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Introduction to IBM PowerVC forPower SystemsGary Konicek ([email protected])IBM Lab Services

Solution Overview


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Platform

Management

Virtualization

Management

Cloud

Management

HMC

PowerVC

Std Edition

IBM Cloud

PowerVC Manager

Infrastructure as a Service with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager

Virtualization Management with PowerVC

Power Systems Hardware Management Console

Providing comprehensive and consistent

management experience for Power Servers

IBM Power Systems Management Strategy

• Hardware and firmware management for Power

• Hardware and firmware configuration and controls

• Service, support and update management

• Hardware appliance

• Leadership solution for PowerVM and PowerKVM

• Virtual Image Management and Deployment

• Resource Pooling and Dynamic VM Placement

• On-going optimization and VM resilience

• End-user self-service provisioning of IaaS for PowerVM

• Service catalog with virtual systems and applications

• Subscriber and account management (multi-tenancy)

• Private Cloud focused and exploiting Power Systems

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Base provisioning and virtualization• Rapid LPAR provisioning and

deprovisioning

• Storage provisioning

• Virtual network configuration

• Physical and virtual resource discovery

• LPAR resize (dynamic LPAR changes)

• LPAR migration (Live Partition Mobility)

• Host Maintenance Mode

• Image capture

• Image repository and authentication

services

Rapid provisioning and management

of VMs/LPARs on Power Systems

using an intuitive Web interface

Advanced capabilities• Compute templates (“t-shirt sizes”)

• Storage templates

• Storage Connectivity Groups

• Host Groups

• Placement policies

• Collocation rules

• SAN volume create/delete

• Remote restart

• Switched HMC support

• Dynamic Resource Optimization (DRO)


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Capabilities• Self-service portal

• Projects

• Image templates

• Approvals

• Metering

Plus all PowerVC Standard Edition

Capabilities

Self-service entry cloud solution on

Power Systems


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Features-

PowerVCStandard Cloud

HMC Support

PowerVM, PowerKVM

PowerVM

P6,P7/7+POWER8

Managed VM Type AIX, IBM i, Linux

Managed From OS RHEL (Power & X86)

Highly available VIOS configs

One-click Evacuation

Remote VM Restart

Host Groups

Affinity Rules

Dynamic Resource Optimizer

Self-service portal

Access to OpenStack directly

Policy based approvals

Deploy Templates

Metering

PowerVC Standard EditionSimplified lightweight advanced virtualized management for scale up or scale out Power systems

IBM Cloud PowerVC ManagerSimplified Lightweight Private Cloud for Power Systems

PowerVC Offering Structure

Cloud PowerVC

Manager is included in

AIX EE v1.2

ICMO Customers with

current SWMA are

entitled to Cloud

PowerVC Manager

Sold standalone as well

Price metric – Managed

Core

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PowerVC is built on the OpenStack

community foundation

Provides an Open alternative to proprietary cloud stacks

Protects clients current investment with simple path to new technology

Open APIs provides great flexibility and agility


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PowerVC: Power Systems Virtualization Center

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Cinder Nova Neutron Virtualization Drivers

• Nova drivers for HMC

• Nova Drivers for NovaLink

• Leverage ecosystem to

support broad range of IBM

and non-IBM storage and

network attached to Power

IBM Power SystemsStorage

IBM and 3rd Party

Network

IBM and 3rd Party

AMQP DBMS

New Mgmt Capabilities

• Monitoring & Events

• More granular VM Mgmt

• OVF Image Formats

• Configuration Patterns

Virtualization Mgmt UI

• Simple and Intuitive

• Targeting the IT Admin

New Management APIs

• Virtualization Management

• Monitoring & Events

PowerVC Virtualization Management Console

Platform Provides…

• Virtual Machine Placement

• Workload Aware Mgmt

• Performance Mgmt

• Availability Mgmt

Packaging and Simplification

• Simplified Install and Config

• Intuitive Administration Model

• Focus on day 0/1 TTV

OpenStack API

Security (KeyStone) Scheduler

Images Flavors

API Additions

Monitoring

VM Mgmt

Platform Projects

QuotasOVF

OpenStack, Platform Computing and other IBM Value Added Components

Power Driver Network DriversStorage Drivers

MariaDB


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IT Admin Applications

RHEL Linux

Power System

Lin

ux

AIX

Fiber Channel

PowerVM

Power System

Lin

ux

AIX

PowerVM

Power System

Pow

erV

C

AIX

PowerVM

x86 System

MCP Linux

HMC

SSH / CLIREST APIs

x86 System

RHEL Linux

VM

PowerVC

VIO

S

VIO

S

VIO

S

VIO

S

VIO

S

VIO

S

• Management System Options…

•RHEL Linux in a VM on a separate x86

server

•RHEL Linux in a partition on Power

• Managed System…

•Power 6/7/7+/8 Express & Standard HW

•HMC-managed systems via new APIs

•Multiple redundant VIOS servers

•NPIV & vSCSI attached storage and

VIOS SSPs

Manage From Linux, Manage Through HMC, Manage To Linux, AIX and IBM i

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FC storage

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Technical Overview


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Base Capabilities – Verify Setup


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Configuration – Initial View

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Base Capabilities – Deploy LPAR

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Base Capabilities – Deploy LPAR

The IP address and additional network settings are automatically configured in IBM i based on input at deploy

time and on the selected network template in PowerVC


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• Note you can select different storage templates for different volumes

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Multi-disk Image Support – New Disk at Deploy

• Adding new volume

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Base Capabilities – Capture LPAR

• Before capture, cloud-init (activation scripts) must be installed in the LPAR


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Base Capabilities – Resize LPAR


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Base Capabilities – Migrate LPAR


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Advanced Capabilities – Compute Templates

Compute templates allow using custom

CPU/memory/disk settings at deploy time

with the same saved image


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• Capability allows creating compute templates that specify additional

processor pools

• Use separate processor pools for licensing purposes

Advanced Capabilities – Multiple Shared Processor Pools

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Advanced Capabilities – Storage Templates

Storage templates selecting a specific

storage subsystem, storage pool and

volume type at deploy time, or setting a

default for a storage subsystem


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Advanced Capabilities – Storage Connectivity Groups

Storage connectivity groups allow for:

• Using different VIO Servers on the same

physical system with different storage

subsystems and fabrics

• Grouping of physical systems for LPAR

deployment within the storage

connectivity group


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Host Groups

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Host 4

Host 5 Host 6

Host 1

Host 2 Host 3

Host 7

Host 13 Host 14

Host Groups allow the PowerVC administrator to

create a logical boundary around a group of physical

servers

• Each server can only be in one host group

• Deployment, mobility and remote restart are only

allowed within the group

• Each group has its own placement policy

• Hosts are placed in the default group when added

“PCI” Host Group

“POWER8” Host Group

“Austin” Host Group

Default Host Group

Host10

Host11

Host 12

Host 8 Host 9

“Sandbox” Host Group


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PowerVC Advanced Placement

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Host 5Host 2 Host 7

Host 13 Host 14

The PowerVC scheduler takes the capacity of servers

into account to determine which host to deploy or

relocate VMs to. Hosts with the greatest free CPU or

memory allocation becomes the target of the next VM.

The scheduler can also take host CPU utilization into

account when scheduling VMs

Host10

Host11

Host 8 Host 9

CPU MEMORY

CPU MEMORY

CPU MEMORY

Scheduler support VM placement based on CPU & Memory capacity

and CPU Utilization

Scheduler

choice

Scheduler

choice

Free CPU / Memory Capacity

Host CPU Utilization


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Collocation: Affinity and Anti-affinity

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Host 1 Host 2 Host 3

Affinity and Anti-affinity provide

control over which VMs can be placed

on the same host

- VMs with Affinity must be deployed

to the same host

- VMs with Anti-Affinity must not be

placed on the same physical host

VM with no affinity requirements – can go anywhere within the host group

VMs with affinity – must be placed on the same host

VMs with anti-affinity – cannot be placed on the same host

Introduced in PowerVC v1.2.3


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Remote Restart

• Host B has failed. Select host and click Remotely Restart VMs

• Choose to restart specific VMs or all VMs

• Choose which operating host to use for restart


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Shared Volumes

• Storage subsystem must

support shared attachment of

volumes to hosts

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• View of shared volume

Shared Volumes

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Continuously monitors the resource (CPU) utilization of physical hosts and

virtual machines in a cloud environment

PowerVC admin creates optimization policy at the host group level

When usage imbalances are detected, the PowerVC DRO optimizes the

cloud, making adjustments for workloads whose characteristics change over

time– Core activation first, if applicable

– VM Migration

Integrated with Power Enterprise Pools

Runs in Advise Only or Active mode

Can be switched on or off at any time

Hosts or VMs can be excluded from DRO

– Their CPU utilization is still included in calculations, but hosts cannot be

used for migrations and VMs cannot be migrated

PowerVC 1.3.0 or later required

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• Can be enabled for new or existing host groups

• Note the mode setting

Enabling and Configuring DRO

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One-click System Evacuation

Provides easy, graceful way to prepare for maintenance

Automatically relocate all virtual machines to other machines

– Use the PowerVC scheduler to determine the target host or manually select the

destination host

– Clears the system of virtual machines without excessive administrator work

Alternatively, fence off the physical host to prevent new virtual machines from being deployed

or moved to that host

– Option to allow administrators greater control of relocation operation

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PowerVC Post Deploy Scripting

Enables automatic execution of

scripts at deploy time

Scripts typically stored with

image

“Configuration script” option also

allows for calling of scripts from

file on PowerVC

“Server metadata key-value

pairs” are useable by cloud_init

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Integration with Infoblox

You can now register an Infoblox DNS server in PowerVC

At deploy time, PowerVC will create a new DNS record in Infoblox based

on the new VM’s hostname

If the VM is deleted, PowerVC will delete the corresponding record

Note that no DNS changes occur when managing and unmanaging VMs

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Cloud PowerVC Manager: Cloud Admin and User View

IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager:

Self-service Portal

All PowerVC

Operations

Deploy Template

Management

Approval Requests

Policies

Deploy VMs

Request Expiration

Extension

Use the self-service portal to: One-click request for VM deployments

Request VM expiration extensions

View metering data

Cloud UsersCloud Administrators

Configure and manage: Deploy templates

Policies (VM age, etc.)

Approvals and expirations

Metering data

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”Deploying VMs for

my application

development is so

fast and easy!”

”I have so much

more time now that

users can provision

their own VMs!”


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Cloud PowerVC Manager: Self-service Portal

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Inject SSH Key

You can now import an SSH

key for a user and then inject

that SSH key into a new VM

on deploy

This allows the user to then

log into the new VM using the

key and eliminates the need

to manage the user’s

password

Beneficial for many Power

clients that require their users

to log into VMs only via SSH

key

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SR-IOV Support – NovaLink Only

You can manage SR-IOV ports on P8 systems managed by NovaLink

By design, SR-IOV does not support as many VMs as SEA; but those VMs have higher

bandwidth

You can edit the “physical network name” (which is the port name), but you must keep this

consistent between PowerVC and the PowerVM Hypervisor (when managing SR-IOV in

NovaLink directly)

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Software-defined Networking (SDN)

NovaLink, Open vSwitch (OVS) and OpenStack Neutron bring SDN!– Support for VXLANs and software-defined routers

Build software-defined networks in seconds—no more waiting days / weeks

Introduces policy-based management—control quality and security objectives– Control VM throughput and if / how VMs can communicate

Tech preview with PowerVC 1.3.2, using CLI only

– UI support in stages in 2017

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Learn More about PowerVC

PowerVC – Virtualization Center

https://ibm.biz/Bdivhv

PowerVC Knowledge Center

https://ibm.biz/Bdivhm

PowerVC LinkedIn Group

http://tinyurl.com/linkedinpowervc

PowerVC on Facebook

http://facebook.com/ibmpowervc

PowerVC on Service Management Connect…

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/cvm/pvc/index.html

PowerVC Hosted Trial – Try out PowerVC in our environment for FREE

http://tinyurl.com/powervctrial

PowerVC Free Customer Trial – Customers can try PowerVC for FREE

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=IPVCv12E&S_PKG=trial&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8


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IBM Cloud Design Workshop

Features:

Discuss available Power cloud solutions

Review current virtualization and provisioning processes

Review current server, storage and network environment

Discuss current software stacks and images

Review possible cloud users, workloads and expectations

Create use cases for cloud implementation

Define hardware and software environment for cloud implementation

Service Benefits:

Cloud design based on best practices, and customized to your environment and goals

Learn More: www.ibm.com/systems/power/solutions/cloud/?link=infr_prod

Design a private cloud with help from cloud experts at IBM

Service Overview:The Cloud Design Workshop for Power Systems will examine the client’s cloud requirements and create a blueprint for

implementing the most suitable Power cloud solution.

Part of

PowerCareContacts:

Vess Natchev, [email protected]

Jeff Benson, [email protected]

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https://ibm.biz/Bdivhv

https://ibm.biz/Bdivhm

http://tinyurl.com/linkedinpowervc

http://facebook.com/ibmpowervc

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/cvm/pvc/index.html

http://tinyurl.com/powervctrial

https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=IPVCv12E&S_PKG=trial&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8

http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/solutions/cloud/?link=infr_prod

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PowerVC Implementation

Features:

Implement a PowerVC Solution with:

– IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager

– Rapid VM provisioning and de-provisioning

– Storage provisioning

– Capture/migrate/resize of VMs

– Attach /detach SAN volumes to VMs

– Compute templates (“t-shirt sizes”)

– Storage templates

– Storage connectivity groups

– VM placement policies

Service Benefits:

Get started with virtualization management

Gain experience with using PowerVC on Power Systems

Quantify the benefits of virtualization management for your IT environment

Learn More: www.ibm.com/systems/power/solutions/cloud/?link=infr_prod

Implement entry cloud solution with help from the experts at IBM

Service Overview:IBM will implement a IBM PowerVC entry cloud solution based on a jointly developed plan with the client.

Part of

PowerCare

Contacts:

Vess Natchev, [email protected]

Jeff Benson, [email protected]

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https://facebook.com/IBMPowerSystems

https://twitter.com/IBMPowerSystems

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm-power-systems

IBM Power Systems Official Channels:

http://www.youtube.com/c/ibmpowersystems

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/topics/servers/power-

systems/

Power Systems Social Media

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http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/solutions/cloud/?link=infr_prod



https://facebook.com/IBMPowerSystems

https://twitter.com/IBMPowerSystems

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm-power-systems

http://www.youtube.com/c/ibmpowersystems

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/topics/servers/power-systems/


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More to Follow:

Blogs to Follow More to Follow Hashtags To Use

• IBM Systems Magazine You and I (Steve Will)

• IBM Systems Magazine i-Can (Dawn May)

• IBM Systems Magazine: iDevelop (Jon Paris

and Susan Gantner)

• IBM Systems Magazine: iTalk with Tuohy

• IBM DB2 for i (Mike Cain)

• IBM DB2 Web Query for i (Doug Mack)

@IBMSystems@COMMONug

@IBMChampions@IBMSystemsISVs

@LinuxIBMMag@OpenPOWERorg

@AIXMag@IBMiMag

@SAPonIBMi@SiDforIBMi

@IBMAIXeSupp@IBMAIXdoc

#PowerSystems

#IBMi

#IBMAIX

#POWER8

#LinuxonPower

#OpenPOWER

#HANAonPower

#ITinfrastructure

#OpenSource

#HybridCloud

#BigData

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/you-and-i/

http://ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/iDevelop/

http://ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/trends/iTALK-WITH-TUOHY/

http://db2fori.blogspot.com/

http://db2webqueryi.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/IBMSystems

https://twitter.com/COMMONug

https://twitter.com/IBMChampions

https://twitter.com/IBMSystemsISVs

https://twitter.com/LinuxIBMMag

https://twitter.com/OpenPOWERorg

https://twitter.com/AIXmag

https://twitter.com/IBMimag

https://twitter.com/SAPonIBMi

https://twitter.com/SiDforIBMi

https://twitter.com/IBMAIXeSupp

https://twitter.com/IBMAIXdoc

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