IBM Systems & Technology Group

Power Systems

The Foundation –
Power Servers

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Power Hardware: The Values in our DNA

Our HW DNA is based on some core precepts. What we invest in, offer and do is wide but
most all of it connects back to some core shared values:
1. Design for mixed workloads
• General purpose (not appliance).
2. Scale!
• handle the biggest workloads (the grand challenges of both 600

business and research) 500

400

3. Optimize the System 300

200

• Don’t “sub-optimize” by component 100

0
JS12 JS22 520 550 560 570/16 570/32 595

4. Un-paralleled compatibility, security, and reliability

• Across product line and time.
Virt I/O Server
5. Software is critical Shared I/O

• Maximize the benefits of the investment Hypervisor

Single SMP Hardware System
6. Integrated support
• (one place to call).
Hours of downtime per year*
9

7. Capacity without disruption 8

7
6

• in environment / design / architecture. 5

4
3

8. Virtualization is a “given” 2
1
0
AIX HP-UX Solaris Windows
• Built in — not added on
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Big Data, Mobile and Social are transforming business

Mobile revolution Social media Hyper data Analytics will drive

explosion growth personalization

1 Trillion • Personalized
Connected devices experience 84%
generate 2.5 quintillion • Simple, feature-rich of consumers
bytes data / day rely on social
self-service networks when
• Always accessible researching
new products
1B from multiple devices
Smartphones & 1.2B
mobile employees
by 2014
CMOs 25+
average # of mobility
will spend more on IT applications to be
90% than the CIO by 2017 deployed by CIOs in
Of CIOs view cloud as next 2 years
critical to their plans

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OpenPOWER
Power Systems Consortium

Business Social, Mobile Plus Cloud Analytics, Big Data workloads

Applications delivery model with Linux on Power

IBM Watson

IBM Power Systems

9,000+ $4.2B 100+ 200M 4 of 10 88% 3000+ 20,000+ 140+

Patents Research & Industry Pages Worlds More SAP Competitive ISV apps Number of
since 2001 Development leading processed in fastest Users per displacements running on SWG
POWER7 & benchmarks 3 seconds by super- core than IBM Power Products on
POWER7+ Watson computers x86 when Systems Linux on
run on running Power
Now POWER on
applying including POWER7+
Watson to Sequoia at
deliver US LLNL
personalized
medicine &
cancer http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks/
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What are our Clients saying? Strategic and Mission Critical Platform

UNIX = Strategy Platform

(performance and availability under heavy loads)

UNIX = Mission Critical

(necessary for essential business options)

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Power Solutions: The engine for analytics insights

Industry Solutions Business & Predictive Analytics Cognitive Computing
Solutions

IBM Watson
Power

Diverse Real-time Natural Language

Data Analytics Learning
Power Systems

Continuous Massive IO Parallel 1,000+ Concurrent Large-scale

data load bandwidth processing Queries memory processing
Design

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99.997% Availability Best Hypervisor / OS security 80 – 90% utilization

Data Security Agile, Efficient IT

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Expanding Power into Big Data, Analytics, Cloud, Linux

Power recognized leader for… Expansion Focus

 Business Applications – ERP, OLTP,  Management
Enterprise Web Applications  Big Data & Analytics
 Data Warehousing/Mining/Analytics  Industry Solutions
 Data Store  Linux & Open Source
 Technology Roadmap  Cloud Computing
 Cognitive Computing / IBM Watson

High Performance Scalability Data Capabilities Security

Efficiency Reliability and Availability Advanced Virtualization
Industry Affiliation Mature and Growth Markets Large Scale Adoption

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Announcing the OpenPOWER Consortium

What is OpenPOWER?
OpenPOWER Consortium is an industry body comprised of passionate innovators who
come together to pool their resource around a single purpose to:

 Industry’s first open system design for cloud data centers

 Custom development group for hyperscale servers including hardware designs, firmware and
software.
 Addresses need for industry-based innovation across processors, network and storage I/O
 OpenPower will create an ecosystem for Power Systems
 IBM will contribute OpenSource software / documentation
 IBM will license chip design intellectual property (IP) to allow customization

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OpenPower Consortium – Structure

A complete SOC consortium using the Power Architecture to share
expertise, investment, and validated compliance.
OPEN Complementary
Ecosystem “FOR PROFIT”
Community Ecosystem
Open Development Corp. Value Channel Corp.
Add
Development & Specification Store
FOR
Architecture & Specification

PROFIT
Channel Corp.Source Software
Open Fee based components

Numerous Participants
Linkages to other groups • Chip IP
Store Development workgroups
• IBM SW stack
• ISV SW stack
Group

System Design Group

Specifications
• Services & maintenance
Reference Designs

To Ensure Compliance:
Chip Design Group
All offerings must be validated
Open IP Blocks
Interface specifications Consistent with Architecture &
Interface Specifications
Development groups

OpenPOWER Compliance
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Providing Value & Choice to Clients

How will the OpenPOWER Consortium benefit clients?

• New Innovators on the Power platform will create more value
• OpenPOWER technology creates greater choice for our customers
• Innovation will increase adoption of the Power Systems platform

What does this mean to the industry?

• Game changer on the competitive landscape of the server industry
• Will enable and drive innovation in the industry
• Provide more choice in the industry

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Ecosystem leadership providing client choice and
flexibility
OpenPOWER Open Applications Open
Consortium and Tools Management

IBM
Google
OpenPower
Mellanox
Open NVIDIA
TYAN Innovation JavaScript

Collaborative innovation for Access to industry innovation Simplified, consistent

highly advanced systems from a broad community management
Produce open hardware, Optimize scripting languages Software-defined
software, firmware and tools and development tools environments
Expand industry skills and Contribute innovation to Linux, Deployment on premise or
investment for Power KVM and OpenStack via cloud
ecosystem Seamless upgrades
Provide alternative architectures

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IBM Watson brings together a set of transformational technologies

Cognitive Computing
2 Generates and
evaluates
Evidence-based
1 Understands hypothesis
natural language
and human
communication

3 Adapts and learns …Built on a massively parallel

from user selections
and responses architecture optimized for IBM POWER7

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Watson is ushering in a new era of computing . . .

System
Intelligence

Cognitive

Programmatic
Search Discovery
Tabulation Deterministic Probabilistic
Punch cards Enterprise data Big Data
Time card Machine language Natural language
readers Simple outputs Intelligent options

1900 1950 2011

. . .Enabling new opportunities and outcomes

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Power is optimized for analytics

Big Data technology is used to build Watson can consume insights from
Watson’s knowledge base Big Data for advanced analysis

Watson uses the Apache Hadoop open

framework to distribute the workload for
loading information into memory. CRM Data
POS Data Social Media

Approx. 200M pages of text

(To compete on Jeopardy!) Distilled Insight
- Spending habits
- Social relationships
- Buying trends
InfoSphere BigInsights

Runs thousands of
tasks in parallel
Watson’s - 8 cores/socket
Memory - 4 threads/core
- 4 sockets/node
2x the memory
bandwidth

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Power Systems top all others in SAP Sales and Distribution

Standard Application 2-Tier benchmark
Simple, single Power 780 delivers over 2X scale and 88% more per-core
performance than HP DL980 G7

96-core
Overall
Power 780
with POWER7+

SAP SD ERP 6 Users

more SAP SD Users than best Intel & DB2®
#1
#1 16-socket
#1 12-socket
64-socket
#1 8-socket SPARC
8-socket
8-socket
#1 Intel EX
4-socket 4-socket Intel
2-socket Sandy Bridge

PowerLinux Fujitsu RX500 Power 750 HP DL980 G7 Power 780 Sun M9000 Power 780 Power 795 Power 795
7R2 S7 POWER7 Xeon POWER7 SPARC POWER7+ POWER7 POWER7
POWER7+ Xeon 4/32/128 8/80/160 8/64/256 64/256/512 12/96/768 16/128/512 32/256/1024
2/16/64 4/32/64 # 2010004 # 2011021 # 2010013 # 2008042 # 2012033 # 2010042 # 2010046
# 2013003 # 2012029
(1) Configuration and results of the IBM Power 780 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0
application (Unicode): 12 processors / 96 cores / 768 threads, POWER7+, 3.72 GHz, 768 GB memory, 56,832 SAP SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2®
9.7. Certification #: 2012033. Results valid as of 03/11/2013. ; Source: http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
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Power Systems deliver superior RAS capabilities

RAS Feature Power Systems x86
Application/Partition RAS
Live Partition Mobility (vMotion) Yes Yes
Partition Availability priority Yes No
System RAS
OS independent First Failure Data Capture Yes No
Dynamic service processor fail-over Yes2 No
Memory Keys (ensure secure hardware separation of memory) Yes No
Processor RAS
Processor Instruction Retry Yes No
Alternate Processor Recovery Yes No
Dynamic Processor Re-Init (POWER7+) Yes No
Predictive Processor Deallocation Yes No1
Dynamic Processor Sparing Yes No1
Memory RAS
Chipkill™ Yes Yes
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor Yes No
Chipkill Survive Double Memory Failures with x8 DRAMS Yes2 No
I/O RAS
Extended Error Handling – PCI bus, PCI bridge, GX+ bus adapter Yes No
VIOS - Dynamic adapter failover Yes No

See the following URLs for addition details:

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/availability.html
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/virtualization.html 1 = Capability built in but typically not supported
2= Enterprise servers
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Trusted resiliency for Mission Critical workloads

RAS and Security years ahead of the competition

Sample size 43,260

Power Systems has zero reported security

vulnerabilities versus x86
 Average of 50+ breaches for Windows 1
 Average of 25+ breaches for Linux 1

Superior availability of AIX/Power over the

competition
 80% more downtime for Windows/x86 1
 35% more downtime for Linux/x86 1

PowerSC Security and Compliance

simplifies management and measurement
of security while reducing costs
Source: Does Your OS Matter? Selecting a Strategic Operating System; Solitaire Interglobal Ltd (All rights reserved); October 2011.

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Power Processor Technology Roadmap

POWER9
Extreme Analytics
Optimization
POWER8 Extreme Big Data
More Cores Optimization
SMT+++ On-chip accelerators
POWER7/7+ Reliability ++
CAPI Support
45/32 nm Transactional Memory
POWER6/6+
Eight Cores
65/65 nm On-Chip eDRAM
200+ in Test
POWER5/5+ Power-Optimized Cores
130/90 nm Dual Core Memory Subsystem ++
High Frequencies SMT++
Dual Core Virtualization + Reliability +
Enhanced Scaling Memory Subsystem + VSM & VSX
SMT Altivec Protection Keys+
Distributed Switch + Instruction Retry
Core Parallelism + Dynamic Energy Mgmt
FP Performance + SMT +
Memory Bandwidth + Protection Keys
Virtualization

2004 2007 2010 2014-2015 Future

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Core Frequency, Cache, and Threading

Approximate
Frequency
Cache per Core Threads
(GHz)
(MB)

Intel E5 (20 MB L3) 1.80 – 3.10 ~2.5 1, 2

Intel E7 (30 MB L3) 2.13 – 2.40 ~3 1, 2

POWER7+ (780) 3.72 – 4.42 ~10 1, 2, 4

System z EC12 5.50 ~20 1

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Smart Threading Can Lower Software Costs

Power Power
Core Core Core Core Core Core

Core Core Core Core

8 Cores, 8 Threads 2 Cores, 8 Threads

8 Licenses 2 Licenses

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Multi-threading Evolution
POWER8 8 Way SMT
FX0
FX1
FP0
FP1
LS0
LS1
POWER7 4 Way SMT BRX
CRL
FX0
FX1
FP0
FP1
LS0
LS1
BRX
CRL Thread 7 Executing
Thread 6 Executing
POWER5 2 Way SMT
Thread 5 Executing
FX0 Thread 4 Executing
FX1
FP0 Thread 3 Executing
FP1 Thread 2 Executing
LS0 Thread 1 Executing
LS1
BRX Thread 0 Executing
CRL No Thread Executing
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PowerVM Rollout Improve utilization

and availability
across servers
Improve server utilization: POWER7 Memory
CPU, I/O, Disk LPM Expansion

System pool
Shared Manager
Dedicated Move workloads and Suspend/Resume
Processors improve availability Remote Restart
VMControl
Storage Pool Thin
Partition Virtual Provisioning
Image
Pooling Tape Manager SEA
NPIV Failover
Integrated Live Active
Virtual Partition LPM MPIO Memory Active Memory
Ethernet Mobility Support Sharing Deduplication
Mobility Security

Improve memory usage

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Power Virtualization

Virtual Processor

Virtual Machine

AIX
Linux

IBM i VIOS

Virtual Network

Power Hypervisor Virtual IO

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PowerVM Virtualization Architecture

Workload Management and Provisioning

AIX 6/7 AIX5.3

Linux IBM i Virtual Virtual
Partitions Partitions I/O I/O
5.2 7.1 Server Server CoD
WPAR WPAR
Virtual Virtual Resources
5.3 Network Network
AIX Linux SLIC & &
WPAR Kernels Kernels
Storage Storage
HMC
Power Virtual Network
Hypervisor Virtual Processors Virtual Adapters

Processors

Service Memory
Processor
Expansion slots
Local devices & storage

Networks and network storage

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Live Partition
Virtualized Mobility Resources
Computing

Operating
Operating System System

Hypervisor Hypervisor

• POWER6 hardware and higher • Same network subnet

• Operating System • Hardware Management Console
– AIX 7, AIX 6.1 or AIX 5.3 TL7
– IBM i 7 TR4
• Virtualized resources
– Linux RHEL 5-Update1 • SAN storage for boot and data
or SLES 10-Service Pack 1
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POWER6 / POWER7 / POWER8 Partition Mobility

AIX 7.1
AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1
AIX 5.3
AIX 5.3 AIX 5.3 IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.2
Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux
POWER6/6+ POWER7 POWER8

Leverage POWER6 / POWER7 Compatibility Modes

LPAR Migrate between POWER6 / POWER7 / POWER8 Servers
Can not move POWER8 Mode partitions to POWER6 or POWER7 systems.
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PowerVM: What is it?

Hardware Firmware Software

Designed to work together to produce:

Optimized performance Each medium intentionally
Stability chosen to produce an
Flexibility Enterprise Class offering
Security

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PowerVM Enterprise-Grade Virtualization for Power Systems

Processors

VIO Server Weight: 210

AIX 5.3 AIX 6.1 i OS Linux CoD
2 CPU 2.8 CPU .65 CPU .75 CPU CPUs Dedicated or shared processors
Weight: 50 Weight: 20 Capped Fine-grained resource allocation
Benefits
Shared processor controls*
Virtual CPU Virtual CPU Virtual CPU Virtual CPU CoD CPU
Quick deployment of new workloads – no need toprovision
# of virtualaprocessors
new machine

0.1 CPU
Virtual CPU Virtual CPU Virtual CPU CoD CPU  Entitlements
Hardware enforced isolation allows
Virtual CPU use of virtualization
CoD CPU  Capped forand
the most sensitive
uncapped
applications
Virtual CPU CPU CoD CPU  Weights
Adjustable via DLPAR
CPU CPU Automatic
CPU CPU adjustment
CPU of resources to meet business workload without a
CPU reboot
CPU CPU
Memory
IBM
Consolidation improvesDynamic Spares and
the efficiency From
of system 128MB
utilization to all physical
without memory
affecting
Capacity on Demand
Dedicated performance Dedicated physical memory
Physical CPUs Active Memory Sharing (>POWER6)
Virtual I/O reduces the incremental cost of provisioning for new
Active Memory workloads
Expansion and
(POWER7)
Shared Pool of
can increase
Physicalefficiency
CPUs by sharing expensive I/Oadapters
Adjustable via DLPAR
IOmix
Flexibility to use virtual I/O, dedicated I/O and – dedicated orphysical
of virtual and shared I/O
(VIO)
Scaling
UpI/O Scalability
to 1000 supports the most extensive workloads
partitions Capacity On-Demand
Partitions up to 256w SMP
Live mobility between servers provides evenLive
move flexibility
Partition and efficiency
Mobility (>POWER6)
Group
Security validated at the highest CAPP/EAL4+ levelCapping (>POWER6)
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Virtualization: Active Memory Sharing

USA Asia Europe

30 Dedicated Memory 30 Active Memory Sharing

25 25
Europe
20 20

15 ASIA 15

10 10

5 Americas 5

0 0
Time Time

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Virtualization: Active Memory Expansion

No Active Memory Expansion Active Memory Expansion

Uncompressed
True
Memory
Memory Pool
Real Size Expanded
Memory Memory Memory
Size Size
Compressed
Memory

Expanded
Memory

 Reduce Physical Memory requirements for a LPAR

 Increase memory capacity
 Enable consolidation of LPARs onto a system

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Active Memory Expansion…

Enable more LPAR’s per server System Physical System Physical

Memory Memory
Active Memory Expansion reduces the physical LPAR LPAR LPAR
LPAR LPAR LPAR

memory requirements of existing LPAR’s LPAR LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR LPAR LPAR LPAR LPAR

Existing LPAR’s physical memory sizes can be AME LPAR LPAR LPAR

reduced LPAR LPAR LPAR

LPAR LPAR LPAR

Free memory capacity can be used to create LPAR LPAR LPAR LPAR ….
more LPAR’s

Increase a LPAR’s effective memory

capacity
Active Memory Expansion can increase the LPAR’s Effective LPAR’s Effective
Memory Capacity
Memory Capacity
effective memory capacity of a LPAR Physical Physical
Enabling active memory expansion for a LPAR Memory Memory

and keeping the LPAR’s physical memory size

AME
unchanged increases the memory available to a
workload
Expanded
Memory Capacity

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Virtualization enables higher system usage through
consolidation and workload smoothing
70

The amount of “leverage” increases 60

as the number of workloads are 50

% of utilization
added
40

The potential for savings increases 30

with the amount of consolidation
20
System utilization increases as the
10
number of mixed workloads are added
0
300
3.5 to 1 1 8 16 64

250 # of workloads

200
Delta in system capacity as a
# of CPUs

150
result of shared resources
100 2.6 to 1
2 to 1
50

0
1 8 16 32 48 64
# of workloads

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Optimized for efficiency

PowerVM is the only hypervisor that delivers on the promise of
efficiency as you scale your infrastructure

Efficiency of Scale (TCO)

The more you use
PowerVM, the lower

Cost Comparison (normalized)

your cost per unit of
work.
 Power VM versus competitive
virtualization study with 61,000 customers
surveyed
PowerVM VMware
 Data normalized to a Medium VMware Organizational Size
deployment
 PowerVM cost per VM declines 19.3%
as environment scaled from Medium to
Very Large in size
 Competing virtualization cost per VM
increased up to 1.92x over same scale

Source: Does Your Virtualization Platform Matter? Getting the Most Out of Your IT Platforms with Virtualization; Solitaire Interglobal Ltd (All rights reserved); April 2012.
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Total Cost Of Acquisition (TCA) Stack Comparisons

HW list price* + 3 years HW Service and Support
Cost PLUS
SW list price + 3 years SW Service and Support
per TPS =
* Assumes AIX and Solaris in Transactions per second (TPS)
the respective HW costs

IBM Software SW
= PVU
License X X Cores
Factor
Cost
Assumes WebSphere ND in the costs

Oracle Software = SW Core

License X X Cores
Factor
Cost Assumes WLS EE in the costs
Note: Core Factor = T2+ = 0.5, T3 = 0.25, T4 = 0.5

Source of Cost Data

IBM Power HW list price: http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/
IBM Power HW Service and Support: http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/support/
Oracle Sun HW list price: https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=ostore:2:0::NO:RP,2:PROD_HIER_ID:7246562218191186367847
Oracle Sun HW Service and Support: https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=ostore:2:0::NO:RP,2:PROD_HIER_ID:14755487300180585563861
IBM Software Pricing: https://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/pvufaqpower.html
Oracle Software Pricing: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/price-lists/index.html
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Most IBM Software is Priced by Processor Value Unit (PVU)

Processor Value Unit (PVU) ratings vary based on the performance and
scalability of the system. For example,
– Entry Level systems (Power 740 & under) are rated at 70 PVUs per core
– Mid Level systems (P750, P760) are rated at 100 PVUs per core
– Enterprise Level systems (Power 770 & up) are rated at 120 PVUs per core

Entry Level
Mid Level Enterprise Level
Power 710-740 &
Power 750-760 Power 770-795
POWER7 Blades
Max no of sockets
Up to 2 4 More than 4
(Scalability)
# PVUs per core 70 100 120

Same PVU rating (by Max Socket) is applicable for Nehalem-EX servers as well.
For current PVU Table, visit: http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/pvu_licensing_for_customers.html

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IBM Software Cost Calculation

Formula to determine License cost for an IBM software:

Software Price = Dollars PVUs

per PVU X per Core X Cores
For example, the cost of WebSphere Application Server ND Edition
license for a 16-core Power 740 Server would be:
 Cost of License, One Time Charge (OTC) = $190 per PVU
 Cost of Subscription & Support (S&S)= $38 per PVU
 No. of PVUs required per core for Power 740 = 70
 No. of cores to be licensed = 8

License cost = $190 x 70 x 8 = $106,400

(IBM Software License includes first year of S&S)

Annual S&S cost (2nd yr onwards)= $38 x 70 x 8 = $21,280

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Consolidation Helps Drive Down Software Licensing
Costs Significantly

Heavy Transaction Processing Example

9000000
Includes HW, SW maintenance over 3 years
Total Cost of Acquisition (USD)

8000000 360
cores
7000000

6000000

5000000
70%
lower software
4000000 licensing costs
3000000
64
2000000 Software cores

1000000 Hardware &

Networking
0
45 SunFire 1 IBM Power 770
x4270 Servers Server

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POWER7 Portfolio Power 795

Power
POWER7+ Power 780+
Virtualization & Mgmt.
770+

Power
760+
Power
Enterprise
750+
Power
Power 720+/740+
Midrange
710+/730+

Scale Out
PureSystems
PowerLinux
p460+
PowerLinux
7R1 / 7R2 / 7R4 p270+
p260+
PureFlex PureApps PureData

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Unique features for systems

Systems Pool
PowerCare
Additional features Active Memory Mirroring (standard)
available with 780 24x7 Standard Warranty
Scale to 128 cores
Highest clock speed
Elastic (On/Off) and Utility CoD
Enterprise RAS
Additional features Concurrent Maintenance
available with 770 Scale to 64 cores
Active Memory Mirroring (optional)
Upgrades from POWER6
Capacity Upgrade on Demand (processor)
Additional features Scale to 48 cores
available with 760 Memory per core
IBM installed

Power Systems available with standard features

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Linux on Power Systems Solutions

New Power 795
IFL
Power 780
Power 770 IFL
IFL

New
PowerLinux
7R4
PowerLinux PowerLinux
7R1 7R2
• 4-socket, 5U
• Up to 32 POWER7+ cores
• 1 TB memory
• Hot-swap PCI adapters
Power Enterprise IFLs
• 2-socket, 2U
• 1-socket, 2U • POWER7+ processor • Linux only
• POWER7+ processor • Up to 16 cores
• Up to 8 cores
• 256 GB memory
•
•
512 GB memory
Linux only
Customers value: Enterprise
• Linux only class features, robustness
and scale-up
1, 2, and 4 socket systems

Customers value: Cost of

acquisition and scale-out

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Power Systems Deal Closer Program Pre-Defined Services Offer

Leverage this exciting NEW! Power IFL STG Lab Services offer to help you
close deals and drive additional Linux workloads onto Power Systems

This offer will fund up to three-days Post-Sales

STG Lab Services for onsite consultation for
Power IFL implementation

 Delivered onsite by experienced STG Lab Services consultants

 Available on Power 770, 780 & 795
 Offer may include STG Lab Services consultation on the following:
– Linux on Power High Availability
– Linux on Power Hosted Infrastructure Services
– Linux on Power Performance
– Linux on Power - PowerVM
– Linux on Power – Big Data: InfoSphere BigInsights
– Linux on Power – Big Data: InfoSphere Streams Power IFL
– Linux on Power – Executive Infrastructure review
STG Lab Services Engagement process:
 Contact Stephen Brandenburg/Bethesda/IBM@IBMUS or Linda Hoben/Reno/IBM@IBMUS

Offer Summary:
Post-Sales funding for up to 3 Days onsite STG Lab Services ($7500)
Deal must be minimum of $150K deployment with Power IFL on Power 770, 780 or 795 to meet 5% E/R
Note: E/R (Expense/Revenue) = Expense of Funding $/Power Revenue $
Note: Deal revenue is total net Power HW and Power System SW revenue

All Deal Closer Program Offers require prior approval before discussing with clients.
Before making requests, see all offer details, limitations and process information at Deal Closer Program links: IBM - BP
All requests must be processed by an IBMer using the Lotus Notes Approval Tool: Approval Tool Link & Tool “How To” Link
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PowerLinux Solutions Solutions Power Rack Systems

For workloads not running on AIX or i

• Workloads standardizing on

X
Linux and x86 servers PowerVM

• New workloads emerging from IBM PowerLinux 7R4

Open Source projects

• Existing industry applications

transitioning to Linux

• Complementary to Power/AIX
IBM PowerLinux 7R1

Deliver high value, emerging solutions built on Linux

IBM InfoSphere
BigInsights & Streams
IBM PowerLinux 7R2
Powered
by

Big Data Industry Application

Application Services
Analytics Solutions

Flex Systems
Manager

Virtualization & Management

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New IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2 pricing comparison ($US)

New PowerLinux 7R2 pricing is anchored directly to comparable
Sandy Bridge systems with VMware running Linux

Server list price*

-3-year warranty, on-site
$10,483 $11,946 $11,628
Virtualization $9,374 $9,374 $7,840
- OTC + 3yr. 9x5 SWMA VMware vSphere Enterprise VMware vSphere Enterprise PowerVM for IBM
5.1 5.1 PowerLinux

Linux OS list price

- RHEL, 2 sockets,
$5,697 $5,697 $4,489
Red Hat subscription and Red Hat subscription and Red Hat subscription and
unlimited guests, 9x5, 3 yr.
Red Hat support Red Hat support IBM support
sub./ supp.

Total list price:

$25,554 $26,568
* Based on US pricing for PowerLinux 7R2 announced on 2/05/2013 matching configuration table below. Source: dell.com, hp.com, vmware.com: 1/15/13
Server/Virtualization/Linux
$23,957
Compare
prices online $21,485
(64GB, 1 Gb four port, 2 x 300GB, RHEL
subscription only)

Server model Dell R720 HP Proliant DL380p G8 IBM PowerLinux 7R2

Processor / cores Two 2.9 GHz , E5-2690, Sandy Bridge, 8-core processors Two 4.2 GHz POWER7+, 8-core
Configuration 32 GB memory, 2 x 147GB HDD, 10 Gb two port Same memory, HDD, NIC
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Why AIX is the Premier UNIX® Platform Today

Outstanding performance
• The OS and HW must work in concert to maximize all resources
• An OS instance should be able to support the maximum
scalability of the system (ex: 256 cores, 1024 threads)

Man Improved Efficiency through Virtualization

• Virtualization should be at all levels (ex: hypervisor, OS)

Innovation through Integrated Development

• Designed to support entire computing environment.

Focus on business critical

• Manageability of the business critical is paramount
• Our security commitment is uncompromising
• Availability should be continuous and unexceeded.

Strong, stable, non-disruptive roadmap

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AIX/Power Systems delivers end user satisfaction*

• Data from more than 43,260 IT shops

• Clients on AIX/Power more satisfied

End User Complaints

Higher
is Better 50

45

40

Monthly Average
35 Lower is
30

25
Better
20

15

10
AIX Linux Windows

Webcast replay http://tinyurl.com/PowerITProFallAIX

Full paper: http://tinyurl.com/OSMattersFull
Exec summary: ttp://tinyurl.com/OSMattersExec *Does your OS Matter? Solitaire Interglobal November 2011
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AIX 5.3 WPARs for POWER7 Environments

AIX 7.1 Native
Run-Time Environment AIX 5.2 AIX 5.3
WPARs WPARs
/usr & /opt /usr /usr /usr /usr
& /opt & /opt & /opt & /opt

WPAR WPAR WPAR WPAR WPAR WPAR

1 2 3 4 5 6
/ / / / / /
/var /var /var /var /var /var
/tmp /tmp /tmp /tmp /tmp /tmp
/home /home /home /home /home /home

AIX 5.2 syscall AIX 5.3 syscall

Native syscalls Compatibility Layer Compatibility Layer

AIX 7.1 Kernel

Clients must be utilizing AIX 5.3 at Technology Level 12 Service Pack 04.
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IBM i Operating Environment Architecture

The world’s most complete integrated system, designed to securely run thousands of business applications
and simplify your IT environment so that you can save money and reinvest in growing your business.

Single Level Store Object Based Architecture

Automates & optimizes storage management Enables integrity, security, virus-resistance

Integration Work Management

... ...

Integrates business components, e.g. database Provides built-in application virtualization

Technology Independent Machine Interface

Ensures application compatibility across multiple technology generations

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Continuous Innovation and Investment

RPG – COBOL
RPG - COBOL - Java - PHP
OS/400

Unique Hypervisor

Unique AS/400 Hardware

Unique
Internal Power Hypervisor
Storage
Power System Hardware
Unique
IOP/IOA

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IBM i Investment Themes for 2012-2015

Solutions enablement
 Focus on ISV solutions integration
 Invest in language & database standards currency
 On latest POWER platforms

Simplified management
 Integrate IBM i performance tooling with virtual I/O server
 Automate with HMC functions
 Focus on Integration and Performance

Resilient systems
 Simplify administration of PowerHA for mid-sized companies
 Broaden storage area network integration
 Off-Release Deliveries

Cloud computing
 Deliver VM image management, mobility, automation
 Extend storage virtualization features
 Tackle licensing issues

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Integrated by Design
Expert
Reduce time, effort and risk throughout the solution lifecycle Integrated
Systems

Flex System Building Blocks IBM PureFlex System IBM PureApplication System

Pre-configured, pre-integrated Pre-configured, pre-integrated

Chassis infrastructure systems with compute, platform systems with
14 half-wide bays
for nodes storage, networking, physical and middleware designed for
virtual management, and entry cloud transactional web applications
Compute management with and enabled for cloud with
Nodes integrated expertise. integrated expertise.
Power 2S/4S*
x86 2S/4S

Storage Node
V7000
Expansion inside
or outside chassis

Management
Appliance
Optional

Networking
10/40GbE, FCoE, IB
8/16Gb FC

Expansion
PCIe
Storage

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PureFlex System Integrated System Solution

Rack
Flex
Compute Flex
Chassis System V7000
Nodes
Manager Storage

Operating
Systems

Virtualization

IBM 42U Slim Rack (7953-94X)

IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis (7893-92X)
IBM Flex System Compute Node: p260, p460, x220, x240, & x440
IBM Flex System Manager (7955-01M)
IBM Storwize V7000 Disk System (2076-124)
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Sell Power Systems or PureSystems (or both)?

IBM
PureApplication
System

IBM PureFlex
System

Traditional Power Systems IBM PureSystems

 Power clients who value the differentiated  Client wants an integrated infrastructure with
capabilities of Power 770 through 795 compute, networking and storage
 Unmatched performance  Competitive accounts where expert integrated
 Availability, resilience and security systems gives new reason of call
 Highest levels of consolidation / utilization
 Competitive pressure from Cisco UCS, Oracle
 Client does not want integrated storage or Exalogic or other integrated environment
networking
 Sell PureApplication System if client has large
 Client is deploying distributed environments with WebSphere environment on scale-out platforms
1-4 Express Power systems and is not (not on Power 770-795)
consolidating Intel servers
 Sell PureApplication System when client values
(Power 710 - Power 750)
the Expert Integration and Platform management
with applications optimized for platform patterns

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PureSystems is a new platform for IBM

Purpose of PureSystems is to win

share from the competition.
 Only bid PureSystems to existing
accounts when
1. You are going to lose with Power
2. New opportunity that is suited for
PureFlex or PureApplication

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Processor Directions
More Cores
4th Gen SMT
Encryption Logic
PCIe Acceleration
Enhanced Caches

8 Cores
3rdGen SMT
L3+ On Chip

Dual Cores
Dual Threads
External L3

POWER4/4+ POWER5/5+ POWER6/6+ POWER7/7+ POWER8

180 / 130 nm 130 / 90 nm 65 nm 45/32 nm 22 nm

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POWER8 Chip Packaging

Caches
• 512 KB SRAM L2 / core
• 96 MB eDRAM shared L3
Core Core Core Core Core Core • Up to 128 MB eDRAM L4

Accelerators
SMP Links
Cores
• 12 cores (SMT8) L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 Memory
8M L3
Region • Up to 230 GB/s sustained
L3 Cache & Chip Interconnect bandwidth
Accelerators Mem. Ctrl. Mem. Ctrl.

• Crypto & memory expansion Bus Interfaces

• Transactional Memory L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 • Durable open memory

SMP Links
PCIe
• VMM assist attach interface
Core Core Core Core Core Core
• Data Move / VM Mobility • Integrated PCIe Gen3
• SMP Interconnect
• CAPI (Coherent
Energy Management Accelerator Processor
• On-chip Power Management Micro-controller Interface)
• Integrated Per-core VRM
• Critical Path Monitors
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POWER8
POWER7
Native PCIe Gen 3 Support
• Direct processor integration
• Replaces proprietary GX/Bridge
• Low latency
• Gen3 x16 bandwidth (16 Gb/s)

Transport Layer for CAPI Protocol

• Coherently Attach Devices connect to
GX processor via PCIe
Bus • Protocol encapsulated in PCIe
PCIe G3
I/O Processor Service Layer (PSL)
• Present robust, durable interfaces to
Bridge
applications
• Offload complexity / content from CAPP
PCIe G2

FPGA or ASIC PCI

PCI Customizable Hardware Application Accelerator Device
Devices • Specific system SW, middleware, or user application
• Written to durable interface provided by PSL
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Power Roadmap
Next generation systems will continue Power leadership in innovation
X1 X2
Core Core Core On Core Core Core
Node

X3
X0
SMP
L2 L2 L2 L2 L2 L2
Ac
L3 Quadrant c L3 Quadrant

MC Fabric, Pervasive MC

DMI: M0-M3

DMI: M4-M7
L3 Quadrant PCI L3 Quadrant
Off
L2 L2 L2 Nod L2 L2 L2
e
SM
P
Core Core Core Core Core Core
PCI A0 A1 A2 PCI/d0/d1

POWER7+ POWER8 Power9

32 nm 22 nm 14 nm

2012-2013 2014-2015 Future

 Up to 40% higher Innovative core Architecture increases application  Continued Base Business
application performance performance and processor capacity Application Focus
• 2X Core Performance by doubling all resources
• 2.5X Bigger L3 Cache • 1.6-2X Application Performance gains  Extreme Analytics
• Up to 20% higher
frequency New, low latency fabric for Cloud ops. & clusters Optimization
 Crypto accelerator
•
•
Faster provisioning, load balancing
Clustered DB performance
 Extreme Big Data
 Memory compression Optimization
accelerator Dramatic improvements in P6/P7 to P8 upgrade  On-chip accelerators
• Better out of box performance
 Larger Memory Capacity • Improved AIX Maintenance Strategy
Coherent Accelerators, including Flash
Optimization
Operational cost reduction through Open stack
Virtualization and Cloud Mgmt [Pre-Power8]

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STG Executive Briefing Center — Austin

Offering comprehensive, in-depth technology briefings, product
demonstrations, and solution workshops for IBM clients and IBM Business
Partners wanting product expertise on IBM Power Systems, PureSystems,
and Storage solutions.
• Hardware Futures: POWER8 Microprocessor and Roadmap
• Product RAS: Why Power is the right choice
• Cloud Computing
• Big Data / Analytics
• AIX
• Linux Strategy & Offerings
• Software Defined Environments
• OpenPower Consortium
• Power Strategy & Marketplace
• Storage: IBM Flash Systems, Storage Trends, V7000, etc
• PowerHA
• …
We will tailor a briefing to your requirements…
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Worldwide Power Brand Help..

Use the Power Escalation task ID for on-demand WW deal help
This is one simple, tailored, and responsive approach to engage the WW Brand Team when you
need more help with your client or deal than is available from the local IOT/IMT resources.
1. Simple: Dedicated email ID to escalate your client issue - The only thing you need to remember is the Power Escalation ID:
([email protected]) Both IBMers and BPs may use this.
2. Tailored: We'll bring the right team together to work the issue - In your note, include basic information about the deal, who else we should be
involved in the case and any comments on what the problem is or help needed. We will bring in the right subject matter experts and leaders together
to address your specific needs.
3. Responsive: We'll work to address your issues quickly and drive to closure - When you send in a request to Power Escalation, we will assign
WW resource to work the issue with you directly and arrange follow-up as needed.

Note: Power Escalation includes a dedicated Power Financial Engineering SWAT Team available to help with any
financial roadblock in your >$500K Power deals.
 The SWAT Team will work with you to analyze the client situation to remove obstacles and enable the best financial
solution for the client including creative financial solutions such as: Pay as You Grow, OIO-like clip level award,
Service/HW credits, Grouped Credits for small ISV structures, Non-functional currency leases, etc.
 Please include basic information about the deal and any specific financial issues in email requesting Financial
Engineering SWAT team help to [email protected] -- the SWAT team will reply back to you directly.

The PW&S CoC is designed to help clients gain rapid and lasting business
value from their investment in Power.
 Team with Power experts for access to best practices and expertise WW to optimize critical workloads and
industry solutions running on Power Systems
 Services include: Design and availability studies, Assistance with migration and/or consolidation, Performance analysis
and benchmarking, Integrated with a wide range of IBM service teams and client program resources (including IBM
Migration Factories, IBM Lab Services, IBM Benchmarking Centers, etc.)
 To engage the PW&S CoC to assist with a specific client, contact the team at this address: [email protected]

Also, see the PW&S CoC Portal (IBM) community, a repository of knowledge for the Power Systems brand ecosystem of top ISVs.

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IBM Systems Lab Services and Training

Our STG Lab Experts:

Collaborate to help drive faster technology
adoption and bring the client’s staff to the
highest levels of technical proficiency.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

IBM® Power Systems™, IBM System i
®, IBM System p ®, IBM System x®,
• Pre-Defined Services through Deal
IBM System z®, IBM BladeCenter®
with Intel™, AMD™ or Power Blades,
Closer
IBM Linux® Clusters, IBM System
Storage®, Disk Storage Systems,
Tape Storage Systems, SAN, NAS &
• Custom Services, Direct or as
iSCSI, Storage Management,
Infrastructure Simplification,
Subcontracted
Virtualization Solutions, AIX®, IBM i,
Linux, Windows™, z/VM®, z/OS®, IT
Optimization Studies, Energy
• Expert Skills Instruction / Skills
Efficiency Assessments, Thermal and
Cooling Efficiency Assessments,
Transfer
Measurement and Management
Technologies, High Availability Center
of Competence, Customized training,
• Critical Pre-sales Proof-of-Concept
Class-room training, IBM Systems
Technical Universities and Symposia
Support
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Power Systems Power IFL STG Lab Services offer

Offer Details:
Post-Sales funding for up to 3 Days onsite STG Lab Services ($7500)
Deal must be minimum of $150K deployment with Power IFL on Power 770,
780 or 795 to meet 5% E/R
Note: E/R (Expense/Revenue) = Expense of Funding $/Power Revenue $
Note: Deal revenue is total net Power HW and Power System SW revenue
Engagement Process:
Contact Stephen Brandenburg/Bethesda/IBM@IBMUS or Linda Hoben/Reno/IBM@IBMUS
Offer may include STG Lab Services consultation on the following:
Linux on Power High Availability
Linux on Power Hosted Infrastructure Services
Linux on Power Performance
Linux on Power - PowerVM
Linux on Power – Big Data: InfoSphere BigInsights
Linux on Power – Big Data: InfoSphere Streams
Linux on Power – Executive Infrastructure review
Business Partners are eligible to use this offer for STG Lab Services only
Offer available in all geographies
Offer is subject to approvals and while funding lasts
This offer can not be combined with other offers
Use the Deal Closer Program process (see links below for details)
Select “PDS - Pre-Defined Services” as the Funding Program Offer field
Enter “Power IFL offer ” in the Pre-Sales Services needed field
Submit as a Pre-Sales funding request for $7500
All Deal Closer Program Offers require prior approval before discussing with clients.
Before making requests, see all offer details, limitations and process information at Deal Closer Program links: IBM - BP
All requests must be processed by an IBMer using the Lotus Notes Approval Tool: Approval Tool Link & Tool “How To” Link
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STG Lab Services and Training Resources

On the Web:
ibm.com/systems/services/labservices
ibm.com/training
E-mail us: [email protected] (generic Lab Services demand gen id)
US Power Systems Lab for anything AIX-based or Linux on Power:
Stephen Brandenburg – [email protected]
Linda Hoben – [email protected]

Find us, friend us & follow us:

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Power Hardware: The Values in our DNA

Our HW DNA is based on some core precepts. What we invest in, offer and do is wide but
most all of it connects back to some core shared values:

1.Design for mixed workloads

• General purpose (not appliance).
2.Scale!
• handle the biggest workloads (the grand challenges of both 600

business and research) 500

400

3.Optimize the System 300

200

• Don’t “sub-optimize” by component 100

4.Un-paralleled compatibility and reliability

JS12 JS22 520 550 560 570/16 570/32 595

• Across product line and time.

Virt I/O Server
5.Software is critical Shared I/O
• Maximize the benefits of the investment Hypervisor
Single SMP Hardware System
6.Integrated support
• (one place to call).
Hours of downtime per year*

7.Capacity without disruption 9

8
7

• in environment / design / architecture. 6

5
4

8.Virtualization is a “given” 3
2
1

• Built in — not added on 0

AIX HP-UX Solaris Windows

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Clients Experience Tremendous Value from STG Briefings

An ABPM Multi-Client Study confirms that when clients visit an IBM STG
Briefing Center:
 deal sizes grow 65% of the time,
 purchase amounts increase by 32%,
 and the majority of purchases close 25% faster.

98% Are likely to recommend an IBM solution.

87% Said the briefing strengthened their business relationship with IBM.

81% Said the purchase of IBM solutions was made or planned.

65% Indicated their purchase amounts increased by an average of 32%.

IBM STG Executive Briefing Program consistently has higher satisfaction ratings
than Cisco, HP, EMC and Oracle!

Source: Association of Briefing Program Managers Client Study 2013

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Any performance data contained in this document was determined in a controlled environment. Actual results may vary significantly and are
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Notes on benchmarks and values

The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should
consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For
additional information about the benchmarks, values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark
consortium or benchmark vendor.

IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html .

All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, AIX
Version 4.3, AIX 5L or AIX 6 were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006, SPEC2000, LINPACK, and Technical Computing
benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of
these compilers were used: XL C Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX, XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX, XL FORTRAN Enterprise Edition V9.1 for AIX, XL C/C++
Advanced Edition V7.0 for Linux, and XL FORTRAN Advanced Edition V9.1 for Linux. The SPEC CPU95 (retired in 2000) tests used preprocessors, KAP 3.2 for FORTRAN
and KAP/C 1.4.2 from Kuck & Associates and VAST-2 v4.01X8 from Pacific-Sierra Research. The preprocessors were purchased separately from these vendors. Other
software packages like IBM ESSL for AIX, MASS for AIX and Kazushige Goto’s BLAS Library for Linux were also used in some benchmarks.

For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.

TPC http://www.tpc.org
SPEC http://www.spec.org
LINPACK http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf
Pro/E http://www.proe.com
GPC http://www.spec.org/gpc
VolanoMark http://www.volano.com
STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
SAP http://www.sap.com/benchmark/
Oracle Applications http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/
PeopleSoft - To get information on PeopleSoft benchmarks, contact PeopleSoft directly
Siebel http://www.siebel.com/crm/performance_benchmark/index.shtm
Baan http://www.ssaglobal.com
Fluent http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm
TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/
Ideas International http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/bench.html
Storage Performance Council http://www.storageperformance.org/results

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Notes on HPC benchmarks and values

The IBM benchmarks results shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level and generally-available computer systems. Buyers should
consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering buying and should consider conducting application oriented testing. For
additional information about the benchmarks, values and systems tested, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller or access the Web site of the benchmark
consortium or benchmark vendor.

IBM benchmark results can be found in the IBM Power Systems Performance Report at http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/system_perf.html .

All performance measurements were made with AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new and upgraded systems, AIX
Version 4.3 or AIX 5L were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2000, LINPACK, and Technical Computing benchmarks were compiled
using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX 5L and Linux. For new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL
C Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX, XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX, XL FORTRAN Enterprise Edition V9.1 for AIX, XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V7.0 for Linux, and
XL FORTRAN Advanced Edition V9.1 for Linux. The SPEC CPU95 (retired in 2000) tests used preprocessors, KAP 3.2 for FORTRAN and KAP/C 1.4.2 from Kuck &
Associates and VAST-2 v4.01X8 from Pacific-Sierra Research. The preprocessors were purchased separately from these vendors. Other software packages like IBM ESSL
for AIX, MASS for AIX and Kazushige Goto’s BLAS Library for Linux were also used in some benchmarks.

For a definition/explanation of each benchmark and the full list of detailed results, visit the Web site of the benchmark consortium or benchmark vendor.
SPEC http://www.spec.org
LINPACK http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf
Pro/E http://www.proe.com
GPC http://www.spec.org/gpc
STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
Fluent http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/index.htm
TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/
AMBER http://amber.scripps.edu/
FLUENT http://www.fluent.com/software/fluent/fl5bench/index.htm
GAMESS http://www.msg.chem.iastate.edu/gamess
GAUSSIAN http://www.gaussian.com
ANSYS http://www.ansys.com/services/hardware-support-db.htm
Click on the "Benchmarks" icon on the left hand side frame to expand. Click on "Benchmark Results in a Table" icon for benchmark results.
ABAQUS http://www.simulia.com/support/v68/v68_performance.php
ECLIPSE http://www.sis.slb.com/content/software/simulation/index.asp?seg=geoquest&
MM5 http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/
MSC.NASTRAN http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod%5Fsupport/nastran/performance/v04_sngl.cfm
STAR-CD www.cd-adapco.com/products/STAR-CD/performance/320/index/html
NAMD http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd
HMMER http://hmmer.janelia.org/
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Notes on performance estimates

rPerf for AIX
rPerf (Relative Performance) is an estimate of commercial processing performance relative to other IBM
UNIX systems. It is derived from an IBM analytical model which uses characteristics from IBM internal
workloads, TPC and SPEC benchmarks. The rPerf model is not intended to represent any specific public
benchmark results and should not be reasonably used in that way. The model simulates some of the
system operations such as CPU, cache and memory. However, the model does not simulate disk or
network I/O operations.
rPerf estimates are calculated based on systems with the latest levels of AIX and other pertinent software at
the time of system announcement. Actual performance will vary based on application and configuration
specifics. The IBM eServer pSeries 640 is the baseline reference system and has a value of 1.0.
Although rPerf may be used to approximate relative IBM UNIX commercial processing performance,
actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including system hardware
configuration and software design and configuration. Note that the rPerf methodology used for the
POWER6 systems is identical to that used for the POWER5 systems. Variations in incremental system
performance may be observed in commercial workloads due to changes in the underlying system
architecture.
All performance estimates are provided "AS IS" and no warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied
by IBM. Buyers should consult other sources of information, including system benchmarks, and
application sizing guides to evaluate the performance of a system they are considering buying. For
additional information about rPerf, contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller.
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CPW for IBM i
Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) is a relative measure of performance of processors running the
IBM i operating system. Performance in customer environments may vary. The value is based on
maximum configurations. More performance information is available in the Performance Capabilities
Reference at: www.ibm.com/systems/i/solutions/perfmgmt/resource.html Revised April 2, 2007

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