there are some interesting demonstrations: the "shopping experience" demo for LinuxONE starts at 25:15 and blockchain demo for LinuxONE starts at 51:22.
February 26, 2016
IBM Interconnect 2016 news
This week at Interconnect in 2016 there were some good demos that I want to share. In the key note presentation from Ross Mauri "Master Hybrid Cloud, Defend Against Cyber Threats with IBM z Systems and IBM LinuxONE"
there are some interesting demonstrations: the "shopping experience" demo for LinuxONE starts at 25:15 and blockchain demo for LinuxONE starts at 51:22.
there are some interesting demonstrations: the "shopping experience" demo for LinuxONE starts at 25:15 and blockchain demo for LinuxONE starts at 51:22.
February 24, 2016
New whitepaper: "High Availability with KVM for IBM z Systems"
There is a new white paper on IBM Techdocs that covers High Availability aspects for KVM on z.
From the abstract: "This white paper focuses on considerations for setting up a highly-available KVM for IBM z environment hosting your business applications. With IBM’s investments in z Systems reliability, availability and serviceability, z Systems is an excellent platform to host a High Availability KVM for IBM z environment."
From the abstract: "This white paper focuses on considerations for setting up a highly-available KVM for IBM z environment hosting your business applications. With IBM’s investments in z Systems reliability, availability and serviceability, z Systems is an excellent platform to host a High Availability KVM for IBM z environment."
February 22, 2016
KVM for IBM z Systems V1.1.1 and KVM survey
Together with the z13s IBM also announced the next version KVM for IBM z Systems V1.1.1 (search for 1.1.1 in the announcement). It will be available March 18, 2016. Here are some of the enhancements it will offer:
For the popular UI virt-manager a "howto build" is available.
(updated 2/25/2016)
- Simultaneous multi threading (SMT) support in the host. The guests don't see the difference
- Support for the Vector Facility introduced in z13(s) (SIMD) to accelerate string operations and calculations
- Hypervisor enhancements including support for iSCSI and NFS
- Unattended installation capability of hypervisor for ease of installation
For the popular UI virt-manager a "howto build" is available.
(updated 2/25/2016)
February 17, 2016
z13s videos
Announcement & retail demo: The retail demo starts around 17:50 into the video
Other marketing videos:
- IBM z 13s: Designed to Compete
- The IBM z13s: A Secure Hybrid Cloud Platform
- Introducing the IBM z13s: Outperforming the Competition
February 16, 2016
z13s
IBM announced the new version of the business class mainframe called z13s. This is the successor to the zBC12. You can find the detailed announcement letter here.
From a Linux perspective the IBM tested platforms has been updated to include z13s. SUSE has published the certifications:
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| z13s glas model - photo Michael Storzer |
From a Linux perspective the IBM tested platforms has been updated to include z13s. SUSE has published the certifications:
- SUSE certifications: SLES11 SP3, SLES12
- Red Hat certifications: RHEL6, RHEL7
- z13 enhancements (see announcement letter) including a new administrative mode for Linux called IBM Dynamic Partition Manager (DPM)
- KVM for IBM z Systems V1.1.1 with a planned availability of 3/18/2016, see my separate post.
- z/VM PTFs for exploitation APARs (see announcement letter) providing e.g. also SIMD support for guest exploitation (VM65733)
- z/VM 6.4 preview announcement
- IBM Redbooks:
- IBM z13 and z13s Technical Introduction, SG24-8250-01
- IBM z13 Technical Guide, SG24-8251-01
- IBM z13s Technical Guide, SG24-8294-01
- z13s FAQ
- 3D demonstration of the system (you can interact, open doors, get explanations etc)
- Large Systems Performance Reference for IBM z Systems updated with z13s data
- Common Criteria Certification at EAL5+ level for LPAR