Features & benefits
Feature | Benefits |
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Leadership POWER7+ performance |
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PowerVM virtualization |
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Active Memory Expansion |
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RAS features |
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Light Path diagnostics |
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EnergyScale technology |
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Specifications
Configuration options | |
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POWER7+ processor options | 8 x 3.5 GHz POWER7+ processor cores or 8 x 4.0 GHz POWER7+ processor cores |
Sockets | 1 to 4 |
Level 2 (L2) cache | 256 KB L2 cache per core |
Level 3 (L3) cache | 10 MB L3 cache per core (eDRAM) |
Memory | Up to 1 TB of 1066 MHz DDR3 plus Active Memory Expansion with hardware assist |
Integrated SAS bays for Solid State Drives (SSD) or Hard Disk Drives | Six SFF SAS drive bays |
Integrated media bays | One slimline for SATA DVD-RAM |
Integrated PCI adapter slots | Six PCIe (8x) Gen2 slots |
Standard ethernet ports | Dual 10 Gb plus a choice of two additional 10 Gb or two additional 1 Gb |
Integrated SAS controller | Two SAS DASD/SSD controllers |
Other integrated ports | Three USB, two HMC, two SPCN, one serial port |
GX slots(12X) | Two |
Expansion features (optional) | |
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I/O expansion | Up to 4 PCIe 12X I/O drawers |
Comprehensive set of PCI adapters, including | 6 Gb and 3 Gb SAS RAID 16 Gb, 8 Gb, and 4 Gb Fibre Channel 10 Gb and 1 Gb Ethernet 10 Gigabit Converged Network (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) 40 Gb QDR IB WAN/Async, USB, Cryptographic, SSD |
I/O expansion: SAS SFF bays for HDD/SSD | Up to 1334 bays in storage drawers (max 56 drawers) Up to 72 bays in PCIe 12X I/O drawers |
I/O expansion: EXP30 Ultra SSD Drawers | Up to 2 drawers (up to 960k IOPS read only) Up to 60 SSD (up to 23.2 TB capacity) |
PowerVM technologies | |
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POWER Hypervisor™ | LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN (Memory-to-memory interpartition communication) |
PowerVM Standard Edition (optional) | PowerVM Express Edition plus Micro-Partitioning™ with up to 20 micropartitions per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools; Shared Dedicated Capacity; Virtual I/O Server |
PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) | PowerVM Standard Edition plus Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory Sharing (AMS) |
RAS features | Processor Instruction Retry Alternate Processor Recovery Selective dynamic firmware updates Chipkill memory ECC L2 cache, L3 cache Service processor with fault monitoring Hot-swappable disk bays Hot-plug/blind swap PCI slots Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans Dynamic Processor deallocation Extended error handling on PCI slots |
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Operating systems1 | AIX, IBM i and Linux for POWER® |
High availability | IBM PowerHA® family |
Power requirements | 200 V to 240 V ac, single phase |
System dimensions | Rack Drawer: 8.55"H x 17.6"W x 33.78"D (217 mm x 447 mm x 858 mm); weight: 155 lb (70.3 kg)2 |
Warranty and service (limited) | 9 hours per day, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), next business day for one year; on site for selected components; CRU (customer-replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country); two additional years of service included at no additional charge (varies by country); warranty service upgrade to 24x7 included at no additional charge (varies by country). |
1 See facts and features document for detailed OS level support.
2 Weight will vary based on configuration.