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So you decided to move to a

POWER7 server. Great! But
how do you get there?

Power 780

Power 795

Power 770

Power 750

Power 720/740

Power 710/730

PS Blades

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Definitions for This IBM Presentation

Upgrade = new model which keeps the same serial number
Example:

POWER6 570 9117-MMA to POWER7 770 9117-MMB

Migration = new model which does not keep the same serial number
Example: POWER6 550 8204-E8A to POWER7 750 8223-E8B

Insight: Legal & accounting rules require at least

20% of the original asset to be reused to be
classified an upgrade to the same asset.
IBM uses a serial number to track an asset and
uses an average config definition to determine if
a model upgrade path can be offered.
Each client has to determine how to classify their
new model acquisition. (if an upgrade or not)

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Is protecting a serial number important?

To some clients, it does not matter. To others it does matter.

Serial number might matter:

Additional documentation/tools for moving to newer server

Financially works better for depreciation/budget
IBM software entitlements moves easily to newer server (especially IBM i)
IBM 5250 entitlements (IBM i) moves easily to new server
May ease discussions with ISVs if licensing serial number specific

Serial number might not matter:

Financial impact to depreciation/budget not an impact

IBM software transferable (with a bit more effort)
IBM 5250 more transferable now to POWER7 with RPQ
ISV software licensing not impacted by serial number

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Model Upgrades (Same Serial Number) as of May 2011

ades
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to POW
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595
595

595

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6
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94

770
570
560

only
9406

550

520/515

9406 only

550

570
560
550

740
720 6/8 core

520 4-core

520 4-core

520 2-core

520 2-core

520 1-core

520 1-core

POWER5  POWER6
55

780

750

570

520/525

795

720 4 core
730
710

POWER6  POWER7
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Power Systems

Power 795
Power 780

Memory & I/O loops & GHz

are important POWER7
selection factors

Power 770
Power 750

GHz
Memory

3.7-4.25 GHz

Power
720/740

I/O loops

3.1 3.5 GHz

3.0
3.55 GHz
181,000

32GB 2TB

8 - 512 GB

Max 2 - 8

3.84.1 GHz

1,000,000
16GB
- 8 TB

32GB 2TB

Max +
8 - 32

Max 2 - 8

Max 1 - 2

Power 710/730
PS Blades
3.097,700
3.7 GHz
3.0
3.7 GHz
97,700

8 - 256 GB

4 - 128 GB

Max 0 - 1 - 2

0
3 GHz
76,300
8 - 256 GB
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IBM Power Systems

RAS Item

Power 750

Power 770

Power 780

Standard
Optional
Not available
Power 595

Power 795

Redundant / Hot Swap Fans & Blowers

Hot Swap DASD / Media / PCI Adapters
Concurrent Firmware Update
Redundant / Hot Swap Power Supplies
Dual disk controllers (split backplane)
Processor Instruction Retry
Alternate Processor Recovery
Storage Keys
PowerVM/Live Partition Mobility/Live Application Mobility
Redundant Service Processors

Redundant System Clocks

Hot-node Add / Cold-node Repair

Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add

Dynamic Service Processor and System Clock Failover

Hot-node Repair / Hot-memory Add for all nodes**

Redundant / Hot Swap Power Regulators

Dynamic Processor Sparing
Memory Sparing
Hot GX Adapter Add and Cold Repair

Enterprise Memory
Hot GX Adapter Repair
Midplane connection for inter-nodal communication
Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
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* Requires two or more nodes

** Planned for 2H10 on 780, 1H11 on 795

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Key Evolutionary I/O Technology Transitions

SCSI to SAS 3.5-inch to SAS 2.5-inch (SFF)

PCI / PCI-X / PCI-X DDR , to PCIe Gen1 to PCIe Gen 2

RIO/HSL to 12X SDR

to

IBM i : IOP-based

Smart IOA

to

12X DDR

New cool Stuff . SSD, FCoE, .

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I/O Technology Transitions POWER5 to POWER7

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7

I/O loops

HSL / RIO
---

HSL / RIO
12X*

--12X*

PCI cards

PCI-X
---

PCI-X
PCIe

PCI-X (I/O drawer only**)

PCIe

Disk

SCSI mostly,
Some SAS

Some SCSI,
SAS mostly

SCSI limited
SAS mostly

SSD

---

SAS-bay-based

SAS-bay-based
PCIe-based

IOP-based
adapters

yes

yes (I/O drawer only**)

no

Evolving I/O technologies is to be expected and

desired. But as you would also expect, it requires
planning to ensure smooth upgrades/migrations.
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* 12X loop is either all PCIe or all PCI-X

** Power 750 is exception with some PCI-X slots in CEC
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IBM i PCI Adapters (as of May 2011)

Type adapter

PCI-X

PCIe

LAN (Ethernet)

1 Gb & 10 Gb
2-port & 4-port

1 Gb & 10 Gb LR
2-port

(SNA only with IOP)

(No SNA)

Y

Y
90 MB

Y 1500 MB

No plans

No plans

No plans

Y

No 175 MB

Y 1500 MB
4 Gb

Yes

Yes 380 MB

SOD 3Q 2011
4 Gb & 8 Gb

FCoE (or FCoEE)

Twinax

Y, with IOP

No plans

iSCSI

No adapter plans

Int xSeries Card (IXS)

Crypto
SSD on PCI adapter

Y with IOP
Y
N

No adapter plans
Y Sept 2010
Y Sept 2010

WAN
SCSI

Tape/disk 0 cache

Disk medium cache

Disk big cache
SAS

Tape/disk 0 cache

Disk medium cache

Disk big cache
Fibre Channel

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19-inch POWER7 I/O Drawer Configuration Rules

POWER7 model

If server limited on number of

loops, I/O drawer selection can be
impacted
12X PCIe
Max 2 per loop
10 slots per drawer

#5802
or 5877

#5802
or 5877

Max loops

710 / 730

720 4-core

720 6/8-core

740

1 or 2

750

1 or 2

755

770 or 780

2 to 8

No mixing PCI-X 12X and PCIe 12X on same loop

12X PCI-X DDR
Max 4 per loop
6 slots per drawer

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#5796
5714-G30

#5796
5714-G30

Note:
No RIO/HSL
No IOPs (IBM i)

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POWER7 19-inch IO and Storage Drawers

Order #

Description

Status

Interface

#5796

PCI-X I/O Drwr

Available

12X

#5802

PCIe I/O Drwr

(w/ SFF Bays)

Available

12X

#5877

PCIe I/O Drwr

(No SFF Bays)

Available

12X

#5886

EXP12S SAS Disk Drwr

Available

SAS

#5887

EXP24S SAS Disk Drwr

Available

SAS

PCI-X I/O Drwr

Supported

12X

EXP24 SCSI Disk Drwr

Supported

SCSI

EXP24 SCSI Disk Drwr

EXP24 SCSI Disk Tower

Supported

SCSI

7314-G30
#5786
7031-D24
7031-T24

NOTE:
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no RIO/HSL drawers
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Recommended Steps After Selecting POWER7 Model

POWER6
Server

I/O: 12X drwr adaptors

I/O: HSL/RIO
drwr & adaptors

Ste
p

Get the I/O

ready

Ste
p

Apply all prerequisites

2
Ste

p3

Bring in
POWER7

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POWER7
Server

I/O 12X
attached

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Recommended Steps

POWER6
Server

I/O: 12X drwr adaptors

I/O: HSL/RIO
drwr & adaptors

Step 1
Get the I/O
ready

POWER6
Server

I/O: 12X drwr adaptors

POWER6 system unit I/O

What are you keeping that wont fit in the future POWER7 system unit?
(POWER7 server = SFF in CEC)
Example: 3.5-inch disk drives
Example: PCI-X adapters
(Most POWER7 servers are PCIe only)
IVE / HEA differences to consider?
POWER6 I/O drawers
Put I/O from POWER6 server which you are keeping that wont fit in
POWER7 system unit into a 12X I/O drawer
Move off HSL/RIO I/O drawers replace with all 12X I/O drawers
Remove all IOPs. Move to all smart PCI adapters.
This step more limited if you are migrating from a POWER5 server to a POWER6
server. There are no 12X I/O drawers, PCIe slots, SFF disk, etc on a POWER5 server.
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POWER7 I/O Upgrade Considerations

All the newer IBM I/O drawers (12X), disk, SSD and PCI adapters used on POWER6
supported on POWER7 servers (non-Blade statement)
May need to move 3.5-inch SAS drives and PCI-X adapters

Older I/O on POWER6 servers, but not on POWER7 servers
RIO/HSL I/O drawers
SCSI disk smaller than 69GB or SCSI drives slower than 15k rpm
QIC tape drives
IOPs and IOP-based PCI adapters (IBM i)
2749, 5702, 5712, 2757, 5581, 5591, 2790, 5580, 5590, 5704, 5761, 2787, 5760, 4801, 4805,
3709, 4746, 4812, 4813

Older LAN adapters: #5707, 1984, 5718, 1981, 5719, 1982

Older SCSI adapters: #5776, 5583, 5777
Telephony adapter: #6412
See planning web page www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/sod2.html

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Recommended Steps (when you can)

POWER6
Server

POWER6
Server

POWER6
Server

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I/O: 12X drwr adaptors

I/O: HSL/RIO
drwr & adaptors

Step 1

I/O 12X
attached

Step 2

I/O 12X
attached

Step 3

POWER6
Server

I/O: 12X drwr adaptors

Apply all pre-requisites

i.e. HMC, firmware
and then
OS levels

POWER7
Server

I/O 12X
attached

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Fibre Channel over Ethernet

(Converged Network Adapter)

Save PCI slots

Save switches

Save space/electrical/cooling

Simplify wiring

Improve flexibility
PCIe adapter

Ethernet
and Fibre
Channel
cables

FC Switch
Ethernet Switch

Fibre Channel
cable

Ethernet
cables

- Blade adapter

FCoE Switch

Fibre Channel (FC)

device or FC switch
Ethernet
cable

Ethernet
CEC or I/O drawer

Ethernet device /
switch

Fibre Channel
cable
Fibre Channel (FC)
device or FC switch
Ethernet
cable

FCoE
CEC or I/O drawer

FC

Ethernet device /
switch or FCoE
device / switch

CEC or I/O drawer

rack

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rack

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Upgrades - PEX & Side-by-side RPQ

When you need to run two systems in
parallel while upgrading
Start
one server present
STEP 1
Bring in model upgrade or
2nd server

Option A

PEX (Power Exchange)

Flexible duration
Additional software licensing required
Results in machine with different serial number

Option B

Side-by-Side RPQ

For POWER7 servers with upgrade path & with roll-in

roll-out upgrade
1 - 8 weeks duration
No additional IBM Power Systems licensing required
Other non IBM Power Systems licensing may be needed

Results in machine with the same serial number

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STEP 2
Run in parallel,
gradually moving
workload to new server
STEP 3
Ship original server
back to IBM
Done
one server present

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Thank You from IBM Rochester

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Power your planet.

Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet.

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Power your planet.

Smarter systems for a Smarter Planet.

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