IBM PurePower Technical Overview and Introduction

Abstract

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication introduces and provides a technical overview of the IBM PurePower System that helps support management of big data, social media, mobile, analytics, and the flow of critical information. A PurePower System can be configured in an affordable entry-level configuration in a single rack, and it is agile enough to be expanded for scalable cloud deployments. It has built-in redundancy for highly reliable and resilient operation to support demanding applications and cloud services, as required by many enterprises. A PurePower System also provides the scalability, flexibility, and versatility that you demand for business-critical workloads.

The following enhancements were announced in October 2015:

• IBM i operating system on top of a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) now supported on the IBM Power System S822 server


• Improvements to PurePower Integrated Manager


• Integration of HMC code (virtual HMC) into the PurePower Integrated Manager


• Ability to order translated PurePower documentation that is geography-specific


• Configuration support for IBM Power System S822 and S822L server in a single rack


• PowerVC 1.2.3 Standard Edition


• Power compute node firmware SV840