IBM Upward Integration Module (UIM) Advanced Technical Sales Wayne Wigley

IBM Upward Integration Module (UIM)

Advanced Technical Sales

Wayne Wigley

Agenda

 vSphere Architecture with Required IBM Components for UIM  ESXi Images

 IBM Customized Image

 IBM Upward Integration for VMware vSphere v3.0 • Overview • Installation • Cluster Dashboard • IMM Discovery • Rolling Updates • RAS Integration • System Information • Events and Alarms • Firmware Updates • Power and Cooling • Predictive Management • Advanced Configuration

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vSphere Architecture

vSphere Architecture

Device Drivers

VMware

Provider IBM Providers Third Party Provider Smart Footprint CIM Broker (CIMOM)

Standard VMware ESXi

vSphere Client / Web Client

CIM CIM

HTTPS HTTPS

vCenter Server

_UIM

IBM VIB Bundle

_{IBM Customized}

Image

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IBM Customized Image

Base Image Challenges

 Challenges

– Standard ESXi image from VMware download site is sometimes limited • Doesn’t have all drivers or CIM providers for specific hardware

• Doesn’t contain vendor specific plug-in components

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Standard

ESXi ISO

-Base providers

-Base drivers

Missing

driver

Missing

CIM

provider

Customized ESXi Image Tools

Image Builder: a set of command line utilities for…

– Building ESXi customized boot images, e.g. • Installable ISO

• Bundle suitable for PXE installation or Flash installation – Initial version is based on PowerCLI

• Snap-in component bundled as part of VMware’s PowerCLI tools

Depot

– A repository containing • Image profiles

• VIBs

– Can have multiple depots, with two types • On a web server

VIBs Defined

 “VMware Infrastructure Bundle”

– Software packaging format used for ESXi • Often referred to as a “Software Package”  Used for all components

• ESXi Base Image • Drivers

• CIM providers

• Other components (Storage, Network, Tools)  Can specify relationship with other VIBs

• VIBs that it depends on • VIBs that it conflicts with

ESXi Base Image ESXi VIBs Driver VIBs

Windows Host with PowerCLI

and Image Builder Snap-in

Building an Image

Image

Builder

OEM VIBs

Image

Profile

PXE-bootable

Image

ISO

Image

Depots

Auto-Deploy

Image

IBM VIBs

• Included in IBM Customized Image

• Available in Offline Bundle

• To create a custom image

• Used to create Auto Deploy image

OEM VIBs

CIM

Third Party VIBs

OEM Driver

VIBs

OEM VIBs

Image Components

IBM Customized Image

ESXi Base ESXi VIBs ESXi Driver VIBs

OEM Drivers OEM CIM IBM CIM

OEM VIBs

IBM

Custom

Image

IBM Customized Image

 IBM custom image enables on-line platform management, including:

– Updating and configuring firmware – Platform diagnostics

– Enhanced hardware alerts

 IBM custom image provides CIM providers and drivers from:

– Broadcom – Emulex – Brocade – LSI

With the customized image IBM ToolsCenter UpdateXpress System Packs

Installer can be used to upgrade ESXi system, or to update firmware of IMM,

uEFI, pDSA and FPGA. IBM ToolsCenter Dynamic System Analysis can be

used to get information of the IBM IMM and other hardware devices.

Image Use Cases

 Optimized for IBM System x Servers  IBM image

– Can be downloaded from the IBM Site

– Can be purchased with an IBM USB key (preloaded w/ the IBM customized image) – Can purchase the IBM blank USB key and download the customized image or use

their own image

– A new image is released for every update (ex: 4.1u3), minor version (ex: 4.1.x) and major version (ex: 5.0).

 IBM Providers

– IBM developed providers for each version are delivered via FixCentral after each delivery of an image

– IBM Providers can be added to an existing ESXi server  IBM Patch

– IBM releases a Patch for the IBM image quarterly if required  Image URL: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/os/vmware/

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IBM Upward Integration

Module

 IBM Upward Integration for VMware vSphere is a plug-in for the VMware vSphere management environment.

 IBM Upward Integration for VMware vCenter enables powerful platform management for IBM System x, BladeCenter, and Flex System servers through VMware vCenter

 UIM Provides an integrated entry for IBM servers in VMware vSphere management environment. Customer can continue to use familiar VMware vCenter as their management console.

– Dashboard

– Dynamic System Analysis – Events & Alerts

– Firmware update

– Advanced System Settings – Power & Cooling mgmt

UIM components

 Free download content on IBM VMware UIM web site

http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-VMWARE

– IBM Upward Integration Installer – 90 day evaluation – Installation and User’s guide

– Release notes

– Provider bundle for ESXi4.x – Provider bundle for ESXi5.x

 For fee content on IBM Passport Advantage – IBM upward integration license installer

Installation

Note: UIM Server and vCenter server are physically the same host

3. IBM Customized Image or

Provider bundle for ESXi4.x or

Provider bundle for ESXi5.x

1. IBM Upward Integration Installer

2. IBM Upward Integration License Installer

 For VMware vCenter 5.1 and above, you can choose to access the plug-in with vSphere client or vSphere Web client (Recommended)

IBM Upward Integration License Installer

 The License Installer allows users to perform the license registration process on

management servers in your Infrastructure. Which provides all premium IBM Upward Integration functionality that is only available to licensed users after 90 day trial expires.

 The License Installer comes with a command-line Windows utility that performs the primary licensing functions after installed, which are:

– adding a license entitlement to the local management server.

– querying the current license entitlement state of the local management server – removing a license entitlement from the local management server

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IBM Upward Integration

Cluster Level Management

Cluster Overview

 Collects and analyzes cluster inventory information and health status to assist with the operation and management of the hosts and the cluster

• Provides a snapshot view of the cluster including the total number of IBM hosts and non-IBM hosts, overall health status of the IBM hosts, resource usage of disk, memory, cpu etc.

• Provides basic information of the cluster hosts, host access status and IMM access information

IMM discovery

 Provides out of band (OOB) management of your IBM servers using IMMv2 on the vSphere web client

Rolling System Update

Non-disruptive system update which automate vMotion driven host evacuation prior to installing the update to avoid workload downtime:

1. Put the system in maintenance mode and evacuate all VMs to other available hosts in the cluster via vMotion

2. Update firmware and restart to take effect

3. Take the host out of maintenance mode to accept VMs

4. Process is repeated for the next system until all systems have been updated. vCenter API virtual machine virtual machine virtual machine vCenter/UIM

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Firmware update

RAS integration

Automate workload evacuation in response to Predicted Failure event via vMotion

 A physical system hosting VMware virtual servers issues a predictive failure analysis event which is received by UIM

 UIM responds with an admin defined automation plan for the affected virtual servers

 The plan automatically migrates the virtual servers from the failing server by calling vMotion ESXi virtual server ESXi virtual server ESXi virtual server PFA vCenter/UIM vCenter API

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Host Level Management

Dashboard

 The Dashboard displays an overview of the host status including:

• Basic System Information • System Health Summary

Collects system diagnostic data

System Information (Dynamic System Analysis)

 Dynamic System Analysis collects and analyzes system information to aid in diagnosing system problems, collected information includes:

• Hardware inventory

• Vital product data and firmware information • Installed applications and hot fixes

• Device drivers and system services • Network interfaces and settings

Events & Alerts

 The Events and Alerts function collects System Health information and displays hardware events and power throttling alerts:

• Support all hardware events including PFA • Support power throttling alerts

Firmware update

 The firmware update function applies firmware updates to your ESXi system:

• Support online firmware update

• Support both IBM UXSP and individual firmware update • Support firmware update from IBM site and local repository

Power & Cooling management

 The Advanced System Settings provides the ability to view and change the current system settings on the host :

• Monitor the power consumption, thermal, and fan speed and show trending information • Power capping sets the upper limit of power consumption

• Power throttling allows you to receive warning or critical alerts when power consumption exceeds the values you set

Predictive failure management

 Automate relocation of virtual workloads in response to predicted host system failures without disruption:

• Support setting management policy based on predictive hardware failure • Support 4 predictive failure alert coving power supply, hard disk and sensor

• Automatically evacuate VMs from the server in response to predictive failure to protect workload • View predictive failure alerts from the server and the triggered policy history

Advanced System Setting

 The Advanced System Settings provides the ability to view and change the current system settings on the host :

• Support online system setting

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