| Configuration options | Models 8246-L1D, 8246-L1T |
|---|---|
| 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 | 32 GB to 256 GB of RDIMM DDR3 Active Memory Sharing |
| Solid State Drives (SSD) | Up to 6 SFF drives or |
| Disk drives | Up to 6 SFF SAS drives |
| Disk capacity | Up to 5.4 TB |
| Media bays | Slimline for DVD-RAM Half height for tape drive* or removable disk |
| PCI Adapter slots | Five PCI Express 8x Gen2 low profile |
| Standard I/O adapters | |
|---|---|
| Standard Ethernet | Four 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 |
| Other integrated ports | Three USB, two HMC, two system ports |
| GX slots | One GX++ (not available with 4-core processor) |
| Expansion features (optional) | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| PowerVM technologies | |
|---|---|
| POWER Hypervisor™ | Supports multiple virtual machines (partitions) on a single system; Dynamic partitioning; Virtual LAN (memory-to-memory interpartition communication) |
| PowerVM for PowerLinux | Micro-Partitioning® with up to 20 virtual machines per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools; virtualized disk and optical devices (VIOS); Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM); Shared Dedicated Capacity; 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 systems† | The following commercial Linux Operating System releases are supported: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.4 for POWER, or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 or later |
| High availability | IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatform SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension |
| Power requirements | 100 V to 240 V ac, single phase |
| System dimensions | Rack Drawer: 3.4″H × 17.6″W × 28.6″D (86 mm × 447 mm × 728 mm); weight 65 lbs (29.5 kg)‡ |
* Tape support results in 3 SFF bays, 1 tape bay and 1 DVD
† See facts and features document for detailed OS level support
‡ Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are added
