IBM Systems & Technology Group
IBM Flex System介紹
Alan Lin
I/T Specialist
System x, Systems and Technology Group
IBM Corporation
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We started with a clean sheet of paper…
1. Hardware management “built-in” – nothing to install
2. Make advanced virtualization more consumable (lower the
skills required to operate a highly virtualized system)
3. Deliver platform pre-configured and optimized for virtualization
(storage virtualization and network virtualization built-in)
4. New, dramatically simpler application deployment models
5. But yet, maintain full compatibility with current workloads
Expert
integrated
systems
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Built-in Expertise
Capture and automate what
experts do – from
infrastructure patterns to
application patterns
Integration by Design
Deeply integrate and tune
hardware and software – in a
secure, built for cloud, readyto-go, workload optimized
system
Simplified Experience
Make every part of the IT
lifecycle easier - with
integrated management and a
broad open ecosystem of
optimized solutions
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We took a different approach…
New class of Integrated System:
• No-compromise hardware, with latest Power, x86,
advanced storage and networking and choice of I/O.
• Full-function management node, which integrates
IBM management technology for servers, storage,
network and virtualization management
• Factory installed, fully packaged solutions
drive simple setup (pull it out of the box,
plug it in and boot it up)
• Single product streamlines ordering, tracking,
receiving, installing and running
To create an integrated system, we discovered that we first had to better
integrate ourselves…
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IBM Flex System 組合內容
為實現虛擬化整合毫不妥協、可擴充大容量記憶體與NAND Flash並提供高速I/O安裝選擇
支持高速網路如10Gb/40Gb以太網路，16Gb的光纖通道
使用Flex System Manager 對多個機箱的硬體做集中管理
具備80Plus Platinum高白金效率能源電源供應器和卓越的的氣流冷卻設計
Storage Node
Compute Node &Options
PCIe 擴充單元
SSD Expansion Kit
內裝型V7000
IBM Flex System x240
IBM Flex System x220
Xeon E5-2600 ×2
MAX Mem: 768GB
Switch module Options
Flex System
企業級機箱
Ethernet 交換模組
Flex System EN4091
Xeon E5-2400 ×2
MAX Mem: 192GB
IBM Flex System x440
Xeon E5-4600 ×4
MAX Mem: 1.5TB
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Management Node
統合管理一體機
IBM Flex System Manager
FlbreChannel交換模組
Flex System FC3171 8Gb
Flex System FC5022 16Gb
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Chassis Midplane Front
Management Connectors
Passive Midplane – No Active
Components
Single Power Plane – Supports
N+N and N+1 Power
Mezzanine Cards
Connectors
Compute Node Power
Connectors
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Chassis Rear Midplane
Switch Connectors
Power Supply
Connectors
CMM Connectors
Switch Power Connector
Personality Card Connector
Fan Power and Signal
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Chassis Cooling Fan & Power Supply population order
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4
1
2
Front
Rear
Power Supplies: N+N Redundant
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Chassis Cooling Fan & Power Supply population order
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8
5
6
3
4
1
2
Front
Rear
Power Supplies: N+N Redundant
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Chassis Cooling Fan & Power Supply population order
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14
11
12
9
10
7
8
5
6
3
4
1
2
Front
Rear
Power Supplies: N+N Redundant
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Flex System x220/x240/x440 規格比較
x220
實體尺寸
x240
半寬
x440
全寬
處理器
Intel Pentium 1403 2C
2.6GHz, 80W
Intel Xeon E5-2400 4C/6C/8C
1.8 - 2.4GHz, 50 - 95W
Intel Xeon E5-2600 4C/6C/8C
1.8G – 3.3GHz, 60 - 135W
Intel Xeon E5-4600 4C/6C/8C
2.0 – 2.7GHz, 95 - 130W
CPU數
(標準/最大)
1/1
1/2
1/2
1/4
DIMM數
12 DIMM (6 DIMM/CPU)
24 DIMM (12 DIMM/CPU)
48 DIMM (12 DIMM/CPU)
標配記憶體
2GB (1 x 2GB)
4GB (1 x 4GB)
8GB (1 x 8GB)
8GB (1 x 8GB)
最大記憶體
96GB (6 x 16GB)
192GB (12x16GB)
768GB (24 x 32GB)
1,536GB (48 x 32GB)
LOM
Broadcom BCM5718
2端口、1Gb
(有些機型沒有配搭)
Emulex BE3
2端口、10Gb
(有些機型沒有配搭)
Emulex BE3
4端口、10Gb
(有些機型沒有配搭)
2x 2.5” Hot swap Drive SAS/SATA/SSD
Optional:eXFlash (8x SSDs)
HDD
Mezzanine
Storage, Ethernet, FC and IB
Reduced Bandwidth (x8+x4)
Storage, Ethernet, FC and IB
Full Bandwidth (x16)
USB Flash Drive
2x Internal USB key
Located on base planar
2x Internal USB key
Located on top of Air Baffle
Storage, Ethernet, FC and IB
Full Bandwidth (x16)
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存儲節點：直連or共用
 為混合負載提供高性價比方案
節點內置硬碟(2個)
Storage
or SSD盤(4個)
 高IOPS存儲節點:eX flash
 大容量擴展節點:存儲擴展節點
SAS夾層卡
 完善的資料保護方式，降低宕機時間
2 SSDs
 RAID0,1,10,5,6
 快照、鏡像、遠程複製等
 存儲虛擬化帶來更高的存儲利用率
直
連
存
儲
2 SSDs
eX Flash 存
4 SSDs
儲節點
存儲擴展
節點
機箱管理/
供電介面
12 x 2.5”熱插拔
硬碟or SSD
RAID控
SAS
制器
擴展器
內置or外置
V7000
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共
用
存
儲
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可以實現在每個計算節點上的高IOPS存儲
標準：
主板內建RAID +
2.5 HDD or SSD ×2
(Hotswap)
擴充2：
ServeRAID M5115 +
Enablement Kit +
2.5 HDD or SSD ×2
(Hotswap)
擴充3：
ServeRAID M5115 +
eXFlash Kit +
1.8 SSD ×4 (Hotswap)
擴充4：
ServeRAID M5115 +
eXFlash kit +SSD Expansion +
1.8 SSD ×8 (Hotswap × 4 +
Non hotswap ×4)
1.8 SSD 背板
擴充1：
內建RAID +
2.5 HDD or SSD ×2
(Hotswap) + PCI Expansion +
HighIOPS PCI-e 擴充卡
(Fusion-io ioDrive磁碟)
推薦使用：
透過具備低延遲與高容量特
性的HighIOPS PCI-Express 擴
充卡作為本機磁碟
用途：DB等
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推薦使用：
OS 開機用HDD
用途： OS開機、小規模
例如檔案伺服器
推薦使用：
客戶需要利用熱抽拔SSD
做成RAID5利用。
用途： Active Directory 、
Web伺服器、桌面雲
推薦使用：
需要內置大容量的SSD存儲
開機環境。
應用範圍：一體機，NAS
桌面雲，DB等
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IBM Flex System Storage Expansion Node (SEN) detail
ETE Bridge
PCIe from x86 Compute Node
Chassis Management /
Power Interface
Mechanical Slide
12 – 2.5” Drive Bays
Cache option
LSI SAS
Controller
(512mb or 1GB)
Cable
Arm
Assembly
Cable
Arm
Assembly
Drive Tray
SEN Facia
Compute Node w/ SEN
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Let us explain importance of I/O Adapter types & Switch FoD...
Bay 14
Bay 2
(empty)
Switch Bay 1
(empty)
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Switch Bay 2
(empty)
(empty)
Switch Bay 3
(empty)
(empty)
(empty)
Switch Bay 4
(empty)
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“LoM-less” x86 node types and Power node types
“What ... No Adapters?”
Note: x86 node types include
models with LoM and models without
LoM (as per diagram), whilst Power
nodes only come without any LoM
Compute Node x86
Bay 2
(empty)
(empty)
Compute Node POWER
Bay 14
(empty)
(empty)
No LoM or I/O Adapter
means no connectivity!
Switch Bay 1
(empty)
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Switch Bay 2
(empty)
Switch Bay 3
(empty)
Switch Bay 4
(empty)
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Feature-on-Demand (FoD) 10Gb Ethernet Switch example (1 of 4)
Compute Node x86
Bay 2
Note: 4-port Adapter only has 2 ports
enabled because Ethernet switch
only has Base partition activated
i.e. 1 port active to each node bay
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2-port 10Gb
LoM
(empty)
Compute Node POWER
Bay 14
4-port 10Gb
Adapter
(empty)
Base
14
EN4093 10Gb
EN4093 10Gb
(Base)
(Base)
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Switch Bay 3
(empty)
Switch Bay 4
(empty)
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Feature-on-Demand (FoD) 10Gb Ethernet Switch example (2 of 4)
Note: x86 node only has 2 ports
enabled (as LoM only provides total
of 2 ports), even though each switch
has 2 ports enabled (Base + FoD U1)
i.e. total 4 ports per switch pair
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2-port 10Gb
LoM
(empty)
Compute Node POWER
Bay 14
4-port 10Gb
Adapter
(empty)
Base+U1
14
+
14
8
Compute Node x86
Bay 2
EN4093 10Gb
EN4093 10Gb
(Base+U1)
(Base+U1)
Switch Bay 3
(empty)
Switch Bay 4
(empty)
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Feature-on-Demand (FoD) 10Gb Ethernet Switch example (3 of 4)
Note: both x86 node and Power
node have total 4 ports enabled
through matched use of 4-port
Adapter and switch FoD Upgrade1
i.e. Base + FoD U1
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18
4-port 10Gb
Adapter
(empty)
Compute Node POWER
Bay 14
4-port 10Gb
Adapter
(empty)
Base+U1
14
+
14
8
Compute Node x86
Bay 2
EN4093 10Gb
EN4093 10Gb
(Base+U1)
(Base+U1)
Switch Bay 3
(empty)
Switch Bay 4
(empty)
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Feature-on-Demand (FoD) 10Gb Ethernet Switch example (4 of 4)
Note: currently available Adapter cards
only allow total of 4 ports to be enabled
per node bay, even though each switch
has 3 ports enabled (Base + FoD U1 +
FoD U2) i.e. total 6 ports per switch pair
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4
8
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Base+U1+U2
14
+
14
+
14
Compute Node x86
Bay 2
4-port 10Gb
Adapter
EN4093 10Gb
(Base+U1+U2) EN4093 10Gb
(Base+U1+U2)
(empty)
Switch Bay 3
(empty)
Compute Node POWER
Bay 14
4-port 10Gb
Adapter
(empty)
Switch Bay 4
(empty)
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Flex System Network Module Naming Structure
 EN = Fabric Type (EN=Ethernet, FC=Fibre Channel/SAN, CN=Converged, etc)
 3rd digit = series, 4000 series for 10Gb Ethernet, 2000 series for 1Gb, 5000 series for 16Gb FC,
etc
 4th & 5th digit = First alphabet of vendor name mapping to a digit. IBM ->I = 09, Brocade->B=02,
etc.
 6th digit = Number of partitions (for switch) or Number of ports (for adapters)
Examples:
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch
IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch
IBM Flex System CN4054 4-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
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Ethernet
Fibre Channel
Infiniband
Converged
EN
FC
IB
CN
10Gb Ethernet
1Gb Ethernet
8Gb FC
16Gb FC
10Gb FCoE
switch
40Gb FCoE
Switch
Infiniband
4000
2000
3000
5000
4000
6000
6000
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4Q11 Flex System Networking Launch - Executive Summary
Key Messages:
 End-to-End FCoE Enablement
 Leadership 40Gb Ethernet
Switches:
 IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch
• Supplier: IBM System Networking
 IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch (refresh of EN4093)
• Replaces Broadcom ASIC for FCoE+Stacking support
 IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet Switch
• Supplier: Mellanox
 Fiber Channel Upgrades and SW
 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Switch (Upgrade 1) - 12 port key
 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Switch (Upgrade 2) – 24 port key
 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb Fabric Watch Upgrade
 IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb ISL/Trunking Upgrade
Mezz Cards
 IBM Flex System EN6132 2-port 40Gb Ethernet Adapter
• Supplier: Mellanox
 IBM Flex System EN4132 2-port 10Gb Ethernet RoCE Adapter for Power
• Supplier: Mellanox
• IBM Flex System CN4058 10Gb 8-port Converged Adapter for Power
• Supplier: Emulex
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Converged offerings on Flex system - three ways to connect without
impacting existing network infrastructure
Two ways to do FCoE today. More coming in November 2012.
10Gb Pass Thru
EN4091
Available today
• Offers unmanaged
connectivity in the chassis
• Tested to connect to Nexus
5010, 5020, 5548 & 5596
• 14 internal and 14 external
links
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10Gb Switch with FCoE
support – EN4093
Available today
• FCoE support with Cisco
Nexus 5K ToR available
today via 7.3 firmware
• More FCoE configurations
coming via 7.5 firmware in
Nov 2012
10Gb Converged switch –
CN4093
Available November 2012
• Offers both Ethernet and
Fibre channel ports on
same switch
• Offers simple and flexible
solution for Clients
connecting to integrated
storage or external
LAN/SAN.
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Recommended configuration using end to end IBM offering – 1Q 2013
Key value:
• Integrated Virtual Fabric and FCoE on
compute node
• High performance scalable 10Gb Flex
System Fabric switch in chassis
• IBM 10Gb Converged switch aggregates all
FCoE traffic and routes to LAN and SAN.
Black line is FCOE
Red line is Fibre Channel
V7000
Cisco or
Brocade
SAN
IBM Converged
ToR
G8264CS
G8264CS
LOM or CN4054
(pNIC, vNIC
mode)
EN4093 Flex System
Fabric Switch
Adapter
Integrated Switch
FCoE Top Of Rack
Switch
SAN Switch
Storage Target
OS levels
LOM & CN4054 4-port
adapter (BE3) pNIC
and vNIC modes
EN4093 10Gb Switch
G8264CS (IBM
Converged ToR) in
NPIV mode
Cisco & Brocade SAN
FCoE: Storage node,
V7K, FC: SVC,
DS3K/5K, DS8K,
Tape, XIV
Win2008, ESX 4/5,
RHEL 5/6, SLES 10/11
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Customer has no FCoE ToR and wants to leverage existing LAN and SAN switch
November 2012
Key value:
• Integrated Virtual Fabric and FCoE on
compute node
• Directly connects to internal storage node
via midplane in FCoE mode
• Can connect to external storage via SAN
switch also.
Black line is FCOE
Red line is Fibre Channel
V7000
Cisco or Brocade
SAN
LOM or CN4054
(pNIC, vNIC
mode)
Storage node
CN4093 Flex System
Fabric Converged
Switch
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 node,
V7K, FC: SVC,
DS3K/5K, DS8K,
Tape, XIV
Win2008, ESX 4/5,
RHEL 5/6, SLES 10/11
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Connecting to ‘Cisco network’: Customer already owns Nexus ToR - Sept 2012
Key value:
• Integrated Virtual Fabric and FCoE on
compute node
• High performance scalable 10Gb Flex
System Fabric switch in chassis
• Connects to existing or new Cisco network.
Black line is FCOE
Red line is Fibre Channel
Cisco
SAN
V7000
Nexus 55XX
Nexus 55XX
LOM or CN4054
(pNIC, vNIC mode)
EN4093 Flex System
Fabric Switch
Adapter
Integrated Switch
FCoE Top Of Rack
Switch
SAN Switch
Storage Target
OS levels
LOM & CN4054 4-port
adapter (BE3) pNIC
and vNIC modes
EN4093 10Gb Switch
Nexus 5548 / 5596
Cisco SAN
FC: V7000, SVC
Win2008 R2SP1, ESX
5.0 U1, RHEL 6.3
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Connecting to Brocade network: Customer already owns Brocade VDX or SAN
– Nov 2012
Key value:
• Integrated Virtual Fabric and FCoE on
compute node
• High performance scalable 10Gb Flex
System Fabric switch in chassis
• Connects to existing or new Brocade
network.
Black line is FCOE
Red line is Fibre Channel
V7000
Brocade
SAN
Brocade VDX
Brocade VDX
LOM or CN4054
(pNIC, vNIC
mode)
EN4093 Flex System
Fabric Switch
Adapter
Integrated Switch
FCoE Top Of Rack
Switch
SAN Switch
Storage Target
OS levels
LOM & CN4054 4-port
adapter (BE3) pNIC
and vNIC modes
EN4093 10Gb Switch
Brocade VDX
Brocade SAN
FCoE: Storage node,
V7K, FC: SVC,
DS3K/5K, DS8K,
Tape, XIV
Win2008, ESX 4/5,
RHEL 5/6, SLES 10/11
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Flex System 所涉及的基礎設施組件管理
Rack
V7000
V7000
V7000
V7000
在機架* HW
↓
FSM (Flex System Manager)
在同一個機箱HW
↓
CMM
(Chassis Management Module)
一個計算節點HW
IMM 2 / FSP
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(Integrated Management Module 2)
（Flexible Service Processor)
Chassis
Compute Node
*最大4個機箱
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Chassis Element Communication
External
Network
IMM
2
IMM
3
CMM B
CMM A
IMM
1
IMM
4
IMM
5
IMM
6
IMM
7
IMM
8
IMM
9
IMM
10
IMM
11
IMM
12
IMM
13
IMM
14
ScSE 1
ScSE 2
ScSE 3
ScSE 4
• All Chassis components are discovered and communicate over an internal IPV6 link local network
• Internal Chassis elements (Node IMMs & ScSEs) can be addressed out-of-band @ IPV4 IP assigned via CMM
• If external connectivity to the CMM is lost, chassis elements can no longer be directly addressed out-of-band
 (CMM acts as router)
FSM Ethernet Device Routing
CMM 操作概要
 CMM 使用者介面
與IMM2用戶界面和選單結構是一致的
功能檢索
顯示每個組件的資訊
收集故障信息，故障通知對象聯繫設定
特定節點操作選擇顯示
機箱管理圖形介面
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FSM Has Some World-class UX Components
✔ FSM UX
Hardware Map
• Rich set of 6 Visual Overlays
• Inline Overlay toggles and
settings
• Simultaneous Front and Rear
• Visually designed instead of
photos
UX Components that distinguish the FSM
Rich Menu
• Multiple-levels of
choices
categorized in
each menu
Quick Finder
Status
• Resource-oriented
quick status
• Quick and easy job
monitoring
•
•
•
•
2 or 3 chars for instant results
Finds resources, groups, & tasks
Finds VSs
Deep contextual launches from the
results
Remote Control
• Powerful – multi thumbnails
Overall Feel
• Light, quick, &
powerful
• High-quality Visual
Design
• Storage-like UX
Mobile
• Pervasive access – manage from anywh
Explorer
• Integrated
Cross-Tree
Views
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Introducing the new FSM/NGUI Console
Browser Optimized
Rich Menus
Status and Jobs Summaries
Finder
Dashbar
Explorer
Dynamic Chassis Map
Configuration Patterns: Nov 2012
Configuration Patterns enable simpler and faster configuration & deployment
 Configuration Patterns
˗
˗
˗
˗
Intuitive step-by-step configuration flow
Capture patterns from existing device(s)
Store and reuse patterns
Dramatically improve out-of-box
experience by enabling out-of-band
configuration (not available in UCS)
 Server Components Included
˗
˗
˗
˗
˗
RAID
Adapters and IFM
Boot order and targets
IMM and UEFI
IP address pools (management IPs)
 Chassis Components Included
˗ CMM
˗ IO Modules: Port enablement settings
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FlexCat integration – For mass bare-metal image deployments
• Powerful - multiple nodes at a time (3 clicks total)
• Multi Platform support (can be imported)
• ESXi 5.1 Virtualization (pre-installed in FSM) – includes Osiris agent
• RHEL Virtualization (RHEV + KVM Platform Agent)
• RHEL basic
• RHEL minimum
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Flex System Manager – Network and Storage Virtualization
Network Control:
Networking attributes follow the Virtual Servers as
they live migrate from node to node or chassis to
chassis.
Create “Logical Networks” to define network
VLANs, Access Control, Quality of Service,
Bandwidth and Traffic Priority attributes.
Use FSM to associate Virtual Servers with Logical
Networks. The Flex System will configure and
maintain these network attributes for each virtual
server.
Storage Control:
Embedded Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC)
Dynamic zoning/masking as part of virtual server
relocation
Dynamic storage provisioning as part of image
deployment
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Base Network Management Capabilities
 Provides base network
management, enabling an
integrated, end-to-end platform
management solution.
Links to predefined
Network system groups
Links to Network
switch configuration
templates
 Tells what you have (Discovery,
Inventory)
 Tells if it’s working (Status, Events)
 Allows Configuration,
Troubleshooting
 Support for latest converged Fabric
Ethernet technology
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Network Management: Predefined Network Groups
 Provides predefined
groups to allow users
to quickly find
discovered Network
Systems (e.g. switches)
– All Network
Systems
– Ethernet Switches
– Ethernet to Fibre
Channel Bridges
– Fibre Channel over
Ethernet Switches
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Network Management: Inventory
 Collects Inventory and properties of switches, converged
network adapters: installed ports, World Wide Names, Subnet
mask, etc.
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Network Management: Availability Monitoring
 Switches send SNMP traps to the NGP Manager
– Integrated configuration is provided for switch modules
– SNMP traps are received as native events with defined severity
levels
• The state of the switch reflects the severity of the traps received
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Network Management: Configuration
 Configure switch modules in real-time (Current Configuration) and via
Templates and Configuration Plans
 Protocol Configuration
 Login Configuration (user credentials)
 Network Protocols (IP, HTTP and Telnet settings)
 SNMP Agent,
community, and
trap settings
 External port
settings
 VLAN Configuration
 Defined VLANs
 Port level Ingress
and Egress tagging
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Network Control: System Level Network Topology
 System-level is high-level,
showing relationships between
servers and switches, user can:
– Determine to what switch a
specific server is connected
– Determine what other
devices are using the same
switch
– Determine scope and
impact of network outages
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 User can follow a diagnostic
path by traversing the view,
selecting a new root node, and
displaying additional
resources or topology
perspectives
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Network Control: Port Level Network Topology
 Port-level shows portto-port connections
between servers and
switches, user can:
– Determine to what
port on the switch a
specific server is
connected
– Determine what
ports, if any, on a
particular switch are
not in use
– Visualize any
devices or ports in a
degraded state
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Network Control: Subnet Network Topology
 Subnet shows a systemlevel view of all systems in
the same subnets as the
selected systems, user can:
– Determine to what
subnets a specific
system is connected
– Determine what other
systems are in those
subnets
– Determine what IP
addresses are still in use
for those subnets
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IBM Flex System Manager – Storage Management
 Pooling and virtualization of external
storage
 Integrated with virtual server
management, allowing virtual disks to
be defined and attached
Hypervisor
Hypervisor
 Dynamic storage provisioning as part of
image deployment
Virtual I/O Stack
(intrinsic to hypervisor or external)
 Enable policy-driven placement within
storage system pools
Filesystem
Storage Pools
 Dynamic zoning/masking as part of
virtual server relocation
 Integration with IBM Tivoli Storage
Productivity Center (TPC)
TPC
XiV
SVC
Storwize v7000
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FSM Adds Storage Visibility to VMware Environment
vCenter Storage Management with UIM
above is a LUN, no indication what
volume name it is, nor what /dev/sdXX
device it is
 FSM shows the customer supplied
volume and storage array names not
machine addresses
above is a storage system, but no
idea what name it is, nor how much
free space it has
FSM View
 FSM maps the connectivity between
virtual server and physical storage
 FSM shows storage consumption by
virtual server regardless of hypervisor
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Guided Storage Setup
• Manage System Storage – simplified single-panel UI streamlines tasks of discover, unlock,
and automatically collects inventory
• Simplifies the transition to VMControl
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Creating Storage Volumes with FSM
 Adding storage volumes normally
takes someone with deep expertise
˗ Usually requires 3 different software
tools and 70+ clicks
 With FSM, takes 5 clicks and does not
require deep expertise
 Could predefine storage volumes but
then storage is wasted until needed
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IBM Flex System Manager – Fabric Management
Server deployment
Server replacement
 LAN and SAN administrators don’t
need to wait for the hardware to
arrive
 Done ahead of time
– MAC and WWNs IP address
assignments
– SAN zoning
 No need to reconfigure LAN/SAN
resources when a Server is replaced
 SAN zoning and LUN masking is unaffected
 Replacement Servers in the same
slots retain MAC and WWN
addresses
– Storage LUN masking
Within single chassis
Server failover
Fully Automated Failover
Network and storage switch independent
Launched from Flex Management Appliance
or
Across multiple chassis
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IBM Flex System Manager - Virtualization
Virtualization Management
• Manage Virtual Servers and
Hosts
• HMC and Systems
• VS Life-cycle management
• Topology Maps
• Create empty virtual server
• Monitoring, automation
Edit virtual resources
• Edit Hosts
• Edit Virtual Servers
• GUI or command line
• Launch to Platform Manager
Relocate
• Live relocation
• Plan for relocation
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VMControl
• Create, Edit, and Manage virtual servers
• Relocate virtual servers
• Capture running virtual servers
Guest operating system, running applications and server definition
A “virtual appliance” image is created
• placed in image repository
• can be deployed multiple times
• Import Open Virtualization Format (OVF) virtual appliance packages
• Create, capture, and manage workloads.
• Create and manage server system pools.
Deploy virtual appliances into server system pools
Add hosts
Add storage space
Monitor resource status
Monitor workload status
• Create and manage storage system pools
Add storage
Edit pool policies
Monitor storage resource status
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Mobile! (1 of 2)
• Pervasive access - via a handheld
• Multi-Chassis – all the power
• Quality and Consistent - high-quality
HW Maps, and with 2 Overlays
browser
iOS
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Mobile! (2 of 2)
• Smart Cloud Entry (SCe) Mobile complements FSM Mobile
• Deploys virtual appliances into Flex
(VMware and PowerVM)
• Cross Device Consistency
• iOS and Android very close
• Chassis Maps and UI structures similar for
all 3 device types
BlackBerry
SCe on iOS
Android
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Platform Management
Upward Integration &
Service Management
IBM Systems Director
(Hierarchical)
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3
Service
Management
End-to-end
Management
Datacenter
Platform
Management
Customer Corporate Network
2
FSM
FSM
FSM
Integrated
Multi-Chassis
Management
FSM
1
Core
Firmware
Non-IBM Flex
System
IT Resources
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