Metro Midrange Systems Association
The Dallas/Fort Worth IBM Power Systems User Group
IBM i 7.1 Overview
Power your planet.
Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet
Mehboob Mithaiwala
Certified Consulting IT Specialist
Power Systems – ATS, IBM Coppell
© 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
Power your Planet
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Workload-Optimizing Systems
AIX - The Future of UNIX Total Integration with i
Scalable Linux ready for x86 Consolidation
Virtualization without Limits |
Dynamic Energy Optimization |
9 Drive over 90% utilization |
9 70-90% energy cost reduction |
9 Dynamically scale per demand |
9 EnergyScale™ technologies |
Resiliency without Downtime |
Management with Automation |
9 Roadmap to continuous availability |
9 VMControl to manage virtualization |
9 High availability systems & scaling |
9 Automation to reduce task time |
Systems for a Smarter Planet
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IBM Power Systems
Power Technology leadership
4, 6 or 8 cores per socket
3.0 to 4.14 GHz
Up to 4 threads per coreIntegrated eDRAM L3 Cache
Dynamic Energy Optimization
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IBM Power Systems
Power Systems Portfolio 
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© 2010 IBM Corporation |
IBM Power Systems
IBM i Strategy and Roadmap
“Our commitment to our IBM i clients, ISVs and business partners is solid and unchanged. With our clearly defined processor and software roadmap, we are making substantial investments in the future of IBM i as an important, strategic element in the IBM systems portfolio.
New IBM white paper
Includes information about the IBM i market, Power Systems and IBM i roadmaps, plus the latest information on POWER7 and IBM i 7.1
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html
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© 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i Roadmap
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IBM i Next
IBM i 7.1
IBM i 6.1.1
IBM i 6.1 |
Delivering a major new release of IBM i every two years |
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IBM Power Systems
Building on the Foundation
IBM i 6.1 Highlights
–New Solid State Drive support with unique IBM i performance advantages
–New DB2 for i functional and performance enhancements
–New DB2 Web Query product (replacement for Query/400)
–New Compliance Security Features
–New Data Encryption during disk and tape backup, BRMS support
–New Java Virtual Machine, shared with AIX & Linux
–New Integrated Web Application Server for less sophisticated Java apps
–New Systems Director Navigator web-based console
–New PowerHA disk clustering
–New IBM i on Power Blade support for BladeCenter
–New PowerVM virtual storage for IBM i partitions
–New SAN DS8000 performance optimization
and much more….
IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which follow.
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IBM Power Systems
IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights
DB2
–Support for XML and column level encryption
–SQL statements use OmniFind Text Search Server
–DB2 Web Query enhancements
PowerHA SystemMirror for i
–Async Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching
–Space efficient Flash Copy
Virtualization
–IBM i virtualization for IBM i partitions
–N_Port_ID (NPIV) support for fibre tape and SAN
–Fibre channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
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– Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs |
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– Native support for DS5000 |
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IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights continued
Remote Upgrade to IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1
–NFS backed optical images for IBM i upgrades
–Electronic Delivery Support expanded
IBM i 7.1 technology update method
–Technology Refresh (TR)
–An update to the Licensed Internal Code (LIC)
–Planned to be delivered on approximately a six month cycle, and targeted to enable a specific set of new hardware and firmware functions
Open Access for RPG
–Extend application reach to pervasive devices
–RPG applications can support other interfaces such as mobile devices by using “Handlers”.
Zend Server Community Edition
–PHP environment preloaded with IBM i
Application Runtime Expert for I (SOD)
–Deliver a new capability for IBM i to verify application run time attributes to ensure consistent performance and deployment of new workloads
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IBM Power Systems
DB2 for i – XML Support
XML is an industry standard for exchanging information between customers, suppliers, and partners
Rich XML Support now available with DB2 for i
1.XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations
2.Decompose (shred) XML documents into relational columns
3.Generate XML documents from existing relational data
OmniFind Text Search Server provides support for searching XML documents
–Search elements of an XML document (e.g., customer name = Smith)
–SQL statements use OmniFind to search the XML documents
–Available with IBM i for no additional charge
Strategic replacement for XML Extenders Program Product
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DB2 for i - Additional Enhancements
Column Level Encryption
–Allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a specific column in a database table accessed through SQL or native
–Solutions from tool providers including Patrick Townsend, and
Linoma Software supply encryption algorithms
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Application Developers
–MERGE, Array support, Global Variables, and consuming result sets in RPG allows for more powerful and efficient programming
Performance
–Adaptive Query Processing can modify query plan while the query is running to significantly improve performance
–Advanced SQE query optimizer now supports native logical files
Management
–New tooling to monitor long running operations
–SQL_CANCEL procedure to cancel long running queries.
–Random or Sequential I/O statistics to identify tables that can benefit from SSDs
DB2 is an integrated database supporting transaction processing and business intelligence applications
On-Demand Performance
Center
–Rich tools for DB2 for i
–Including Visual Explain
–Adaptive Query Processing can automatically build an index to replace table scan …taking queries from
30 minutes to 1 minute
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DB2 Web Query
9Upgrade Query/400 with DB2 Web Query
Get Better Performance
–Up to 5x better performance over Query/400
Reduce Report Maintenance
–Leverage parameterized reporting or OLAP functions to minimize report maintenance
Remove Dependency on IT
–Give the Power of the data to end users in the formats they want it with information in real time
Upgrade into full blown BI
–DB2 Web Query enabled Data Mart/Warehouses
9Bring BI and Query Solution Back to IBM i
Stop the pain and expense of replicating data
Make decisions with current data
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/db2/webquery/
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IBM Power Systems
DB2 Web Query Enhancements
Make Better Business Decisions and Improve Customer Service
New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1
–Security Enhancements
•Change password from within DB2 Web Query
•Enhanced meta data control
–Administrative Enhancements
•Change Management
•New WRKWEBQRY functions simplifies admin
–Performance Enhancements
•Improved internal processing
•Improved analysis capabilities
–Usability/Functional Enhancements
•Improved Dashboard development
•Active Reports usability enhancements
–Additional application or data source support
DB2 Web Query supports querying XML documents with IBM i 7.1
DB2 Web Query provides an integrated Query/400 replacement product with Business Intelligence extensions that offer rich functionality and breakthrough performance
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PowerHA SystemMirror for i
Asynchronous Geographic Mirroring for multi-site DR solution
–IBM i based mirroring for geographically dispersed systems
–Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to target system
–Support for automatic failover
–Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN, and virtual disk
Space-Efficient Flash Copy
–Working with IBM DS8000 function to allow Flash Copy without requiring double DASD
LUN level switching for local HA solution
–Switch IASP on DS8000 or DS6000 between local systems
–Support for automatic failover
–Supports native and VIOS with NPIV attached SANs
PowerHA provides a robust, simple to manage High Availability and Disaster Recovery solution
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© 2010 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i Editions
Standard Edition targeted at datacenter HA
Enterprise Edition targeted at multi-site HA/DR solutions
New tiered pricing structure lowers costs of HA/DR solutions for mid-sized businesses
Advanced Copy Services for PowerHA Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition
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IBM Power Systems
Virtualization Enhancements for IBM i
Maintain current IBM i 6.1 partitions
IBM i 6.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
Minimize change while deploying new release
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
Deploy new IBM i 7.1 partitions
IBM i 7.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
Continue to run applications with IBM i 6.1 while leveraging new capabilities of IBM i 7.1
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
PowerVM VIOS can host
IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
AIX and Linux partitions
VIOS supports advanced virtualization technologies including Active Memory Sharing and NPIV
IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1 can be hosted by dual PowerVM Virtual IO Servers for added high availability
Storage Virtualization can reduce costs while improving IT infrastructure flexibility
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IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x
iSCSI Software Target Supports Higher Speed Connection
–Replaces current iSCSI adapter on Power server side with software in IBM i
–Uses Ethernet adapters and network to connect Power to
BladeCenter and System x
–Supports 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet connections
–Can connect to iSCSI adapter or software initiator on BladeCenter and System x
IBM Power Server with IBM i
Supported Environments
–Windows Server 2008 and 2003 Server editions
–VMware ESX 4.0
–VMware ESXi Embedded 4.0
New installation wizard
–Simplifies setup of integration environment and then starts install of Windows Server or VMware operating system
IBM i provides advanced storage management for x86 systems enabling cost reductions and better risk management
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IBM i Storage Management and SSD
IBM i 6.1.1 and 7.1 adds
– Native support for IBM Systems Storage DS5100, DS5300, |
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SSD Analyzer Tool
–Designed to help determine if SSDs can help improve application performance hot data
–Runs on IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1
http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3780
72 Drives replaced by
60 Drives + 4 SSD
SSDs can improve performance of long running batch jobs or queries. IBM i can easily get the right data on the SSDs
* http://www.ibmsystemsmagpowersystemsibmidigital.com/nxtbooks/ibmsystemsmag/ibmsystems_power_200909/index.php#/16#
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