IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity: Featuring Power Enterprise Pools 2.0

IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity: Featuring Power Enterprise Pools 2.0

by Scott Vetter, Lokesh Bhatt, Turgut Genc, Sabine Jordan, Wasif Mohammad
Released August 2022
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738460048

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a guide to IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity featuring Power Enterprise Pools (PEP) 2.0.

This technology enables multiple servers in an to share base processor and memory resources and draw on pre-paid credits when the base is exceeded. Previously, the Shared Utility Capacity feature supported IBM Power E950 (9040-MR9) and IBM Power E980 (9080-M9S). The feature was extended in August 2020 to include the scale-out IBM Power servers that were announced on 14 July 2020, and it received dedicated processor support later in the year.

The IBM Power S922 (9009-22G), and IBM Power S924 (9009-42G) servers, which use the latest IBM POWER9™ processor-based technology and support the IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems (OSs), are now supported.

The previous scale-out models of Power S922 (9009-22A), and Power S924 (9009-42A) servers cannot be added to an enterprise pool.

With the availability of the IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX) in September 2021, support for this system as part of a Shared Utility Pool has become available.

The goal of this book is to provide an overview of the solution's environment and guidance for planning a deployment of it. The book also covers how to configure IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity. There are also chapters about migrating from PEP 1.0 to PEP 2.0 and various use cases.

This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power Systems Private Cloud, and Shared Utility Capacity. The intended audience includes:


  • Clients
  • Sales and marketing professionals
  • Technical support professionals
  • IBM Business Partners

This book expands the set of IBM Power documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Figures
  3. Tables
  4. Examples
  5. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  6. Preface
    1. Authors
    2. Now you can become a published author, too!
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  7. Chapter 1. Overview
    1. 1.1 Value proposition
    2. 1.2 Implementation introduction
    3. 1.3 Comparing Capacity on Demand offerings
      1. 1.3.1 Power Enterprise Pools 1.0
      2. 1.3.2 Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
    4. 1.4 Power E1080, Power E980, Power E950, and Power S922 and Power S924 server variations
    5. 1.5 Introducing IBM Cloud Management Console
      1. 1.5.1 Activating IBM Cloud Management Console
      2. 1.5.2 Accessing IBM Cloud Management Console
      3. 1.5.3 IBM Cloud Management Console features
    6. 1.6 Connection requirements
    7. 1.7 Shared Utility Capacity terminology
      1. 1.7.1 Base capacity
      2. 1.7.2 Metered capacity
      3. 1.7.3 Credits
      4. 1.7.4 Budgeting
      5. 1.7.5 Throttling
      6. 1.7.6 Capacity on Demand codes
      7. 1.7.7 Single hybrid cloud currency
    8. 1.8 Dedicated processor support
  8. Chapter 2. Planning
    1. 2.1 Requirements for Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
      1. 2.1.1 System and hardware configuration requirements
      2. 2.1.2 System firmware and console requirements
      3. 2.1.3 Linux metering considerations
      4. 2.1.4 Connection requirements
      5. 2.1.5 Configuration steps
    2. 2.2 Cloud licensing models
    3. 2.3 Contracts, terms, and conditions
    4. 2.4 System management tasks
      1. 2.4.1 Creating a pool
      2. 2.4.2 Adding systems to a pool
      3. 2.4.3 Inventory
      4. 2.4.4 Core Usage
      5. 2.4.5 Memory Usage
      6. 2.4.6 Budget
      7. 2.4.7 Usage Statement
      8. 2.4.8 Events
      9. 2.4.9 Pool Settings
      10. 2.4.10 View Notifications
    5. 2.5 Sizing: How to figure out base capacity
      1. 2.5.1 Overview
      2. 2.5.2 Dynamic Capacity options
      3. 2.5.3 Shared Utility Capacity fundamentals
      4. 2.5.4 Total cost of ownership versus total cost of acquisition
      5. 2.5.5 Getting the utilization right
      6. 2.5.6 Shared Utility Capacity detailed sizing
    6. 2.6 Ordering process
      1. 2.6.1 Base activations
      2. 2.6.2 Capacity Credits
      3. 2.6.3 IBM Cloud Management Console
  9. Chapter 3. Configuration and management
    1. 3.1 Configuration
      1. 3.1.1 Registering a customer number on IBM Entitled Systems Support
      2. 3.1.2 Starting a new pool
      3. 3.1.3 Connecting an HMC to IBM CMC
      4. 3.1.4 More security configurations
      5. 3.1.5 Creating a pool on IBM Cloud Management Console
      6. 3.1.6 Multi-data-center connectivity by using an HMC to connect to IBM CMC
    2. 3.2 IBM Cloud Management Console operation
      1. 3.2.1 Inventory
      2. 3.2.2 Usage
      3. 3.2.3 Budget
      4. 3.2.4 Usage Statement
      5. 3.2.5 Usage Statement Email
      6. 3.2.6 Settings and thresholds
      7. 3.2.7 Events
      8. 3.2.8 Budget reached
      9. 3.2.9 Removing a system from a pool
      10. 3.2.10 Deleting a pool
      11. 3.2.11 Health Monitoring Service
    3. 3.3 IBM CMC Public APIs
      1. 3.3.1 Creating tags for API usage
      2. 3.3.2 Authentication
      3. 3.3.3 GET /ep/inventory/tags
      4. 3.3.4 GET /ep/usage/pools
      5. 3.3.5 GET /ep/usage/tags
  10. Chapter 4. Migrating Power Enterprise Pools from Version 1.0 to Version 2.0
    1. 4.1 Moving to Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
      1. 4.1.1 Prerequisites
      2. 4.1.2 Removing a system from Power Enterprise Pools 1.0
      3. 4.1.3 Feature code upgrades for systems
      4. 4.1.4 IBM i license transfer considerations with Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
    2. 4.2 Migration scenarios
      1. 4.2.1 Scenario 1: From Power Enterprise Pools 1.0 with POWER9 or Power10 processor-based systems
      2. 4.2.2 Scenario 2: From Power Enterprise Pools 1.0 with POWER9 and POWER8 processor-based systems
      3. 4.2.3 Scenario 3: Power Enterprise Pools 1.0 with Power E980 to Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 with Power E1080 servers
  11. Chapter 5. Use cases and sizing examples
    1. 5.1 Use cases for Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
    2. 5.2 IBM Systems Lab Services sizing support
      1. 5.2.1 Offering overview
      2. 5.2.2 Using lparutil data collection
      3. 5.2.3 Outcome examples
  12. Appendix A. Additional material
  13. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Online resources
    3. Help from IBM
  14. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity: Featuring Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
  • Author(s): Scott Vetter, Lokesh Bhatt, Turgut Genc, Sabine Jordan, Wasif Mohammad
  • Release date: August 2022
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738460048