Configuration options |
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POWER7 processor modules – two per system |
8-core 3.0 GHz or |
8-core 3.7 GHz or |
12-core 3.7 GHz or |
16-core 3.55 GHz |
Sockets |
2 |
Level 2 (L2) cache |
256 KB per core |
Level 3 (L3) cache |
4 MB per core |
Memory |
8 GB to 256 GB1 of RDIMM DDR3 |
Active Memory Expansion |
Solid State Drives (SSD) |
Up to 6 SFF drives or |
Disk drives |
Up to 6 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-E2C |
PCI Adapter slots |
Five PCI Express 8x Generation2 low profile |
Standard Ethernet |
Two Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports |
Integrated SAS controller |
One controller for SAS DASD/SSD with 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 |
Dual port QDR Infiniband |
Expansion features (optional) |
Storage Expansion up to 378 total SFF bays |
Up to 20 PCIe slots |
Other integrated ports |
Three USB, two HMC, two system ports, two SPCN |
GX slots |
Two GX++ |
PowerVM technologies |
POWER Hypervisor¢â |
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¢â 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¢ç |
High availability |
IBM PowerHA¢â family |
Power requirements |
200 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 65 lbs (29.5 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 |