The document presents an update on the IBM Power E850C system, highlighting its key features such as faster processors, built-in virtualization, and enhanced cloud management capabilities. It outlines the system's performance improvements, software requirements, and the benefits of the Power to Cloud rewards program. Additionally, it discusses the hybrid cloud capabilities and various included services aimed at streamlining deployment and management in modern IT environments.

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IBM Power Systems Update
6th February 2017
Presented by David Spurway
IBM Power Systems Product Manager
IBM Systems, UK and Ireland

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IBM Power System E850C
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Power E850C What’s new / Key features / Differentiation
• Same machine type 8408, new model 44E
• Faster processors
– up to 20% (3.02GHz -> 3.65GHz)
– fastest (32-core) now 4.22GHz
• All DDR4 memory - up to 4TB (same max as E850)
• Built-in PowerVM virtualization (EE licensing now included at no additional charge)
• Cloud Management Software : PowerVC (included by default), IBM HMC Applications
• Power to Cloud Rewards = 5K points
• Softlayer voucher – 6 mos
• Updated Solution Editions for Healthcare & HANA (48c, 2TB base memory)
• Industry-leading 4-socket per-core performance for AIX & Linux (SPEC)
• Small tier System SW & 100 PVU (70 PVU for IFL cores)
• Like E850 - 1 yr warranty 9x5 upgraded to 24x7 3yr coverage (except Japan)

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IBM Power E850C (8408-44E) processor & activation options
• 24 – 48 core system
• Up to 4TB DDR4 Memory
• 2, 3 or 4 sockets
• 12-core processors
• Min active cores = 12
• Min active memory = 50% of installed
• Built-in PowerVM Enterprise Edition
license entitlement
• Capacity on Demand & Power IFL
32 cores @ 4.22 GHz
(can overclock to 4.32 GHz)
8 8
8 8
12
12 12
12
• 16 – 32 core system
• Up to 4TB DDR4 Memory
• 2, 3 or 4 sockets
• 8-core processors
• Min active cores = 8
• Min active memory = 50% of
installed
• Built-in PowerVM Enterprise
Edition license entitlement
• Capacity on Demand & Power IFL
48 cores @ 3.65GHz
(can overclock to 3.82 GHz)
• 20 – 40 core system
• Up to 4TB DDR4 Memory
• 2, 3 or 4 sockets
• 10-core processors
• Min active cores = 10
• Min active memory = 50% of installed
• Built-in PowerVM Enterprise Edition
license entitlement
• Capacity on Demand & Power IFL
10
10 10
10
40 cores @ 3.95 GHz
(can overclock to 4.12 GHz)

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Power E850C performance increase vs. Power E850
-- 32c --
-- 40c --
-- 48c --
Nominal clockspeed increases up to 20% and system capacity increases up to 15%
3.72GHz
4.2GHz
3.35GHz
3.95GHz
3.02GHz
3.65GHz

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E850C Software Requirements
• If installing the AIX operating system LPAR with any I/O configuration
(one of these):
– AIX 7.2 with the 7200-01 Technology Level, or later
– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 3 and
APAR IV88680, or later
– AIX 6.1 with the 6100-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 8 and
APAR IV88679, or later
– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-03 Technology Level and Service Pack 8, or later
(planned availability January 27, 2017)
– AIX 7.2 with the 7200-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 3, or later
(planned availability January 27, 2017)
• If installing the AIX operating system Virtual I/O only LPAR (one of
these):
– AIX 7.2 with the 7100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 1, or later
– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 1, or later
– AIX 7.1 with the 7100-03 Technology Level and Service Pack 6, or later
– AIX 6.1 with the 6100-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 6, or later
• If installing VIOS
– VIOS 2.2.5, or later
• If installing the Linux operating system (one
of these):
• Big endian
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, or later
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, or later
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack
3, or later
• Little endian
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, or later
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, or later
Service Packs
– Ubuntu 16.04, or later 16.04.x levels
– Ubuntu 14.04.3, or later 14.04.x levels

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Power E850C Staged Delivery in 4Q 2016
USA, Canada, Europe, MEA General Availability – first shipments planned for October 28th
Firmware Release 860.0
Worldwide General Availability for– volume shipments planned for November 18th
Firmware Release 860 Service Pack 1 (860.1)
Provides comprehensive support for the Power E850C server across all geographies, delivering remaining PowerVM capabilities and new I/O
feature support above. This Service Pack will require an IPL to apply on any system that shipped initially with FW 860.0.
Provides initial support for the Power E850C server with the exception of the following PowerVM capabilities and new I/O features, for which
support is planned to be delivered subsequently in Firmware Release 860 Service Pack 1 (860.1).
• Live Partition Mobility
• Remote Restart
• Virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC) Failover
• Boot Support for NVMe adapters (#EC42, #EC55 & #EC57)
• Enhanced RAS for feature EMX0 for Hot-Add of drawer and Cable Card (#EJ0B)
• Disaster Recovery (cross-site) Remote Restart
• 3M Copper CXP Cable Pair for feature EMX0 PCIe3 Expansion Drawer (#ECCS)
• 2U12 LFF and 2U24 SFF 12G JBOD Storage Drawer (#ESLL/ #ESLS)
• 2-port x 100GbE (#EC3M)
• Secure Cryptographic adapter (#EJ32)
• 4 TB SAS LFF 7200RPM 4KN Nearline Drive (#ES62)
• 8 TB SAS LFF 7200RPM 4KN Nearline Drive (#ES64)

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Power E850 & E850C Cores and Activations
E850 offers CoD processor flexibility
 1st & 2nd processor module cores 100%
permanently activated
CUoD (permanent activations)
 3rd & 4th processor module cores optionally
activated
CUoD or Elastic CoD or Utility CoD or Trial CoD
E850
Processor
modules
Physically
required
Permanently
activated
1st & 2nd Yes Yes 100%
3rd optional optional
4th optional optional
Processor
modules
Physically
required
Permanently
activated
1st Yes Yes 100%
2rd Yes optional
3rd optional optional
4th optional optional
E850C
E850C offers more CoD processor flexibility
 1st processor module cores 100% permanently
activated (CUoD (permanent activations)
 2nd & 3rd & 4th processor module cores optionally
activated
CUoD or Elastic CoD or Utility CoD or Trial CoD

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POWER8 S824
System (8286-42A) – 4U
POWER8
Processors
One or two 6-core 3.89 GHz
One or two 8-core 4.15 GHz
Two 12-core 3.52 GHz
Sockets 1 or 2 (Field Upgradable)
Memory
32 GB - 1 TB (1S)
32 GB - 2 TB (2S)
Media Bays 1 slim line DVD
Integrated PCIe
Four x16 + Seven x8 PCIe Gen3
1 x8 slot must have Ethernet adapter
Internal SAS Bays
12 SFF Disk/SSD
or 18 SFF Disk/SSD and 8 SSD
Max I/O Drawers 1 for 1-socket, 2 for 2-socket
Max PCIe Slots 1-socket: 17, 2-socket: 31
3 Year 9x5 Warranty

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rPerf – Multiple SMT Levels
SMT1 SMT2 SMT4 SMT8
Power S824
6-core 3.8 GHz 59.9 86.9 112.9 120.8
12-core 3.8 GHz 116.8 169.4 220.2 235.6
8-core 4.1 GHz 82.3 119.3 155.1 166.0
16-core 4.1 GHz 160.4 232.7 302.4 323.6
24-core 3.5 GHz 209.1 303.2 394.2 421.8
Power E850C
16-core 4.22 GHz 165.9 240.6 312.8 334.7
24-core 4.22 GHz 244.8 354.9 461.4 493.7
32-core 4.22 GHz 323.6 469.2 610.0 652.7
20-core 3.95 GHz 171.9 249.3 324.0 346.7
30-core 3.95 GHz 287.5 416.8 541.9 579.8
40-core 3.95 GHz 380.0 551.1 716.4 766.5
24-core 3.65 GHz 218.5 316.8 411.9 440.7
36-core 3.65 GHz 322.3 467.3 607.5 650.0
48-core 3.65 GHz 426.1 617.8 803.1 859.3

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Off-premise
On-premise
VPN
SecurityServices
SecurityServices
Container
Systems of Record Systems of Engagement
Bluemix
AIX
RHEL
IBM i
IBM Systems Hybrid Cloud Reference Architecture

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IBM Power Systems Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
On-Premises Cloud Hybrid Infrastructure
Complementary Built-in Cloud Deployment Service Options
Transform traditional infrastructure with automation,
self-service and elastic consumption models
Securely extend to Public Cloud with rapid access
to compute services and API integration
• OpenStack-based Cloud Management:
enabling DevOps to Full production
• Open source automation (installation and config.
recipes)
• Flexible elastic private cloud capacity and
consumption models
• Cross Data Center Inventory and Performance Monitoring via
the IBM Cloud
• Manage VMs across on and off-premises clouds with a
single pane of glass (e.g., VMware vRealize)
• Securely connect traditional workloads with cloud-
native apps (Power & API Connect, BlueMix)
• Optional DR as a Service (GDR for Power)
• Free access and capacity flexibility with SoftLayer
- Free SoftLayer starter pack (12 server months)
- Flexibility to run capacity On Premises or in SoftLayer
• Design for Cloud Provisioning and Automation
• Build for Infrastructure as a Service
• Build for Cloud Capacity Pools across Data Centers
• Design for Hybrid Cloud with BlueMix
• Deliver with automation for DevOps
• Deliver with Database as a Service

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Cloud Components offered with a Power E850C system
= Base, included in HW $
= Base offering, separately priced.
= Optional product
Power Enterprise Server
Hardware
POWER8 – 8408-44E or 9119-
MME/MHE
PowerVM License
5765-PVE – Small Tier
PowerVM SWMA
1 or 3yr : 5773-SM1 or -SM3
IBM Cloud
PowerVC Manager
Lic & SWMA (1yr) 5765-VCC
IBM Power to Cloud Rewards
HMC Apps as a Service
IBM Cloud Starter Pack
Open source cloud automation
& config tooling for AIX
IBM’s API Connect &
WebSphere Connect
Open source cloud automation and configuration tooling for
AIX
IBM has expanded its commitment to keep key open source cloud
management packages updated and to provide timely security fixes
in order to enable clients to leverage open source skills. Power
E850C server clients are well positioned to take advantage of key
packages recently provided to enable cloud automation, including:
• chef automation for configuration, deployment, and management.
IBM is collaborating along with clients in this community to provide
useful resources for using chef with AIX systems.
• yum package management is now available with repository access
from both ftp and https protocols. rpm is also updated to enable
automatic dependency discovery.
• cloud-init and all dependencies are now available in the repository
andincludessupport for licensed AIX users. For more information see
the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications website.
Securely connect system of record workloads and data to cloud
native applications
IBM’s API Connect and IBM WebSphere Connect provide secure
connectivity to cloud-based applications, giving clients the ability to
rapidly develop new applications and services accelerating their time
to value. IBM’s Power to Cloud services can help clients get started
with these solutions and in designing new applications leveraging
IBM’s Bluemix, which enables clients’ to rapidly build, deploy, and
manage their cloud applications, while tapping a growing ecosystem
of available services and runtime frameworks.
IBM Cloud Starter Pack
To assist clients with a hybrid cloud infrastructure, clients receive an
offer to access a POWER8 Linux bare metal system in the IBM Cloud
(SoftLayer) for six months with the purchase of a Power E850C.
IBM Power to Cloud Rewards Program
The IBM Power to Cloud Rewards Program helps clients design,
build and deliver clouds platforms on IBM Power Systems. IBM
Power to Cloud Rewards points can be used for a range of services
focused on transforming from traditional IT platforms to private and
hybrid cloud platforms.
• E850C = 5K points
• E870C = 10K points
• E880C = 20K points
Power to Cloud Rewards Program services offerings leverage the
proven expertise of IBM Systems Lab Services consultants.
Cloud-based HMC Apps as a Service
The new HMC Apps as a Service is an offering that provides clients the
capability to aggregate Power Systems performance and inventory data
from across their enterprise, removing the burden of manual collection
and aggregation of system information. These IBM-developed
applications are hosted in a secure cloud and will provide health state,
geo tagging, and threshold alerts that can be accessed through a secure
portal from clients’ mobile devices. When clients purchase a new Power
E850C, E870C or E880C server, they are entitled to this new service
offering at no additional charge.
The performance and inventory applications are initially scheduled to be offered
in a technology preview in 2016 and to be followed by a full GA offering with
more applications in 2017.

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Questions?
David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product Manager
Email: david.spurway@uk.ibm.com
Phone: 07717 892 896
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Thank you!
David Spurway – IBM Power Systems Product Manager
Email: david.spurway@uk.ibm.com
Phone: 07717 892 896
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