Power, potencia su planeta.

1. IBM i
6.1 Foundation, 7.1 Overview & Future Directions
Hernando Bedoya
DB2 for i Consultant
IBM i
© 2011 IBM Corporation

2. IBM Power Systems
IBM Power Systems
2008 Unification
i570 i595
i550
i525
i515
System i Power Systems
Power 560 Power 570 Power 595
Power 550
BladeCenter Power 520
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System p
p570 p595
BladeCenter p550
JS21/JS22 p520
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3. IBM Power Systems
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, strategic
element in the IBM systems portfolio.
New IBM white paper
Includes information about the IBM i market, Power
Systems and IBM i roadmaps, plus the latest
information on POWER7 and IBM i 7.1
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html
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4. IBM Power Systems
The IBM i Business
IBM i has more customers than any other IBM system platform
115+ Countries 100,000+ Customers 20+ Industries
100,000’s Systems
Top Countries Top Industries
1. United States 1. Wholesale Dist.
2. Italy 2. Retail
3. Japan 3. Computer Services
4. Germany 4. Insurance
5. Spain 5. Retail Banking
6. France 6. Consumer Package
7. UK 7. Travel &
8. Canada Transportation
9. ... 8. Automotive
9. ...
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5. IBM Power Systems
Power your Planet
+ AIX - The Future of UNIX
Total Integration with i
Scalable Linux ready for x86
Consolidation
Workload-Optimizing Systems
Virtualization without Limits Dynamic Energy Optimization
Drive over 90% utilization 70-90% energy cost reduction
Dynamically scale per demand EnergyScale™ technologies
Resiliency without Downtime Management with Automation
Roadmap to continuous availability VMControl to manage virtualization
High availability systems & scaling Automation to reduce task time
Systems for a Smarter Planet
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6. IBM Power Systems
Power is...
Workload-Optimizing Systems
Virtualization without Limits
Resiliency without Downtime
Dynamic Energy Optimization
Management with Automation
Integrated Value
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7. IBM Power Systems
IBM i Roadmap
2008 2009 2010 2011 and beyond
IBM i Next
IBM i 7.1
IBM i 6.1.1
Delivering new value to IBM i customers with
IBM i 6.1 •Major releases of IBM i
•Support of new Hardware, I/O and virtualization
•Software products not tied to major releases
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8. IBM Power Systems
Building on the Foundation
IBM i 6.1 Highlights
– New Solid State Drive support with unique IBM i performance advantages
– New Java Virtual Machine, shared with AIX & Linux
– New Compliance Security Features
– New Systems Director Navigator web-based console
– New Performance Data Investigator
– New PowerHA disk clustering
– New support for BladeCenter
– New SAN DS8000 performance optimization
– New PowerVM virtual storage for i partitions
and much more….
IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which follow.
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9. IBM Power Systems
IBM i 6.1 Java & WebSphere Performance
Improvements
i 5.4 GA i 6.1 GA
Test Environment
1400 IBM Technology for Java VM
+68% +78%
Transactions per Second
1200 WebSphere Application Server 6.1
1000 DB2
800 2-tier environment
600 POWER5+ 2.2Ghz 2-core partition
Trade 6.1 (stock trading) workload
400
200
0
Native JDBC Toolbox JDBC
Improvements primarily in JDBC, DB2 and Java
– Includes 64K pages (only available on POWER5+ and beyond)
Some improvements available via i5.4 PTFs
– But majority of improvements available only in i 6.1
•Improvements shown above are valid only for these specific workloads -- Your results may vary and are dependent on the application.
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10. IBM Power Systems
Power Technology leadership
✓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
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11. IBM Power Systems
Processor Logic
Complex circuitry
Advanced logic
High speed bus fabric
Chip interconnect buses
Error checking
Parallel tasks
Compression routines
Multi-Threading
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12. IBM Power Systems
More TPC performance per core than any system in the industry
4.6 to 7.5 times more
performance per core 4.6X
than HP Itanium and Sun Enterprise T5440 cluster
respectively
3X
2X tpmC
per core
Sun/Oracle T2+ HP Itanium2 POWER5 POWER6 POWER7
Best results listed for 16 or more cores with IBM POWER, HP Itanium2 and Sun/Oracle systems.
12
Source: http://www.tpc.org as of 4/1/08. See Power 780 benchmark details for specific results. © 2011 IBM Corporation

13. IBM Power Systems
IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights
DB2
– Support for XML and column level encryption PO Custome Date Credit Purchase
# r# Card Order
123 2468 5/27/0 &#^$&$ ~
PowerHA SystemMirror for i 9 ^ XML
~
– Async Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching
Virtualization
– IBM i 6.1 virtualization for i 7.1 partitions IBM i IBM i
PowerHA PowerHA
Solid State Drives
– Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs
IASP IASP
Rational Open Access: RPG Edition
– Extend application reach to pervasive devices
Zend Server Community Edition VIOS
– PHP environment preloaded with IBM i
IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1
Systems Director Navigator for i Power Systems
– Richer management of IBM i
Announce April 13
Application Runtime Expert GA April 23
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14. IBM Power Systems
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) XML documents into relational columns
3. Generate XML documents from existing relational data
OmniFind Text Search Server provides PO # Customer # Date Purchase
support for searching XML documents Order
– Search elements of an XML document (e.g., customer name = Smith) 123 2468 5/27/09 ~
XML
– SQL statements use OmniFind to search the XML documents ~
– Available with IBM i for no additional charge
456 1357 6/10/09 ~
XML
~
Strategic replacement for XML Extenders
Program Product
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15. IBM Power Systems
Lower Total Cost of Ownership 7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd
Running SAP applications on IBM i for 10 years
IBM i has a track record of delivering
lower total cost of ownership than x86 “Features like dynamic logical partitioning and
servers integration with Windows-based systems mean
that IBM i and Power Systems can provide near-
100 per cent availability for our SAP and non-SAP
IBM i and Power servers offers three- applications, while ensuring high utilization of
year IT costs that are: (ITG Study*) resources and a very attractive TCO.”
– 41% less than for use of x86 Windows Dennis Lewis
servers and SQL Server Chief Information Officer
– 47% less than for use of x86 Linux servers
and Oracle
Three-year Costs by Platform
Averages for All Installations
* Value Proposition for IBM Power Systems Servers and IBM i: Minimizing Costs and Risks for Midsize Businesses
International Technology Group, Los Altos, California http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/strategy.html
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16. IBM Power Systems
DB2 Web Query enhancements for 2010
Make Better Business Decisions and Improve Customer Service
Support for IBM i 7.1
New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1
–Meta data security and password control
–Simplified object distribution
–Performance enhancements
–Usability/functional enhancements
–Additional application or data source support
DB2 Web Query supports querying XML
documents with IBM i 7.1
–Combine DB2 XML Support with Omnifind text search
capabilities
DB2 Web Query provides an integrated Query/400 replacement
product with Business Intelligence extensions that offer rich
functionality and breakthrough performance
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17. IBM Power Systems
PowerHA SystemMirror for i
Asynchronous Geographic
Mirroring for multi-site DR solution
– IBM i based mirroring for geographically
dispersed systems
– Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to target IBM i IBM i
system PowerHA PowerHA
– Support for automatic failover
– Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN, and
virtual disk IASP IASP
LUN level switching for local HA
solution
– Switch IASP on DS8000 or DS6000 between IBM i IBM i
local systems PowerHA PowerHA
– Support for automatic failover
– Supports native and VIOS with NPIV attached
SANs
PowerHA provides a robust, simple to manage High IASP
Availability and Disaster Recovery solution
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18. IBM Power Systems
Virtualization Enhancements for IBM i
Deploy new IBM i 7.1 partitions VIOS VIOS
IBM i 6.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 partition
Minimize change while deploying new release IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
POWER6 & POWER7
Maintain current IBM i 6.1 partitions
IBM i 7.1 can host I/O for i 6.1 partition
Continue to run applications with IBM i 6.1 while VIOS VIOS
leveraging new capabilities of IBM i 7.1 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
POWER6 & POWER7
PowerVM VIOS can host
IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
AIX and Linux partitions VIOS
VIOS supports advanced virtualization technologies
including Active Memory Sharing and NPIV VIOS IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
POWER6 & POWER7
Storage Virtualization can reduce costs
while improving IT infrastructure flexibility
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19. IBM Power Systems
IBM i workload optimization for Solid State Drives (SSD)
Total integration with IBM i of database,
storage management and performance
management enable automated SSD
optimization
IBM i automatically moves most active data Associated Bank Reduces Batch Run Time
to SSDs by 40% with SSDs*
Clients and ISVs can easily optimize Batch Performance Runs
applications for SSD
– DB2 for i supports specifying SSD as target for 5
specific, high use files 4 40% Reduction
3
Hours
SSD Analyzer Tool
– Designed to help determine if SSDs can help improve 2
application performance 1
– Runs on IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1
– Plus additional enhancements and utilities 0
72 Drives 72 Drives + 8 SSD 60 Drives + 4 SSD
SSDs can improve performance of long running batch jobs 72 Drives replaced by
or queries. IBM i can easily get the right data on the SSDs 60 Drives + 4 SSD
*http://www.ibmsystemsmagpowersystemsibmidigital.com/nxtbooks/ibmsystemsmag/ibmsystems_power_200909/index.php#/16
# Download http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3780
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20. IBM Power Systems
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 IBM i 5.4
– Support for Tape and Journal management and BRMS
Performance Management Enhancements
– More metrics into Collection Services: DS8000, 12X Bus,
Save/Restore, and Tape
– Performance Data Investigator is enhanced to include Disk
response time and Java memory perspectives
Systems 6.1.1 6.1.2 6.2
Systems Director Enhancements Director
2Q 4Q 09 2Q 10
– New functions for managing IBM i 09
– Management server runs on AIX, Linux, or Windows Support Group and
– Manages IBM i 6.1 and 7.1 environments CUM PTFs
6.1.2 Agent for IBM i
Systems Director provides an integrated platform Additional monitors
management solution for IBM i and heterogeneous servers
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21. Announcement plan for program product for mid 2010
IBM Power Systems
Application Runtime Expert for i
Tool to verify runtime attributes of an
application to help resolve situations where
application is not starting or working
properly
– Creates a template for well running application
– Performs health check against current environment
– Identifies differences between template and actual
runtime attributes
– Provides the option to fix many of the differences found
Application Runtime Attributes
– File/Directory Authorities and Attributes
– Attributes in property/http/xml configuration files
– User profiles
– PTFs
– System Values
– Products installed
– TCP/IP Network verification and configuration
– Environment variables
– Ports in use
Application Runtime Expert can quickly identify
issues in order to get applications back online
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22. IBM Power Systems
Rational Open Access: RPG Edition
Extend RPG
to reach to
new interfaces Custom
Devices
Workplace
Future
Rich
Devices
Client
Eclipse
RPG IV Mobile
Rich
Client
+ Open Browsers
Access
SOA Portal
Interface
Web
Browsers
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23. IBM Power Systems
Handlers
Vormitagg Associates, Inc
– Member of ISV Advisory council
– Key driver of this solution
– Building handler for use in their ERP application; not for sale
IBM STG Lab Services
– FM Handler – manages protocol between client applications and OAR
– Web Services Handler - converts OAR to XML and transport
– Socket Handler – converts OAR to a socket message over TCP/IP
STG Lab Services
looksoftware
– Delivery of multi-channel user interfaces from a single RPG program
– Includes support for smartclient, riaclient, thinclient and mobileclient
– Integrated Web Services generation
Profound Logic Software
– Native graphical user interface platform for IBM i
– Rapidly create rich browser based applications visually
– Uses native RPG operations and programming techniques
Rocket Seagull Software – LegaSuite
– Converts traditional RPG applications into high performance SOA services
– Expedites building complex IBM i application orchestrations,
– Leverages RPG expertise to SaaS/Cloud development paradigms
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24. IBM Power Systems
Rational Open Access: RPG Edition Browser
Web Services
RPG applications produce 5250 data stream Mobile
– HATS and partner tools are used to extend to other user interfaces
HATS
RPG
RPG RPG 5250 Device
Development
Compiler Runtime Data Stream 5250 Emulator
Tool
RPG Applications Today
RPG Applications with Open Access
RPG
RPG RPG
Development
Compiler Runtime
Tool
Open Access for RPG Open Access for RPG
Handlers Mobile
Handlers XML
Handlers Web Service
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25. IBM Power Systems
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 into Zend Server and Studio
4+ million trained PHP
developers
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26. IBM Power Systems
IBM i Life Cycle
IBM i
IBM i 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Upgrade
paths
V5R2
V5R3
5.4*
6.1*
7.1*
*The projected date for the service of IBM i releases is based on current IBM planning assumptions. Note that it is IBM’s
Service current practice to support an IBM i release until the next two releases have been made available, plus twenty four months.
This presentation contains information about IBM’s plans and directions. Such plans are subject to change without notice.
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27. IBM Power Systems
For your information – New redbook coming out this week
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28. IBM Power Systems
IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights
DB2
– Support for XML and column level encryption PO Custome Date Credit Purchase
# r# Card Order
PowerHA SystemMirror for i 123 2468 5/27/0 &#^$&$ ~
XML
– Async Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching 9 ^
~
Virtualization
– IBM i 6.1 virtualization for i 7.1 partitions
IBM i IBM i
Solid State Drives PowerHA PowerHA
– Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs
Open Access for RPG IASP IASP
– Extend application reach to pervasive devices
Zend Server Community Edition
– PHP environment preloaded with IBM i
VIOS
Systems Director Navigator for i IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1
– Richer management of IBM i
Power Systems
Application Runtime Expert
Announce April 13
GA April 23
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30. IBM Power Systems
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