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5.2  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 on IBM Power 
Systems
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 for Power Systems provides a secure, 
enterprise-grade platform for IBM Power Systems servers. It brings together industry-leading 
container orchestration from Kubernetes, advanced application build and delivery automation, 
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux certified containers for IBM Power Systems.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 for Power Systems brings developers and IT 
operations together with a common platform. It provides applications, platforms, and services 
for creating and delivering cloud-native apps and management so IT can ensure that the 
environment is secure and available. It also enables in-place (for example, on IBM POWER) 
application modernization of existing enterprise applications by surrounding them with new 
container technology.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 for Power Systems provides enterprises the 
same functionality as the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform offering on other platforms. 
Key features include:
/SM590000Self-service environment for application and development teams.
/SM590000Pluggable architecture that supports a choice of container runtimes, networking, storage, 
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI-CD), and more.
/SM590000Ability to automate routine tasks for application teams.
Figure 5-2 shows a high-level view of the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform components 
for the various IBM Power Systems hardware platforms.
Figure 5-2   High-level view of the OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Power Systems
From bare metal physical machines to virtualized infrastructure, or in private clouds, the 
OpenShift is supported anywhere that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is running, including all of the 
supported virtualization platforms (PowerVM or RHEV) and private cloud (PowerVC).