IBM Power Systems POWER9 Processor/Server and IBM I Update

IBM Power Systems POWER9 Processor/Server and IBM i Update

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Hybrid Cloud Innovation: Resilient, Scalable, & Secure: Application Modernization: Agility, Flexibility & Automation Architectural Strength & Enterprise AI, Advanced On-prem and Public Cloud Superiority Analytics, Containerization, Extension via Microservices

AIX IBM i Enterprise Linux IBM Public Cloud Extend resilient, scalable and Extend the most integrated Deliver optimized infrastructure Leverage Power Systems in the IBM mission critical Unix environment operating system with for workload modernization and Public Cloud across AIX/IBM i and with new innovative on-prem and innovative resiliency platform growth on Power Systems Enterprise Linux as clients adopt public cloud offerings with in Db2 Mirror, open source through SAP HANA, SAS Viya, mission-critical workloads in public consistent industry automation. languages and AI integration. OpenShift & Cloud Paks. clouds.

Built on the Innovative POWER Processor Roadmap in conjunction with stack integration across Hardware Systems and System Software

POWER9 14nm POWER10 7nm POWER11

POWER10

POWER7+ POWER9 POWER8 14 nm 32 nm 22 nm POWER7 POWER8NV 2+-4+ GHz 45 nm 3-4+ GHz POWER6+ 22 nm POWER6 65 nm 3-4+GHz POWER5™ POWER5+ 65 nm 90 nm . Enhanced Thread Extreme 130 nm 3-5GHz performance Analytics 1.5 – 2.3GHz . . Multi Core (up to 8) Multi Core (up to 12) . Analytics . Dual Core . . On-Chip eDRAM (L3) Double L1 data cache Optimization . High Frequencies . On Chip eDRAM (L3) . Dual Core . Power Optimized . Extreme Big Data . Virtualization + . L4 on Memory . Enhanced Scaling Cores Optimization . Memory Subsystem + . cCards . SMT 2 Mem Subsystem ++ . . Next Gen Memory . Altivec . Bandwidth +++ . Distributed Switch + SMT 4 . . Instruction Retry . SMT 8 . On-chip accelerators . Core Parallelism + Reliability + . . Dynamic Energy . Reliability ++ . Open CAPI . FP Performance + VSM & VSX (AltiVec) . Mgmt . On Chip Power Mgmt . NVLink . Memory bandwidth + Protection Keys+ . . SMT 2+ PCIe Gen 3 . BW enhancements . Virtualization . Protection Keys . Transistors 1.2B . Transistors 4B+ . Transistors 790M . POWER7+ 2.1B . . Transistors 276M Transistors 8B 2004 2007 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017 2020 2021

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 3 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 Increases Performance Over Prior Generations

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 4 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 Increases Performance Over Prior Generations

POWER9 vs x86 Xeon SP (Skylake) Performance per st ~ TB/s 1 1 chip 1 2x core BW into with PCIe4 chip 2 4GHZ 7TB/s 2.6x RAM per socket PEAK On chip BW FREQUENCY Memory bandwidth >15 3 >24B per socket MILES OF VIAS 1.8x WIRE 8 17 POWER9 with NVLink vs x86 Xeon BILLION LEVELS TRANSISTORS OF METAL 4 CPU to accelerator 9.5x bandwidth

(1) 2X performance per core is based on IBM Internal measurements as of 2/28/18 on various system configuration and workload environments including (1) Enterprise Database (2.22X per core): 20c S922L (2x10-core/2.9 GHz/256 GB memory): 1,039,365 Ops/sec versus 2-socket Intel Xeon Skylake Gold 6148 (2x20-core/2.4 GHz/256 GB memory): 932,273 Ops/sec. (2) DB2 Warehouse (2.43X per core): 20c S922L (2x10-core/2.9 GHz/512 GB memory): 3242 QpH versus 2-socket Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8168 (2x24-core/2.7 GHz/512 GB memory): 3203 QpH. (3) DayTrader 7 (3.19X per core): 24c S924 (2x12-core/3.4 GHz/512 GB memory): 32221.4 tps versus 2-socket Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 (2x28-core/2.5 GHz/512 GB memory): 23497.4 tps. (2) 2.6X memory capacity is based on 4TB per socket for POWER9 and 1.5TB per socket for x86 Scalable Platform Intel product brief: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/xeon-scalable-platform-brief.pdf?asset=14606 (3) 1.8X bandwidthy is based on 230 GB/sec per socket for POWER9 and 128GB/sec per socket for x86 Scalable Platform Intel product brief: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/xeon-scalable-platform-brief.pdf?asset=14606 (4) 9.5X is based on POWER9 and next-generation NVIDIA NVLink peak transfer rate is 150 GB/sec = 48 lanes x 3.2265625 GB/sec x 64 bit/66 bit encoding compared to x86 PCI Express 3.0 (x16) peak transfer rate is 15.75 GB/sec = 16 lanes X 1GB/sec/lane x 128 bit/130 bit encoding.

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 5 ©© Copyright Copyright IBM IBM Corporation Corporation 2020 2020 POWER9 Systems

Forbes: “IBM Power Systems play where reliability, longevity, and performance are key.”

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2020 IBM Systems Technical University 6 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 IBM Power Systems POWER9 Family

POWER9 servers and solutions are built to crush today’s most advanced data applications … from the mission critical applications you run today to the next generation of AI workloads

2017-2020 POWER9

Mission Critical Workloads Big Data Workloads Enterprise AI Workloads LC922/LC921 2Q 2018 S922/S914/S924 E950 E980 AC922 H922/H924/L922 3Q 2018 3Q 2018 Q4 2017 1Q 2018

IC922 1Q 2020

Next Gen AI Core Infrastructure Workloads 7

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 7 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 A Portfolio for the AI Era From Mission-Critical workloads to AI and Cloud Computing leadership

Accelerated Data, Inferencing, Compute and Cloud PowerVM and Big Data high RAS IC922 AC922 NEW! LC922 / LC921 L922

• Industry first and only in • Storage dense, high • Big Data server with up to advanced IO with 2nd bandwidth server – up to 24 • Industry leading reliability 1 120TB storage capacity, large Generation CPU - GPU NVMe or SAS/SATA in 2U and computing capability form factor support, KVM NVLink delivering ~5.6x • Advanced IO with PCIe Gen4 support, leveraging P9 compute • PowerVM ecosystem focus higher data throughput for outstanding utilization • Optimized inferencing server for a composable design • Up to 4 integrated NVIDIA • Focus on memory capacity with up to 6 Nvidia T4 GPUs at • 1U and 2U form factors with up to 4TB of RAM “Volta” GPUs air cooled GA and additional accelerators (GTH) and up to 6 GPUs with in roadmap1 • Advanced IO with PCIe water cooled (GTX) version 4.0/CAPI 2.0 • OpenCAPI support1 • OpenCAPI support • Price/performance server • Up to 44 cores (2U) or 40 cores • Memory coherence (1U) at lower frequency

 Full Portfolio refresh (started in 2017)  CPU SCM packaging for all 2-socket and 4-socket systems  Eliminates SW licensing issues associated with DCM designs  Lowers latency for CPU to CPU xfers due to simpler CPU fabric topology  Up to 4x increased CPU fabric bandwidth for max scalability  Dynamic CPU Frequency enables higher frequencies for typical workloads (EnergyScale)  Increased Memory capacities over POWER8 (2x and 4x)  Leveraging IS DIMMs to provide more competitive offerings in 2-socket and 4-socket space  Increased I/O bandwidth with PCIe GEN4 Slots and future PCIe GEN4 Expansion Drawer  25Gb ports for High Speed GPU/OpenCAPI acceleration  Integrated NVMe Flash device support  Basic form factors and power requirements remain the same  External DVD

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 9 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 IBM Power Systems POWER9 Scale-Out Family

Scale Out for AIX, IBM i, and Linux Built for HANA Optimized for Linux

S922 S914 S924 H922 H924 L922 9009-22A 9009-41A 9009-42A 9223-22H 9223-42H 9008-22L • 1,2-socket, 2U • 1-s, 4U & Tower • 2-socket, 4U • 1,2-socket, 2U • 2-socket, 4U • 1,2-socket, 2U • 4, 8,10 cores/skt • 4,6,8 cores/skt • 8,10,11,12 • 4, 8,10 cores/skt • 8,10,12 cores/skt • 8,10,12 cores/skt • 32 IS DIMM slots • 16 IS DIMM slots cores/skt • 32 IS DIMM slots • 32 IS DIMM slots • 32 IS DIMM slots • 4TB memory • 1TB memory • 32 IS DIMM slots • 4TB memory • 4TB memory • 4TB memory • Internal RDX • 4TB memory • Internal RDX Media • Internal RDX Media Media • PowerVM • PowerVM • PowerVM • PowerVM • PowerVM • PowerVM • AIX, IBM i up to 25% • AIX, IBM i up to 25% • Linux • Linux

Technology • Cloud enabled - Embedded virtualization capabilities with PowerVM Leadership • Up to 4TB in 2 socket - DDR4 Industry Standard memory RDIMMs • High Speed 25Gb/s external ports – one per socket • Embedded Analytics and Algorithms on the chip help run POWER9 at an always optimized frequency

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 10 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 4U Scale Out Server S924 9009-42A, H924 9223-42H

 4U server - 19” Rack enclosure  POWER9 Scale-Out SMT8 processor (12-core, 11-core, 10-core, 8-core offerings)  Up to 4TB Total DDR4 Industry Standard memory RDIMMs . Up to 340 GB/s total system memory bandwidth . 32 IS RDIMM slots (no risers)  11 PCIe Gen3/Gen4 slots, Full Height, Half Length (2-sockets populated) . Five PCIe GEN4 slots (4 CAPI 2.0 enabled) . Six PCIe GEN3 slots (1 reserved for Ethernet adapter)  2 High Speed 25Gb/s ports for OpenCAPI / GPU Acceleration  12 or 18 SFF (2.5”) bay options  Two internal storage controller slots . Single or Split backplane or Dual RAID write cache support  Internal RDX Media Bay  I/O Expansion Drawer support  H924 supports up to 25% IBM i / AIX cores  No internal DVD

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 11 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 Scale-Out Family – CPW/Software Tier

Model MTM Cores Description CPW % Improvement Software Tier

S914 9009-41A 4 2.3 – 3.8 GHz #EP10 52,500 40.22% P05 6 2.3 – 3.8 GHz #EP11 78,500 39.18% P10 8 2.8 – 3.8 GHz #EP12 122,500 51.14% P10 S922 9009-22A 4 8-core 3.4 – 3.9 GHz #EP18 68,000 36.11% P10 (note 1) 4 10-core 2.9 – 3.8 GHz #EP19 60,000 41.28% P10 (note 1) S924 9009-42A 8 3.8 – 4.0 #EP1E 145,500 62.42% P20

10 3.5 – 3.9 #EP1F 174,500 P20

16 3.8 – 4.0 #EP1E 268,500 63.25% P20

20 3.5 – 3.9 #EP1F 318,000 P20

22 3.45 – 3.9 #EP1H 350,000 P20

24 3.4 – 3.9 #EP1G 370,700 69.65% P20

IBM i is NOT supported on the POWER9 S922/H922 #EP16 Note 1: These instances of P10 limit an IBM i partition to a maximum 4-core processor feature of 4 cores (multiple partitions are allowed), and VIOS is required for IBM i. IBM i is limited to 25% on the H922/H924 The model S914 is available as an IBM i Solution Edition

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 12 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 E980

• Massive • Consolidation of • Infrastructure • Rapid service throughput, underutilized resilience delivery and performance and servers • Hot plug, transition scalability • Increased redundant power • Built-in PowerVM • Modular high-end bandwidth supplies and • Capacity on system up to 192 • Consolidation for cooling all Demand cores standard many • Non-disruptive • Up to 64TB applications onto • Concurrent I/O upgrade from memory one system maint. E870, E870C, • 1 to 4 nodes per • Share resources • Blind swap PCIe E880, E880C system in Power and disks enterprise pools

2020 IBM Systems Technical University © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 E980 Specification Highlights

 Modular, Scalable POWER9  High speed 25Gb/s ports server . Used for SMP cabling between . 1 to 4 x 5U CEC drawers + nodes - 4x bandwidth 2U Control Unit improvement  POWER9 Enterprise SMT8 . Enabled for OpenCAPI processor accelerators . (6, 8, 10, 11 or 12 cores per  4 NVMe Flash U.2 Bays per socket) CEC  Up to 192 cores in a single  Integrated USB ports system  Up to 16 PCIe I/O Expansion  Up to 64 TB DDR4 memory Drawers (4 per CEC drawer) . 16 TB per CEC drawer  Distributed Redundant Clocking . 920 GB/sec memory bandwidth per drawer  2U System Control Unit drawer . New systems use the same . Redundant FSP cards DDR4 CDIMMs technology . Front-side USB Port introduced on POWER8  Secure and Trusted Boot with Trusted Platform Module (TPM)  Up to 32 PCIe Gen4 slots, Blindswap, Low Profile (8 per CEC)

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 14 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 Model E980 Performance Overview with the New 6-core

48-core (4 x 12c) Typical Frequency Range # Nodes # Cores CPW 3.55 to 3.9 (max) 4 192 2,743,000 3 144 2,055,600 2 96 1,368,000 1 48 687,500 40-core (4 x 10c) 44-core (4 x 11c) Typical Frequency Range # Nodes # Cores CPW Typical Frequency Range # Nodes # Cores CPW 3.7 to 3.9 (max) 4 160 2,439,000 3.58 to 3.9 (max) 4 176 2,549,000 3 120 1,827,000 3 132 1,910,000 2 80 1,216,000 2 88 1,271,000 1 40 611,300 1 44 639,000 24-core (4 x 6c) 32-core (4 x 8c) Typical Frequency Range # Nodes # Cores CPW Typical Frequency Range # Nodes # Cores CPW 3.58 to 3.9 (max) 4 96 1,522,000 3.9 to 4.0 (max) 4 128 2,030,000 3 72 1,140,000 3 96 1,521,000 2 48 759,000 2 64 1,012,000 1 24 381,000 1 32 508,900

Source : IBM Systems Performance Report - https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/K90RQOW8

15 2020 IBM Systems Technical University © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 POWER9 RAS Comparison

POWER9 POWER9 POWER9

1s and 2s Systems IBM Power System IBM Power System S914, S922, S924 E950 E980 H922, H924 Base POWER9™ Processor RAS features including Yes* Yes Yes • First Failure Data Capture • Processor Instruction Retry • L2/L3 Cache ECC protection with cache line-delete • Power/cooling monitor function integrated into processors’ on chip controller • CRC checked processor fabric bus retry with spare data lane

POWER9 Enterprise RAS Features No Yes Yes • Extended L2/L3 cache line delete • Core Contained Checkstops

POWER9 Multi-node Enterprise RAS N/A N/A Yes • Across node ½ bandwidth capability • Asynchronous clocking across nodes PCIe hot-plug with processor integrated PCIe controller Yes Yes Yes

Memory DIMM support with ECC checking supporting x4 Chipkill Yes Yes Yes

IBM memory buffer support and Spare DRAM module capability with x4 DIMMS No Yes Yes

X8 DIMMs with chipkill correction N/A N/A Yes

Custom DIMM support with additional spare DRAMs No No Yes

Active Memory Mirroring for the Hypervisor No Yes - Feature Yes – Base

Redundant/spare voltage phases on voltage converters for levels feeding No Redundant Both redundant and processor and memory DIMMs or Risers spare

Redundant global processor clocks with concurrent failover No No Yes

Redundant service processor with concurrent failover No No Yes

Multi-node support No No Yes

POWER® Processor-Based Systems RAS Whitepaper https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/2RJYYJML

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 16 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 Power Enterprise Pools 2.0

Seamless multi-system resource sharing and flexibility for clients deploying a private cloud infrastructure

Shared Utility Capacity across a Pool of Power E950/E980 Systems • Purchase one or more systems with Base Capacity • Variable demand addressed by purchasing capacity credits for Metered Capacity • Cloud Management Console with HMC automatically tracks resource consumption within a pool and debits any charges for Metered Capacity use against Capacity Credits

All processor & memory resources are fully activated Utility Capacity consists of Base & Metered Capacity • Processor activations • Memory activations • AIX and IBM i licenses Metered Usage of each resource is tracked by the minute Base via the Cloud Management Console (CMC)

17 Power Private Cloud with Dynamic Capacity

Optimize IT costs with flexible, pay for use consumption

. Low initial system price . Range of pay-per-use options . Shared Utility Capacity - by the minute . Elastic Capacity - by the day . IBM Enterprise Cloud Edition . IBM Proactive Support

Power E980 . Private Cloud Capacity Power E950 Assessment & Implementation EXTREME ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY. Instant and dynamic response to changing business needs Services

18 IBM Power Systems Interactive Story

https://apps.kaonadn.net/4882011/IBM_Power_Interactive/index.html#;C591

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 19 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 IBM i

2020 IBM Systems Technical University 20 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 IBM i is Strategic to IBM Power Systems Business

• IBM is investing in the IBM i portfolio which has delivered multiple quarters and full year revenue growth • 2017 Highlights - IBM i 7.3 TR2/IBM i 7.2 TR6 - IBM i Service Provider Monthly Offering - IBM i ARCAD Observer & Converter - IBM i 7.1 EoM / EoS Announcement - Geographically Dispersed Resiliency (GDR) for IBM i - IBM i 7.3 TR3/IBM i 7.2 TR7 - Cloud Storage Solutions • 2018 Highlights - IBM i 7.3 TR4/IBM i 7.2 TR8 - IBM i 30th Anniversary; theme “Looking Forward” - IBM i 7.3 TR5/IBM i 7.2 TR9 • 2019 Highlights - IBM i 7.4/IBM i 7.3 TR6 - IBM Db2 Mirror for i - IBM i 7.2 EoM / EoS Announcement - IBM i 7.4 TR1/IBM i 7.3 TR7 • 2020 Highlights - IBM i 7.4 TR2/IBM i 7.3 TR8 - 2020 iSight campaign - IBM i Solution Edition Booster Pack

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us-en/resources/power/ibm-i-customer-stories/ IBM i Strategy and Roadmap Whitepaper

• Reviews industry directions • Refects the strategy of IBM i in specific roadmaps such as – Strategy – Partners – Cloud – Cognitive Computing – Application Modernization – Database

http://bit.ly/ibmi 2020 iSight: A Clear Vision for the Future of IBM i

• The 2020 iSight blog will be a way of highlighting a clear vision of the future of IBM i • IBM will take this opportunity to help our clients, business partners and ISVs to discover their “perfect vision” for IBM i and their businesses as well • It will highligh viewpoints from experts and community influencers

https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/01/2020/Introducing-2020-iSight https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/02/2020/IBM-i-in-2020 https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/03/2020/IBM-i-Community-Trends-for-2020 https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/04/2020/business-value-os-up-to-date https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/05/2020/exploring-open-source-skills https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/5/2020/confusion-about-tr https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/06/2020/boosting-your-business-second-half https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/06/2020/ibm-i-milestone IBM i Roadmap

2014 2016 2019

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7.2 7.3 7.4 i Next i Next+1

Technology Refreshes …… …… …… …… 7.4 TR2 7.3 TR8 • Two or Three Major Releases supported • Semi-annual new function for the most recent releases

** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. ** Arrows indicate “ongoing status” and do not imply any specific dates.

** All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. ** Arrows are not meant to indicate specific dates or times. They represent unannounced timeframes.

Servers IBM i 6.11 IBM i 7.11 IBM i 7.2 IBM i 7.3 IBM i 7.4

POWER9 S914, S922 (VIOS only), H922 (VIOS only), S924, H924, E980

POWER8 S814, S822 (VIOS only), S824, E870, E870C, E880, E880C S812 (no IBM i 7.1) 2

POWER7/7+ 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 770, 780, 795 3 POWER7 BladeCenter PS700/701/702/703/704 (all VIOS only) POWER7/7+ Flex p260/270/460 (all VIOS only)

POWER6+ 520, 550, 560, 570, JS23/43 (VIOS only) POWER6 520, 550, 570, 595, JS12/22 (VIOS only) 4 POWER5/5+ 515, 520, 525, 550, 570, 595

800, 810, 825, 870, 890

1 – 6.1 and 7.1: refer to IBM i Release Lifecycle for extended support information 2 – Requires IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 8 S9xx=IBM i 7.3 TR4, IBM i 7.2 TR8 3 – POWER7+ 750/760 do not support native I/O (I.e., VIOS only) 4 – no IOP or HSL support E980=IBM i 7.3 TR5, IBM i 7.2 TR9

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssm1platformibmi

• Power Solutions – Enable clients to exploit latest POWER technology (POWER9 and peripherals) – Enable clients to transform their customer experience • Mobile, Internet of Things, Cognitive, Machine Learning and AI – Enable Solution Developers to implement the latest technologies

• Open Platform for Choice – Grow IBM i solutions options including open source languages and applications – Extend IBM i solutions portfolio with Linux and AIX application choices – Provide flexible solutions options for Cloud and MSPs

• The Integrated Promise of IBM i – Deliver a simple, high value platform for business applications – Provide exceptional security and resiliency for critical business data – Leverage IBM systems, storage and software technologies

What are your top concerns as you plan your IT environment?

https://www.helpsystems.com/resources/guides/ibm-i-marketplace-survey-results IBM i 7.4 Portfolio – “Strong Foundation for Continuous Innovation”

Availability IBM Db2 Mirror for i reduces RTO to zero by providing continuous availability PowerHA supports Hyperswap clustering configurations, and user profile administration is automated Security Implementing latest in industry standards, allowing clients to secure critical business information Authority collection has added support for object based control Support of POWER9 Hardware Add support for applicable hardware and I/O Cloud Supporting cloud initiatives from IBM Cognitive Systems – IBM i in IBM Cloud, MSPs, Private & Hybrid Cloud Solution Enablement Providing new RPG and COBOL Operations, making processing of data more efficient Many improvements in Db2 functions, including HASH built-in and Services for DTAARAs New Open Source environments allowing the porting of new application solutions to IBM i Connectivity Enhancements to multiple products connecting to and from IBM i applications and database Social Domino 10, announced in December, is supported on IBM i IBM Content Manager on Demand – new version for IBM i 7.4 And much more…

31 IBM i 7.4 TR2 and IBM i 7.3 TR8 Highlights

High Availability & Disaster Recovery Open Source enhancements • IBM Db2 Mirror for i – supports internal storage including • Improved content assist plus more ease-of-use NVMe functions • PowerHA - Automation, use of SQL services, simplified • Jq updates • Python and Security environment updates • BRMS - Highly requested enhancements and extensions Other Db2 for i • Clustering – more automation • New SQL functions e.g. INTERPRET & COMPARE_FILE; • Virtual Tape Libraries • SQL Services for Work Management functions • Hybrid Networking – Making full use of high-speed fabric with Live Partition Mobility Security (for 7.3 TR8) • TLS 1.3, TLS 1.2 • New Digital Certificate Manager Interface

Increasing Productivity of Developers & Administrators • IBM i Access Client Solutions improved content assist support plus more ease-of-use functions • Updated RPG Built-ins - %TIMESTAMP, %KDS & LIKEDS • RDi – enhancements from requested RFEs

* Some selected functions are also available in IBM i 7.3 TR8 IBM i Technology Updates Wiki

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1119129/

IBM Db2 Mirror for i: Enables Continuous Availability • High speed synchronous replication of Db2 for i (Data Center Solution) • Access Db2 objects from either node (partition or system)

Application Availability Enablement Application • Two nodes read and write to the same database files • Enables quickly moving all work to one node, for planned maintenance or node failure

Enables Business Continuity for Disruptive System Upgrades • Nodes can be at different OS levels (future statement) • Nodes can be on different Power hardware generations Db2 Mirror • Rolling upgrades for no downtime • Roll a node back a release with minimal impact if Active/Active applications are deployed

– Requirements • POWER8 or later servers, RoCE adapter(s) • External storage (fast, low latency storage such as IBM DS8K or Spectrum Virtualize) or internal storage (as of IBM i 7.4 TR2) • IBM i 7.4 • New IBM i LPP: 5770-DBM

Node 1 Operating System Node 2 Synchronous Replication Add record App App Fred 24 RoCE

Database Database

Synchronous Name Age Name Age Database Update on both nodes (SYSBAS or IASP)

Wrkactjob Call PGM1 Wrkactjob Call PGM1

Wrkactjob Call PGM1

Application needs to be Node 1 restarted on Node 2 Node 2

RoCE

App App

Database Database

Web Clients

Application layer connects with either JDBC or Load Run Production Run Queries and Balancer Workloads reports

Node 1 Node 2 Node 1 Node 2 RoCE RoCE

App App App App

Database Database Database Database

Install PTFs and do server maintenance. This may include IPLing the system.

• Support for internal storage • Can configure Db2 Mirror for i regardless if the storage has copy service functionality • Db2 Mirror for i can use save and restore to configure mirroring • Enables support for storage such as NVMe or SAS SSD

• Also new/lower entry price on the scale-out models • Db2 Mirror per Core – Small = $12,000

• From an IBM i virtual machine with the base 5770-DBM installed it is possible to point to another IBM i virtual machine that is at 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4 to gain insight into some considerations for Db2 Mirror

• Drill down on which Libraries and Objects are eligible to be replicated

• Gain some insight into how the file is being used

• Journal tuning could change the performance of Db2 Mirror

• Simplify the perspective of your database • Provide a report/dashboard frontend for your favorite SQL query or stored procedure • Import and Modernize Query/400 • Build Slice and Dice reports • Build reports/dashboards over IBM i Services • Reverse Engineer Spool Files into • Build powerful dashboards interactive reports/dashboards • Distribute reports/dashboards via email, etc. • Plot data on a geographical map image • Embed reports/dashboards in your apps • Prepare data for advanced analytics (AI/ML, • Build a data warehouse or ODS Watson, R/Python)

• Sync reports with mobile devices • Monitor security compliance across all your systems/LPARs (Compliance and Reporting Tool)

ETL BI

Data Warehouse Updated Db2 Web Query EZ-Install Package (available now)

– Business Partner “Demo in a box” – Simplified First Time Installation – Simplified Upgrade from Previous Version

– Upgraded Test Drive Tutorial • Using new “Working with Data” User Interface – Define Data Sources – Shield Report Authors from Complexity of underlying Data – Define natural hierarchical data relationships • New Developer Utilities – Show all fields in a synonym (metadata object) – Search report/synonym/schedule for character string • NEW EZ-Report – Simplify creating of synonym and report over SQL

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52 BI for the Masses: Two New Editions – Announced June 23

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Express Edition Scheduler  Upgrade from Express at a Entry Level Edition Automate fraction of the cost of going Edition scheduling and to Standard Edition distribution of reports/dashboard  Need both? s Get Standard Edition which OR also adds application Runtime User integration and non Db2 Edition database connectivity (e.g., Standard Edition Allows 1000’s of MS SQLServer) Scheduler+RunTime concurrent run Non Db2 database access time users APIs for embedding reports in your web apps http://ibm.biz/db2wq-blog-neweditions http://ibm.biz/db2wq-6232020-announce

53 Access Client Solutions (ACS) – IBM i Strategic Interface

WHO? WHAT? Users System Management 5250 IFS Spool Run SQL Scripts Create Excel Spreadsheets Database Engineer Schemas Console Gone… IBM i Access for Windows (5733XE1) WHERE? End of Life – April 2019 http://ibm.biz/IBMi_ACS R.I. 1995P. - 2019

Traditional Languages & Environments

Open Source Language Runtimes

Tools

Open Frameworks

• Objective – Partner with top i ISVs – More attractive price for a total solution Solution Services • Content of offering – New POWER9 S914 4-core or 6-core • Pre-selected POWER9 configurations – Customizable ISV Solution – Supports SAS and/or NVMe • Pre-selected IBM i software – Combination of full, discounted and no charge software • Lab Services vouchers (training / tuning) – ISV Software/support/services purchased from registered ISV *

All statements regarding IBM's future direction, intent and/or pricing are subject to change or withdrawal without notice * Amount of qualifying purchase varies by machine size and the purchase must be applicable to the machine being ordered from IBM

• Limited Time Offer • 6/9/2020 – 9/30/2020 • Double services vouchers*** • “Registered ISVs only” rule waived • Any IBM i PartnerWorld registered ISV

All statements regarding IBM's future direction, intent and/or pricing are subject to change or withdrawal without notice *** must register vouchers prior to October 31, 2020

© 2020 IBM Corporation IBM i Support of PCIe NVMe on POWER9 Servers • IBM i Support for Direct Attached NVMe devices (7.4 TR1) • New feature codes for IBM i specific PCIe3 x8 SSD NVMe adapters (7.4 TR1) ▪ 1.6 TB #EC6U/#EC6V ▪ 3.2 TB #EC6W/#EC6X ▪ 6.4 TB #EC6Y/#EC6Z • POWER9 servers only - S914, S924, H924 and E980

• NVMe is able to provide higher performance than SSDs • IBM i supports virtualized NVMe (only for the PCIe Add In Card) via VIOS and supports IBM i 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4 • At least one identical NVMe adapter pair is required for mirroring • Pricing is very cost-competitive compared to SAS HDDs/SSDs

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 2020 IBM Systems Technical University 58 IBM Power Systems Virtual Server on IBM Cloud Multi-tenant, self managed, Power compute as-a-service in IBM Cloud with consumption-based OPEX pricing

Services Provided Offering Description: By IBM or BP teams A user can purchase an AIX or IBM i POWER VM- based Virtual Machine-as-a-Service on IBM Cloud. IBM manages up to OS deployment and the client self- manages the OS and up. Users can purchase the offering through Cloud consumption-based pricing plans available through the IBM Cloud Catalog.

Systems: S922, E880, E980 Compute: 0.25-153 cores (15 for S922, 153 for E880/980), Dedicated or Shared option (capped or uncapped) Memory: 8-64 GB per core Storage Type: Tier 3 (SSD) or Tier 1 (NVMe) Storage Quantity 10 GB minimum / 2 TB maximum per disk, 10 GB increments Network: Public and/or Private IP OS: AIX / IBM i Data Centers: DAL, WDC, FRA, LON, TOR

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/announcements/power-virtual-servers-on-ibm-cloud https://www.ibm.com/cloud/power-virtual-server https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2019/02/ibm-power9-on-ibm-cloud/

Test IBM i in the Cloud • Test IBM i 7.4 while running IBM i 7.3 (or older release)

Production IBM i in the Cloud • Move existing or create new workloads in the public cloud

Disaster Recovery • Offload backups to the cloud, and if needed restore backups to virtual machines in the public cloud

Virtual Cloud Storage TCP/IP Tape IBM i

FTP Server

Save your IBM i data into a Cloud or FTP Server

Three modes of operation 1. BRMS to Cloud for backup operations 2. GUI dashboard for storing and retrieving files in the Cloud (think of BOX-like usage cases) 3. IBM i command interface

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/icc/topics/iccuoverview.htm

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Some Links You Need Twitter #Hashtags

IBM i Home Page: www.ibm.com/systems/i

IBM Strategy Whitepaper: https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/us- en/resources/power/i-strategy-roadmap/ #PowerSystems IBM Client Success: http://ibmi30.mybluemix.net/ #IBMi @IBMSystems #IBMAIX IBM Systems Magazine IBM i Edition: http://ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/ @COMMONug @IBMChampions #POWER9 Support Life Cycle: https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/ibmi/lifecycle/ #LinuxonPower @IBMSystemsISVs #OpenPOWER @IBMiMag License Topics: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1022087 #HANAonPower @ITJungleNews #ITinfrastructure IBM i Monthly Call IBM Box: https://ibm.ent.box.com/folder/101175614538 @SAPonIBMi #OpenSource @SiDforIBMi HelpSystems 2020 MarketplaceSurvey #HybridCloud https://www.helpsystems.com/resources/guides/ibm-i-marketplace-survey-results #BigData For More Information:

Blogs

IBM Blogs: • IBM i Sight blog https://ibmsystemsmag.com/tags/2020-isight-blog • IBM Systems Magazine You and i (Steve Will) http://ibmsystemsmag.com/blogs/you-and-i/ • IBM Systems Magazine: Open your i (Jesse Gorzinski) http://ibmsystemsmag.com/blogs/open-your-i/ • IBM DB2 Web Query for i (Doug Mack) http://db2webqueryi.blogspot.co.uk/ IBM Champion’s Blogs: http://ibmsystemsmag.com/blogs/idevelop/ • IBM Systems Magazine: iDevelop (Jon Paris and Susan Gantner) http://ibmsystesmag.com/ibmi/trends/italk-with-tuohy/ • IBM Systems Magazine: iTalk with Tuohy http://championsfori.com/i9/ • IBM i in 9 slides Thank you!

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