1. Let’s get wild POWER8 Technology: Jørgen Johansen
IBM Certified Solutions Expert Power Systems
IBM Certified Technical Specialist Storage Solutions
SAP Certified Technology Consultant

2. Power Processor Technology Roadmap
We’ve put our roadmap out there and we hit it. This is huge. As we mentioned, Oracle has had three systems in three years and no migration path with Exadata. You can’t get from v1 to v2. With Power you could migrate easily.
POWER7/7+ 45/32 nm
POWER6/6+
65/65 nm
POWER5/5+ 130/90 nm
2004
2007
2010
2014
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3. 4Q 2014 Portfolio: POWER8/POWER7/POWER7+
POWER8 Enterprise Servers
Power
780+
Power 795
Power
770+
POWER8 Scale-out Servers
Power
750+ / 760+
Power
720+/740+
Power
710+/730+
IBM PureFlex System
PowerLinux
7R4+
PowerLinux
7R1+ / 7R2+
P460+
p260+
p24L
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4. Enterprise Power Scale-up Positioning
Power E880
Power E880
Power E870
Power E880
Power E870
Power 780
Power 795
Power 770 4
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5. POWER8 Scale-up Systems
No Primary Node
Midplane
Service Processors
Clocks
Oscillators
Large Memory
E870
E880
795
19” Rack
Modular design
Up to 4 CEC drawers/nodes
PCIe slots in the nodes
770
780
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6. POWER8 Scale-up System Blend of Power 795 & Power 780/770
Architecturally: Similar to Power 795
Packaging: Similar to Power 780/770
One to four nodes (E MHE)
One to two nodes (E870) MME)
19” Rack
Great memory
Up to 16TB (E880) or 4TB (E870)
Faster memory MHz
Up to 85.3 GB / Core
PCIe Gen3 Slots
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7. POWER8 System Node (CEC Drawer)
8 PCIe Gen3 x16 Slots
(for LP PCIe adapter or
Optical Interface to I/O drawer)
32 CDIMM slots
Up to 4TB
Fans
4 POWER8 SCMs
Power Supplies
5U Enclosure
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8. POWER8 Processor

9. L3 Cache & Chip Interconnect
POWER8 Processor
Technology
22nm SOI, eDRAM, 15 ML 650mm2
Caches
512 KB SRAM L2 / core
96 MB eDRAM shared L3
Up to 128 MB eDRAM L (off-chip)
Memory
Up to 230 GB/s sustained bandwidth
Bus Interfaces
Durable open memory attach interface
Integrated PCIe Gen3
SMP Interconnect
CAPI (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface)
Cores
12 cores (SMT8)
8 dispatch, 10 issue, exec pipe
2X internal data flows/queues
Enhanced prefetching
64K data cache, K instruction cache
Accelerators
Crypto & memory expansion
Transactional Memory
VMM assist
Data Move / VM Mobility
Core L2
L3 Cache & Chip Interconnect
8M L3
Region
Mem. Ctrl.
Accelerators
SMP Links
PCIe
Energy Management
On-chip Power Management Micro-controller
Integrated Per-core VRM
Critical Path Monitors

10. Memory Organization POWER8 Processor
Centaur
Memory Buffers
Centaur
Memory Buffers
DRAM Chips
DRAM Chips
POWER8 Processor
Up to 8 high speed channels, each running up to 9.6 Gb/s for up to 230 GB/s sustained
Up to 32 total DDR ports yielding 410 GB/s peak at the DRAM
Up to 1 TB memory capacity per fully configured processor socket

11. Memory Buffer Chip….with 16MB Cache…
DRAM Chips
Memory Buffer
DDR Interfaces
Intelligence Moved into Memory
Scheduling logic, caching structures
Energy Mgmt, RAS decision point
Formerly on Processor
Moved to Memory Buffer
Processor Interface
9.6 GB/s high speed interface
More robust RAS
“On-the-fly” lane isolation/repair
Extensible for innovation build-out
Performance Value
End-to-end fastpath and data retry (latency)
Cache  latency/bandwidth, partial updates
Cache  write scheduling, prefetch, energy
22nm SOI for optimal performance / energy
15 metal levels (latency, bandwidth)
Scheduler &
Management
16MB
Memory
Cache
POWER8
Link

12. Integrated PCIe Gen3 POWER8 POWER7 PCIe G3 GX Bus I/O Bridge PCIe G2
Native PCIe Gen 3 Support
Direct processor integration
Replaces proprietary GX/Bridge
Low latency
Gen3 x16 bandwidth (16 Gb/s)
Transport Layer for CAPI Protocol
Coherently Attach Devices connect to processor via PCIe
Protocol encapsulated in PCIe
PCIe G3
GX Bus
I/O Bridge
PCIe G2
PCI Device
PCI Device

13. Power Scale-out Servers
Power Systems S824
2-socket, 4U
Up to 24 cores
1 TB memory
11 PCIe Gen 3
AIX, IBM i, Linux
CAPI support (4)
PowerVM
Power Systems S824L
Power Systems S814
2-socket, 4U
Up to 24 cores
Linux
NVIDIA GPU
CAPI support(2)
Power Systems S822
1-socket, 4U
Up to 8 cores
512 GB memory
7 PCIe Gen 3
AIX, IBM i, Linux
CAPI support (2)
PowerVM
Power Systems S822L
Power Systems S812L
2-socket, 2U
Up to 20 cores
1 TB memory
9 PCIe Gen 3
AIX & Linux
CAPI support (4)
PowerVM
2-socket, 2U
POWER8 processor
Up to 24 cores
1 TB memory
9 PCI Gen3 slot
Linux only
CAPI support (4)
PowerVM & PowerKVM
1-socket, 2U
POWER8 processor
Linux only
CAPI support (2)
1 & 2 Sockets
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14. Scale-out Systems - DCMs and POWER8 Chips
1S & 2S servers use DCM (Dual Chip Module)
1 DCM fills 1 socket
1 DCM has two Scale-out POWER8 chips
1 DCM can provide 6-core, 8-core, 10-core or 12-core sockets
6-core Processor Chip
two with 3-cores for 6-core DCM
two with 4-cores for 8-core DCM
two with 5-cores for 10-core DCM
two with 6-cores for 12-core DCM
Max 8 Threads per Core
Excellent I/O bandwidth per socket
Core L2
Core L2
Core L2
L3 Cache & Chip Intercon
MemCtrl
Core L2
Core L2
Core L2
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15. POWER8 Memory Buffer Chip
DRAM Chips
Memory Buffer
“L4 cache”
DDR Interfaces
16MB
Memory
Cache
Scheduler &
Management
POWER8
Link
Intelligence Moved into Memory
Previously on POWER7+ chip onto buffer
Processor Interface
High speed interface
Performance Value
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16. POWER8 Memory Organization (Max Config shown)
DRAM Chips
Memory Buffer
128 GB
128 GB
16MB
16MB
POWER8 DCM
Architecturally: Up to 1 TB / Socket
First POWER8 Systems: 512 GB / Socket announced
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17. POWER8 Integrated PCI Gen 3
GX Bus
PCIe Gen3
I/O Bridge
PCIe Gen2
PCI Device
PCI Devices
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18. POWER8 Multi-threading Options
SMT1: Largest unit of execution work
SMT2: Smaller unit of work, but provides greater amount of execution work per cycle
SMT4: Smaller unit of work, but provides greater amount of execution work per cycle
SMT8: Smallest unit of work, but provides the maximum amount of execution work per cycle
Can dynamical shift between modes as required: SMT1 / SMT2 / SMT4 / SMT8
Mixed SMT modes supported within same LPAR
Requires use of “Resource Groups”
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19. POWER8 SMT Scaling (Austin Briefing Center System)
1000’s of Transactions
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20. IO Bandwidth
GB/Sec
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21. IO Bandwidth
GB/Sec
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22. Memory Bandwidth per Socket
GB/Sec
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23. Memory Bandwidth per Socket
GB/Sec
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24. Power 740 / POWER8 S824 CPW Compares
Performance
per Core
Performance
Dual Socket 24
Core 16
Core 16
Core 16
Core
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25. 2X SAP Sales & Distribution 2-Tier ERP 6 Benchmarks
IBM Power System S824 using DB vs. Competition
Over 2 times better 24 core performance than nearest Intel competitive results
Up to 2 times greater performance than previous Power generation 2X
more users
Education: Ensure your face to face education attendees schedule local language education - to deliver local language education in your geo - leverage education in a kit
Ensure top partners have the kit, are scheduling events and using their mgf funds to schedule events
Ensure local websites contain highly visible local language digital offers behind registration with ldr follow-up to capture and nurture digital opportunities
events Execute f to f local client events as IBM, partner and ISV owned
Ensure top 10 assets are translated and posted in highly visibility easy to access location for IBMers and partners
Use the top DG tactics to execute a 360 program that reaches key audiences, white space, Power5/ 6 clients
IBM Power
S824
Fujitsu
RX300 S8
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
HP ProLiant
BL460c
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): sec / 0.019sec, CPU utilization: 99%, Certification #: Results valid as of 3/24/14.  Source:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 SE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
(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 E processor 2.70 GHz, 256 GB memory, SD benchmark users, running Windows Server 2012 DE and SQL Server 2012, Certification #:
(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, SD benchmark users, running AIX® 7.1 and DB2® Certification #:  Source:
(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 #:  
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26. SAP SD 2-Tier Details 46% Better 75% Better DL380p S822L DL380p S822L
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27. Over 2 times more performance per-core than Cisco result
IBM Power System S824 delivers Best of Breed eBS Payroll performance
Over 2 times more performance per-core than Cisco result
with higher overall through-put on few cores
2X !
Education: Ensure your face to face education attendees schedule local language education - to deliver local language education in your geo - leverage education in a kit
Ensure top partners have the kit, are scheduling events and using their mgf funds to schedule events
Ensure local websites contain highly visible local language digital offers behind registration with ldr follow-up to capture and nurture digital opportunities
events Execute f to f local client events as IBM, partner and ISV owned
Ensure top 10 assets are translated and posted in highly visibility easy to access location for IBMers and partners
Use the top DG tactics to execute a 360 program that reaches key audiences, white space, Power5/ 6 clients
IBM Power
S824
12-core
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
24-core
Oracle
BL460c
16-core
IBM Power
S824
12-core
Cisco UCS
C240 M3
24-core
Oracle
BL460c
16-core
All results use Oracle eBS Payroll Batch Extra Large Kit and are current as of 3/24/2014.
For more information go to
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28. IBM Power System S824 delivers New High-water Siebel CRM Release 8. 1
IBM Power System S824 delivers New High-water Siebel CRM Release performance
Over 3 times the DB performance per-core than previous results
Highest overall users supported on fewer cores!
New #1
3.3 X
Education: Ensure your face to face education attendees schedule local language education - to deliver local language education in your geo - leverage education in a kit
Ensure top partners have the kit, are scheduling events and using their mgf funds to schedule events
Ensure local websites contain highly visible local language digital offers behind registration with ldr follow-up to capture and nurture digital opportunities
events Execute f to f local client events as IBM, partner and ISV owned
Ensure top 10 assets are translated and posted in highly visibility easy to access location for IBMers and partners
Use the top DG tactics to execute a 360 program that reaches key audiences, white space, Power5/ 6 clients
IBM Power
S824
6-core
Oracle
SPRAC T4-2
16-core
Cisco
UCS B200 M3
16-core
IBM Power
S824
6-core
Oracle
SPRAC T4-2
16-core
Cisco
UCS B200 M3
16-core
(1) All results use Siebel PSPP Kit and are current as of 3/24/ For more information go to
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29. POWER8 System Performance
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30. Storage Backplanes Backplanes provide
4U server example
12 SAS bays for either base or split backplanes
Backplanes provide
High performance integrated SAS controller(s) built on IBM industry leading PCIe Gen3 SAS adapter technology
All include RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, Plus hot spare capability
Split backplane option with zero-write cache controllers
Easy Tier® function*
8-18** SAS bays for 2.5-inch (SFF) HDD or SSD
6-8** SAS bays for 1.8-inch SSD*
One DVD bay
Option for attaching one EXP24S drawer of HDD or SSD*
Op-panel
DVD
* With dual IOA, expanded function backplane with write cache
** number varies based on 2U/4U and backplane option selected. Note also that 4-core S814 has a max of 8 bays with any backplane option seleted.
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31. Main storage sizing Som udgangspunkt så meget som muligt
Men minimum 4 GB pr thread
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32. Disk sizing Som udgangspunkt så mange arme som muligt
Vidende at 1 disk leverer I/O svarende til ca 300 CPW
Og 1 disk max leverer 300 IOPS
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