IBM Power Systems Sales School:

IBM i
Unit 7 – Licensing

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Unit Objectives

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

 Discuss IBM i licensing terms and conditions
 Describe the benefits of Capacity Backup (CBU)
in a PowerHA environment

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IBM i Licensing

 IBM i is licensed to a serial numbered machine

– The license typically stays with the system
– There are exceptions which allow for the license to be transferred
• IBM i License Transfer – license entitlements may be transferred from one machine
to another within the same enterprise under qualifying conditions
• Capacity Backup (CBU) – with PowerHA, IBM i license entitlements may be
temporarily transferred from a primary system to a backup system
 IBM i licensing options and associated entitlements
– User-based licensing (for smaller systems and Power blades)
• A processor entitlement is needed for each processor running IBM i
• A user entitlement is needed for each concurrent user
– Processor-based licensing (for larger systems) – A processor entitlement is needed for
each processor running IBM i
 Additional considerations
– IBM i Application Server – A lower cost option for applications which do not require DB2
– Enterprise Enablement – A per-processor hardware feature which can be added as
required to deliver 5250 OLTP capability

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IBM i Licensing – New Systems

IBM i IBM i
Applicatio
Category Tier Model Per core Per user 5250
n
entitlemen entitlemen (OLTP)
Server
t t enablement
per core
(per core)

P05 710 4-core $2,995 $250 N/A N/A

720 4-core ($18,750
PS700 4-core unlimited)
P10 710 6/8-core $14,995 $250 N/A N/A
720 6/8-core ($50,000
Small
PS701 8-core unlimited)
(Express)
PS702 16-core
PS703 16-core
P20 730 8-16 cores $44,000 N/A $15,000 $9,000
740 6-16 cores
750 8-32 cores
Medium P30 760 12-48 cores $59,000 N/A $50,000 $9,000
(Standard) 770 16-64 cores
Large P50 780 16-128 $59,000 N/A $50,000 $9,000
Prices are U.S
IBM i(Enterprise coresfor Web Application Serving only (no DB2). Database calls are issued to other systems.
Application Server is licensed
) 795 24-256
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Side-by-side Hardware Upgrade

When the objective is to upgrade and retain the serial number

 Circumstances:
– A supported POWER6 to POWER7 upgrade path exists
– Client needs to run systems in parallel while upgrading
 RPQ allows “from” and “to” systems to run side-by-side
– Each order of the RPQ covers 2 weeks
– Maximum total period is 8 weeks
 The cost of the RPQ covers
– Power Systems software licensing on both systems
– An additional visit by an engineer to complete the upgrade
– NOTE: Other (non Power Systems) software licensing may be needed

From Model To Model RPQ Number US Price Euro Price

POWER6 520 (2/4 core) Power 720 (6/8 core) 847208 $3,000.00 €2,539.80
Power 770 847212 $10,000.00 €6,849.00
POWER6 570
Power 780 847212 $10,000.00 €7,992.00

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Product Licensing – Pay Attention to the Details

Not all product licenses behave the same

 Licenses for IBM i and PowerVM

– Product licenses tie the products to the hardware serial number
– If the system is sold or ownership transfers to an outsourcer, IBM i and/or PowerVM stay
with the machine serial number
– An IBM i License Transfer will enable the transfer of IBM i processor and user
entitlements from one machine to another within the same enterprise under certain
qualifying conditions
 Licenses for AIX, program products used with AIX (e.g. PowerHA), and program
products used with IBM i (e.g. BRMS, PowerHA, IBM i Access)
– Product licenses do not allow the SW to be transferred outside the enterprise
– Software can be moved to another machine within the enterprise
– If moving to a larger system, the client pays an up-charge

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PowerHA IBM i Capacity Back Up (CBU) Licensing Example

Source CBU
Planning Partition #1

 PowerHA license entitlements may

fail-over to a target system (CBU)
 Minimum 1 license key required on
the CBU system
– Round up when using partial processors Partition #2
– 3.5 processors = 4 entitlements
Active standby
CBU Cores
PowerHA licensing example (illustration)
 No HA/DR required for Partition 1
– No PowerHA licenses Partition #3
Active standby
 HA required for Partition 2 and 3 CBU Cores
– All processors in partitions 2 and 3 of the
production server are licensed for PowerHA
– A single processor is licensed on the target IBM i, 5250, PowerHA
CBU server + seven PowerHA SystemMirror
temporary keys (good for two years) 4+4=8 1 Total = 9 PowerHA Entitlements

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Unit Summary

You should now be able to...

 Discuss IBM i licensing terms and conditions
 Describe the benefits of Capacity Backup (CBU)
in a PowerHA environment

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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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