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Annunci IBM Power Systems
Febbraio 2013

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Evoluzione e rivoluzione ....

Mobile Cloud
On a Smarter Planet, compute
intensive workloads are
exploding in growth

Internet of Things Social

Insights are derived from massive volumes of structured and
unstructured data

New services are demanded by the business, but IT budgets are
constrained by existing operations

Delivering IT must be made a more simple & easy experience

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© 2013 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

Annunci Smarter Computing
Il 5 Febbraio sono stati annunciati nuovi sistemi e funzionalità che
rafforzano la leadership tecnologica di IBM sul mercato

Le novità comprendono un significativo rinnovamento della linea
Power Systems, sviluppi in ambito System Storage, nuovi modelli della
famiglia PureSystems e sono rivolte in particolare alla fascia Mid
Range del mercato

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La famiglia di prodotti IBM Power Systems

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Annunci Power Systems – 5 Febbraio 2013
Nuovi modelli Power Systems 710, 720, 730, 740,
750, 760 & PowerLinux con Power7+
– incremento delle performance
– incremento della memoria, dello spazio disco e del
numero di partizioni supportate
– risparmio energetico

GA 710, 720, 730, 740, PowerLinux 7R1 e 7R2 20 Febbraio 2013

GA 750 e 760 15 Marzo 2013

Nuove Solution Edition AIX per Cognos e SPSS

IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 6

Nuovo Pure Application System on Power

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Power Processor Technology Roadmap

POWER9

POWER8
More Cores
SMT+++
POWER7/7+ Reliability ++
FPGA Support
45/32 nm Transactional Memory
POWER6/6+
Eight Cores
65/65 nm On-Chip eDRAM
POWER5/5+ Power-Optimized Cores
130/90 nm Dual Core Memory Subsystem ++
High Frequencies SMT++
Dual Core Virtualization + Reliability +
Enhanced Scaling Memory Subsystem + VSM & VSX
SMT Altivec Protection Keys+
Distributed Switch + Instruction Retry
Core Parallelism + Dynamic Energy Mgmt
FP Performance + SMT +
Memory Bandwidth + Protection Keys
Virtualization

2004 2007 2010 Future
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La tecnologia POWER

POWER5 POWER5+ POWER6 POWER7 POWER7+
Technology 130nm 90nm 65nm 45nm 32nm
Size 389 mm2 245 mm2 341 mm2 567 mm2 567 mm2
Transistors 276 M 276 M 790 M 1.2 B 2.1 B
Cores 2 2 2 8 8
1.65 1.9 4-5 3–4 3.6 – 4.4+
Frequencies GHz
GHz GHz GHz GHz
1.9MB 1.9MB 256 KB 256 KB
L2 Cache Shared Shared 4MB / Core
per Core per Core
L3 Cache 36MB 36MB 32MB 4MB / Core 10MB / Core
Memory 1 1 2/1 2/1 2/1
Cntrl
Architecture Out of Order Out of Order In of Order Out of Order Out of Order
7 LPAR 10 / Core 10 / Core 10 / Core 10 / Core 20 / Core

IBM Power Systems

POWER7+ Design
Physical Design:
SMP Fabric
• 8 cores with integrated Cache, Memory
Controllers, and Accelerators Core Core A Core Core
c
• 3 / 4 / 6 / 8 Core options c
• 32nm technology L2 L2 E L2 L2
n
• eDRAM g
L3 Cache L3 Cache
Features: M
Power Bus
M
• L3 Cache: 10 MB per core C C
L3 Cache L3 Cache
• Higher Frequencies G
X
• New RAS Features L2 L2 L2 L2
• Memory Compression Engine B
u
• Active Memory Expansion with no Core Core s Core Core
processor overhead penalty
• Encryption / Cryptography Support SMP Fabric
• Random Number Generator
• Enhanced Energy / Power Gating
• 2X SP performance
• 1/20 core LPAR Granularity
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POWER7+ Active Memory Expansion
POWER7+ AME Hardware Accelerator
– Enhanced Power Systems value for AIX
– On-chip enhancement 7+
Compared to POWER7, more efficient memory expansion (less processor
overhead for the same compression/decompression – or even more equivalent memory for the same
processor overhead)
Up to 125% POWER7+

Up to 100% POWER7
POWER7+
accelerator

True True True Expand Expand Expand Expand
Up to 25%
memory memory memory memory memory memory memory
more memory
expansion
True True True Expand Expand Expand Expand
memory memory memory memory memory memory memory

Note expansion percentage very workload dependent
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POWER7 / POWER7+ Module Packaging
Power 795 Power 775
Single Chip Glass Ceramic Quad-chip MCM

POWER7

Power 770 / 780
Single Chip Glass Ceramic

POWER7

Power 710 / 730 Power 720 / 740 Power 750 / 760 Power 770 / 780
Single Chip Organic Single Chip Organic Dual Chip Organic Single Chip Organic

POWER7+

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Power Express family
New Power 710, 730, 720, 740 ‘D’ models with enhanced capabilities
Higher performance with POWER7+
– Increased processor frequencies up to 20%
– Increased L3 cache size
– Integrated hardware accelerators
• Memory Expansion
• Encryption

Double the memory capacity
– New 16, 32, and 64 GB memory features

Internal disk capacity increased with 900GB disks
– 7.2 TB for Power 720 and Power 740
– 5.4 TB for Power 710 and 730

Greater partitioning capability
– Up to 20 partitions/core with PowerVM

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Energy savings via processor enhancements

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IBM Power 710 Express
High-performance, dense and energy-efficient server

Leadership POWER7 performance
in a compact 2U package 8231-E1D
Reliable, secure infrastructure and application
server with outstanding energy efficiency Power 710 Express
Very cost efficient solutions for Unix, IBM i,
and Linux deployments Power 710 is a 1-socket server
supporting 4, 6, or 8-core POWER7+
Easy to purchase and deploy processors
Express Edition configurations simplify Integrated support with RAID 10 in the
acquisition and deployment with servers that base for up to six SFF SAS disks (5.4
seamlessly fit into existing infrastructure TB)
Support for up to five low profile PCIe
Workload-optimizing capabilities Gen2 slots
Improve ROI with higher performance, Maximum memory increased to 256 GB
utilization and efficiency whether you run one
application or many on a single system Up to 20 partitions/core with PowerVM
Standard or Enterprise

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High-performance, dense, expandable energy-efficient server

Ideal for running multiple
8231-E2D
application and infrastructure
Power 730 Express
workloads in a virtualized
environment Power 730 is a 2-socket server supporting 8,
Leadership performance with POWER7+ 12 or 16-cores of POWER7+ processors
processors Integrated support with RAID 10 in the base
Outstanding energy efficiency for up to six SFF SAS disks (5.4 TB)
Support for up to five low profile PCIe Gen2
Consolidate and save slots
Run Unix, IBM i and Linux workloads on a Supports new PCIe Gen2 Ethernet and
single system RAID adapters
Compact form factor with Storage and I/O
expansion capabilities to fit your business Maximum memory increase to 512 GB
needs Supports up to 20 additional PCIe I/O slots
via expansion
Workload-optimizing capabilities Up to 20 partitions/core with PowerVM
Improve ROI with higher performance, Standard or Enterprise
utilization and efficiency whether you run one
application or many on a single system

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POWER7+ 710 and 730
Power 710 Power 730
8231-E1D 8231-E2D
8 Core @ 4.3 GHz
4 Core @ 3.6 GHz
POWER7+ 12 Core @ 4.2 GHz
6 Core @ 4.2 GHz
Architecture 16 Core @ 3.6 GHz
8 Core @ 4.2 GHz
16 Core @ 4.2 GHz
Planar Single Socket Dual Socket
4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DIMMs 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DIMMs
DDR3 Memory
8GB to 256GB 8GB to 512GB
SFF SAS Bays Up to 6 HDD or SSD
POWER7+ 710: 1S2U PCIe Gen2 Expansion Five x8 LP
Slots One x4 LP (Ethernet Adapter)
POWER7+ 730: 2S2U Integrated Standard: RAID 0, 1, & 10
SAS/SATA Cntrl Optional: RAID 5 & 6
Power 730 GX++ Slots One Two
Supports up to Ethernet in 6th slot Quad 10/100/1000
FC # 2319 Support Yes
320 LPARs Media Bays 1 Slim-line & opptionally 1 Half Height
12X PCIe Drawers * No Yes / Max: 2
Power 710 HDD/SSD drawer * Max 4 Max 14
Ultra SSD Drawer * Max = 1/2 Max = 1
Supports up to
Virt Management IVM or HMC
160 LPARs Redundant Power &
Optional Standard
Cooling
EnergyScale TPMD
Warranty 3 Years

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* 4-core 710 does not use these I/O drawers © 2013 IBM Corporation

IBM Power Systems

AIX Operating System Support

AIX V7.1 TL00: Statement of Direction
AIX V7.1 TL02: Service Pack 2, or later
– Planned availability March 29, 2013
– Planned availability March 29, 2013

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Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2, or later
– With current maintenance updates available from SUSE to enable all planned
functionality.

SOD for Red Hat Executive Linux:
IBM intends to continue to work with Red Hat to provide support for the new Power 710 (8231-E1D), PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1D, 8246-L1T),
Power 720 (8202-E4D), Power 730 (8231-E2D), PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2D, 8246-L2T), Power 740 (8205-E6D), Power 750 (8408-E8D), and
Power 760 (9109-RMD) with an upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 release. For additional questions about the availability of this release and
supported hardware servers, consult the Red Hat Hardware Catalog at https://hardware.redhat.com

RHEL 6 PRE-INSTALL FEATURE FOR POWER 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, AND POWERLINUX 7R1, 7R2

IBM intends to provide support for pre-install of an upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 release on the new Power 710 (8231-E1D),
PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1D, 8246-L1T), Power 720 (8202-E4D), Power 730 (8231-E2D), PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2D, 8246-L2T), Power 740
(8205-E6D), Power 750 (8408-E8D) and Power 760 (9109-RMD) systems.

Information concerning Red Hat Enterprise Linux was obtained from Red Hat. Questions concerning Red Hat Enterprise Linux should be
directed to Red Hat, as Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not an IBM product. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is sold or licensed, as the case may be, to
users under Red Hat's terms and conditions. Availability and support is the responsibility of Red Hat. IBM IS NOT LIABLE AND MAKES NO
WARRANTIES, EXPRESSOR IMPLIED, REGARDING RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIM3 ITED TO ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FIT- 3 NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Moreover, all statements
regarding IBM's or Red Hat's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represents goals and objectives
only. Information regarding potential future third-party products that may work 3 with an IBM product should not be relied on in making a
purchase decsion. The information mentioned regarding potential future third-party products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation
to deliver 3 any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future third-party products may not be incorporated into any contract.
The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality 3 described for IBM or Red Hat products remains at IBM's or Red
Hat's sole discretion, as applicable.

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PowerLinux 7R1 / Power 710 Positioning

PowerLinux 7R1 Power 710
8246-L1T 8246-L1D 8231-E1D
Operating Systems

POWER7+ Architecture 4 Core @ 3.6 GHz 4 Core @ 3.6 GHz
6 Core @ 4.2 GHz 6 Core @ 4.2 GHz
Dual Sockets 8 Core @ 4.2 GHz 8 Core @ 4.2 GHz
4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DIMMs 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DIMMs
DDR3 Memory
32GB to 256B 8GB to 256GB
12X PCIe Expansion Drawer N/A N/A N/A
HDD/SSD storage drawers Up to 4 N/A Up to 4
EXP30 Ultra SSD Drawer N/A N/A Up to ½
SAS SFF Bays Up to 6 HDD or SSD
PCIe Gen2 Slots General Purpose: Five x8 LP & Dedicated: One x4 LP (Ethernet Adapter)
Integrated SAS/SATA Cntrl Standard: RAID 0, 1, & 10 Optional: RAID 5 & 6
GX++ Slots One
Integrated Ports 3 USB, 2 Serial, 2 HMC
Ethernet in 6th PCIe slot Quad Port 10/100/1000
Media Bays 1 Slim-line (DVD) & optionally 1 Half Height ( DAT 160/320 tape or RDX )
Redundant Power & Cooling Standard
Warranty 3 Years
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PowerLinux 7R2 / Power 730 Positioning

PowerLinux 7R2 Power 730
8246-L2T 8246-L2D 8231-E2D
Operating Systems

POWER7+ Architecture 8 Cores @ 4.3 GHz
16 Cores @ 3.6 GHz
12 Core @ 4.2 GHz
Dual Sockets 16 Cores @ 4.2 GHz
16 Core @ 3.6 / 4.2 GHz
4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DIMMs 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB DIMMs
DDR3 Memory
32GB to 512GB 8GB to 512GB
12X PCIe Expansion Drawer Up to 2 N/A Up to 2
HDD/SSD storage drawers Up to 14 N/A Up to 14
EXP30 Ultra SSD Drawer Up to 1 N/A Up to 1
SAS SFF Bays Up to 6 HDD or SSD
PCIe Gen2 Slots General Purpose: Five x8 LP & Dedicated: One x4 LP (Ethernet Adapter)
Integrated SAS/SATA Cntrl Standard: RAID 0, 1, & 10 Optional: RAID 5 & 6
GX++ Slots Two
Ethernet in 6th PCIe slot Quad Port 10/100/1000
Media Bays 1 Slim-line (DVD) & optionally Half Height ( DAT 160/320 tape or RDX )
Redundant Power & Cooling Standard
Warranty 3 Years
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IBM PowerLinux 7R2 SAP SD 2-Tier Performance
28% Better than best published Linux 16-core Sandy Bridge EP result on the latest
SAP SD 2-Tier benchmark (6_EHP5) with 16-core, 4.22 GHz PowerLinux 7R2

2-socket, 16-core systems

8016 POWER7+
8000
IBM PowerLinux
#1 for SAP 7R2
Linux on
2-socket
7000

6250
6000

SAP source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark/
As of 12/17/12.
SAP Publication number for HP results: 2012032
5000
SAP Users

IBM PowerLinux 7R2 (4.22 GHz POWER7+, SLES 11 SP2)
HP DL 380 G8 (2.90 GHz Xeon E5 2690, RHEL 6.2)
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Highly flexible, available, and easy to manage server that can grow with your business

Outstanding as a distributed
application or small database
server 8202-E4D

Leadership performance with POWER7+
processors Power 720 Express
Provides near-continuous application
1-socket server supporting 4, 6, or 8-cores of
availability at a compellingly low price
POWER7+ processors in 4U rack or tower
form factors
Ideal as a integrated business Integrated SAS controller with RAID 10 in the
system with i base. Up to 7.2TB of internal storage
Scalable and tested IBM i OS to deploy Support for up to nine PCIe Gen2 slots
applications faster and maintain them with
fewer staff Increased maximum memory to 512 GB
Supports PCIe Gen2 Ethernet, RAID, and
Choice and Flexibility 4-port Fiber adapters
AIX, i, and Linux Editions are attractively Up to 20 partitions/core with PowerVM
priced, and easy to order Standard or Enterprise
Portfolio of over 15,000 industry proven
solutions

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520 / 720 Upgrade Paths Details (same serial number)

POWER7 POWER7 POWER7+
8202-E4B 8202-E4C 8202-E4D

520 4-core
8203-E4A
POWER6 720 720 720
6/8-core 6/8-core 6/8-core
“B” model “C” model “D” mdoel
520 2-core
8203-E4A
POWER6

Notes:
• Same-serial-number upgrades from Power 720 to a newer Power 720 (B-
to-C, B-to-D, or C-to-D) are not offered
• POWER6 9408-M25 to POWER6 8203-E4A conversions remain available
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Delivers the performance for mid-market clients to run applications faster and more
efficiently

Ideal as a mid-size database server
8205-E6D
for DB2, Oracle, and Sybase
Leadership 2-socket POWER7+ performance Power 740 Express
1-socket or 2-socket server supporting 6,
Leverage PowerVM and VMControl 8, 12, or 16-cores of POWER7+
processors in a 4U rack form factor
for server consolidation
Up to 160 virtual servers Integrated SAS controller with RAID 10 in
the base. Up to 7.2TB of internal storage
Reduce energy usage, server footprint and
Support for up to nine PCIe Gen2 slots
per/core software licensing costs
Increased maximum memory to 1024 GB
Supports PCIe Gen2 Ethernet, RAID, and
Single platform for AIX, i, and
4-port Fiber Channel adapters
Linux operating system solutions
Up to 20 partitions/core with PowerVM
Portfolio of over 15,000 industry proven
Standard or Enterprise
solutions

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POWER7+ 720 / 740
* Power 720 Power 740
8202-E4D 8205-E6D
4-core 3.6 GHz 1 or 2 x 6-core 4.2 GHz
POWER7+
6-core 3.6 GHz 1 or 2 x 8-core 3.6 GHz
Architecture
8 core 3.6 GHz 1 or 2 x 8-core 4.2 GHz
Dual Socket
Planar Single Socket
Power 720: 1S4U Single Socket option
4 / 8 / 16* / 32* GB 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB
Power 740: 2S4U DDR3 Memory DIMMs
4GB to 512* GB 4GB to 1 TB
SAS SFF Bays Up to 6 or 8 HDD or SSD
Five x8 Full High (FH) (Base)
PCIe Gen2
One x4 FH (Base) / Ethernet Adapter
Expansion Slots
Four x8 LP ( Optional)
Standard: RAID 0, 1, & 10
Integrated SAS Controller
Optional: RAID 5 & 6
Ethernet in 6th PCIe slot Quad 10/100/1000
Media Bays 1 Slim-line & 1 Half Height
I2X PCIe IO Drawers Max 2 ** Max 2 / 4
Power 720: 1S4U 12X PCI-X I/O Drawers Supported ** Supported
HDD/SSD-only drawer Max 14** Max 14
Tower EXP30 Ultra SSD Drawer Max 1 ** Max 1 or 2
Virt Management IVM & HMC
Redundant Power and
Optional Standard
Cooling
EnergyScale TPMD
Warranty 3 Years
23 * max of 64GB memory on 4-core Power 720
** max zero drawers on 4-core Power 720 © 2013 IBM Corporation

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Power 4U 720/740 Advantages over Power 2U 710/730
Power model 710 / 730 720 / 740
2U rack 4U rack
Footprint
+ no tower + tower
Add processor card Advantage
no No / Yes
later if needed
SW tiers same same
1. 730 has max of one 12X loop
Max Internal drives 6 8 2. 4-core supports zero 12X I/O drawer
12X I/O drawers No / Yes 1 Yes 2 3. 710 4-core and 720 4-core support
zero disk-only drawer
Disk only drawers Yes 3 Yes 3 4. 4-core 720 has max of 64 GB
Max. GB memory 256 / 512 512 4 / 1024 5. AIX/Linux can use HH bay for RDX
Internal tape Yes & No 5 Yes or DAT160, IBM i does not support
this bay
PCIe slots CEC max 6 6 LP 7 6 6 FH +4LP 6. Five x8 PCIe slots and a 6th x4 PCIe
6 LP / 4 LP+20 slot only for Ethernet adapter
PCIe slots max 24 2 / 44
7. LP (Low Profile) limits selection of
FH 26* / 48
PCIe adapters, especially for PCIe
PCI-X slots max 8 0 24 / 48 SAS adapters with write cache
Same serial number 8. PCI-X I/O drawer withdrawn from
No Yes / no marketing
upgrades
9. AIX, but not IBM i
CBU No Yes
IBM i Editions No Yes / no
Solution Editions Yes 9 Yes
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IBM Power 750 Express IBM Power 760

Secure, reliable performance Secure, reliable performance
at an affordable price with On-Demand Expansion

Completely redesigned to leverage Great for virtualized consolidation of
the performance of POWER7+ application workloads like SAP

30-40% more performance than Beats the leading 80 core HP system
non-IBM 32 core systems result for SAP 2 tier performance
Processor Upgrade on Demand for
Twice the memory and VMs for seamless growth
greater levels of consolidation
Workload optimizing capabilities
Energy Star compliant for efficiency Installed by IBM for your convenience
3 years of 24x7 service included with 3 years of 24x7 service included with
every system every system

Power 750 Power 760
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POWER7+ Power 750 / 760
New generation of Express/Enterprise Class servers
– Evolution of Power 750
– Provides more Core, more Memory, more IO bandwidth, etc.
Wide range of uses..
– Data Base
– ERP
– Server consolidation
Enterprise features
– 40GB of Internal IO bandwidth
– Split Backplane support standard
– Six full size PCIe Gen2 slots with Blind swap support
– Blind swap PCIe adapter support
– Quad Socket processor design
– Memory Density options
– CUoD support ( Power 760 )
Supports up to 640 / 960 LPARs
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Merging Power 770 & Power 740 = Power 750/760
Enterprise System features
Express System pricing

Quad Sockets
IO Subsystem
Power
760

Power
Power 770 750

Memory Architecture
RAS Features
Power 740

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Power 750 8408-E8D
POWER7+ Arch. 8-core DCM @ 4.0 GHz
Up to 4 Sockets 8-core DCM @ 3.5 GHz
DDR3 Memory Up to 1 TB
Capacity on Demand N/A
Up to 6 HDD or SSD
SAS SFF Bays
Split Backplane support
IO Expansion Slots in PCIe x8: 6 Slots ( Hot Swap )
CEC Dual GX++ Bus (with 2 or more DCM)
Up to 32 Cores
4 Socket / 5U SAS ( Dual ) plus SATA
Integrated IO Cntrl Standard RAID 0, 1, & 10
Optional RAID 5 & 6
Supports up to IVM / HMC Support Yes / Yes (HMC optional)

640 LPARs Integrated Multifunction 4 Ethernet (Dual 10 Gb & Dual 1 Gb
Card (IMFC) or Quad 10Gb); 2 USB, 1 serial
FC # 2319 Integrated Ports 1 USB, 2 HMC, 2 SPCN, plus IMFC
Media Bays 1 Slim-line for DVD
12X PCIe IO Drawers Max 4 (no PCI-X drawers)

3 Yr Maintenance EXP30 Ultra SSD Drawer Max 2
24 x 7 HDD/SSD-only drawer Max 51
Redundant Power Yes
Redundant Cool Yes
EnergyScale Dynamic Energy Save & Capping

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Power 760 9109-RMD
POWER7+ Arch. 12-core DCM @ 3.4 GHz
Up to 4 Sockets 12-core DCM @ 3.1 GHz
DDR3 Memory Up to 2 TB
Capacity on Demand Yes for Processors (Permanent only )
Up to 6 HDD or SSD
SAS SFF Bays
Split Backplane support
PCIe x8: 6 Slots ( Hot Swap )
IO Expansion Slots in CEC
Up to 48 Cores Dual GX++ Bus (with 2 or more DCM)
4 Socket / 5U SAS ( Dual ) plus SATA
Integrated IO Cntrl Standard RAID 0, 1, & 10
Optional RAID 5 & 6
Supports up to IVM / HMC Support No / Yes (HMC required)
960 LPARs Integrated Multifunction 4 Ethernet (Dual 10 Gb & Dual 1 Gb or
Card (IMFC) Quad 10Gb); 2 USB, 1 serial
Integrated Ports 1 USB, 2 HMC, 2 SPCN, plus IMFC
Media Bays 1 Slim-line for DVD
3 Yr Maintenance 12X PCIe IO Drawers Max 4 (no PCI-X drawers)
24 x 7 EXP30 Ultra SSD Drawer Max 2
HDD/SSD-only drawer Max 51
Redundant Power Yes
Redundant Cooling Yes
EnergyScale Dynamic Energy Save & Capping
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Power 760 Capacity Upgrade on Demand
Minimum of 8 Core activations is required
Permanent activations only CUoD provides flexibility to
have “stand by” resources
– No temporary or Trial CoD
available to be permanently
• No Elastic (On/Off) CoD or Utility CoD
activated
No memory CoD
– Plan ahead for memory demands
– Adding memory requires system unit to be
% price
powered down
DCM
Dynamic Processor Sparing is available % price
activation

0/12-core DCM Processor core
Power 760
feature activation feature
About 70% of the list price is
3.1 GHz #EPT5 #EPTA for activations assuming 100%
of the cores are activated.
3.4 GHz #EPT6 #EPTB

Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of Feb 2013 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.
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EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer Enhancements
#EDR1
Up to 480,000 IOPS (100% read)
Up to 11.6 TB
Up to 4.5 GB/s bandwidth
Downstream HDD

Feb 2013 Announcements:
– Support on ‘D’ models of 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760
(already supported on ‘D’ model 770 and 780)
– SOD for ‘C” model 770 and 780
– IBM i 7.1 TR6 native support (AIX/Linux already in place)
– New 6-pack convenience package
Ultra performance
Ultra density
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New RDX 1.5 TB Cartridge (#EU15)
– Expanding strategic ENTRY save/restore technology
– 50% larger capacity than previous max capacity
– Larger capacity than DAT 80/160 cartridge
• 1770% more no compression (80GB)
• 830% more with 2X compression (160 GB)
• 360% more with 4X compression (320 GB)
– Lower cost per GB RDX storage
– Works on all RDX docking stations
• #EU03, #EU04, #EU23, #1103, #1104, #1123
– Supported by AIX, IBM i, Linux
NEW
Feb 2013

RDX 320GB 500GB 1 TB 1.5 TB
Cartridge #EU08 #1107 #EU01 #EU15
$/GB $0.70 $0.59 $0.35 $0.33
160GB #1106 RDX withdrawn from marketing

Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of Feb 2013 on a Power 720 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.
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LTO-6 HH SAS Tape Drive - #EU11
– Higher capacity and performance than LTO-5
• 2.5 TB uncompressed capacity .. 66% more
• 6.25 TB capacity with typical compression ..
108% more
• Up to 240 MB/s … 14% more
• For only 5% higher price

– Read LTO-4; Read/Write LTO-5 and LTO-6
– For HH bays of
• Power 720/740 ‘C’ and ‘D’ models
• Power 750 ‘B’ model
• Power 795 1U media drawer (#5724)
– Shipped w/ cleaning and test cartridge
– Convenience cartridge ordering
• #EU17 – single & #EU18 – five-pack
– Supported by AIX, IBM i, Linux, VIOS LTO-6 price is only 5%
higher than LTO-5 ..
$4200 vs $4000
– See also 7226-1U3 and 3580-H6S/L63 (TS2260/TS2360)

Prices shown are IBM USA suggested list prices as of Feb 2013 on a Power 720 and are subject to change without notice; Reseller prices may vary.
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IBM PureApplication System on Power

– POWER7+ Technology
– Fully assembled, cabled, integrated rack offered
in four configurations: 96, 192, 384, 608 cores
– Pre-loaded and pre-configured with:
• AIX
• IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor
Edition
• IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition
• Patterns: IBM Transactional Database, Data Mart,
and Application for Java

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IBM i Roadmap

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

V5R4 6.1 7.1 i next i next + 1

V5R4M5 6.1.1
……… 7.1 TRs
…
Responding to IBM i market, time between releases is longer
Interim technology refreshes will provide new functions and I/O
support
Simpler to install on a current release and less disruptive
** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

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IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 6 - Highlights
Enhancing the value proposition of DB2 for i by extending SQL capabilities,
improving performance and enhancing data center manageability
Support for latest POWER7+ Express Servers
Use of USB Flash Drives now supported by IBM i
New Mobile Solutions
– Zend Server for i Version 6 provides mobile application development and runtime
– IBM Mobile Database solution uses DB2 for i as data source
– Statement of Direction for IBM Lotus Notes Traveler and IBM Connections availability
IBM i Secure Sockets Layer (System SSL) supports TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2
and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
PowerHA SystemMirror for i adds support for additional storage devices,
including IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM Storwize V7000, V3700
and V3500
IBM Systems Director error detection and reporting

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Zend Server for IBM i Version 6
Zend Studio 10

Deploy mobile apps application
market places!
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, & more

• Drag & Drop interface
• Tie mobile apps to native IBM i artifacts
•Single development location for creating IBM i XML Service
mobile applications
Integrating restful web service
Tie to IBM i native toolkit
PHP application to drive the
interactions
Zend Server for IBM i Version
6
• RESTful Web Services
•"Mobil-ize" RPG & COBOL
applications
• XML Service ties Mobile application to
native i artifacts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nmRO9-gN4&feature=plcp
• Mobile solutions for IBM i!
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IBM i Hardware-Related News
Support of newly announced hardware
– POWER7+ 710/720/730/740/750/760
– PCIe Gen2 adapters: 16Gb Fibre Channel adapter & 4-port 10/1Gb
Ethernet
– 1.5 TB RDX cartridge
– HH LTO-6 tape drive

EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer support
– IBM i 7.1 TR6 support (Native support – not through VIOS)

Support use of USB flash memory sticks
– IBM i 7.1 TR6 native and virtualized
– USB ports on system units (not on PCIe adapters)

NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) attach of SVC, V7000
Storwize, V3700
– Expands existing VSCSI support
– Native support not offered
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Other I/O News of IBM i Interest
More removable media choices
– LTO-6 for 720/740 CEC and in 7226 1U drawer
– Bigger RDX cartridge – 1.5TB

#EN0A/#EN0B
Two new PCIe Gen2 Adapters
– 2-port 16Gb Fibre Channel #EN0H/#EN0J
• Requires VIOS
– 4-port 10Gb CNA/FCoE + 1GbE
• Requires VIOS
• IBM i supports NIC, not FCoE

NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) attach of SVC, V7000 Storwize, V3700
– Expands existing VSCSI support
– Native support not offered

Ethernet Link Aggregation Enhancements
– Automatic retry to re-link dropped links

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IBM i + NPIV (Virtual Fiber Channel) + SVC, V7000, V3700

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Storwize V7000 PowerHA SystemMirror for i

PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 TR6
SVC and Storwize V7000
– FlashCopy (ACS available from Lab Services as well)
– Metro Mirror, Global Mirror
– and with NPIV LUN Switching
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IBM Storwize V3700 PowerHA SystemMirror for i

Statement of Direction

IBM plans to enhance Storwize V3700 in 2013 with the following:
6Gb SAS host attachment support
Optional features:
PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 TR6 Easy Tier
Remote mirroring
FlashCopy support for up to 2,0450 targets
Storwize V3700
– FlashCopy and with NPIV LUN Switching
– SOD
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IBM i and PureSystems
IBM PureFlex (Foundations)
– IBM i can be ordered and preinstalled at the factory
– IBM i licenses can be transferred (for primary or other
nodes)
• Standard license transfer fees apply
• At least one IBM i license required with HW purchase
• Special bid until eConfig support in place

IBM Flex Systems (BTO)
– IBM i can be ordered
– IBM i licenses can be transferred (for primary or other
nodes)
• Standard license transfer fees apply
• No IBM i license entitlements required with HW purchase, all
IBM i licenses can be transferred

Refer to: “IBM i Processor and User Transfer Guide”
www.ibm.com/systems/support/planning/notices.html
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