IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG10-0214
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Power 730
• 8-core (32 GB minimum) -- 4 x 8 GB (2 x 4 GB DIMMs) Memory (#4526); Also,
2 x 16 GB (2 x 8 GB DIMMs) Memory (#4527)
• 12-core (48 GB minimum) -- 6 x 8 GB (2 x 4 GB DIMMs) Memory (#4526); Also,
3 x 16 GB (3 x 8 GB DIMMs) Memory (#4527)
• 16-core (64 GB minimum)-- 8 x 8 GB (2 x 4 GB DIMMs) Memory (#4526); Also,
4 x 16 GB (4 x 8 GB DIMMs) Memory (#4527)
Edition minimum Disk/SSD/Fibre Channel/FCoE definition details:
• Minimum of: Two HDD, or two SSD, or two Fibre Channel adapters, or two FCoE
adapters. You only need to meet one of these disk/SSD/FC/FCoE criteria. Partial
criteria cannot be combined.
– Two SAS HDDs -- any capacity drives located in the system unit or feature
5886 disk drawer qualify.
– Two SAS SSDs -- any capacity drives located in the system unit or feature
5886 disk drawer qualify.
– Two SSD Modules with eMLC (#1995/#1996)-- modules located in the system
unit with feature 2053 qualify.
– Two Fibre Channel PCI-e adapters located in the system unit.
– Two Fibre Channel over Ethernet PCI-e adapters located in the system unit.
These sample configurations can be changed as needed and still qualify for
processor entitlements at no additional charge. However, selection of total memory
or HDD/SSD/Fibre Channel/FCoE adapter quantities smaller than the totals defined
as the minimums disqualifies the order as an IBM Edition and the no-charge
processor activations are then removed.
Multiple sample POWER7 IBM Edition configurations are provided in the IBM internal
configurator tool, including:
• 3.0 GHz 4-core processor module
• 3.7 GHz 4-core processor module
• 3.7 GHz 6-core processor module
• 3.55 GHz 8-core processor module
Dynamic logical partitioning
The dynamic logical partitioning (LPAR) function provides enhanced resource
management for the Power 710 and Power 730 Express servers. Dynamic LPAR
allows available system resources to be quickly and easily configured across multiple
logical partitions to meet the rapidly changing needs of your business.
Dynamic LPAR also allows you to add new system resources such as new HDDs
or SSDs into your system's configuration without requiring a reboot. Without
the optional PowerVM Standard Edition (#5227) or PowerVM Enterprise Edition
(#5228) feature, as many as eight LPARs are supported in an 8-core Power 710
and 16 LPARs are supported in an 16-core Power 730. If the PowerVM Standard
or Enterprise Edition feature is installed in the system, a maximum of 10 dynamic
LPARs for each physical processor can be defined, with a Power 710 system
maximum of 80 dynamic LPARs and a Power 730 system maximum of 160 dynamic
LPARs.
An HMC or IVM is required to manage POWER7 processor-based servers
implementing partitioning. Multiple POWER7 processor-based servers can be
supported by a single HMC.
If an HMC is used to manage any POWER7 processor-based server, the HMC must be
a CR3, or later, model rack-mount HMC or C05, or later, deskside HMC.
