TM
PowerLinux
IBM
a powerful combination
Artem Rusin
IBM Forum 2012 – Estonia
Tallinn, October 9, 2012
TM
PowerLinux
IBM
a powerful combination
AGENDA:
• Opensource – industry study
• IBM and Linux
• IBM PowerLinuxTM, Linux on POWERTM
• IBM hardware portfolio for Linux
• Benefits of running Linux on POWERTM
• IBM October 2012 Announcements
Opensource – why do we use it ?
Opensource adoption
• 50% - prefer opensource
• 75% - consider opensource
equal to proprietary software
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
Concerns ?
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
How familiar are we with opensource ?
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
Opensource – most commonly used ?
* source: based on OpenLogic survey (556 respondents, mainly medium and large enterprizes: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/187999/
IBM contribution
LINUX kernel development:
Source: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/04/linux-foundation-releases-annual-linux-development-report/
IBM contribution
LINUX kernel:
• Kernel base architecture support
• Security
• Systems Management
• RAS
• Virtualization
• Filesystems
Opensource Ecosystem:
• Apache
• Eclipse
• Mozilla Firefox
• PHP, Samba
• OpenOffice.org
Communities:
• The Linux Foundation
• Open Software Initiative
• POWERLinux Community
LINUX on
TM
POWER
What is it NOT ?
• NOT AIX with Linux compatibility layer
• NOT a Linux emulator
• NOT x86 Linux running on x86 emulator on
POWER hardware platform
/
LINUX on
TM
POWER
What is it ?
• IBM POWER – one of the 20+ hardware architectures supported
NATIVELY by LINUX kernel, libaries, compilers
• IBM POWER – one of 5 hardware architectures supported by major
Linux Enterprise Vendors [RHEL, SLES]
/
LINUX on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux*:
TM
POWER
Suse Linux Enterprise Server**:
*source: https://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/server/compare.html
** source: https://www.suse.com/products/server/technical-information/
LINUX on
TM
POWER
Power 795
Power 780
Supported POWER hardware, benefits:
Power 770
• Virtualization [PowerVM]
• Performance [POWER7, SMT4]
Power 750
• RAS
Power 720/740
Power 710/730
Power 775
Power 755
PS Blades
HMC
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
New in IBM hardware portfolio:
• industry standard LINUX only servers:
rack server: IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2
compute node: IBM Flex System p24L
High value linux solutions:
• Big data analytics [IBM Infosphere, BigInsights, Apache Hadoop]
• Opensource infrastructure services [Apache, Tomcat, Postfix,
Sendmail, Bind, Samba, OpenLDAP]
• Databases, middleware, management tools, development kits
Workload optimized – Watson
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R1:
• LINUX only, 2U, rack server
• Single socket, 8 POWER7 cores
• up to 128 GB of RAM
• PowerVMTM hypervisor
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2:
• LINUX only, 2U, rack server (8246-L2C/8246-L2S)
• Two sockets, 8 POWER7 cores each
• up to 256 GB of RAM
• PowerVMTM hypervisor
• superior economics
IBM
i
TM
PowerLinux
Memory modules (max of 4)
• Up to 4 DIMMs per module
• 8GB/16GB/32GB options
• 256 GB max. memory
• Fans
• Two POWER7 processor
modules (sockets)
• 8 cores each, 16 total
• 3.55 or 3.3 GHz options
• Dual Power
supplies
• 200-240V
GX
bus
Two
Serial
ports
Two
HMC
ports
Two
USB
ports
GX
bus
IBM PowerLinuxTM
7R2 positioning
PowerLinux 7R2
8246-L2C
8246-L2S
Power 730
8231-E2C
n/a
Yes
Yes
n/a
Yes
Yes
Operating System
2U Storage Drawer
(24 SFF HDDs
or SSDs)
4U PCI-e Expansion Drawer
(10 PCIe or 10 PCIe + 18 SFFs)
POWER7 Architecture
Planar
DDR3 Memory
Base Ethernet
SAS SFF Bays
PCIe Gen2 Slots
Integrated SAS/SATA
GX++ Slots
Integrated Ports
DVD bay
Tape/RDX bay
Virtualization Management
Redundant Power, Cooling
EnergyScale
Warranty
4-core 3.0 GHz or 3.7 GHz
6-core 3.7 GHz
8-core 3.55 GHz
8-core 3.55 GHz
8-core 3.3 GHz
Dual Socket
8 / 16 / 32 GB options
32GB to 256 GB
4 / 8 / 16 / 32 GB options
8GB to 256GB
4-port, 1 gigabit
Up to 6 HDD or SSD
5 PCIe x8 Gen2 Low Profile Slots (+ dedicated x4 Gen2 slot for Ethernet above)
Yes / RAID 0/10 std (RAID 5/6 opt)
Two ( One shared )
3 USB, 2 Serial, 2 HMC
1 slim-line
1 Half Height ( Optional )
IVM / HMC
Yes
Thermal Power Management Device (TPMD)
3 Years
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
IBM Flex System p24L Compute Node:
• LINUX only, half width Flex System compute node
• Two sockets, 6 or 8 POWER7 cores each
• up to 256 GB of RAM
• PowerVMTM hypervisor
• Up to 14 Flex System p24L
in a 10U Flex System Chassis
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
Benefits of using PowerVMTM
• VIOS – virtualized devices, networks, NPIV
• Dedicated or shared CPU
• Micro-PartitioningTM
• Dynamic Reconfiguration – CPU, Memory, I/O
• „Virtualization without limits”
• Trusted hypervisor
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
• PowerVMTM editions
Express
Standard
Enterprise
Concurrent VMs
2 per server
10 per core
(up to 1000)
10 per core
(up to 1000)
Virtual I/O Server
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Suspend/Resume
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Shared Processor Pools
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Shared Storage Pools
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Thin Provisioning
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PowerVM Editions
Live Partition Mobility
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Active Memory Sharing
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IBM
LINUX on POWER
PowerVMTM
TM
PowerLinux
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
Installation process:
• Installation Toolkit
• Value add LoP tools
[Linux on Power]
• Simplified Setup Tool
for popular workloads
90%
80%
70%
17:40
17:00
16:20
15:40
15:00
14:20
13:40
13:00
12:20
11:40
11:00
10:20
09:40
09:00
08:20
07:40
07:00
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05:40
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03:00
02:20
01:40
04:20
03:40
03:00
02:20
01:40
01:00
00:20
23:40
23:00
22:20
21:40
21:00
20:20
19:40
2,00
01:00
4,00
19:00
CPU% Utilisation vs Entitlement by Time of Day
18:20
8,00
00:20
04:20
23:00
10,00
23:40
03:40
03:00
02:20
01:40
01:00
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23:40
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21:40
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21:40
21:00
15:00
6,00
15:40
20:20
0%
14:20
10%
19:40
20%
13:40
30%
19:00
40%
13:00
50%
12:20
0,0
05:00
12,00
18:20
20,0
17:40
17:00
16:20
15:40
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14:20
13:40
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12:20
14,00
11:40
11:00
10:20
09:40
09:00
08:20
07:40
07:00
06:20
11:40
60%
05:40
11:00
10:20
09:40
09:00
08:20
07:40
07:00
06:20
05:40
0,00
05:00
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
Linux on Power tools:
• DynamicRM (RSCT)
• ServiceRM (RSCT)
• ESAgent
• Lsvpd, lscfg, lsmcode
• ibmit4linux-docs
• nmon
• SRC
• sst
05:00
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
Memory Utilisation (GBytes) by Time of Day (all nodes)
120,0
100,0
80,0
60,0
CPU Capacity Utilisation by Time of Day (all nodes)
40,0
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
Performance:
• POWER7, 8 cores per chip
[3,55 GHz or 3.3 GHz]
• 4SMT per core
• 32MB Embedded L3 Cache
• Performance gain vs. POWER6
up to 1.5 X per core
• Reduced energy consumption
Local SMP Links
POWER7
CORE
L2 Cache
F
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T
POWER7
CORE
POWER7
CORE
POWER7
CORE
L2 Cache
L2 Cache
L2 Cache
L3 REGION
MC0
MC1
L3 Cache and
Chip Interconnect
L2 Cache
L2 Cache
L2 Cache
L2 Cache
POWER7
CORE
POWER7
CORE
POWER7
CORE
POWER7
CORE
Remote SMP & I/O Links
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
• RAS:
Reliability
Availability
Serviceability
IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
• RAS features
RAS Item
Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers
Hot Swap DASD & Media
/ PCI Adapters
Concurrent Firmware Update
Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies
Dual disk controllers (split backplane)
Processor Instruction Retry
Alternate Processor Recovery
Storage Keys
PowerVM™/Live Part. Mobility/Live App Mobility
Redundant Service Processors
Redundant System Clocks
Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators
Dynamic Processor Sparing
Memory Sparing
Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair
Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair
Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add
Dynamic Service Processor &System Clock Failover
Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes**
Enterprise Memory
Hot GX Adapter Repair
Midplane connection for inter-nodal communication
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
Power 710
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IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
• RAS features
RAS Item
Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers
Hot Swap DASD / Media / PCI Adapters
Concurrent Firmware Update
Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies
Dual disk controllers (split backplane)
Processor Instruction Retry
Alternate Processor Recovery
Storage Keys
PowerVM™/Live Part. Mobility/Live App Mobility
Redundant Service Processors
Redundant System Clocks
Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators
Dynamic Processor Sparing
Memory Sparing
Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair
Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair
Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add
Dynamic Service Processor &System Clock Failover
Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes**
Enterprise Memory
Hot GX Adapter Repair
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
PowerFlex
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Requires at least two instances [servers]
Power 795
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IBM
TM
PowerLinux
The difference in running LINUX on POWER
• The Community:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl
IBM October Announcements:
Power770 and 780
• POWER7+ processors (CPU frequency, more L3 cache) 20-30%
increase in performance
• Hardware assisted AME, filesystem encryption
• Increased RAS, energy efficiency
• Increased amount of VMs per core
• 128 POWER7+ cores in one Power780 server
• Enterprise System Pools – CoD [P780 only]
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl
IBM October Announcements:
Power795
• 64GB RAM DIMM – up to 16 TB of memory
• Hybrid I/O, Gen2 I/O connections directly out of processor book
• Enterprise System Pools – CoD
Power System Software
• Enhanced PowerVMTM virtualization
[a minimum of 5% of a core per VM - 20VMs per core]
• PowerHA HyperSwap
• PowerSC with Trusted Surveyor – policy based security, compliance
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/group/tpl
TM
PowerLinux
IBM
a powerful combination
Thank you for your attention ;-)
IBM Forum 2012 – Estonia
Tallinn, October 9, 2012