socket Servers Can Help!

x3550 M3 – General Business Compact Server

x3650 M3 - The Ultimate Business Critical Server

x3500 M3 - Business Critical Tower Server

x3400 M3 – General Business with Enterprise Features


Lower costs with improved performance 50% more cores1

Up to 40% top bin-to-bin performance increase and up to 60% for HPC1

Up to 15:1 consolidation with a 3-month payback from clients’ current install of 4-year old servers1

New Low-power SKUs1

50% more memory capacity2 on rack-optimized servers

60% more internal storage capacity2 on rack-optimized servers

Let us help you meet your IT challenges

1 Based on Intel Data 2Combination of more DIMMs/drive bays & increased capacities (may be backward compatible on M2)


IBM System x3650 M3

The flagship System x 2U 2-socket rack server delivers leadership performance per watt computing and handles business-critical applications. You get exceptional price/performance with low total cost of ownership.

NEW higher performing 4C & 6C Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series

40% to 60% (HPC) performance increase 15:1 consolidation w/ 3 month payback 2-Socket 2U 18 DIMMs UDIMM Support Up to 9.6TB of storage2

6 Gb RAID #1 SPEC Power Benchmark3

50% more memory1

60% more storage

Best in class reliability and availability w/ predictive failure & redundancy

LeadershipEnergy Efficiency

1Combination of more DIMMs/drive bays & increased capacities (may be backward compatible on M2) 2 June 3 x3650 M2


IBM System x3550 M3

The flagship System x 1U 2-socket server is our low-cost rack server capable of handling many business critical applications. You get great server value in a compact 1U form factor.

NEW higher performing 4C & 6C Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series

40% to 60% (HPC) performance increase15:1 consolidation w/ 3 month payback2-Socket 1U18 DIMMsUDIMM SupportUp to 4.8TB of storage6 Gb RAID

50% more memory1

60% more storage

LeadershipEnergy Efficiency

Open architecture and common tools for quick and simple installation

1 Combination of more DIMMs/drive bays & increased capacities (may be backward compatible on M2)


Customers can lower energy costs $100 per server annually and maintain workload levels with significantly fewer of the new IBM x3650 M3 servers (2)

200520 - x346 Server

Single-Core processor

20101 - x3650 M3

Server

Six-Core processor

20:1 Consolidation Ratio(1)

with Energy Efficient Design

50% lower annual energy costs(3)

Over 12x more performance per server(3)

93% Floor Space Reduction

Reduce TCO With Increased Performance

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(1) Based on IBM Alinean Tool Results(2) IBM Engineering Research Study, Feb 2009(3) Based on Intel performance data, 2009


Rotated the rack 90 degrees• Doubles the density in same

footprint • Half depth, front-access servers

- Low air-flow impedance• Greater cross-section for RDHx

100 U Rack• 16 Vertical U for switches and

PDU’s

600mm (840mm w/RDHx)

1200mm

446 x 520mm

446 x 520mm

1020mm

444 x 700mm

444 x 700mm

1280mm

1050mm

Two Standard 19” Racks

One iDataPlex

Rack

iDataPlex – Innovative Design


IBM iDataPlex dx360 M3

Maximize performance and optimize energy and space efficiencies with the latest iDataPlex server. The innovative, half-depth iDataPlex design continues to improve by optimizing for maximum density and airflow efficiencies. The new features deliver outstanding performance in a flexible platform that can be tailored to your data center’s processing, storage or I/O needs.

NEW higher performing 4C & 6C Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series 2-Socket highly dense server

SPECpower leadership 2 processor score16 DIMMsUp to 24TB of storage in a 3U configurationNetwork convergence at the server Increased Performance for HPCMore memory bandwidth with 2 DIMM per

channel @1333 MHzLow voltage memoryOptional Redundant Power

Higher PerformanceGreater Reliability


RAID Controllers

Memory

Processors

Networking

Tape / Removable HDD

Storage (HDD/SSD)

Rack and power infrastructure

Storage HBA

Enhancing your IT value with System x Options – What’s New?

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series

10Gb “Virtual Fabric” adapter

2TB “Nearline” and 600GB 2.5” HDDs

320GB High IOPS SSD PCIe adapter

1.8” double dense SSDs

Optimizations for RAID 5, SSD & encrypting drives

Enhanced digital KVM switches

1.35V memory

16GB DIMMs1

1 June 2010


System x & BladeCenter“Fit for Purpose”

Scale Out

Sca

le U

p

BladeCenter

Infrastructure Simplification,

Application Serving

Server Consolidation, Virtualization

Enterprise &

iDataPlex

Web 2.0, HPC,

Grid, Energy Efficiency

Stand alone Applications

Rack and Tower


Thank you!

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