Compared to alternative products like Intel or Oracle, what makes POWER8 so great? In this one-hour webinar, IBM’s Power Systems Product Manager Mark Olson joins Tom Huntington to discuss the advantages of Power technology. You’ll get great information about: • Product specs for the S814, S824, E870, and E880 servers • What’s new and unique in these servers to the industry • Why IBM i users on POWER5, POWER6, or POWER7 should move to POWER8 • What to expect next, including storage area network (SAN) and direct access storage (DAS)

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Power Systems Hardware:
Today and Tomorrow
Jan, 2015
Mark Olson
olsonm@us.ibm.com

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Processor Technology Roadmap
POWER8
22 nm
POWER5
130 nm
POWER6
65 nm
POWER7
45 nm
POWER10
Or whatever it is
named
2004 2007 2010
Starting
2014
Future
POWER9
Or whatever it is
named

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Processor Chip Comparisons
POWER5
2004
POWER6
2007
POWER7
2010
POWER7+
2012
130nm SOI 65nm SOI
45nm SOI
eDRAM
32nm SOI
eDRAM
2
SMT2
2
SMT2
8
SMT4
8
SMT4
1.9MB (L2)
36MB (L3)
8MB (L2)
32MB (L3)
2 + 32MB (L2+3)
None
2 + 80MB (L2+3)
None
15GB/s
6GB/s
30GB/s
20GB/s
100GB/s
40GB/s
100GB/s
40GB/s
Technology
Compute
Cores
Threads
Caching
On-chip
Off-chip
Bandwidth
Sust. Mem.
Peak I/O
POWER8
22nm SOI
eDRAM
12
SMT8
6 + 96MB (L2+3)
128MB (L4)
230GB/s
96GB/s

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Innovation Drives Performance
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
180 nm 130 nm 90 nm 65 nm 45 nm 32 nm 22 nm
Gain by Technology Scaling Gain by Innovation
Relative %
of Improvement
IBM plans for future 22 nm technology are subject to change.

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POWER8 Chip Packaging
Bus Interfaces
• Integrated PCIe Gen3
• SMP Interconnect
• CAPI
Accelerators
• Crypto & memory expansion
• Transactional Memory
• Data Move / VM Mobility
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
Core
L2
L3 Cache & Chip Interconnect
8M L3
Region
Mem. Ctrl.Mem. Ctrl.
SMPLinks
Accelerators
SMPLinks
PCIe
Caches
• 64K Data cache (L1)
• 512 KB SRAM L2 / core
• 96 MB eDRAM shared L3
• Up to 128 MB eDRAM L4 (off-chip)
Cores
• 12 cores (SMT8)
• 8 dispatch, 10 issue, 16 exec pipe
• 2X internal data flows/queues
• Enhanced prefetching
Memory
• Dual memory Controllers
• 230 GB/sec Sustained bandwidth
Energy Management
• On-chip Power Management Micro-controller
• Integrated Per-core VRM
• Critical Path Monitors
Technology
• 22nm SOI, eDRAM, 650mm2
• 15-layers = great bandwidth

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Memory
Buffer
DRAM
Chips
Intelligence Moved into Memory
• Previously on POWER7+ chip onto buffer
Processor Interface
• High speed interface
Performance Value
POWER8 Memory Buffer Chip
“L4 cache”

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Memory Bandwidth per Socket
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
POWER5
POWER6
POWER7
POWER8
GB/Sec

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Memory Bandwidth per Socket
0 50 100 150 200
POWER5
POWER6
POWER7
POWER8
GB/Sec
Reset the scale

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POWER8 Memory Bandwidth per Socket
0 50 100 150 200 250
POWER5
POWER6
POWER7
POWER8
GB/Sec

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POWER7
Chip
I/O
Bridge
GX
Bus
PCIe Gen2
PCI
Devices
PCIe Gen3
PCI
Device
POWER8
Chip
POWER8 Integrated PCI Gen 3

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IO Bandwidth Comparing 2-Socket Servers
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
POWER6
POWER7
POWER7+
GB/Sec

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IO Bandwidth Comparing 2-Socket Servers
0 50 100 150 200
POWER6
POWER7
POWER7+
POWER8
GB/Sec
Reset the scale

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POWER8 IO Bandwidth Comparing 2-Socket Servers
0 50 100 150 200
POWER6
POWER7
POWER7+
POWER8
GB/Sec

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POWER8
Coherence Bus
FPGA or ASIC
Customizable Hardware / Application Accelerator
• Specific system SW, middleware, or user application
• Written to durable interface
POWER8
PCIe Gen3
Transport for encapsulated messages
POWER8 CAPI (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface)
Like an “extra” core for
the POWER8 chip

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Example: CAPI Attached Flash Optimization
Pin buffers,
Translate,
Map DMA,
Start I/O
Application
LVM
Disk & Adapter DD
Read/Write
Syscall
strategy() iodone()
FileSystem
strategy() iodone()
Interrupt,
unmap,
unpin,Iodone
scheduling
20K
Instructions

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Example: CAPI Attached Flash Optimization
 Issues Read/Write Commands from applications to eliminate 97% of
instruction path length CAPI Flash controller Operates in User Space
 Saves 10 Cores per 1M IOPs
Pin buffers,
Translate,
Map DMA,
Start I/O
Application
LVM
Disk & Adapter DD
Read/Write
Syscall
strategy() iodone()
FileSystem
strategy() iodone()
Interrupt,
unmap,
unpin,Iodone
scheduling
< 500
Instructions
Application
Posix Async
I/O Style API
User Library
Shared
Memory
Work Queue
aio_read()
aio_write()
20K
Instructions
Attach flash memory to POWER8
via CAPI coherent Attach

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POWER8 Leapfrogs
0 50 100 150 200
POWER5
POWER6
POWER7
POWER8
PCIe Gen3
0 50 100 150 200
POWER6
POWER7
POWER7+
POWER8
Memory Bandwidth I/O Bandwidth
PCIe Gen3
PCI
Device
POWER8
POWER7
I/O
Bridge
GX
Bus
PCIe Gen2
PCI
Devices
PLUS ….
CAPI
Accelerators
Transactional Memory
Scaleability
Smart use of energy
… and more

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Scale-out CPW Comparisons
S824 (1 or 2 socket)
– 6-core 3.8 GHz 72,000
– 12-core 3.8 GHz 130,000
– 8-core 4.1 GHz 94,500
– 16-core 4.1 GHz 173,500
– 12-core 1-socket not offered
– 24-core 3.5 GHz 230,500
S814 (1 socket)
– 4-core 3.0 GHz 39,500
– 6-core 3.0 GHz 59,500
– 8-core 3.7 GHz 85,500
740 POWER7+ (1 or 2 socket)
– 6-core 4.2 GHz 49,000
– 12-core 4.2 GHz 91,700
– 8-core 3.6 GHz 56,300
– 16-core 3.6 GHz 106,500
– 8-core 4.2 GHz 64,500
– 16-core 4.2 GHz 120,000
720 POWER7+ (1 socket)
– 4-core 3.6 GHz 28,400
– 6-core 3.6 GHz 42,400
– 8-core 3.6 GHz 56,300
+50% ~ GHz
+40%
+40%
+60%
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CPW
E880
– 32-core 4.35 GHz 381,000
– 64-core 4.35 GHz 755,000
– 96-core 4.35 GHz 1,114,000** (2015)
– 128-core 4.35 GHz 1,495,000** (2015)
E870
– 32-core 4.02 GHz 359,000
– 64-core 4.02 GHz 711,000
– 40-core 4.19 GHz 460,000
– 80-core 4.19 GHz 911,000 Measured using
SMT8
SMT4 would be
somewhat lower
* planned to be published closer to their GA date. Early estimates can
be provided under nondisclosure agreements if needed
** estimated value, not measured

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Performance per Core Moves Up with POWER8
24
595
5GHz
770
3.5GHz
780
4.14GHz
TurboCore
rPerf performance estimate for fully configured systems divided by number of cores
795
4.25GHz
TurboCore
770
4.2GHz
780
4.4GHz
E870
4.19GHz
E880
4.35GHz
…up to 1.5X over POWER7+
up to 2X over POWER7
up to 2.5X over fastest POWER6
rPerfPer-core(CPWsamestory)

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SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results, 2-Tier: SD Benchmark Users
SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0
Source: http//www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
Fujitsu PQ 2800E
Intel E7-8890 v2,
120c/240t
Power E870 outperforms all other 8-socket systems
(best Intel Xeon and best Oracle SPARC)
1.6X more users than Ivybridge-EX v2
Nearly 2X more users than Oracle T5-8
with 1/3 less cores!
Oracle T5-8
T5, 128c/1024t
IBM x3950 X6
Intel E7-8890 v2
120c/240t
IBM Power 780
POWER7+
96c/384t
IBM Power E870
POWER8
80c/640t
128c
120c 120c
96c
80c
(1) IBM Power System E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores / 640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog
response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000 SAPS: 436,100 database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014033 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(2) IBM Power System 780 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 96 cores / 384 threads, POWER7+; 3.72GHz, 1536GB memory, 57024 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10, dialog
response: 0.98 seconds, line items/hour: 6,234,330, dialog steps/hour: 18,703,000 SAPS: 311,720 database response time (dialog/update): 0.009 sec / 0.014 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014024 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(3) IBM System x3950 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 120 cores / 240 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E7-8890 v2; 2.80GHz, 1024GB memory, 49,000 SD benchmark users, running Windows
Server 2012 Standard Edition and DB2® 10, dialog response: 0.85 seconds, line items/hour: 5,421,670, dialog steps/hour: 16,265,000 SAPS: 271,080; database response time (dialog/update): 0.0083 sec / 0.022 sec, CPU utilization: 98%, Certification #: 2014024 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source:
http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(4) Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2800E on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 120 cores / 240 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E7-8890 v2; 2.80GHz, 1024GB memory, 49,000 SD benchmark users, running
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition and SQL Server 12, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour: 5,193,670, dialog steps/hour: 15,581,000 SAPS: 259,680; database response time (dialog/update): 0.015 sec / 0.030 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014003 Results valid as of
10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(5) (5) Oracle SPARC Server T5-8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors/128 cores/1024 threads, SPARC T5; 3.60 GHz, 2,048 GB memory; 40,000 SD benchmark users, running Solaris® 11 and
Oracle 11g; Certification # 2012013008. Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

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Over twice the ERP users per core with Power E870/E880 than the
best Intel Xeon and best Oracle SPARC results
Nearly 1000 Users per Core with POWER8 based E870
26
SDBenchmarkUsersperCore
SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results, 2-Tier: SD Benchmark Users per Core
SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 As of April 28, 2014
Source: http//www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
IBM E870
POWER8
80c/640t
Oracle M5-32
M5
192c/1536t
HP DL580
E7-4890 v2
60c/120t
Oracle T5-8
T5
128c/1024t
(1) IBM Power System E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores / 640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog
response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000 SAPS: 436,100 database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014033 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(2) HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9, on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors/36 cores/72 threads, Intel Xeon Processor 2699v3; 2.30 GHz, 256 GB memory; 16,101 SD benchmark users, running RHEL 6.5 and SAP
ASE; Certification # 2014032. Results valid as of September 8, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(3) Oracle SPARC Server M5-32 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 32 processors/192 cores/1536 threads, SPARC M5; 3.60 GHz, 4,096 GB memory; 85,050 SD benchmark users, running Solaris® 11 and Oracle
11g; Certification # 2012013009. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(4) HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors/60 cores/120 threads, Intel Xeon Processor 4890 v2; 2.80 GHz, 1024 GB memory; 24,450 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server
2012 Standard Edition and SQL Server 2012; Certification # 2043004. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(5) Oracle SPARC Server T5-8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors/128 cores/1024 threads, SPARC T5; 3.60 GHz, 2,048 GB memory; 40,000 SD benchmark users, running Solaris® 11 and Oracle 11g;
Certification # 2012013008. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
HP DL 380p
E5-2699 v3
36c/72t
2.2Xmore users per core than
the best competitors!

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SAP Sales & Distribution 2-Tier ERP 6 Benchmarks
IBM Power System S824 using DB2 10.5 vs. Competition
Over 2 times better 24 core performance than nearest Intel competitive
results
Up to 2 times greater performance than previous Power generation
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
Fujitsu
RX300 S8
HP ProLiant
BL460c
IBM Power
S824
IBM Power
S824
IBM
p270
IBM
p260
(1.0) IBM Power System S824 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 192 threads, POWER8;
3.52GHz, 512 GB memory, 21,212 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.98 seconds, line items/hour: 2,317,330, dialog steps/hour: 6.952,000 SAPS: 115,870 database
response time (dialog/update): 0.011 sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014016 Results valid as of 3/24/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(1.1) Fujitsu RX300 S8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697
processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.240 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013024
(1.2) Cisco UCS c240 M3 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24c ores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697
processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.045 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013038
(1.3) HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-
2697 processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.025 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013025
(2.1 IBM Flex System p270 Compute Node on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 96 threads,
POWER7+; 3.4GHz, 256 GB memory, 12.528 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10 .5 Certification #: 3012019 Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.
(1.1)IBM Flex System p260 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 16 cores / 64 threads, POWER7+; 4.1GHz,
256 GB memory, 10,000 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10, Certification #: 2012035
2Xmore users

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IBM Power System S824 delivers Best of Breed
eBS 12.1.3 Payroll performance
Over 2 times more performance per-core than Cisco result
with higher overall through-put on few cores
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
24-core
Oracle
BL460c
16-core
IBM Power
S824
12-core
2X !
• All results use Oracle eBS 12.1.3 Payroll Batch Extra Large Kit and are current as of 3/24/2014.
 For more information go to http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.html
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
24-core
Oracle
BL460c
16-core
IBM Power
S824
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IBM Power System S824 delivers New High-water
Siebel CRM Release 8.1.1.4 performance
Over 3 times the DB performance per-core than previous results
Highest overall users supported on fewer cores!
Oracle
SPRAC T4-2
16-core
Cisco
UCS B200 M3
16-core
IBM Power
S824
6-core
3.3 X
(1) All results use Siebel 8.1.1.4 PSPP Kit and are current as of 3/24/2014. For more information go to http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/white-
papers/siebel-167484.html
New #1
Oracle
SPRAC T4-2
16-core
Cisco
UCS B200 M3
16-core
IBM Power
S824
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“Single-thread-oriented” Workloads and POWER8 Technology
Good news
Compared to POWER7/POWER7+, POWER8 chips
with similar GHz run 20-25% faster from a wall clock
perspective …… ASSUMING NOT I/O BOUND
time
POWER7
POWER8
20-25% reduction

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A New Generation of IBM Power Systems
Designed for Big Data
Superior Cloud Economics
Open Innovation Platform
Open Innovation to
put data to work

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Collaborative innovation for highly advanced systems
Produce open hardware, software, firmware and tools
Expand industry skills and investment for Power
ecosystem
Provide alternative architectures
OpenPOWER Consortium
IBM
Google
NVIDIA
TYAN
Mellanox
Open
Innovation

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Google® Mother Board using POWER8 Technology
Development board previewed by Google at April 2014 POWER8
announcement

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Building collaboration and innovation at all levels
Boards / Systems
I/O / Storage / Acceleration
Chip / SOC
System / Software / Services
Implementation / HPC / Research
Complete member list at
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Power
770+
Power
780+
Power
750+ / 760+
Power
710+/730+
Power
720+/740+
P460+
1Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER7/POWER7+
IBM PureFlex
System
p260+
p24L
PowerLinux
7R4+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
Power
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Power
770+
Power
780+
Power
750+ / 760+
Power
710+/730+
Power
720+/740+
P460+
2Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+
IBM PureFlex
System
p260+
p24L
PowerLinux
7R4+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
Power
795

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Power
770+
Power
780+
Power
750+ / 760+
Power
710+/730+
Power
720+/740+
P460+
4Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+
IBM PureFlex
System
p260+
p24L
PowerLinux
7R4+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
Power
795

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Scale-out

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Scale-out Servers (with POWER8 technology)
S824 (2 socket, 4U)
S814 (1 socket, 4U)
S822 (2 socket, 2U)
S812L (1 socket, 2U) Linux-only
S822L (2 socket, 2U) Linux-only
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Scale-out Servers (with IBM i or AIX or Linux support)
S814 (1 socket, 4U)
– 6 or 8 core (P10 IBM i software tier)
– 4 core (P05 IBM i software tier)
S824 (2 socket, 4U)
– 6/12 or 8/16 or 24 core
– P20 IBM i software tier

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POWER8 1S4U Scale-out System
Power S814
 Form Factor: 4U or Tower
 Single Socket
 Cores: 4 (3.0 GHz), 6 (3.0 GHz) or 8 (3.7 GHz)
 Memory: Up to 512 GB
 Slots: 7 PCIe Gen3 Full-high (Hotplug)
 Ethernet: Quad 1 Gbt in PCIe slot
 Integrated ports: USB (4/5), Serial (1), HMC (2)
 Internal Storage
 DVD
 12 SFF Bays -- Split Backplane: 6 + 6
 or 18 SFF Bays with 7GB write cache
 Hypervisor: PowerVM
 OS: AIX, IBM i 7.1 or later (P10 software tier), Linux
3 Yr Warranty

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POWER8 2S4U Scale-out System
Power S824
 Single Socket populated
 Cores: 6 (3.8 GHz) or 8 (4.1 GHz)
 Memory: Up to 512 GB (Up to 1TB Nov annc)
 Slots: 7 PCIe Gen3 full-high (Hotplug)
 Both Sockets populated
 Cores: 12 (3.8 GHz), 16 (4.1 GHz), or 24 (3.5 GHz)
 Memory: Up to 1 TB (Up to 2TB Nov annc)
 Slots: 11 PCIe Gen3 full-high (Hotplug)
 Ethernet: Quad 1 Gbt in PCIe slot
 Integrated ports: USB (4/5), Serial (1), HMC (2)
 Internal Storage
 DVD
 12 SFF Bays -- Split Backplane: 6 + 6
 or 18 SFF bays & 8 SSD bays with 7GB write cache
 Hypervisor: PowerVM
 OS: AIX, IBM i 7.1 or later (P20 software tier), Linux
3 Yr Warranty

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Enterprise

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No Primary Node
Midplane
 Service Processors
 Clocks
 Oscillators
Large Memory
19” Rack
Modular design
Up to 4 CEC drawers
Blindswap IO Adapters
POWER8 Enterprise Solutions
Midplan
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Power E880: 1, 2, 3 or 4 Nodes
Node
Node
Node
Node
MidPlane
22U in 19” rack
3- and 4-node configurations planned availability June 2015

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Power E870: 1 or 2 Nodes
Node
Node
MidPlane
12U in 19” rack

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Power 780 Power 795
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Power E870 & E880 servers
• 8 to 128 cores @ 4.35 GHz
• Up to 192 cores* in 2015
• 256 to 16TB Memory
• 1 to 4 nodes
• Built-in initial Elastic CoD days
*Statement of Direction to support up to 8TB memory on E870 and up to 4 PCIe I/O Expansion Drawers per node on Power E870 & E880 in 2015.
Initial GA in 4Q14 supports 4TB maximum on E870 and 0 or 2 PCIe I/O drawers per node on E870 & E880.
 Increased performance and scale
 Built-in PowerVM Enterprise Edition
 Enterprise RAS
 Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor
 More performance per-watt
 Capacity on Demand
 Share resources in Power Enterprise
Pool
 Medium Software tier
 24x7 Warranty
Power E880Power E870
• 8 to 80 cores @ 4.19 GHz
• 8 to 64 cores @ 4.0 GHz
• 256 to 4TB Memory (8TB SOD*)
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POWER8 E870 Compares: 2-Node/Drawer System
9117-MMD
Power 770
POWER8 Enterprise
2 CEC Node-
drawer
CPU Sockets per Node/Drawer 4 4
Max processor nodes/Drawers 4 2
Max number sockets 16 8
Max Cores 64 64 or 80
Max Frequency 3.8 GHz 4 or 4.19GHz
Max Memory 1 TB per CEC Drw 2 TB per CEC Drw
Memory per core 64 GB 62 or 50 GB
Memory Bandwidth (peak)
272 GB/s per CEC
Drw
922 GB/s per CEC
Drw
I/O Bandwidth (peak)
80 GB/s per CEC
Drw (GX)
256 GB/s per CEC
Drw (PCIe Gen3)
Max PCIe I/O drws 16 (4 per Node) 4 (2 per Node)
Max PCIe I/O Slots
160 - in IO drws
24 - internal
48 in IO drws
8 - internal
IBM i levels supported IBM i 6.1 and later IBM i 7.1 and later
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POWER8 E870 Compares: 2-Node/Drawer System
9117-MMD
Power 770
POWER8 Enterprise
2 CEC Node-
drawer
CPU Sockets per Node/Drawer 4 4
Max processor nodes/Drawers 4 2
Max number sockets 16 8
Max Cores 64 64 or 80
Max Frequency 3.8 GHz 4 or 4.19 GHz
Max Memory 1 TB per CEC Drw 4 TB per CEC Drw
Memory per core 64 GB 62 or 50 GB
Memory Bandwidth (peak)
272 GB/s per CEC
Drw
922 GB/s per CEC
Drw
I/O Bandwidth (peak)
80 GB/s per CEC
Drw (GX)
256 GB/s per CEC
Drw (PCIe Gen3)
Max PCIe I/O drws 16 (4 per Node) 8 (4 per Node)
Max PCIe I/O Slots
160 - in IO drws
24 - internal
96 – in IO drws
0 - internal
IBM i levels supported IBM i 6.1 and later IBM i 7.1 and later
Planned
SOD *
SOD *
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 4U in standard 19” rack
 PCIe Gen3 x8 or x16 slots
– Full-High, Full-Length slots
 PCIe x16 Gen3 cable connection to POWER8 CEC
 Dual fiber optic cables
POWER8 PCIe Gen3 IO Drawer
Today for Power E870 and E880
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IO Bandwidth (Comparing I/O Drawers)
0 10 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0
#5877
#EMX0
Total drawer GB/Sec
One PCIe Gen3 Drawer (12 PCIe slots)
10 or 20 slots
POWER8 PCIe-attached Gen3 I/O drawer has two fan-out modules and each fan-out module has 32GB/s
POWER7 12X-attached PCIe I/O drawer = #5877 or #5802
One or two #5877 or #5802 can share a single GX++ slot’s 20GB/s bandwidth
POWER8
POWER7+

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DAS or SAN ?
 Both options are strategic
 Both options have their strengths
 Can use both options on the same server
 Application independent
–Ignoring operational options
Power System
running IBM i
DAS
Direct Attached Storage
(“internal”)
SAN
Storage Area Network
(“external”)

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