ibm pure flex client presentation

© 2012 IBM Corporation

IBM PureFlex & Flex System

© 2012 IBM Corporation 2

On a Smarter Planet, technology innovation redefines industries

Trading

Traffic

Control

Fraud

Prevention

Law

Enforcement


IT Needs

• Deliver new capabilities faster

• Shift resources from maintenance to transformation

• Control growing complexity

What are today’s pressures and realities

Business Demands

• Address opportunities more quickly

• Drive business innovation

• Leverage technology more strategically

Consumerization

• Mobility

• Social business

• Iterative solutions


As IT moves to the strategic center of business The model must shift to Smarter Computing

Traditional Computing

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Technology Innovation

Smarter Computing

Smarter with:

• Built-in expertise

• Ability to sense and anticipate

• Systems of engagement


IT must break through budget and resource barriers

• Driving business innovation

• Make new markets

• Respond to competitive threats

• Enhance the customer experience

Getting Up and Running

Takes months: • Specify/Design

• Procure

• Integrate

• Deploy

Development Operations

Takes 30-90 days: • Provision • Configure

Ongoing Effort

Takes months and requires downtime: • Customize/Tune

• Scale

• Manage

• Maintain

• Upgrade

IT Reality

Business Goals Grow top and bottom line by:

Typical Results: • 23% of new IT projects (worldwide) deploy late

• 55% experience application downtime for major infrastructure upgrades once deployed


Most efficient data centers

Use of new technology:

86% first and fast technology adoption

58% move virtual machines to meet desired outcomes

93% use storage virtualization

87% use a storage service catalog (tiered storage)

Results

Least efficient data centers

Use of new technology:

43% first and fast technology adoption

1% move virtual machines to meet desired outcomes

21% use storage virtualization

3% use a storage service catalog (tiered storage)

Results:

65%

New projects

Maintaining

existing

infrastructure

35%

47%

53%

New projects

Maintaining

existing

infrastructure

Source: 2012 IBM Data Center Study: www.ibm.com/data-center/study ( http://www.ibm.com/data-center/study )

Only 1 in 5 can allocate more than half their IT budget to innovation

http://www.ibm.com/data-center/study




Clients have tried various approaches to close the gap

Client-tuned Systems

Appliances Cloud

Flexibility

Control

Simplicity

Rapid Deployment

Agility

Elasticity

Time and

Expense

Required

Single Purpose Shared

Dependence

What if you could have the best of all three?

Benefits

Challenges


Unique attributes of expert integrated systems

Integration by Design

Deeply integrating and tuning hardware and software – in a single, ready-to-go system

Built-in Expertise

Capturing and automating what experts do – from

the infrastructure to the application

Simplified Experience

Making every part of the IT lifecycle easier - with

integrated management of the entire system and a broad open ecosystem of optimized solutions


IBM PureFlex

Expert at: sensing and anticipating resource needs to optimize your infrastructure

• Factory integrated and optimized system infrastructure

• Integrated management

• Automation and optimization expertise

IBM PureApplication

Expert at: optimally deploying and running applications for rapid time-to-value

• Expert designed, integrated and optimized application aware platform

• Platform patterns of expertise

• Simplified management with a single console

The first members of a new family of expert integrated systems with:

• Built-in expertise to address complex business and operational tasks automatically

• Integration by design to tune systems for optimal performance and efficiency

• Simplified experience from design to purchase to maintenance

Announcing IBM PureSystems





Built-in Expertise







Patterns of Expertise: Proven best practices and expertise for complex tasks learned from decades of client and partner engagements that are captured, lab tested and optimized and then built into the system

IBM PureSystems “patterns of expertise”

Patterns deliver superior results:

• Agility: Faster time-to-value

• Efficiency: Reduced costs and resources

• Simplicity: Simpler skills requirements

• Control: Lower risk and errors

Through unmatched expertise in:

• System design

• Infrastructure management

• Application deployment

• Data management

• Datacenter management

• High availability

and scalability

• Security

• Storage optimization

• Networking


IBM PureSystems “patterns of expertise” Example: Web Application Deployment Pattern

Captures: • IBM’s decades of experience in helping clients design, build and

deploy new business applications

What is it? • Codified best practices for presetting configuration options by type of selected

Web application (e.g., high availability, high security, etc.)

What do you do? • Bring your data and application code, select the type of application you

want and everything else is handled for you in the background

What do you NOT have to do? • Understand the interdependencies and connections between your database,

application server, management, security, and the rest of the middleware

• Manually engage in the real-time management of your infrastructure

Result: Speed deployment of Web applications by 100x!


IBM PureSystems “patterns of expertise” Samples of the three types of patterns

Platform Patterns Expertise across the

middleware and infrastructure

Infrastructure Patterns Expertise across the compute resources

Application Patterns Business application

expertise

IBM PureFlex Pre-integrated servers, storage, networking, virtualization and management

IBM PureApplication Pre-integrated middleware and infrastructure

• Provisioning and automation

• Storage system optimization

• Scalability and upgradability

• Business intelligence

Included with system purchase Available in catalog

• Web experience

• Demand driven elasticity

• Simplified system setup and install

• Policy-based system management

• Simplified application migration

• Web application deployment

• Transactional database deployment

• Data mart deployment

• ISV applications (e.g., SAP CRM)

ISV or Client Tuned

Platform


Management

Compute & Infrastructure

Storage

Networking

Engineering expertise: Choice of architectures, hypervisors and operating systems No compromise design with system level upgradability

Optimization expertise: Balance performance and cost with intelligent tiering Increase utilization through virtualization of new and existing storage

Scalability expertise: Respond to changing requirements by adding bandwidth on demand Eliminate bottlenecks for demanding applications

Automation expertise: Speed time to market through faster service deployment Manage workloads while the system automatically manages resources

Built-in Expertise in IBM PureFlex Across all system resources Expert

Integrated Systems


Management

Compute & Infrastructure

Storage

Networking

Improve responsiveness of critical business applications Provide broad and open access to new applications and services Confidently invest for current and future

Reduce storage management costs through simple administration Flexibly leverage existing storage investment Reduce acquisition costs while improving business response

Respond to changing requirements and growth Lower administration costs through automation

Accelerate time to value Reuse existing skills and applications

Built-in Expertise in IBM PureFlex Drives flexibility and simplicity Expert

Integrated Systems








Built-in Expertise




Applications

Storage

Networking

Virtualization

Management Compute

Tools

Flexible and open choice in a fully integrated system

IBM PureFlex is integration by design Expert

Integrated Systems


IBM PureFlex is integration by design

Optimizes the complete

solution stack:

• All hardware and software components factory integrated and optimized

• Born virtualized and ready for cloud

• Storage tuned to data needs

• Hardware directly tuned to the software

• System resource allocation uniquely optimized per selected pattern for each application workload

Servers Storage

Networking

Virtualization

Management

Development

Middleware

Deployment

Applications

Expert Integrated Systems


Starts at Acquisition: A Continuum of Value from Building Blocks to Systems

Compute Nodes

x86 2S EP/EN POWER 2S/4S

V7000 Expansion Node

Storage

Nodes

Flex System Manager

Management Appliance

Flex System Building Blocks IBM PureFlex IBM PureApplication

…with compute,

storage, networking,

physical and virtual

management & entry

cloud management

…with middleware

designed for

transactional web

applications &

enabled for cloud

Platform Systems Chassis

14 half-wide bays for nodes

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

Networking

*Some capabilities planned for future delivery; IBM Plans subject to change

Infrastructure Systems

Pre-configured, pre-integrated,

integrated expertise…

IBM PureFlex: Integrated Expertise Reduce time, effort and risk throughout the solution lifecycle Expert

Integrated Systems


Express Standard Enterprise

Infrastructure

for Small and

midsize businesses.

Most affordable

entry point

Infrastructure for

application servers

with supporting

storage and

networking

Infrastructure for

scalable cloud

deployments.

Redundancy for

resilient operation

• Designed for Cloud - SmartCloud Entry included on Standard and Enterprise

• Designed for choice of architectures: IBM POWER7 and/or Intel x86 processors

within the same systems

• Designed for choice of OS: AIX, IBM i, Microsoft Windows®, and Linux from Red Hat, SUSE

• Designed for choice of hypervisors: PowerVM, KVM, VMware, or Microsoft HyperV

• Designed for simplicity: Integrated, single system management across physical

and virtual resources

IBM PureFlex

Integrated configurations ease acquisition experience and match your needs





Built-in Expertise







IBM PureFlex simplified experience

• Single product streamlines ordering, tracking,

receiving, installing and running

• Factory installed, fully packaged solutions

drive simple setup (pull it out of the box,

plug it in and boot it up)

• Management integration across system

• Single point of contact for support

• Upgrade with zero downtime based on

integrated patches and system design

• A broad open ecosystem of optimized solutions

New client experience:


Simplified deployment model

• Solutions from 100+ leading partners

• Over 100 leading packaged applications available

• Solution Showcase simplifies application deployment

• Build once also use for private and public cloud deployments


What does it mean for you?

Agility

• Get up and running in hours, cutting months off deployment time of new application projects.

Efficiency

• Deploy twice as many applications per square foot of data center space

• Accelerate industry capabilities with solutions from a broad open ecosystem

• Save up to 50% of applicable IT costs over traditional IT approaches

Control

• Lower risk and costs with automated

• Maximize flexibility with choice of architectures, and open standards

• Intelligently manage cloud environments

Simplicity

• Avoid delays due to limited IT skills or complex integration with factory integration and built-in expertise

• Free up time from procuring, supporting, testing & deploying assets

• Cut lifecycle maintenance time in half with no downtime

• Elastically adapt to workload spikes without overbuying

• Maintain more quickly and easily with integrated system patches

provisioning and seamless scalability with security and resiliency


Consolidate

More efficiently consolidate systems and applications to reduce operating expenses

Optimize

Better tune and automate systems and applications to improve application performance, scalability and reliability

Accelerate Cloud

More quickly enable secure, and integrated cloud environments

Innovate

More rapidly deliver new applications and services to meet new business needs

Consolidate Accelerate

Cloud

Innovate Optimize

IBM PureFlex enables multiple client initiatives


Platform Details


A new way forward for Integrated Systems

Networking Storage Management Servers


Multi-

generation

chassis

platform

Built in expertise – with no compromises

50% more

memory

200% more

networking

bandwidth

300% more

dedicated

storage

50% networking

latency

improvement

IBM Flex System x240 (768GB) vs. HP BL 460c Gen8 (512GB)

IBM Flex System Fabric 10Gb switch 240Gb

vs. HP 10Gb switch 80Gb

IBM Flex System Flash adds up to 8 400GB SSDs

(x240 with Flex System Flash 3.2TB vs. Dell M610 800GB)

Node to node traffic is contained within the chassis

to reduce TOR switch latency*

Built to support your datacenter today and tomorrow

* Estimated Results. Results will vary depending on customer environment


IBM Flex System Differentiation Delivering the industry’s first…

• Scalable switching, upgrade

networking connectivity or features

with no rip and replace

• Systems designed for today’s

requirements and tomorrow’s needs

• True choice:

• Virtualization: PowerVM, KVM,

VMware, or Microsoft HyperV

• OS: AIX, IBM i, Microsoft

Windows®, and Linux from Red

Hat, SUSE

• Integrated storage with the Storwize

V7000

• Single management tool for all

physical and virtual resources

• Storage virtualization for internal

and external storage

• Flex System Flash for unmatched

dedicated storage

• Multi-architecture Unix and x86

servers within the same chassis

• 40Gb capable Blade Ethernet Switch

• 16Gb capable Blade SAN Switch

• 56Gb capable Infiniband FDR switch

What you need to know…


Management

Physical – Virtual – Workloads

Manage across multiple architectures and hypervisors


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Simplified management experience with advanced automation

• New user interface and configuration automation

brings new components online faster*

• Cross-resource integration and automation

enables transformation from managing resources

to managing applications, services and workloads

• Works with the management you have - other

IBM platform tools, Tivoli and third party

enterprise management (e.g., CA, BMC, HP, etc.)

• Easier monitoring, alerts and problem

management through automated resolution

processes with integrated expertise

Management

Networking

Virtualization

Storage

Management

Compute

Chassis Map Global Find Setup Wizards Remote Presence


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Management

Simplified Virtualization Management experience

Chassis Management

• Resource oriented chassis map provides overlays

to monitor system health, manage firmware

inventory, and view thermal and power metrics

• Chassis views to show and label hardware, OS,

and firmware inventory

• Global finder to launch common management

tasks (a value add for admin’s to quickly perform

management tasks)

• Chassis map provides launch point for remote

access tools to work with OS, etc. on individual

node

Single point of management

for system resources

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Multi-chassis management

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Real time overlays

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Object oriented for

contextual actions and

details


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Management


Ph

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Vir

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Physical

Consolidation

& Setup

Management

Integration

Resource

Utilization

Resource

Pooling

Intelligent

Automation

Choice of

Hypervisors

Automated virtual machine placement

Dynamic allocation of virtual server,

storage and network resources

Network QoS

Virtual workload definition

Placement services and advisors

Pooling of all network switch resources to

enable consistent network policy application

Monitors VM network utilization within the fabric

Virtual Machine relocation for compute, storage

and networking

Monitors the Network Fabric for congestion



Manage a pool of system resources or a cloud as simply as managing a single system

Operating System

Software

Systems

• Manage Services instead of Servers, Network and Storage • System Pools* are a set of resources that make up a service and

can be acted upon as a group for Placement, Maintenance, etc. • Provisioning of CPU, memory, storage* and networking* with

automatic virtual machine placement and optimization • Utilization monitoring and policies to support performance,

utilization or energy* optimized pooling

Storage Networking Compute

Virtual Systems

Virtualization

Virtual Server Virtual Server Virtual Server

System Pools / Cloud

Mobility

Optimized for ….

• Availability

• Performance

• Energy*

Virtualization Management

Designed for Cloud with resource pooling and automated provisioning expertise Dramatically improve system utilization and administrator productivity

Storage Networking Compute

SW

OS

SW

OS

SW

OS

*Some capabilities planned for future delivery


Open Virtualization Format (OVF)

Virtualization expertise to enable new application and service

delivery models

Discover and manage heterogeneous image repositories • Import, capture and catalog new VMs from existing systems

Simplified virtual image deployment and customization • Dynamically provision virtualized server, storage and network resources

Leading “Ready for Troy” application providers supporting virtual application service deployment

• Leverage open standards packaging for interoperability

Deploy

Virtual

Machines

Import

Capture

Virtual

Machines

+

+

Software application

Operating system

Metadata

Virtual

appliance

Metadata

Software application

Operating system

Image

repository

*Some capabilities planned for future delivery; IBM Plans subject to change


Compute

POWER7 & x86

No compromise design for the next decade


Compute Designed with Expertise More than just compute

The Problem:

No industry player offers

the flexibility to design

your datacenter for the

diversity of workloads you

run today and

tomorrow.

Heterogeneous Workloads • Designed for the next decade of workloads,

avoiding rip and replace

• Support for Power7, x86, and multi-tier

environments

Heterogeneous Hypervisors • Regardless of your platform virtualization

environment, PureFlex offers industry leading

technologies

• Support for PowerVM, Vmware, KVM, and

HyperV

Expertise for Workloads • Virtualization and Cloud (dual hypervisor keys)

• Low Latency/High IOPs (320GB/s)

• High Performance (40GB uplinks)

• Business Analytics (dedicated storage)

IBM’s Next Generation Compute Delivers:


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Compute

Diverse offerings to match the diverse workloads

System Portfolio tuned to

workloads

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Reduce acquisition costs

through virtualization

consolidation

◊

Maximum platform capability

provides deployment

flexibility

IBM Flex System x220

IBM Flex System p260

IBM Flex System p24L



IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node

IBM Flex System PEN (PCIe Expansion Node)


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Compute

Standard Width compute

node

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2-socket Sandy Bridge-EN

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12 LP DDR3 DIMMs /

1333MHz / 1600MHz

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1G base with FoD to 10Gb

◊

2 hot swap 2.5” SAS/SATA

SSDs or HDDs

Entry cost optimized compute, designed for

energy-efficiency, ideal for native and point

application workloads

2x Hot Swap, Small

Form Factor HDDs

12x LP DIMMs

2x IO Mezzanine

Cards

2x Intel E3 1200

Processors

Entry Cost x86 2S EN Compute Node



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Compute IBM Flex System x240

Enterprise Class x86 2S EP Compute Node

2x Hot Swap, Small

Form Factor HDDs

24 LP

DIMMs

2x Intel E5 2600

Processors

2x IO Mezzanine Cards

Keyboard, Mouse,

Video Dongle

connector

Release latch

Industry leading form factor

◊

2-socket Sandy Bridge-EP

up to 135W support

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24 LP DDR3 DIMMs, 768GB

Max, 1333MHz / 1600MHz

◊

10Gb Converged LOM

FCoE/iSCSI protocol support

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SSDs or HDDs

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Redundant Hypervisor –

ESXi on Flash Key Option

Uncompromised Compute, IO, and Storage

performance, designed for mainstream

virtualization, and a broad range of workloads


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Compute

Delivers maximum CPU, memory, and IO

performance, ideal for database and large VM

deployment

IBM 4S EP

Compute Node

Full Width compute node

◊

4-socket Sandy Bridge-EP

◊

48 LP DDR3 DIMMs /

1333MHz / 1600MHz

◊

10Gb LOM

◊


SSDs or HDDs

◊

Dual Enabled Hypervisor –

ESXi on Flash Key Option

2x Hot Swap, Small

Form Factor HDDs

48x LP DIMMs

4x IO Mezzanine

Cards

4x Intel E5 4600

Processors

Enterprise x86 4S EP Compute Node


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Compute

• A new I/O expansion Compute sidecar

• Industry standard PCIe cards

• Additional Next Generation Platform fabric I/O

• Graphics, Storage, and I/O adapters

IBM Flex System PCIe Expansion Node (PEN)

Utilize high-capacity, flash

based storage to

significantly boost

transaction based workloads

◊

Utilize high performance

GPUs to boost

computationally capabilities

◊

Enable attachment of

external drive enclosures

◊

Tap all available I/O of

modern CPU architectures

PCIe Bridge Chip PCIe Low

Profile Slots

(2)

PCIe Full

Width, Full

Height Slots

(2)

PCIe Adapters load from front

2 Extra

Mez slots

Enterprise PCIe Expansion Node


DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs Mezz 2

Mezz 1

POWER7Socket

IO

Hub

IO

Hub

POWER7Socket

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Compute

2 x SAS 2.5” HDD

or 2 x 1.8” SDD

drives

RAID Controller

Standard Width compute

node

◊

2-socket Power7®

◊

64-bit Power7® processor

(12S technology)

◊

16 core : 2 Socket x8 core

◊

16 DIMMs DDR3, 1066

MHz, 256GB Max


Integration without compromise, designed for the next decade

Power is Performance Redefined

Delivers over 30% greater performance with

similar density and energy use of the previous

POWER7 blades

Enterprise 2S POWER7® Compute Node


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Compute

Linux only Compute Node

optimized for POWER

architecture

◊

Tuned for PowerLinux

Strategic Solutions

◊

2-socket Power7®

◊

12 to 16 cores : multiple

speed


IBM Flex System p24L

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs Mezz 2

Mezz 1

POWER7Socket

IO

Hub

IO

Hub

POWER7Socket

2 x SAS 2.5” HDD

or 2 x 1.8” SDD

drives

RAID Controller


Actualize cost savings through reduced power

consumption, shared resources, and increased

utilization

Enterprise 2S POWER7® Compute Node (Linux Only)


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Compute


DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs Mezz 2

Mezz 3

POWER7Socket

IO

Hub

IO

Hub

POWER7Socket

POWER7Socket

POWER7Socket

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs

DIMMs Mezz 4

Mezz 1

IO

Hub

*HDD or SSD – Mounted on cover (located over memory)


Full Width compute node

◊

4-socket Power7®

◊

64-bit Power7® processor

(12S technology)

◊

32 core : 4 Socket x8 core

◊

32 DIMMs DDR3, 1066

MHz, 512GB Max


The same 4-socket server technology behind

Watson, is now enhanced and available on

Power Compute Node for PureFlex

Enterprise 4S POWER7® Compute Node


Storage

Midrange SAN – Virtualized – Tiering


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Storage IBM PureFlex offers a broad range of storage capabilities:

Internal drives

• 2 hot-swap HDDs or 4 SSDs

• Embedded SSDs for caching applications

eX Flash

• 8 embedded high performance SSDs

• Maintain server density with maximum performance

Storage expansion nodes

• Mixed configs (SSDs and HDDs)

• Expansion to 12 additional hot swap drives

Storwize V7000

• Simplifies storage administration

• Virtualizes for higher storage utilization

• Balances high perf. and cost for mixed workloads

Direct atttached storage options

Shared storage

Simplifies storage

administration

◊

Virtualizes for higher storage

utilization

◊

Balances high performance

and cost for mixed

workloads

◊

Protects data and minimizes

downtime

Enterprise Storage Capabilities


Storage is essential to an integrated platform The Storwize V7000 is born virtualized

The Problem:

Digital data has grown 10x from

2007 to 2011, causing storage

requirements to grow 20 - 40%

per year.

This growth has made the

integration, management, and

virtualization of storage

resources critical.

Virtual Server

Infrastructure

Virtualized Servers Require Virtualized Storage

Consolidate diverse storage infrastructure

Common Access point

Single point of management and provisioning

Can serve as a bridge from traditional

infrastructures to cloud

Virtual Storage

Infrastructure

Management Layer Integrated Single Point

of Management


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Storage

Storage that is virtualized – Storwize V7000

Double high / full wide

Thin Provisioning, Flash Copy,

and Easy Tier

◊

External Virtualization

Metro / Global Mirroring

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High Perf. Shared Block Storage

◊

Scalable Storage up to 240 SFF

(HDD and SSD)

◊

Cluster-able to four systems and

4x the bandwidth performance

◊

FCoE, FC, & iSCSI host protocol

options

Simplifies storage administration with a single user interface through a tightly integrated management console

Virtualizes third-party storage with non-disruptive migration of the current storage infrastructure

Balances high performance and costs for mixed workloads

Protects data for business continuity and disaster recovery with built-in local and remote replication and snapshot functions

IBM V7000 Storage Node


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Storage

Enterprise Storage Flexibility

Simplifies storage

administration with a single user

interface and common CLI

through a tightly integrated

management console

◊

Virtualizes third-party storage

with non-disruptive migration of

the current storage infrastructure

◊

Balances high performance and

cost for mixed workloads

◊

Protects data for business

continuity and disaster recovery

with built-in local and remote

replication and snapshot

functions

IBM PureFlex extends the Storwize capabilities: Maximum performance and flexibility, integrated management and ease of use for customer for all customer configurations

Full spectrum of servers and storage options

Internal

Chassis

Storage

External

Storage

Integrated Rack

(w/ Internal and

External Storage)

Separate Server &

Storage Racks


Networking

New Switches designed for virtualization

Scalable Bandwidth, Scalable Ports or both


Optimized, Automated and Integrated network architecture Fits within your existing and future environment

The Problem:

Today’s networking offerings

lack the flexibility to meet the

demands of the next decade of

I/O. Clients are often burdened

now with the costs of

technology for tomorrow.

Extreme Flexibility • Designed to meet port and bandwidth

requirements for next decade

• Pay for what you need today with

Features on Demand (FoD)

Highest Performance • First 40Gb capable Blade Ethernet Switch

• First 16Gb capable Blade SAN Switch

• First 56Gb capable Infiniband FDR switch

• Up to 220Gb uplink BW and <1microsec

latency

Standards based Convergence • 10Gb iSCSI and FCoE offering

• First 40Gb end to end FCoE offering

(post GA)

• Standard based for seamless integration


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Networking IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis

• 4 scalable switch bays

• 10U Chassis, 14 bays

• Standard and Full width node support

• Up to 6 2500W power supplies N+N or N+1

configurations

• Up to 8 cooling fans (scalable)

• Integrated chassis management through CME

FRONT

Power

Supplies (6X)

Scalable Switch Bays

10 U

Fans CMM14 Node

Bays(7 Full Wide)

Standard Node bays

IntegratedStorwize V7000

REAR

Infrastructure supporting

multi fabrics, Ethernet,

FCoE, Fibre Channel

◊

Energy efficient cooling

and power system

◊

Multi-chassis management

◊

Easy to use with integrated

single-point management

◊

Designed to support future

advancements in I/O,

processors, memory, and

storage

Enterprise Chassis Design


The Problem:

Node to node communication flows north-south

through the TOR, causing latency from request /

response traffic. Added network latency will

impact the overall workload the servers can

support.

Network Switching and Why it Matters

Nexus 6100

Cisco UCS

Communication

between blades

requires traffic

to Nexus 6100

The PureFlex Difference:

Do more with your servers and reduce

network delays. Node to Node

communication happens within the

chassis.

Why this matters: Reduces switch latency

Additional servers needed to overcome

performance loss in network delays

Low latency, web-serving, and database

apps create significant server to server

chatter and stress on the network

Communication

is contained

within chassis

running at

10GB Ethernet


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Networking IBM Networking Offerings

• Scalable Switch modules for Next Generation

Platform.

• Four Scalable switches per chassis

• Capable to provide up to 16 virtual switch

partitions per chassis

• Feature on Demand port upgrades for

switches

Ethernet & FCoE Fibre Channel InfiniBand

• 52 port 1Gb Switch

Base: 14/10 (internal/external)Upgrade: 14/10Upgrade: four 10Gb uplinks

• 64 port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Base: 14/10

Upgrade: 14/8 (two 40Gb uplink)Upgrade: 14/4

• 1/10Gb Pass Thru

• 20 port 8Gb

• 20 port 8Gb Pass Thru

• 48 port 16Gb

• QDR Switch

upgrade: FDR

• 4 port 1Gb - Broadcom

• 4 port 10Gb - Emulex• 2 port 10Gb – Mellanox

• 2 port 8Gb – Qlogic

• 2 port 8Gb – Emulex• 2 port 16Gb –

Brocade

• QDR & FDR

Adapter

Sw

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Simplifies network

deployment via integrated

management

◊

Reduces network complexity

via convergence and

intelligent fabric monitoring

◊

Improves network

performance via

uncompromised IO

throughput

◊

Fits with existing

infrastructure and scales

with Customer’s IO needs

Full breadth of Networking offerings


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Networking IBM Flex System 10Gb Virtual Fabric Scalable Switch

IBM 10Gb Scalable Switch

for IBM Flex System Chassis

◊

One, two, or three 10G ports

per server – selectable by

software license

◊

Two 40 G uplink ports. Each

port can also be converted

to 4*10G using QSFP to

SFP+ cable

Flexible Networking Solutions

Base Switch: 14 x 10Gb server port and 10 x 10Gb

uplinks

Switch upgrade 1: 28 x 10Gb server ports and 16 x

10Gb uplinks. 40Gb uplinks enabled.

Switch upgrade 2: 42 x 10Gb server ports and 22 x

10Gb uplinks. 40Gb uplinks enabled.

1.28 Tbps – first 1Tbps+ blade switch

5+ Tbps per chassis

Full featured, Scalable bandwidth bringing

convergence and simplicity to Datacenter

applications


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Networking IBM Flex System 1Gb Scalable Switch Module

Base Switch: 14 x 1Gb

server port and 10 x 1Gb

uplinks

◊

Switch upgrade 1: Doubles

the ports to 28 x 1Gb server

ports and 20 x 1Gb uplinks

◊

Switch upgrade 2: Adds 4 x

10Gb uplinks enabled.

◊

RJ45 connectivity for 1Gb

Ports


IBM 1Gb Switch Modules for next generation

Chassis

Integrates into current 1Gb Datacenter

architecture with 10Gb uplinks for future

expansion


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Networking IBM Flex System 10Gb Virtual Fabric Scalable Switch with FC

Compass plus FCoE and

native FC

◊

Native FC connectivity to FC

SANs (using NPIV mode)

◊

Downlinks are the same as

Compass : Up to 42 10Gb

Full featured, Scalable bandwidth bringing

convergence and simplicity to Datacenter

applications

Two 40 G uplink ports.

Each port can also be

converted to 4*10G using

QSFP to SFP+ cable

12 Omni Ports : 10Gb ETH or 8Gb FC 2 10Gb ETH Ports

Uplinks 12 Omni Ports:

10Gb ETH or 8Gb FC

2 10Gb ETH

2 40Gb ETH

FC Features NPIV

FCF Gateway

FC Services

N Port, F port, E port



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Networking IBM Flex System 10GbE Pass-Through Module

Unmanaged 10GbE Pass-

through module for next

generation IBM Flex System

chassis

◊

14 Internal server ports

◊

14 External SFP+ ports

Simple, low cost connectivity to the

datacenter core



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Next generation flexibility: Scale for Bandwidth, Ports, or Both IBM 10Gb Switch: Wired for up to 42 internal and 22 external 10Gb ports.

IBM

10G

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witch

• Base Switch: Enables 14 internal 10Gb

ports (one to each server) and 10 external

10Gb ports

• Supports the 2 port 10Gb LOM and Virtual

Fabric capability

14

internal

ports

Logical

partition 1

Pool of uplin

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• 1st Upgrade via FoD: Enables 2nd set of

14 internal 10Gb ports (one to each

server) and 2 40Gb ports

• Each 40Gb port can be used as four 10Gb

ports

• Supports the 4-port Virtual Fabric adapter

• 2nd upgrade via FoD: Enables 3rd set of

fourteen internal 10Gb ports (one to each

server) and four external 10Gb ports

• Capable of supporting a six port card in

future

14

internal

ports

Logical

partition 2

14

internal

ports

Logical

partition 3

Networking


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