This IBM® Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power Systems LC921 and LC922 (9006-12P and 9006-22P)) servers that use the current IBM POWER9™ processor-based technology and supports Linux operating systems (OSes). The objective of this paper is to introduce the offerings and their capacities and available features.

These Linux scale-out systems provide differentiated performance, scalability, and low acquisition cost, and include the following features:

This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power Systems products. The intended audience includes:

This paper was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center.

Ritesh Nohria is a Client Technical Specialist for Power Systems at IBM India. He has been with IBM since 2014. He has a total 23 years of experience in the IT field. He holds a degree in Electronics and Controls from the YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faridabad, India. He has served in various positions in his career and supported IBM mainframes, Digital VAX, Control Data Cyber mainframes, SGI Origin system, and Cray Vector systems, and worked with many Linux distributions. His areas of expertise include high-performance computing (HPC), modern data platforms, Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI).

Gustavo Santos is an IBM Power Systems Consultant at IBM. He has been with IBM since 1997. He has 21 years of experience in Power Systems and UNIX. He holds a degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Abierta Interamericana. He also has 15 years of experience working in service delivery on IBM AIX®, Virtual I/O Server (VIOS), and Hardware Management Console (HMC) for multiple accounts in the United States and Latin America. During the last 4 years, he worked as a Power Systems Consultant deploying services and training courses. His areas of expertise include Power Systems, AIX, Live Partition Mobility (LPM), IBM General Parallel File System (IBM GPFS), UNIX, IBM Cloud™ IBM PowerVC Manager, IBM BigFix, the IBM Spectrum® family, and IBM PowerHA® SystemMirror®.

Volker Haug is an Executive IT Specialist & Open Group Distinguished IT Specialist in Ehningen, Germany. He holds a Diploma degree in Business Management from the University of Applied Studies in Stuttgart. His career includes more than 32 years of experience with Power Systems, AIX, and PowerVM® virtualization. He has written several IBM Redbooks® publications about Power Systems and PowerVM and is a Platinum Redbooks author. Volker is IBM POWER9 Champion and a member of the German Technical Expert Council, which is an affiliate of the IBM Academy of Technology.

The project that produced this publication was managed by:

Scott Vetter, PMP
IBM Austin

Thanks to the following individuals for their contribution and support of this publication:

Ron Arroyo, Matthew Butterbaugh, Daniel Henderson, Jeanine Hinck, Ray Laning, Chris Mann, Benjamin Mashak, Stephen Mroz, Thoi Nguyen, Kanisha Patel, Justin Thaler, Julie Villarreal
IBM

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