IBM PurePower Technical Overview and Introduction

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