The document discusses IBM POWER8 technology for cloud computing and OpenStack. It provides an overview of PowerVM and PowerKVM virtualization, how IBM integrates hardware technologies into OpenStack environments, and a real example of deploying an OpenStack private cloud solution. It also covers advanced monitoring tools for clouds like PowerVP and PowerVC, and how PowerVC integrates with OpenStack.

1. Virtualizace, Cloud a
OpenStack - IBM
POWER Systems
Radek Spimr/IBM
radek_spimr@cz.ibm.com
Ondrej Plachy/Comparex
ondrej.plachy@comparex.cz
Open Innovation to
put data to work
Open Innovation to
put data to work
WeAreCloud
25.9.2014
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2. Agenda
OpenPOWER a POWER8 technologie pro Cloud, BigData = CAMSS – 10min
• Virtualizace IBM POWER jako základ pro Cloud řešení
– PowerVM a PowerKVM
• Jak IBM integruje HW technologie do OpenStack prostředí a Cloudu
• Reálný příklad nasazení OpenStack Cloud řešení – privátní cloud
• Přehled advanced nástrojů pro Cloud
• Cloud manager with OpenStack (CMO), …
– PowerVP (Virtual Performance – real time monitoring LPAR, CPU, cache, IO)
– PowerVC (Virtualization Center – správa a řízení virtuálního prostředí POWER,
x86, ..)
PowerVC (Virtualization Center) pro IBM POWER Cloud – 20min
– Využití a přínosy
– Integrace s OpenStack
– Instalace a konfigurace

3. IDC o POWER8
• Power based solutions can deliver exceptional
performance, and where software is priced on
a per server or per processor basis, this can be
a differentiator. In addition, Power Systems
can run Unix or multiple distributions of
Linux, and IBM's move to embrace total
open source solutions on Power
(including KVM, OpenStack, etc.) is helping
to further level the playing field. The difference
between continuing along the current path of
flat or declining sales, vs. a disruptive effect for
Power Systems will hinge on whether
customers perceive POWER8 and its open
ecosystem as a solution that merely
addresses current needs better than x86
systems, or whether Power Systems truly
addresses a set of important unmet needs.
Boards / Systems
I/O / Storage / Acceleration
Chip / SOC
System / Software / Services
Implementation / HPC / Research

4. - Ubuntu je
nejpopulárnější OS s
55% podílem
- KVM je
nejpopulárnější
Hypervisor s 62%
podílem
- Zdroj : OpenStack User
Survey, říjen 2013,
- http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/11/openstack-user-
survey-october-2013
Ubuntu a KVM jsou nejpopulárnější platformy pro
OpenStack Cloud

5. Proč je POWER8 klíčovou změnou v oblasti Linuxu a
otevřených platforem
POWER8 zvyšuje náskok v oblasti výkonu,
propustnosti, spolehlivosti a univerzálnosti proti
serverům Intel
Podpora Ubuntu a KVM umožňují větší
popularizaci v oblasti Cloudových řešení
Podpora Little Endianu usnadňuje portaci
Linux aplikací optimalizovaných pro x86
OpenPower Foundation přináší zásadní
otevřené inovace pro platformu POWER a celý
ekosystém

6. POWER8 je vytvořen a designován pro nejvyšší výkon
Sandy
Bridge EP
Ivy Bridge EP Ivy Bridge EX
POWER 7+
Systems
POWER8
Clock rates 1.8–3.6GHz 1.7-3.7GHz 1.9-3.4 GHz 3.1–4.4 GHz 3.0–3.9 GHz
SMT options 1,2* 1, 2* 1, 2* 1, 2, 4 1, 2, 4, 8
Max Threads / sock 16 24 30 32 96
Max L1 Data Cache 0 32KB* 32KB* 32KB 64KB
Max L2 Cache 256 KB 256 KB 256 KB 256 KB 512 KB
Max L3 Cache 20 MB 30 MB 37.5 MB 80 MB 96 MB
Max L4 Cache 0 0 0 0 128 MB
Memory Bandwidth 31.4-51.2
GB/s
42.6-59.7
GB/s
68-85**
GB/s
100 – 180
GB/sec
230 - 410
GB/sec
* Intel calls this Hyper-Threading Technology (No HT and with HT)
*32KB running in “Non-RAS mode” Only 16KB in RAS mode
**85GB running in “Non-RAS mode” = dual-device error NOT supported
E7-88xx v2E5-26xx v2

7.  Infrastructure Software Price-performance has been REDUCED on Intel servers by up to 14%
– Assumes flat system pricing
 Software Licensing has increased by 1.5x
– 12 cores versus 8 cores
 Performance has increased only 1.29-1.40x (IBM increased by 1.71-2.31x)
– x86 publishes on 2-socket Sandy Bridge and 2-socket Ivy Bridge
1 Based on generational comparisons of SW that utilizes per core pricing and 50% more cores in per system (Power: 8c
POWER7 to 12c POWER8; x86:8c E5-2690 to 12c E5-2697 v2)
2 Performance is based on published x86 data and published/projected POWER7+ & POWER8. Workloads are ERP,
Integer, Floating Point, Java
x86
“Sandy
Bridge”
x86
“Ivy Bridge”
System
Performance
Ratio
POWER7+ POWER8 System
Performance
Ratio
2-socket
E5-2690
2-socket
E5-2697
2-socket
POWER7+
2-socket
POWER8
# Cores 16 24 1.50 16 24 1.50
ERP SAP 2-Tier 7960 10240 1.29 10000 21212 2.12
SPECint_rate 693 967 1.40 884 1701 1.92
SPECfp_rate 510 701 1.37 602 1301 2.16
SPECjEnterprise2010 8310 11260 1.35 13161 22543 1.71
POWER8 má vyšší výkon per core než předchozí
generace POWER7, Intel nižší

8. Jeden z
nejúspěšnějších
POWER serverů v
historii IBM
KLÍČOVÉ VLASTNOSTI
• Vysoký výkon
• Škálovatelnost
• Nízké náklady
• Enterprise vlastnosti
• Variantní virtualizace
• Variantní OS
• Integrace OpenStack
IBM server S822 oceněn jako
„IT PRODUKT 2014“
Zdroj : http://data.computerworld.cz/file/it_produkt_2014/CW-2014-11-itp%2023b.pdf

9. Varianty virtualizace pro Power
PowerKVM
PowerVM
PowerVM is Power Virtualization that will continue to be enhanced
to support AIX, IBM i Workloads as well as Linux Workloads
2004
Initial Offering
Q2 2014
Initial Offering
PowerKVM provides an open source choice
for Power Virtualization for Linux workloads.
Best for clients that aren’t familiar with Power
and Linux centric admins.

10. Power8 Platform
OPAL FW
Qemu
VM1
RHEL
VM2
SLES
Libvirt
API & virsh CLI
Linux Kernel
PowerKVM
Host
Console
Shell CLI
Linux Userspace
Openstack
End-node
components
Kimchi
Openstack
controller
Xcat
Chef
Puppet
Custom scripts
IBM CMO
Kimchi Browser
Or
Client
CLI / IPMIFSP
SUSE Manager
KVM
VM3
Fedora
PowerKVM – KVM na POWERu

11. PowerVM PowerKVM
GA Availability Now since 2004 Q2 2014
Supported Hardware All P6, P7, P7+, P8 Systems S812L, S822L
Supported Guest OS
AIX, IBM i & Redhat, SUSE
Linux
Redhat, SUSE & Ubuntu Linux
Workload Mobility Supports AIX, IBM i & Linux Linux
Basic Virtualization
Management
IVM/HMC/FSM Virtman/libvirt/Kimchi
Advanced Virtualization
Management
PowerVC/VMControl PowerVC, OpenStack
Admin Type Power Centric Linux/x86 Centric
Established Security Track
Record on Power
Yes No
Open Source Hypervisor No Yes
Complete Hardware
Awareness & Exploitation Yes Partial
Porovnání PowerVM vs PowerKVM

12. PowerVM Unique Features not in PowerKVM
 Dedicated Processors
 Shared Processor Pools
 Shared Dedicated Processors
 Guaranteed minimum
entitlement
 Hard Capping of VMs
 Capacity on Demand
 IFLs
Compute
Security
 vTPM
 Existing Security Certifications*
 Firmware based hypervisor
I/O
 NPIV*
 SR-IOV*
 Dedicated I/O devices*
 Redundant I/O
virtualization(Dual VIOS)
Configuration
 DLPAR*
 Support for AIX and IBM i VMs
 System Pools
 Ubuntu support
 No HMC needed
 Exploits POWER8 Micro-Threading
 NFS storage support
 iSCSI storage support
PowerKVM Unique Features not in PowerVM
*PowerKVM functionality planned

13. Feature PowerVM X86 KVM PowerKVM
GA1
PowerKVM
GA2
Dynamically create/delete VM's Yes Yes Yes Yes
“Shared Processor” mode Yes Yes Yes Yes
ST, SMT2, and SMT4, SMT8 guests Yes HW dep no SMT8 Yes Yes
Dedicated Processors Yes No No No
Min/Max CPU and memory entitlement Yes Partial Partial Partial
CPU, memory, I/O affinity Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory overcommit Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory sharing – data deduplication Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hot plug memory, cpu, I/O Yes Yes No Working
EEH Yes No Yes Yes
Host error recovery Yes Yes Yes Yes
Error logging Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power RAS tools Yes NA Partial Yes
Partition hibernation and remote restart Yes Yes Partial Yes
VM migration Yes Yes Yes Yes
EnergyScale power management Yes NA Partial Yes
SR-IOV support 4/14 (Eth only) Yes No Yes
PAPR-style paravirt interface Yes NA Yes Yes
PCI Pass through Yes Adapter dependent Beta Yes
Linux “virtio” virtual I/O devices supported No Yes Yes Yes
Guest VGA over VNC No Yes Yes Yes
Managed by oVirt (VDSM) No Yes No Yes
Libvirt, virtsh, virt-manager NA Yes Yes Yes
Openstack integration Yes Yes Yes Yes
Porovnání vlastností KVM on Power

14. Kimchi je HTML5 řídící nástroj pro KVM
- IBM POWER8/KVM server

15. HostedPrivateCloud(i.e.Softlayer)
SmartCloud Entry is evolving from a entry level cloud application to an OpenStack based cloud solution
self service cloud
manager UI
SCE infrastructure
services
Cloud User Cloud Admin
VMControl
vCenter
KVM vSpherePowerVM
• Entry level cloud solution
• Internal cloud “middleware”
• Integration with VM Mgrs
Cloud Applications
self service
cloud
manager
Cloud User Cloud Admin
PowerVC
vCenter
PowerVM
Hyper-
V
ESX
openstack
z/VM
SMAPI
xCAT
KVM
IaaS federation/gateway
openstack API
• OpenStack cloud solutions
• OpenStack APIs exposed for applications
dashboard
self service cloud manager UI
SCE legacy
Cloud User
VMControl
vCenter
Hyper-
V
openstack
z/VM
SMAPI
xCAT
KVM
IaaS federation/gateway
Cloud Admin
• Entry level cloud solution
• Internal OpenStack based cloud “middleware”
• New virtual environments via OpenStack
• New points of integration with the hypervisor
PowerVM vSphere
Vývoj architektury až k IBM Cloud
Manager with OpenStack

16. Cloud Manager UI
Cloud Manager
IaaS
Adapter IaaS gateway/federation
User management
Project
Network mapping
Cloud admin
VM management
Approvals
Billing/accounts
Metering reports
Expiration policies
Image activation
OpenStack Icehouse
Users, Projects, Tenants/Domains, Storage configs Network configs, Image Repo/mgt, Image Flavors,
scheduling……
vCenter Hyper-VKVM ppc
HMC
Vmware adapter
Nova drivers for
Hyper-V, KVM, vCenter
zVM*
zVM driver PowerVC driver
PowerVC
(HMC Driver)
PowerVM through
Rack hardware
PowerVM through
Flex hardware
OpenStack API
vCenter
On Power 8
Horizon UI
SCE API
Cloud User SCE Cloud
Applications
openstack
Applications
Openstack Cloud Admin
KVM x86
not in CMO UI
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack 4.1

17. Power Cloud Scalability v rámci OpenStack
HMC1
PowerVC driver
PowerVC
PowerVM
PowerVC driver
PowerVM
HMC2
PowerVM PowerVM
PowerVC
HMC1
PowerVM PowerVM
PowerKVM hosts
• Scales the same way as
x86 KVM hosts
PowerVM hosts
• Within one PowerVC server,
use multiple HMCs to
manage different sets of
PowerVM hosts
• Use multiple PowerVC
servers to manage different
set of PowerVM hosts
• Leverage CMO 4.1 multi-
region support to talk to
multiple PowerVC servers

18. PC x86 NEOS
Architecture Power System & x86
ISDM
Presentation and self-service portal (BNP
developped)
TSAM
Tivoli Service
Automation
Manager
TU&AM
Tivoli Usage &
Accouting
Manager
DP&A
RAF
Rational Automation Framework RSA
Rational Software Architect
RAM
Rational Asset Manager
Portal users
CLOUD architects
Technical Cloud base
Portal, orchestrator and technical Cloud base
administrators
Use case : Původní cíle a vize projektu CLOUD

19. Use case : Nasazení Hybrid Private CLOUD a integrace s 19
různými systémy/unifikace přístupu vs. OpenStack Survey
Power VM
Hyperviseur
VMWare ESXi
Hyperviseur
ISDM / DP&A
Portal and Meta Orchestration
PowerVC
Portail / Orchestration
Pblock
Building Block Power
TPC
Ressource & Monitoring / Stockage
HMC
Administration
vCloud Orchestrator
Orchestration
vCloud Automation Center
Portail / Ressource management
UIM – UCS Mgmt – Unisphere
Hardware Administration
Vblock
vCenter Operation Manager
Virtual Infra. Monitoring
VCE Vision
Hardware Monitoring
vCenter
VMWare Administration
Building Block x86
RAMRAF TSAM TPMPortal
Nimsoft
Monitoring / Power
OpenStack
Cloud Management
RSA
Network
CISCO
(router)
Brocade
(switch)
SVC
Storage Replication
VNX
Storage
P770
Compute
Network
CISCO
(router)
VPLEX / RP
Stor. Replication
VNX
StorageCompute
CISCO
UCS

20. MEM
CPU
Systém
INFO
Nahrávání
Zatížení
Monitorování výkonu POWER hardware v reálném čase

21. System Topology
View
HW DRILL DOWN LPAR DRILL DOWN
PowerVP - Unikátní vizualizace všech HW komponent
• Troubleshooting náročných ISV aplikací jako big data,…
• Ladění vysoce konsolidovaného virtuálního prostředí
• Real time monitorování workloadu (RDBMS, …)
• Plánování výkonu a sizingu aplikací, konsolidací, …

22. OpenStack
is a free and open-source software cloud computing software platform. Users
primarily deploy it as an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution. The
technology consists of a series of interrelated projects that control pools of
processing, storage, and networking resources throughout a data center—which
users manage through a web-based dashboard, command-line tools, or a
RESTful API. OpenStack.org release it under the terms of the Apache License.
More than 200 companies have joined the project, including Arista Networks,
AT&T, AMD, Avaya, Canonical, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Ericsson, Go Daddy, Hewlett-
Packard, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, Mirantis, NEC, NetApp, Nexenta, Oracle, Red
Hat, SUSE Linux, VMware and Yahoo!.

23. OpenStack has a modular architecture with various
code names for its components
Compute (Nova)
OpenStack Compute (Nova) is a cloud computing fabric controller, which is the main part
of an IaaS system. It is designed to manage and automate pools of computer resources
and can work with widely available virtualization technologies, as well as bare metal and
high-performance computing (HPC) configurations. KVM and Xen are available choices
for hypervisor technology, together with Hyper-V and Linux container technology such as
LXC
Object Storage (Swift)
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) is a scalable redundant storage system. Objects and
files are written to multiple disk drives spread throughout servers in the data center, with
the OpenStack software responsible for ensuring data replication and integrity across the
cluster. Storage clusters scale horizontally simply by adding new servers. Should a server
or hard drive fail, OpenStack replicates its content from other active nodes to new
locations in the cluster. Because OpenStack uses software logic to ensure data replication
and distribution across different devices, inexpensive commodity hard drives and servers
can be used.

24. Block Storage (Cinder)
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) provides persistent block-level storage devices for use
with OpenStack compute instances. The block storage system manages the creation,
attaching and detaching of the block devices to servers. Block storage volumes are fully
integrated into OpenStack Compute and the Dashboard allowing for cloud users to
manage their own storage needs. In addition to local Linux server storage, it can use
storage platforms including Ceph, CloudByte, Coraid, EMC (VMAX and VNX), GlusterFS,
Hitachi Data Systems, IBM Storage (Storwize family, SAN Volume Controller, XIV Storage
System, and GPFS), Linux LIO, NetApp, Nexenta, Scality, SolidFire, HP (StoreVirtual and
3PAR StoreServ families) and Pure Storage.
Networking (Neutron)
OpenStack Networking (Neutron, formerly Quantum) is a system for managing networks
and IP addresses. OpenStack Networking provides networking models for different
applications or user groups. Standard models include flat networks or VLANs that
separate servers and traffic. OpenStack Networking manages IP addresses, allowing for
dedicated static IP addresses or DHCP. Floating IP addresses let traffic be dynamically
rerouted to any resources in the IT infrastructure, so users can redirect traffic during
maintenance or in case of a failure.
Dashboard (Horizon)
OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) provides administrators and users a graphical interface
to access, provision, and automate cloud-based resources. The design accommodates
third party products and services, such as billing, monitoring, and additional management
tools.

25. Identity Service (Keystone)
OpenStack Identity (Keystone) provides a central directory of users mapped to the OpenStack services
they can access. It acts as a common authentication system across the cloud operating system and
can integrate with existing backend directory services like LDAP. It supports multiple forms of
authentication including standard username and password credentials, token-based systems and AWS-
style (i.e. Amazon Web Services) logins.
Image Service (Glance)
OpenStack Image Service (Glance) provides discovery, registration, and delivery services for disk and
server images. Stored images can be used as a template. It can also be used to store and catalog an
unlimited number of backups. The Image Service can store disk and server images in a variety of back-
ends, including OpenStack Object Storage. The Image Service API provides a standard REST interface
for querying information about disk images and lets clients stream the images to new servers.
OpenStack's image is an operating system installed on a virtual machine (VM). If a developer adds a
variation to an image (as a configuration job) the result is an instance of that image. Subsequently, that
instance is an image that developers can add more variations to.
Telemetry (Ceilometer)
OpenStack Telemetry Service (Ceilometer) provides a Single Point Of Contact for billing systems,
providing all the counters they need to establish customer billing, across all current and future
OpenStack components.
Orchestration (Heat)
Heat is a service to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using templates, through both an
API.
Database (Trove)
Trove is a database-as-a-service provisioning relational and non-relational database engines.

26. Virtualization without Limits
 Drive over 90% utilization
 Dynamically scale per demand
Power Virtualization Management
Increase IT productivity and agility
Manage scalability without complexity
Open Virtualization for scale-out Linux Systems
 Exploit existing Linux admin skills & tools
 Consolidate scale-out Linux workloads
IBM
Virtualization Center for Power Systems

27. - advanced virtualization management
Using IBM Power Virtualization Center, you can do the following:
Register physical hosts, a storage system, and network resources and
use them to create a virtual environment.
Create, resize, and attach volumes to virtual machines.
Monitor the utilization of the resources that are in your environment.
Migrate virtual machines while they are running (hot migration).
Capture a running virtual machine that is configured just the way you
want it to be. When you capture the virtual machine, an image is
created that can be deployed multiple times in your environment.
Deploy images quickly to create new virtual machines that meet the
demands of your ever-changing business needs.

28. Platform
Management
Virtualization
Management
HMC
PowerVC
Virtualization Management with PowerVC
Power Systems Hardware Management Console
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
Cloud
Management
SmartCloud
Infrastructure as a Service with IBM SmartCloud
• End-user self-service provisioning of IaaS with SCE
• Service catalog with virtual systems and applications
• Subscriber and account management (multi-tenancy)
• Delivered as Entry, Provisioning and Orchestration

29. PowerVC: Power Systems
Virtualization Center
Cinder Nova Quantum Virtualization Drivers
• Nova drivers for IVM
• Nova drivers for HMC
• Leverage ecosystem to
support broad range of IBM
and non-IBM storage and
network attached to Power
IBM Power Systems
Storage
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
IBM DB2

30. The technology behind PowerVC

31. PowerVC Standard And Express

32. A graphical user interface targeting the IT administrator
Virtualization Management
Console
• Simple, Intuitive and Appealing
• Progressive Disclosure of Details
• Tasks Tuned for Power Management
• Built on top of the OpenStack API
PowerVC Virtualization Management
Console

33. PowerVC Setup and Configuration
Simple, Intuitive with a Focus on Time to Value… 1. Add Storage to be managed…
• Provide IP address
• Provide user-id & password
2.Add Servers to be managed…
• Provide IP address of IVM/HMC
• Provide user-id & password
3. Add Network Template…
• Provide VLAN ID
• Provide IP Configuration
Configuration Placement Policies…
• Stripe Virtual Machines
• Pack Virtual Machines

34. Ensuring the PowerVC Environment is
Operational and Healthy
Verify the both the management server and managed systems…
Management Server Checks…
• Operating System pre-requisites
• Network configuration
• PowerVC processes
• DB2 configuration
• File system space
• Communication with all resources
Server Checks…
• Required VIOS levels and mode
• Host network configuration
• Valid machine types and models
• Maximum number of hosts
Storage Checks…
• Valid machine types and models
• LUN Visibility test
• Required SVC firmware level
• Runs interactively from the Home page of the console
• Runs from the command line when the management server is not started
• Produces and saves the last report - viewable at any time
• Proactive identifies root cause of environmental problems that would result in failures

35. Providing the fundamental visibility and management for Power virtual machines…
Virtual Machine Management…
• Start and stop the virtual machine
• Delete the virtual machine
• Capture VM as Image
• Resize including DLPAR
• Migrate using placement policy
Virtual Machine Health…
• Virtual Machine State
• Virtual Machine Status
• Red/Green/Yellow Indicators
Virtual Machine Properties…
• Processor, memory, disk
• Related host information
• Network configuration
• Disk volumes (separate tab)
Power System
Linux
AIX
…
PowerVM
Power System
Linux
AIX
…
PowerVM
VIOS
VIOS
VIOS
VIOS
Migration
non-disruptive relocation
of a virtual machine
Striping Policy
Packing Policy
The target host can be
selected by the user or
selected based on the
placement policy
Virtual Machine Management

36. PowerVC Standard - PreReqs
Managing PowerVM
Power Linux or x86
Linux
Redhat 6.4
PowerVC Server
Components installed
PowerVC Management
Server
Minimum Prereq
FW V7.R7.8.0
Hardware 7042-CR5 or
7042-C08
2 GB Memory
HMC
HMC REST
API s
FW 7.8** or
higher
Hardware
POWER6,7,7+,8
PowerVM EE
PowerVM VIOS
v2.2.3 or Higher
Power Servers
managed by HMC
Power Servers
managed by IVM
Hardware
POWER6,7,7+,8
PowerVM EE v2.2
PowerVM VIOS v2.2
or higher
IVM CLI
** Older FW will work with some
loss of functionalityIBM V3500, v3700,
v7000,
SVC attached storage, SSP
storage+
Supported Storage
Supported
VM types
AIX
Linux
IBM i+
+ Requires HMC v8.1 Limited GA
6/2014 for IBM I support

37. PowerVC Standard- PreReqs
Managing PowerKVM
Power Linux VM or x86
system/VM
Redhat 6.4
PowerVC Server
Components installed
PowerVC
Management Server
libvirt APIs
Hardware
POWER8
Linux only
systems
PowerKVM
v2.1
NFS, local
storage, iSCSI
Supported Storage
Supported
Linux VMs
Redhat
SUSE
Network
Open vSwitch

38. PowerVC Editions
PowerVC Express Edition – 5765-VCX
– Manages thru the IVM
– Only available for small servers
– Can manage either PowerVM Standard Edition or PowerVM Enterprise
Edition
PowerVC Standard Edition – 5765-VCS
– Manages thru the HMC for PowerVM
– Manages through the libvirt APIs for PowerKVM
– Can manage PowerVM or PowerKVM
 VMControl clients with current SWMA are entitled to PowerVC
 PowerVC Standard Edition is packaged with AIX Enterprise Edition
 PowerVC is sold separately as well and is sold on a managed core
basis

39. Try PowerVC in our Hosted Trial
Environment for Free
• Clients can try PowerVC using an IBM hosted environment.
• To sign up go to the Service Management wiki for at the links below
• This is an easy way to tryout PowerVC without having to setup your environment
http://tinyurl.com/powervctrial

40. Web Resources
 PowerVC on the Web
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization-
management/
 PowerVC on Service Management Connect
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/servicemanagement/cvm/pvc/inde
x.html
 PowerVC Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTbC6JW7YE&feature=em-
uploademail
 PowerVC Redbook “IBM PowerVC Introduction and Configuration”
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248199.html?Open
 Implementing IBM Power Virtualization Center in Your Data Center
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1136.html
 PowerVC on

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