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IBM PowerLinuxTM a powerful combination
Artem RusinIBM Forum 2012 – EstoniaTallinn, October 9, 2012
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IBM PowerLinuxTM a powerful combination
AGENDA:• Opensource – industry study• IBM and Linux• IBM PowerLinuxTM, Linux on POWERTM
• IBM hardware portfolio for Linux• Benefits of running Linux on POWERTM
• IBM October 2012 Announcements
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Opensource – why do we use it ?
Opensource adoption• 50% - prefer opensource• 75% - consider opensource
equal to proprietary software
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
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Concerns ?
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
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How familiar are we with opensource ?
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
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Opensource – most commonly used ?
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
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IBM contribution
Source: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/04/linux-foundation-releases-annual-linux-development-report/
LINUX kernel development:
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IBM contribution
LINUX kernel:• Kernel base architecture support • Security• Systems Management• RAS• Virtualization • Filesystems
Opensource Ecosystem:• Apache• Eclipse• Mozilla Firefox• PHP, Samba• OpenOffice.orgCommunities:• The Linux Foundation• Open Software Initiative• POWERLinux Community
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LINUX on POWERTM
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What is it NOT ? • NOT AIX with Linux compatibility layer • NOT a Linux emulator• NOT x86 Linux running on x86 emulator on POWER hardware platform
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LINUX on POWERTM
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What is it ? • IBM POWER – one of the 20+ hardware architectures supported NATIVELY by LINUX kernel, libaries, compilers • IBM POWER – one of 5 hardware architectures supported by major Linux Enterprise Vendors [RHEL, SLES]
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LINUX on POWERTM
*source: https://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/server/compare.html
** source: https://www.suse.com/products/server/technical-information/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux*: Suse Linux Enterprise Server**:
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LINUX on POWERTM Power 795
Power 770
Power 780
Power 775
Power 755
Power 750
PS Blades
Power 710/730
Power 720/740
HMCPS Blades
Supported POWER hardware, benefits:• Virtualization [PowerVM]• Performance [POWER7, SMT4]• RAS
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
New in IBM hardware portfolio:• industry standard LINUX only servers:
rack server: IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2compute node: IBM Flex System p24L
High value linux solutions:• Big data analytics [IBM Infosphere, BigInsights, Apache Hadoop]• Opensource infrastructure services [Apache, Tomcat, Postfix, Sendmail, Bind, Samba, OpenLDAP]• Databases, middleware, management tools, development kitsWorkload optimized – Watson
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R1:• LINUX only, 2U, rack server• Single socket, 8 POWER7 cores• up to 128 GB of RAM • PowerVMTM hypervisor
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2:• LINUX only, 2U, rack server (8246-L2C/8246-L2S)• Two sockets, 8 POWER7 cores each• up to 256 GB of RAM • PowerVMTM hypervisor• superior economics
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IBM PowerLinuxTMMemory modules (max of
4)• Up to 4 DIMMs per
module• 8GB/16GB/32GB options• 256 GB max. memory
GX bus
Two HMC ports
Two USB portsTwo
Serial ports
GX bus
• Dual Power supplies
• 200-240V
•5 PCI-e Gen2 low-profile, short
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• Two POWER7 processor modules (sockets)
• 8 cores each, 16 total• 3.55 or 3.3 GHz options
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PowerLinux 7R2 Power 7308246-L2C 8246-L2S 8231-E2C
Operating System
2U Storage Drawer (24 SFF HDDs or SSDs) n/a Yes Yes
4U PCI-e Expansion Drawer(10 PCIe or 10 PCIe + 18 SFFs) n/a Yes Yes
POWER7 Architecture 8-core 3.55 GHz8-core 3.3 GHz
4-core 3.0 GHz or 3.7 GHz 6-core 3.7 GHz8-core 3.55 GHz
Planar Dual Socket
DDR3 Memory 8 / 16 / 32 GB options 32GB to 256 GB
4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB options8GB to 256GB
Base Ethernet 4-port, 1 gigabitSAS SFF Bays Up to 6 HDD or SSDPCIe Gen2 Slots 5 PCIe x8 Gen2 Low Profile Slots (+ dedicated x4 Gen2 slot for Ethernet above)Integrated SAS/SATA Yes / RAID 0/10 std (RAID 5/6 opt)GX++ Slots Two ( One shared )Integrated Ports 3 USB, 2 Serial, 2 HMCDVD bay 1 slim-lineTape/RDX bay 1 Half Height ( Optional )Virtualization Management IVM / HMCRedundant Power, Cooling Yes EnergyScale Thermal Power Management Device (TPMD)Warranty 3 Years
IBM PowerLinuxTM
7R2 positioning
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
IBM Flex System p24L Compute Node:• LINUX only, half width Flex System compute node• Two sockets, 6 or 8 POWER7 cores each• up to 256 GB of RAM • PowerVMTM hypervisor• Up to 14 Flex System p24L in a 10U Flex System Chassis
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWERBenefits of using PowerVMTM
• VIOS – virtualized devices, networks, NPIV • Dedicated or shared CPU• Micro-PartitioningTM
• Dynamic Reconfiguration – CPU, Memory, I/O• „Virtualization without limits”• Trusted hypervisor
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
PowerVM Editions Express Standard Enterprise
Concurrent VMs 2 per server 10 per core(up to 1000)
10 per core(up to 1000)
Virtual I/O Server
Suspend/Resume
Shared Processor Pools
Shared Storage Pools
Thin Provisioning
Live Partition Mobility
Active Memory Sharing
The difference in running LINUX on POWER• PowerVMTM editions
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
LINUX on POWERPowerVMTM
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWERInstallation process:• Installation Toolkit• Value add LoP tools [Linux on Power]• Simplified Setup Tool for popular workloads
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
CPU Capacity Utilisation by Time of Day (all nodes)
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The difference in running LINUX on POWERLinux on Power tools:• DynamicRM (RSCT)• ServiceRM (RSCT)• ESAgent• Lsvpd, lscfg, lsmcode• ibmit4linux-docs• nmon • SRC• sst
Memory Utilisation (GBytes) by Time of Day (all nodes)
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CPU% Utilisation vs Entitlement by Time of Day
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWERPerformance:• POWER7, 8 cores per chip [3,55 GHz or 3.3 GHz]• 4SMT per core• 32MB Embedded L3 Cache• Performance gain vs. POWER6 up to 1.5 X per core• Reduced energy consumption
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
POWER7CORE
L2 Cache
L3 Cache and Chip Interconnect
MC1MC0
Local SMP Links
Remote SMP & I/O Links
FAST
L3 REGION
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWER• RAS:
Reliability Availability Serviceability
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWER• RAS features RAS Item Power 710 Power 720 Power 730 Power 740 Power 750
Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers ● ● ● ● ●Hot Swap DASD & Media / PCI Adapters ● ▬ ● ▬ ● ▬ ● ▬ ● ●Concurrent Firmware Update ● ● ● ● ●Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies ◙ ◙ ● ● ◙Dual disk controllers (split backplane) ▬ ◙ ▬ ◙ ◙Processor Instruction Retry ● ● ● ● ●Alternate Processor Recovery ● ● ● ● ●Storage Keys ● ● ● ● ●PowerVM™/Live Part. Mobility/Live App Mobility ◙ ◙ ◙ ◙ ◙Redundant Service Processors ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Redundant System Clocks ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Dynamic Processor Sparing ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Memory Sparing ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Dynamic Service Processor &System Clock Failover ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes** ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Enterprise Memory ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Hot GX Adapter Repair ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Midplane connection for inter-nodal communication ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬
● standard◙ optional▬ unavailable
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWER• RAS features RAS Item Power 750 Power 770 Power 780 Power 795
Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers ● ● ● ●Hot Swap DASD / Media / PCI Adapters ● ● ● ●Concurrent Firmware Update ● ● ● ●Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies ◙ ● ● ●Dual disk controllers (split backplane) ◙ ● ● ●Processor Instruction Retry ● ● ● ●Alternate Processor Recovery ● ● ● ●Storage Keys ● ● ● ●PowerVM™/Live Part. Mobility/Live App Mobility ◙ ◙ ◙ ◙Redundant Service Processors ▬ ●* ●* ●Redundant System Clocks ▬ ●* ●* ●Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators ▬ ● ● ●Dynamic Processor Sparing ▬ ◙ ◙ ◙Memory Sparing ▬ ◙ ◙ ◙Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair ▬ ● ● ●Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair ▬ ●* ●* ●*Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add ▬ ●* ●* ●*Dynamic Service Processor &System Clock Failover ▬ ●* ●* ●Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes** ▬ ●* ●* ●*Enterprise Memory ▬ ● ● ●Hot GX Adapter Repair ▬ ● ● ●Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor ▬ ◙ ● ●PowerFlex ▬ ▬ ▬ ●
● standard◙ optional▬ unavailable* Requires at least two instances [servers]
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IBM PowerLinuxTM
The difference in running LINUX on POWER• The Community:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl
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IBM October Announcements:
Power770 and 780 • POWER7+ processors (CPU frequency, more L3 cache) 20-30%
increase in performance• Hardware assisted AME, filesystem encryption• Increased RAS, energy efficiency• Increased amount of VMs per core• 128 POWER7+ cores in one Power780 server • Enterprise System Pools – CoD [P780 only]
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl
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IBM October Announcements:
Power795 • 64GB RAM DIMM – up to 16 TB of memory • Hybrid I/O, Gen2 I/O connections directly out of processor book• Enterprise System Pools – CoD
Power System Software• Enhanced PowerVMTM virtualization [a minimum of 5% of a core per VM - 20VMs per core]• PowerHA HyperSwap • PowerSC with Trusted Surveyor – policy based security, compliance
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl
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IBM PowerLinuxTM a powerful combination
Thank you for your attention ;-)
IBM Forum 2012 – EstoniaTallinn, October 9, 2012