1. © 2013 IBM Corporation IBM After Business Treff 13.11.2013 Daniel Peter - Channel Technical Specialist Flavio Bordogna

2. © 2013 IBM Corporation2 Agenda  System x Strategy & Updates -x3650 M4 HD -x3250 M5  IBM PureSystems Updates -x222 Compute Node -FSM  NextScale  Storage Updates -V3700 Update -V5000  IBM Hybrid HDD / Flash Adapters

3. © 2013 IBM Corporation3 IBM System x Strategie IBM System x Strategy

4. © 2013 IBM Corporation4 IBM System x Strategy ● x86 is, with about 80% share, the strongest technology in the server market ● x86 is the Server segment with the strongest growth → System x is a strategic platform for IBM → IBM will invest over the next three years, over 1 billion $ in the x86 platform for new architectures and solutions Focus areas for investment: AnalyticsCloud Ready to use solutions to increase transparency, reduce risk and accelerate rolling out Solutions are based on reference architectures and integrated IBM offerings Technical Computing Virtualization, cloud and VDI solutions with IBM SmartCloud Entry

5. © 2013 IBM Corporation5 IBM System x Strategy 2013: a year full of announcements ! IBM NeXtScale System – a fully new Platform > Chassis > Compute Nodes > Storage Refresh x3650 M4, x3550 M4, x3500 M4, dx360, Flex System x240, BladeCenter HS23 Neuer x3650 M4 HD System x 10 September IBM System x GPFS Storage Server New Data Management and Business Analytics Solutions New Cloud and VDI Solutions Solutions 10 June Portfolio renewal Flex System Manager Actualization New Computer Nodes Networking and PCI Adapter Update NeXtScale 10 September Flex Systems 6 August …soon New x3250 M5 and x3100 M5 New High End Plattform eX6

6. © 2013 IBM Corporation6 IBM x3650 M4 HD New 9/10/13

7. © 2013 IBM Corporation7 MT: 5460 x3650 M4 HD Processors Xeon E5-2600 v2, up to 12 cores #Socket 2 Form factor 2U Rack Memory Slots Max Memory 24 slots (U/R/LR DIMM) Up to 1866MHz Up to 768GB (32GB LRDIMM) Disk Drive type SAS/SATA/SSD Storage 24+2 2.5” HDD/SSDs (+2 via CTO) or 16 2.5” HDD/SSDs+16 1.8” SSDs RAID 12Gb M5210e RoMB Up to 4GB* Flashback cache RAID 5/50, 6/60 (FoD) Support for multiple RAID adapter configurations NIC/TPM 4x 1GbE (std.) + 2x 10GbE (Mezz opt.) /TPM PCIe (x16/x8) 4-6 PCIe ports or 4 PCI-X (via CTO) Power AC 550W/750W/900W /750W DC Up to 80PLUS Platinum USB ports VGA ports 2 front (Through Dongle) / 4 back / 2 internal 1 front (Through Dongle) / 1 back Fan Design 4x Hot swap redundant fans Light Path Basic Light path (no Advanced upgrade) in front OS Windows Server 2012/2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4/5.9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3, VMware vSphere 5.5/ESXi 5.1 U1 System MGMT IMM2, dedicated port Warranty 3 years (parts/labor) High Density Storage Server  High spindle count for increased throughput, transactions  Secure, abundant data storage  Flexible networking options  Rich remote presence with IMM2  Efficient 80 PLUS Platinum PSU & Energy Star Compliance  Redundant, Hot swap Fans & Power for business critical applications  12 Gbps RAID controller on motherboard for fast data transfer and protection The ultimate high density storage server, designed for your data analytics or business critical workloads. Optimal blend of performance, uptime, and dense storage. Deep Dive into the x3650 M4 HD

8. © 2013 IBM Corporation8 Shared Storage IT-Environment with Shared Storage Hardware x3650 M4 V3700

9. © 2013 IBM Corporation9 Shared Storage through VSA IT-Environment without Shared Storage Hardware x3650 M4 HD

10. © 2013 IBM Corporation10 Pro / Cons of VSA with IBM x3650 M4 HD Benefits IT environment without shared storage hardware x3650 M4 HD x3650 M4 V3700 Benefits IT environment with shared storage hardware Hardware savings Simple server management High capacity High availability thanks to VSA Cluster Failover provides Cabling / space / power savings Caching Multi-path Almost unlimited expandable capacity Many available features Separates Tool für Storage Management

11. © 2013 IBM Corporation11 IBM x3250 M5 New 10/08/13

12. © 2013 IBM Corporation12 Compact 1-socket rack server for range of workloads from big data to smaller business office applications. Packs performance & reliability to cost effectively support business with room to grow. Key FeaturesCustomer Benefits New Intel generation CPU (Xeon E3-1200 v3 series) Improved performance for running more applications  Up to 18% performance per watt improvement over previous generation Lower Voltage Memory Up to 10% memory power consumption savings & resulting cost savings 4 x 3.5” HDD/SSD or 8 x 2.5” HDD/SSD Double capacity of previous generation on same size chassis Provides more data storage for e-mail, files, data- intensive applications New USB 3.0 10X speed of USB 2.0 for dramatically faster data transfer/throughput Energy Star CompliantMinimizing energy costs Optimized for big data & dense rack server environments How to Win 1.Focus on performance gain with the new Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series processor 2.Share that the x3250 M5 is designed to support businesses cost- effectively with plenty of room to grow. 3.Highlight benefits of ease of setup & serviceability as well as Energy Star compliancy. How to Win 1.Focus on performance gain with the new Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series processor 2.Share that the x3250 M5 is designed to support businesses cost- effectively with plenty of room to grow. 3.Highlight benefits of ease of setup & serviceability as well as Energy Star compliancy. Where to win Target Workloads: Distributed computing and e-mail, file & print Target Industries: All industries Target Customers: SMB & LE distributed deployments IBM System x3250 M5 (Announcing 08.10.2013, Availabilty 27.11.2013)

13. © 2013 IBM Corporation13 IBM FlexSystem Updates IBM FlexSystem Update x222 Compute Node FSM Updates New 9/10/13

14. © 2013 IBM Corporation14 IBM FlexSystem x222 Compute Node x3650 M4 HD System infrastructure Compute Double the density: 28 nodes per 10U chassis ◊ 2-socket Xeon E5-2400 per twin ◊ 12 LP DDR3 DIMMs / 1333MHz / 1600MHz per twin ◊ 2x 10Gb ports standard per twin, optional 8Gb/16Gb Fibre Channel or QDR/FDR Infiniband ◊ 1x 2.5” SATA HDD or 2x Hot swap 1.8” SSD per twin Reduce operational costs with x222 Double-dense design that can support 28 twin nodes per IBM® Flex System™ Enterprise Chassis Optimized for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Consolidation In a real-world deployment example, the Flex System x222 was able to reduce 56U of 2 socket rack servers into 10U Reduce cost and complexity by Fewer chassis & switches Power and cooling Reduce managed devices.

15. © 2013 IBM Corporation15 IBM FlexSystem Manager Updates 1.3 “Fuel Gauge” – Accurate View of ScalingDeploy Compute Node Images (FlexCat) Configuration Patterns – Expanding Options Smart Zoning – Simplifying Storage/Server Interaction

16. © 2013 IBM Corporation16 IBM NeXtScale New 10/08/13

17. © 2013 IBM Corporation17 IBM NeXtScale: simple in the expansion Compute IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 One Simple Light Chassis IBM NeXtScale n1200 Storage nx360 M4 + Storage NeX PCI – GPU / GPGPU nx360 M4 + PCI NeX IBM Rack or customer Rack  Dense Compute  Top Performance  Energy Efficient  IO Flexibility  RAID Card + Cabel  Dense 32TB in 1U*  Simples direct connection  No impact / limitations  Mix und Match  Additional PCI Riser + GPUs  2 x 300W GPU in 1U*  Full x16 Gen3 support  No impact / limitations  Mix und Match

18. © 2013 IBM Corporation18 IBM NeXtScale vs PureFlex Highly integrated systems management for lower costs and easier customer use Customer Benefits: Pre-integrated and pre- optimized complete hardware and software platform with integrated management for quick and cost-effective development of new business applications Designed for Scale-out Application as for ex. Technical Computing, Cloud, Grid and Analytics Customer Benefits : for customers who want a pre-integrated solution, but will use their already existing management and network infrastructure. IBM PureFlex and Flex System IBM NeXtScale System

19. © 2013 IBM Corporation19 IBM Storage Updates V3700 V5000 New 10/08/13

20. © 2013 IBM Corporation20 IBM Storage V3700 Update Host connectivity supported via SAS. Default ports for 3 hosts. Be careful when configuring: mini SAS Connector mini SAS HD Connector

21. © 2013 IBM Corporation21 Model: 2077 – with 1 year warranty, 2078 – with 3 years warranty Enclosures: till 12 LFF (3.5”) or 24 SFF (2.5”) drives by only 2U Controller: –Dual active-active Controller –Standard: 16GB Cache (8GB every Controller)  32GB Cache with 2 clustered Systems –Standard: 1Gbps iSCSI, 6Gbps SAS or 8Gbps FC connections Expansions: –Till 6 expansion units per Controller –Till 168 SFF or 84 LFF drives for up to 336 TB capacity  Till 672 TB capacity with 2 clustered Systems –SAS, SAS NL drives and SSDs mixable RAID Levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 Redundant, hot-swappable component (i.e., power supplies and fans) Basic function : Thin Provisioning, Intern Virtualization, Data Migration Optional Software: EasyTier, External Virtualization, Remote Mirroring (over FC, FCoE and IP – Ethernet) and FlashCopy Efficient, easy-to-use and manageable midrange storage system "between" Storwize V3700 and Storwize V5000 IBM Storage V5000

22. © 2013 IBM Corporation22 Storwize V3700Storwize V5000Storwize V7000 Typical customer storage budget $10,000 - $ 15,000 Dlls$15,000 - $ 40,000 Dlls$40,000 - $ 100,000 Dlls Management SWStorwize V3700 machine code IBM Storwize family Software for Storwize V5000 IBM Storwize family Software for Storwize V7000 Capacity Up to 120 drives per control enclosure (up to 4 expansions) Up to 168 drives per control enclosure (up to 6 expansions); 336 per clustered system (two-way clustering) Up to 240 drives per control enclosure; 960 per clustered system (four clusters) Standard Host Ports1Gb iSCSI, 6Gb SAS 1Gb iSCSI, 6Gb SAS, FC or 10Gb iSCSI/FCoE 1Gb iSCSI, FC Optional Host PortsiSCSI 10Gbps, FC, FCoEN/AiSCSI 10Gbps, FCoE Cache (dual ctl)8GB upgradeable to 16GB 16GB per dual controller, up to 32GB per clustered system 16GB per dual controller, up to 64GB per clustered system Integrated Features FlashCopy (64 images per system), Internal virtualization, Thin provisioning, Data Migration Internal virtualization, Thin Provisioning, Data Migration, System Clustering FlashCopy (4,096 images), Internal virtualization, Thin provisioning, Data Migration, Easy Tier, System Clustering Optional Features FlashCopy (2040 images) Remote Mirroring, Easy Tier, Turbo Performance FlashCopy (4,096 images) Easy Tier, Remote Mirroring, External Virtualization Remote Mirroring, Real Time Compression, External Virtualization External Virtualization NoYes, Optional Unified SupportNo NAS connectivity with Storwize V7000 Unified; IBM Active Cloud Engine integrated *The best product to offer in any situation will vary depending on many factors, including the installed storage and competition (see Storage Sales Guidance). Note that one advantage of these systems is their ability to scale up and out so they can satisfy both larger initial requirements and also growth over time without needing to change from one to another.Storage Sales Guidance IBM Storwize comparison

23. © 2013 IBM Corporation23 IBM Hybrid HDD / Flash-Adapters IBM Hybrid HDD / Flash-Adapters Hybrid HDD Flash

24. © 2013 IBM Corporation24 What is announcing… –600GB hard drive with integrated 16GB of NAND flash Announcement importance… –Semi-exclusive supplier offering enabling market leadership First mover advantage via 10K offering 15K with variety of capacities in next generation –Highest performing spinning drive on the market – 2x IOPS –Non-volatile cache memory added to improve performance (lower latency and increased IOPS) –Acts, looks and feels like a conventional HDD –Targeted for customers seeking higher IO - i.e. 15K HDD users –Positioned between conventional HDDs and SSDs IBM Imperative… –Provide customers latest storage technology with the best performance IBM 600GB Hybrid HDD IBM Hybrid Hard Disk Drive

25. © 2013 IBM Corporation25 HybridHard diskNAND flash 16GB NAND flash Non-volatile cache (NVC) for hot data Fast random read/write performance Transparent flash management 600GB capacity High density Inexpensive media Reliable SAS interface Performance without de- stroking 2x faster than 10K HDD Looks/feels/acts like HDD 1 st generation enterprise hybrid drives available exclusively from IBM Accelerated performance via the world’s fastest hard disk drive IBM 600GB Hybrid HDD IBM Hybrid Hard Disk Drive

26. © 2013 IBM Corporation26 FlashCache – SSD or PCIe Disks – on Server or in SAN IBM FlashCache Storage acceleration Extreme acceleration Uses flash memory as a cache for a transparent acceleration up to 2.5 x of applications. Unique Flexibility Supports the broad protfolio of IBM flash memory, including PCIe adapters, SSDs, and eXFlash. Immediate economization With the acceleration, it‘s possible to run the double of VMs over a physical Server, improving utilization and economization. PCIe Flash Adapter Solid State Disks IBM FlashCache acceleration

27. © 2013 IBM Corporation27 IBM: Looking ahead... IBM: BladeCenter / FlexSystem Transition Plan

28. © 2013 IBM Corporation28 BladeCenter 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 PureFlex System / Flex System The BladeCenter Product Roadmap goes till 2016, Product Support till 2021! Customers can decide when they want to start to switch from BladeCenter to PureSystems / Flex System Transition between 2012 and 2016 BladeCenter Product Support The BladeCenter Transitionplan: - Flexibel - Longterm - High investment protection BladeCenter / FlexSystem Transition Plan

29. © 2013 IBM Corporation29 Domande ?

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