What's New with Linux on System z

What´s New with Linux
on System z

Richard Lewis Ihno Krumreich
Senior IT Consultant, IBM Project Manager for SUSE Linux
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rflewis@us.ibm.com Enterprise for System z, Novell, Inc.
ihno@novell.com

Agenda

High-end server

IBM and Novell ®

Development overview and enterprise virtualization

Future Linux on System z technologies

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
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Unique tools for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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for System z

Customer references
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Why High-end Servers?

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dave an average server CPU utilization – Fewer servers, less power, cooling & admin
rate of only 15%. – Optimized use of SW assets

Why Companies Use IBM System z
• Designed to run mixed operating systems and applications at
very high utilization
• Highest degrees of efficiency, availability, workload management
and security
• Cost efficient use of floor space, power, cooling
• Designed and implemented for zero downtime
• Mature and tested operational procedures to cope with exceptions
• Comprehensive automation
• No single points of failure

Total Cost
of Ownership Virtualization Perfomance Reliability


IBM and Novell ®

Real Linux Solutions Across the Enterprise

IBM and Novell, a long term alliance for success providing the advantages
of Linux, comprehensive services, technology leadership, and global reach

A long-term strategic alliance across the IBM product portfolio:

Hardware: System z, Power Systems, System x
Software: Information Management, Tivoli, Websphere,
Lotus, Rational

Services: Integrated, one-stop-shop support for hardware and OS
Cooperation and teaming at all levels:
• Executive leadership and oversight • Sales teaming
• Product/solution development • Sales/solution enablement
and support
• Business partners
• Co-marketing

10 Years of Enterprise Linux on System z
A Simple Idea that Changed the World

“In all our years running zSeries, Baldor has never experienced an
outage. The fast internal connections enable sub-second response,
and maintenance and licence costs are significantly lower than running
multiple servers.”
- Mark Shackelford, Baldor


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10 years on the Mainframe

The first deployments on Linux for the mainframe were file and print servers.
The first piece of software that became popular was Samba.
The first large commercial customer for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
was Telia, the largest telecommunications company in Sweden.
Today, companies are running their mission-critical workloads on top of SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server for System z.


Five Years Ahead of Competition
System z Historic Milestones

1999 SUSE and IBM started engineering cooperation; since then IBM engineers and SUSE / Novell
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engineers cooperate very tightly on the basis of an excellent relationship.
2000 First SUSE Linux Enterprise Server launched for IBM Mainframes
2001 SUSE and IBM base their cooperation on a formal agreement for the delivery of SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server for IBM’s hardware architectures and worldwide support.
2002 SAP certified SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z; first customer deployments followed
in the same year.
2003 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server achieved Common Criteria certification for all supported IBM
architectures (upto EAL4+ level)
2004 From 2000 until 2004, IBM‘s Linux Impact Teams and SUSE LINUX closesly collaborated as a project
team, to counsel our customers with the maximum expertise for their Linux on Mainframe business
2005 Novell and IBM entered into a formal global strategic alliance

2006 Novell launches the 5th generation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM system z, now including
a Starter System that makes POCs and evaluations much easier
2007 With massive investments into ISV enablement, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server becomes the Linux
application leader, with the broadest software support of any Linux distribution. In addition, IBM and
2008 Novell work together to bring new workloads to the mainframe, such as .NET based applications
running on Novell‘s Mono runtime environment.
Today With a 80+ percent marketshare, Novell continues as the #1 Enterprise Linux for IBM Mainframes


What are Clients Consolidating to
Linux on System z?
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Web App Server Data Servering eCommerce E-mail Server Firewall Other
Web Server Development Systems Bi App Core Enterprise App Workgroup System Network Server


The IBM Enterprise Linux Server (ELS):
“The Best of Two Worlds”

Under the Covers Front View Linux
Internal • Reliable, stable, secure
Battery • Large selection of applications
Power (optional) middleware and tooling from IBM,
Supplies ISV’s and Open Source
• Available from multiple distributors
2 x Support
Elements
• Evolves rapidly to meet
Memory business challenges
and CPU • Plentiful availability of skilled
administrators and developers

Enterprise Linux Server
• Legendary dependability
• Designed for multiple diverse

highly scalable – up or out
• Rich security features

• Proven high volume data acquisition

and management
4 x I/O • Advanced virtualization capabilities
Drawers

Running SUSE Linux Enterprise ®

Server on System z Hardware
Consolidate More and Spend Less with IBM System z

• x86 virtualization solutions have some hidden and
some not-so-hidden issues
– Physical server sprawl is needed to scale a virtualized x86
environment – typically with linear, per-machine pricing
– x86 virtual machine sprawl can be difficult to manage,
causing operational complexity
– Ineffective capacity planning can result in failure to meet
service level agreements
– Limited core-to-core consolidation ratios and virtual machine
mobility requirements can lead to costly software fees
– x86 systems do not have a heritage of robust security support
– Duplication of hardware and is needed for disaster recovery

Running SUSE Linux Enterprise ®

Server on System z Hardware
Consolidate More and Spend Less with IBM System z

• Enterprise Linux Server provides a superior scale-up
system architecture for scale-out x86 applications

– Dynamically expand your system “on demand” – add
capacity when you need it, not any sooner, not any later

– Enjoy superior operational capabilities for greater levels of
command and control

– Total Cost of Ownership economics favor server virtualization
on ELS, especially when factoring in disaster recovery and
server technology refreshes


Scalability Heavily Depends on the
Capabilities of Your Hypervisor

Hyper-V x86 Hypervisor

z/VM


High Core-to-Core Ratios for Consolidations from
Distributed IT-Environments to Linux on System z

Real customer examples with real workloads!
Industry Distributed IBM System z10™ Core-to-Core
Cores Cores Ratio*
Public 292 5 58 to 1
Banking 111 4 27 to 1
Finance 442 16 27 to 1
Insurance 350 15 23 to 1
Insurance 500+ 22 22 to 1
Finance 854 53 16 to 1
Health care 144 14 10 to 1
Transportation 84 9 9 to 1
Insurance 7 1 7 to 1

* Client results will vary based on each specific customer environment including types of workloads,
utilization levels, target consolidation hardware, and other implementation requirements.

Development Overview
and z/VM Enterprise Virtualization

SUSE Linux Enterprise ®

Development Process

Kernel Xen Apache CUPS ...

Various open Rapidly growing in number of Isolated, project
source projects projects and their capabilities focused efforts

openSUSE ® openSUSE openSUSE openSUSE openSUSE
11.0 11.1 11.2 x.x x.x

Linux for Technical previews Rich package Coordinated
enthusiasts and and leading-edge set project and
individual end users applications integration

SUSE Linux Enterprise

Hardened, Secure, Certified for leading hardware 10-year support
Supported and software platforms guarantee


The Build Service Advantage

Open Source Package Build Service Quality Testing Enterprise-
Projects Selection and Class Softw are
Integration
x86 Feature
Test
AMD64/Intel64
Manual
Regression
SUSE Linux
Itanium
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Enterprise
Automated
Regression
POWER
Novell ®

System z System Test

Contribution


IBM Linux on System z Development

IBM Linux on System z development contributes in the following areas: Kernel,
s390-tools, Open Source Tools (e.g. eclipse, ooprofile), GCC, GLIBC, Binutils

Upstream
Kernel

Developer Works
Website Community

Customer

Structure of Linux on System z

Many Linux software packages did not require any code change
to run on Linux on System z
• A small amount of packages has a architecture specific backend
• The biggest part of those are inline-assembly functions
• Linux is not emulated. It runs as a complete native operating system, like
other operating systems, at full speed using mainframe processor instructions.

Package L ines of Code System z Code Percentage
Linux Kernel 2.6.25 9400000 170000 1.81
gcc 4.1 7200000 20000 0.28
gdb 3200000 13000 0.41
G libc 2.5 2500000 13658 0.55
binutils 2.17 2800000 12000 0.43
strace 4.5.15 90000 3000 3.33

Structure of Linux on System z

Linux Applications
Backend

Linux Kernel GNU Runtime Environment Backend

Architecture
Independent Network Protocols File Systems
Code
GNU Complier Suite

Memory Process
Management Management Generic Drivers

System z Dependent Code HW Dependent Drivers

Section z Instruction Set and I/O Hardware


Sample Linux-on-z/VM IFL Configuration

IBM System z Server “Inside the
box”virtual
Production Dev / Test networking
Systems Systems

z/VM and most
Linux Linux
Linux software
fees are priced
z/OS z/OS z/OS z/VM
on real CPU
LPAR1 LPAR2 LPAR3 LPAR4 capacity...

CP1 CP2 CP3 CP4 CP5 CP6 IFL1 IFL2 IFL3

IFL processors ...a potential source of cost
have no impacton savings given z/VM’s ability
z/OS license fees to overcommit CPU capacity


Linux-on-z/VM and Resource Overcommitment
A Key Aspect of Cost Savings When Running Linux on System z

A fundamental strength of z/VM is its ability to over-commit system resources:
“Do more with less”
Users can host an environment that consumes considerably more CPU and
memory, in aggregate, than what is configured in the z/VM LPAR
 This can translate into cost savings for hardware and software
 Consider a Linux-on-z/VM environment with a 25-to-1 overcommitment of CPU capacity:

Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux
Virtual CPUs
Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux

Software licensed Virtual CPUs

for two real CPUs Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux
Virtual CPUs
can run on 50 Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux
virtual CPUs in Virtual CPUs
this example Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux

Virtual CPUs
z/VM
Real CPUs


z/VM: Memory Capabilities

Linux B
z/VM Linux A mem=xxxx
Expanded Storage mem=xxxx Shared Memory
vi
Virtual Virtual bash
Disk Disk

Linux Linux Linux
Guest Guest Linux B
A Guest
z/VM Central Storage
Guest Storage
Storage
z/VM Page Linux NSS
Space 0 MB
• z/VM Memory Concepts • Shared Memory
• Over commitment – paging is expected • Named Saved System (NSS)
• ROT Production : 1.5-3 : 1
• Use a common Linux kernel in memory
• ROT Non-prod: 4+ : 1
• Execute-In-Place File System
• Cooperative Memory Management
• Shared in-memory filesystem
• Collaborative Memory Management • z/VM 5.4 – Up to 512 GB virtual address.
Upstream in Linux kernel
• Virtual Disk (VDISK) for Linux paging


Future Linux on System z Technologies

Linux on System z Specific Kernel Extensions

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Advanced Virtualization

Dynamic Memory Add/Remove (kernel 2.6.27)
– Enable to attach and use standby memory that is configured
for a logical partition or z/VM guest.
– Memory Attach and Detach requires running Linux on System z as
a VM-guest requires z/VM 5.4 plus the PTF for APAR VM64524.
Suspend / Resume (kernel 2.6.31)
– With suspend and resume support, you can stop a running Linux
on System z instance and later continue operations.
– When Linux is suspended, data is written to a swap partition. The
resume process uses this data to make Linux continue from where
it left off when it was suspended.
– A suspended Linux instance does not require memory or
processor cycles.

Storage Support

DASD Large Volume Support (> kernel 2.6.29)
– Large Volume Support is a feature that allows to use ECKD devices with more than
65520 cylinders. This features is available with DS8000 R4.0

High Performance FICON (HPF) (kernel 2.6.29)
– Added HPF support to the DASD Device Driver
– HPF is an extension to the FICON architecture and is designed to improve the execution
of small block I/O requests.
– HPF streamlines the FICON architecture and reduces the overhead on the channel
processors, control unit ports, switch ports, and links by improving the way channel
programs are written and processed.

I/O Configuration Support (kernel 2.6.27)
– Adds the infrastructure to allow Linux system to change the I/O configuration of a
System z system.
– Operations are addition, removal and reconfiguration/reassignment of I/O channels,
control units and subchannels.
– This support is available only when running Linux on System z in an LPAR.


Usability and Serviceability

Automatic IPL After Dump (kernel 2.6.30)
– Extension to the shutdown action interface which combines the actions dump and re-ipl, first a dump is
taken, then a re-ipl of the system is triggered

Compiler Improvements (gcc 4.3.3 / 4.4.1 – 2009-05-08)
– The latest compiler enhancements allow a customer to recompile existing applications which can be
optimized for the latest hardware generation without any changes to the source code.
– When the -march=z10 option is specified, GCC makes use of the z10 instruction extension facility to
generate faster executables which are limited to run on a z10 or higher.

Call Home Data on Halt and Panic if Running in LPAR (2.6.32)
– This feature allows to build a kernel that automatically reports a problem when Linux experiences a kernel
panic, using the Call Home function to send automatically collected problem data to the IBM service
organization through the Service Element (if that is set up and configured appropriately).
– Note that this feature can only be used when running Linux on System z in LPAR.

Extra Kernel Parameter for SCSI IPL
– When booting from a SCSI boot device, you can now specify kernel parameters in addition to the existing
kernel parameters that are used by your boot configuration. To specify kernel parameters, use the
SCPDATA option of the CP LOADDEV command or enter kernel parameters in the 'Operating system
specific load parameters' panel when IPLing a system from the HMC.


Miscellaneous

qeth: HiperSockets SIGA Retry (2.6.32)
– This enhancement allows HiperSockets streaming workload to operate at increased
performance, avoiding packets to be lost on the receiver side if no empty buffers are
available. With this feature, qeth re-sends the packet (up to three times) - without
monopolizing the HiperSockets interface - before the packet is lost.
STP/ETR Support (kernel 2.6.27)
– Support for clock synchronization using the server time protocol (STP) or an
external time reference (ETR).
Kernel vdso Support (kernel 2.6.29)
– Kernel provided shared library to speed up a few system calls
(gettimeofday, clock_getres, clock_gettime)
Ooprofile
– Oprofile is an open source tool developed to analyze performance bottlenecks in user
space and kernel code. Starting with version 0.9.4, Oprofile supports sampling of
Java byte code applications for Linux on System z
Eclipse 3.3
– Starting with Eclipse 3.3, Linux on System z is officially supported.

The s390-tools Package

s390-tools is a Package with a Set of User Space Utilities to
Be Used with the Linux on System z Distributions.
– It is the essential tool chain for Linux on System z
– It contains everything from the boot loader to dump related tools for a
system crash
– Analysis .
– Version 1.8.2 and 1.8.3 were released in September 2009
New Feature Include:
– Support for device mapper devices has been added to the zipl bootmanager
– It is now possible to use the cio_ignore feature to query and modify the
contents of the CIO device driver blacklist.
– A new tool znetconf has been added to list and configure network devices
for System z network adapters.


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New and Enhanced Features in Version 11

New System z Scalability Features
in Version 11
Dynamic Add/Remove of CPU and Memory: resources of a Linux guest
under z/VM can be adjusted while running. A pool of CPUs are dynamically
given to a Linux guest and used as needed
Vertical CPU Management: helps get the best performance out of System
z10 servers by being aware of the server's NUMA characteristics

Linux CPU Node Affinity: improves performance by scheduling processes
to the optimal node where the CPU is associated, exploiting the new
System z10 CPU node topology
Large Page Support: enables better performance with large memory
footprints like in Java or database workloads by exploiting new System z10
large memory pages (1MB)

Dynamic CPU Hotplug Daemon: allows SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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z/VM guest to allocate or free CPU resources depending on workload
base rules

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New System z Storage Features
in Version 11
Higher Performance Analysis in the Disk Subsystem: gives
performance analysts the same type of view into SCSI over Fibre
Channel Protocol that they have with mainframe Direct Access
Storage Devices (DASD)

FICON – Hyper PAV Enablement: sustained I/O performance
improvements exploiting Parallel Access Volume (PAV) support
for disk storage access, leads to significantly reduced
configuration efforts as opposed to static PAV setups, system will
dynamically self optimizing its I/O configuration.


New System z Networking Features
in Version 11
Enhanced HiperSocket Support: HiperSockets are enhanced to
support layer-2 functionality, allowing for more sophisticated
network configurations like Vlan and virtual switches
AF_IUCV Protocol Support: Use IUCV-communication through a
socket interface. Improves the close collaboration between SUSE ®

Linux Enterprise Server and z/VM in the networking area.


New Miscellaneous System z
Features in Version 11
Cross Architecture Debugging: System z core dumps can be
analyzed on x86 systems, negating the need for a duplicate
System z server
Provide Linux Process Data into z/VM Monitor Stream: monitor
the performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or other VM guests
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with performance monitoring tools on z/VM or on Linux. Use own, IBM
Performance Tool-kit for VM, or third party tools. VMs being monitored
require agents that write monitor data.
Exploitation of DCSS above 2GB: ability to have 'objects' residing
in shared memory that are either > 2G in size, or several objects whose
aggregate size is >2G. Requires z/VM 5.4. Allows not only more
capacity but also offers additional flexibility in using shared
memory segments among VM Systems.


Service Pack 3 Features Summary
SUSE Enterprise Server 10 for System z
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• Update s390-tools to version 1.8.1
• 2 OSA ports per CHPID support
• Selective logging of ECKD DASD devices
• Large image dump on DASD (use multiple volumes)
• DS8000: large volume support and disk encryption
• Crypto hardware enablement
• Large random numbers generation
• HiperSocket layer 3 support for Ipv6
....and many more
(please consult the release notes for details)

Unique Tools of SUSE Linux
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Enterprise Server for System z

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YaST

• Unified and Consistent Single Interface to all Systems
Management Tasks via Modules
– Desktop environment independent
– Graphical and text mode interfaces
– Development platform for 3rd party modules
• Configure Every Aspect of the Server
– Installation / configuration: partitioning-zfcp and storage, bootloader, timezone
– Software management: update, software selection, product creation,
installation server
– User management (local, NIS, LDAP, Kerberos, SMB), sudo
– Hardware: DRBD, multipath, DASDs, zfcp, ...
• Enhanced YaST Partitioner
• CIM Standard Adopted

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Subscription Management Tool Housing

Subscription and Patch Management Made Easy
– A local package proxy tightly integrated with Novell Customer Center(NCC)
®

– Included at no cost with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and fully supported
Benefits
– Secure centralized deployment within the firewall
– In cooperation with NCC, automatically assigns registration codes
– Reduces bandwidth use
– Accurately and automatically tracks entitlements
– Uses your existing customer interface
Key Features
– Staging of patches
– Central deployment
– Support of “sneakernet” configurations
– Works with new integrated supportability infrastructure

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Package Management Subsystem

ZYpp: Core of the New Software Management Stack
ZYpper: Command Line Package Manager
– Can manipulate package repositories (like the Build Service)
– Can search for packages, install, remove, or update
packages and more
libzypp: Software Management Library
– Provides all the functionality for a package manager
> API for package repository management
> API for solving packages, products, patterns and patches (installation,
removal, update and distribution upgrade operations) dependencies
> API for committing the transaction to the system over a rpm target
> API for browsing available and installed software
> A suite of maintained solving test cases

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High Availability Extension Included

Flexible, Policy Driven Continuous Data
Clustering Solution Replication
– OpenAIS messaging and – Distributed Replicated Block
membership layer Device (DRBD8)
– Pacemaker cluster
resource manager
User-friendly Tools
– Graphical user interface
Cluster-aware File – Unified command
System and line interface
Volume Manager
Resource Agents
– Oracle Cluster File
System (OCFS2)
Virtualization-aware
– Clustered Logical Volume
Manager (cLVM2)
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SUSE Linux Enterprise for System z
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High Availability Extension Included

SLES11 HA Stack
SLES 10 HA Stack New Development
OCFS2 Yast2-Cluster
Heartbeat
general FS
ASSI OCFS2
DRBD 0.7
CLI General FS

Yast2-HB Pacemaker DRDB 8

OCFS2 / EVMS2
+ openAIS cLVM2

HA HA - GUI HA
Management-GUI Management CLI

Yast2-DRBD openAIS Pacemaker

Yast2-Multipath Yast2-Multipath Yast2-DRBD

Part of SLES10 New for SLES11 Major new code for SLES11


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Starter System for System z

Historically, one of the biggest hurdles to implementing Linux on
the mainframe has been gaining network access to the installation
media from the mainframe (Installation routine cannot access built-in
DVD reader, Firewall rule changes needed)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Starter System for System z is a
pre-built installation server — facilitates installation of SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server for System z on a z/VM system
Eliminates the network access hurdle to try out Linux on the
mainframe — gaining network access to the installation media
from the mainframe
Allows customers with little or no Linux or z/VM experience to
initiate evaluations of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
http://www.novell.com/partners/ibm/mainframe/starterpack.html


Complete Development Environment for System z
.NET Applications on Linux: Mono ®

Mono Simplified .NET Architecture
A complete and modern development Your Application (C#, others)

platform for Linux
The necessary software to develop and 1 Class Library

run .NET client and server applications
across platforms on Linux, Solaris, Common
Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix 2 Language
Runtime
An thriving open source project with a
growing community
3 Operating
System

What Can You Do with Mono?
Migrate Microsoft .NET desktop and server applications to Linux without
significant investment in rewriting code
Target multiple platforms and increase addressable market
Leverage existing expertise in computer languages for more
efficient development
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Customer References
Where to Find More Information
Summary

Transzap Boosts Up-time with IBM System z
For Three 9's Uptime

Business challenge:
Transzap offers its customers a comprehensive suite of financial
software tools. As a small business with tens of billions of dollars “We intend to deliver a
in client transactions flowing through their systems each year, 99.9% application uptime
Transzap needed an economical, reliable platform to provide guarantee to our customer
clients with high availability while enabling the capacity to base, thanks to the
accommodate growth within their software as a service availability characteristics
business model. of System z.”
— Peter Flanagan, CEO of
Solution: Transzap, Inc.
Transzap decided to consolidate on an IBM System z platform to
provide the stability and scalability needed to accommodate triple
digit volume growth, enabling them to focus on the business of Solution components:
software innovation. Transzap migrated to System z and
virtualized its critical applications on Linux on System z, a 
IBM System z
platform that supports Transzap's dynamic Java™ and 
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Oracle environments. Server for System z
Benefits: 
z/VM®

Helps Transzap to serve more than 69,000 users across
6,800 companies

Provides higher levels of uptime for their customers

Offers peace of mind through 24x7 world-class hardware support

EFiS Financial Solutions...
Resolves Data Center Pain Points and Further Optimizes
the IT Infrastructure Using the IBM Enterprise Linux Server
Business need
The driving business challenge at EFiS was the requirement to reduce cost, “We chose an IBM Enterprise Linux
risk and resources while increasing the efficiency and ecology at the same Server with a System z Business Class
time. Security requirements, scalability and the need to process huge amounts configuration, running SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server for System z from
of transactions while saving cost for software licenses furthermore lead to the
Novell for the high reliability, advanced
decision to move from various hardware platforms (including x86, IBM eServer security, extreme scalability and high
pSeries , SPARC/Solaris and HP) to System z running Linux.
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compute power this solution offers,"
said Ernst Bauer, Chief Operating Officer
at EFiS Financial Solutions AG.
Solution
Migrating various servers from different vendors to one IBM System z9 BC "Another crucial factor for the
(Linux only machine), EFiS managed to optimize their data center back in decision to move to this combined
2008. The fact that fewer server had to be managed, lead to an easier control solution was the energy and power
and operation of the existing environment. With the update of the current savings this offering from IBM and Novell
could provide us.
production z9 to a z10 based Enterprise Linux Server, EFiS continuous the
optimization of their IT-infrastructure to the constantly changing business Together with our implementation partner
requirements. PROFI Engineering Systems AG we were
able to integrate Green IT as an important
part of our strategy.
Benefits: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for
®

•The Continuous optimization of the IT-Infrastructure lead to fewer System z on an IBM Enterprise Linux
servers to manage – and to ease the control and operation Server Business Class provides us
•Reduced cost, risk and resources
with optimal resource utilization, while
addressing our critical energy and
•Recovered data center floor space power costs."
•Strengthened ability to scale with business growth


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Customer Success


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Resources

Product Web Page:
Learn more about features and benefits
http://www.novell.com/products/systemz

Promotions: Linux for System z :
Consolidate and virtualize servers, while leveraging
efficiencies of Linux, for greater availability and lower TCO
http://www.novell.com/mainframe

Starter System for System z
Simplify Deployment of Linux on the mainframe
with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
http://www.novell.com/partners/ibm/mainframe/starterpack.html

Download SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
Simplify Deployment of Linux on the mainframe
with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z
http://www.novell.com/products/server/eval.html
z

Summary

Both SLES 10 and SLES 11 exploit legacy and recent IBM
System z10 hardware and z/VM features

SLES 10 receives broad ISV support to realize validated
solution stacks

SLES 11 offers innovation, integration of recent code updates and
a wealth of open source building blocks for customized solutions

Deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z to see
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how it can lower costs, increase reliability and security,
improve interoperability


IBM Enterprise Linux Server and the
System z Solution Edition for Enterprise Linux
The Enterprise Linux Server is a System z10 machine configured to run Linux-
only workloads – it includes the following hardware and software components:
– IFL specialty processors (2 to 10 for z10 BC machine; 6 to 64 for z10 EC machine*)
– 16 GB of memory per IFL (if system configuration permits)
– Hardware maintenance for three to five years
– z/VM software (base product and all features) with three to five years of subscription and support
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– Minimum of three 4-Port FICON cards and two 4-Port OSA cards
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– Clients can optionally add more memory and I/O connectivity

The Solution Edition for Enterprise Linux delivers a similar solution stack that
users can add to an existing z10 machine:
– Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) specialty processors
– 16 GB of memory per IFL (if system configuration permits)
– Hardware maintenance for three to five years
– z/VM software (base product and features) with three to five years of subscription and support
– Clients can optionally add more memory or I/O connectivity (OSA and FICON cards)

Acquisition pricing for Solution Edition for Enterprise Linux is marginally more
expensive than UNIX-system alternatives
– But with superior qualities of service and a lower total cost of ownership

52 © Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. * Entry configuration for EC machine may vary by country.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Consolidation Suite
®

for System z - IBM SE EL Business Class
SLE Consolidation Suite for System SLE Consolidation Suite for System
z “Business Class” Basic z “Business Class” Priority
2 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 2 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for
for System z Basic subscriptions for 3 System z Priority subscriptions for 3
years (with the option to activate years (with the option to activate
additional 2 IFL subscriptions) additional 2 IFL subscriptions)
2x User Access to Novell On-Demand ® 2x User Access to Novell On-Demand
Training Library “Data Center”, plus 2x Training Library “Data Center”, plus 2x
voucher for VUE test center exam voucher for VUE test center exam
2x Mono Tools for Visual Studio 2x Mono Tools for Visual Studio
licenses with 3-year subscriptions licenses with 3-year subscriptions
2 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono 2 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono
Extension for System z 3-year Extension for System z 3-year
subscriptions subscriptions
$39,795.- $56,322.-

z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Consolidation Suite
®

for System z IBM - IBM SE EL Enterprise Class
SLE Consolidation Suite for System SLE Consolidation Suite for System
z “Enterprise Class” Basic z “Enterprise Class” Priority
 4 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server  4 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
for System z Basic subscriptions for for System z Priority subscriptions
3 years for 3 years
 2x User Access to Novell On-  2x User Access to Novell On-
Demand Training Library “Data Demand Training Library “Data
Center”, plus 2x voucher for VUE Center”, plus 2x voucher for VUE
test center exam test center exam
 2x Mono Tools for Visual Studio  2x Mono Tools for Visual Studio
licenses with 3-year subscriptions licenses with 3-year subscriptions
 2 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono  2 IFL SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono
Extension for System z 3-year Extension for System z 3-year
subscriptions subscriptions
$79,999.- $113,053.-

z

SUSE Linux Enterprise®

Maintenance and Support Process

Maintenance Support
Level 3 support incident
(level 1/2 support identifies customer problem as level 3)

General availability
Stage 4: Stage 1:
Customer implements Program Temporary Fix (PTF)
new patch level (Level 3 support makes
(via Novell Customer Center)
® PTF available to
customer, enabling
Stage 4 Stage 1 Continued productive
system utilization)

Stage 3: Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 2:
SUSE Linux Enterprise - SUSE Linux Enterprise
certified patch becomes Engineering develops
part of the product product-compliant
(Delivery of new patch from the PTF
patch level to customer)

(SUSE Linux Enterprise engineering handles
55 © Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. certification of the patch, quality assurance)

Software Offerings from IBM and ISVs

Information WebSphere Tivoli Lotus Rational
Management
® ® ® ®

Over 500 Linux offerings – see the matrix at: http://www.ibm.com/linux/matrix
IBM Software for Linux: http://www.ibm.com/software/os/linux/software/

• Over 3,000 applications on Linux on z
• More than 500 new Linux applications added in 2008
(18% growth from 2007)
• Over 250 are already added in Q1 & Q2 2009
• 142 ISVs added to the System z portfolio in 2009
• All entries are in the Global Solutions Directory
ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd
• The last 6 months are kept in:
ibm.com/partnerworld/systemz/linux
IBM provides the necessary technical resources to enable ISV solution
developers to port commercial applications to support IBM Systems Hardware.

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