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IBM SAP Technical Brief SAP on Power Systems Best Practices IBM SAP International Competence Center IBM SAP Technical Brief SAP on Power Systems Best Practices Guide IBM SAP International Competence Center Walldorf, Germany Version: 1.0 Status: November 2012 SAP on Power Systems – Best Practices Guide © Copyright IBM Corporation, 2012 Page 1 IBM SAP International Competence Center Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 3. SAP on Power Systems – Best Practices Guide © Copyright IBM Corporation, 2012 Page 1 IBM SAP International Competence Center Table of Contents NOTICES ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 TRADEMARKS .................................................................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 EDITION NOTICE ................................................................................................................................................. 5 SCOPE AND AUDIENCE ........................................................................................................................................ 5 AUTHORS ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 SPECIAL THANKS TO ........................................................................................................................................... 5 FEEDBACK .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 6 2 BEST PRACTICES RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................................... 8 2.1 SYSTEM FIRMWARE UPDATES ................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 AIX UPDATES ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 IBM I UPDATES ......................................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 RESTRICTED AIX TUNABLES AND I/O PACING .......................................................................................... 9 2.5 PERFORMANCE ADVISORS ......................................................................................................................... 9 2.6 RUN PARTITIONS IN POWER7 MODE...................................................................................................... 10 2.7 RUN PARTITIONS WITH SMT ON .............................................................................................................. 11 2.8 PARTITION PLACEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 11 2.9 CHECKING FOR LOCAL PROCESSORS AND MEMORY ................................................................................ 12 2.10 DYNAMIC PLATFORM OPTIMIZER ....................................................................................................... 13 2.11 PARTITION AND SYSTEM SIZING ......................................................................................................... 13 2.12 VIO SERVER PROCESSOR CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................ 15 2.13 VIRTUAL ETHERNET PERFORMANCE................................................................................................... 15 2.14 VIRTUAL PROCESSOR FOLDING .......................................................................................................... 15 2.15 POWER7 PROCESSOR UTILIZATION METRICS ................................................................................... 16 2.16 CAPACITY VERSUS RESPONSE TIME (LATENCY) ................................................................................. 16 2.17 OPTIMIZED SAP KERNEL 7.21-EXT FOR AIX .................................................................................... 17 2.18 OPTIMIZED SAP KERNEL 7.20-EXT AND 7.21-EXT FOR IBM I ......................................................... 17 2.19 SAP EXTENDED MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON AIX ............................................................................ 17 2.20 SAP EXTENDED MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON IBM I .......................................................................... 17 2.21 POSIX AND OLSON TIME ZONES ........................................................................................................ 18 2.22 ORACLE DATABASE SERVER ISSUES ................................................................................................... 18 2.23 MAIN STORAGE POOLS ON IBM I........................................................................................................ 18 3 BRIEF SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT RULES .................................................................................... 20 4 RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................. 21 4.1 WHITEPAPERS.......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 WEB SITES/BLOGS ................................................................................................................................... 21 4.3 REDBOOKS............................................................................................................................................... 21 4.4 PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION .................................................................................................................... 22 4.5 SAP DOCUMENTATION ............................................................................................................................ 22 4.6 IMPORTANT SAP NOTES .......................................................................................................................... 23 SAP on Power Systems – Best Practices Guide © Copyright IBM Corporation, 2012 Page 2 IBM SAP International Competence Center Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. 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