FUT SLES for POWER Trends and Roadmap. Jay Kruemcke Product

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1 FUT SLES for POWER Trends and Roadmap Jay Kruemcke Product Manager

2 Line Of Business Leaders Focus On Analytics For Competitiveness 89% 83% 26.4% Of Business Leaders Believe Big Data Will Revolutionize Business Operations Have Pursued Big Data Projects In Order To Seize A Competitive Edge Big Data CAGR , 6X The Growth Rate Of The Overall IT Market 1 Accenture, Big Success with Big Data: Executive Summary, 2 Big Data: A Competitive Weapon for the Enterprise, 3 Source: IDC: Big Data & Analytics 2

3 IT Organizations Must Deliver More Data To More People, Faster More Analytics Users Increased Data Volumes Real-time Requirements 3

4 Slow Or Unavailable Analytics Impact Critical Business Operations Customer Analytics Personalized Customer Relations Targeted Marketing Campaigns Operational Analytics Cost Management Proactive Maintenance Threat/Fraud Analytics Personnel And Facilities Protection Financial Loss Prevention 4

5 SUSE and IBM Offer a Solution for Fast and Reliable SAP Analytics Advanced RAS capabilities optimized to support IBM Power Systems features Improved application performance and instant access to data A broad choice of open source and partner solutions 5

6 Increase reliability & reduce costs for mission-critical applications Increase reliability of mission critical applications with the ability to configure shared resource pools to control resource allocation of CPU, memory and I/O Reduce costs by maximizing utilization of hardware resources with memory error recovery and memory sharing Maximize application availability by moving workloads to better balance system resources and uptime through live VM migration with PowerKVM Ensure compliance with HA/DR requirements to minimize downtime with full support with SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension and Geo Clustering Reduce downtime with rapid recovery from system update errors using full system rollback 6

7 Deliver a high-performance platform to meet increasing business demands Instantly access data by maximizing POWER8 processor performance with support for eight threads per core across the full range of Power Systems servers and OpenPOWER Abstraction Layer (OPAL) systems Reduce large-memory server reboot times with faster memory initialization following planned and unplanned downtime Improve application and platform performance by reducing latency through wire-speed messaging to fast I/O storage systems Increase visibility to current business data with near real-time analytics results for SAP HANA environments by maximizing the number of queries per core 7

8 Accelerate innovation and improve deployment times Confidently migrate applications and data with support for IBM POWER8 little endian mode, as well as PowerVM and PowerKVM virtualization technologies. Quickly and easily deploy new functionality without changing the core OS. Update the components without changing the base using the modular design of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, so you can balance the flexibility of the modules with the stability of your infrastructure. Freedom of choice: Build the solution that meets your needs from a vast ecosystem of certified hardware and software partner solutions. Leverage packages built and maintained by the community of users, approved and supported by SUSE with Package Hub. Improve the agility of your IT infrastructure with the latest container innovations. Using the SUSE Docker solution, your teams can easily and securely collaborate for creating Docker apps, integrate container applications with the cloud or quickly deploy Docker using a minimized host OS. Optimize lifecycle management and save time with a comprehensive set of installation, configuration, deployment and administration tools powered by Zypper. 8

9 SUSE and IBM Partnership

10 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 for POWER SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 is a highly reliable, scalable and secure server operating system that allows you to efficiently deploy enterprise-class IT services in physical, virtual or cloud environments. 10

11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for POWER Key recent events August 2015 SAP HANA available for POWER January 2016 SLES 12 for POWER SP1 - Includes fully supported Docker containers July 2016 Package Hub available for POWER (ppc64le) October 2016 SLES 11 SP4 for POWER Long Term Support Subscription 2016 is the year of SAP HANA on POWER! 11

12 SUSE Linux Enterprise SP2 Overview What? - Upstream kernel version: Over 3000 packages (additional features, bug fixes, security updates) Supported architectures: - POWER (little endian only) - Intel/AMD64-bit (x86_64) - IBM System z and Linux One (zsystem) - ARM 64 bit (AArch64) When? - First Customer Shipment: November SUSECON

13 What s New in SLES for POWER 12 SP2? Faster boot time for largememory systems Power LC Systems Support SLE High Availability Extension Support System Role templates for installation Linux Kernel 4.4 Package Hub 13

14 High Availability for POWER little endian* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension Easy to set up and use. Deploy it in both physical and virtual environments to help maintain continuity, protect data integrity and maximize uptime for your Linux workloads. *Additional subscriptions required for High Availability extensions 14

15 Full Range of POWER8 Systems supported* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for POWER Power S LC Class Servers (new) - Power S812LC - Power S822LC (8335-GTA, 8335-GCA) Power S Class Servers - Power S812L - Power S822L, S822 - Power S814 - Power S824L, S824 Power Enterprise Servers - Power E850 - Power E870 - Power E880 * IBM Power Systems Facts and Features: 15

16 Faster boot time for large-memory systems Reduced memory initialization times for server restart following planned and unplanned downtime Up to 57% faster* *Dependent on system configuration 16

17 System Role templates-based server installation System Role capability enables fast, consistent server filesystem configuration using pre-defined installation pattern templates for database servers, virtualization host/guest or installation options. Roles are defined as part of the control file of the base product Roles optionally define a set of patterns that override default patterns Roles optionally define options for storage such as size of root partition, but cannot SLES SLES for SAP with Wizard add a partition 17

18 SUSE Package Hub Community Packages for SLES for POWER Built and maintained by the community of users Approved and supported by SUSE High-quality, up-to-date packages delivered by opensuse Factory No additional charge to use packages Packages available for the life of the product, including multiple releases Over 350 packages available for ppc64le Upstream packages SUSE Package Hub Enterprise User 18

19 SLES 11 SP4 POWER Long Term Support Subscription LTSS for SLES 11 SP4 on POWER now available Extends support from 2019 to March of 2022 SLES 11 for POWER Lifecycle GA SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 LTSS

20 SLES 12 SP1 to SP2 Migration Approaches Media / Fully Offline Boot DVD (or ISO image) to upgrade without connection to any repositories on the network. Migration via SCC The system, directly connected to SCC, is able to receive the new migration target and run the upgrade process. SUSE Manager System behind SUSE Manager are ready to be migrated to SP2 SMT System behind SMT are ready to be migrated to the latest SP2 3rd Party Tools Customers using 3rd Party tools are enabled to receive information about the latest SP. Access to this information is properly documented and easily accessible Note: On POWER, switching from SLES 11 to SLES 12 involves a transition in architecture from big endian (ppc64) to little endian (ppc64le). Because of this transition, a regular system update is not possible. 20

21 General Lifecycle Model Ten years lifecycle + three years of Extended Support Thirteen year lifecycle 10 years general support plus 3 years extended support) Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) potentially available for all version, including GA Dates subject to change

22 Life Cycle and Policies General Support Years 1-5 Years 6-7 Years 8-10 Self Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Maintenance Patches Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 Technical Support Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 Security Patches Yes Yes Yes No Defect Resolution Yes Yes Limited 6 No Service Packs Yes Yes No No Additional Hardware Enablement and Software Enhancements Yes Limited 8 No No Source: 1 Access to previously released patches with an active subscription. 2 Access to patches for earlier product versions possible with optional Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS). 3 Limited migration and configuration assistance provided with standard or priority subscription. 4 More comprehensive installation, migration, configuration and break fix technical support available with optional LTSS. 5 Only available with LTSS. 6 Limited to severity level 1 and 2 defects. 7 Only available with LTSS. Limited to severity level 1 and 2 defects. 8 Discretionary, based on customer and partner requests. Years 11-13

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24 What s next for SLES on POWER SLES 12 SP3 in planning SLES 13 discussions underway SAP HANA for SLES 12 24

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