IBM I 7.1 Installation guide

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IBM i 7.1 Overview
Power your planet.
Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet
Metro Midrange Systems Association
The Dallas/Fort Worth IBM Power Systems User Group
Mehboob Mithaiwala
Certified Consulting IT Specialist
Power Systems – ATS, IBM Coppell

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Virtualization without Limits
9Drive over 90% utilization
9Dynamically scale per demand
Dynamic Energy Optimization
970-90% energy cost reduction
9EnergyScale™ technologies
Resiliency without Downtime
9Roadmap to continuous availability
9High availability systems & scaling
Management with Automation
9VMControl to manage virtualization
9Automation to reduce task time
Workload-Optimizing Systems
AIX - The Future of UNIX
Total Integration with i
Scalable Linux ready for x86
Consolidation
Systems for a Smarter Planet
Power your Planet
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✓4, 6 or 8 cores per socket
✓3.0 to 4.14 GHz
✓Up to 4 threads per core
✓Integrated eDRAM L3 Cache
✓Dynamic Energy Optimization
Power Technology leadership

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Power 550
Power 570
Power 755
JS Blades
Power 770
Power 750
Power 780
Power 595
PS Blades
Power 575
Power Systems Portfolio
HPC
PS702
PS701
PS700
Power 795
Power 720
Power 740
Power 710 Power 730

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IBM i Strategy and Roadmap
“Our commitment to our IBM i clients, ISVs and
business partners is solid and unchanged. With
our clearly defined processor and software
roadmap, we are making substantial investments
in the future of IBM i as an important, strategic
element in the IBM systems portfolio.
New IBM white paper
Includes information about the IBM i market, Power
Systems and IBM i roadmaps, plus the latest information
on POWER7 and IBM i 7.1
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html

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IBM i Roadmap
2008 2010
IBM i 6.1.1
20112009
IBM i 6.1
2012
IBM i 7.1
IBM i Next
Delivering a major new release of IBM i every two years

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Building on the Foundation
IBM i 6.1 Highlights
–New Solid State Drive support with unique IBM i performance advantages
–New DB2 for i functional and performance enhancements
–New DB2 Web Query product (replacement for Query/400)
–New Compliance Security Features
–New Data Encryption during disk and tape backup, BRMS support
–New Java Virtual Machine, shared with AIX & Linux
–New Integrated Web Application Server for less sophisticated Java apps
–New Systems Director Navigator web-based console
–New PowerHA disk clustering
–New IBM i on Power Blade support for BladeCenter
–New PowerVM virtual storage for IBM i partitions
–New SAN DS8000 performance optimization
and much more….
IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which follow.

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DB2
–Support for XML and column level encryption
–SQL statements use OmniFind Text Search Server
–DB2 Web Query enhancements
PowerHA SystemMirror for i
–Async Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching
–Space efficient Flash Copy
Virtualization
–IBM i virtualization for IBM i partitions
–N_Port_ID (NPIV) support for fibre tape and SAN
–Fibre channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Storage and Solid State Drives
–Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs
–Concurrent remove of disk units
–Native support for DS5000
Systems Director
–Richer management of IBM i via Systems Director
–5250 Emulation and Set Target System
–New Journal Management capabilities
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IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1
Announced on April 13
GA’d on April 23
IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights

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IBM i 7.1 Announcement Highlights continued
Remote Upgrade to IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1
–NFS backed optical images for IBM i upgrades
–Electronic Delivery Support expanded
IBM i 7.1 technology update method
–Technology Refresh (TR)
–An update to the Licensed Internal Code (LIC)
–Planned to be delivered on approximately a six
month cycle, and targeted to enable a specific set
of new hardware and firmware functions
Open Access for RPG
–Extend application reach to pervasive devices
–RPG applications can support other interfaces
such as mobile devices by using “Handlers”.
Zend Server Community Edition
–PHP environment preloaded with IBM i
Application Runtime Expert for I
(SOD)
–Deliver a new capability for IBM i to verify
application run time attributes to ensure consistent
performance and deployment of new workloads

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DB2 for i – XML Support
XML is an industry standard for exchanging
information between customers, suppliers,
and partners
Rich XML Support now available with DB2 for i
1. XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations
2. Decompose (shred) XML documents into relational columns
3. Generate XML documents from existing relational data
OmniFind Text Search Server provides
support for searching XML documents
–Search elements of an XML document (e.g., customer name = Smith)
–SQL statements use OmniFind to search the XML documents
–Available with IBM i for no additional charge
Strategic replacement for XML Extenders
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DB2 for i - Additional Enhancements
Column Level Encryption
–Allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a
specific column in a database table accessed through SQL or
native
–Solutions from tool providers including Patrick Townsend, and
Linoma Software supply encryption algorithms
Application Developers
–MERGE, Array support, Global Variables, and consuming
result sets in RPG allows for more powerful and efficient
programming
Performance
–Adaptive Query Processing can modify query plan while the
query is running to significantly improve performance
–Advanced SQE query optimizer now supports native logical
files
Management
–New tooling to monitor long running operations
–SQL_CANCEL procedure to cancel long running queries.
–Random or Sequential I/O statistics to identify tables that can
benefit from SSDs
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DB2 is an integrated database supporting transaction
processing and business intelligence applications
On-Demand Performance
Center
–Rich tools for DB2 for i
–Including Visual Explain
–Adaptive Query Processing
can automatically build an
index to replace table scan
…taking queries from
30 minutes to 1 minute

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DB2 Web Query
Get Better Performance
–Up to 5x better performance over Query/400
Reduce Report Maintenance
–Leverage parameterized reporting or OLAP functions to minimize report maintenance
Remove Dependency on IT
–Give the Power of the data to end users in the formats they want it with information in real time
Upgrade into full blown BI
–DB2 Web Query enabled Data Mart/Warehouses
9Upgrade Query/400 with DB2 Web Query
9Bring BI and Query Solution Back to IBM i
Stop the pain and expense of replicating data
Make decisions with current data
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/db2/webquery/

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DB2 Web Query Enhancements
Make Better Business Decisions and Improve Customer Service
New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1
–Security Enhancements
• Change password from within DB2 Web Query
• Enhanced meta data control
–Administrative Enhancements
• Change Management
• New WRKWEBQRY functions simplifies admin
–Performance Enhancements
• Improved internal processing
• Improved analysis capabilities
–Usability/Functional Enhancements
• Improved Dashboard development
• Active Reports usability enhancements
–Additional application or data source support
DB2 Web Query supports querying XML
documents with IBM i 7.1
DB2 Web Query provides an integrated Query/400 replacement product with Business
Intelligence extensions that offer rich functionality and breakthrough performance

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IBM i
PowerHA IBM i
PowerHA
IASP IASP
IBM i
PowerHA IBM i
PowerHA
IASP
PowerHA SystemMirror for i
Asynchronous Geographic Mirroring
for multi-site DR solution
–IBM i based mirroring for geographically dispersed
systems
–Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to target system
–Support for automatic failover
–Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN, and virtual disk
Space-Efficient Flash Copy
–Working with IBM DS8000 function to allow Flash Copy
without requiring double DASD
LUN level switching for local HA
solution
–Switch IASP on DS8000 or DS6000 between local
systems
–Support for automatic failover
–Supports native and VIOS with NPIV attached SANs
PowerHA provides a robust, simple to manage High
Availability and Disaster Recovery solution

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PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i Editions
Standard Edition targeted
at datacenter HA
Enterprise Edition targeted
at multi-site HA/DR solutions
New tiered pricing structure
lowers costs of HA/DR solutions
for mid-sized businesses
Advanced Copy Services for
PowerHA Enterprise Edition or
Standard Edition
9Geomirror Async mode
9Geomirror Sync mode
9Multi-Site HA/DR management
99Centralized Flash Copy
99LUN level switching
9DS800/DS6000 Global Mirror
99Cluster resource management
9DS8000/DS6000 Metro Mirror
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9IBM i event/error management
9Integrated heartbeat
9Cluster device domain
9Automated cluster validation
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Centralized cluster configuration
Automated planned switch over
Managed unplanned fail over
Cluster admin domain
Centralized cluster management
Application monitoring
IBM i HA/DR Clustering

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Virtualization Enhancements for IBM i
Maintain current IBM i 6.1 partitions
IBM i 6.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
Minimize change while deploying new release
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
Deploy new IBM i 7.1 partitions
IBM i 7.1 can host I/O for i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
Continue to run applications with IBM i 6.1 while
leveraging new capabilities of IBM i 7.1
AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and SLES and Red Hat partitions
iSCSI attached System x and BladeCenter
PowerVM VIOS can host
IBM i 7.1 and 6.1 partitions
AIX and Linux partitions
VIOS supports advanced virtualization technologies
including Active Memory Sharing and NPIV
IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1 can be hosted by dual PowerVM
Virtual IO Servers for added high availability
POWER6 & POWER7
VIOS
IBM i 6.1
POWER6 & POWER7
VIOS
IBM i 7.1
POWER6 & POWER7
VIOS
IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1VIOS
VIOS
IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
VIOS
IBM i 7.1 IBM i 6.1
Storage Virtualization can reduce costs
while improving IT infrastructure flexibility

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IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x
iSCSI Software Target Supports Higher
Speed Connection
–Replaces current iSCSI adapter on Power server side with
software in IBM i
–Uses Ethernet adapters and network to connect Power to
BladeCenter and System x
–Supports 1 Gb and 10 Gb Ethernet connections
–Can connect to iSCSI adapter or software initiator on
BladeCenter and System x
Supported Environments
–Windows Server 2008 and 2003 Server editions
–VMware ESX 4.0
–VMware ESXi Embedded 4.0
New installation wizard
–Simplifies setup of integration environment and then starts
install of Windows Server or VMware operating system
IBM Power Server with IBM i
IBM i provides advanced storage management for x86 systems
enabling cost reductions and better risk management

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IBM i Storage Management and SSD
IBM i 6.1.1 and 7.1 adds
–Native support for IBM Systems Storage DS5100, DS5300,
DS8700
–Support for PCI-e Dual SAS disk controllers
–Concurrent disk remove and hot disk spare for mirroring
IBM i supports hierarchical storage management
–Now IBM i automatically collects I/O performance data and
moves most active data to Solid State Drives (SSD)
DB2 for i supports SSD as preferred media
–New DB2 Random Read Statistics
Additional enhancements for SSDs
–New “SSD-Aware” utilities
–Improved performance instrumentation
–Usability enhancements
SSD Analyzer Tool
–Designed to help determine if SSDs can help improve
application performance hot data
–Runs on IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1
http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3780
Batch Performance Runs
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72 Drives 72 Drives + 8 SSD 60 Drives + 4 SSD
40% Reduction
Associated Bank Reduces Batch Run Time
by 40% with SSDs *
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SSDs can improve performance of long
running batch jobs or queries. IBM i can
easily get the right data on the SSDs
72 Drives replaced by
60 Drives + 4 SSD

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Solid-State Disk Drive PCIe SAS RAID Adapter
Higher I/O performance for the most demanding applications
PCIe SAS Adapter / Double-wide card
4 SSD bays on card / 1, 2 or 4 SSD modules per adapter
177 GB per SSD module / Up to 708 GB per card
Supported OS: AIX 5.3 or later, IBM i 7.1, REHL 5.5 or later, SLES 10 or later
Supported servers: POWER7 servers: 710/720/730/740/750/770/780 (not 795)
177GB
SSD SAS
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SSD 177GB SSD

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Work with Disk Configuration
Select one of the following:
1. Display disk configuration
2. Add units to ASPs
3. Work with ASP threshold
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10. Stop hot spare
11. Work with encryption
12. Work with removing units from configuration
Remove Disk Units Without an IPL or Outage
Concurrent Remove of Disk Units
–Hot remove disk unit(s) without having to IPL or take
an outage
–Does not require restricted state
–Can be paused and restarted
–So hot, its cool
Any POWER hardware supporting IBM i 7.1
Manage from:
(Today) SST (System Service Tools)
(Future) Systems Director Navigator for i
and System i Navigator
Work with Removing Units From Configuration
Select one of the following:
1. Display disk configuration
2. Display status of remove operation
3. Remove units from configuration
4. Pause the remove operation
5. Resume the remove operation
6. Cancel the remove operation
7. Cancel the remove operation and balance data in the ASP
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Serial Resource
Number Type Model Name Capacity Status
YL4RUT3ERVR7 6B22 050 DD006 37287 Non-configured
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Size %Used Status
195754 33.56% Unprotected
55924 40.77% Configured
18643 40.78% Configured
23308 40.78% Configured
27965 40.77% Configured
32623 40.77% Configured
37287 2.88% Removing
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More details in Chapter 8 in: IBM i 7.1
Technical Overview, SG24-7858-00
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg
247858.html?Open