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 | 2 or 4 (16 or 32 cores) |
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 Active Memory Sharing |
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) | |
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 | |
POWER Hypervisor™ | LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN (Memory-to-memory interpartition communication) |
PowerVM Edition | PowerVM for Linux |
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 |
Operating systems* | SLES 11 SP2 and RHEL 6.4 or later |
High availability | IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatform SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension |
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)† |
IBM PowerLinux 7R4 server
- The Power behind IBM® Watson™
- A high-performance, open technology server for data intense workload solution in a 5U package. With IBM POWER7+™ workload-optimizing technologies
- Cloud ready data intense workloads consolidation server for applications, industry solutions, departmental OLTP and emerging workloads like big data, analytics
- Virtualized from within for better integration with compact, economically efficient design