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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm i 7.1 overview power your planet. Smarter systems for a smarter planet metro midrange systems association the dallas/fort worth ibm power systems user group mehboob mithaiwala certified consulting it specialist power systems – ats, ibm coppell.

  • Page 2: Systems For A Smarter Planet

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 2 virtualization without limits 9 drive over 90% utilization 9 dynamically scale per demand dynamic energy optimization 9 70-90% energy cost reduction 9 energyscale™ technologies resiliency without downtime 9 roadmap to continuous availability 9 high availabi...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 3 ✓ 4, 6 or 8 cores per socket ✓ 3.0 to 4.14 ghz ✓ up to 4 threads per core ✓ integrated edram l3 cache ✓ dynamic energy optimization power technology leadership.

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 4 power 550 power 570 power 755 js blades power 770 power 750 power 780 power 595 ps blades power 575 power systems portfolio hpc ps702 ps701 ps700 power 795 power 720 power 740 power 710 power 730

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 5 ibm i strategy and roadmap “our commitment to our ibm i clients, isvs and business partners is solid and unchanged. With our clearly defined processor and software roadmap, we are making substantial investments in the future of ibm i as an important, strate...

  • Page 6: Ibm I Roadmap

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 6 ibm i roadmap 2008 2010 ibm i 6.1.1 2011 2009 ibm i 6.1 2012 ibm i 7.1 ibm i next delivering a major new release of ibm i every two years.

  • Page 7: Building On The Foundation

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 7 building on the foundation ibm i 6.1 highlights – new solid state drive support with unique ibm i performance advantages – new db2 for i functional and performance enhancements – new db2 web query product (replacement for query/400) – new compliance securit...

  • Page 8: Db2

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 8 db2 – support for xml and column level encryption – sql statements use omnifind text search server – db2 web query enhancements powerha systemmirror for i – async geographic mirroring & lun-level switching – space efficient flash copy virtualization – ibm i...

  • Page 9: Open Access For Rpg

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 9 ibm i 7.1 announcement highlights continued remote upgrade to ibm i 6.1.1 or 7.1 – nfs backed optical images for ibm i upgrades – electronic delivery support expanded ibm i 7.1 technology update method – technology refresh (tr) – an update to the licensed i...

  • Page 10: Db2 For I – Xml Support

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 10 db2 for i – xml support xml is an industry standard for exchanging information between customers, suppliers, and partners rich xml support now available with db2 for i 1. Xml data type stores xml documents supporting database operations 2. Decompose (shred...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 11 db2 for i - additional enhancements column level encryption – allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a specific column in a database table accessed through sql or native – solutions from tool providers including patrick townsend, and...

  • Page 12: Db2 Web Query

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 12 db2 web query get better performance – up to 5x better performance over query/400 reduce report maintenance – leverage parameterized reporting or olap functions to minimize report maintenance remove dependency on it – give the power of the data to end user...

  • Page 13: Db2 Web Query Enhancements

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 13 db2 web query enhancements make better business decisions and improve customer service new functions for ibm i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1 – security enhancements • change password from within db2 web query • enhanced meta data control – administrative enhancements •...

  • Page 14: Powerha Systemmirror For I

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 14 ibm i powerha ibm i powerha iasp iasp ibm i powerha ibm i powerha iasp powerha systemmirror for i asynchronous geographic mirroring for multi-site dr solution – ibm i based mirroring for geographically dispersed systems – asynchronously mirrors disk writes...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 15 powerha systemmirror for ibm i editions ƒ standard edition targeted at datacenter ha ƒ enterprise edition targeted at multi-site ha/dr solutions ƒ new tiered pricing structure lowers costs of ha/dr solutions for mid-sized businesses ƒ advanced copy service...

  • Page 16: Powervm Vios Can Host

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 16 virtualization enhancements for ibm i maintain current ibm i 6.1 partitions ibm i 6.1 can host i/o for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions minimize change while deploying new release aix 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and sles and red hat partitions iscsi attached system x and bladec...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 17 ibm i integration with bladecenter and system x iscsi software target supports higher speed connection – replaces current iscsi adapter on power server side with software in ibm i – uses ethernet adapters and network to connect power to bladecenter and sys...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 18 ibm i storage management and ssd ibm i 6.1.1 and 7.1 adds – native support for ibm systems storage ds5100, ds5300, ds8700 – support for pci-e dual sas disk controllers – concurrent disk remove and hot disk spare for mirroring ibm i supports hierarchical st...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 19 19 solid-state disk drive pcie sas raid adapter higher i/o performance for the most demanding applications pcie sas adapter / double-wide card 4 ssd bays on card / 1, 2 or 4 ssd modules per adapter 177 gb per ssd module / up to 708 gb per card supported os...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 20 work with disk configuration select one of the following: 1. Display disk configuration 2. Add units to asps 3. Work with asp threshold - . . . - . . . 10. Stop hot spare 11. Work with encryption 12. Work with removing units from configuration remove disk ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 21 systems management enhancements systems director navigator for i – ability to manage a target ibm i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1 system • navigator management server runs in one place • one browser used to manage multiple environments • extends navigator management to ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 22 electronic software distribution ibm ibm i 6.1 (crtdevopt *srvlan) nfs server 6.1 base support • installation of lpps, and ptfs onto a ibm i 6.1 system october 2009 – 6.1.1 support • upgrade to ibm i 6.1.1 from i 6.1 system april 2010 – 7.1 support • upgra...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 23 install or upgrade using vscsi virtual optical support ibm i or vios hosting – can provide virtual storage and/or just the optical (power6/7) -from hmc, create a server vscsi to map to the client partition -create a nwsd for the client partition & vary on ...

  • Page 24: Electronic Software Download

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 24 electronic software download all currently marketed ibm i releases available – ibm i 5.4, 6.1, 7.1 software is downloaded from ess web site: http://www.Ibm.Com/servers/eserver/ess • products available, countries supported, and instructions for download are...

  • Page 25: Technology Refresh (Tr)

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 25 technology refresh (tr) is an update to the licensed internal code (lic) base release, planned to be delivered on approximately a six month cycle, and targeted to enable a specific set of new hardware and firmware functions. The first tr will start with ib...

  • Page 26: Web Server Enhancements

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 26 web server enhancements ibm http server for i running apache – latest apache 2.2 release – payment card industry (pci) compliant ibm technology for java – java 5 and 6 support for 32-bit and 64-bit jvms – no longer shipping classic jvm integrated web appli...

  • Page 27: Web Integration New Features

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 27 web integration new features integrated gui interface now available to developers and operators without compromising your system security developers can use web admin – no longer need *allobj special authority – administrators can grant users ‘permission’ ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 28 websphere support for ibm i 7.1 websphere application server – websphere application server express v6.1 and v7.0 – websphere application server v6.1 and v7.0 – websphere application server network deployment v6.1 and v7.0 – fix packs 6.1.0.29 and 7.0.0.7 ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 29 rational support for ibm i 7.1 rational developer for power – feature: rpg and cobol development for i • eclipse-based tools for rpg/cobol development • new print designer & support for language enhancements • replaces rational developer for i (rdi) – supp...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 30 rational open access: rpg edition extends rpg application reach to pervasive devices – provides ability for rpg programs to work with a variety of clients including phones, xml, web services – developers write handlers for non-5250 interfaces tool provider...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 31 rpg development tool rpg compiler rpg runtime hats browser handlers web service xml mobile handlers handlers web services mobile rpg development tool rpg compiler rpg runtime 5250 data stream device 5250 emulator rpg applications with open access rational ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 32 isv handlers looksoftware •delivery of multi-channel user interfaces from a single rpg program •includes support for smartclient, riaclient, thinclient and mobileclient profound logic •native graphical user interface platform for ibm i •rapidly create rich...

  • Page 33: Zend Php Enhancements

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 33 zend php enhancements zend server community edition for i – preloaded with ibm i 7.1, 6.1, 5.4 – includes one year of silver support from zend – provided for no additional charge – also available for download from zend.Com – replaces zend core zend server ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 34 zend delivers an open solution stack for ibm i opens up a vast ecosystem of technologies – development tools – application frameworks – applications zend framework enables simple, scalable, best-practice, application development – 10m+ downloads – built in...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 35 new zend product offerings for ibm i zend server community edition replaces zend core zend server replaces zend platform new products provide more function, improved performance and deeper integration into ibm i 9 9 ibm i toolkit zend core zend server ce n...

  • Page 36: Lotus Support For Ibm I 7.1

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 36 lotus support for ibm i 7.1 lotus notes and domino – collaboration beyond e-mail – domino 8.5.1 lotus sametime – real-time community collaboration – sametime 8.5.1 lotus quickr – share everyday content – quickr 8.5 additional products – enterprise integrat...

  • Page 37: Additional Enhancements

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 37 additional enhancements ibm transform services for i enhancement – delivers adobe pdf output support to ibm i applications – new support to transform existing spool files to pdf format – shipped with ibm i encrypted asp enhancements – added ability to star...

  • Page 38: Additional Enhancements

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 38 additional enhancements ibm i access family enhancements – ibm i access for windows 7.1 offers: • enhancements to the .Net, odbc, and ole db providers including support for xml data type • enhancements to data transfer • updated pc5250 display and printer ...

  • Page 39

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 39 ibm i and software as a service over 90 isvs currently offer saas solutions on ibm power systems with ibm i – lowers cost of solution acquisition – lowers cost of ongoing maintenance unique technology that is core to ibm i enables isv to deploy saas with l...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 40 ibm i planning website http://www-947.Ibm.Com/systems/support/i/planning/migrationupgrade.Html http://www-947.Ibm.Com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/index.Html installing, upgrading, or deleting ibm i and related software: http://publib.Boulder.Ibm.Com...

  • Page 41: Ibm I License Transfer

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 41 ibm i license transfer enables ibm i entitlement to be transferred between selected systems – implemented ww via ibm configurator – swma required on from and to systems – from system must have been installed at least one year – applicable to optional, not ...

  • Page 42: Ibm I Life Cycle

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 42 ibm i life cycle service *the projected date for the service of ibm i releases is based on current ibm planning assumptions. Note that it is ibm’s current practice to support an ibm i release until the next two releases have been made available, plus twent...

  • Page 43: 3 Ibm I 7.1 Language Groups

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 43 3 ibm i 7.1 language groups group 1 5770-ss1 feature 5817 2924 english 2963 belgian dutch mncs 2909 belgium english 2966 belgian french mncs 2980 brazilian portuguese 2981 canadian french mncs 2926 danish 2923 dutch netherlands 2925 finnish 2928 french 294...

  • Page 44: Withdrawals and Changes

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 44 withdrawals and changes lab services offering not supported on i 7.1 (5733-ps1) secure perspectives not supported on i 7.1 (5722-xp1) system i access for wireless use the online version of the information center physical media no longer available ibm i inf...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 45 new wiki for key links to the most current information https://www.Ibm.Com/developerworks/wikis/display/wikiptype/ibm+i redbook: ibm i 7.1 technical overview – h ttp://www.Redbooks.Ibm.Com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247858.Html?Open.

  • Page 46: Power7 August Announcements

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems power7 august announcements power7 795, 710, 720, 730, 740

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 47 47 power 795 ✓ new high-end ✓ 24 to 256 cores ✓ 8 tb memory ✓ turbocore ✓ 3.7, 4.0 or 4.25 ghz ✓ 1,000 vms* with powervm ✓ capacity on demand ✓ enterprise ras ✓ 24x7 warranty ✓ powercare new * statement of direction.

  • Page 48

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 48 power your planet with power systems express servers power 750 express ps700, ps701, ps 702 express power 710 express blades 1 socket 2 socket 4 socket power 730 express power 740 express power 720 express new new new new.

  • Page 49: Power 710

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 49 power 710, 720, 730 and 740 express highlights power 710 4-core p05 tier 6- or 8- cores p10 tier max memory: 64 gb pcie = 4 low profile zero 12x i/o loops ibm i 6.1 or later power 720 4-core p05 tier 6- or 8-cores p10 tier max memory: 128 gb cec pcie = 4 +...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 50 why 720/740 probably best for ibm i clients yes no cbu 24* / 48 0 pci-x slots max 24* / 44 4 lp pcie slots max yes no solution editions yes 720 no ibm i editions yes 720 no upgrades yes* no 12x i/o drawers yes** w/ more write cache options yes** disk only ...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 51 power systems express rack/tower positioning 1 year 3 year 3 year 3 year 3 year warranty yes yes no 4-core no 6/8-core yes no 12x i/o drawers 200-240vac 200-240vac 200-240vac 100-240vac 100-240vac power requirements density, high performance and energy eff...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 52 power 710 8231-e2b 4-,6-,8-core 1 socket processor module – pick one – 4-core: #8350 3 ghz – 6-core: #8349 3.7 ghz – 8-core: #8359 3.55 ghz can not change module for 4-core (1 socket) – zero 12x i/o loops – max 1 4x ib adapter – max 64 gb memory – zero dis...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 53 power 730 8231-e2b 8-,12-,16-core 2 sockets processor module – pick two of the same feature – 4-core: #8350 3 ghz – 4-core: #8348 3.7 ghz – 6-core: #8349 3.7 ghz – 8-core: #8359 3.55 ghz can not change module for 8-/12-/16-core – zero 12x i/o loops – max 2...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 54 power 720 8202-e4b 4-,6-,8-core 1 socket processor module – pick one – 4-core: #8350 3 ghz – 6-core: #8351 3 ghz – 8-core: #8352 3 ghz can not change module for 4-core – zero 12x i/o loops – max 64 gb memory – zero disk-only drawers – fibre channel cards o...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 55 power 740 8205-e6b 4-,6- & 8-,12-,16-core 1 or 2 sockets pick processor modules – 1 or 2: 4-core: #8353 3.3 ghz – 1 or 2: 4-core: #8347 3.7 ghz – 1 or 2: 6-core: #8354 3.7 ghz – 2: 8-core: #8355 3.55 ghz (just one 8-core module not supported) can not mix f...

  • Page 56: Thank You!

    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 56 thank you!.

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 57.

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 58 this document was developed for ibm offerings in the united states as of the date of publication. Ibm may not make these offerings available in other countries, and the information is subject to change without notice. Consult your local ibm business contac...

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    © 2010 ibm corporation ibm power systems 59 ibm, the ibm logo, ibm.Com aix, aix (logo), aix 6 (logo), as/400, active memory, bladecenter, blue gene, cacheflow, clusterproven, db2, escon, i5/os, i5/os (logo), ibm business partner (logo), intellistation, loadleveler, lotus, lotus notes, notes, operati...