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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...
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IBM i partitions – New SAN DS8000 and much more…. IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which follow. support with unique IBM i performance advantages product (replacement for Query/400) Features during disk and tape backup, BRMS support...
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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 Customer Date...
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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 Program Product PO # Customer #...
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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 Bring 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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IBM Power Systems 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 •...
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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 –...
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IBM Power Systems 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...
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IBM Power Systems 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...
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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 –...
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Does not require restricted state – Can be paused and restarted – So hot, its cool Any POWER hardware supporting IBM i 7.1 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 Size %Used 195754 33.56% 55924 40.77%...
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IBM Power Systems Systems Management Enhancements Systems Director Navigator for i – Ability to manage a target IBM i 5.4, 6.1 or 7.1 system • Navigator management server runs in one place • One browser used to manage multiple environments •...
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April 2010 – 7.1 Support • Upgrade to IBM i 7.1 from i 6.1 or i 6.1.1 NFS Server * All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. Future Plan* •...
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IBM Power Systems Install or Upgrade using VSCSI Virtual Optical support IBM i or VIOS hosting – can provide virtual storage and/or just the optical (POWER6/7) -From HMC, create a server VSCSI to map to the client partition -Create a NWSD for the client partition & vary on...
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Software is downloaded from ESS web site: • Products available, countries supported, and instructions for download are on web site IBM manufacturing continues to support IBM i preload on newly purchased Power Systems and BladeCenter Effective April 13, 2010, $50 USD media charge for IBM i –...
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TR For details on ordering and installing the TR PTF group, refer to the “Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software” topic in the IBM i 7.1 Information Center at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp Note: Subsequent TR PTFs will be a superset of earlier ones so that only the latest available TR would have to be applied.
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IBM Power Systems Web Server Enhancements IBM HTTP Server for i running Apache – Latest Apache 2.2 release – Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliant IBM Technology for Java – Java 5 and 6 support for 32-bit and 64-bit JVMs –...
– WebSphere Application Server V6.1 and V7.0 – WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1 and V7.0 – Fix Packs 6.1.0.29 and 7.0.0.7 contain IBM i 7.1 level support WebSphere MQ – WebSphere MQ V7.0.1 – WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0.2.1 WebSphere Portal –...
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IBM Power Systems Rational Support for IBM i 7.1 Rational Developer for Power – Feature: RPG and COBOL Development for i eclipse-based tools for RPG/COBOL development • New print designer & support for language enhancements • Replaces Rational Developer for i (RDi) •...
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Tool providers plan to offer handler solutions for common devices and interfaces – looksoftware, Profound Logic, IBM Lab Services, VMI New product 5733-OAR required to create or run programs that utilize Open Access for RPG Rational Developer for Power with RPG development...
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RPG Applications Today RPG Applications with Open Access Development Compiler Tool Open Access for RPG Handlers Available from • looksoftware • Profound Logic • IBM Lab Services • VAI 5250 Runtime Data Stream Runtime Open Access for RPG Handlers Handlers...
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•Delivery of multi-channel User Interfaces from a single RPG program •Includes support for smartclient, riaclient, thinclient and mobileclient Profound Logic •Native graphical user interface platform for IBM i •Rapidly create rich browser based applications visually •Uses native RPG operations and programming techniques IBM Lab Services •Three Options...
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IBM Power Systems Zend PHP Enhancements Zend Server Community Edition for i – Preloaded with IBM i 7.1, 6.1, 5.4 – Includes one year of Silver support from Zend – Provided for no additional charge – Also available for download from zend.com –...
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IBM Power Systems Zend Delivers an Open Solution Stack for IBM i Opens up a vast ecosystem of technologies – Development tools – Application frameworks – Applications Zend Framework enables simple, scalable, best-practice, application development – 10M+ downloads – Built into Zend Server and Studio...
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Caching API Java connector Performance via Fast CGI Software updates & hot fixes Technical support New products provide more function, improved performance and deeper integration into IBM i Zend Server Native installation Certified PHP DB2 Drivers Bundled MySQL DB & Drivers...
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IBM Power Systems Lotus Support for IBM i 7.1 Lotus Notes and Domino – Collaboration beyond e-mail – Domino 8.5.1 Lotus Sametime – Real-Time community collaboration – Sametime 8.5.1 Lotus Quickr – Share everyday content – Quickr 8.5 Additional Products –...
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IBM Power Systems Additional Enhancements IBM Transform Services for i Enhancement – Delivers Adobe PDF output support to IBM i applications – New support to transform existing Spool Files to PDF format – Shipped with IBM i Encrypted ASP Enhancements –...
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– Lowers cost of solution acquisition – Lowers cost of ongoing maintenance Unique technology that is core to IBM i enables ISV to deploy SaaS with little change to their applications – Low cost for ISV to offer SaaS solution –...
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IBM Power Systems Getting to IBM i 7.1 - Supported Upgrade paths Important planning documents: Memo to Users. For IBM i 7.1 Installs on – https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzaq9/rzaq9.pdf IBM i Program Conversion: Getting Ready for 6.1 and Beyond POWER5 – http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4293.html POWER6...
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IBM Power Systems IBM i License Transfer Enables IBM i entitlement to be transferred between selected systems – Implemented WW via IBM configurator – SWMA required on From and To systems – From system must have been installed at least one year –...
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Announcement 909-285, dated November 10, 2009, has extended marketing availability for IBM i 5.4 from January 5, 2010, to January 7, 2011. This enables systems that may still be running on IBM i 5.2 or 5.3 with the option to still order 5.4 and then perform a two step upgrade.
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IBM Power Systems 3 IBM i 7.1 Language Groups Group 1 5770-SS1 feature 5817 2924 English 2963 Belgian Dutch MNCS 2909 Belgium English 2966 Belgian French MNCS 2980 Brazilian Portuguese 2981 Canadian French MNCS 2926 Danish 2923 Dutch Netherlands 2925...
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IBM i no longer support save while active and File Level Backup for Linux partitions Physical Media no longer available Still included in i 7.1, but no longer supported Not supported on i 7.1 (5722-XP1) Not supported on i 7.1 (5733-PS1)
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2U - 1 Socket 4U - 1 Socket Affordable, flexible rack or tower server for distributed applications or a complete, integrated business system with IBM i 2U - 2 Sockets 4U - 2 Sockets High-performance, flexible, configurable and reliable midsize...
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IBM Power Systems Why 720/740 Probably Best for IBM i Clients You can run IBM i on the 710/730, but the 720/740 is probably a much better fit for most IBM i environments. Similar pricing 710 vs 720 Rack density not that important...
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Max 1 4X IB Adapter – Max 64 GB memory – Zero disk-only drawers – Fibre Channel cards ok – IBM i P05 tier (users) – AIX small tier 4-,6-,8-core For 6-/8-core (1 socket) – Zero 12X I/O loops –...
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– Max 128 GB memory – Disk-only drawers ok – Fibre Channel cards ok – IBM i P20 tier (5250) – AIX small tier 8-,12-,16-core 4 PCIe slots in base for 710 or 730 – Low profile, short, Gen 1 –...
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