POWER8 Power Hour with Mark Olson

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IBM Power Systems

Power Systems Hardware:

Today and Tomorrow

Jan, 2015

Mark Olson

[email protected]


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Processor Technology Roadmap

POWER822 nm

POWER5130 nm

POWER665 nm

POWER745 nm

POWER10Or whatever it is

named

2004 2007 2010 Starting

2014

Future

POWER9Or whatever it is

named


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Processor Chip Comparisons

POWER5

2004

POWER6

2007

POWER7

2010

POWER7+

2012

130nm SOI 65nm SOI

45nm SOI

eDRAM

32nm SOI

eDRAM

2

SMT2

2

SMT2

8

SMT4

8

SMT4

1.9MB (L2)

36MB (L3)

8MB (L2)

32MB (L3)

2 + 32MB (L2+3)

None

2 + 80MB (L2+3)

None

15GB/s

6GB/s

30GB/s

20GB/s

100GB/s

40GB/s

100GB/s

40GB/s

Technology

Compute

Cores

Threads

Caching

On-chip

Off-chip

Bandwidth

Sust. Mem.

Peak I/O

POWER8

22nm SOI

eDRAM

12

SMT8

6 + 96MB (L2+3)

128MB (L4)

230GB/s

96GB/s


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Innovation Drives Performance

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

180 nm 130 nm 90 nm 65 nm 45 nm 32 nm 22 nm

Gain by Technology Scaling Gain by Innovation

Relative %of Improvement

IBM plans for future 22 nm technology are subject to change.


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POWER8 Chip Packaging

Bus Interfaces• Integrated PCIe Gen3

• SMP Interconnect

• CAPI

Accelerators• Crypto & memory expansion

• Transactional Memory

• Data Move / VM Mobility

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

Core

L2

L3 Cache & Chip Interconnect

8M L3

Region

Mem. Ctrl.Mem. Ctrl.

SM

P L

inks

Accelerato

rsS

MP

Lin

ksP

CIe

Caches• 64K Data cache (L1)

• 512 KB SRAM L2 / core

• 96 MB eDRAM shared L3

• Up to 128 MB eDRAM L4 (off-chip)

Cores • 12 cores (SMT8)

• 8 dispatch, 10 issue, 16 exec pipe

• 2X internal data flows/queues

• Enhanced prefetching

Memory• Dual memory Controllers

• 230 GB/sec Sustained bandwidth

Energy Management• On-chip Power Management Micro-controller

• Integrated Per-core VRM

• Critical Path Monitors

Technology• 22nm SOI, eDRAM, 650mm2

• 15-layers = great bandwidth


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MemoryBuffer

DRAMChips

Intelligence Moved into Memory• Previously on POWER7+ chip onto buffer

Processor Interface• High speed interface

Performance Value

POWER8 Memory Buffer Chip

“L4 cache”


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Memory Bandwidth per Socket

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7

POWER8

GB/Sec


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Memory Bandwidth per Socket

0 50 100 150 200

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7

POWER8

GB/Sec

Reset the scale


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POWER8 Memory Bandwidth per Socket

0 50 100 150 200 250

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7

POWER8

GB/Sec


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POWER7Chip

I/O

Bridge

GXBus

PCIe Gen2

PCIDevices

PCIe Gen3

PCIDevice

POWER8Chip

POWER8 Integrated PCI Gen 3


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IO Bandwidth Comparing 2-Socket Servers

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

POWER6

POWER7

POWER7+

GB/Sec


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IO Bandwidth Comparing 2-Socket Servers

0 50 100 150 200

POWER6

POWER7

POWER7+

POWER8

GB/Sec

Reset the scale


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POWER8 IO Bandwidth Comparing 2-Socket Servers

0 50 100 150 200

POWER6

POWER7

POWER7+

POWER8

GB/Sec


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POWER8

Coherence Bus

FPGA or ASIC

Customizable Hardware / Application Accelerator

• Specific system SW, middleware, or user application

• Written to durable interface

POWER8

PCIe Gen3

Transport for encapsulated messages

POWER8 CAPI (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface)

Like an “extra” core for the POWER8 chip


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Example: CAPI Attached Flash Optimization

Pin buffers, Translate, Map DMA, Start I/O

Application

LVM

Disk & Adapter DD

Read/WriteSyscall

strategy() iodone()

FileSystem

strategy() iodone()

Interrupt, unmap, unpin,Iodone scheduling

20K Instructions


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Example: CAPI Attached Flash Optimization

Issues Read/Write Commands from applications to eliminate 97% of

instruction path length CAPI Flash controller Operates in User Space

Saves 10 Cores per 1M IOPs

Pin buffers, Translate, Map DMA, Start I/O

Application

LVM

Disk & Adapter DD

Read/WriteSyscall

strategy() iodone()

FileSystem

strategy() iodone()

Interrupt, unmap, unpin,Iodone scheduling

< 500Instructions

ApplicationPosix Async

I/O Style API

User Library

Shared Memory Work Queue

aio_read()

aio_write()

20K Instructions

Attach flash memory to POWER8

via CAPI coherent Attach


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POWER8 Leapfrogs

0 50 100 150 200

POWER5

POWER6

POWER7

POWER8

PCIe Gen3

0 50 100 150 200

POWER6

POWER7

POWER7+

POWER8

Memory Bandwidth I/O Bandwidth

PCIe Gen3

PCIDevice

POWER8

POWER7

I/O

Bridge

GXBus

PCIe Gen2

PCIDevices

PLUS ….

CAPIAcceleratorsTransactional MemoryScaleabilitySmart use of energy… and more


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Scale-out CPW Comparisons

S824 (1 or 2 socket)

– 6-core 3.8 GHz 72,000

– 12-core 3.8 GHz 130,000

– 8-core 4.1 GHz 94,500

– 16-core 4.1 GHz 173,500

– 12-core 1-socket not offered

– 24-core 3.5 GHz 230,500

S814 (1 socket)

– 4-core 3.0 GHz 39,500

– 6-core 3.0 GHz 59,500

– 8-core 3.7 GHz 85,500

740 POWER7+ (1 or 2 socket)

– 6-core 4.2 GHz 49,000

– 12-core 4.2 GHz 91,700

– 8-core 3.6 GHz 56,300

– 16-core 3.6 GHz 106,500

– 8-core 4.2 GHz 64,500

– 16-core 4.2 GHz 120,000

720 POWER7+ (1 socket)

– 4-core 3.6 GHz 28,400

– 6-core 3.6 GHz 42,400

– 8-core 3.6 GHz 56,300

+50% ~ GHz

+40%

+40%

+60%

+90%


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CPW

E880– 32-core 4.35 GHz 381,000

– 64-core 4.35 GHz 755,000

– 96-core 4.35 GHz 1,114,000** (2015)

– 128-core 4.35 GHz 1,495,000** (2015)

E870 – 32-core 4.02 GHz 359,000

– 64-core 4.02 GHz 711,000

– 40-core 4.19 GHz 460,000

– 80-core 4.19 GHz 911,000 Measured using SMT8

SMT4 would be somewhat lower

* planned to be published closer to their GA date. Early estimates can be provided under nondisclosure agreements if needed

** estimated value, not measured


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Performance per Core Moves Up with POWER8

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595

5GHz770

3.5GHz

780

4.14GHz

TurboCore

rPerf performance estimate for fully configured systems divided by number of cores

795

4.25GHz

TurboCore

770

4.2GHz780

4.4GHzE870

4.19GHz

E880

4.35GHz

…up to 1.5X over POWER7+

up to 2X over POWER7

up to 2.5X over fastest POWER6

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SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results, 2-Tier: SD Benchmark Users SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0

Source: http//www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx

Fujitsu PQ 2800EIntel E7-8890 v2,

120c/240t

Power E870 outperforms all other 8-socket systems

(best Intel Xeon and best Oracle SPARC)

1.6X more users than Ivybridge-EX v2

Nearly 2X more users than Oracle T5-8

with 1/3 less cores!

Oracle T5-8 T5, 128c/1024t

IBM x3950 X6Intel E7-8890 v2

120c/240t

IBM Power 780POWER7+96c/384t

IBM Power E870POWER880c/640t

128c120c 120c

96c

80c

(1) IBM Power System E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores / 640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000 SAPS: 436,100 database response time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014033 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(2) IBM Power System 780 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 96 cores / 384 threads, POWER7+; 3.72GHz, 1536GB memory, 57024 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10, dialog response: 0.98 seconds, line items/hour: 6,234,330, dialog steps/hour: 18,703,000 SAPS: 311,720 database response time (dialog/update): 0.009 sec / 0.014 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014024 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(3) IBM System x3950 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 120 cores / 240 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E7-8890 v2; 2.80GHz, 1024GB memory, 49,000 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition and DB2® 10, dialog response: 0.85 seconds, line items/hour: 5,421,670, dialog steps/hour: 16,265,000 SAPS: 271,080; database response time (dialog/update): 0.0083 sec / 0.022 sec, CPU utilization: 98%, Certification #: 2014024 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(4) Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2800E on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 120 cores / 240 threads, Intel Xeon Processor E7-8890 v2; 2.80GHz, 1024GB memory, 49,000 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition and SQL Server 12, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour: 5,193,670, dialog steps/hour: 15,581,000 SAPS: 259,680; database response time (dialog/update): 0.015 sec / 0.030 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014003 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(5) (5) Oracle SPARC Server T5-8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors/128 cores/1024 threads, SPARC T5; 3.60 GHz, 2,048 GB memory; 40,000 SD benchmark users, running Solaris® 11 and Oracle 11g; Certification # 2012013008. Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

http://www.sap.com/benchmark



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Over twice the ERP users per core with Power E870/E880 than the best Intel Xeon and best Oracle SPARC resultsNearly 1000 Users per Core with POWER8 based E870

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SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark Results, 2-Tier: SD Benchmark Users per CoreSAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 As of April 28, 2014

Source: http//www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx

IBM E870POWER8

80c/640t

Oracle M5-32M5

192c/1536t

HP DL580E7-4890 v2

60c/120t

Oracle T5-8T5

128c/1024t

(1) IBM Power System E870 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors / 80 cores / 640 threads, POWER8; 4.19GHz, 2048GB memory, 79,750 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.97 seconds, line items/hour:8,722,000, dialog steps/hour: 26,166,000 SAPS: 436,100 database response time (dialog /update): 0.013 sec / 0.026 sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014033 Results valid as of 10/3/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark. (2) HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9, on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors/36 cores/72 threads, Intel Xeon Processor 2699v3; 2.30 GHz, 256 GB memory; 16,101 SD benchmark users, running RHEL 6.5 and SAP ASE; Certification # 2014032. Results valid as of September 8, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.(3) Oracle SPARC Server M5-32 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 32 processors/192 cores/1536 threads, SPARC M5; 3.60 GHz, 4,096 GB memory; 85,050 SD benchmark users, running Solaris® 11 and Oracle 11g; Certification # 2012013009. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark. (4) HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors/60 cores/120 threads, Intel Xeon Processor 4890 v2; 2.80 GHz, 1024 GB memory; 24,450 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition and SQL Server 2012; Certification # 2043004. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.(5) Oracle SPARC Server T5-8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 8 processors/128 cores/1024 threads, SPARC T5; 3.60 GHz, 2,048 GB memory; 40,000 SD benchmark users, running Solaris® 11 and Oracle 11g; Certification # 2012013008. Results valid as of April 28, 2014. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

HP DL 380pE5-2699 v3

36c/72t

2.2Xmore users per core than

the best competitors!







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SAP Sales & Distribution 2-Tier ERP 6 Benchmarks IBM Power System S824 using DB2 10.5 vs. Competition

Over 2 times better 24 core performance than nearest Intel competitive

results

Up to 2 times greater performance than previous Power generation

Cisco UCS

C240 M3

Fujitsu

RX300 S8

HP ProLiant

BL460c

IBM Power

S824

IBM Power

S824

IBM

p270

IBM

p260

(1.0) IBM Power System S824 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 192 threads, POWER8;

3.52GHz, 512 GB memory, 21,212 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10.5, dialog response: 0.98 seconds, line items/hour: 2,317,330, dialog steps/hour: 6.952,000 SAPS: 115,870 database

response time (dialog/update): 0.011 sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: 2014016 Results valid as of 3/24/14. Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(1.1) Fujitsu RX300 S8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697

processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.240 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013024

(1.2) Cisco UCS c240 M3 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24c ores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-2697

processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.045 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013038

(1.3) HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 24 cores / 48 threads. Intel Xeon E5-

2697 processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, 10.025 SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #: 2013025

(2.1 IBM Flex System p270 Compute Node on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 4 processors / 24 cores / 96 threads,

POWER7+; 3.4GHz, 256 GB memory, 12.528 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10 .5 Certification #: 3012019 Source: http://www.sap.com/benchmark.

(1.1)IBM Flex System p260 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 5 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application; 2 processors / 16 cores / 64 threads, POWER7+; 4.1GHz,

256 GB memory, 10,000 SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® 10, Certification #: 2012035

2Xmore users


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IBM Power System S824 delivers Best of Breed eBS 12.1.3 Payroll performance

Over 2 times more performance per-core than Cisco result

with higher overall through-put on few cores

Cisco UCS

C240 M3

24-core

Oracle

BL460c

16-core

IBM Power

S824

12-core

2X !

• All results use Oracle eBS 12.1.3 Payroll Batch Extra Large Kit and are current as of 3/24/2014.

For more information go to http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.html

Cisco UCS

C240 M3

24-core

Oracle

BL460c

16-core

IBM Power

S824

12-core


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IBM Power System S824 delivers New High-waterSiebel CRM Release 8.1.1.4 performance

Over 3 times the DB performance per-core than previous results

Highest overall users supported on fewer cores!

Oracle

SPRAC T4-2

16-core

Cisco

UCS B200 M3

16-core

IBM Power

S824

6-core

3.3 X

(1) All results use Siebel 8.1.1.4 PSPP Kit and are current as of 3/24/2014. For more information go to http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/white-

papers/siebel-167484.html

New #1

Oracle

SPRAC T4-2

16-core

Cisco

UCS B200 M3

16-core

IBM Power

S824

6-core


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“Single-thread-oriented” Workloads and POWER8 Technology

Good news

Compared to POWER7/POWER7+, POWER8 chips

with similar GHz run 20-25% faster from a wall clock

perspective …… ASSUMING NOT I/O BOUND

time

POWER7

POWER8

20-25% reduction


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A New Generation of IBM Power Systems

Designed for Big Data

Superior Cloud Economics

Open Innovation Platform

Open Innovation to

put data to work


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Collaborative innovation for highly advanced systems

Produce open hardware, software, firmware and tools

Expand industry skills and investment for Power

ecosystem

Provide alternative architectures

OpenPOWER Consortium

IBM

Google

NVIDIA

TYAN

MellanoxOpen

Innovation


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Google® Mother Board using POWER8 Technology

Development board previewed by Google at April 2014 POWER8 announcement


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Building collaboration and innovation at all levels

Boards / Systems

I/O / Storage / Acceleration

Chip / SOC

System / Software / Services

Implementation / HPC / Research

Complete member list at

www.openpowerfoundation.org


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Power

770+

Power

780+

Power

750+ / 760+

Power

710+/730+

Power

720+/740+

P460+

1Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER7/POWER7+

IBM PureFlex

System

p260+

p24L

PowerLinux

7R4+PowerLinux

7R1+ / 7R2+

Power

795


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Power

770+

Power

780+

Power

750+ / 760+

Power

710+/730+

Power

720+/740+

P460+

2Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+

IBM PureFlex

System

p260+

p24L

PowerLinux

7R4+PowerLinux

7R1+ / 7R2+

Power

795


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Power

770+

Power

780+

Power

750+ / 760+

Power

710+/730+

Power

720+/740+

P460+

4Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+

IBM PureFlex

System

p260+

p24L

PowerLinux

7R4+PowerLinux

7R1+ / 7R2+

Power

795


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Scale-out


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Scale-out Servers (with POWER8 technology)

S824 (2 socket, 4U)

S814 (1 socket, 4U)

S822 (2 socket, 2U)

S812L (1 socket, 2U) Linux-only

S822L (2 socket, 2U) Linux-only

S824L not shown – Linux Ubuntu only for GPU currently


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Scale-out Servers (with IBM i or AIX or Linux support)

S814 (1 socket, 4U)– 6 or 8 core (P10 IBM i software tier)– 4 core (P05 IBM i software tier)

S824 (2 socket, 4U)– 6/12 or 8/16 or 24 core– P20 IBM i software tier


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POWER8 1S4U Scale-out System

Power S814 Form Factor: 4U or Tower

Single Socket

Cores: 4 (3.0 GHz), 6 (3.0 GHz) or 8 (3.7 GHz)

Memory: Up to 512 GB

Slots: 7 PCIe Gen3 Full-high (Hotplug)

Ethernet: Quad 1 Gbt in PCIe slot

Integrated ports: USB (4/5), Serial (1), HMC (2)

Internal Storage

DVD

12 SFF Bays -- Split Backplane: 6 + 6

or 18 SFF Bays with 7GB write cache

Hypervisor: PowerVM

OS: AIX, IBM i 7.1 or later (P10 software tier), Linux

3 Yr Warranty


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POWER8 2S4U Scale-out System

Power S824 Single Socket populated

Cores: 6 (3.8 GHz) or 8 (4.1 GHz)

Memory: Up to 512 GB (Up to 1TB Nov annc)

Slots: 7 PCIe Gen3 full-high (Hotplug)

Both Sockets populated Cores: 12 (3.8 GHz), 16 (4.1 GHz), or 24 (3.5 GHz) Memory: Up to 1 TB (Up to 2TB Nov annc) Slots: 11 PCIe Gen3 full-high (Hotplug)

Ethernet: Quad 1 Gbt in PCIe slot

Integrated ports: USB (4/5), Serial (1), HMC (2)

Internal Storage

DVD

12 SFF Bays -- Split Backplane: 6 + 6

or 18 SFF bays & 8 SSD bays with 7GB write cache

Hypervisor: PowerVM

OS: AIX, IBM i 7.1 or later (P20 software tier), Linux

3 Yr Warranty


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Enterprise


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No Primary Node

Midplane

Service Processors

Clocks

Oscillators

Large Memory

19” Rack

Modular design

Up to 4 CEC drawers

Blindswap IO Adapters

POWER8 Enterprise Solutions

Midplan

e


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Power E880: 1, 2, 3 or 4 Nodes

Node

Node

Node

Node

MidPlane

22U in 19” rack

3- and 4-node configurations planned availability June 2015


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Power E870: 1 or 2 Nodes

Node

Node

MidPlane

12U in 19” rack


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Power Scale Perspective

Power 770Power 780 Power 795

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Power E870 & E880 servers

• 8 to 128 cores @ 4.35 GHz

• Up to 192 cores* in 2015

• 256 to 16TB Memory

• 1 to 4 nodes

• Built-in initial Elastic CoD days

*Statement of Direction to support up to 8TB memory on E870 and up to 4 PCIe I/O Expansion Drawers per node on Power E870 & E880 in 2015.

Initial GA in 4Q14 supports 4TB maximum on E870 and 0 or 2 PCIe I/O drawers per node on E870 & E880.

Increased performance and scale

Built-in PowerVM Enterprise Edition

Enterprise RAS

Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor

More performance per-watt

Capacity on Demand

Share resources in Power Enterprise

Pool

Medium Software tier

24x7 Warranty

Power E880Power E870

• 8 to 80 cores @ 4.19 GHz

• 8 to 64 cores @ 4.0 GHz

• 256 to 4TB Memory (8TB SOD*)

• 1 or 2 nodes


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POWER8 E870 Compares: 2-Node/Drawer System

9117-MMDPower 770

POWER8 Enterprise 2 CEC Node-

drawer

CPU Sockets per Node/Drawer 4 4

Max processor nodes/Drawers 4 2

Max number sockets 16 8

Max Cores 64 64 or 80

Max Frequency 3.8 GHz 4 or 4.19GHz

Max Memory 1 TB per CEC Drw 2 TB per CEC Drw

Memory per core 64 GB 62 or 50 GB

Memory Bandwidth (peak)272 GB/s per CEC

Drw922 GB/s per CEC

Drw

I/O Bandwidth (peak)80 GB/s per CEC

Drw (GX)256 GB/s per CEC

Drw (PCIe Gen3)

Max PCIe I/O drws 16 (4 per Node) 4 (2 per Node)

Max PCIe I/O Slots160 - in IO drws

24 - internal48 in IO drws

8 - internal

IBM i levels supported IBM i 6.1 and later IBM i 7.1 and later

2014 & currently


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POWER8 E870 Compares: 2-Node/Drawer System

9117-MMDPower 770

POWER8 Enterprise 2 CEC Node-

drawer

CPU Sockets per Node/Drawer 4 4

Max processor nodes/Drawers 4 2

Max number sockets 16 8

Max Cores 64 64 or 80

Max Frequency 3.8 GHz 4 or 4.19 GHz

Max Memory 1 TB per CEC Drw 4 TB per CEC Drw

Memory per core 64 GB 62 or 50 GB

Memory Bandwidth (peak)272 GB/s per CEC

Drw922 GB/s per CEC

Drw

I/O Bandwidth (peak)80 GB/s per CEC

Drw (GX)256 GB/s per CEC

Drw (PCIe Gen3)

Max PCIe I/O drws 16 (4 per Node) 8 (4 per Node)

Max PCIe I/O Slots160 - in IO drws

24 - internal96 – in IO drws

0 - internal

IBM i levels supported IBM i 6.1 and later IBM i 7.1 and later

Planned

SOD *

SOD *

* SOD = statement of direction – represents IBM plans shared publically. As always plans subject to change.


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PCIe I/O Drawer


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4U in standard 19” rack

PCIe Gen3 x8 or x16 slots – Full-High, Full-Length slots

PCIe x16 Gen3 cable connection to POWER8 CEC

Dual fiber optic cables

POWER8 PCIe Gen3 IO Drawer

Today for Power E870 and E880SOD for Scale-out


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IO Bandwidth (Comparing I/O Drawers)

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

#5877

#EMX0

Total drawer GB/Sec

One PCIe Gen3 Drawer (12 PCIe slots)

10 or 20 slots

POWER8 PCIe-attached Gen3 I/O drawer has two fan-out modules and each fan-out module has 32GB/s

POWER7 12X-attached PCIe I/O drawer = #5877 or #5802 One or two #5877 or #5802 can share a single GX++ slot’s 20GB/s bandwidth

POWER8

POWER7+


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DAS or SAN ?

Both options are strategic

Both options have their strengths

Can use both options on the same server

Application independent

– Ignoring operational options

Power System

running IBM i

DASDirect Attached Storage

(“internal”)

SANStorage Area Network

(“external”)


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Mark Olson

[email protected]


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