This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a security and compliance solution that is optimized for virtualized environments on IBM Power SystemsTM servers, running IBM PowerVM® and IBM AIX®. Security control and compliance are some of the key components that are needed to defend the virtualized data center and cloud infrastructure against ever evolving new threats. The IBM business-driven approach to enterprise security that is used with solutions, such as IBM PowerSCTM, makes IBM the premier security vendor in the market today. The book explores, tests, and documents scenarios using IBM PowerSC that leverage IBM Power Systems servers architecture and software solutions from IBM to help defend the virtualized data center and cloud infrastructure against ever evolving new threats. This publication helps IT and Security managers, architects, and consultants to strengthen their security and compliance posture in a virtualized environment running IBM PowerVM.

This IBM Redpaper highlights the RAS and security features on the hardware, hypervisor, Linux, and SAP application levels. It highlights what is transparent, what needs enablement, and also the known prerequisites for the use of these features.

Virtualization plays an important role in resource efficiency by optimizing performance, reducing costs, and improving business continuity. IBM PowerVM® provides a secure and scalable server virtualization environment for IBM AIX®, IBM® i, and Linux applications. PowerVM is built on the advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features and leading performance of IBM Power servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces PowerVM virtualization technologies on Power servers. This publication targets clients who are new to Power servers and introduces the available capabilities of the PowerVM platform. This publication includes the following chapters: Chapter 1, "IBM PowerVM overview" introduces PowerVM and provides a high-level overview of the capabilities and benefits of the platform. Chapter 2, "IBM PowerVM features in details" provides a more in-depth review of PowerVM capabilities for system administrators and architects to familiarize themselves with its features. Chapter 3, "Planning for IBM PowerVM" provides planning guidance about PowerVM to prepare for the implementation of the solution. Chapter 4, "Implementing IBM PowerVM" describes and details configuration steps to implement PowerVM, starting from implementing the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) to storage and network I/O virtualization configurations. Chapter 5, "Managing the PowerVM environment" focuses on systems management, day-to-day operations, monitoring, and maintenance. Chapter 6, "Automation on IBM Power servers" explains available techniques, utilities, and benefits of modern automation solutions.

This IBM® Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System S914 (9009-41G), IBM Power System S922 (9009-22G), and IBM Power System S924 (9009-42G) servers that use the latest IBM POWER9TM processor-based technology and support the IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems (OSs). The goal of this paper is to provide a hardware architecture analysis and highlight the changes, new technologies, and major features that are being introduced in these systems, such as: The latest IBM POWER9 processor, which is available in various configurations for the number of cores per socket More performance by using industry-leading Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Gen 4 slots Enhanced internal disk scalability and performance with up to 11 NVMe adapters Introduction of a competitive Power S922 server with a 1-socket configuration that is targeted at IBM i customers This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products. The intended audience includes the following roles: Clients Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors (ISVs) This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power S914, Power S922, and Power S924 systems. This paper does not replace the current marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an extra source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

This IBM® Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power E1050 server (9043-MRX) that uses the latest IBM Power10 processor-based technology and supports IBM AIX® and Linux operating systems (OSs). The goal of this paper is to provide a hardware architecture analysis and highlight the changes, new technologies, and major features that are being introduced in this system, such as: The latest IBM Power10 processor design, including the dual-chip module (DCM) packaging, which is available in various configurations from 12 - 24 cores per socket. Support of up to 16 TB of memory. Native Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 5th generation (Gen5) connectivity from the processor socket to deliver higher performance and bandwidth for connected adapters. Open Memory Interface (OMI) connected Differential Dual Inline Memory Module (DDIMM) memory cards delivering increased performance, resiliency, and security over industry-standard memory technologies, including transparent memory encryption. Enhanced internal storage performance with the use of native PCIe-connected Non-volatile Memory Express (NVMe) devices in up to 10 internal storage slots to deliver up to 64 TB of high-performance, low-latency storage in a single 4-socket system. Consumption-based pricing in the Power Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity commercial model to allow customers to consume resources more flexibly and efficiently, including AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform workloads. This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power products. The intended audience includes: IBM Power customers Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors (ISVs) This paper expands the set of IBM Power documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power E1050 Midrange server model. This paper does not replace the current marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an extra source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions..

This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a comprehensive guide that covers cloud security considerations for IBM Power SystemsTM. The first objectives of this book are to examine how Power Systems can fit into the current and developing cloud computing landscape and to outline the proven Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (CCRA) that IBM employs in building private and hybrid cloud environments. The book then looks more closely at the underlying technology and hones in on the security aspects for the following subsystems: IBM Hardware Management Console IBM PowerVM IBM PowerKVM IBM PowerVC IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack IBM Bluemix This publication is for professionals who are involved in security design with regard to planning and deploying cloud infrastructures using IBM Power Systems.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides best practices for planning, installing, maintaining, and monitoring the IBM PowerVM® Enterprise Edition virtualization features on IBM POWER7® processor technology-based servers. PowerVM is a combination of hardware, PowerVM Hypervisor, and software, which includes other virtualization features, such as the Virtual I/O Server. This publication is intended for experienced IT specialists and IT architects who want to learn about PowerVM best practices, and focuses on the following topics: Planning and general best practices Installation, migration, and configuration Administration and maintenance Storage and networking Performance monitoring Security PowerVM advanced features This publication is written by a group of seven PowerVM experts from different countries around the world. These experts came together to bring their broad IT skills, depth of knowledge, and experiences from thousands of installations and configurations in different IBM client sites.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the positioning of the IBM Systems Director in the complete management range. It also compares the IBM Systems Director with the IBM Flex Systems Manager (FSM) and describes the environments for which each tool is best suited. This publication helps you plan, install, tailor, and configure the IBM Systems Director on different platforms. It contains information about required system resources and which network ports are used. It shows how to use the Workload Estimator to select the appropriate hardware for IBM Systems Director server and provides information about the IBM Systems Director Editions. Best practices are covered for the basic management tasks that are available in IBM Systems Director, including how to perform discovery; how to collect inventory on discovered resources; how to deploy agent, driver, and firmware updates; how to manage hardware events; and other miscellaneous tasks. An overview of best practices is provided for using IBM Systems Director VMControlTM. Systems Director VMControl is a cross-platform product that assists you in rapidly deploying virtual appliances to create virtual servers that are configured with the operating system and software applications that you want. It also enables you to group resources into system pools, which enable you to centrally manage and control the different workloads in your environment. The following plug-in offerings are described: Energy monitoring and management features offered by IBM Systems Director Active Energy ManagerTM along with the best practice, which needs to be followed in using the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager. The IBM AIX® Profile Manager is a tool that can help implement and monitor the security of all AIX servers in a production environment but also implement and monitor the system compliance of those AIX servers. Best practices and the most important questions to ask before creating Workload Partition Manager (WPAR) and WPAR Manager infrastructure. In addition, how you can manage and relocate WPARs using WPAR Manager graphical interface and the command-line interface. Network Control basic functionalities and how to plan for Network Control deployments and also a number of common scenarios with best practices. The IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager describes how to set up and how to handle serviceable events. Best practices for the Storage Monitoring and Management capabilities offered by IBM Systems Director server. This book is for IBM IT specialists and IT architects, IBM Business Partners, and clients, who are utilizing or considering implementing IBM Systems Director.

This IBM® Redpaper Redbooks® publication presents the IBM PowerKVM virtualization for scale-out Linux systems, including the new LC IBM Power SystemsTM. PowerKVM is open source server virtualization that is based on the IBM POWER8® processor technology. It includes the Linux open source technology of KVM virtualization, and it complements the performance, scalability, and security qualities of Linux. This book describes the concepts of PowerKVM and how you can deploy your virtual machines with the software stack included in the product. It helps you install and configure PowerKVM on your Power Systems server and provides guidance for managing the supported virtualization features by using the web interface and command-line interface (CLI). This information is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of PowerKVM virtualization technology to optimize Linux workload consolidation and use the POWER8 processor features. The intended audience also includes people in these roles: Clients Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors Open source community IBM OpenPower partners It does not replace the latest marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, along with existing sources, can be used to increase your knowledge of IBM virtualization solutions. Before you start reading, you must be familiar with the general concepts of kernel-based virtual machine (KVM), Linux, and IBM Power architecture.