| Configuration options | Models 8231-E1D and 8268-E1D |
|---|---|
| POWER7+ processor modules—one per system | 4-core 3.6 GHz or 6-core 4.2 GHz or 8-core 4.2 GHz |
| Sockets | 1 |
| Level 2 (L2) cache | 256 KB per core |
| Level 3 (L3) cache | 10 MB per core |
| Memory | 8 GB to 256 GB 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 5.4 TB |
| Media bays | Slimline for DVD-RAM Half height for tape drive1 or removable disk |
| I/O | |
|---|---|
| PCI Adapter slots | Five PCI Express Generation2 8x low profile |
| Standard Ethernet | Four 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 2-port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel 2-port 10GbE RoCE Dual port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Dual port 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet Dual port QDR Infiniband 6Gbps SAS RAID controller |
| Other integrated ports | Three USB, two HMC, two system ports |
| GX slots | One GX++ (not available with 4-core processor) |
| PowerVM® technologies | |
|---|---|
| POWER Hypervisor™ | Virtual Machines, 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 20 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 systems2 | 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)3 |
1 Tape support results in three SFF bays, one tape bay and one DVD.
2 See facts and features document for detailed OS level support.
3 Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are added.
4 The 8268-E1D model is available in selected countries only.
