Latest Announcements for Power Systems i

In Summary

• Three new processor options for the Power 570
• Improved resiliency for Power 570 and 595 with hot node add and repair
• New model 560 and completion of unified systems for 520 and 550
• Enhancements to IBM Systems Director
• Enhancements to PowerVM

595

• Hot node add and repair enables resources to be added/repaired without powering down the system
• New 12X I/O drawers provide increased I/O throughput
• New 5.0GHz processor enables new 64gb memory
• Power5 DDR2 memory migrations to Power 595
• General Availability 21st November with latest firmware

570

• New 32 core option, 4.2GHz processors
• Faster clock speeds for 16 core, 4.4GHz and 5.0GHz
• Concurrent repair of nodes
• New 8gb memory DIMM
• New 8gb Fibre Channel adapter

Summary of New Power 560 Express (8234-EMA)

• 3.6GHz Power6 processors
• 4, 8 or 16 core express configs
• Up to 384gb memory
• No CUOD
• No hot node add/repair
• Available only as a new system
• Only supports 12X I/O drawers
• No RIO/HSL support which means no IOP support
• Max 48,500 CPW
• i 6.1 support

Summary of Power 570 32 core (9117-MMA)

• 4.2GHz
• Max 104,800 CPW
• 8, 16, 24 and 32 core configs
• i 5.4 and i 6.1 support

Summary of Enhanced 570 16 core (9117-MMA)

• 5.0GHz
• Max 77,600 CPW
• 4, 8, 12 and 16 core configs
• i 5.4 and i 6.1 support

New i Editions for Power 520 (8203-E4A)

• 1, 2 or 4 core configs (4,300 to 15,600 CPW)
• 4.2GHz
• Up to 64gb memory
• No COD

New i Editions for Power 550 (8204-E8A)

• 2, 4, 6 or 8 core configs
• 3.5GHz or 4.2GHz
• As 3.5GHz - 4,000 to 27,600 CPW
• As 4.2GHz - 4,800 to 32,650 CPW
• Up to 256gb memory
• No COD

Withdrawals

• Power5+ 515, 525, 550 effective Jan 1st 2009
• Power6 M15, M25, M50 effective Jan 1st 2009

Bladecenter Enhancements

• More storage and I/O options

• New entry level storage offerings from IBM's DS3000 family Expanded connectivity with 4-Port 1-Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card

450 GB hot swap disk drive option for BladeCenter S with up to 12 drives delivering up to 5.4   Terabytes  a single chassis

• Increased high availability and disaster recovery options

• Support for LTO 4 Tape Drive for backup and restore

• Capacity Backup (CBU) option for i

 San Enhancements

• Expanded Support for DS8000 with DS8100 and DS8300 supported directly or via VIOS
• Support for DS3400 with PowerVM

Systems Director 6.1

• Multi systems management tool
• Runs on Aix, Linux and Windows
• Manages i 5.4 and i 6.1 environments

Active Energy Manager 4.1

• Allows you to set fixed energy useage caps or lower 'soft caps'
• Maximise performance or power savings
• Collects data and alerts and can include air con units, pdu's and UPs's
• Analyze trends in energy use

PowerVM Enhamcements include

• Simplifies the management of Fibre Channel SAN environmentsEnables access to SAN devices including tape libraries Virtual Tape

• Simplifies backup and restore operations

• Enables resource sharing between partitions

• Dynamic Heterogeneous Multi-Path I/O

• Delivers flexibility for Live Partition Mobility environments

• Provides efficient path redundancy to SAN resources

• Live Partition Mobility support for multiple HMCs

• Improves flexibility for moving partitions between systems

• Active Memory^TM Sharing - Statement of Direction

• Improves memory utilization and lowers costs

• IVM Support for i on 520(8203) and 550(8204)

• Provides an easier to use, lower cost of entry virtualization solution

• PowerVM Lx86 v1.3

• Improves performance and simplifies installation  

• Faster deployment with full Integration Support, pre-install of AIX or i and integration into chassis and rack with other Power systems

• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)

   

If you have any queries regarding this announcement please contact Nigel Gillespie or Sarah Redding