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IBM Flex System™ : ultimi annunci – Risultati migliori, costi inferiori, per tutte le aziende



Rosa PaganoTechnical Sales Specialist - PureFlex – System [email protected]

Infrastructure Delivering Cloud Infrastructure

Services

PureFlex Overview



ExpertIntegratedSystems

Applications

Storage

Networking

Virtualization

ManagementCompute

Tools

Flexible and open choice in a fully integrated system

IBM PureFlex is integration by design

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Integration by Design

Deeply integrating and tuning hardware and software – in a single,

ready-to-go system

Built-in Expertise

Capturing and automating what experts do – from the infrastructure to

the application

Simplified Experience

Making every part of the IT lifecycle easierIntegrated management of the entire

systemA broad open ecosystem of optimized

solutions

The time has come for a new breed of systems

Fundamentally changing the

experience and economics of IT



IBM Fiber and Ethernet Switches

PureFlex System Platform – Family PortfolioSystems

Management Appliance

2S Power7®Node

2S Node with PME

4S Power7®Node

Storage Node with ControllerPureFlex

Systems Platform Chassis

2S EP & EN Intel®Nodes



Infrastructure Components

Beyond Blades

Integrated Infrastructure

Delivering Infrastructure Services

Application Platform

Delivering Platform Services

Data Platform

Delivering Data Services



Express Standard Enterprise

Pre-configured, pre-integrated systems with servers, storage and networkingIncludes Flex System Manager for integrated management across all virtual resourcesAvailable in predefined starting points delivered integrated and tested

Packaging for IBM PureFlex “Foundation” editionsFlexibility and simplicity extends from acquisition to deployment

All configurations are Cloud ready with addition of SmartCloud Entry softwareChoice of IBM POWER7 or Intel x86 processorsAny combination of PowerVM, VMware, KVM, or Microsoft HyperVChoice of AIX, IBM i, Microsoft Windows®, and Linux from Red Hat, SUSE

10Gb Network Switch8Gb Fibre Chan. Sw.2 PSU / 4 FansFlex System ManagerV7000 Storage ControllerCompute Node (x or power)Services

10Gb Network Switch2 x 8Gb Fibre Chan Sw.4 PSU / 6 FansFlex Sys Mgr AdvancedV7000 Storage ControllerCompute Node (x or power)Gold Support Services

2 x 10Gb Network Switch2 x 8Gb Fibre Chan Sw.6 Power / 8 FansFSM Sys Mgr Advanced V7000 Storage ControllerCompute Node (x or power)Platinum Support Services

Optimized for small and midsize businesses.

Most affordable entry point.

Optimized for application servers with supporting storage and networking.

Optimized for transactional and database systems.

Redundancy for resilient operation.



PureFlex Systems Hardware OverviewPureFlex Express PureFlex Enterprise

Flex Enterprise Chassis Required (single chassis only) Required (multi-chassis)

POWER Supplies / Fans 2 / 6 4 / 8

Flex System Manager (HW and SW) Required Required

Integrated 1GB Switch Selectable (Redundant) Not available

Integrated 10GB Switch Selectable (Redundant) Selectable (Redundant)

Integrated 16GB Fibre Switch Selectable (Redundant) Selectable (Redundant)

Converged Network Switch (FCoE) Selectable (Redundant or non-redundant)

Selectable (Redundant)

IBM Storwize V7000 Disk System or Flex System V7000

Required / Selectable Required / Selectable

Top of Rack Switches Optional – integrated by Client Integrated from IBM

Media Enclosure Selectable DVD / DVD and Tape

Selectable DVD / DVDand Tape

Compute Nodes (Selectable – requires 1 minimum)

POWERP260, p270, p460

x86X220, x222, x240, x440

POWERP260, p270, p460

X86X220, x222, x240, x440

ESXi USB Key Selectable x86 only Selectable x86 only

Flex Rack Optional 42U, 25U, no rack Required 42U only

Expansion Components:- POWER or x86 compute nodes, Chassis, FSM, Switches, I/O, Disks, TOR’s, etc….

Selectable Selectable



Chassis, Moduli di I/O, Nodi Intel


Services



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Chassis IBM Flex System Chassis

• 4 scalable switch bays• 10U Chassis, 14 bays• Standard and Full width node support• Up to 6 2500W power supplies N+N or N+1

configurations• Up to 8 cooling fans (scalable)• Integrated chassis management through CMM

FRONT

Power Supplies (6X)

Scalable Switch Bays

10 U

Fans CMM14 Node

Bays(7 Full Wide)

Standard Node bays

IntegratedStorwize V7000

REAR

Infrastructure to support the compute, storage and

networking components◊

Energy efficient cooling and power system

◊Easy to use with integrated single-point management

◊Designed to support future

advancements in I/O, processors, memory, and

storage

Enterprise Chassis Design



IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Front View

14 Node Bays(7 Full Wide)

Size: 10 U19” Rack

Nodes:PowerIntelFlex System Mgr

Filler

Filler Filler

Filler

IBM Flex System p260 IBM Flex System p260

IBM Flex System p460 ( Full Width )

IBM Flex System x240

Flex System Mgr

Filler


Filler

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Fans

10 UCMM

High Speed Switch (4X)

Power Supplies

(6X)

IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Rear View



Moduli di I/O


Services



Optimized, Automated and Integrated network architectureFits within your existing and future environment

The Problem:Today’s networking offerings lack the flexibility to meet the demands of the next decade of I/O. Clients are often burdened now with the costs of technology for tomorrow.

Extreme Flexibility• Designed to meet port and bandwidth

requirements for next decade• Pay for what you need today with

Features on Demand (FoD)

Highest Performance• First 40Gb capable Ethernet Switch• First 16Gb capable SAN Switch• First 56Gb capable Infiniband FDR switch• Up to 220Gb uplink BW and <1microsec

latency Standards based Convergence• 10Gb iSCSI and FCoE offering• First 40Gb end to end FCoE offering• Standard based for seamless integration



The Flex System Portfolio Continues to Grow

NEW Offerings

EN4093R

SI4093

EN6131 EN2092 FC5022 FC3171CN4093

EN4023 Cisco Nexus B22 FEX



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“Pay as you grow” scalability ◊

Optimized for performance ◊

Designed for convergence◊

Enhanced virtualization intelligence

◊Lower TCO

◊Seamless interoperability

IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch

Overview

Leadership•Omni Ports allow flexibility 10GbE or 4/8Gb FC•Proven IBM Networking Operating System•Performance - Low latency, up to 1.28Tbps •Scalable pay-as-you-grow design •VM aware & VM Mobility with VMready•Virtual Fabric carve up virtual NIC’s and pipes•Seamless interoperability with other vendors •Warranty is 1 year or will match the chassis warranty (Includes software upgrades)

1GbE M

gmt

12 x 10GbE O

mni Ports (6 in base + 6 #2)

#1 = 2x40GbE

2X10Gb SFP+

Total Ports10Gb

to Server

SFP+ Ports

OmniPorts

QSFP+

Ports

Base System (00D5823) 14 2 6 0

Upgrade #1 (00D5845) +14 +2

Upgrade #2 (00D5847) +14 +6

Upgrade #1 & #2 42 2 12 2



FCOE configuration advantage

Adapter Integrated Switch FCoE TOR Switch

SAN Switch Storage Target OS levels

LOM & CN4054 4-port adapter (BE3) pNIC and vNICmodes

CN4093 10Gb SwitchNPIV mode

N/A Cisco SANBrocade SAN

FCoE: V7000 Storage node, FC: Storwize V7K, SVC, DS3K/5K, DS8K, Tape, XIV

Win2008, ESX 4/5, RHEL 5/6, SLES 10/11

CN4058 8-port adapter

CN4093 10Gb SwitchNPIV mode

N/A Cisco & Brocade SAN

FCoE: V7000 Storage node, FC: Storwize V7K, SVC, DS3K/5K, DS8K, Tape, XIV

AIX 6/7VIOS 221/222IBM i6/i7

LOM or Adapter

CN4093 Flex System Fabric

Converged Switch

Black line is FCOERed line is Fibre Channel

Green line is Ethernet

Storage node

Ethernet NetworkEx G8264/G8316

Ext.Storage

Cisco or BrocadeSAN

V7000



Networking

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End to end 40Gb enables highest performance

Ultra low latency for HPC, High Frequency Trading and

Enterprise Clients◊

Up to four 40Gb ports per single wide node

◊Highest performance non

blocking architecture drives up to 2.8TB bidirectional

throughput

• High performance end to end 40Gb connectivity with ultra low latency

• Non blocking throughput that is highly suited for High-Performance Computing, High Frequency Trading and

Enterprise Data Centers.

• Enables clients to maximize compute utilization by removing IO bottleneck

• Reduces cabling by 4 is to 1 for applications requiring 40Gb throughput



Simplify network connectivity using Scalable Interconnect module or Cisco Fabric ExtenderIBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module•Low-touch, simple-to-use device that provides a transparent network interface connecting the upstream switch

•Simplifies cabling and management while boosting performance via 10Gb and 40Gb uplink ports

•Extreme scalability simplifies upgrade while reducing cost

Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for IBM Flex System•Simplifies connectivity to a Cisco Nexus infrastructure

•Aggregates all the server ports inside the chassis and offers transparent connection to upstream Nexus switch

•Centralizes network management and security to Cisco Nexus Top Of Rack switch module



Accelerate network deployment using IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Switch based on Brocade VDX design

IBM Flex System EN4023 10Gb Scalable Switch Module

• Extends the benefits of Brocade based VCS (Virtual Switch Cluster) architecture to Flex System chassis

• Accelerate performance by deploying flatter and flexible network reduces network latency and improve performance via efficient load balancing between all the members of the fabric

• Dynamic Ports On Demand (DPOD) enables effective utilization of port entitlements. Base switch with 24 ports can enable up to 10 x222 dense nodes (20 independent servers)with 4 10Gb uplinks to spare

• Easy scaling to more bandwidth and 40Gb uplinks via FoD (Feature on Demand) enables investment protection for Clients.



Non è uno switch (non a caso non si chiama "switch"), pertantocome un pass-through "intelligente" spinge il traffico fuori dallochassis (esattamente come accade su UCS)

Non è una piattaforma scalabile (è capace di collegare 1 sola porta10gb per ogni nodo FLEX)

Non è un facilitatore in quanto garantisce una connettività internainferiore del 75% rispetto ai moduli che Cisco monta su UCS►14 porte interne per 14 nodi su Flex (1:1) ►32 porte interne per 8 Blade su CISCO UCS (4:1)►non supporta, causa scalabilità limitata i nodi x222

Non è parte dell'offerta PureSystem Foundations (è un'opzione del solo FLEX BTO)

Cosa NON è Cisco Nexus B22 FEX for Flex System



• Released with other Brocade 16Gb FC switch and adapter products• First 16Gbps embedded switch with up to 640Gb bandwidth• Investment protection; growth in ports and bandwidth• Superior scalability to allows greater intra-chassis connectivity • Encryption and Compression capable • Diagnostic Port (D-Port) for superior serviceability

• 48-port 16/8/4 Gb FC SsSM• 28 internal and up to 20 external ports• Flexibility 12p to 48p with DPOD (12, 24, 36, 48-port configs)• SKUs: Base 12-port module; Enterprise 12-port module • Upgrades: 12-port POD; 24-port POD• Uses Brocade’s eighth generation Condor-3 FC Switch ASIC

CONDOR3

IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch

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Flex System x86 compute Nodes


Services



IBM Flex System PEN (PCIe Expansion Node)Storage Expansion Node

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Compute

Diverse offerings to match the diverse workloads

System Portfolio tuned to workloads

◊Reduce acquisition costs

through virtualization consolidation

◊Maximum platform capability

provides deployment flexibility


IBM Flex System p260

IBM Flex System p24L



IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node





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Compute

Double the density: 28 nodes per 10U chassis

◊2-socket Xeon E5-2400 per

twin◊

12 LP DDR3 DIMMs / 1333MHz / 1600MHz per twin

◊2x 10Gb ports standard per

twin, optional 8Gb/16Gb Fibre Channelor QDR/FDR Infiniband

◊1x 2.5” SATA HDD

or 2x Hot swap 1.8” SSD per twin

Reduce operational costs with x222• Double-dense design that can support 28 twin nodes

per IBM® Flex System™ Enterprise Chassis• Optimized for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure,

Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Consolidation

• In a real-world deployment example, the Flex System x222 was able to reduce 56U of 2 socket rack servers into 10U

• Reduce cost and complexity by • Fewer chassis & switches• Power and cooling • Reduce managed devices.

IBM Flex System x222 Compute Node

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Flex System x86 Compute Nodes Positioning

Database / Consolidation

Enterprise Performance

Business Applications

(SAP, ERP, Small DB)

Infrastructure Applications

(file/ print/ collaboration)

x440

Price-Performance

Optimized

4 socket

MainstreamDatabase

High-EndVirtualization

MemoryIntense

x240

EnhancedPlatform

Dual Proc

High-Density Virtualization

StandardHigh-Value

features

x220

StandardPlatform

Dual Proc.

OptionalHigh-Value

features

Energy Efficient

2 Socket 4 Socket

x440High performance compute

node with leadership compute, memory and

I/O capacity48 DIMMs for memory intensePerformance optimized with

leadership IO capacity

x240High Density, high

performance optimized for virtualization

24 DIMM slots Integrated HW RAID 0,1

& HS HDDsPerformance optimized with

flexible IO capability

x222Double dense computing

and virtualizationOptimized for solution cost

Efficient infrastructure utilizationFlexible I/O to integrate into

existing datacenters

x220Versatile, easy to use,

optimized for performance, power and cooling. Flexible design for Virtualized and

Native workloadsGreat price/performanceNo compromise blade

Cost-optimized platform

x222

High-Densitycomputing

Flexible I/O

Dense CloudDeployments

NEW Aug 6th



What is it?…

New GPU adapters qualified with Flex System PCI Expansion Node (PEN)New capabilities that extend our offering in compute, HPC, and security segments

Customer Importance…

Accelerate Compute in HPC – offer high compute capability using NVIDIA Tesla K20 and Intel Xeon Phi 5110P Target Segment: Climate and weather modeling, scientific workloads, and computational finance

Enable graphics based options for enhanced graphics capability using NVIDIA VGX K1 and NVIDIA VGX K2Target Segment: HPC and graphics workloads

Enable data security and protection using IBM 4765 Crypto CardTarget segment: Government, Banking, and Finance customers

Note 4765 Crypto Card only supported via AAS on x220 and x240.IBM importance…

Enable Clients with GPU technology on ‘Blade’ form factor

IBM Flex System PCIe Expansion Node: New adapter offerings

Expanding the portfolio of PCI Expansion Node to include workload optimized adapters



Dedicated Storage Expansion For Flex System 2S Compute Nodes

Increase storage in following workloads:

• Network Attach Storage (NAS)• Video Security/Surveillance• Transactional Data Server• HADOOP Applications

Features• Attaches to standard-width compute

nodes• Up to 12 SAS/SATA or SSD (12 TB

storage)

IBM Flex System x240 With Storage Expansion

Node

Up to

12 TBof storage

Up to

12 TBof storage

Increase Storage Capacity or create an entry Network Attach Storage (NAS) with Flex System Storage Expansion Node



Infrastructure Delivering Cloud

Infrastructure Services

Storwize V7000 and

PureFlex System V7000 storage



Storage is essential to an integrated platform Storwize V7000 and PureFlex System V7000 storage are virtualized

The Problem:Digital data has grown 10x from 2007 to 2011, causing storage requirements to grow 20 - 40% per year.

This growth has made the integration, management, and virtualization of storage resources critical.

Virtual Server Infrastructure

Virtualized Servers Require Virtualized Storage

Consolidate diverse storage infrastructureCommon Access pointSingle point of management and provisioningCan serve as a bridge from traditional infrastructures to cloud

Virtual Storage Infrastructure

Management LayerIntegrated Single Point of Management



Virtualized Storage

ConsolidatedStorage

Tiered Storage

AutomatedDeploymen

t Innovative GUI

SAN

Thin provisioning

Space-efficient copies

External Virtualization

External Virtualization

Solid-State Storage

Hard Disks

Easy Tier

Efficiently use solid state disk to Increase performance up to 200% on critical apps.

Reduce costs by migrating less critical data to less expensive media.

Increase utilization of existing storage by up to 30%.

Reduce TCO up to 66% by deploying automated, virtualized storage.

Scale out storage to manage billions of files from a single, consolidated system.

Scale up storage with systems that can scale to store petabytes of structured data.

Deploy in minutes versus weeks: 3x faster deployment

Non-DisrubtiveData Migrationincluded with everysystem for rapidintegration

IBM Storwize V7000..



Integrated scalable storage V7000Scalable to 240 drives; clustered systems support up to 960 drives

Scalable within Flex System

chassis

Scalable to external rack

expansion

Integrated into the chassis

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Management of Storwize V7000 compared to V7000 Flex node



SAN

Volume

IBM HPOracle

VolumeVolumeVolume

External Storage (To be Optionally Virtualizated)

100% SVC softwareInternal Storage

Features: Internal & External Storage Block-level virtualization

IBMESS, FAStTDS3/4/5/6/8

XIV

SunStorageTek, USP, USP-V

EMCCLARiiON,Symmetrix,

VMAX, VNX, VNXe

HitachiUSP, VSP

TagmaStore

NetAppFAS

BullStoreWay

PillarAxiom

NECiStorage

FujitsuEternus

HPMA, EMAMSA, EVA

XP

Sun HP LinuxIBM

BladeCenter

SGI Apple IBM Microsoft VmWare

Volume

StorwizeV7000



Meet the Storwize Family

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Family of storage systems and storage virtualization systems• One code base on all platforms• One set of functions (selectively licensed)• One Best-of-Breed user interface• One Command Line Interface

Storwize V3700 Common Advanced Virtualization BaseIBM Storwize Platform

Storwize V7000

Storwize V7000 Unified

Flex System V7000

SAN Volume Controller

Storwize V5000


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Power Flex System Nodes ….



P7+ p260 ✓MTM: 7895-23X✓Standard Width / Dual Sockets✓POWER7+ SCM

16 Cores (8 Core Socket) @ 3.6 GHz16 Cores (8 Core Socket) @ 4.1

GHz8 Cores (4 Core Socket) @ 4.0

GHz

✓Memory: Up to 512 TB✓I/O Options

2x Mezzanine Card✓SAS Bays: 2

0 – 2 SAS ( 300 / 600 / 900 GB )0 – 2 SSD ( 177 GB )

8 or 16 Cores

Announced 4Q 2012



P7+ p260 Entry✓New MTM: 7895-23A✓Standard Width / Dual Sockets✓POWER7+ SCM

4 Cores (2 Core sockets) @ 4.0 GHz

✓Memory: Up to 512 GB✓I/O Options


0 – 2 SAS ( 300 / 600 / 900 GB )0 – 2 SSD ( 177 GB )

4 Cores / Node

OS SupportIBMi 6.1.1-K, 7.1TR6(p05 Software license)VIOS 2.2.2.3AIX V 6.1 TL08 + SP 3AIX V 7.1 TL02 + SP 3Linux SLES 11 SP2Linux RHEL 6.4eFW 770



p460 SCM ✓MTM: 7895-43X✓Full Width / Quad Sockets✓POWER7+ SCM

32 Cores (8 Core Sockets) @ 3.6 GHz32 Cores (8 Core Sockets) @ 4.1 GHz16 Cores (4 Core Sockets) @ 4.0 GHz

✓Memory: Up to 1 TB✓I/O Options


0 – 2 SAS ( 300 / 600 / 900 GB )0 – 2 SSD ( 177 GB )

16 or 32 Cores



p270 DCM ✓MTM: 7954-24X✓Standard Width / Dual Sockets✓POWER7+ DCM

24 Cores (12 Core Sockets) @ 3.1 GHz24 Cores (12 Core Sockets) @ 3.4 GHz

✓Memory: Up to 512 GB✓I/O Options

2x Mezzanine Card1x ETE Expansion Connector

✓SAS Bays: 2Dual SAS Cntrl option0 – 2 SAS ( 300 / 600 / 900 GB )0 – 2 SSD ( 177 GB )

24 Cores



Power Flex POWER7+ Node Offerings…..

Cores: 8 / 16Max Memory: 512

GB

Cores: 24Max Memory: 512 GB

Cores: 16 / 32Max Memory: 1 TB

Cores: 4Max Memory: 512 GB

p2607895-23A

p2607895-23X

p2707954-24X

p4607895-43X



p260 Entry p260 p270 p460

POWER7+ Sockets 2 2 2 4

Cores 4 8 or 16 24 16 or 32

Frequency GHz 4.0 3.6 / 4.1 / 4.0 3.1 / 3.4 3.6 / 4.1 / 4.0

Max Memory / # DIMMs

512 GB / 16 512 GB / 16 512 GB / 16 1 TB / 32

DIMMs 2, 4, 8, 16 32 GB

2, 4, 8, 16 32 GB 4, 8, 16 32 GB 2, 4, 8, 16 32

GB

Mezzanine Slots 2 2 2 4

Dual VIOS Adapter No No Yes No

Processor Group P05 P10 P10 P10

HDD (GB) 300 / 600 / 900 300 / 600 / 900 300 / 600 / 900 300 / 600 / 900

SSD Yes Yes Yes Yes

RAID 0, 1, 10 0, 1, 10 0, 1, 10 0, 1, 10

Node Comparisons



IO Solutions



IO Adapter Options(#1761) -IBM Flex System IB6132 2-port QDR InfiniBand Adapter

(#1762) -IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter

(#1763) -IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter

(#1764) -IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

(#EC23) -IBM Flex System FC5052 2-port 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

(#EC24) -IBM Flex System CN4058 8-port 10Gb Converged Adapter

(#EC26) -IBM Flex System EN4132 2-port 10Gb RoCE Adapter

(#EC2E) -IBM Flex System FC5054 4-port 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter



Mezzanine Layout with FC #EC23IBM Flex System FC5052 2-port 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter

PlanarMezz Adapter 1

Mezz Adapter 2

IOHub

B

IOHub

A

ChassisMidplane

NIC

NIC

Fiber Chan SCSE – Bay3

(A) (B)

SCSE – Bay4

(A) (B)

SCSE – Bay1

(A) (B)

SCSE – Bay2

(A) (B)

PHB

PHB

PHB



Mezzanine Layout with FC #EC2E

PlanarMezz Adapter 1

Mezz Adapter 2

IOHub

B

IOHub

A

ChassisMidplane

NIC

NIC

Fiber Chan

Fiber Chan

SCSE – Bay3

(A) (B)

SCSE – Bay4

(A) (B)

SCSE – Bay1

(A) (B)

SCSE – Bay2

(A) (B)

PHB

PHB

PHB

PHB

IBM Flex System FC5054 4-port 16Gb Fibre Channel Adapter



8 ports: 10 Gb KR portsFeature Code # EC24►CNA (Converged Network Adapter) – FCoE & NIC►Max of 6 ports with EN4093 or CN4093 switches

Supported in POWER ITEs p260, p460, p24L, p270, & p470NPIV support through VIOS for FCoEDual ASIC design enables Dual VIOS for p260, p24L, and p270AIX, IBM i, Linux, VIOS support►AIX Version 7.1 with TL 7100-02 and Service Pack 2, or later►AIX Version 6.1 with TL 6100-08 and Service Pack 2, or later►IBM i 6.1 and IBMi 7.1 -- VIOS required. ►SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2, or later►VIOS requires VIOS 2.2.2.2, or later

IBM Flex System CN4058 8-port 10Gb Converged Adapter



IBM PureSystems Solutions ….



IBM PureFlex™ Solution for IBM i Delivering a high value, pre-integrated and optimized starting point for IBM i

Integrated InfrastructureDelivering Infrastructure Services

Fully integrated Hardware and SoftwareAll HW pre-configured, integrated and cabledSW Preload of IBM i OS, PowerVM, Flex System Manager and Storage configuration

Reliability and redundancy i clients demandPre-configured Dual VIOS ServersRedundant Switches and I/O Internal storage with pre-configured drives Raided and Mirrored

Right sized to get started quickly and simply with expandability and scalability as needed

p460 compute node configured for IBM i with 5-cores, and redundant I/OIdeal platform for Infrastructure consolidation of Power based and x86 based workloads

Management integration across all resourcesFlex System Manager simplifies management of all resources within PureFlex both physical and virtual

IBM Lab Services included to accelerate your deploymentHighly skilled PureFlex and IBM i experts perform integration and deployment onsite

Value from Day 1 with a ~$45K List Price SavingsComplete solution HW+SW starting at $135K (US List price)



IBM PureFlex Solution for IBM i Lower cost and simple ordering for consolidation of IBM i and x86 workloads

• New PureFlex integrated offering optimized for IBM i

• Designed to consolidate x86 and IBM i workloads into a single integrated infrastructure

• Features the new Flex System p260 compute node

• Ships from IBM pre-integrated to increase time to value

Scalable reliable integrated platform that grows as your business grows

Increase system utilization and consolidate IT without workload migration

Save up to 80% on IBM i licensing with flexibility to meet a wide range of IBM i client needs1

Announcement Details

Simplified OrderingIBM i VideoIBM i WhitepaperEnhanced Seller enablement

1. 80% per core savings is based on the difference of IBM i p10 per core license price versus IBM i p05 per core license price which equates to 80% savings per core

New



Introducing: IBM PureFlex™ Solution for IBM i - (NEW Oct. 2013!)Delivering a high value, pre-integrated and optimized starting point for IBM i

Integrated InfrastructureDelivering Infrastructure

Services

Complete integrated Hardware and Software SolutionSimple one button ordering fully enabled in configuratorAll Hardware pre-configured, integrated and cabledSoftware preload of IBM i OS, PowerVM, Flex System Manager and V7000 Storage SW

Reliability and redundancy i clients demandRedundant Switches and I/OPre-configured Dual VIOS ServersInternal storage with pre-configured drives RAID and Mirrored

Right sized to get started quickly and simplyp260 compute node configured for IBM i x86 compute node configured for x86 workloadsIdeal for Infrastructure Consolidation of multiple workloads

Management integration across all resourcesFlex System Manager simplifies management of all resources within PureFlex both physical and virtual

IBM Lab Services (optional) to accelerate deploymentSkilled PureFlex and IBM i experts perform integration, deployment and migration services onsiteIBM or Partner delivered



FSM – HMC – IVMOctober announcement

IBM Confidential



Simplified Management Experience Management integration across all physical and virtual resources

Single management console for all resources

Manage workloads while the system automatically manages resources

Thousands of end points at your fingertips with Quick Find

Flex System Manager



IBM Flex System Manager – The brains behind Flex System and PureFlex

Servers

Storage

Network

Virtual MachinesVMVM

VMVM

VMVM

Integrated Management of Infrastructure at each point in the lifecycle

IBM Flex System Manager

Hardware Setup

System Configurati

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Virtual Machine Lifecycle

Management

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Upward IntegrationUpward Integration

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1 At PureSystems Academy I tried to summarize with describing the mission behind why we built FSM. Maybe it would go well here? "...to provide best-of-breed experience in managing physical/virtual resources across compute/storage/network, optimizing those reosurces so clients business-critical workloads can thrive"Greg Hintermeister; 26/11/2012



HMC and the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM)HMCs and IVM used to manage Power servers

Create and configure partitions, load operating systems, migrate lpars, dynamically reallocate resources and perform various management functions

Stand-alone Power systems typically managed by one or two HMCs

Single entry-level systems can be managed by IVM

Included in the Virtual I/O Server Licensed Program Product

Both management appliances have graphical and command-line interfaces

HMCs are customized, Intel-based appliances that come in both rack-mounted and deskside models

BladeCenterPOWER servers



New Management Options for Power Compute Nodes

HMC and IVM may now be used as consoles for Power nodes in Build to Order (BTO) and Configure to Order (CTO) Flex System configurationsNeither the HMC nor IVM provide chassis management capabilitiesNative application interfaces (GUI or CLI) are required to manage other elements of the Flex System, including the CMM, storage, networking and energy management 7.7.0 Firmware is requiredIMPORTANT: An FSM may not manage any chassis, local or remote, that has a Power compute node being managed by an HMC or IVM

ibm flex system - evento torino 19 novembre 2013

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