Features & benefits
Feature | Benefits |
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SMT8 | Improve system performance by increasing the throughput of workloads with large or frequently changing working sets, such as database servers and Web servers by
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Java code optimization w/HW Assist |
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Transactional memory |
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Efficient power management |
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PCI Gen3 |
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On-chip and In-core cryptography |
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Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface‡ |
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PowerVM SR-IOV Adapter and POWER8 hardware support‡ |
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PowerVP™ provides real time performance monitoring to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and relate them to specific virtualized workloads |
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Specifications
System configurations | Model 8286-42A |
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Processor and Memory | |
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Microprocessors | One or Two 6-core 3.89 GHz POWER8 processor cards or One or Two 8-core 4.15 GHz POWER8 processor cards or Two 12-core 3.52 GHz POWER8 processor cards |
Level 2 (L2) cache | 512 KB L2 cache per core |
Level 3 (L3) cache | 8 MB L3 cache per core |
Level 4 (L4) cache | 16 MB per DIMM |
Memory Min/Max | 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 module, 32 to 512 GB (1S) 32 to 1 TB (2S) Active Memory Sharing |
Processor-to-memory bandwidth | 192 GBps per socket |
Storage and I/O | |
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Standard backplane | 12 SFF bays for Hard Disk Drive/Solid State Disk |
With dual IOA higher function backplane | 18 SFF bays for HDD/SSD plus 8 1.8-inch bays for SSD |
Media bays | One slim line DVD |
Integrated SAS Controller | Standard RAID 0,5,6,10. Optional: 7200 MB† cache & Easy Tier function |
Adapter slots | Included one x8 PCIe slots must contain a 4-port 1 Gb Ethernet LAN available for client use Eleven PCIe Gen3 slots with concurrent maintenance: four x16 plus seven PCIe Gen3 x 8 One CAPI adapter per processor card |
I/O Bandwidth | 96 GBps per socket |
Power, RAS, system software and physical characteristics and warranty | |
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Power supply | 100 V to 240 V |
RAS features | Processor instruction retry Alternate processor recovery Selective dynamic firmware updates Chip kill memory ECC L2 cache, L3 cache Service processor with fault monitoring Hot-swappable disk bays Hot-plug concurrent maintenance PCIe slots Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans Dynamic processor deallocation Extended error handling on PCI slots |
Operating systems* | AIX, IBM i and Linux on POWER |
System dimensions | 427.5 W x 173 H x 750.5 D mm |
Warranty | 3 year limited warranty, on site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country), Next Business Day 9x5 (excluding holidays), warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available. |