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IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMD, 9179-MHD) Technical Overview and Introduction
Table 1-13 summarizes the processor core options and frequencies, and matches them to the
L3 cache sizes for the Power 770 and Power 780.
Table 1-13 Summary of processor core counts, core frequencies, and L3 cache sizes
1.8 Build to order
You can do a
build to order
(also called
a la carte
) configuration by using the IBM
Configurator for e-business (e-config). With it, you specify each configuration feature that you
want on the system.
This method is the only configuration method for the IBM Power 770 and Power 780 servers.
1.9 IBM editions
IBM edition offerings are not available for the IBM Power 770 and Power 780 servers.
1.10 Model upgrades
The following sections describe the various upgrades that are available.
1.10.1 Power 770
You can upgrade the 9117-MMA, 9117-MMB, or 9117-MMC with 9117-MMD processors. For
upgrades from 9117-MMA, 9117-MMB, or 9117-MMC systems, IBM will install new CEC
enclosures to replace your current CEC enclosure. The current CEC enclosures are returned
to IBM in exchange for the financial consideration identified under the applicable feature
conversions for each upgrade.
Clients taking advantage of the model upgrade offer from a 9117-MMA or 9117-MMB/MMC
system are required to return all components of the serialized MT model that were not
ordered through feature codes. Any feature for which a feature conversion is used to obtain a
new part must be returned to IBM also. You may keep and reuse any features from the CEC
enclosures that were not involved in a feature conversion transaction.
System
Cores per
SCM
Frequency
(GHz)
L3 cache
a
a. The total L3 cache available on the SCM, maintaining 10 MB per processor core
Enclosure
summation
b
b. The total number of processor cores and L3 cache within a populated enclosure
System maximum
(cores)
c
c. The maximum number of cores with four CEC enclosures and all cores activated
Power 770
3
4.22
30 MB
12-cores and
120 MB L3 cache
48
Power 770
4
3.8
40 MB
16-cores and
160 MB L3 cache
64
Power 780
4
4.42
40 MB
16-cores and
160 MB L3 cache
64
Power 780
8
3.72
80 MB
32-cores and
320 MB L3 cache
128
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