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© 2010 IBM Corporation
System x® and BladeCenter®
Enterprise X-Architecture 5Enterprise X-Architecture 5thth Generation GenerationAnd VMware®And VMware®
Virtualization SolutionsVirtualization Solutions
Martin Comeau – IBM CanadaMartin Comeau – IBM [email protected]@ca.ibm.com
Enterprise X-Architecture 5Enterprise X-Architecture 5thth Generation GenerationAnd VMware®And VMware®
Virtualization SolutionsVirtualization Solutions
Martin Comeau – IBM CanadaMartin Comeau – IBM [email protected]@ca.ibm.com
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Challenges & Solutions
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Memory Capacity
Buy what you need when you need it
License Fees
Operational Expense
Energy and mgmt expenses
Fit more into the datacenter you have today
Reduce cost to qualify systems
Do More With Less
Speed time from deployment to production
Optimized performance for your workload needs
Get more out of the people, IT, and spending you have
Flexibility to get the IT they need, the way you need it
Simplify
Difficult challenges create an opportunity for innovation
Challenges with enterprise workloadsDatabase, Virtualization, Transaction processing
More virtual machines
Larger virtual machines
Bigger databases
Faster database performance
Greater server utilization
System x® and BladeCenter®
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Turning “opportunity” into resultsBuilding on industry standards with unique innovation
The broadest portfolio of flexible enterprise rack and blade systems
Lower entry points to enterprise technology
The most memory with unique expansion capabilities
The fastest integrated data access
Maximum flexibility with node partitioning
Optimized configurations for target workloads
Innovation that uniquely meets client requirements
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IBM eX5 Architectures with VMware vSphere Get the MAX from your Virtualization Investment
Utilize leadership virtualization software and innovative hardware
Minimize capital and operational costs - make virtualization the foundation
Maximize virtual machines per system
Optimize your solution for your target workloads
Virtualize to consolidate, eliminate redundancy, improve control and agility
Energize your Business with Flexible and Responsive IT
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VMware and IBM: Joint Innovation and Partnership
Innovation driven by• R&D collaboration• Innovative service offerings• End-to-end IBM solutions
IBM x86 Virtualization:• First VMware system vendor
• First VMware joint development
partner
• First to offer comprehensive
VMware support
• First blade to include VMware
• First demonstrated VMware
embedded hypervisor
• First VMware managed desktop
offering
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eX5 Systems Overview
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Maximize Memory• Over 5x more memory in 2 sockets than
current x86 (Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series) systems• Nearly 8x more memory in 4 sockets than
current x86 (Intel Xeon 5500 Series) systems• More memory delivers 60% more virtual machines
for the same license cost
Minimize Cost• 1/3 cost for $28K USD savings with Oracle database• Save over $1M USD in external database storage costs
Simplify Deployment• Leverage IBM Lab Services experts to
configure and install hardware and software• Workload Optimized solutions reduce
deployment from months to days• IBM Systems Director provides automated image
deployment and pre-configured server identity
Maximize Memory• Over 5x more memory in 2 sockets than
current x86 (Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series) systems• Nearly 8x more memory in 4 sockets than
current x86 (Intel Xeon 5500 Series) systems• More memory delivers 60% more virtual machines
for the same license cost
Minimize Cost• 1/3 cost for $28K USD savings with Oracle database• Save over $1M USD in external database storage costs
Simplify Deployment• Leverage IBM Lab Services experts to
configure and install hardware and software• Workload Optimized solutions reduce
deployment from months to days• IBM Systems Director provides automated image
deployment and pre-configured server identity
The next generation of x86 is here!!
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eX5 leadership for an evolving marketplace with increasing demands
1st Gen: First x86 server with scalable 16 processor design
20032nd
Generation
20053rd
Generation
20074th
Generation
20011st
Generation
2nd Gen: First x86 server with 100 #1 Benchmarks
3rd Gen: First x86 server with Hot-swap memory
4th Gen: First x86 server to break 1 Million tpmC
5th Gen: Breakthrough performance, ultimate flexibility, simpler management
2010 5th
Generation
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eX5 Portfolio — Systems for a Smarter Planet
Broad coverage for most enterprise applications, server
consolidation, virtualized workload enablement.
4U / 4-WayScalable
Powerful and scalable system allows some workloads to migrate onto 2-socket design that delivers enterprise computing in a dense package
Demand for minimum footprint as well as integrated networking infrastructure has increased the growth of the blade form factor.
BladeCenter HX5
System x3690 X5
Consolidation, virtualization, and database workloads being migrated off of proprietary hardware are demanding more addressability
System x3850 X5
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IBM System x3850 X5Flagship System x platform for leadership scalable performance and capacity
Versatile 4-socket, 4U rack-optimized scalable enterprise server provides a flexible platform for maximum utilization, reliability and performance of compute- and memory-intensive workloads.
System Specifications
4x next-generation Intel Xeon Nehalem EX CPUs 64 to 96 DDR3 DIMMs 6 open PCIe slots (+ 2 additional) Up to 8x 2.5” HDDs or 16x 1.8” SSDs RAID 0/1 Std, Optional RAID 5/6 2x 1GB Ethernet LOM 2x 10GB Ethernet SFP+ Virtual Fabric / FCoEE Scalable to 8S, 192 DIMM Internal USB for embedded VMware ESXi
hypervisor IMM, uEFI & IBM Systems Director
Maximize Memory MAX5 memory expansion for 50% more virtual
machines and leadership database performance
Minimize Cost Lower cost, high performance configurations
reaching desired memory capacity using less expensive DIMMs
Simplify Deployment FlexNode Partitioning and Automatic Node failover
for maximum flexibility and application uptime Pre-defined database and virtualization workload
engines for faster deployment and faster time to value
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(2x) 1975W Rear Access Hot Swap, Redundant P/S
(4x) Intel Xeon CPU’s
(8x) Memory Cards for 64 DIMMs – 8 1066MHz DDR3 DIMMs per card 6x - PCIe Gen2 Slots
(+2 additional)
2x 60mm Hot Swap Fans
(8x) Gen2 2.5” Drives or2 eXFlash
(2x) 120mm Hot Swap Fans
Dual USB Light Path Diagnostics
RAID (0/1) standard, RAID 5/6 Optional
DVD Drive
2x 10Gb Ethernet Adapter
x3850 X5: 4-socket 4U x86 (Nehalem EX) platform
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IBM System x3690 X5Industry’s first high end scalable 2-socket for maximum memory and performance
System Specifications
2x next-generation Intel Xeon Nehalem EX CPUs 32 to 64 DDR3 DIMMs 2 x8 PCIe slots, 2 x8 Low Profile slots Up to 16x 2.5” HDDs or 32x 1.8” SSDs RAID 0/1 Std, Opt RAID 5 2x 1GB Ethernet Optional 2x 10GB SFP+ Virtual Fabric / FCoEE Scalable to 4S, 64 DIMM or 128 DIMM Internal USB for embedded VMware ESXi
hypervisor IMM, uEFI, and IBM Systems Director
High-end 2-socket, 2U scalable server offers up to four times the memory capacity of today’s 2-socket servers with double the processing cores for unmatched performance and memory capacity.
Maximize Memory MAX5 memory expansion for additional 46% more
virtual machines and leadership database performance
Minimize Cost Achieve 4-socket memory capacity with 2-socket
software license costs and cheaper “2-socket only” processors
eXFlash 720k internal IOPs for 40x local database performance and $2M savings in equal IOPs storage
Simplify Deployment Pre-defined database and virtualization workload
engines for faster deployment and faster time to value
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(1x) x16 (full height, full length or (2x) x8 (1 full size, 1 full height / half length) (2x) PCIe x8 Low Profile
(4x) N+N 675W Rear Access Hot Swap Redundant P/S
(16x) Gen2 2.5” Drives or3 eXFlash
Scaling ports
32 x DDR3 Memory DIMMs16 in upper mezzanine (pictured)16 below
8x Memory Buffers
(4x) 60mm Hot Swap Fans
Dual USB
Light Path Diagnostics
DVD Drive
x3690 X5: 2-socket 2U (Nehalem EX) platform
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IBM BladeCenter HX5Scalable high end blade for high density compute and memory capacity
System Specifications
2x next-generation Intel Xeon Nehalem EX CPUs 16x DDR3 VLP DIMMs MAX5 memory expansion to 2S, 40 DIMM Scalable to 4S, 32 DIMM or 4S, 80 DIMM UP to 8 I/O ports and to 2x SSDs per node Optional RAID 5 with battery backed cache Optional 10GB Virtual Fabric Adapter / FCoEE Internal USB for embedded VMware ESXi
hypervisor IMM, uEFI, and IBM Systems Director
Scalable blade server enables standardization on same platform for 2- and 4-socket server needs for faster time to value, while delivering peak performance and productivity in high-density environments.
Maximize Memory MAX5 memory expansion to 320GB in 60mm for over
25% more VMs per processor compared to competition
Minimize Cost Upgrade to 80 DIMM for max memory performance or
to save over $4K by using smaller, less expensive DIMMs
Memory bound VMware customers can save over $7K in licensing with memory rich 2-socket configurations
Simplify Deployment Partitioning of 4-socket to two 2-sockets without any
physical system reconfiguration, and automatically fail over for maximum uptime
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HX5 – 2- & 4-Socket BladeTop view of 4-socket system shown
2x Intel Xeon EX CPUs
2x IO Expansion Slots(1x CIOv + 1x CFFh)
16x VLP DDR3 Memory2x SSD drives (1.8”)
2x 30mm nodes
HX5 Configurations 2S, 16D, 8 I/O ports, 30m 4S, 32D, 16 I/O ports, 60mm
Additional Features Internal USB for embedded hypervisor Dual & redundant I/O and Power Optional RAID 5 with battery backed cache IMM & UEFI
Scale Connector
8x memory buffers
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MAX5: Memory Access for eX5
Take your system to the MAX with MAX5MAX5
MAXMAX memory capacity- An additional 32 DIMM slots for x3850 X5 and x3690 X5- An additional 24 DIMM slots for HX5
MAXMAX virtual density- Increase the size and number of VMs
MAXMAX flexibility- Expand memory capacity, scale servers, or both
MAXMAX productivity- Increase server utilization and performance
MAXMAX license optimization- Get more done with fewer systems
Greater productivity and utilization through memory expansion and flexibility
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Memory Buffers
QPI Ports
EXA Ports
Firehawk Chipset
32 Memory DIMMs
QPI attaches to systems EXA Scalability to other memory drawers
Lightpath Diagnostics
Hot swap fans System removes from chassis for easy access
MAX5 for x3690 X5 and x3850 X5
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MAX5 for HX5
24x VLP DDR3 memory
6x memory buffers
HX5+MAX5 Configurations 2S, 40D, 8 I/O ports, 60m 4S, 80D, 16 I/O ports, 120mm
MAX5
HX5
FireHawk6 SMI lanes4 QPI ports3 scalability ports
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eX5 Rack System Configurations
x3690 X5(2S 32 DIMM)
x3850 X5(4S 64 DIMM)
Base Systems
Memory Enhanced
x3690 X5 w/ MAX5(2S 64 DIMM)
x3850 X5 w/ MAX5(4S 96 DIMM)
Memory Enhanced
x3690 X5(4S 64 DIMM)
x3690 X5 w/ MAX5(4S 128 DIMM)
x3850 X5(8S 128 DIMM)
x3850 X5 w/ MAX5(8S 192 DIMM)
Memory Enhanced
Leadership high end x86 performance and flexibility
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Bringing the goodness of eX5 to blades… Snaps onto base blade (sold as a bundle w/ base HX5) Enables more memory than any other blades
Blade leadership! Up to 30% more VMs than max competition blade Flexible configurations & unmatched memory capacity,
scaling from 1-socket, 32D 4-socket, 80D Uses processors that cost up to 30% less than the
competition for scaling Targeted for Virtualization & DB for customers that
need a blade form factor
Never before seen levels of scaling… 2-socket, 30mm building block 2-socket 4-socket w/ logical partitioning
Max compute density! Up to 32 cores in a 1¼ U equivalent space Modular scalability in 2-socket increments to get to 4-
socket Targeted for database, and compute intensive simulations
HX5 Blade HX5 Blade with MAX5
Common Building Block
Maximum performance and flexibility for database and virtualization in a a blade
IBM BladeCenter Scalable Blades
2P, 30mm2-socket, 16DIMM
8 I/O ports30mm
4-socket, 32DIMM16 I/O60mm
2-socket, 40DIMM
8 I/O 60mm
4-socket, 80DIMM16 I/O 120mm
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eX5 virtualization optimized models
MAX5 expansion for up to a 512GB of added memory Large quantity of smaller, cheaper DIMMs per system
Capabilities
Benefits
Preconfigured Models
x3950 X5 7145-4Dx VMware ESXi 4.0 4 x X7550 96 DIMMs 1.5TB
x3690 X5 71482Dx VMware ESXi 4.0 2 x E6540 64 DIMMs 1TB
HX5 7872-68x VMware ESXi 4.0 2 x E6540 40 DIMMs 640GB
4x the VMs of industry standard 2-socket 2U systems
Up to 5.3x the number of virtual machines of single VMware license industry standard 2U Intel Xeon 5500 Series system
Up to 3x the number of virtual machines of single VMware license competitor Intel Xeon 5500 Series system
Integrated hypervisor for simpler deployment and management
MTM Hypervisor Processors DIMMs Memory (max)
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IBM publishes leadership 4-processor, 32-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark
IBM System x3850 X5 delivers leading 4-socket and 32-core result for VMware VMmark version 1.1.1 benchmark
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eXFlash — Maximum internal storage performance
Maximize performanceMaximize performance- Up to 200x performance increase for local
databases- 99% better performance per watt for database-type
workloads
Maximize cost savingsMaximize cost savings- 100 to 1 replacement ratio of traditional drives,
replacing thousands of drives and cables - $670,000 hardware savings per eXFlash over equal
IOPs HDDs- Up to 40x greater solution density over traditional
HDD solution
Maximize reliabilityMaximize reliability- RAID 5/6 controller for redundant data storage
reliability at 37.5% greater capacity- Greater reliability over traditional HDDs
eXFlash Features
Up to 3 FlashPacks per system UP to 240,000 IOPs, 1.6TB per eXFlash RAID 5/6 and high throughput non-raided Hot swappable, front accessible, modules
Combination of solid-state disk technology and high-speed controller architecture deliver extreme performance to replace limited IOPs of traditional HDDs
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eXFlash reduces database costs by up to 97% with same IOPsUp to 240K IOPs & 1.6 TB per eXFlash
Server Hardware $10k (2 uni-socket servers) NA: All self contained within the system
Storage Hardware $680k (80 JBODs, 800 disks)$20k for eXFlash
No JBODs required
Datacenter real estate $55k / year (5 racks, $115 / sqft) NA: eXFlash integrated into eX5 servers
Datacenter power savings $42k / year NA: eXFlash uses eX5 server PS
Maintenance savings $7.5k / year $2.5k / year
Management savings $50k / year NA: eXFlash integrated into eX5 servers
Total $1153k (3 years) $27.5k over 3 years
x3850 X5
with eXFlash
Competitive solution: 2 servers + 80 JBODs + 960 spinning disks + real estate + management + maintenance expenses
97% less expensive
Less then 1% of the power
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Virtual • Multiple protocols from a single component• Multiple virtual ports from single physical port
• Virtual Fabric does not require additional Fibre Channel adapters and switches
• One network infrastructure reduces Capital Expenditure
Fast • 10Gb/s for 10x the bandwidth• Line rate performance (36Gbps for dual port)• TCIP/IP stateless offloads and TCP Chimney Offload
• Provide maximum bandwidth with minimal use of CPU resources
Scalable • Up to 8 Virtual NICs or mix of vNICs and CNA.
• Upgrade to FCoE or HW iSCSI*
• Configure to the exact number of ports VMware recommends – no wasted bandwidth or ports
• Upgrade when ready with no rip and replace
Flexible • Four operating Modes: pNIC Ethernet, vNIC Ethernet, iSCSI* or FCoE or combination
• Available across System x and BladeCenter
• Fits within a customer’s existing datacenter
• Lower cost and faster ROI
Reliable • Hardware parity, CRC, ECC and other advanced error checking
• Backed by field-proven IBM and Emulex reliability and support
• Virtual Fabric provides higher uptime and faster recovery in case of failure
Virtual Fabric Adapters Customer Impact
Blade CFFhIntegrated PCIe Option
Three Virtual Fabric Adapters to Choose FromThree Virtual Fabric Adapters to Choose From
Extended Edge Connector
*iSCSI support on BladeCenter only
Extending Virtual Fabric to the eX5 portfolio…fast, flexible and reliable IO that fits into your existing datacenter!
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Thank you / Questions ?