IBM Power Private Cloud Solution now offers monthly post-pay billing option for minutes of Metered Capacity consumption
IBM Canada Hardware Announcement A22-0134May 3, 2022
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At a glance
IBM® Power® Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity offers monthly billing of consumed Metered Capacity resources in a Power Enterprise Pool. Minutes of Metered Processor Cores and Metered Memory consumed each billing period are charged to clients by ordering Min/Hour/Day features on the following MTMs:
- High-end Power Server Metered Capacity (5899-HM1)
- Midrange Power Server Metered Capacity (5899-MM1)
- Scale-out Power Server Metered Capacity (5899-SM1)
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Overview
The IBM Power Systems Private Cloud Solution with Shared Utility Capacity was initially launched with support to share hardware and software resources across a collection of on-premises Power systems, with prepaid access to additional, fully active compute resources by the minute that were debited as used from Capacity Credits for Power on account.
Now, IBM is offering a new option to deploy a Power Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity infrastructure similar to other private cloud offerings, with monthly billing of consumed Metered Capacity resources. This option is additional; it is not replacing the current option for prepaid Capacity Credits.
Clients will now be able to get a Pool ID without having Capacity Credits on account and select an option to receive invoicing on a monthly basis. This enhancement is designed to simplify and streamline the deployment of IBM Power9 and IBM Power10 systems, or a combination of the two, in a Power Private Cloud infrastructure. It eliminates the need to have an initial quantity of prepaid Capacity Credits on account in order to start a Pool. Clients will be able to assign a Pool ID, accept the terms and conditions for billing through IBM or an authorized IBM Business Partner, and proceed to start and utilize a new Power Enterprise Pool.
For additional software metering information, see Software Announcement A22-0110, dated May 3, 2022.
The IBM Cloud® Management Console (CMC) will continue to monitor and show the number of minutes consumed each month for each resource as well as the equivalent Capacity Credits consumed, for consistency with prepaid deployments and to facilitate existing budgeting functions of the Enterprise Pools application.
Metered Capacity resource minutes consumed on Power systems will be billed based on a feature structure for each Product ID. The feature structures are designed to bill a large, aggregate range of minutes consumed, based on the potential monthly use of each Metered Capacity resource. For example, for High-end Processor Activation resource usage, several features are defined to bill:
- 1 minute Metered Capacity, High-end Processor
- 1 hour Metered Capacity, High-end Processor
- 1 day Metered Capacity, High-end Processor
- 1,000 days Metered Capacity, High-end Processor
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Key requirements
- One or more Power9 or Power10 server with Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 enablement feature EP20 and Base Processor or Memory Activation features configured, as applicable to the machine type/model. Note that a single Power Enterprise Pool can consist of only Power9 servers, only Power10 servers, or it can consist of both Power9 and Power10 servers.
- One or more eligible operating system license or subscription with at least one core of entitlement included on each system.
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Planned availability date
May 13, 2022
Availability within a country is subject to local legal requirements.
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Product number
The following are newly announced features on the specific models of the IBM Power Systems 5899 machine type:
Machine Model Feature
Description type number number
High End Power Private Cloud 5899 HM1
Mid Range Power Private Cloud 5899 MM1
Scale out Power Private Cloud 5899 SM1
First Pools ID digit Indicator 5899 HM1 ECQ0
5899 MM1
5899 SM1
1 minute Metered Capacity, High-end Processor 5899 HM1 ECQ1
1 hour Metered Capacity, High-end Processor 5899 HM1 ECQ2
1 day Metered Capacity, High-end Processor 5899 HM1 ECQ3
1,000-days Metered Capacity, High-end Processor 5899 HM1 ECQ4
1 minute Metered Capacity, High-end
Processor -
Linux® only 5899 HM1 ECQ5
1 hour Metered Capacity, High-end Processor -
Linux only 5899 HM1 ECQ6
1 day Metered Capacity, High-end Processor -
Linux only 5899 HM1 ECQ7
1,000-days Metered Capacity, High-end Processor
- Linux only 5899 HM1 ECQ8
1 hour Metered Capacity, 1GB High-end Memory 5899 HM1 ECQA
1 day Metered Capacity, 1GB High-end Memory 5899 HM1 ECQB
1 day Metered Capacity, 1 TB (1024GB) High-end
Memory 5899 HM1 ECQC
1,000 days Metered Capacity, 1 TB (1024GB)
High-end Memory 5899 HM1 ECQD
Second Pools ID digit Indicator 5899 HM1 ECQE
5899 MM1
5899 SM1
Third Pools ID digit Indicator 5899 HM1 ECQF
5899 MM1
5899 SM1
1 minute Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor 5899 MM1 ECQG
1 hour Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor 5899 MM1 ECQH
1 day Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor 5899 MM1 ECQJ
1,000 days Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor 5899 MM1 ECQK
1 minute Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor -
Linux only 5899 MM1 ECQL
1 hour Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor -
Linux only 5899 MM1 ECQM
1 day Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor -
Linux only 5899 MM1 ECQN
1,000 days Metered Capacity, Mid-range Processor
- Linux only 5899 MM1 ECQP
1 hour Metered Capacity, 1GB Mid-range Memory 5899 MM1 ECQR
1 day Metered Capacity, 1GB Mid-range Memory 5899 MM1 ECQS
1 day Metered Capacity, 1024GB Mid-range Memory 5899 MM1 ECQT
1,000 days Metered Capacity, 1024GB Mid-range
Memory 5899 MM1 ECQU
Fourth Pools ID digit Indicator 5899 HM1 ECQV
5899 MM1
5899 SM1
Year of usage indicator 5899 HM1 ECQW
5899 MM1
5899 SM1
Month of usage indicator 5899 HM1 ECQX
5899 MM1
5899 SM1
1 minute Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor 5899 SM1 EDQ1
1 hour Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor 5899 SM1 EDQ2
1 day Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor 5899 SM1 EDQ3
1,000 days Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor 5899 SM1 EDQ4
1 minute Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor -
Linux only 5899 SM1 EDQ5
1 hour Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor -
Linux only 5899 SM1 EDQ6
1 day Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor -
Linux only 5899 SM1 EDQ7
1,000 days Metered Capacity, Scale-out Processor
- Linux only 5899 SM1 EDQ8
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Product charges
The following are newly announced features on the specific models of the IBM Power Systems 5899 machine type:
Minimum Initial/
Monthly MES/
Model Feature Purchase Maint. Both/ RP
Description number number price charge support CSU MES
HE Power Private Cloud
HM1 No
MR Power Private Cloud
MM1 No
SO Power Private Cloud
SM1 No
first Pool digit indicator
HM1 ECQ0 NC Initial N/A No
MM1 Initial N/A No
SM1 Initial N/A No
1 minute Processor
HM1 ECQ1 Initial Yes No
1 hour Processor
HM1 ECQ2 Initial Yes No
1 day Processor
HM1 ECQ3 Initial Yes No
1,000 days Processor
HM1 ECQ4 Initial Yes No
1 minute Processor - Linux
HM1 ECQ5 Initial Yes No
1 hour Processor - Linux
HM1 ECQ6 Initial Yes No
1 day Processor - Linux
HM1 ECQ7 Initial Yes No
1,000 days Processor - Linux
HM1 ECQ8 Initial Yes No
1 hour Memory (1GB)
HM1 ECQA Initial Yes No
1 day Memory (1GB)
HM1 ECQB Initial Yes No
1 day Memory (1024GB)
HM1 ECQC Initial Yes No
1,000 days Memory (1024GB)
HM1 ECQD Initial Yes No
Second Pool digit indicator
HM1 ECQE NC Initial N/A No
MM1 Initial N/A No
SM1 Initial N/A No
Third Pool digit indicator
HM1 ECQF NC Initial N/A No
MM1 Initial N/A No
SM1 Initial N/A No
1 minute Processor
MM1 ECQG Initial Yes No
1 hour Processor
MM1 ECQH Initial Yes No
1 day Processor
MM1 ECQJ Initial Yes No
1,000 days Processor
MM1 ECQK Initial Yes No
1 minute Processor - Linux
MM1 ECQL Initial Yes No
1 hour Processor - Linux
MM1 ECQM Initial Yes No
1 day Processor - Linux
MM1 ECQN Initial Yes No
1,000 days Processor - Linux
MM1 ECQP Initial Yes No
1 hour Memory (1GB)
MM1 ECQR Initial Yes No
1 day Memory (1GB)
MM1 ECQS Initial Yes No
1 day Memory (1024GB)
MM1 ECQT Initial Yes No
1,000 days Memory (1024GB)
MM1 ECQU Initial Yes No
Fourth Pool digit indicator
HM1 ECQV NC Initial N/A No
MM1 Initial N/A No
SM1 Initial N/A No
year of usage Indicator
HM1 ECQW NC Initial N/A No
MM1 Initial N/A No
SM1 Initial N/A No
Month of usage Indicator
HM1 ECQX NC Initial N/A No
MM1 Initial N/A No
SM1 Initial N/A No
1 minute Processor
SM1 EDQ1 Initial Yes No
1 hour Processor
SM1 EDQ2 Initial Yes No
1 day Processor
SM1 EDQ3 Initial Yes No
1,000 days Processor
SM1 EDQ4 Initial Yes No
1 minute Processor - Linux
SM1 EDQ5 Initial Yes No
1 hour Processor - Linux
SM1 EDQ6 Initial Yes No
1 day Processor - Linux
SM1 EDQ7 Initial Yes No
1,000 days Processor - Linux
SM1 EDQ8 Initial Yes No
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