2014-06 Power 8 Servers June

June 2014
POWER8 Hardware
Dan Hurlimann
System p Hardware Architect
hurliman@us.ibm.com
© 2014 IBM Corporation

Agenda
POWER8 chips
Power Road map
Scale-out Servers
New HMC & virtualization management
OS support
SAS I/O .... adapters, Easy Tier

POWER8
Processor

Power Processor Technology Roadmap
POWER9
Extreme Analytics
Optimization
POWER8 Extreme Big Data
More Cores Optimization
SMT+++ On-chip accelerators
POWER7/7+ Reliability ++
FPGA Support
45/32 nm
Eight Cores Transactional Memory
POWER6/6+ On-Chip eDRAM PCIe Acceleration
65/65 nm Power-Optimized Cores
POWER5/5+ Memory Subsystem ++
130/90 nm Dual Core SMT++
High Frequencies Reliability +
Dual Core Virtualization + VSM & VSX
Enhanced Scaling Memory Subsystem + Protection Keys+
SMT Altivec
Distributed Switch + Instruction Retry
Core Parallelism + Dynamic Energy Mgmt
FP Performance + SMT +
Memory Bandwidth + Protection Keys
Virtualization
2004 2007 2010 2014

POWER8 Highlights
Announced 2013 at Hot Chips Conference

12 Cores per Socket/Chip
Significantly Strengthened Cores
8 threads per core (SMT8)
Wider fetch / dispatch/issue of instructions (8 fetch / dispatch, 10 issue)
Doubled highly utilized execution units
Larger Caches:
64K D Cache, 32K I Cache, 512K private L2, 8M L3 / Core (96M)
2 Integrated Memory Controllers w/ Improved Latency & BW
~ 25% memory latency improvement via on-chip fastpath interconnect
16MB mem cache / buffer chip
Integrated SMP Interconnect w/ improved “Flatness”
2-Hop fabric topology
Integrated IO Subsystem
On Chip PCIe Controller
Fine Grained Power Management
On Chip Power Management Controller & Power gating

Scale Out Systems - DCMs and POWER8 Chips
1S & 2S servers use DCM (Dual Chip Module)

 1 DCM fills 1 socket …. Similar to POWER7+ 750 / 760
 1 DCM has two Scale Out POWER8 chips
 1 DCM can provide 6-core, 8-core, 10-core or 12-core sockets
Local SMP Links

6-core Processor Chip
Accelerators
 362 mm2
Core Core Core
 22nm SOI w/ eDRAM
Strengthen Cores L2 L2 L2
 8 Threads per Core 8M L3
Caches Region
L3 Cache & Chip Intercon MemCtrl
 D Cache: 64KB
Remote SMP Links

PCI Gen 3 Links
 L2: 512KB
 L3: 8 MB per Region Total: 48MB L2 L2 L2
Fine Grained Power Management
Core Core Core
 On Chip power management
Excellent I/O bandwidth per socket
POWER8 Memory Buffer Chip DRAM
Chips
Memory
Buffer
DDR Interfaces
Intelligence Moved into Memory

16MB
• Scheduling logic, caching structures Scheduler & POWER8
Memory
• Energy Mgmt, RAS decision point Management Cache Link
– Formerly on Processor
– Moved to Memory Buffer
Processor Interface
• 9.6 GB/s high speed interface
• More robust RAS
•“ On-the-fly” lane isolation/repair
Performance Value
• End-to-end fastpath and data retry (latency)
• Cache  latency/bandwidth, partial updates
• Cache  write scheduling, prefetch, energy

POWER8 Memory Organization (Max Config shown)
DRAM Memory
Chips Buffer
128 16MB 16MB 128

GB GB
POWER8 DCM
128 128
GB 16MB 16MB GB
128 16MB 16MB 128

GB GB
128 16MB 128

16MB GB
GB
 Up to 1 TB / Socket
 First P8 Systems:
 512 GB /Socket
POWER8 Integrated PCI Gen 3
POWER8
Native PCIe Gen 3 Support

POWER7 • Direct processor integration
• Replaces proprietary GX/Bridge
• Low latency
• Gen3 x16 bandwidth (32 GB/s)
Transport Layer for CAPI Protocol

• Coherently Attach Devices connect to
GX PCIe G3
processor via PCIe
Bus
• Protocol encapsulated in PCIe
I/O
Bridge
PCIe G2
PCI
Device
PCI
Devices

CAPI - Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
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CAPI - Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
Virtual Addressing POWER8

• Accelerator can work with same memory addresses that the
POWER8
processors use
• Pointers de-referenced same as the host application
• Removes OS & device driver overhead
Coherence Bus
Hardware Managed Cache Coherence
• Enables the accelerator to participate in “Locks” as a normal CAPP
thread Lowers Latency over IO communication model
PCIe Gen 3
PSL Transport for encapsulated messages
Custom
Hardware
Application
Processor Service Layer (PSL)
FPGA or ASIC
• Present robust, durable interfaces to applications
• Offload complexity / content from CAPP
Customizable Hardware
Application Accelerator
• Specific system SW, middleware, or user application
• Written to durable interface provided by PSL
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CAPI Optimization Example (Flash Device)
Application
Read/Write
Syscall
FileSystem
strategy() iodone()
20K Application
Instructions Posix Async aio_read()
LVM I/O Style API aio_write()
strategy() iodone()
User Library
Disk & Adapter DD < 500 Shared
Memory
Pin buffers,
Translate,
Interrupt,
unmap,
Instructions Work Queue
Map DMA, unpin,Iodone
Start I/O scheduling
Attach TMS Flash to POWER8 via CAPI coherent Attach

Issues Read/Write Commands from applications to eliminate 97% of code path length
Saves 10 Cores per 1M IOPs
12
POWER8 Multi-threading Options
4
SMT1: Largest unit of execution work
SMT2: Smaller unit of work, but provides 3.5
greater amount of execution work per
cycle 3
SMT4: Smaller unit of work, but provides

2.5
greater amount of execution work per
cycle
2
SMT8: Smallest unit of work, but provides
the maximum amount of execution work
1.5
per cycle
Can dynamical shift between modes as 1
required: SMT1 / SMT2 / SMT4 / SMT8
Mixed SMT modes supported within 0.5
same LPAR
 Requires use of “Resource Groups”
0
P7 P8 P8 P8 P8
SMT1 SMT1 SMT2 SMT4 SMT8

POWER8 SMT Scaling (Briefing Center System)
1000’s of Transactions
2.5
1.5
0.5
0
SMT1 SMT2 SMT4 SMT8
POWER8
Bandwidths

POWER8 IO Bandwidth
POWER8
POWER7+
POWER7
POWER6
0 50 100 150 200

GB/Sec

POWER8 Memory Bandwidth per Socket
POWER8
POWER7
POWER6
POWER5
0 50 100 150 200

GB/Sec

POWER8
Roll Out

Power System Roadmap
2013 2014
Enhanced HMC POWER8
Management
KVM
PowerVC
PowerVP
4U Systems: S814 & S824

Power
Linux Engines
Enterprise
Pools 2U System: S822
2U Linux: S812L & S822L

Power April Announcements
New Scale-Out Servers with POWER8 technology

 2U servers: 2 socket
 4U servers: 1 socket and 2 socket
Linux-only server models

 2U servers: 1 socket and 2 socket
New Virtualization Management

 IBM PowerKVM – Kernel Virtual Machine
 PowerKVM for Linux-only servers
New HMC Functionality

 LPAR Creation
 LPAR Management
 Performance Monitoring

Power April Announcements
New IBM i Releases

 IBM i 7.2 --- New Release
 IBM i 7.1 --- New Technology Refresh, TR8
POWER8 Hardware support

 IBM BLU Acceleration Solution - Power Systems Edition
 IBM PowerVP – Virtualization Performance
 IBM PowerSC – Security and Compliance
 IBM PowerVM
 IBM PowerVC

1&2 Socket Servers
New Scale-Out Servers with POWER8 technology
 1 socket : 4U S814
 2 socket: 2U and 4U S822 and S824
Linux-only Power Systems
 1 socket: 2U S812L
 2 socket: 2U S822L
2 Socket 2 Socket
1 Socket 1 Socket 2 Socket
Opt 1S Opt 1S
S814 S812L S824 S822 S822L
8286-41A 8247-21L 8286-42A 8284-22A 8247-22L
4U 2U 4U 2U 2U

POWER8
Systems

2U Server
POWER8 2S2U Layout
PCIe G3 x8
2X SAS
Ports
PCIe G3 x16 USB-3
Memory PCIe G3 x16
POWER8 Memory
2xHMC
Serial
PCIe G3 x8 USB-2
Memory HMC
POWER8
12 SFF Bays
USB-3
6 SSD Slots
Slim DVD

POWER8 2S2U Scale-Out System
Power S822
 Single Socket populated
 Cores: 6 or 10
 Memory: Up to 512 GB
 PCIe Slots: 6 PCIe Gen3 LP (Hotplug)
 Both Sockets populated
 Cores: 12 or 20
 Memory: Up to 1 TB
 PCIe Slots: 9 PCIe Gen3 LP (Hotplug)
 Ethernet: Quad 1 Gbt / (x8 slot)

 Integrated ports: USB (4), Serial (2), HMC (2) 3 Yr Warranty
 Internal Storage
 DVD
 12 SFF Bays -- Split Backplane: 6 + 6
 or 8 SFF Bays & 6 1.8” SSD Bays with Easy Tier with 7GB write cache
 Hypervisor: PowerVM
 OS: AIX, Linux (not IBM i)

POWER8 Linux 2S2U Scale-Out System
Power S822L
 Dual Sockets
 Cores: 20 or 24
 Slots: 9 PCIe Gen3 LP (Hotplug)

 Integrated ports: USB (4), Serial (2), HMC (2)
 DVD
 or 8 SFF Bays & 6 1.8” SSD Bays with Easy Tier with 7GB write cache
 Hypervisor: PowerVM or PowerKVM

 OS: Linux
3 Yr Warranty
POWER8 2S2U Scale-Out Comparison - S822
Power 730 Power System S822
Processor POWER7+ POWER8
Sockets 2 1 (Upgradeable) / 2
Cores 8 / 12 / 16 6 / 10 or 12 / 20
Maximum Memory 512 MB @ 1066 MHz 256 / 512 GB @ 1600 MHz
Memory Cache No Yes
Memory Bandwidth 136 GB/sec 192 / 384 GB/sec
Memory DRAM Spare No Yes
System unit PCIe slots 6 PCIe Gen2 LP 6 / 9 PCIe Gen3 LP
CAPI (Capable slots) N/A Yes (one per socket)
PCIe Hot Plug Support No Yes
PCIe Expansion Drawers Optional PCIe Gen1 SoD Gen3
IO bandwidth 40 GB/sec 192 GB/sec
Ethernet ports Quad 1 Gbt in x4 slot Quad 1 Gbt in x8 slot
12 SFF-3
SAS bays in system unit 3 or 6 SFF-1
Or 8 SFF-3 + 6 SSD
Integrated write cache Optional 175MB Optional effectively 7GB
Easy Tier Support No Yes
Integrated split backplane Yes ( 3 + 3 ) Yes ( 6 + 6 )
NIC SRIOV Support No SoD
Service Processor Generation 1 Generation 2

POWER8 2S2U Scale-Out Comparison - S822L
Power 730 Power System S822L
Sockets 2 2
Cores 16 24
Maximum Memory 512 MB @ 1066 MHz 512 GB @ 1600 MHz
Memory Cache No Yes
Memory Bandwidth 136 GB/sec 384 GB/sec
System unit PCIe slots 6 PCIe Gen2 LP 9 PCIe Gen3 LP
CAPI (Capable slots) N/A Yes (one per socket)
PCIe Expansion Drawers Optional PCIe Gen1 SoD Gen3
Ethernet ports Quad 1 Gbt in x4 slot Quad 1 Gbt in x8 slot
12 SFF-3
Or 8 SFF-3 + 6 SSD
Integrated write cache Opt 175MB Opt effectively 7GB
NIC SRIOV Support No SoD

4U Servers
System 1S4U Layout
PCIe G3 x8 4x 1Gbt Enet
2x SAS Ports
PCIe G3 x16
2xUSB-3
Memory
Memory 2xHMC
POWER8 2xSerial
2xUSB-2
SSD Bays
18 SFF Bays 2xUSB-3
Slim DVD

System 2S4U Layout
PCIe G3 x8 4x 1Gbt Enet

2x SAS Ports
PCIe G3 x16
PCIe G3 x16
Memory
2xUSB-3
Memory
2xHMC
POWER8 PCIe G3 x8 2xSerial
2xUSB-2
Memory
POWER8
SSD Bays
18 SFF Bays
2xUSB-3
Slim DVD

Power S814
 Form Factor: 4U or Tower
 Single Socket
 Cores: 6 or 8
 Slots: 7 PCIe Gen3 Full-high (Hotplug)

 Integrated ports: USB (4/5), Serial (2), HMC (2)
 DVD
 or 18 SFF Bays with Easy Tier with 7GB write cache
 OS: AIX, IBM i, Linux
3 Yr Warranty

Power S824
 Single Socket populated
 Cores: 6 or 8
 Slots: 7 PCIe Gen3 full-high (Hotplug)
 Both Sockets populated
 Cores: 12, 16, or 24
 Slots: 11 PCIe Gen3 full-high (Hotplug)

 Integrated ports: USB (4/5), Serial (2), HMC (2) 3 Yr Warranty
 DVD
 or 18 SFF bays & 8 SSD bays with Easy Tier with 7GB write cache
 OS: AIX, IBM i, Linux

POWER8 4U Scale-Out Comparison – S814
Sockets 1 1
Cores 4/6/8 6/8
Maximum Memory 512 @ 1066 MHz 512 GB @ 1600 MHz
Memory Cache No Yes
6 PCIe Gen2 FH
System unit PCIe slots 7 PCIe Gen3 FH
Opt 4 PCIe Gen2 LP
CAPI (Capable slots) N/A One
Ethernet ports Quad 1 Gbt (x4 slot) Quad 1 Gbt (x8 Slot)
12 SFF-3 bays
SAS bays in system unit 6 or 8 SFF-1 bays
Or 18 SFF-3 bays
Integrated write cache Optional 175 MB Optional effectively 7GB
NIC SRIOV Support No SOD

POWER8 4U Scale-Out Comparison – S824
Sockets 1 (upgradeable) / 2 1 (upgradeable) / 2
Max Cores 8 / 16 8 / 24
Maximum Memory 512GB / 1TB @ 1066 MHz 512GB / 1TB @ 1600 MHz
Memory Cache No Yes
6 PCIe Gen2 FH
System unit PCIe slots 7 / 11 PCIe Gen3 FH
Opt 4 PCIe Gen2 LP
CAPI (Capable slots) N/A Two
Ethernet ports Quad 1 Gbt (x4 slot) Quad 1 Gbt (x8 Slot)
12 SFF-3 bays
Or 18 SFF-3 + 8 SSD bays
Integrated write cache Optional 175 MB Optional effectively 7GB
SRIOV Support No SOD

Performance
Power 740+ / POWER8 S824 rPerf Comparisons
Performance Performance Performance
per Core per Socket per KW
18
200 27%
Better
150
9
100
50
0 0
P740 P740+ P8 4U2S P740 P740+ P8 4U2S P 740+ P8 4U2S

Power 740 / POWER8 S824 CPW Comparisons
Performance Performance
per Core Dual Socket 24
Core
16
Core
16
16 Core
Core
P740 P740+ P8 4U2S P740 P740+ P8 P8

4U2S 4U2S

Power750+ vs POWER8 4U2S
(750+ = 4 sockets server)
Performance
Performance Total # Cores TCA per $
1.2 3 3
32
1 2.5 2.5
0.8 24 2 2
0.6 1.5 1.5

16
0.4 1 1
8
0.2 0.5 0.5
0 0 0 0
P 750+ P8 4U2S P 750+ P8 4U2S P 750+ P8 4U2S P 750+ P8 4U2S

POWER8 ≥ Fewer cores means Lower investment Better performance
Performance Lower Software Costs costs per dollar spent
Does not reflect lower
PVU savings

POWER8 System Performance
P8 S824
P5+ 595
P4 690

PCIe Slots
PCIe Slots
4U 2U
1S 2S 1S 2S
4U 4U 2U 2U
Total PCIe slots
All hot swap
All Gen3
7 11 6 9
• Use 1 of the above slots for a LAN adapter
• Use 1 of the above for expanded function backplane

PCIe Gen3
Gen1 x8 Gen2 x8 Gen3 x8

2.5 GHz
Though these cards physically look the same … and fit in the same slots
Gen3 cards/slots have up to 2X more bandwidth than Gen2 cards/slots
Gen3 cards/slots have up to 4X more bandwidth than Gen1 cards/slots
 More virtualization
 More consolidation saving PCI slots and I/O drawers
 More ports per adapter
18
16
14
Peak
12 Sustained A Gen1 x8 PCIe adapter has a theoretical max (peak)
10
bandwidth of 4 GB/sec.
8
6 A Gen2 x8 adapter has a peak bandwidth of 8 GB/sec.
4 A Gen3 x8 adapter has a peak bandwidth of 16 GB/sec.
2
0
Gen1 Gen2 Gen3

PCIe x8 and x16
POWER8 servers have x8

AND x16 PCIe slots
Compared to POWER7+ PCIe Gen2 x8 slot, a POWER8
PCIe Gen3 x16 slot has a peak bandwidth of 4X (2X
going Gen2 to Gen3 plus 2X going x8 to x16)
x1 x4 x8 x16
x8 x16
x16 slot/card has more connections than a x8 slot/card

“x16” or “x8” refers to the number of lanes. More lanes = more physical
connections = more bandwidth
A x8 card can be placed in a x16 slot, but only uses half the connections

Storage
Backplanes
Storage Backplanes
2U server example
12 SAS bays base & split
Backplanes provide
 High performance integrated SAS controller(s) built on IBM industry
leading PCIe Gen3 SAS adapter technology
 All include RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10. Plus hot spare capability
 Split backplane option with zero-write cache controllers
 Easy Tier® function*
 8-18** SAS bays for 2.5-inch (SFF) HDD or SSD
 6-8 SAS bays for 1.8-inch SSD*
 One DVD bay Op-panel
 Option for attaching one EXP24S drawer of HDD or SSD*
DVD
* With dual IOA, expanded function backplane with write cache

** number varies based on 2U/4U and backplane option selected

2U Storage Backplane Options
Expanded
Must select one  Base Split Function *
12 SFF SAS bays 6+6 SFF SAS bays 8 SFF SAS bays
1 SAS controller 2 SAS controllers Dual SAS controllers
2U server No write cache No write cache 7.2**GB cache
RAID-0,1,5,6,10 RAID-0,1,5,6,10 RAID-0,1,5,6,10
DVD bay DVD bay DVD bay
6-bay SSD cage
External SAS ports
Easy Tier function
Availability plan:
- eConfig 15 July
- GA Sept
* Uses one x8 PCIe slot

** 1.8GB physical write cache provides up to 7.2GB effectively with compression

4U Storage Backplane Options
Expanded
Must select one  Base Split Function *
12 SFF SAS bays 6+6 SFF SAS bays 18 SFF SAS bays
1 SAS controller 2 SAS controllers Dual SAS controllers
4U server No write cache No write cache 7.2**GB cache
RAID-0,1,5,6,10 RAID-0,1,5,6,10 RAID-0,1,5,6,10
DVD bay DVD bay DVD bay
8-bay SSD cage***
External SAS ports
Easy Tier function
Availability plan:
- eConfig 15 July
- GA Sept
* Uses one x8 PCIe slot

** 1.8GB physical write cache provides up to 7.2GB effectively with compression
***SSD cage not available on mdl 41A, Required on mdl 42A with expanded function
Easy Tier Function Advantage
Optional function with HDD SSD

Low cost per GB Low cost per IOP
expanded-function, high-
performance storage Easy
backplane Tier
 Automatically moves high activity (hot) data to SSD and low

activity (cold) data to HDD
 Function handled totally by POWER8 integrated SAS controllers.
No application coding. No SAN, just internal SAS drives.
 For AIX/Linux/VIOS. Just configure as a new type RAID array
 IBM i essentially already has same kind of hot/cold function in OS for all SAS adapters, but could
this function via VIOS

SAS Bays for POWER8 Servers
New SSF-3 SFF-3 used in 2U and 4U POWER8 servers
3rd generation carrier/tray on which 2.5-inch (SFF) is mounted
Different tray/carrier than existing SFF-1 and SFF-2

 SFF-1 in POWER6/POWER7 system unit or #5802 I/O drawer
 SFF-2 in EXP24S Storage drawer (#5887 or #EL1S)
 Can not put wrong tray/carrier in the wrong SAS bay
For migrations to POWER8, conversions for SFF-1 to SFF-2 on POWER7/7+

servers. Protects client investment in HDD and SSD. Not a conversion to SFF-3,
requires space in an EXP24S drawer to place converted SFF drives. “Re-trays”
existing SFF-1 drives.

POWER8
Memory

POWER8 Memory Card
POWER8 Memory Cards

 Capacity: 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB
 1600 MHz
 Memory Sparing - RAS improvement
 8 Cards per socket (Scale-Out Systems)

POWER8
OS
Support

Compatible Mode Architecture
POWER6 MODE POWER7 MODE
POWER8 MODE
(and POWER6+ Mode)* (No POWER7+ Mode)
2-Thread SMT 4-Thread SMT, IntelliThreads 8-Thread SMT
8 Protection Keys *(16 in 32 Protection Keys 32 Protection Keys

P6+ Mode) User Writeable AMR User Writeable AMR
VMX (Vector Multimedia VSX2,
VSX (Vector Scalar Extension)
Extension / AltiVec) In-Core Encryption Acceleration
CPU/Memory Affinity
HW Memory Affinity Tracking
Enhancements
Assists,
Affinity OFF by Default ON by Default, HomeNode,
MicroPartition Prefetch,
3-tier Memory,
Concurrent LPARs per Core
MicroPartition Affinity
> 1024-thread Scaling
Hybrid Threads
64-core / 256-thread Scaling
64-core/128-thread Scaling Transactional Memory
256-core / 1024-thread Scaling
Active System Optimization HW
Assists
HW Accelerated/Assisted Active
N/A Active Memory Expansion
Memory Expansion
P7+ : AME compression
Coherent Accelerator /
N/A acceleration and
FPGA Attach
Encryption acceleration

Linux Plans
1H / 2014 2H / 2014
RHEL 6.5 RHEL 6.6
RHEL6
P7 Mode in P8 P7 mode in P8
RHEL 7.0
RHEL 7
POWER8 Support
SLES 11 + SP3
SLES 11
P7 Mode in P8
SLES 12 (LE)
SLES 12
POWER8 Support
14.04.00/01
Ubuntu (LE) 14.04.00/02
P8 Support
LE Introduction
Debian LE Update
POWER8 Support
PowerVM 2.2.3.3 2.2.3.X

AIX Levels
11 / 2012 2 / 2012 3 / 2013 5 / 2013 8 / 2013 9 / 2013 10 / 2013 12 / 2013 2Q / 2014 3Q / 2014
AIX 6
SP6 SP7 SP8 SP9 SP10
TL7
AIX 6
SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP5
TL8
AIX 6
SP1 SP3
TL9
AIX 7
SP6 SP7 SP8 SP9 SP10
TL1
AIX 7
SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP5
TL2
AIX 7
SP1 SP3
TL3
P7 or P6 Modes with Virtual I/O
P7 or P6 Modes with Full I/O Support

P8, P7 or P6 Modes with Full I/O Support

IBM i Levels
IBM i 7.1 TR8

Max Scale = 32 cores (SMT4)
POWER7 Max Partition = 64 cores (SMT4)
Threads = ST, SMT2, SMT4 up to 256 threads in single partition
Threads = ST, SMT2, SMT4, SMT8 up to 256 threads / single partition
IBM i 7.2
Threads = ST, SMT2, SMT4 up to 384 threads in single partition

Threads = ST, SMT2, SMT4, SMT8 up to 768 threads / single partition

PowerKVM

Power Virtualization Options
PowerKVM
Initial Offering: Q2 2014

 PowerKVM: Open Source option for
virtualization on Power Systems for Linux
workloads.
 For clients that have Linux centric admins.
(RHEL 6.5 & SLES 11.3)
PowerVM
Initial Offering: 2004
PowerVM: Provides virtualization of

Processors, Memory, Storage, &
Networking for AIX, IBM i, and Linux
environments on Power Systems.

PowerVM vs PowerKVM Comparison
PowerVM PowerKVM
GA Availability 2004 Q2 2014
All P6, P7, P7+, P8 PowerLinux P8 Systems
Supported Hardware
Systems S120L & S220L
Supported OS AIX, IBM i & Linux Linux
Supports AIX, IBM i &
Workload Mobility Linux
Linux
Basic Virtualization
IVM / HMC / FSM Virtman/libvirt
Management
Advanced Virtualization PowerVC, Vanilla
PowerVC/VMControl
Management OpenStack
Admin Type Power Centric Linux/x86 Centric
Established Security
Yes No
Track Record on Power
Open Source
No Yes
Hypervisor

PowerKVM Positioning
• First release available in 2014

• Focus: New Linux workloads for Power Systems
• Seamless transition for existing Linux admins to adopt Power Linux
Virtualization without any training
• No HMC or other traditional IBM consoles
• Normal Linux management and OpenStack options
• PowerKVM only supports Linux guest VMs
• Cloud potential: Have many more small VMs than traditional Power
Virtualization
• POWER8 PowerLinux hardware only
• Live Workload mobility support between PowerKVM servers
• Open Source Hypervisor: Hardware is abstracted by firmware
• Managed by OpenStack(PowerVC) or by off the shelf OpenStack or
local Linux Tools

Mobility

POWER6 / POWER7 / POWER8 Partition Mobility
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1 AIX 7.1
AIX 6.1
AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1 AIX 6.1
AIX 5.3
AIX 5.3 AIX 5.3 IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.2
Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux

POWER6/6+ POWER7 POWER8
Leverage POWER6 / POWER7 Compatibility Modes

LPAR Migrate between POWER6 / POWER7 / POWER8 Servers
Can not move POWER8 Mode partitions to POWER6 or POWER7 systems.

HMC

HMC Model 7042-CR8
7042-CR8 is System x model 7914 Ref3

 Based on 7042-CR7
 2GHz Ivy Bridge Intel Proc*
 8GB DDR3 Mem (1x8GB DIMM)
 Dual 500GB HDD (RAID1)
 Quad GigE (First eth port can be shared IMM)
 Dedicated IMM port
UEFI, IMM, DSA is similar to CR7 (same for all 7914)
Planned GA with HMC: 2Q 2014
FW Level: 8R810

Enhanced HMC Management Capabilities
Virtual Environment Deployment
Create System Template that meets specific configuration requirements
 Edit System Template & Capture Configuration as Template
Deploy Virtualization Configuration via “Deploy System from Template”
Create Partition Template that meets specific workload requirements
Deploy Partition
 Create Partition from Template and Install Operating System
Virtual Environment Management

1. Configure Virtual Network via “Manage PowerVM”
2. View Virtual Storage Adapter Mappings via “Manage PowerVM”
3. Add storage to a partition via “Manage Partition: Virtual Storage
4. Connect partition to a virtual network via “Manage Partition: Virtual Network”
Performance Monitoring
1. View System Performance Dashboard
2. View Resource Utilization Trends (Processor, Memory, Network, Storage)

New I/O
New I/O Announced with Scale-Out Servers
PCIe Adapters
LAN
2-port 40GbE NIC & RoCE
2-port 10GbE RJ45 (10GBaseT)
4-port 10GbE+1GbE Copper twinax & RJ45
4-port 10GbE+1GbE SR optical & RJ45
SOD for NIC SR-IOV two specific 10GbE adapters
USB-3 4-port
SAS PCIe3
4-port Tape/DVD
Reprice 4-port zero cache HDD/SSD
Graphics adapter for future RHEL 7
Disk/HDD
New capacity - 600GB 15k rpm
New 4k block drives
SSD new 1.8-inch 387GB for

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1S & 2S servers use DCM (Dual Chip Module)

Local SMP Links

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Intelligence Moved into Memory

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Native PCIe Gen 3 Support

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New Virtualization Management

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Memory PCIe G3 x16

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 Ethernet: Quad 1 Gbt / (x8 slot)

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