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Introduction to System x Architectures and Servers

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IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement © 2011 IBM Corporation

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Topic 1 - Objectives

Upon the conclusion of this topic, you should be able to:

> Explain IBM’s vision for delivering Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet

> Describe how System x plays a key role in IBM Dynamic Infrastructure

> Explain the X-Architecture design philosophy and why it offers outstanding innovative solutions

> Identify the value proposition in the eX4 versus the eX5 technology solutions

> Identify the servers that are part of the System x ™ and BladeCenter ® portfolio

> Articulate the features of eX5 enterprise systems

> Discuss how IBM continues to deliver innovations using the Total Systems Management Experience


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Topic 1 - Agenda

> * A Vision of a Smarter Planet *

> System x Architectures

> System x Portfolio

eX5 Enterprise servers

High-volume servers

BladeCenter chassis/servers

iDataPlex

> Data Center Networking

> Rack, Power and Cooling

> Systems Management Platform


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…It’s getting smarter!

Our world is not only getting smaller and flatter...

A vision of a smarter planet


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IBM Leverage the Smarter Planet visionBecoming smarter is an evolutionary process


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Not only ensuring high availability and quality of existing services, but also meeting customer expectations

for real-time, dynamic access to innovative new services.

Not just containing operational cost and complexity, but achieving

breakthrough productivity gains through virtualization, optimization,

energy stewardship, and flexible sourcing.

REDUCE COST

IMPROVE SERVICE

MANAGE RISK

Not only addressing today’s security, resiliency, and

compliance challenges, but also preparing for the new risks posed by an even

more connected and collaborative world.

Systems Director

Energy Efficiency and Performance

X-Architecture Reliability and Resiliency

Dynamic

Infrastructure

Dynamic Infrastructure:Addressing today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities


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What makes IBM’s approach smarter?

Workload Optimized

ServiceManagement

Flexible Delivery Choices

Infrastructure optimized for specific workloads, tasks, or services in ways that deliver orders of magnitude better performance, scale and efficiency.

Provides visibility, control and automation across the business and IT infrastructure to accelerate the delivery of high quality services.

New delivery choices characterized by self-service, elastic scaling and rapid provisioning for optimal performance with reduced costs and risk.


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System Storage™System z™POWER Systems™

IBM Systems, the Right Fit for a Dynamic Infrastructure

Smarter Systems For a Smarter Planet

System x™

iDataPlex™

BladeCenter®


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A design blueprint for building proven IBM innovation into the industry-standard System x product line

System x is one component of the IBM server ecosystem

System Storage™System z™POWER Systems™

System x™

iDataPlex™

Ease of Use Industry Standard Technologies

BladeCenter®

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Single, infrastructure applications

Massive scale-out

HPC, cloud, grid,energy efficiency

Infrastructure integration and simplification,

energy efficiency

Comprehensive end-to-end Datacenter Solutions

BladeCenter®BladeCenter®

EnterpriseEnterprise

Intelligent Cluster & Intelligent Cluster & iDataPlexiDataPlex

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System x Rack and TowerSystem x Rack and Tower

Scale Out

Server consolidation

large virtualization and enterprise workloads



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Topic 1 - Agenda

> A Vision of a Smarter Planet

> * System x Architectures *



High-volume servers


iDataPlex





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

2003

2nd Generation

2005

3rd Generation

2001

1st 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

Legacy of X-Architecture

2007

4th Generation


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X-Architecture - design philosophy

X-Architecture Blueprint A design blueprint for building proven IBM enterprise

capability into the industry-standard product line

Efficient Power and Cooling

Proactive Management

Modular Optimization

Integrated Infrastructure

Adaptive Performance


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Scale out / distributed computing

x3550 M3

x3650 M3

x3690 X5

Clusters, HPC,Virtualization,

Web 2.0& Cloud

High density

Large symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP)

x3850 X5IntelligentCluster

x3200 M3x3100AP Only

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tin

g

x3755 M3

iDataPlex

BladeCenter

S, E, H, T, HT

HS12/22/22VLS22/42PS700/701/702JS12/22/23/43QS22x3350

System x and BladeCenter Portfolio

dx360 M3

x3250 M3

x3400 M3x3500 M3

The vision of a Smarter Planet showcases what makes IBM unique and makes System x the leader in x86 innovation.

HX5


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Scale Up vs. Scale Out – What’s the Difference?

$$$$$$$$$$Grow computing power by:

Adding additional processors to a server

OR

Replacing a current server with a larger, and more powerful system

$$$$Grow computing

power by:Adding additional

servers

iDataPlex

BLADES IBM Intelligent

Cluster

Sca

le U

pENTERPRISE SERVERS

x3690 X5 x3850 X5

HX5

JS23 & JS24

LS22 & LS42

QS22

HS22 & HS22V

JS12

HS12



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$$$$$$$$$$Grow computing power by:

Adding additional processors to a server

OR

Replacing a current server with a larger, and more powerful system

$$$$Grow computing

power by:Adding additional

servers

iDataPlex

BLADES IBM Intelligent

Cluster

Sca

le U

pENTERPRISE SERVERS

x3690 X5 x3850 X5

HX5

JS23 & JS24

LS22 & LS42

QS22

HS22 & HS22V

JS12

HS12

Scale Up vs. Scale Out – What’s the Difference?

Scale Out



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> Simplified manageability

BMC and RSA

IBM Systems Director

− Multiplatform

− Multivendor

− Plug-ins

− Enterprise integration

− Active Energy Manager

> Serviceability and support

Light path diagnostics

Color coding of components

IBM Service and Support

− Multiplatform

− Multivendor

− Software support

Electronic Service Agent

> Virtualization

VMware since 2001

VMware sales and support

Virtual Machine Manager

> Flexibility and value

Platform choices

Upgrade choices and options

Integrated RAID

Integrated BMC

eXtended I/O

Leading performance/watt

Long-term stability and compatibility

> Revolutionary performance and scalability

eX4 technology

eX5 technology

> Openness

Latest technology and standards

Blade.org

Partners in Management

> Exceptional availability

Hot-plug and redundancy

Predictive Failure Alert (PFA)

Advanced memory

− Chipkill

− Online spare

− Memory Mirroring

− Hot-plug and hot-add memory

Calibrated Vectored Cooling

X-Architecture Features


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Topic 1 - Agenda



> * System x Portfolio *


High-volume servers


iDataPlex





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Legacy of eX5 enterprise systems

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

2003

2nd Generation

2005

3rd Generation

2007

4th Generation

2001

1st 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


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Scalability

Controller

Memory

Controller

Xcel4v Cache

1066 MHz 1066 MHz1066 MHz1066 MHz

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

Memory

Interface

5.12 Gbps

2.13 Gbps

533 MHz

chipset

IBM eX4 Technology versus IBM eX5 Technology

chipset

17 Gbps per

Boxboro chip


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

System x3690 X5

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

BladeCenter HX5

Systems for a Smarter Planet - eX5 Portfolio

4U / 4-Way Scalable

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

System x3850 X5

Broad coverage for most enterprise applications, server consolidation, virtualized workload enablement.


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Key Features Customer Benefits

Leadership High End Scalable System

Up to 3x SAP performance and up to 2x Oracle E-Business Suite performance over previous industry two-socket systems

3.3x greater database performance and 3.6x more virtual machines than industry leading two-socket x86 (Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processor) systems

Scale via QPI from 4-socket, 64 DIMMs to 8-socket, 128 thread, 128 DIMM performance (192 DIMMs with MAX5)

MAX5 Memory Expansion Scale memory independently of processors, adding 32 DIMMs of extra memory capacity and 16 extra memory channels for no compromises

50% more virtual machines and leading database performance over competitor 4-socket systems

Lower cost, high performance configurations reaching desired memory capacity using less expensive DIMMs

eXFlash for HighIOPs database performance

480k internal IOPs for up to 200x local database performance over traditional spinning disks

$1.3M savings in equal IOPs external storage

Automatic Node Failover, Memory ProteXion, and Predictive Failure Analysis

6x the reliability per virtual machine over two-socket clusters Greater system uptime during failures than monolithic design

FlexNode Partitioning and Flexible Configurability

Purchase once, and configure as needed for project lifecycle Reduce software license costs by expanding memory capacity

with eX5 rather than purchasing more processors

IBM System x3850 X5

Flagship System x platform for leadership scalable performance and capacity

Maximize Memory, Minimize Cost, Simplify Deployment


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High End Scalable two-Socket System

70% more transactions per minute and 2x more virtual machines then industry leading two-socket x86 (Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processor) systems

Scalable to 2-socket, 64 DIMM via MAX5 2U form factor for industry’s first entry high end platform

MAX5 Memory Expansion 46% more virtual machines at same software license costs 12% more database transactions processed per minute and

27% more performance per watt Achieve 4-socket memory capacity with two-socket software

license costs and cheaper “two-socket only” processors

16 HDD capacity plus HighIOPs eXFlash

8 TB drive capacity for large database storage eXFlash 720k internal IOPs for local database performance

over traditional spinning disks $2M savings over equal IOPs external storage

Automatic Node Failover, Memory ProteXion, and Predictive Failure Analysis

Greater reliability per virtual machine over two-socket EP clusters

Greater system uptime than monolithic design

Flexible Configurability and FlexNode Partitioning

Half the cost of a 4-socket and still have two-socket headroom Cut per-socket license savings by 50% by purchasing a

system with 2 fewer sockets and still have 32 threads and 64 DIMMs

IBM System x3690 X5

Industry’s first high end scalable two-socket for maximum memory and performance



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High End Scalable Blade Maximum compute capacity with 64 thread 4 processor blade with 32 high speed memory channels for maximum throughput

1.7x greater performance over two-socket EP systems while using same two-processor SW license

Save over 30% in 4-socket CPU costs compared to HP with 4-socket 80D MAX5

MAX5 Memory Expansion Memory capacity up to 320GB in a 60mm design for over 25% more VMs per processor compared to competition

Memory bound VMware customers can save over $10K in licensing with memory rich two-socket configurations

Upgrade to 80 DIMM for max memory performance or to save over $4K by using smaller, less expensive DIMMs

FlexNode Partitioning and Automatic Node Failover

Get up and running up to 2x faster by qualifying a single platform for 2- and 4-socket server needs

Partitioning of 4-socket to 2 two-sockets without any physical system reconfiguration, and automatically fail over for maximum uptime

Investment protection Start with a two-socket system and add capacity on demand with scalability

No system premium or parts on the floor to upgrade or boost memory

Separation of memory capacity from processors, enabling license constrained memory rich configurations

IBM BladeCenter HX5


Scalable high end blade for high density compute and memory capacity


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Exclusive eX5 Technologies

Maximum memory scaling independent of processors

Extreme IOPs SSD storage

Scheduled provisioning

Two 2-SocketSystems

One 4-Socket SystemFlexNode

MAX5 eXFlash


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MAX5: Memory access for eX5

Take your system to the MAX with MAX5

MAX memory capacity>An additional 32 DIMM slots for x3850 X5 and x3690 X5>An additional 24 DIMM slots for HX5

MAX virtual density>Increase the size and number of VMs

MAX flexibility>Expand memory capacity, scale servers, or both

MAX productivity>Increase server utilization and performance

MAX license optimization>Get more done with fewer systems

MAX5 for x3850 X5/x3690 X5

MAX5 for HX5

Greater productivity and utilization through memory expansion and flexibility


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eXFlash: Maximum internal storage performance

Maximize performance>30x performance increase for local databases>90% better performance per watt for database- type workloads

Maximize cost savings>100 to 1 replacement ratio of traditional drives, replacing thousands of drives and cables >$350,000 savings/eXFlash over equal IOPs HDDs>10x reduction in energy for enterprise configurations>Up to 30x greater solution density over traditional HDD solution

Maximize reliability>RAID 5/6 controller for redundant data storage reliability at 37.5% greater capacity>64x greater reliable customer solution over traditional HDD’s

eXFlash Features Up to 3 eXFlash per system UP to 240,000 IOPs, 1.6TB per

eXFlash 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


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FlexNode

FlexNode benefits include:

Scheduled Provisioning> Run interactive apps by day on a 2P

system and batch jobs by night on 4P system

Faster Qualification> Qualify a single platform for 2- and 4-

socket, or 4- and 8- socket server needsOptimize SW licensing costs> Execute partitions to optimize SW licensing

costs when priced per system coresBuilt-in virtualization> Run multiple OSs on the same box without

hypervisor overheadGreater security> Workload isolation to assure quality of

service

Two 2P SystemsOne 4P System

Feature allows a single system to dynamically become two distinct systems or back again


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

Base System

Native (QPI) Scaling

Memory Expansion

with MAX5

Memory Expansion and Scaling with MAX5

HX5 x3850 X5

x3690 X5


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4-socket AMD offering

Entry platform for4-socket capabilities

Systems and solutions designed for business productivity

Scale out / distributed computing

x3550 M3

x3650 M3

x3100 M3 x3250 M3

x3400 M3x3500 M3

x3200 M3(CH, IN & LA only)

x3620 M3

x3630 M3

Tower Servers

Distributed environments

Need for large HDD’s capacity

Expandable, high quality, desk-side server

x3755 M3

Rack-optimized Servers

Ideal platform for existing investment in a rack IT infrastructure

Best design for business productivity workloads

System x high volume portfolio



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The M3 line of 1-, 2- and 4-socket x86 systems

High-volume product portfolio: Fit-for-purpose servers

IBM System x 1 & 2 Socket Rack Servers

IBM System x 1 & 2 Socket Tower Servers

System x3650 M3

The Ultimate Business Critical Server

System x3550 M3

General Business Compact Server

System x3250 M3

Big Performance at Entry Value

System x3630 M3

Storage Dense Server

System x3620 M3

Value Storage Server

System x3755 M3

Price-performanceDensity

x3100 M3(AP only)

Entry Value Business Engine

x3200 M3


x3500 M3

Business Critical Tower Server

x3400 M3

General Business with Enterprise Features


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The M3 line of 1-, 2- and 4-socket x86 systems

High-volume product portfolio: Fit-for-purpose servers

IBM System x 1 & 2 Socket Rack Servers

IBM System x 1 & 2 Socket Tower Servers

System x3650 M3

The Ultimate Business Critical Server

System x3550 M3

General Business Compact Server

System x3250 M3

Big Performance at Entry Value

System x3630 M3

Storage Dense Server

System x3620 M3

Value Storage Server

System x3755 M3

Price-performanceDensity

x3100 M3(AP only)


x3200 M3


x3500 M3

Business Critical Tower Server

x3400 M3

General Business with Enterprise Features


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IBM BladeCenter Solution

IBM BladeCenter SSeptember 2007

Distributed, office,datacenter-in-a-box

IBM BladeCenter E November 2002

Enterprise, best efficiency, best density

IBM BladeCenter H February 2006

Enterprise, high performance

IBM BladeCenter HT December 2006

Ruggedized, DC, NEBS/ETSI

A common set of blades A common set of industry-standard switches and I/O fabrics Common management infrastructure Over a decade of a stable platform

IBM BladeCenter T April 2004

Ruggedized, DC, NEBS/ETSI

One family, many applications, many environments, long term investment


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IBM BladeCenter – Industry Leading Choice

IBM BladeCenter offers:

1.The widest choice of compatible chassis, blade servers, storage and networking offerings

2.Rock-solid availability with multiple layers of redundancy

3.End-to-end reliability and a commitment to best practices

4.Excellent power efficiencies with pioneering cooling technologies

5.Superior I/O performance and switches based on open technology

6.Reduction in cabling up to 80% compared to a typical 1U server implementation

Public Internet/

Intranet Clients

Routers )Firewalls

Storage Area Network



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IBM BladeCenter Blade Server Portfolio

JS12/JS23/JS43

PS7001/701/702

General-Purpose

Low power - low cost

1 Socket

2x 2.5” HS hard drives

Scalable-High End-Enterprise

2 -4 Socket EX

Memory Expansion

Database

Virtualization

emb. Hypervisor

HS12

HS22

HS22VHX5

Scalable MP

2 -4 Socket

Consolidations

Virtualization

HPC

Extreme performance

2 Socket

Accelerate compute-intensive

Business-Performance

POWER7 core

✓PS700 1 socket 4 core



2S, 40D2S, 16D 4S, 32D

Virtualization & HPC

Quad Core

2 Socket EP

emb. Hypervisor

LS42

LS22

General -Purpose “Workhorse”

Quad Core

2 Socket EP

2x2.5” HS hard drives

emb. Hypervisor

QS22

DP /HPC

2 Socket

Memory intensive

Business-Performance

POWER6+

1 & 2-4 Socket

native Virtualization


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Ethernet – Fibre Channel – InfiniBand – FCoE – SAS – iSCSI – Virtual Fabric

Standard SpeedIO Expansion Card

Standard Speed Switches

High SpeedIO Expansion Card

High Speed Switches

BladeCenter Flexible and open I/O Options


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IBM System x - iDataPlex Solutions

Highlights include:

The iDataPlex dx360 M2 and dx360 M3 top rated dual socket servers for both performance and energy efficiency in the x86 marketplace

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

> Flexible design for large-scale data centers

> Dramatically reduced cooling costs; air conditioning expense minimized or even eliminated

> Up to 5X compute density for efficient space utilization

> Front access cabling

> Easy to service and manage

iDataPlex


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Current iDataPlex Server Offerings

Processor: Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500Quick Path Interconnect up to 6.4 GT/sMemory:16 DIMM DDR3 - 128 GB maxMemory Speed: up to 1333 MHzPCIe: x16 electrical/ x16 mechanicalChipset: Tylersburg-36D

iDataPlex dx360 M2High-performance Dual-Socket

Introduced in 2009

Storage: 12 3.5” HDD up to 24 TB per node / 672TB per rackProc: 6 or 4 Core Intel Xeon 5600Memory: 16 DIMM / 128 GB maxChipset: Westmere

iDataPlex 3U Storage RichFile Intense Dual-Socket

Processor: 6 & 4 Core Intel Xeon 5600Quick Path Interconnect up to 6.4 GT/sMemory:16 DIMM DDR3 - 128 GB maxMemory Speed: up to 1333 MHzPCIe: x16 electrical/ x16 mechanicalChipset: Westmere 12 MB cache

iDataPlex dx360 M3High-performance Dual-Socket

Introduced in 2010

Processor: 6 & 4 Core Intel Xeon 56002 NVIDIA M1060, M2050,

M2070, or M2070QQuick Path Interconnect up to 6.4 GT/sMemory:16 DIMM DDR3 - 128 GB maxMemory Speed: up to 1333 MHzPCIe: x16 electrical/ x16 mechanicalChipset: Westmere 12 MB cache

iDataPlex dx360 M3 RefreshEXA-scale Hybrid CPU + GPU


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IBM Entry-Level and Midrange Storage Positioning

SMB / Entry-level Workgroup Department Data Center HPC

SAS, iSCSI connectivity

DAS/shared DAS/IP SAN

Simple management

Snapshot replication

iSCSI, FC connectivity

Shared DAS, small SAN

Simple management

Snapshot replication

FC, iSCSI connectivity

Homogeneous SANs

Performance value

Configuration flexibility

Local/remote replication

FC connectivity

Heterogeneous SANs

Highest performance

Configuration flexibility

Local/remote replication

FC connectivity

System clusters

GPFS

Maximum bandwidth

Capacity density

* DS3950 not available in North America

DS3200, DS3300, DS3400 FC, SAS, iSCSI connectivity (48) SAS, SATA drives EXP3000 (12 drive) expansion unit

DS5020,DS3950* FC, iSCSI connectivity (112) FC, SED (DS5020 only), SATA drives EXP5020 (16 drives) expansion unit

DS3500 FC, SAS, iSCSI connectivity (96) SAS, SED-SAS, NL-SAS drives EXP3512 (12 3.5-in drive), EXP3524 (24

3.5-in drive) expansion units

DS5100, DS5300 FC, iSCSI connectivity (480) SSD, FC, SED, SATA drives EXP5000 (16 drives) or new EXP5060 (60

drives) expansion units


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High-volume servers


iDataPlex

> * Data Center Networking *




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IBM Data Center Networking Product Offerings

Data Center Consolidation


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IBM m-series Ethernet /IP routers

IBM c-series Ethernet switches IBM s-series Ethernet edge/distribution switch

Data Center AggregationData Center Aggregation Data Center Core and Border Data Center Core and Border

Data Center TOR Server AccessData Center TOR Server Access

Campus Power over Ethernet Converged EdgeCampus Power over Ethernet Converged Edge

IBM x-series Ethernet switch

Data Center TOR Server Access, AggregationData Center TOR Server Access, Aggregation

IBM g-series Ethernet POE edge switchesHigh performance

High density

High performanceMulti-service

Very high density and performance

Highest density POE

stackable

High performance multi-service IP/MPLS

Highest density

POE chassis24, 48, 50 port copper and fiber 24, 48, 50 port copper and fiber

48-port fixed 48-port stackable 48-port fixed 48-port stackable

10 GbE/1 GbE dual speed, 24 ports10 GbE/1 GbE dual speed, 24 ports

8-slot 16-slot

4-slot 8-slot 16-slot 32-slot

4-slot 8-slot 16-slot

Data Center TOR FCoE Server AccessData Center TOR FCoE Server Access

IBM Converged Switch B32

High PerformanceHigh density

24x 10Gb FCoE & 8x 8 Gbps FC ports24x 10Gb FCoE & 8x 8 Gbps FC ports

IBM r-series Ethernet Switch

IBM DCN and campus b-type (Brocade) switches


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IBM DCN j-type (Juniper) e-series and m-series

J02M

J11M

J06M

Flexible

High Availability

High Performance

Efficient

Operational Simplicity

Carrier-class Reliability

Massive Scale

m-series routers Aggregation / Core / Backbone

e-series Ethernet Switches Top of Rack End of Row/ Aggregation / Core

J48E

J08E

J16E


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5020

5010

2U 56-port Top-of-Rack FCoE Switch1U 28-port Top-of-Rack FCoE Switch

AAS: IBM 3722-S51/-S52 HVEC PN: n/a

Multiprotocol: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Fibre Channel, Cisco Data Center Ethernet, Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and traditional Ethernet

5010 Fixed: Twenty 10 GbCCE ports; one port-module slot 5020 Fixed: Forty 10 GbCCE ports; two port-module slots

Compared to Nexus 5010 switch with 20-CEE & 8 FC ports

Higher performance, port-density, energy-efficiency than Nexus 5010 28-port (20-CEE & 8 FC) switch

Cisco Fabric Manager and FMS management software

Features:– [8x 4Gb FC], [6x 10GbE] or [4x 10GbE+ 4x4 Gb FC]

– SFP 4 Gbps, SFP+ 10 Gbps transceivers

– Active twin-ax copper cable interconnect

Cisco Nexus 4001i Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter announced Oct 20, 2009

Cisco Nexus 5000 Switches


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Blade Servers

Disk Storage

Storage

Networking

Rack-mount Servers

Compute Nodes

Storage

Software

ServeRAID

IBM Total Storage®

IBM Servers

CoreTechnologies

An IBM portfolio of components that have been cluster configured, tested, and work with a defined supporting software stack.

•Factory assembled

•Onsite Installation

•One phone number for support.

•Selection of options to customize your configuration including Linux operating system (RHEL or SUSE), xCAT, & GPFS

The degree to which a multi-server system exhibits these characteristics determines if it is a cluster:

- Dedicated private VLAN

- All nodes running same suite of apps

- Single point-of-control for:

- Software/application distribution

- Hardware management

- Inter-node communication

- Node interdependence

- Linux operating system

Storage Nodes

Management Nodes

Processors

-Intel®

Fiber

SAS

iSCSI

HS22VEthernet10 GbE

1 GBE

InfiniBand

4X – SDR

4X – DDR

4X - QDR

Networks

IBM System Intelligent Clusters

Out of band

ManagementTerminal Serv.

x3550 M3

x3650 M3

Fibre Channel

Scale-out Servers

iDataPlex

dx360 M3

HX5

HS22

iSCSIFCoE

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High-volume servers


iDataPlex


> * Rack, Power and Cooling *

> System x Platform Management Experience


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IBM Rack and Power lineup

1500VA LCD 2U Rack UPS



Optional Network Management Card

Optional Environmental Monitoring Probe

42U and 47U “deep” racks

Racks UPSs PDUs

1754D1X IBM Global 2x2x16 Console

Manager (GCM16)

1754D2X IBM Global 4x2x32 Console

Manager (GCM32)

46M5382 IBM Serial Conversion Option (SCO)

46M5383 IBM Virtual Media Conversion Option Gen2

(VCO2)

1754-A1X

IBM Local 1x8

Console Manager (LCM8)

1754-A2X

IBM Local 2x16 Console Manager (LCM16)

KVM / consoles

0U 12 C13/12 C19 PDUs

0U 24 C13 PDUs


1000VA LCD Tower UPS

1500VA LCD Tower UPS


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Cool Blue Portfolio of Technologies

Cool Blue Portfolio

Powerful tools that help you optimize your data center infrastructure so you can be responsive. Tools that help:

> IBM Power Configurator Understand your power requirements

> IBM Active Energy Manager Monitor, control and virtualize your power

> IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger Reduce data center hot spots

> IBM Data Center Energy Efficiency services

Optimize and future-proof your data center


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IBM Power Configurator

> Get better information for up-front planning by sizing the power needs of your unique configurations

> Select systems and IT infrastructure that best fit your data center infrastructure before you commit to buying the first serve

> Available via the web for customers and IBM Business Partners

> Tool provides the following useful information:

Power input (watts)

PDU sizing information (amps)

Heat Output (BTU)

Airflow requirements through chassis (CFM-cubic feet per minute)

VA Rating (VA)

Leakage current (mAmps)

Peak inrush current (Amps)


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IBM Active Energy Manager

> Measure/Trend Power Consumption (Phase 1)

Determine the power (watts) is being consumed now

Why assume label power?

Power meter (internal) or PDU with watt meter (external)

> Cap or Allocate Power Correctly (Phase 2)

Power consumed is a function of the HW options, OS, Apps and App footprint application and the application data footprint

Allocate power based on past history using power measurements:

−to match the need of each server

−to match the P/T limits of the data center

> Reduce power consumed (Phase 3)

CPUs can reduce power in periods of low utilization

Save power costs

Three Fundamentals of Power Management

> A view of power consumption across the data center (units of hours, weeks, months) using your applications and workloads

> Reducing your power/thermal requirements (saving infrastructure costs – ex. HVAC, UPS, generators)

> Reducing power consumption during periods of low utilization (saving power costs – ex. utility company)

Active Energy Manager will

Provide:


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IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger

Liquid cooling at the rack is 75%-95% more efficient than air cooling by a CRAC

Can eliminate rack heat exhaust

No electrical or moving parts

No condensation

Chilled water or evaporative liquid

Provides Up to 100% Heat Extraction, and can even cool the room!

A new and more efficient way to cool the Data Center

IR Thermal Camera View of RDHx with: top photo: water flow off

bottom photo: water flow on


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Topic 1 - Agenda


> IBM System x Architectures

> IBM System x Portfolio


High-volume servers


iDataPlex

Intelligent Cluster



> * System x Platform Management Experience *


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The Total Systems Management Experience

Integrated Management Module (IMM)

Standards-based hardware which combines diagnostic and remote control

UEFI—next generation BIOS

Richer management experience and future-ready

Hardware and firmware advances which are standard across all new systems

ToolsCenter

Consolidated, integrated suite of management tools

Powerful bootable media creator

Redesigned system tool portfolio for single-system management and scripting

IBM Systems Director

Platform management that is easy and efficient

Management of physical and virtual resources across heterogeneous systems

IBM Systems platform solution for System x, BladeCenter, Power Systems, System z and storage

IBM TivoliUpward integration into Tivoli Service Management

Delivering innovations throughout the systems management stack



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IMM (Integrated Management Module)

Remote control to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot from any corner of the world.


Single chip on each server Provide diagnostics, virtual presence and remote control to manage, monitor, troubleshoot and repair from any corner of the world

Manage servers remotely, in a secure environment independent of operating system state

Single administrator can configure and deploy server from bare metal to operating system boot

Support of new altimeter on x3550 M3 and x3650 M3 which can reduce power consumed by fans

Unified code base across all IMM systems

One firmware stack for IMM simplifies images

Easier for system administrators to manage large group of diverse systems

Standards based alerting IMM with IBM Systems Director provide secure alerts and status, helping to reduce unplanned outages

Standards based alerting enables upward integration into wide variety of enterprise management environments “out of the box”

The IMM is a single chip on each new generation server which combines the function of the previous BMC and RSA-II card, a video controller, remote presence and remote disk. Remote presence is a priced feature ($299US) for rack and iDataPlex servers and is enabled by simply inserting a hardware key. IMM is common hardware with a single IMM firmware across all new platforms. It requires no special IBM drivers and is configurable both in- and out-of-band. Open standards (CIM and WS-MAN) used for alerts and command enable out-of-the box integration.


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UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)

Single consistent system level code stack with advanced setup and configuration


Simplified error handling No more cryptic event logs and reduction of out date errors in BIOS

Beep codes now covered completely by light path diagnostics

Easier configuration and management

Ability to configure machines completely via command scripts remotely with Advance Settings Utility

In-band and out-of-band firmware update via the Integrated Management Module

Remote configuration which lowers TCO by reducing upgrade downtime and making platforms easier to manage

Abilities beyond legacy BIOS No limits on number of adapter cards – no more 1801 resource errors (important to VMware customers)

Ability to move adapter configuration to main UEFI configuration

Ability to run in 64-bit native mode

Complete support for new and legacy operating systems– Windows 2008 supported in UEFI mode today– Other operating systems fully supported in legacy BIOS mode

UEFI replaces legacy BIOS providing a modern, well defined environment for booting an operating system and running pre-boot applications. It is fully backwards compatible with legacy BIOS and provides additional functionality, a better user interface and easier management. UEFI settings can be managed both in-band and out-of-band. With UEFI “beep codes” are eliminated and covered completely by light path diagnostics.


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Consolidates tools into an integrated suite

> Deployment

> Updates

> Diagnostics

> Configuration

Easier to learn and use

> Single easy-to-use webpage with links to all tools

> Common look and feel across tool set

> Documentation available through InfoCenter

> Ability to script tools using common command line interface

Customer- and service-driven packaging

> Tools released together 2 to 3 times per year as a set

> Support for multiple use cases (online, pre-boot, embedded, customers, resellers and service)

> Fully support tools in Linux, Windows/WinPE, and VMware pre-boot and online environments

> Common WinPE and MCP boot environment for all tools

IBM ToolsCenterReducing complexity of choosing, finding, and learning platform management tools


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PR/SM

DeployConfigure Chassis

Push OS Image*

Configure Access

UpdateCheck

Compliance

Push Firmware

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Download Updates

MonitorTrack Power Usage

Record Performanc

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Notify on HW Problem

ControlRemote Console

Cap Power*

Migrate VM

* Fee based plug-in required

IBM Systems Director can help save 34% in administrative costs

Easy to Deploy and Manage

IBM® Systems Director platform management


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IBM Systems Director can help save 34% in administrative costsIBM Systems Director Offers End-to-End Management


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IBM CloudBurst 1.2The industry’s fastest way to a Private Cloud


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IBM ...delivering a Smarter plant with end-to-end Solutions

BladeCenter®BladeCenter®

EnterpriseEnterprise

Intelligent Cluster & Intelligent Cluster & iDataPlexiDataPlex

System x Rack and TowerSystem x Rack and Tower


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Topic 1 - Summary

Having completed Topic 1, you should be able to:

> Explain IBM’s vision for delivering Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet

> Describe how System x plays a key role in IBM Dynamic Infrastructure

> Explain the X-Architecture design philosophy and why it offers outstanding innovative solutions

> Identify the value proposition in eX4 and eX5 technology solutions

> Identify the servers that are part of the System x™ and BladeCenter® portfolio

> Articulate the features of eX5 enterprise systems

> Discuss how IBM continues to deliver innovations using the Total Systems Management Experience


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Glossary of Key Words

Processor

Memory

Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE)

Data Center Network (DCN)

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Network

Nearline SATA and SAS

IBM System Director

Applications

Local Area Network (LAN)

FlexNode

Ethernet

eXFlash

Memory Access for eX5 (MAX5)

Node Failover

TCP/IP

IBM System x

X-Architecture

eX4 Technology

eX5 Technology

Tower Servers

Top of Rack (TOR)

Rack Servers

Enterprise Servers

Blade Servers

IBM BladeCenter

iDataPlex

Intelligent Cluster

CloudBurst 1.2


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Additional Resources

IBM STG SMART Zone for more education on Webinar, Web Lectures, etc..:

> Internal: http://lt.be.ibm.com/smartzone/modulartechnical

> BP: http://www.ibm.com/services/weblectures/dlv/partnerworld

IBM System x

> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/

IBM BladeCenter Chassis

> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/

IBM BladeCenter Blade Servers

> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/index.html

IBM BladeCenter Redbooks

> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/

IBM ServerProven

> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

IBM System x Support

> http://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/brandmain?brandind=5000008


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