| Configuration options |
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| POWER7 processor modules—one per system |
4-core 3.0 GHz or |
| 6-core 3.7 GHz or |
| 8-core 3.55 GHz |
| Sockets |
1 |
| Level 2 (L2) cache |
256 KB per core |
| Level 3 (L3) cache |
4 MB per core |
| Memory |
4 GB to 128 GB1 of RDIMM DDR3 |
| Active Memory Expansion |
| Solid-state Drives (SSD) |
Up to six SFF drives or |
| Disk drives |
Up to six SFF SAS drives |
| Disk capacity |
Up to 3.6 TB |
| Media bays |
Slimline for DVD-RAM |
| Half height for tape drive2 or removable disk |
| I/O |
Model 8231-E1C |
| PCI Adapter slots |
Five PCI Express Generation2 8x low profile |
| Standard Ethernet |
Two Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports |
| Integrated SAS controller |
One controller for SAS DASD/SSD w/ RAID 10 and DVD-RAM |
| Optional protected 175 MB cache with RAID 5, 6 |
| High-performance PCI adapters |
8 Gigabit Fibre Channel |
| Dual port 10 Gigabit Ethernet |
| 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
| Other integrated ports |
Three USB, two HMC, two system ports |
| GX slots |
One GX++ |
| PowerVM™ technologies |
| POWER Hypervisor™ |
LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN (Memory-to-memory interpartition communication) |
| PowerVM Express Edition (optional) |
Up to three partitions on the server; virtualized disk and optical devices (VIOS); Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM); Shared Dedicated Capacity |
| PowerVM Standard Edition (optional) |
PowerVM Express Edition plus Micro-Partitioning™ with up to 10 micropartitions per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools |
| PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) |
PowerVM Standard Edition plus Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory Sharing (AMS) |
| RAS features |
ECC memory with Chipkill |
| Processor Instruction Retry |
| Alternate Processor Recovery |
| Service processor with fault monitoring |
| Hot-plug disk bays |
| Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans |
| Dynamic component Deallocation |
| Operating systems3 |
AIX |
| IBM i |
| Linux for POWER® |
| High availability |
IBM PowerHA™ family |
| Power requirements |
100 V to 240 V ac, single phase |
| System dimensions |
Rack Drawer: 3.4 in. H × 17.6 in. W × 28.6 in. D (86 mm × 447 mm × 728 mm); weight 62 lbs (28.2 kg)4 |
| Warranty (limited) |
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 |
