Announcement of V6 server, V5 server and VPM support on IBM Power System (POWER8™ processor based) on AIX version 7.1

Announcement of V6 server, V5 server and VPM support on IBM Power System (POWER8™ processor based) on AIX version 7.1

Dassault Systèmes and IBM announce the support of the IBM Power System (POWER8 processor based) server platform using AIX version 7.1.

This support is effective immediately for the following list of products:

• ENOVIA  V6R2013X Server products
• ENOVIA 3d Com Classic server with V5-6R2014 SP5 as minimum supported levelENOVIA VPM Product Editor server with V5-6R2014  SP5 as minimum supported level
• ENOVIA VPM Navigator server with V5-6R2014 SP5 as minimum supported level
• ENOVIA VPM Lifecycle Server Configuration with V5-6R2014 SP5 as minimum supported levelENOVIA VPM Product Design Web Services server with V5-6R2014 SP5 as minimum supported level
• ENOVIA Lifecycle Management Web Services server with V5-6R2014 SP5 as minimum supported levelENOVIA VPM V4 products with VPM 1.7 as minimum supported level

IBM Power System (POWER8 processor based) Server support requires the following minimum software levels:

AIX 7.1 Technology Level 03 Service Pack 3 using 64-bit kernel with APAR IV56367

• XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V12.1.0 Run-time Environment
  • September 2013 PTF XL C++ Runtime for AIX

• XL Fortran Enterprise Edition V14.1.0 for AIX Run-Time
  • September 2013 PTF for XL Fortran Runtime for AIX

• Java 1.7.0 32 bit SR6 FP1
  • Fileset: Java7. 7.0.0.120

Database and Application Server level may depend on V5 Release targeted. Refer to the Program Directory of targeted V5 or VPM Product level.

Hardware used

Certification of the IBM Power System (POWER8 processor based) Server has been run for V6R2013x, V5-6R2014 SP5 and VPM V4 1.7 using the above Software prerequisites installed on the following hardware configuration:

Model

• System Model: IBM,8284-22A

• Machine Serial Number: 10053AV

• Characteristics:

• Firmware Version: IBM,SV810_087

Architecture

For certification purpose, 6 partitions were used

• A Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) at level 2.2.3.3 for sharing physical resources between LPARs including virtual SCSI and virtual networking (Resources assigned: 0.20 shared processor uncapped)

• 6 Dynamic Logical PARtition (DLPAR) using disks resources shared by the VIOS for rootvg, using micro partitioning.

This architecture was used for certification purpose and is not mandatory.

Required Customization

IBM Power System server does not support 3D Graphic adapters, thus an X Server using the Virtual Frame Buffer technology (XVFB) has to be configured.

The XVFB technology requires installation of the following filesets:

• OpenGL.OpenGL_X.dev.vfb : OpenGL Virtual Frame BufferX11.vfb : Virtual Frame Buffer Software

• Those filesets could be found on the AIX 7.1 installation media.

To start the X Server with the XVFB and proper extensions:

export LDR_CNTRL=MAXDATA=0x50000000; /usr/bin/X11/X -force -vfb -x abx -x dbe -x GLX :0 >/dev/null

To restart the X Server automatically at the next reboot, add an entry to the /etc/inittab file:

mkitab "xvfb:2:respawn:export LDR_CNTRL=MAXDATA=0x50000000; /usr/bin/X11/X -force -vfb -x abx -x dbe -x GLX :0 >/dev/null"