IBM Systems & Technology Group System x and BladeCenter

The IBM BladeCenter Efficient and Available

Innovations that address energy-efficiency needs of the ENTIRE datacenter

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Which 14 server configuration consumes more power?

Each solution is configured with 14 Dual processor L5420, with 4GB of memory and (2) 146GB hard drives with (4) Ethernet ports per server.

28U

7U

9U

Bladecenter E with HS21

Bladecenter H with HS21

System x 3650

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14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 BCE

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Reduction in Cabling/Faster Deployment/Easier to Manage

6-7 Cables per server minimum

Server Technology CDU

FAN ST ATUS 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

System x 3650
Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2

WS-C6509-NEB

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch

Server Technology CDU

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Full redundancy without the extra clutter

Datacenter Power in Mainframe class redundant Blowers provide the cooling

Power Domain A I/O Connector

FA N STATU S 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

IBM BladeCenter Complete redundancy Dual I/O, dual power

Ethernet cable consolidation to core network

P ow er Suppl y 1

P ow er Supply 2

WS-C6509-NEB

I/O Connector

Power Domain B

Mainframe class redundant Blowers provide the cooling

Datacenter Power in

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What is your concern? Carbon foot print. Cost. Density.

It all starts with reducing power consumption. Saving electricity delivers many benefits. Carbon foot print Every watt of power consumed has a predictable effect on the environment Each watt saved reduces CO2 emissions Cost 1KW used to power a server costs the average business $870/year. Lowering energy usage will drive down your utility bill Density For most clients today server density is determined by power/cooling availability not U size When you drive out wasteful power, you can reclaim that power in the form of additional performance For a typical client with a 10KW rack saving 25% on power usually means 25% greater performance in every rack
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Efficient Power Delivery

There are two kinds of power DC the type of power the server components run on AC the type of power that we distribute in the data center Power supply converts AC to DC

Heat

400W AC in

Typical Power Supply

280W DC out

92W POWER & COOLING SAVED

308W AC in

BladeCenter Power Supply

Heat

280W DC out

Example: 280W DC at 70% efficiency = 400AC power input

Example: 280W DCC at 91% efficiency = 308AC power input

better performance/watt Less power Less heat Less Air Less DC assets lower cost data center lower energy bills simply greener IT
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Increasing Power Efficiency

Power supplies typically work better at high loading/utilization
A problem for servers with N+N power Efficiency Its a cost issue, expensive to design supply components that work efficiently across range of load BC has four supplies can afford and chose to invest in efficiency of our supplies
Wasted Power

91% peak efficiency nearly 85% efficiency at 20% load

BladeCenter Typical Supply Load on supply

HP turns power supplies on and off as needed within the chassis to tackle this problem
HP power supply is extremely inefficient at low loading Their power supplies need to be heavily loaded to hit high efficiency This will likely work to improve efficiency but will be difficult for facility people to manage May lead to shorter MTBF on supply May require more than two separate power feeds for each chassis
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HP BladeSystem c-Class
Fan 1

HPs Architecture

Fan 2

Fan 3

Fan 4

Fan 5

Blade Zone 1 2 FH or 4 HH

Blade Zone 2 2 FH or 4 HH

Blade Zone 3 2 FH or 4 HH

Blade Zone 4 2 FH or 4 HH

BL460c Intel Xeon 5100 & 5300 Series BL480c Intel Xeon 5100 & 5300 Series BL465c AMD 2000 Series BL685c AMD 8000 Series SB40c direct attached storage (1/2 hi only)

Fan 6

Fan 7

Fan 8

Fan 8

Fan 10

PS 1

PS 2

PS 3

PS 4

PS 5

PS 6

Zones layout could be limiting for some users!

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Back of HP c-class chassis

I/O Bays Up to 8 Single Wide Must be same side by side Up to 3 Double-wide First row does not appear to support a double-wide Redundant Management Modules Up to 10 fans 4 standard $149 each 6 power cables In their attempt to imitate BladeCenter, HP neglects to future proof. Oops!
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Fan and Power Placement Rules = Complexity

Blades Inserted In Blade (from front of unit) Max Number of Blades Fan Placement (from rear of unit) PS = N PS = N+1 PS = N+N 4 HH 2 FH 8 HH 4 FH 12 HH 6 FH 16 HH 8 FH Zone 1 Zone 1-2 Zone 1-3 Zone 1-4

Complexity for IT on what goes where!

Rules enforced by OnBoard Administrator Recommend all customers purchase 8 Fans. 10 fans for optimum power and cooling
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The Power in understanding Power

The data center consumes power in two ways
Power used by the server/chassis and other IT hardware (IT Load) Power used for cooling the IT via air handlers and AC units

Dell only focuses on a portion of the IT Load leaving more than 55% of the customers energy costs ignored.

Server/chassis power consumption

While this is a useful metric at the server/chassis level, it does not address the power used by the other IT components in the rack/data center This metric does not address the power needed to eliminate the heat generated by the servers and other IT hardware

Efficient IT, power, and cooling provide countless benefits for the data center
Reduces carbon footprint to lessen the environmental impact Drives substantial cost savings Improves data center optimization
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Energy-efficient innovations NO ONE can match

At the server, chassis, rack and data center level
IBM BladeCenter Energy-Efficient Innovations Solid-state drives Low Voltage Processors and green DIMMs IBM BladeCenter HS12 & JS12 single-socket blades IBM BladeCenter E IBM Cool Blue Energy-Efficient Tools and Innovations IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger IBM Energy Self Assessment Tool IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Additional IBM Services and Innovations available to you IBM Asset Recovery Services IBM Green Solutions Center

MANY NOT AVAILABLE FROM DELL OR HP

If energy-efficiency is the ULTIMATE goal, IBM has the FINAL answer!

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IBM Solid State Drives

NOT AVAILABLE FROM DELL OR HP

The energy-efficient and highly reliable local storage choice

Having local disks on every server consumes a tremendous amount of power. Conventional 2.5 SAS/SATA drives use as much as 16W per drive. Solid-state drives have no moving mechanical parts, make no noise and have much better overall mechanical reliability than conventional hard disk drives.

ONLY FROM IBM

Enterprise Level Solid State Drives 87% less power than conventional HDD 1 Watt per drive 4X the reliability of conventional HDDs 1 Support for all major operating systems

Trim power & increase uptime & availability using IBMs innovative Solid State Drives
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Driving out wasteful consumption

Better Hardware. More Options. Manage down your power usage. New 45nm processor technology delivers 10-25% performance increase at price and power point replacement
Easy migration drop in performance improvement

Low Voltage versions available NOW

HS21 and HS21 XM QC 2.5GHz DC 3.0GHz Power 50W 40W W/Core 12.5W 20W

AMD will provide the best performance/watt for many HPC application
LS41/42 much lower power than HP 4way blade

Solid state technology cuts 87% out of local storage power 4, 8, 16, and 32GB solutions shipping NOW New GREEN DIMMS (low power memory) coming in Q3 driving out even more from FBD power budgets BladeCenter E the ultimate green chassis
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More ways to save Power and Go Green - Memory

Same Performance. Same Price. 30% Lower Power

New Green FBDIMMs feature

1Gb technology instead of 512MB AMD+ buffer instead of C1 x8 DRAM instead of x4 Chipkill enabled 4GB: from 14W to 10W 2GB: from 10W-7W

Power reduction is 30% per DIMM

Announce in September/October 2008

x3400,x3500,x3550,x3650,Z30 ,HS21,HS21XM,& iDataPlex PC2-5300 CL5 ECC Low Power FBDIMM 667MHz 2GB (2x 1GB Kit) Single Rank 4GB (2x 2GB Kit) Dual Rank 8GB (2x 4GB Kit) Quad Rank 16GB (2x 8GB Kit ) HS21 & XM Only

46C7418 46C7419 46C7420 46C7577

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IBM BladeCenter E
The best energy-efficient chassis offering available today!
Capabilities
Utilizes power supplies that are up to 91% energy-efficient and can reach peak efficiency even under small loads 31% more dense than Dell

NOT AVAILABLE FROM DELL OR HP

Combined with the IBM highly available, low-power solid-state drives, low-voltage processors, single-socket blades and you have power efficiency that cant be beat!

Here is how you can save power with IBM BladeCenter today:
Component BladeCenter E Chassis Solid State Drives Single-socket Blade Low Voltage Processor Total Savings per blade Total Savings per chassis Total Savings per 224 blades Total Energy Savings $ per year
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Approximate Savings - 100 Watts per chassis - 12 Watts per blade - 80 Watts per blade - 30 Watts per blade -122 Watts per blade -1808 watts per chassis -28,928 Watts $26,217

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IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger

Water cooling is 4000X more efficient than air
Capabilities
A water-cooled, heat exchanger designed to remove heat generated from the back of your computer systems before it enters the room Patented rear heat exchanger can reduce heat at the source Utilizes chilled water to dissipate heat generated by computer systems while requiring no additional fans or electricity!

NOT AVAILABLE FROM DELL

Customer Benefits
Increase server density without increasing cooling requirements. Effective solution for a data center wishing to deal with computer room hot spots, or is at the limit of its cooling capacity, but still has useable floor space to add racks of systems. Passively removes up to 60% of the heat generated in a fully populated rack.
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Example:
6 Racks Heat removed Savings 168kW 100kW $8,322/yr

Savings per rack $1,387/yr

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Leadership beyond the hardware advantages

IBM power tools leave the competition way behind
IBM Energy Self Assessment Tool (ESA)
You cant manage what you dont see or cant measure. Use this tool to help you assess your data centers energy efficiency Helps you determine where you can focus to improve the operational effectiveness of your data center for better energy management

ESA NOT AVAILABLE FROM DELL OR HP

IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator

Get better information for up-front planning by sizing the power needs of your unique configurations Select systems and IT infrastructure that best fit your data center infrastructure before you commit to buying the first server
IBM Energy Self Assessment Tool: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/optimizeit/cost_efficiency/energy_efficiency/services.html IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/resources/powerconfig/index.html

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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

Better power planning and management
Without planning & management tools
Power requirements were sized by label ratings Caused excessive infrastructure costs

LIMITED FUNCTION FROM DELL

Planning your datacenter is EASY with IBM

1. Assess your energy-efficiency with the Self Assessment Tool 2. Size your unique configuration with the IBM Power Configurator 3. Take advantage of IBM Energy-efficiency Services to help you optimize your IT 4. Implement AEM to monitor & manage over time

Label Rating Power Configurator Potential over Design possible

With IBMs innovative AEM Management tool

IBM unique function included with every System x and BladeCenter server at no additional charge Monitors and tracks power over time Make the smartest choices based on actual measured information Cap power when needed to save more power
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NEW!

See IBM innovation in action!

Visit the Research Triangle Park Executive Briefing Center IBM GREEN Solutions Center
Featured Solutions IBM BladeCenter, IBM System x, IBM System Storage, IBM System x iDataPlex Partnership solutions from key IBM Big Green Partners: APC, Eaton and Emerson IBM Global Technology Services and STG Lab Services Offerings Facilities and Infrastructure monitoring and management solutions including IBM Tivoli solutions and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Rack and Room level cooling technologies

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IBM Big Green and BladeCenter client success stories W3i, a downloadable content solutions company that runs Freeze.com, streamlined
and simplified its entire IT infrastructure and eliminated the expense of additional power and cooling equipment for its data center by migrating to IBM BladeCenter servers. Zumiez Inc., a leading specialty action sports retailer, reduced the amount of electricity used by 15 percent by implementing an IBM BladeCenter solution. Move, Inc., the world's largest moving community, consolidated its existing infrastructure onto a virtualized IBM BladeCenter system with AMD Opteron processors to help dramatically increase computing performance and datacenter power efficiency. The Georgia Institute of Technology uses IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger to reduce server heat emissions into the room by up to 55 percent on the world's 42nd most powerful supercomputing clusters in its Center for the Study of Systems Biology Sustainability Victoria is using PowerExecutive, IBM BladeCenter servers, and IBM System Storage to slash its energy use by more than 50%.

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Notes: Performance is in Internal Throughput Rate (ITR) ratio based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here. IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. All customer examples cited or described in this presentation are presented as illustrations of the manner in which some customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved. Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics will vary depending on individual customer configurations and conditions. This publication was produced in the United States. IBM may not offer the products, services or features discussed in this document in other countries, and the information may be subject to change without notice. Consult your local IBM business contact for information on the product or services available in your area. All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only. Information about non-IBM products is obtained from the manufacturers of those products or their published announcements. IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the performance, compatibility, or any other claims related to non-IBM products. Questions on the capabilities of non-IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products. Prices subject to change without notice. Contact your IBM representative or Business Partner for the most current pricing in your geography.

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