IBM PureFlex Solution for SAP Business Suite (POWER / AIX)

copy Copyright IBM Corporation 2013

IBM PureFlex Solution for SAP Business Suite (POWER AIX)

Reference architecture for IBM POWER and IBM AIX based

core SAP systems on IBM PureFlex System Version 15

featuring

- IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA

and

- IBM Entry Cloud Scenarios for SAP solutions

Matthias Koechl Markus Fehling

Mirco Malessa

Wolfgang Reichert

IBM Systems and Technology Group ISV Enablement

August 2013

Deploying and operating Entry Cloud for SAP solutions on the IBM PureFlex System

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Table of contents

Table of contents 2

Abstract 3

Introduction 3

IBM PureFlex System overview 3

Platform concept 3

Node scalability and performance 6

System connectivity 7

Reliability availability and serviceability (RAS) features 8

SAP reference landscape on IBM PureFlex System 9

Introduction to SAP landscape topology 9

Supported SAP solution stacks 10

Landscape planning 11

System layout concepts 11

Introducing the IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA 12

Storage attachment 13

Integration with existing SAP landscapes 17

Integration of SAP Appliance-based components 19

FlexSystem Native Node Support for SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator 23

SAP on AIX reference landscapes for IBM PureFlex System 25

High availability and disaster recovery 28

Landscape monitoring and management 28

IBM PureFlex System integration with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 30

Management components 31

Managed SAP landscape 32

SAP-specific offerings for IBM PureFlex System 34

Lab services and IBM support 34

Summary 35

Resources 36

Trademarks and special notices 38


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Abstract

This paper provides an overview on how modern SAP ecosystem consisting of the SAP NetWeaver technology layer SAP Business Suite applications and complementary SAP modules can be deployed on an IBMreg PureFlextrade System This paper focuses on IBM POWER processor-based units (POWER compute nodes) hosting the classical SAP core components It also describes how complementary x86-based IBM PureFlex System units can be integrated for specific SAP scenarios while still maintaining a unified systems management Related documents with a x86- and POWER IBM i focus are available too Links are included in the Resources section

The newly released rdquoIBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANArdquo extends the SAP application portfolio which can be deployed on the internal PureFlex nodes with external special purpose compute nodes namely IBM Systems x servers running a SAP HANA in-memory database and applications Typical use cases for IBM PureFlex System-only landscapes are described and also some comments are about the integration of an IBM PureFlex System with existing SAP customer infrastructures are explained in this paper

The IBM Flex System Manager serves as the unified management console for the components contained within the IBM PureFlex System chassis and the external IBM Systems Solution running SAP HANA This paper describes the Flex System Manager functions available and how they fit into SAP landscape monitoring

On the application side the Flex System Manager integrates with the SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management enabling consistent management of infrastructure and SAP application layers The paper also illustrates the architecture and benefits which can be achieved by combining IBM platform technologies with infrastructure management tools of the SAP NetWeaver stack The combination of the SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management software and IBM Flex System Manager supports cloud-enabling tasks as there are SAP system provisioning cloning copying and refreshing in a highly automated manner

Introduction

The Introduction section provides an overview of the IBMreg PureFlextrade System components

IBM PureFlex System overview

Platform concept

The IBM PureFlex System is an integration platform for different server architectures (IBM POWERreg

and x86) and the associated operating systems Integration also applies for systems storage from a

physical and management perspective Each IBM PureFlex System base system contains two layers

of hardware management

Chassis Management Module (CMM)

The CMM replaces the Advanced Management Module known from the traditional IBM

BladeCenterreg servers Both provide basic infrastructure access and management

Flex System Manager (FSM)

The CMM can be complemented by a dedicated management node running the Flex System

Manager (FSM) software stack while providing unified access and end-to-end management


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of up to four heterogeneously populated IBM PureFlex System chassis Technically the FSM

is an 8-core appliance node running Linuxreg and kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and the

FSM software on top Optionally the FSM appliance can be duplicated for resiliency of this

focal management layer Some key FSM functions include

Management of up to four chassis

Setup and configuration wizards

Heterogeneous nodes server storage network lifecycle management

Discovery inventory updates configuration status reliable logging events

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Managertrade feature

Network control with Voltaire Fabric Management (discovery and monitoring

fabric service provisioning)

Single sign-on audit logging role-based access control user management

Integration APIs to higher-level systems and enterprise management software like IBM

SmartCloudreg or IBM Tivolireg products

Figure 1 IBM PureFlex System Portfolio

This concept matches the trend to heterogeneous SAP system landscapes Customers can deploy

exactly the server units within the IBM PureFlex System that they need to best accommodate their

functional and nonfunctional SAP application requirements Although the core SAP Business Suite

applications support almost all platforms and virtualization layers certain SAP components such as

BWA HANA and TREX are linked to the x86 processors and a Linux OS for example IBM PureFlex

System with FSM allow for a unified monitoring and administration independent from the platform and


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OS mix while fully using the native platform strengths of each IBM server family and the related

environments

Besides the compute nodes customers can integrate the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node

with full IBM System Storagereg SAN Volume Controller functionality into the same 10U-chassis

Key storage management functions supported include

Fully virtualized storage and virtualization of third party external storage

IBM System Storage Easy Tiertrade

Thin provisioning

Real-Time disk compression

Storage Management integrated with Flex System Manager

The storage node includes a storage controller and space for up to 24 disks with a maximum capacity

of 900 GB each This allows for a gross data volume of up to 21 TB within a very compact volume

Attachment to DB server nodes is done using a fast internal network without peripheral equipment and

complexity The internal IBM PureFlex System disk capacity can be extended by attaching external

Storwize V7000 expansion units or other external storage devices through the SAN Volume Controller

capabilities of the Storwize V7000 controller

POWER based PureFlex Systems can be ordered in three pre-configured flavors Express Standard

and Enterprise configurations are available

Table 1 PureFlex POWER based component stack


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As of November 2012 build-to-order systems (BTU) are available too These systems are referred to

as ldquoFlex Systemsrdquo versus the pre-packaged ldquoPureFlexrdquo configurations specified in Table 1 BTU

systems offer the advantage of higher configuration flexibility for the price of less integration and

automization through built-in expertise

Node scalability and performance

Node scalability and performance applies to the vertical scalability and transaction performance of

individual nodes contained within an IBM PureFlex System chassis Published SAP ECC 60 EHP 4

Sales and Distribution benchmarks provide leadership SAP Application Performance Standard (SAPS)

capacities

POWER Node Number of

coresfrequency

SAPS ECC 60

Certification No

IBM PureFlex p260 node 833 16355GHz

IBM PureFlex p260+ node 841 163641GHz 54700

2012035

IBM PureFlex p270+ node

(DB2 105)

24341GHz 68380

2013019

IBM PureFlex p460 node 16 32355GHz 93080

2012015

Table 2 POWER compute nodes overview

The SAPS capacity of the new 32-core POWER nodes is about 40 higher compared to an IBM

BladeCenter PS704 Express blade with the same number of cores and it compares well with an IBM

Powerreg 750 32-core system This discrete system has been very successful in the midrange SAP

marketplace Consequently customers can easily migrate from discrete mid-size servers to an IBM

PureFlex System node of their choice without redesigning their SAP landscape and changing the

existing operational environment

The November 2012 announcement has introduced newest POWER7+ technology to the p260+ half-

wide nodes A higher frequency but mostly a 25x larger cache provide additional +25 SAPS

capacity according to SAP SampD benchmark results in Table 2For those customers who need

scalability beyond a single node or prefer SAP 3-tier implementations or scale-out DB servers the

IBM PureFlex System chassis and its inherent network topology provides an ideal physical

consolidation platform with a single point of control for infrastructure management

IBM PureFlex System scalability continues in the way that multiple (up to four) chassis can be

clustered and still managed as a single IT entity However when it comes to application scalability

across nodes classical parameters such as networking latency also need to be considered


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Caution needs to be paid to the available physical memory per node respectively per SAP system

Depending on the type of internal disks installed in a POWER node it is not possible to install the

maximum amount of memory That is why itrsquos not recommended to use internal disks for POWER

nodes running SAP applications Storage should be provided by an external solution See section

ldquoStorage attachmentrdquo for details

System connectivity

IBM PureFlex System provides state-of-the-art system connectivity by scalable switch elements

providing up to four switch partitions per physical switch (three partitions at for initial release) These

can be a combination of

24-port BNT 10Gb Fibre Channel over Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (software

key to increase ports)

20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb

48-port BNT 1Gb (SW key to increase four 10Gb ports)

Mezzanine cards

2-port 8Gb FC (QLogic)

4-port 1Gb (Broadcom)

The scalable structure allows extending IO capacity along with increasing application needs As the

number of nodes and their IO adapters grow additional switch capacity can be installed in an IBM

PureFlex System chassis

Figure 2 IBM PureFlex System switch configurations


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The IBM PureFlex System network topology provides an internal network for monitoring and

management purposes This is used by the CMM and the FSM appliance to interact with the hardware

components and virtualization layers

Figure 3 IBM PureFlex System network topology

Reliability availability and serviceability (RAS) features

SAP business applications are mostly mission-critical Hence reliability and minimum downtimes of a

platform are of high significance IBM PureFlex System components have inherited many RAS

attributes of the discrete IBM server families

Hot plug power and cooling

Concurrent firmware code updates

Processor de-allocation

Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply

Auto reboot on power loss

Temperature monitors

Error correction code (ECC)-protected memory


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SAP reference landscape on IBM PureFlex System

The SAP reference landscape on IBM PureFlex System section provides an introduction to the SAP

landscape topology and example reference landscapes for IBM POWER and AIX based core SAP

systems running on IBM PureFlex System

Introduction to SAP landscape topology

SAP customer landscapes consist of several SAP systems each supporting a specific business

application or dedicated to development and testing purposes

The most common SAP applications are combined as SAP Business Suite which combines functions for

enterprise resource planning (ERP) customer relationship management (CRM) supply chain

management (SCM) and business warehouse (BW) All of these modules (and much more) can be

installed as dedicated SAP business applications too Their common underlying technology stack is the

SAP NetWeaver layer SAP NetWeaver provides typical middleware functionality to SAP sites such as

Web Application Server Portal Service Bus reporting and so on But the SAP NetWeaver layer also

provides abstraction of the SAP Business Suite towards hardware OS and relational database

management systems (RDBMS) This enables the SAP Business Suite to run on top of almost all server

platforms

SAP industry solutions and the All-In-One midmarket offering are based on the identical architecture and

contain a blend of the Business Suite modules customized with industry-specific data and transactions

All of the Business Suite components can be either implemented in 2-tier or 3-tier mode While the 2-tier

mode is the most efficient way of implementing a SAP instance from a resource and complexity

perspective 3-tier implementations provide advantages in scalability availability and flexibility

Figure 4 multiple level consolidation

Some applications can be extended with dedicated functional systems used to either complement or to

accelerate transactions Prominent examples are Adobe Document Server TREX BWA and the SAP in-

memory database HANA These technology components do not rely on the NetWeaver stack and thus run


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on dedicated x86-based environments For scalability reasons these modules often follow a scale-out

paradigm

The variety and count of back-end and complementary systems is customer individual but in general

demands for physical system consolidation by using virtualization technologies

Another dimension of SAP landscape growth is the requirement of a strict isolation of production and

nonproduction environments by SAP The nonproduction environments mostly consist of sandbox

development test and QA systems The SAP transport system links these stages and allows critical

changes in either the OS or the application being tested before being promoted to business-critical SAP

instances

Supported SAP solution stacks

For the POWER nodes the same software stacks as with discrete IBM Power Systemstrade are supported

that is IBM AIXreg IBM i and Linux servers Same is true for the common databases IBM DB2reg for Linux

UNIXreg and Windows DB2 for IBM i and Oracle for AIX Restrictions on release level might apply

though All supported OSDBSAP module combinations are maintained in the product availability matrix

on the SAP Service Marketplace As one big advantage of IBM PureFlex System SAP modules which are

not supported on the POWER nodes can be deployed in the same chassis using the x86 nodes

The following table shows the supported OS and DB levels on the POWER nodes at time of

announcement

X = supported

AIX 61 71 IBM i 61 71 PowerLinux

SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X

Table 3 supported OS and DB levels

On top of these OS and DB combinations all SAP NetWeaver 7x releases and modules are supported as

technology and middleware stack

SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management is also supported for IBM PureFlex System and

extends the FSM with application monitoring and cloud-enabling operations More details on these are

described in the ldquoLandscape monitoring and managementrdquo section


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Landscape planning

The landscape planning section describes the underlying concepts for system layout the integration of

external storage solutions and integration aspects for existing SAP landscapes and complementary SAP

component

System layout concepts

Applications running on IBM PureFlex System can take full advantage of the virtualization and

partitioning capabilities offered by the operating systems running on IBM PureFlex System For

POWER nodes the identical virtualization and partitioning capabilities are available for AIX IBM i and

PowerLinux using IBM PowerVMreg virtualization For x86 nodes the VMware kernel-based virtual

machine (KVM) and Hyper-V virtualization hypervisors are available This enables a very flexible

landscape implementation on IBM PureFlex System

The SAP concept of separating production from the development and test systems is applied by

choosing separate OS instances for those systems Depending on the sizing requirements this can

occupy a dedicated node or (in most cases) be an LPAR in a shared resource pool which is

partitioned to contain multiple components of a SAP Business Suite landscape

In order to make best use of the physical resources it is recommended to combine production LPARs

with high priority (that is weighting factor) with nonproduction LPARs with lower priority on a POWER

node This allows unexpected load peaks within a SAP production system to be covered by additional

processor resources out of these less-critical LPARs Also it is a good idea to collocate SAP instances

with recurring load peaks within a single node For example SAP systems serving users in different

time-zones fall into this category

Independent from IBM PureFlex System the advice is to apply generic IBM POWER7reg best practices

for PowerVM parameterization as provided by the POWER brand and SAP sizing guidelines

While processor (de-) allocation happens very dynamically within a millisecond timescale this does

not apply to physical memory Hence the memory associated to an LPAR in a pool ideally covers the

maximum of the LPARs peak virtual processor allocation SAP applications are rather memory

consuming with a large workload dependent variation though The available memory on a IBM

PureFlex System POWER node is sufficient for many SAP workloads in particular for the very

common SAP ERP component and such that do not make use of a Javatrade stack Whenever SAP

sizing results (per SAP Quick Sizer output for example) indicate that 8 GB per core are not sufficient or

you want to consolidate many SAP instances into a single shared pool you have the following two

options with IBM PureFlex System in order to increase memory capacity

Configure the POWER nodes with internal SSDs or boot from external storage ie no HDDs

contained in node in order to double the memory per core ratio

Configure and activate Active Memory Expansion (AME)

The expansion factor again is heavily workload dependent As a starting point assume memory

expansion by

20 times for SAP ABAP-only dialogue servers

15 times for SAP DB servers and only

11 times for SAP Java instances


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Hardware accelerated AME introduced with the POWER7+ nodes is supported by SAP

Measurements have shown no significant differences over the traditional sw-only AME version

AIX Workload Partitions (WPARs) are another option for saving physical memory on constrained

nodes WPARs are supported for AIX 7 running on a node also SAP supports WPARs As WPARs

reside within an AIX host environment and not as dedicated LPARs there are several advantages by

deploying smaller SAP systems into these

WPARs do not require an incremental hypervisor and OS memory footprint

WPARs can dynamically reallocate memory within the host AIX space This does not cause a

delay by hypervisor activities and therefore results in real-time memory virtualization

As an additional benefit WPARs require less OS maintenance efforts compared to an identical

number of LPARs each running an own AIX or Linux OS This is of interest as soon as

operational costs are linked to the count of managed OS images

The PowerVM hypervisor theoretically limits the smallest SAP instance to occupy as little as 110th of

a node core But what is the largest SAP system that can reside within a single IBM PureFlex System

chassis This question might be of interest for prospects that plan downsizing from large-scale

servers

If you assume a typical DB-to-Application Server ratio of 14 for SAP ERP production instances this

results in the largest 3-tier SAP ERP system of (132 cores DB server + 432 cores application

servers) = 160 cores which can be covered by the POWER nodes that fit into a single 10U high IBM

PureFlex System chassis As a rough approximation assume effectively 2000 SAPS per core (this is

a conservative approach for SAP production compared to a SAP sales and distribution benchmark

environment) which results in a single SAP system of 320000 SAPS This capacity is in the range of

a medium-sized discrete Power 795 server

As most of the SAP systems are database centric the limiting factor is not only the processor

capacity but also a well-balanced IO and database design Details are covered in the following

section

For larger SAP database instances and in order to increase their resiliency customers might consider

implementing a scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) by deploying several

nodes as concurrent DB nodes The internal IBM PureFlex System network bandwidth favors

horizontal scalability IBM DB2 pureScalereg or Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) are both

supported for SAP production use and have been tested on IBM PureFlex System Beyond increased

database scalability the failure of a single DB node will not cause the attached SAP systems to stop

but to continue with a reduced DB throughput

Introducing the IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA

SAP HANA is exclusively supported on certified hardware ndash for example IBM System x3950 X5 ndash that

uses the Intel EX processor architecture As of today HANA cannot be deployed on any compute

node within the PureFlex chassis However certified x3950 X5 based HANA appliances also

including storage and system software components may be installed in the same PureFlex rack A

reference architecture introducing this solution offering has been included in section Integration of

SAP Appliance-based components of this document


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Storage attachment

In the previous section the design criteria for the server nodes have been explained This section

explains the storage and IO relevant parameters for an IBM PureFlex System-based SAP landscape

The IBM PureFlex System compute nodes allow adding a limited amount of internal storage to the

node For most of the business applications the available internal disk space might not be sufficient

Therefore storage needs to be supplied by an storage solution The IBM PureFlex System chassis

can be equipped with the internal Flex System V7000 storage node This can be connected via the

chassis internal switches directly over Fibre Channel of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Figure 5 Chassis internal storage attachment

External storage system like the IBM Storwize V7000 or the IBM SAN Volume Controller or any

other IBM System Storage can be connected through the chassis switches as well


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Figure 6 Chassis internal and external storage attachment

Access to either of the storage solutions from the POWER nodes requires a Virtual IO Server (VIOS)

installed Due to the limited FC ports on the half wide compute nodes a dual VIOS setup is only

possible using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)as shown in figures 5 and 6 above

IBM Flex System V7000

In general the IBM PureFlex System can connect to any SAN storage solution The internal IBM Flex

System V7000 is the most powerful and easy-to-use innovative midrange disk system in the storage

marketplace and is the best fit for IBM PureFlex System The Flex System V7000 is fully compatible

with the IBM Storwize V7000 storage system

The integrated Easy Tier functionality provides significant performance improvements by

automatic migration of hot data blocks to high-performing SSDs

Thin provisioning consumes used space only no pre-allocation required

Dynamic migration provides continuous availability of the applications while migrating data

online

IBM FlashCopy replication supports faster and more efficient data copies for online

backup testing or data mining

25-inch disk form factor 24 per expansion unit 240 total disks

Cluster up to 4 node pairs and 960 disks

Each node pair provides dual RAID controller to provide high availability access

No SAN or fiber channel cabling is required between the compute and storage nodes

Real time disk compression reduces the amount of required storage space Compression

rates are between 50 and 70 for SAP systems running on IBM i and the DB2 for i

database


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Integration of the V7000 storage management into the Flex System Manager

Value of Easy Tier to SAP

The SAP ERP system workloads represent online transaction processing (OLTP) characteristics

Typically not all data of the SAP system or database is accessed during a given time frame for

example during a 24-hour period Statistically there exist contiguously accessed data areas some of

which are hot These hot spots are part of the disk system that has significantly high activity and

usually cause long wait times for IO requests The change rate of the hot data areas is not in terms of

minutes but most likely stays constant over a longer period of time for example 24 hours

Here Easy Tier is able to monitor and move these hot areas from HDD to SSD Easy Tier

automatically creates a data migration plan to incrementally move the hottest data to SSDs and the

cold data back to the spinning disks Easy Tier adapts to clientsrsquo changing workloads and it does this

without any administrative effort to constantly tune their storage systems As a result the SAP

transaction time is reduced

Value of Real Time Disk Compression to SAP

Today traditional database systems provide various compression technologies to store data This

requires know-how to identify which tables to compress and to setup and maintain efficient

compression over time With real time disk compression offered by Storwize V7000 the complete disk

set of the partition running the SAP systems can be easily compressed Disk compression saves

between 50 and 70 percent of storage space with minimal performance impact to most SAP

workloads This is comparable to native DB gains and can save license and operational DB-admin

cost A combination of two compression technologies does not bring further advantages

IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node

The IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node requires a minimum of 2 full wide slots to be installed into

an IBM Flex System chassis It provides direct Fibre Channel Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

and iSCSI connection to the PureFlex compute nodes The Flex System Manager will identify the

storage system automatically


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The Flex System V7000 management user interface (GUI) is compatible with the Storwize V7000 GUI

IBM PureFlex System and Storwize V7000

The Storwize V7000 storage can be connected to the IBM PureFlex System chassis either through

Fiber Channel (SAN) or through Ethernet (iSCSI) Both the connections provided block-level access to

the storage system

With IBM PureFlex System the test team recommends SAN access by using the IBM PureFlex

System integrated SAN switch where four FC connections are required to ensure multipathing More

connections are not required for connecting to a single chassis


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Setting up a stretched cluster is not supported by the integrated V7000 SVC Customers will require a

traditional SVC to support such a resilient disk setup Of course other technologies like AIX LVM

mirroring Metro Mirror etc are supported

Configuration of Flex System V7000 and Storwize V7000

To gain maximum flexibility in respect to capacity utilization and performance workload balancing the

number of storage pools configured (Managed Disk Groups) should be as few as possible for a single

V7000 system (node pair) Depending on the performance requirement the use of Easy Tier in

combination with SSDs is recommended

A fully equipped chassis is capable to handle 300000 SAPS leading to a workload of approximately

100000 IOPS Assuming a storage demand of 100 TB usable results in the following

recommendation

24 SSD 25-inch 400 GB each plugged into the V7000 controller

Four expansion units each with 24 SAS drives 25-inch each 900 GB

One expansion unit 23 SAS drives 25-inch each 900 GB and 1 SSD 25 inches 400 GB

(spare)

RAIDs (Managed Disk) are configured as RAID 5 7+1

Total of 25 SSD and 119 SAS

Integration with existing SAP landscapes

The IBM PureFlex System chassis can be integrated into existing SAP landscapes Physically the IBM

PureFlex System chassis fits into any standard 19-inch rack which provides a minimum of 10 spare height

units Other non-IBM PureFlex System components can be housed within the same standard rack as long

as power distribution units provide sufficient energy A fully populated IBM PureFlex System chassis can

contain up to six 2500 watts energy supplies which can be configured for several redundancy modes

The Ethernet and FC switches provide connectivity to an existing network and storage infrastructure As

discussed in the previous section the IBM PureFlex System FC switch connects to existing SAN storage

solutions LPARs stored on the SAN can be migrated to an IBM PureFlex System POWER node by

assigning the disks to the IBM PureFlex System nodersquos VIOS and boot from those This allows very fast

migration of exiting SAP systems to IBM PureFlex System with minimal downtime

External SAN storage can be attached to a new PureFlex chassis in several ways Ideally external LUNs

are connected via the integrated V7000 SAN Volume Controller as managed disks Thus storage

administration can exploit SVC virtualization and management capabilities If latter is not a focus the

PureFlex FC-switches can be attached to existing SAN-fabrics using transparent NPIV mode see Figure

6 Storage vendors need to support this and storage SAN administration will be performed with native

vendor tools not via FSM

Tests have shown that IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) is possible between nodes and

external systems given the network is set up appropriately This allows to migrate running LPARs from


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discrete Power Systems to POWER nodes and to migrate from POWER nodes to discrete Power

Systems

The FSM administration layer can co-exist with already implemented cross-platform management solutions like eg the IBM Systems Director It also can become integrated with higher level enterprise service management software as a monitored and managed layer

Figure 7 integration of management components


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Integration of SAP Appliance-based components

Certain SAP components are not available on all SAP supported operating systems and databases If

such components are required to support customersrsquo business processes they need to be installed on top

of a supported OS which is not necessarily the same location where the SAP core applications are stored

With IBM PureFlex System supporting both x86 and POWER processor-based operating systems those

complementary components can be tightly integrated into the landscape The required hardware

resources can be hosted within one IBM PureFlex System chassis Besides the compact server footprint in

the datacenter the internal network eliminates the need for network cables and switches to connect the

systems The IBM PureFlex System management provided by CMM and FSM reduces the complexity of

managing the heterogeneous environment

This allows the creation of a complete SAP landscape within a single box Core SAP Business Suite

components are running on the POWER nodes while complementary components such as SAP

Enterprise Search and SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator can run on x86 nodes

The IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA SAP HANA is the strategic in-memory

database by SAP AG to accelerate in particular business analytics but also transactional business In

order to achieve magnitudes of acceleration SAP HANA exploits specific design features of the Intel EX

processor architecture with optimized low-level coding Consequently SAP HANA is exclusively

supported on certified hardware using this processor type ndash for example IBM System x3950 X5

The IBM SAP HANA offering is a standardized portfolio of System x hardware (IBM Systems x3950 X5 -

7143-Hxx systems) with internal (SSD SAS) storage for data persistency plus software components and

surrounding services Exclusively Linux namely SLES 11 is supported as operating system

As of today such an appliance cannot be deployed on any compute node within the PureFlex chassis

Instead IBM x3950 X5 based SAP HANA building blocks may be installed into the same rack as the

PureFlex chassis and act as external HANA compute nodes Connection to both x86 and POWER based

internal compute nodes running standard SAP applications or complementary SAP HANA instances is

done via Ethernet through a TOR switch

A big advantage of re-using external technology is that well established and beneficial concepts can be 11

applied for PureFlex focused landscapes too As an excelling example IBM GPFS (General Parallel File

System) not only enables the IBM SAP HANA solution to grow beyond the capacity of a single system into

a scale-out solution but also adds high availability and disaster recovery features to the IBM HANA

appliance


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The scope of the Flex System Manager has been extended to allow the integrated management of

PureFlex internal components and IBM x3950 X5 based SAP HANA building blocks

It provides administrative functions like

Manual discovery inventory

Release Management (FW and SW installation and update)

Power Control

Remote Access

System Configuration

System Health and Status

Service and Support

for workload optimized x3950 X5 SAP HANA appliances

Figure 8 FSM menu of external x3950 X5 based IBM SAP HANA appliances

The screenshot above shows external x3950 X5 nodes appearing on the FlexSystem Manager panel and

the applicable activities to be performed


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From a hardware point-of-view IBM PureFlex Systems offer the administrative integration of the HANA

building blocks (T-shirt sizes) listed in Table 4They meet the SAP defined HANA sizing grid and do not

need to be purchased together with a PureFlex System This allows the integration of existing HANA

systems with a newly deployed PureFlex System at customer site

Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5

(7143-HAx) 2x Intel Xeon

E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5

(7143-HBx) 4x Intel Xeon

E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)

8x Intel Xeon E7-8870

1024 GB

XM x3950 X5

(7143-HDx) 4x Intel Xeon

E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB

Table 4 IBM SAP HANA Appliance building blocks (June 2013)

This list will change pretty frequently as new models and HANA configurations will become supported

Therefore always check the SAP list of supported models in the SAP HANA PAM (requires authorization)

or consult an IBM Techline representative SAP technology and management components as well as

common operational functions like the Tivoli Storage Manager for BackupRestore of ERP and HANA may

be deployed on PureFlex compute nodes and act on both environments


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Figure 9 Architecture of SAP Business Suite on PureFlex and SAP HANA on System x3950 X5 Workload Optimized Solution for SAP HANA

In case of IBM SAP HANA scale-out configurations the Integrated Management Module of x3950 X5

servers and the SAP HANA appliance related network interfaces (like SAP client access HANA Studio

ERP backup and restore HWSW-Admin) will be connected to the PureFlex Device Management and

Client Data network via Ethernet through TOR switches Such a scale-out configuration is deployed with

separate racks


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Figure 10 SAP HANA Appliances with PureFlex Network Topology

Depended on the amount of external network connections single node IBM SAP HANA appliances may

be connected via available ports on integrated switches of the PureFlex chassis The single node SAP

HANA appliance could be deployed in the same rack with IBM PureFlex System

FlexSystem Native Node Support for SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator

The SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator (BWA) was the initial approach to accelerate OLAP workload

with a dedicated appliance attached to a SAP Business Warehouse system SAP BWA follows a ldquoplug amp

playrdquo design easier to implement than SAP HANA and has a longer history Hence SAP BWA still has a

broad installed base among SAP BI customers

SAP BWA has not been this highly optimized for the Intel EX-CPU type This fact allows deploying SAP

BWA appliances on XEON-based FlexSystem nodes running a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

operating system


24

The ldquoIBM Flex System Solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Acceleratorrdquo extends the

established IBM BladeCenter offerings for SAP BWA with scalable FlexSystem configurations comprising

of x240 compute nodes inside the Flex-chassis and externally attached IBM Storage Systems DS3500

This combination meets the SAP BWA appliance criteria while providing an excellent priceperformance

ratio

Table 5 FlexSystem building blocks for IBM SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator Appliances (August 2013)

As with the SAP BWA appliances based on IBM BladeCenter the IBM GPFS filesystem improves overall

IO performance data scalability and resiliency The building blocks have been pre-tested and optimized

to deliver easy integration and quick implementation Order and shipment processes of the pre-built

systems are identical to those of the traditional IBM BWA platforms

Since SAP BWA is an encapsulated appliance it cannot exploit all functionality provided by FSM for full

topology management Passive ndash in the sense of monitoring - functions like inventory system health

hardware service and support are applicable Dedicated BWA-FlexSystem chassis can be attached to

PureFlex systems hosting a SAP BI solution and monitored from there Performing active administrative

functions which may have an impact on the BWA configuration are not allowed however


25

SAP on AIX reference landscapes for IBM PureFlex System

1 Minimal system = ERP BW all on POWER nodes

This is the simplest case of deploying

core SAP components in an IBM

PureFlex System System All SAP

modules are supported on POWER and

either an AIX or PowerLinux OS Two

nodes for physical redundancy each with

PowerVM and VIO virtualization are

used

In order to make use of autonomous load

balancing by PowerVM it is

recommended to mix production and

nonproduction SAP instances within a

shared processor pool on each of the

single nodes SAP 2-tier deployments

need to be preferred for smaller systems

Consider packing nonproduction

systems into WPARs for less LPAR

complexity

2 3-tier SAP ERP with scale-out DB and application-server tier all on POWER nodes

This option combines DB scale-out with

an SAP 3-tier application-server scale

out The advantage of a multinode DB

is a hot-standby high availability

without DB downtime as with classical

cold-standby cluster solutions Also

both the nodes contribute to an

aggregate DB throughput when in

normal operation As such a setup

appears for business-critical scenarios

a hot-standby FSM appliance has also

been configured (planned in 2012)

This in any case ensures that the

overall system monitoring and

adjustment can take place

Figure 11 minimal system

Figure 12 scale-out database


26

3 Mixed system = SAP Business Suite core applications TREX and non-SAP applications

This setup makes use of the IBM

PureFlex System heterogeneous

capabilities While several core SAP

Business Suite applications stay on

POWER nodes they are now

complemented by SAP TREX and a

NetWeaver development

environment which are supported

only on an x86 architecture There

are more than these components

there are newer appliances such as

BWA and HANA which mandate

such a setup

Further applications can be

consolidated into the same IBM

PureFlex System chassis as well

4 SAP NetWeaver landscape = SAP Business Suite core applications SAP Enterprise Portal

SAP Process Integration (service bus) and SAP Business Objects

This is a heterogeneous setup with

majority of SAP core systems on AIX

SAP Business Objects XI runs on

larger AIX LPAR for scaling while the

Business Objects end-user oriented

systems are consolidated in virtual

machines hosted on an x86 node

This scenario also outlines the

capability of IBM PureFlex System to

run x86 Linux and PowerLinux

distributions This applies to non-SAP

and many SAP components Inter-

system communication strongly takes

advantage of the internal networking

bandwidth of IBM PureFlex System

Figure 14 SAP Process Integration and SAP Business Objects

Figure 13 complementary components


27

5 Mixed system with SAP HANA = SAP Business Suite core applications deployed on

PureFlex nodes plus SAP HANA Appliances (= IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business

Suite and SAP HANA)

This setup makes use of the externalized IBM PureFlex System capabilities in shape of the IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA

Several core SAP applications are

deployed on internal POWER or x86

nodes and are complemented by an

external SAP HANA environment which is

being built of the x3950 X5 based standard

IBM appliance offering

This enables customers running SAP

HANA always to benefit from newest

certified System x HANA appliances and

operational improvements in that space

while creating administrative synergies

between the SAP HANA and traditional

SAP Business Suite infrastructure

Starting from physical integration today

the FlexSystem Manager will provide

integrated administrative capabilities

The IBM PureFlex system offers an

integrated infrastructure for all SAP

components SAP applications on

PureFlex System compute nodes may

access SAP HANA DB on IBM x3950 X5

servers as well as traditional data bases

(eg IBM DB2) running on PureFlex

System

Figure 15 SAP HANA Integration


28

High availability and disaster recovery

The single point of failures (SPOFs) for SAP systems stay untouched by the introduction of IBM PureFlex

System These are the database server and the central services for ABAP and Java including the enqueue

server

These SPOFs occur within each production SAP business component of the landscape that is multiple

clusters (such as ERP CRM SCM and so on) must be implemented

In addition central technical building blocks such as SAP Enterprise Portal (for user access) Process

Integration as Enterprise Service Bus need to be setup resilient

While the high availability and disaster recovery concepts for all these SPOFs are well known in general

they have not been tested in a special IBM PureFlex System environment at time of authoring this paper

As scenario 2 indicates multi-node databases like Oracle RAC are supported on IBM PureFlex System

Landscape monitoring and management

As the SAP landscapes tend to become a heterogeneous aggregation of servers and operating systems

this implies a certain level of complexity for SAP landscape administration Consolidating the SAP

landscape into an IBM PureFlex System with its consistent management capabilities helps to reduce this

complexity

The combination of the IBM PureFlex System and SAP NetWeaver technology offers multiple native

monitoring and administration layers for the complete hardware and software stack These are

Chassis Management Module

Flex System Management

SAP Computing Center Management System (SAP CCMS)

SAP Solution Manager

minus SAP Solution Manager aims at SAP application management and business key

performance indicator (KPI) monitoring but also is a mandatory tool for SAP

release and patch management

SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (LVM)

The IBM PureFlex System FSM and SAP LVM Enterprise are optional components the remaining ones

are part of virtualized base installation

In order to gain maximum efficiency for daily operations it is important to select the most appropriate tools

for specific administrative tasks and organizations In addition consistency and transparency need to be

maintained


29

The following table provides a high-level orientation for a selected set of administrator tasks in SAP

ecosystems

CMM FSM SAP LVM SAP CCMS SAP Solution Manager

Chassis topology view and administration

Through CMM

Virtualization metrics Through Flex System

Manager

Virtualization topology and administration

Through Flex System

Manager

OS DB SAP performance

Provisioning of a new virtual server Through Flex System

Manager

Virtual server start stop and live migration

Through Flex System

Manager

SAP service reallocation

SAP system refresh cloning

Alerting Chassis focus Systems focus

Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs

Integration to an upper-level enterprise management

Into Flex System

Manager

Into SAP Solution Manager

Table 6 monitoring and management layers

FSM is based on IBM Systems Director and provides comparable functions For POWER nodes FSM is

mandatory for advanced virtualization management As most of these functions are beneficial (if not

mandatory) for SAP (production) systems the FSM appears as an essential component for SAP on IBM

PureFlex environments

As a single point of control FSM provides a web-based interface to manage all aspects of the IBM

PureFlex System hardware components For example an interactive chassis map provides status

overview and serves as an entry point to manage the different resources Setup wizards guide you through

the process of initial setup and maintenance tasks


30

Figure 16 FSM chassis map

SAP CCMS is fully functional for IBM PureFlex System It allows monitoring and adjustment of base SAP

application and database settings Also PowerVM-specific metrics such as LPAR and WPAR resources

AME settings and so on can be accesses through the native SAP administrator GUI

IBM PureFlex System integration with SAP NetWeaver Landscape

Virtualization Management

The described cloud solution for SAP landscapes becomes available by a combination of the IBM FSM

capabilities and SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management for automation tasks at the

application level

This solution enables common cloud scenarios with the SAP software stack and the underlying

infrastructure It aims to connect application management services with system virtualization and storage

management services It is a management tool for customers who run their SAP systems in their own data

center and want to become more efficient by automating provisioning and cloning tasks

Various scenarios around system copy and system refresh are supported including post-copy automation

Those labor-expensive tasks have been made easy with SAP Landscape Virtualization Management and

IBM PureFlex System

In more detail the following use cases are covered for cloud environments running SAP applications

Cloning of a SAP system (creating an identical copy in a fenced environment)

Creating an initial copy of a SAP system (with changing the SAP system identifier)

Refreshing a test SAP system with the content of a productive system

Automation of system copyrefresh post processing activities

Monitoring and visualization of virtualized SAP landscapes


31

SAP Landscape Virtualization Management is in many cases complementary to the inherent IBM PureFlex

System management layers SAP Landscape Virtualization Management enables access to many relevant

IBM PureFlex System and virtualization parameters to the SAP management software and provides IT

self-services to SAP administrators

The available IBM and SAP literature which describes the interaction of IBM Systems Director and SAP

Landscape Virtualization Management also applies to IBM PureFlex System FSM is the enriched IBM

Systems Director specifically optimized and packaged for IBM PureFlex System

IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager adds a unique value for SAP landscapes This software enables

application-aware database-consistent online backups which can be used to create the cloned system By

exploiting storage snapshot techniques the backup is taken almost instantaneously

The solution has been developed as modular building blocks This provides a high degree of flexibility and

extensibility The following table shows the products and editions that are used for each scenario

Table 7 Use cases per management layer

Management components

SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 10 integrates with the following IBM

management products

IBM Flex System Manager

FSM is used for virtualization monitoring and management and for the operating system

provisioning scenarios on IBM PureFlex System

IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager 3101

Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is required for storage cloning of online SAP systems

System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager

(not needed) (not needed) (not needed) (not needed)

FlashCopy

Manager

(not needed) (not needed) (not needed)

Storage any NFS GPFS

SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32

The management products can be installed on a single AIX LPAR within IBM PureFlex System

Alternatively the products might be installed on different servers for example SAP NetWeaver

Landscape Virtualization Management may run on any of the supported SAP platforms

The following graphic shows a high-level view of how SAP Landscape Virtualization Management

integrates with the IBM PureFlex System FSM stack to enable cloud scenarios on this platform

Figure 17 SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager integration with FSM

Managed SAP landscape

The following IBM PureFlex System infrastructure is supported with SAP NetWeaver Landscape


IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71

IBM SAN Volume Controller IBM Storwize V7000 or IBM XIVreg Storage System1

SAP NetWeaver 7x using IBM DB2 for Linux UNIX and Windows Oracle Database or

SAP MaxDB is supported

1 SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000 support requires SAP Landscape Virtualization Management SP3


33

It is assumed that the storage is attached using single or dual VIOS (IBM PowerVM VIOS) For the

storage-cloning scenario the SAN storage system must be attached in the N_Port ID Virtualization

(NPIV) mode NPIV is a FC adapter (HBA) feature that allows multiple LPARs to share a physical port

The clone is created using the FlashCopy feature of the SAN Volume Controller or the snapshot

feature of the XIV Storage System These methods create a logical copy of the data volumes within

seconds while the SAP source system stays fully operational

Whenever an IBM PureFlex System environment needs to be integrated into an existing enterprise

monitoring and management solution (for example an existing IBM Systems Director hierarchy or the IBM

Tivoli Suite) FSM provides interfaces for seamless upward integration

Furthermore SAP Landscape Virtualization Management can be used to manage SAP landscapes within

and outside of IBM PureFlex System and also across different platforms


34

SAP-specific offerings for IBM PureFlex System

This section lists specific offerings for SAP on IBM PureFlex System

Lab services and IBM support

As capacity and capability of a larger IBM PureFlex System installation are comparable to large scale

UNIX or mainframe installations IBM provides hardware and software support beyond the standards of

commodity blade systems

Including three Global Centers of Competence IBM Maintenance and Technical Support Services provide

integrated support on the FSM-based environments when there is not a clear understanding of whether

there is a hardware or a software issue All of this can be backed up with the latest version of IBM

Electronic Service Agent trade which has been enhanced for IBM PureFlex System and proactively monitors

and reports hardware events back to IBM support Even if a client has a comprehensive in-house support

organization this can selectively be enhanced through the addition of specific services within the portfolio

to cover critical areas of weakness or exposure

For complex IBM PureFlex System environments and where mission-critical applications are deployed

(which applies to SAP production systems) premium services are available and cover

Enhanced technical support custom technical support

Microcode support managed technical support

Committed fix services

Availability management hard disk retention


35

Summary

This paper provides reference architectures of how heterogeneous SAP landscapes can be consolidated

using IBM PureFlex System While running the core business applications on POWER nodes with AIX as

operating system complementary SAP components are added on x86 nodes IBM PureFlex System

enables a very tight integration of infrastructure components including servers networking and storage

Seamless monitoring and management functions of the infrastructure are provided by the FSM

The integration aspect is taken even further with the integration of the SAP Landscape Virtualization

Manager application with the FSM This enables SAP cloud usage scenarios for SAP systems running on

IBM PureFlex System

For individual questions or to request a briefing about this topic contact the IBM SAP International

Competence Center at isiccdeibmcom


36

Resources

These websites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this paper

IBM Systems on PartnerWorld

ibmcompartnerworldsystems

IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing

ibmcomsolutionssapusenlandingcloud_solutionshtml

IBM Cloud Solutions for SAP clients

ibmcomcloud-computingusen

IBM SmartCloud Entry for AIX on PartnerWorld (requires PartnerWorld login)

ibmcompartnerworldpagestg_com_sys_smartcloud

SAP HANA on workload optimized IBM System x appliances

ibmcomsolutionssaphana

IBM internal SSI-URL with a collection of SAP related PureSystem materials

httpsw3-

03ssoibmcomsalessupportShowDocwssdocid=SGDN258263T70735C63ampnode=brandsB6000|brandsBI5

00|clientsetIA|alliancesT5000|alliancesT5150|channelDR|channelF2F|solutionQ00|solution210ampappname=C

C_SSIGD

select the ldquoCollateralrdquo Tab in ldquoMain Contentrdquo section

Related SAP on PureFlex paper with System x focus ldquoReference Architecture - SAP

Systems on IBM PureSystems based on x86 nodesrdquo

httpw3ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP102167

httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP102167

httpwww-03ibmcompartnerworldpartnerinfosrcatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP102167

Related SAP on PureFlex paper with IBM i focus ldquoEfficiently deploying SAP landscapes

on the IBM PureFlex Systemrdquo




Virtualization for SAP on IBM PureSystems with Microsoft Hyper-V


IBM Workload Optimized Solution for SAP HANA ndash Quick Start Guide

provides technical overview HW models network requirements for IBM Systems Solution

for SAP HANA appliance

httpdownloadboulderibmcomibmdlpubsystemssupportsystem_x_pdf46w8274pdf


37

IBM internal SAP HANA Wiki

httpsw3-connectionsibmcomwikishomelang=en-

uswikiWaef4c0eb0f35_427f_a25e_670e392682b1pageSAP20HANA

FlexSystem with SAP BWA Presentations (click to open link)

Seller

Customer

General IBM Sales Kit ldquoSAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator (BWA)rdquo

Implementation Guide for BWA on IBM Flex System x240


38

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2

Table of contents

Table of contents 2

Abstract 3

Introduction 3

IBM PureFlex System overview 3

Platform concept 3

Node scalability and performance 6

System connectivity 7

Reliability availability and serviceability (RAS) features 8

SAP reference landscape on IBM PureFlex System 9

Introduction to SAP landscape topology 9

Supported SAP solution stacks 10

Landscape planning 11

System layout concepts 11

Introducing the IBM Systems Solution for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA 12

Storage attachment 13

Integration with existing SAP landscapes 17

Integration of SAP Appliance-based components 19

FlexSystem Native Node Support for SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator 23

SAP on AIX reference landscapes for IBM PureFlex System 25

High availability and disaster recovery 28

Landscape monitoring and management 28

IBM PureFlex System integration with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 30

Management components 31

Managed SAP landscape 32

SAP-specific offerings for IBM PureFlex System 34

Lab services and IBM support 34

Summary 35

Resources 36

Trademarks and special notices 38


3

Abstract





Introduction



Platform concept












4























5


environments






Thin provisioning













6









capacities


coresfrequency

SAPS ECC 60

Certification No



2012035


(DB2 105)

24341GHz 68380

2013019


2012015


















7






System connectivity






20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb


Mezzanine cards








8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













3

Abstract





Introduction



Platform concept












4























5


environments






Thin provisioning













6









capacities


coresfrequency

SAPS ECC 60

Certification No



2012035


(DB2 105)

24341GHz 68380

2013019


2012015


















7






System connectivity






20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb


Mezzanine cards








8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













4























5


environments






Thin provisioning













6









capacities


coresfrequency

SAPS ECC 60

Certification No



2012035


(DB2 105)

24341GHz 68380

2013019


2012015


















7






System connectivity






20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb


Mezzanine cards








8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













5


environments






Thin provisioning













6









capacities


coresfrequency

SAPS ECC 60

Certification No



2012035


(DB2 105)

24341GHz 68380

2013019


2012015


















7






System connectivity






20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb


Mezzanine cards








8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













6









capacities


coresfrequency

SAPS ECC 60

Certification No



2012035


(DB2 105)

24341GHz 68380

2013019


2012015


















7






System connectivity






20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb


Mezzanine cards








8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













7






System connectivity






20-port 8Gb FC

24-port BNT 1Gb


Mezzanine cards








8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













8












Hot plug nodes

Dual-power supply





9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













9
















platforms











10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













10


paradigm







instances









announcement

X = supported


SLES 1011

RHEL 5 6

DB2 for i X

DB2 for Linux

UNIX and

Windows 97 10

X X

MaxDB 78 X X

Oracle 1102

incl RAC

X

Sybase ASE 157 X








11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













11

Landscape planning



component

































expansion by





12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













12
















servers










section
















13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













13

Storage attachment












14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













14














online









database


15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















maintained


29


ecosystems



Through CMM


Manager


Through Flex System

Manager



Manager


Through Flex System

Manager




Task monitoring

OS DB SAP Base

Business KPIs


Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









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C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













15




























16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



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server












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29


ecosystems



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30









application level







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31
















management products






System

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relocate

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SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

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SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

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SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













16





the storage system





17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



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server












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29


ecosystems



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30









application level







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31
















management products






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SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

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SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













17











recommendation




(spare)























18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












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29


ecosystems



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Manager












30









application level







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31
















management products






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monitoring

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relocate

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Manager


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SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













18


Systems




19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















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29


ecosystems



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Manager




Task monitoring

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Into Flex System

Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






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monitoring

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relocate

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Clone

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Refresh

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System

Manager


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Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













19































appliance


20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















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29


ecosystems



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Manager


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Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

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relocate

AIX

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Clone

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Refresh

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System

Manager


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Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













20






Power Control

Remote Access



Service and Support






21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




server












complexity















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29


ecosystems



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Manager


Through Flex System

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Manager




Task monitoring

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Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

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relocate

AIX

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Copy

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System

Manager


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Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













21





Building block

Server (MTM)

CPUs Main memory

S+ x3950 X5


E7-8870 256 GB

M x3950 X5


E7-8870 512 GB

L

x3950 X5 (7143HBx)

+ x3950 X5

(7143HCx)


1024 GB

XM x3950 X5


E7-8870 1TB

32x 32GB

XL x3950 X5

(7143-HDx + 7143-HEx)


2TB 64x 32GB

XXL x3950 X5

(7143-HBx + 7143-HCx)


4TB 128x 32GB








22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























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28




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29


ecosystems



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30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

monitoring

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relocate

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Copy

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Refresh

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System

Manager


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Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













22






separate racks


23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



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System



28




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29


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Manager


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Task monitoring

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Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






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relocate

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Refresh

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System

Manager


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Manager



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any SVC V7000

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SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













23












operating system


24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



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28




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29


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Manager












30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






System

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relocate

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System

Manager


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Manager



SVC V7000

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any SVC V7000

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SVC V7000

or XIV

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SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













24





ratio












25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




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29


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30









application level







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31
















management products






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Manager


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Manager



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SAP LVM Standard

Edition

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Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













25










used










complexity




















26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




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29


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30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















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Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













26














such a setup
























27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




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29


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30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















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Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













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39













27



Suite and SAP HANA)

























System



28




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29


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30









application level







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31
















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Edition

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Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













28




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maintained


29


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30









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31
















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Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













29


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30









application level







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31
















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Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









httpsw3-



C_SSIGD



















37





Seller

Customer




38













its affiliates


























39













30









application level







IBM PureFlex System








31
















management products






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Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


32










IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






33













34





















35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









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management products






System

monitoring

SAP

relocate

AIX

provisioning

SAP

Clone

SAP

Copy

SAP

Refresh

Flex

System

Manager


FlashCopy

Manager



SVC V7000

or XIV

any SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SVC V7000

or XIV

SAP LVM Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Standard

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition

Enterprise

Edition


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IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






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35

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IBM PureFlex System




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Resources




IBM Redbooks

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IBM cloud computing









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IBM POWER nodes

AIX 61 or 71






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35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

Resources




IBM Redbooks

ibmcomredbooks

IBM cloud computing









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Seller

Customer




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35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




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IBM Redbooks

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IBM cloud computing









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Customer




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35

Summary








IBM PureFlex System




36

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IBM Redbooks

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Customer




38













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35

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IBM PureFlex System




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IBM Redbooks

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Customer




38













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