Presentazione IBM Flex System e System x Evento Venaria 14 ottobre

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© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM x86 and PureSystems

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Lenovo And IBM Entered Into A Definitive Agreement
On January 23, 2014, IBM announced a definite agreement to sell its x86 server portfolio, related resources and operations to Lenovo Corporation. Included in the
transaction will be:
System x, x86 BladeCenter, Flex System blade servers, Flex System based integrated infrastructure systems, NeXtScale, iDataPlex, related blade networking and
solutions, selected systems software.
Lenovo to Buy IBM server business for $2.3 billion
HONG KONG – Lenovo Group Ltd, said it has agreed to buy International
Business Machines’s low-end server business for…Wall Street Journal,
January 2014
“…nearly invisible and non-disruptive transition…”
Forrester Analyst Report, 1/14
Potential losers from the deal are also clear
“HP, Dell and other x86 providers will have a competitor who is fully
committed to the space, and has a proven track record of growing
share and revenue in a tough and commoditized marketplace.”
capioIT Analyst Report, 1/14
“…the best possible outcome for all concerned...”
Pund IT Analyst Report, 1/14
“…far better for both companies than I would have thought possible...”
TechNewsWorld, Rob Enderle, 1/14
“Through this solid foundation of customer satisfaction, and by applying business
models that have been proven to
improve value in industry-standard products, TBR believes IBM and Lenovo can
leverage the planned acquisition to
create an even stronger x86 server portfolio that exceeds customer
expectations.” TBR Analyst Report 4/14
IBM and Lenovo will manage this transition well and make every
effort to avoid any client issues... ”
Ptak Associates Analyst Report, 1/14

15 August 2014: the Committee on Foreign Investment in
the United States (CFIUS) approves the transition
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A selection of positive analysts reports:

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Innovation
Workload
Optimization
Scale
Trends in x86
• Growth of public / private cloud
on x86
• Convergence driving
simplification
• Systems management
reducing operational costs
• New decision makers,
i.e. CMOs
• Move to “build your own
server” model
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80%
clients building new
apps for cloud
40%
converged systems
growth 2012 – 2016
75%
IT budget spent
on management
63%
big data opportunity
outside IT
57%
ODM revenue
growth 2012 - 2013

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The Planned x86 Server Acquisition Will Create Increased Value for Customers**
“The success of a similar transition between IBM and Lenovo in 2005 suggests the two
vendors will once again be able to drive synergies for the 2014 x86 server transition,
resulting in improved acquisition costs, ongoing product quality, and strong
services and support that come together to create increased value for
customers.”
TBR Analyst Report, April 2014
** TBR Analyst Report, April 2014

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2013
Leadership in
PC market
2001
X-Architecture
First Scalable
x86
2012
1981
Personal
Computer
1991
1987
First PC
Servers
2002
2014
1997
Netfinity
Servers
2013
2005
Acquired IBM
PC business
2010
®
®
®

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• A $39B global technology company with 42,000 employees
• Serving customers in 160+ countries
• #1 in PC shipments
• #3 in Smartphone shipments
• Experienced in integrating and growing business acquisitions
• Committed focus on x86 Market
• Committed to Business Partner success and growth

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Blade and Integrated Systems
Industry leading blade architecture designed
for maximum client optimization and value
IBM Flex System
IBM BladeCenter
Leading Technology
x86 Portfolio Built on Innovation
Enterprise Rack Systems
4 socket+ enterprise-class x86
performance, resiliency and security
IBM X-Architecture
High Volume Systems
Broad portfolio to meet a wide range of
client needs from infrastructure to
technical computing
IBM System x Rack Tower
Dense Systems
Optimize space-constrained data centers
with extreme performance and energy
efficiency
IBM NeXtScale
IBM iDataPlex
Virtualization Cloud Analytics Big Data HPC
System Switching
Data Center networking products –
embedded, top of rack switches and software
Solutions

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Collaboration around integrated systems
Management
Power / Hybrid compute
(OEM in x86 from Lenovo)
Networking
(OEM in from Lenovo)
Storage
Power /
Hybrid
IBM remains committed to integrated systems with PureSystems
Management (licensed by IBM)
x86 Compute
Networking
Storage (OEM in from IBM)
Power /
Hybrid
x86
x86
x86
Customer service and maintenance (Delivered by IBM On Lenovo’s behalf for 5 years)
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Leading Technology
World Class Service and Support Continues
IBM is a recognized leader in service and support
Access to the full IBM systems maintenance support
capabilities worldwide
209 countries/nations, speaking ~127 languages
500 part stocking locations with more than
9M shipments annually
Lenovo will be responsible for service and support (maintenance) for all
products that are part of this transaction
IBM will continue to perform these services on Lenovo’s
behalf for an extended period
Clients can expect little change in their world-class technical service and
support
For further information please refer to http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/news/ibm-server/

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Lenovo’s Roadmap Commitment
Most important, we are committed to IBM's product roadmap and will extend support to
end-of-life for any current product offerings. We bought this business with the promise of
continuity to customers, both ours and IBM's
Gerry Smith, President of Enterprise Business Group Americas Group, Lenovo
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/031814-lenovo-rallies-troops-after-rivals-279803.html
Lenovo is buying IBM's x86 server business intact and is committed to following the IBM
x86 product roadmap, including Flex and x86-based PureFlex integrated systems, and will
continue to innovate around these products.
Source: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/news/ibm-server

New – completely refreshed, comprehensive portfolio
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NeXtScale
Water Cooling
2012
2014
Flex System
PureFlex
iDataPlex
warm water
cooling
technology
X6
Flex System X6
System x3850 X6
System x3950 X6
NeXtScale
Dense Platform
System x M5
Platforms
System x3550 M5
System x3650 M5
Flex System x240 M5
NeXtScale nx360 M5
System x M4
2013
System x Innovation Heritage
iDataPlex
BladeCenter
eX5
1997 - 2011
1st 1U form factor rack server – (1999)
1st scalable 16-socket X-Architecture (2002)
1st to market with blade servers (2002)
Innovative iDataPlex – Dense (2008)
Acquired Blade Network Technologies (2009)
eX5 Launch –#1 market share (2010)

Introducing the new System x M5 Server portfolio
World-class quality built-in for enterprise data centers
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#1
with ground-breaking
System x Trusted Platform Assurance
131%1
Performance Boost over previous generation
for java workloads
#1
of all x86 servers, worldwide
1Up to 131% performance boost with internal measurements as of June 2014 for representative Java-based workloads,
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 (18C, 2.3GHz, 145W) vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 (12C, 2.7GHz, 130W)

Grantley Platform with Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 product family (Haswell)
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System x Trusted Platform Assurance

System x outstrips the competition with industry-leading
Trusted Platform Assurance
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Sys Mgt – IMM/CMM
N – Not supported
O – Optional feature (Customer need to order TPM option)
NA – Not Applicable
System x
Host
System x
Sys Mgt
Dell
Host
Dell
Sys Mgt
HP
Host
HP
Sys Mgt
Cisco
Host
Cisco
Sys Mgt
Super-micro
Host
Super-micro
Sys Mgt
Firmware Signing ? N?
Dedicated TPM O N O N O N ? N
Measured Boot O N O N O N ? N
Verified Boot N N N ? N
Firmware Secure Rollback N
(Partial)
N N N N N ? N
Secure FPGA Updates NA N NA N NA N NA ? NA
Firmware Supply Chain
Attack Detection N N Y N N N ? N?
Strong System x competitive advantages leadership
with System Management TPM Management Firmware Validation

Improve efficiency with System x M5 family
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Total Energy Cost over 3 Years
Total Electrical cost per year for all servers
Assumes Data Center running virtualization
workload over 60 - 100 Servers.
NeXtScale with Water Cooling.
$175,000
Up to 131%
increase in performance
NeXtScale nx360 M5 System x3550 M5 System x3650 M5
x3650 M4
X240
x3650 M5
X240 m5
nx360 M5
$0
57%Lower
Energy costs
77%Lower
Energy costs
Up to 8x RAID IOPS
performance improvement
with 12Gbps RAID
40%More Energy
Efficient with NeXtScale
Water Cooling
Up to 2x memory
with increased speed
Flex System x240 M5

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The DDR4 Difference

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Intel Xeon E5-2600v3 Memory POR
- IBM can run three 16GB DR DIMMs at
1866MHz
- All other SR/DR DIMMs will run at 1600MHz
with 3DPC
Intel POR
Slots per
Channel
DIMMs per
Channel
RDIMM LRDIMM
SR/DR QR
1 1 2133 2133
2 1 2133 2133
2 2 1866 2133
3 1 2133 2133
3 2 1866 2133
3 3 1600 1600
IBM Actuals Using TruDDR4 Memory
Slots per
Channel
DIMMs per
Channel
RDIMM LRDIMM
SR/DR QR
1 1 2133 2133
2 1 2133 2133
2 2 2133 2133
3 1 2133 2133
3 2 2133 2133
3 3 1600/1866 1866

Built-in leadership uptime by design
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Downtime of more than four (4) hours on each server hardware platform (2014)
ITIC Global Server Hardware,
Reliability Report- 2014-2015 10X
More reliable than
HP ProLiant3
#1 Reliability x86 Rating1
HP Integrity
Fujitsu Primergy
IBM Power System i, p
13%
10%
6%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
1%
1%
0%
Dell
HP ProLiant Servers
Oracle x86
Oracle SPARC
Fujitsu SPARC
Toshiba Magnia
Fujitsu Primequest
Cisco UCS
IBM System x
IBM System z
#1 x86 server
1 ITIC 2014-2015 Reliability Survey, May 2014 -- http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/xsl03126usen/XSL03126USEN.PDF
13X
More reliable than
Dell PowerEdge4

X6: The Sixth Generation of EXA Technology
Superior performance
43% lower solution cost *
Up to 28% lower acquisition costs
Multiple generations of investment protection **
3X the memory
More reliable ***
IBM System
x3850 X6
4-way rack
FAST
AGILE
RESILIENT
IBM System
x3950 X6
8-way rack
X6 Flex System
2- to 8-way compute node
* Based on a 2:1 server consolidation from improved performance, and reduced hardware and licensing cost by replacing 28.8TB of external SAN with 3.2TB of internal eXFlash DIMM
storage on the server, reducing top-of-rack switching and networking hardware, and managing performance with IBM FlashCache and Storage Accelerator software. Prices as of 2/18/2014.
** Up to 28% savings in acquisition cost is based on a comparison of an x3850 X6 (using the modular design) vs. a traditional rack design with no modularity. Based on projected Q1 2014
pricing of x3850 X6 configuration with 2 Compute Books, Storage Book with 1.2TB SAS, dual 1400W power supplies, 10GbE SFP+ networking, and no optional I/O Books.
*** 6TB maximum memory vs. 2TB or less for previous-generatoin competitive 4-socket servers.

4 Socket Comparison
8 x 1.8 SSD on HX5
1TB Standard Memory on HX5
40 Cores
High Availability
Predictive Failure
2 port 10Gb LOM
Scales to 4 socket
10X
More internal
flash storage
+300%
+50%
+100%
Highest Storage Performance
and Density
Ultra-Low Latency Performance
Leadership
Performance
30 TB of Flash Storage
30 TB of Flash Storage
Flash Accelerator Caching
Flash Accelerator Caching
66TTBB SSttaannddaarrdd MMeemmoorryy
6600 CCoorreess
Extreme Availability
Fault Tolerance
Extreme Availability
Fault Tolerance
44 ppoorrtt 1100GGbb LLOOMM
SSccaallee uupp ttoo 88 ssoocckkeett
Highest Fault
Tolerance Fastest Serviceability
Maximum I/O
Throughput
Application Optimized
Fit-for-purpose

Faster application performance through scalable storage performance
The X6 Technology Solution
IBM eXFlash Memory Channel Storage gives clients the ability to integrate an ultra-low
latency cache with the processor directly from the memory bus – significantly higher IOPs and
storage capacity without compromising performance
Differentiated features exclusive to IBM
WriteNow provides the ability to commit data earlier – reducing latency
50% more than other memory channel storage
RAID 1 provides protection for the most critical data in the largest cache in the server
Memory
SSSSDD
CPU
IO Hub
Memory
eXFlash DIMM
SSSSDD PPCCIIee FFllaasshh
• Stay within the processor-memory subsystem
• Significantly reduce latencies by coupling memory, storage and
cores directly
• Distance and bus issues are eliminated
• Highly parallel applications running highly parallel transactions – true
data velocity
• Achieve linear cost per IOPs

X6 delivers mainframe-like RAS because it integrates
across the hardware software stack
Intel® Run Sure Technology enables
enterprise RAS on the future Intel®
Xeon® E7 processor family
X6 enables additional
platform level RAS for
higher availability
X6 integrates the software
stack for solution-level
RAS management
Automated processor failover
Automated backup of management
firmware
Automated memory page integrity
sorting
Memory page retire
Advanced recovery of processor
transactions
IBM unique Upward Integrated
Modules for VMware and Hyper-v
Rolling Firmware Updates
Advanced RAS

Solutions and Services

IBM PureFlex and Flex System Solutions accelerate your business with fast time to value and
proven deployment guidance
Cloud Infrastructure
IBM PureFlex and Flex System
Managed Service Provider Editions
IBM PureFlex Solution for
SAP Business Suite
The IBM PureFlex Solution for
Cloud Backup and Recovery
IBM System x Solution VMware
VSAN Ready Nodes
IBM Flex System Solutions for
Microsoft SQL and Exchange
VMware vCloud Suite
IBM System X Flex Solutions for
SAP Hana /IBM GPFS
Analytics Virtual Desktop
SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure
IBM Flex System Solution for SAP
Business Warehouse Accelerator
IBM Systems Solution for SAP
Business Suite and SAP HANA
IBM Flex System Solution for
Microsoft Hyper V
Oracle RAC
Desktop Virtualization with Atlantis
ILIO

Flex Systemin Deep

Chassis Designed for flexibility and future advancements
More than just a container
The Problem:
A chassis designed to handle
technology changes in server,
storage, and networking that provides
the flexibility and investment
protection your datacenter needs for
today and tomorrow.
IBM’s Next Generation Chassis Delivers:
Flexible Building Blocks
• Designed to handle server technology, storage technology, and
networking technology for the next decade of workloads
Energy Efficiency
• Scalable power supplies that are extremely efficient, achieving
Energy Star status
• Chassis designed for energy efficient processors, as well as
energy efficient memory
Investment Protection
• The IBM Flex System chassis was designed for multiple
generations of technology, protecting the customers investment

IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Front View
Size: 10 U
19” Rack
14 Node Bays
(7 Full Wide)
Nodes:
Power
Intel
Flex System Mgr
Flex System Mgr
Filler
Filler
IBM Flex System x240
Filler
Filler
IBM Flex System p260 IBM Flex System p260
Filler
IBM Flex System p460 ( Full Width )
IBM Flex System x240
Filler
Filler

IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Rear View
10 U
CMM
Fans
High Speed Switch
(4X)
Power Supplies
(6X)

Diverse offerings to match the diverse workloads
System infrastructure
Compute
System Portfolio tuned to workloads
◊
Reduce acquisition costs through
virtualization consolidation
◊
Maximum platform capability provides
deployment flexibility
IBM Flex System Intel portfolio
IBM Flex System Intel X6 Platform
IBM Flex System Power portfolio
IBM Flex System PEN (PCIe
Expansion Node)
Storage Expansion Node

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
Mainstream
Database
High-End
Virtualization
Memory
Intense
x240
Enhanced
Platform
Dual Proc
High-Density
Virtualization
Standard
High-Value
features
x220
Standard
Platform
Dual Proc.
Optional
High-Value
features
Energy
Efficient
x222
High-Density
computing
Flexible I/O
Dense Cloud
Deployments
2 Socket 4 Socket
x440
High performance compute node with
leadership compute, memory and
I/O capacity
48 DIMMs for memory intense
Performance optimized with leadership IO
capacity
x240
High Density, high performance
optimized for virtualization
24 DIMM slots
Integrated HW RAID 0,1
HS HDDs
Performance optimized with flexible IO
capability
x222
Double dense computing and
virtualization
Optimized for solution cost
Efficient infrastructure utilization
Flexible I/O to integrate into existing
datacenters
x220
Versatile, easy to use, optimized for
performance, power and cooling.
Flexible design for Virtualized and
Native workloads
Great price/performance
No compromise blade
Cost-optimized platform
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Introducing the Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node
Efficient, yet powerful performer delivering the latest security advancements, optimized performance and mainstream virtualization for
a broad range of enterprise workloads
Up to 131% performance improvement over previous
generation servers, delivering best in class balance of CPU memory, IO and storage
Industry leading 2S memory capacity: Up to 1.5 TB allowing
for more VDI users per node
PCIe Flash Storage enables faster data access for database applications
Flexible storage configurations for handling diverse
workloads: VDI, Cloud, Analytics, more
• Up to 4 x 1.8” HDDs/SSDs or 2 x 2.5” HDDs/SSDs
Built-in security for superior protection against data
compromise malware attacks
• TPM 2.0 features firmware and platform security enhancements
Dual redundant mirrored hypervisor provides reliable
solution and reduces need for local storage for OS mirroring
IBM Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node
Cloud Virtualization Virtual Desktop
Hyperscale based Workloads Web Serving Email File Print
Line of Business Applications Infrastructure Security Data Management
50%
More Cores
Cache
2X
Memory
Capacity
131%
Greater Java
Performance
50%
Increased Memory
Bandwidth
35%
MemoryPower
Savings
61%
More Virtualization
Performance

Flex System x86 Compute Nodes Positioning
OEM / Embedded
CSC/MSP
Enterprise Solutions
Infrastructure
HPC
x240
Enhanced
Platform
Dual Proc
High-Density
Virtualization
Standard
High-Value
features
2 Socket
x440
Price-
Performance
Platform
4-socket
High-End
Virtualization
Mainstream
Databases
4 Socket
X6
High performance scalable
Up to 8 socket, 15C/socket
Up to 192 DIMMs
Mission critical workloads, maximum
virtualization, scale-up database
applications
x440
High performance compute node with
compute, memory and I/O capacity
48 DIMMs for memory intense
Performance optimized with leadership IO
capacity
x240
High Density, high performance optimized for
virtualization
24 DIMM slots
Integrated HW RAID 0,1 HS HDDs
Performance optimized with flexible IO
capability
Flex System X6
Scalable
Performance
2,4,8 socket
Mission-Critical
Workloads
Max
Virtualization
Highest Level
of RAS
2H 2014
Scalable
x880
-Highest x86
Performance
--More cores/
memory
-Analytics
-Large DBs
x480
-Large VMs
-More cores
-Analytics
-Med DBs
x280
-Large VMs
-More memory

The Flex System X6 Compute Node Portfolio
x280 X6
Ideal for workloads such as large virtual
machines requiring more memory per VM
•Scalable to 2 sockets
•2 x Intel E7 2800 v2
•3TB memory (48 DIMMs)
•Up to 4 networking adapters
•2 x 2.5” HDD / SSD
x480 X6
Ideal for workloads such as large virtual
machines, analytics and databases
requiring more cores as well more memory
per system or VM
•Scalable up to 4 sockets
•4 x Intel E7 4800 v2
•6TB memory (96 DIMMs)
•4 x 2.5” HDD / SSD
x880 X6
Ideal for workloads that demand the highest
levels of performance such as analytics and
databases requiring more cores as well more
memory per system
•Scalable up to 8 sockets
•8 x Intel E7 8800 v2
•12TB memory* (192 DIMMs)
•8 x 2.5” HDD / SSD
x480 X6
x280 X6 x480 X6
x880 X6
x880 X6
x880 X6
x880 X6
* 64GB DIMM available on 8 socket x880 in 4Q14. Contact IBM rep for interoperability help with specific configurations.

Optimized, Automated and Integrated network architecture
Fits 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

Integrated Systems Networking
Pay as you grow scalability
Ethernet
40Gb uplinks
10Gb, 1Gb
FCoE
Fibre Channel
16Gb, 8Gb
Infiniband
QDR, FDR
Low latency, terabit switching and network
bandwidth-on-demand
Virtual Machine Ready networking
80Gb of Ethernet bandwidth and network
intelligence to every compute and storage node
IBM Confidential to April 11, 2012

IBM Flex System x240 - with LOM/1 Mezz and with 2 Mezz Cards
LOM Connector (or Second Mezzanine Card) Mezzanine Card Mezzanine
Card
ITE with LOM Connector and 1 Mezzanine Card ITE with 2 Mezzanine Cards
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2014 IBM Corporation

Flexible IO: LOM / Mezz 1 card + Mezz 2 card
IOM
Bay1
IOM
Bay3
IOM
Bay2
IOM
Bay4
Periscope connector for LOM
2 p Eth (LOM)
LOM
imm2
FC/Eth/IB
10Gb Ethernet
10Gb Ethernet
FC/IB
IOM
Bay1
Management Module 2
IOM
Bay3
IOM
Bay2
IOM
Bay4
Management Module 1
• Each ITE supports LOM + 1 Mezz card or (No LOM, Mezz 1+ Mezz 2)
• Mezz card 1 connects to ScSE 1 and 2
• Mezz card 2 connects to ScSE 3 and 4.
ITE

10Gb Ethernet/Converged Adapters from Emulex
• Based on Emulex BE3 ASIC
• EN4054 for Power7 ITEs
• Up to four port 10Gb PCIe Gen2 NIC
• Firmware provided to IBM by Emulex,
• AIX driver development is handled by IBM, PowerPC Linux NIC drivers provided by Emulex
• CN4054 for x86 ITEs
• Up to four port 10Gb PCIe Gen2 pNIC, up to 32 port vNIC (Virtual Fabric or Switch Independent Mode), FCoE or iSCSI Storage Initiator
offload
• vNIC feature is turned on by default, in Virtual Fabric mode.
• FCoE or iSCSI enablement is provided by Feature on Demand
• Virtual Fabric vNIC requires Compass 10Gb Ethernet switch in each slot attached to the Wildcat
• Switch must be configured prior to the adapter, otherwise, adapter will show links down.
• Switch Independent vNIC supported by any internal switch or pass through module.
• FCoE requires either Pass Through (at GA) or CEE/FCoE aware Ethernet switch (Future)
• If Periscope connector removed, will disable onboard BE3 if present
• 23.1W Total Max Power Consumption 23.1W
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Compute Node Connections to I/O Modules
2 Port Adaptors 4 Port Adaptors

IBM EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch
Networking Infrastructure
Networking
“Pay as you grow” scalability
◊
Optimized for performance ◊
Efficient network automation
◊
Enhanced virtualization intelligence
◊
Lower TCO
◊
Seamless interoperability
Overview
•Layer 2/3 Data Center design – upgrade in order
•Base Switch: 14 x 10Gb server port 10 x 10Gb uplinks
•Switch upgrade 1: 28 x 10Gb server ports 10 x 10Gb plus 2 x 40Gb uplinks.
•Switch upgrade 2: 42 x 10Gb server ports 14 x 10Gb plus 2 x 40Gb uplinks.
Leadership
•Single ASIC Design
•Proven Operating System
•Exceptional Price/Performance
•Investment Protections – scalable pay-as-you-grow design
•FCoE convergence support
•VM aware VM Mobility with VMready
•Virtual Fabric – carve up virtual NIC’s and pipes
•Seamless interoperability with other vendors switches
•3 year warranty and 3 year software upgrade licenses
Recommended Top-of-Rack switch
•Multiple chassis of 10Gb connection G8264
Base 10 x 10GbE SFP+ #2 = 2x10GbE #1 = 2x40GbE 1GbE Mgmt

Extreme Flexibility - current future workloads
Scale for Bandwidth or Ports or both
IBM 10Gb Switch: Wired for up to three 10Gb ports per node and twenty two external ports.
• Base Switch: Enables fourteen internal 10Gb ports (one to each server) and ten
external 10Gb ports
• Supports the 2 port 10Gb LOM and Virtual Fabric capability 14 internal ports Logical partition
1
IBM 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch
Pool of uplink ports
• First Upgrade via FoD: Enables second set of fourteen internal 10Gb ports (one to
each server) and two 40Gb ports
• Each 40Gb port has a QSFP+ connector and can be used either as a single 40Gb
uplink or “split” into four 10Gb uplinks
• Supports the 4-port Virtual Fabric adapter
• Second Upgrade via FoD: Enables third set of fourteen internal 10Gb ports (one
to each server) and four external 10Gb ports
• Capable of supporting a six port card in future
14 internal ports Logical partition
2
14 internal ports Logical partition
3 (future)
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Innovation that Matters – flexible port mapping
IBM before flexible port mapping
Buy a base module with port license entitlement –
internally and externally
Features on Demand – buy upgrade license to turn on
additional ports
• Required for 4/8 port adapters
IBM AFTER flexible port mapping
Enhancements on top of Features on Demand!
Ability to reallocate ports
• Reallocate ports internal/external
• Trade off lower bandwidth ports for high bandwidth. Example
trade 4x10Gb for a single 40Gb without having to purchase
additional licenses that has 40Gb
Advantage areas – clients that need
• One compute node/blade with a 4-port adapter – only the
base model needed
• One compute node/blade with 6 ports of 10GbE – only the
base model needed
• Flex System x222 is supported with the base
• 40Gb external uplinks are supported with the base model
SI4093
Total Ports
10Gb
internal
10Gb
external uplinks
40Gb
External uplinks
Base System 14 10 0
w/ Upgrade #1 28 10 2
w/ Upgrade #2 42 14 2
Supported on EN2092, SI4093, EN4093R CN4093

IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
Networking
◊
Optimized for performance
◊
Designed for Convergence
◊
Enhanced virtualization intelligence
◊
Lower TCO
◊
Seamless interoperability
Overview
Leadership
•OmniPorts 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)
2X10Gb SFP+ #1 = 2x40GbE 12 x 10GbE OmniPorts (6 in base + 6 #2) 1GbE Mgmt
Total Ports
10Gb
to Server
SFP+
Ports
Omni
Ports
QSFP+
Ports
Base System (00D5823) 14 2 6 0
Upgrade #1 (00D5845) 28 2 6 2
Upgrade #2 (00D5847) 28 2 12 0
Upgrade #1 #2 42 2 12 2

CN4093 in NPV Gateway
• Reduce number of director class SAN switch ports
•Leverage existing external SAN infrastructure
LOM or CN4054 (pNIC,
vNIC mode)
Ext.
Storage
CN4093 Flex System Fabric
Converged Switch
Key value:
•Acquisition costs
Black line is FCOE
Red line is Fibre Channel
Green line is Ethernet
Cisco or Brocade
SAN
Ethernet Network
Ex. G8264/G8316
Adapter Integrated Switch FCoE Top Of Rack Switch SAN Switch Storage Target OS levels
LOM CN4054 4-port adapter
(BE3) pNIC and vNIC modes
CN4093 10Gb Switch
NPIV mode
N/A Cisco SAN
Brocade SAN
Storwise V7K, FC: SVC, DS3K/5K,
DS8K, Tape, XIV
Win2008, ESX 4/5, RHEL 5/6,
SLES 10/11

CN4093 in NPV Gateway
Key value:
•More control of the overall solutions and leverage existing storage
•Directly connects to internal storage node via midplane in FCoE mode
•Can connect to external storage via SAN switch also.
LOM or CN4054 (pNIC,
vNIC mode)
Ext.
Storage
Storage node
CN4093 Flex System Fabric
Converged Switch
Black line is FCOE
Red line is Fibre Channel
Green line is Ethernet
Ethernet Network
Ex: G8264/G8316
Cisco or Brocade
SAN
Adapter Integrated Switch FCoE Top Of Rack Switch SAN Switch Storage Target OS levels
LOM CN4054 4-port adapter
(BE3) pNIC and vNIC modes
CN4093 10Gb Switch
NPIV mode
N/A Cisco SAN
Brocade SAN
FCoE: Storage V7000 node FC: Storwise
V7000, SVC, DS3K/5K, DS8K, Tape, XIV
Win2008, ESX 4/5, RHEL 5/6,
SLES 10/11

IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module
Networking
Unmanaged module
◊
◊
Optimized for performance
◊
Seamless interoperability with
Cisco
Overview
•Designed for easy connectivity and management
•Pre-configured from factory – enhances ‘out of box’ experience for Clients
•Investment Protection – scalable pay-as-you-grow design reduces cost and
complexity
•Intra chassis switching for optimal performance (Ex. vMotion)
• Virtual Fabric capability reduces cost and improves IO utilization
•Seamless interoperability with other vendors switches like Cisco and Juniper
Recommended Top-of-Rack switch
•IBM 10Gb G8264
•IBM Converged 10Gb G8264CS
Base 10 x 10GbE SFP+ #2 = 4x10GbE #1 = 2x40GbE 1GbE Mgmt
Total Ports
10Gb
to Server
10Gb
Uplinks
40Gb
Uplinks
Base System 14 10 0
Upgrade #1 28 10 2
Upgrade #2 42 14 2

IBM Flex System Interconnect Fabric
Delivering a simplified Fabric Infrastructure to accelerate deployment with optimum efficiency
What is it?…
Simple Ethernet Fabric cluster
Loop free design with no spanning tree
Scalable multi-chassis, multi-rack interconnect fabric infrastructure
Customer Importance…
Rapidly deploy additional chassis or racks – configure the Fabric once
Reduce networking management complexity without compromising performance – manage 1 device vs 20
95%1 reduction in the number of networking devices required to manage a 9 chassis, 3 rack configuration
ZERO2 down time for service upgrades
ZERO3 additional Flex System CAPEX to implement – use existing SI4093 and G8264CS Flex System HW
Support for Ethernet, iSCSI and FCoE protocols
Proven interoperability with other vendors core network like Cisco and Juniper
IBM importance…
IBM based design to compete against HP, Cisco, Dell and others
Helps IBM build better POD based solutions for our clients
Simplifies the connectivity of IBM Flex System offerings
1 1 G8264CS Switch vs 20 Devices (2 G8264CS’s and 18 SI4093’s) 2 master switch provides in service upgrades to all 18 devices 3 G8264CS and SI4093 are the only modules enabled for the fabric infrastructure

IBM Flex System Interconnect Fabric Connectivity
vPC Domain
SAN A SAN B
G8264CS A
Master Controller
G8264CS B
Backup Controller
Flex System Interconnect
Fabric Links
Max 9 Chassis
Pure Flex System
SI4093 A
½ Wide ITE-1
½ Wide ITE-14
Chassis 1
SI4093 B
SI4093 A
½ Wide ITE-1
½ Wide ITE-14
Chassis 9
SI4093 B
Uplink port for ‘SAN-A’ Uplink port for LAN Uplink port for ‘SAN-B’

System Networking Switch Center
for Flex System Interconnect Fabric Management
Fabric Switches

Flex System Ethernet Module Positioning
Low latency/ high bandwidth
apps
Telecommunication
Enterprise applications
high Performance
Scalability
Virtualization
Cloud computing
Simple management
Simple connectivity and
interop with upstream
network
Infrastructure Applications
(file/ print/ collaboration)
EN2092
1Gb Scalable
Switch
10Gb Uplinks
For easy
Transition
Ethernet, iSCSI
support
Ethernet, iSCSI,
1Gb Ethernet
CN4093
Convergence within the chassis
Connect to existing LAN and SAN
network
Scalable fabric
Easy transition to 40GbE
EN4093R
High performance 10GbE
L2/3 function
Scalable fabric
Easy transition to 40Gb
Enhanced Virtual Fabric for reduced
I/O cd complexity
OpenFlow SDN Support
SI4093
Simple setup and management
Scalable fabric
Virtual Fabric support reduces cost
and complexity
EN6131
High performance 40Gb
Low latency
EN2092
1Gb connectivity
EN4091
10Gb pass thru device
Unmanaged device
EN4023
10Gb scalable module
Connect to Brocade VCS fabric
B22 FEX
10Gb port aggregator
Connects to Nexus 5K/6K
Unmanaged device
SI4093
10Gb Modules
Simple
Low touch
Connectivity
Module
10Gb performance
Scalable
40Gb uplinks
Ethernet, iSCSI
FCoE support
EN6131
40Gb Ethernet
Eighteen uplink
High bandwidth
Low latency
Ethernet support
CN4093
10Gb Scalable
Converged
Switch
40Gb uplinks
Native FC ports
FCF support for
Storage node
Ethernet, FCoE
EN4093R
10Gb Scalable
Switch
40Gb uplinks
Ethernet, iSCSI
FCoE support
OpenFlow
Enabled
EN4023
Connect to
Brocade
VCS fabric
10Gb performance
Scalable
40Gb uplinks
Ethernet
support
10Gb iSCSI, Ethernet
FCoE (transit)
10Gb Converged
In chassis
40Gb
Ethernet
B22 FEX
10Gb port agg
Unmanaged
Device
Connects to
upstream Cisco
Nexus switch
FCoE
EN4091
10Gb Pass thru
Unmanaged
Device
Non blocking
Connectivity to
Upstream
Network
Ethernet, FCoE
IBM offering
Brocade offering
Cisco offering
Mellanox offering

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 Machines
VM VM VM
UUppwwaarrdd IInntteeggrraattiioonn
Virtual Machine
Lifecycle
Management
IBM Flex System
Manager
Hardware Setup
System
Configuration
Infrastructure
Lifecycle
Management
System Provisioning
Integrated Management of Infrastructure at each point in the lifecycle
5

5 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

Flex System Manager
Simple Fast Integrated
Mobile Monitoring UI Quick Search
Chassis Map
New UI
Setup Wizards
Configuration Patterns
Configuration Patterns
Network
Servers
Switches
Storage
Remote Presence
Management
Networking Virtualization
Storage
Compute

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