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ZSL03113-USEN-19V1902/16/16Page1of5IBMzUnifiedResourceManager–tableoffeaturesidentifiedbysevenmanagementareasThezUnifiedResourceManagerisfirmwarethatexecutesontheHardwareManagementConsole(HMC)andSupportElement(SE).
TherearesevenmanagementareasthatmakeupUnifiedResourceManager–OperationalControls,HypervisorManagement,VirtualServerManagement,PerformanceManagement,AvailabilityManagement,NetworkManagement,EnergyManagement.
Thistablelaysoutthesevenmanagementareas,providesashortexplanationofthefeaturesandwhattheyprovide,andhighlightsiftheyareavailableintheManage(greensquare),AdvancedManage(orangecircle)orAutomate(bluetriangle)suiteofUnifiedResourceManagerforz/VM,POWER7Blades,andIBMWebSphereDataPowerIntegrationApplianceXI50forzEnterprise(DataPowerXI50z).
Pleasebeawarethatthesystemisrequiredtobeinanensemble(FC#0025)inordertoenablethesefunctions.
Membersofanensemblecanbeatdifferentfunctionallevelsbutthelowestofthoselevelswillbewhatissupported(i.
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ifonenodeisatManageandanotheratAutomate,theensemblewillbeatManage).
Thez/VM6.
2hypervisor,announcedOctober12,2011,offersnewsystemcapabilities.
ThemostsignificantistheVMSSIFeature,whichprovidestheabilitytogroupuptofourz/VMsystemsinaSingleSystemImage(SSI)cluster.
ThisclusteringtechnologyisthebackboneforLiveGuestRelocation(LGR),whichallowsguestmobilitybetweenz/VMsystemsintheSSIcluster.
Seethetableattheendofthefeature/functionchartstoclarifyhowUnifiedResourceManagercanbeusedwithz/VMV6.
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z/VMV6.
2isthelastreleaseofz/VMthatcanbemanagedbyzManagerandzEC12,BC12arethelastserversonwhichz/VMwillbemanaged.
OperationalControls1z/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBladeChangeManagementViewFirmwareInformationN/ARetrieveFirmwareChangesN/AChangeFirmwareLevelsN/ABackup/RestoreCriticalDataN/AProblemManagementAutomaticErrorLoggingandfirst-failuredatacapture(FFDC)datacollectionN/AProblemanalysis(hardwareandLICproblemdetection)andcallhomereportingN/AViewhardwaremessagesN/AViewopenproblemsN/AManualproblemreportinganddatacollectionN/AGuidedrepairandverificationforaserviceaction–repairactivitiesareguidedbytheHMCandverifiedautomaticallyN/AConfigurationManagementVitalProductData–fullyautomaticandcoherentintegratedresourcediscoveryandinventoryforallelementsofthesystemwithoutrequiringuserconfiguration,deploymentoflibrariesorsensors,oruserscheduling.
Verifiesresourcesareentitledtobepoweredonandmanaged.
EditFrameLayout–Frames,Switches,BladeCentersN/AEditFrameLayout–MESsupport(add/remove)N/AEditFrameLayout–ManagementEnablementN/ADynamicaddofstorageresourcesforbladesN/AN/A2OperationsManagementAllowspoweronandpoweroffviaHMCN/AEventNotificationforsupportpersonnel(basedonloggedeventsorstatechanges)ScheduledOperationsforfunctionssuchasfirmwareupdate,activate,deactivate)TimesynchronizationN/ALaunchFullDeviceConsole1AvailableonIBMzSystemsCentralProcessorComplex(zCPC)–IBMz13s,IBMz13,IBMzEnterpriseBC12,IBMzEnterpriseEC12,IBMzEnterprise196orIBMzEnterprise114(z13s,z13,zBC12,zEC12,z196z114)–andforzCPConlydoesnotrequireensemble(FC#0025)2AvailableonIBMz13s,z13,zEC12orzBC12andIBMzBladeCenterExtension(zBX)Model004andzBXModel003butnotonz196/z114/zBXModel002ZSL03113-USEN-19V1902/16/16Page2of5OperationalControls3z/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBladePerformanceManagementMonitorsDashboardReportingofenergyconsumptionandtemperaturemonitoringN/ABusinessManagementUserManagementAuditingDeviceStatusandDetailsN/AAutomaticServiceNetworkConfigurationN/ADocumentationHypervisorManagementz/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBladeVirtualization-managehypervisorsandsupportvirtualserversforapplicationdeployment.
N/AHypervisorsmanagedasfirmwareBootedautomaticallyatpoweronresetandisolatedontheinternalUnifiedResourceManagernetworkN/AN/AManagedthroughHMCN/ABasichypervisormanagementtasksDeployandinitializehypervisorN/AN/AStart,stopandquery/listhypervisorsN/AUpdateandrepairhypervisorsN/AN/AMonitorhypervisorsandtheirresourceuse–CPU,memory,consumptionN/AManageISOimagesN/AN/ACreatevirtualnetworksN/AAllowagentsinvirtualserveroperatingsystemstocommunicatewithamanagerrunninginthehypervisororthehypervisormanagementstackN/AVirtualServerLifecycleManagement–enablingdirectedanddynamicvirtualserverprovisioningacrossallhypervisorsfromasingle,uniformpointofcontrolz/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBladeCreate(Provision)CPUN/AMemoryN/ANetworkN/AConsoleN/AStorageN/AVirtualDVDN/AN/AListN/AStart/StopN/AView/ModifyconfigurationN/AMigratedefinitionN/ADeleteN/A3AvailableonzSystemsCentralProcessorComplex(zCPC)–zBC12,zEC12,z196orz114–andforzCPConlydoesnotrequireensemble(FC#0025)ZSL03113-USEN-19V1902/16/16Page3of5WorkloadAwarenessandPlatformPerformanceManagement–managementofCPUresourceacrossvirtualservershostedinthesamehypervisorinstancetoachieveworkloadperformancepolicyobjectivesz/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBlade4Workloaddefinitionandworkload-basedperformancedefinition-Definingyourowncustomerworkloads(byname)andtheperformancemanagementcapabilitiesallowsdifferentiationbetweenmultipleworkloadsinanensemble.
N/APlatformresourcemonitoringbasedonperformancepolicy-performancemonitoringandreportingfunctionsprimaryobjectiveistoprovidedatatocheckwhetherperformanceobjectivesarebeingmet.
Note:reportingwillnotreplacetoolsthatreportonoperatingsystemresourcesandperformanceWorkload–providesahighlevelperformancestatusandobjectiveachievementinformationforalltheworkloadsintheensemble.
N/AVirtualServer-Providesdataforvirtualserversassociatedwiththeworkload.
Thedataincludesallocatedresources,resourceutilizationdataanddelaystatistics.
N/AServiceClass–providesalistofalltheserviceclassesdefinedintheworkloadperformancepolicyandincludesactiveperformancepolicyobjectivesandimportancedefinitions,indicationwhenserviceclassperformanceviolateddefinedthreshold.
N/AResourceadjustmentreport–providesadjustmentactionstakenoverreportintervalN/AHypervisorReport–providesdetailsaboutthevirtualserversthatarerunninginthesamehypervisorinstance,andhowthesevirtualserversarecompetingforsharedresourcesN/ALoadBalancingReport-providesdetailsabouttheloadbalancinggroupstowhichexternalroutersaredistributingincomingworkrequestsN/ADynamic,goal-orientedresourcemanagement-ManageCPUacrossvirtualserverswithinahypervisorinstanceN/ALoadbalancingrecommendationtoexternalrouters-ThroughSASPcommunicationwithUnifiedResourceManager,externalroutersreceiveweightrecommendationsthatenabletherouterstodistributeincomingworkmoreeffectivelyamongvirtualserversintheloadbalancinggroup.
N/A4Systemxbladesonz114,z196willonlyhaveAdvancedManagementfunctions.
EarlyzEC12serverswillnothavefullAutomatecapabilitiesuntiltheyareupgradedtodriverlevel15.
PriortothatleveltheycanonlyhaveAdvancedManagementfunctionsincluding:automatecapabilitiesforSystemxbladesWizard-drivensetupofresourcesinaccordancewithspecifiedbusinessprocess;abilitytomonitorandreportperformance;LoadbalancerecommendationsZSL03113-USEN-19V1902/16/16Page4of5WorkloadAwarenessandAvailabilityMonitoringandReportingzCPCz/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBlade5Workloaddefinitionandworkload-basedavailabilitydefinition-Definingyourowncustomerworkloads(byname),theirbusinessprioritiesandtheavailabilitymanagementcapabilitiesallowsdifferentiationbetweenmultipleworkloadsinanensemble.
Workloadavailabilitystatusindicatesthewhetherallworkloadelementsareoperatingandavailable.
ElementGroupscanbeconfiguredtomanagevirtualserverswithredundancyobjectives,foravailabilityandcapacitymanagementamongredundantvirtualserversprovidingthesamefunction.
N/AN/APlatformresourcemonitoringbasedonavailabilitypolicy-availabilitymonitoringandreportingfunctions.
Primaryobjectiveistoprovidedatatocheckwhetheravailabilityobjectivesarebeingmet.
WorkloadReport–showshighlevelavailabilitystatusinformation,includingactiveavailabilitypolicyforallworkloadsintheensemble,overa36hourperiod.
N/AN/AVirtualServerReport-showsavailabilitystatusdataforselectedvirtualserversassociatedwithaworkloadN/AN/AAvailabilityStatusEventReport–showsallavailabilitystatuschangesfortheworkload,itselementgroups,andvirtualserversN/AN/ANetworkManagementzCPCz/VMV6.
2POWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBladeCreatevirtualnetwork-Virtualnetworksallowvirtualserversandappliancestobeconnectedtogether.
NetworkMonitoring–providesmonitoringandcollectionofmetricsfromtheLayer2networkingresourcesassociatedwiththeIEDN.
HiperSocketsIntegrationwiththeIEDN–extendsthereachofHiperSocketsnetworkoutsidethezCPCtotheentireensemble.
N/AN/AN/A5Systemxbladesonz114,z196willonlyhaveAdvancedManagementfunctions.
EarlyzEC12serverswillnothavefullAutomatecapabilitiesuntiltheyareupgradedtodriverlevel15.
PriortothatleveltheycanonlyhaveAdvancedManagementfunctionsincluding:automatecapabilitiesforSystemxbladesWizard-drivensetupofresourcesinaccordancewithspecifiedbusinessprocess;abilitytomonitorandreportperformance;LoadbalancerecommendationsZSL03113-USEN-19V1902/16/16Page5of5PowersavemodeisavailableontheIBMz13,zEnterpriseEC12(zEC12)andzEnterprise196(z196)withAutomatewhenfullperformanceoftheserverisnotrequired.
Powersavecanbeswitchedonandoffduringruntimewithnodisruptiontocurrentlyrunningworkloads,asidefromthechangeinperformance.
Youcanusepowersavemodeforperiodsoflowerutilization(forexampleweekendsorthirdshift)orforcapacitybackupsystemswhereyoukeepthem"running"butwithreducedenergyconsumption.
Withstaticpowersavemodeyoudonotturnoffthez13,zEC12orz196engines,butitslowsdowntheclockspeedandthusreducespower.
Oncetheclocksareslowed,italsoreducesthesupplyvoltagetogetthemaximumsavingspossibleforagivenconfiguration.
StaticPowerSaveisavailableonthez13,zEC12andthez196.
BynatureofIBMz13s,zEnterpriseBC12(zBC12)andzEnterprise114(z114)havingaslowerclockspeedalready,theycannottakeadvantageofPowerSave.
PowersaveoperationsonthezCPCcanonlybeperformedonceaday,howeverthisrestrictiononlyappliestoaircooledmachines.
EnergyManagement–energymonitoringandmanagementcanhelpbetterunderstandthepowerandcoolingdemandofthesystemDescriptionzCPCPOWER7BladeDataPowerXI50zIBMSystemxBlade6MonitoringofenergyconsumptionandkeyenvironmentalparametersPowersavingmode7-PowerSaveisafeatureimplementedwithacombinationofhardwareandfirmwarefunctionstominimizethepowerconsumptionofacomponent.
Thisreductionistypicallyachievedbyreducingtheperformanceofthecomponent.
Theamountofpowerreductionsislimitedbythehardwarecomponentsabilitiestosavepowerandiscontrolledbythecomponentitself.
Howeverpowersaveisprovidingaguaranteedreductionofpowerconsumption.
N/AN/APowercapping-PowerCappingisafeaturethatlimitsthepeakpowerofacomponentandthereforeisusedforpowerandcoolingcapacityplanning.
Powercanbeallocatedtocomponentsorsystemsandthepowercappingguaranteesthatthepowerconsumptionandtherelatedheatdissipationwillneverexceedthisspecifiedlimit.
Canz/VM6.
2beamemberofanensembleandaSingleSystemImage(SSI)orCrossSystemExtension(CSE)cluster6Systemxbladesonz114,z196willonlyhaveAdvancedManagementfunctions.
EarlyzEC12serverswillnothavefullAutomatecapabilitiesuntiltheyareupgradedtodriverlevel15.
PriortothatleveltheycanonlyhaveAdvancedManagementfunctionsincluding:automatecapabilitiesforSystemxbladesWizard-drivensetupofresourcesinaccordancewithspecifiedbusinessprocess;abilitytomonitorandreportperformance;Loadbalancerecommendations7ForzCPConlydoesnotrequireensemble(FC#0025)