IBM Power Systems Sales School:

IBM i
Unit 5 – Integrated Functionality

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Unit Objectives

After reviewing this unit you should be able to...

 Describe the IBM i roadmap and strategy for
adding function via Technology Refreshes
 Explain the technical support strategy
 Discuss the capabilities integrated into IBM i
– DB2 for i
– Web serving
– Systems management
 Describe how IBM i integrated features help
position the platform for cloud computing
 Point to a promising future for IBM i

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IBM i Roadmap

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

…
V5R4 6.1 7.1 7.2 i next + 1
……… 7.1 TRs
V5R4M5 6.1.1
7.1 TR6 7.1 TR7
Feb 2013 Oct 2013

 Major release upgrades can be disruptive

 Technology refreshes will provide new functions and I/O support
 Simpler to install on a current release and less disruptive

All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

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IBM i Support
End Of Service IBM i
Sept 30, 2013 upgrade
paths

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IBM i 5.4 Life Cycle*

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

EOM EOS EOL

5/2011 9/30/13 9/30/16

- Marketed and serviced

- Serviced only

- GTS Fee-based service

IBM i 5.4 has been in the market longer than any previous IBM i release

* All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

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DB2 for i and the DB2 Family

 Three platform offerings

– DB2 for z/OS
– DB2 for Linux/Unix/Windows (LUW)
– IBM i, in which DB2 is fully integrated
 Family compatibility is managed across offerings
– Information Management Architecture Board
– SQL Language Council
 Selectively share designs, algorithms and code

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DB2 for i – Integrated and optimized for business computing

Efficiently and effectively manage a critical business asset - data

 Integration yields operational advantages

– Easier to use
– Easier to maintain
– Autonomic
 Open… for data access and interchange
– SQL compliant
– XML integration
– Easily accessible across applications/platforms
 Protected with a trusted security model
 Advanced
– High performance transaction processing
– Sophisticated enablers for Business Intelligence
– Parallelism for near linear scalability
– Adaptive query processing

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DB2 for i – Standards and Interoperability

ISO/ANSI SQL Standard – Core Access DB2 for i data from anywhere
Claims of minimum conformance
Typical application interfaces by platform
Ways to
Access
Oracle 11g AIX Linux Windows IBM i
DB2 for i
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
DB2 for z/OS 10 DRDA    
DB2 for LUW 9.7 JDBC    
DB2 for i 7.1 ODBC  
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 .NET 
 Core SQL contains 93 items OLE DB 
 100% are implemented in DB2 for i DDM 
CLI 
In addition to SQL, there are interfaces for RPG, COBOL, C and C++

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Why Clients Value DB2 for i

Total integration makes it easier to use and maintain, lowering the cost of operations

 It’s always there

– The OS leverages the database
– The database leverages the OS
 There’s nothing to install
 Many typical DBA tasks are fully automated
– Manage disk storage space allocation
– Monitor table space allocations and extents So… which came first?
– Review and balance indexes
– Application rebinding
– Maintain database integrity
– Update database statistics
– Synchronize OS and database security
– Reload data following hardware/software upgrades

Focus more on business innovation and growth, less on technology

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IBM i – Integrated Web Application Server

Benefits
 Integrated – nothing to install
 Easy to use
– Starts very quickly (seconds)
– IBM i management interfaces have a place to run
 Simplified access, deployment and management
 Small footprint, less system resources
 Positioned as ‘on-ramp’ to the Web

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IBM Navigator for i

Easily manage IBM i without having to purchase or install anything

 Robust, embedded
Web console
 13 high level task
categories provide the
gateway to over 300
management tasks
 Manages a single,
target IBM i system
 Plugs into IBM
Systems Director
for multi-system,
heterogeneous, cross-
platform management

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Navigator for i

Over 300 web-enabled management tasks

conveniently organized into 13 task categories

“Plug-in” tasks from selected LPPs

become available when the LPPs
are purchased and installed

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IBM i – Closely Aligned with Cloud Delivery Services

Cloud delivery IBM i affinity
SaaS: More than 90
Business SaaS hosting
services and providers
solutions for
delivery via
the cloud Integrated
database,
middleware
PaaS: and security
Application anchor the
infrastructure application
for delivering infrastructure
cloud services

IaaS: IBM i
Virtualized and optimized virtualization, automation
systems, storage and networking and self-managing technology

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IBM i Strategy and Roadmap

ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/strategy.html

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The Future of IBM i

2008 2010 2014

IBM i Next

Power and IBM i Roadmaps

POWER4 POWER5 POWER6 POWER7 POWER8

2001 2004 2007 2010

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Unit Summary

You should now be able to...

 Describe the IBM i roadmap and strategy for
adding function via Technology Refreshes
 Explain the technical support strategy
 Discuss the capabilities integrated into IBM i
– DB2 for i
– Web serving
– Systems management
 Describe how IBM i integrated features help
position the platform for cloud computing
 Point to a promising future for IBM i

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Special Notices

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Special Notices (cont.)

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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

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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 systems running the AIX operating system unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For new
and upgraded systems, AIX Version 4.3, AIX 5 or AIX 6 were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The SPEC CPU2006 and
SPEC CPU2000 benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX and Linux. For new and
upgraded systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL C for AIX v11.1, XL C/C++ for AIX v11.1, XL FORTRAN for AIX v13.1, XL
C/C++ for Linux v11.1, and XL FORTRAN for Linux v13.1.
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
PTC Creo (formerly Pro/E) http://www.ptc.com/products/creo/
GPC http://www.spec.org/gwpg/
VolanoMark http://www.volano.com
STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
SAP http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/index.epx
Oracle Applications http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/index-166919.html
ANSYS FLUENT http://www.ansys.com/Support/Platform+Support/Benchmarks+Overview
TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/
Ideas International http://www.ideasinternational.com/Free-Advisory/Benchmark-Gateway
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 systems running AIX or AIX 5L operating systems unless otherwise indicated to have used Linux. For
new and upgraded systems, the latest versions of AIX were used. All other systems used previous versions of AIX. The LINPACK, and Technical
Computing benchmarks were compiled using IBM's high performance C, C++, and FORTRAN compilers for AIX and Linux. For new and upgraded
systems, the latest versions of these compilers were used: XL C for AIX V11.1, XL C/C++ for AIX V11.1, XL FORTRAN for AIX V13.1, XL C/C++ for
Linux V11.1, and XL FORTRAN for Linux V13.1. Linpack HPC (Highly Parallel Computing) used the current versions of the IBM Engineering and
Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL). For Power7 systems, IBM Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) for AIX Version 5.1 and IBM
Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL) for Linux Version 5.1 were used.
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
PTC Creo (formerly Pro/E) http://www.ptc.com/products/creo/
GPC http://www.spec.org/gwpg/
STREAM http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/
TOP500 Supercomputers http://www.top500.org/
AMBER http://ambermd.org/
GAMESS http://www.msg.chem.iastate.edu/gamess
GAUSSIAN http://www.gaussian.com
ANSYS FLUENT http://www.ansys.com/services/hardware-support-db.htm
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 http://www.cd-adapco.com/products/star_cd/performance/406/index.html
NAMD http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd
HMMER http://hmmer.janelia.org/
http://powerdev.osuosl.org/project/hmmerAltivecGen2mod

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