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First Edition (May 2013)

This edition applies to the IBM Power 720 (8202-E4D) and Power 740 (8205-E6D) Power Systems servers.

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on
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Содержание Power 720 Express

Страница 1: ...iew and Introduction James Cruickshank Sorin Hanganu Volker Haug Stephen Lutz John T Schmidt Marco Vallone Features 8202 E4D and 8205 E6D servers based on POWER7 processor technology Describes the support of 20 partitions per core Explores leading performance on entry servers ...

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Страница 3: ...International Technical Support Organization IBM Power 720 and 740 Technical Overview and Introduction May 2013 REDP 4984 00 ...

Страница 4: ...ed Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp First Edition May 2013 This edition applies to the IBM Power 720 8202 E4D and Power 740 8205 E6D Power Systems servers Note Before using this information and the product it supports read the information in Notices on page vii ...

Страница 5: ...res 11 1 6 I O drawers for Power 720 and Power 740 servers 15 1 6 1 12X I O Drawer PCIe expansion units 16 1 6 2 PCI X DDR 12X Expansion Drawer 16 1 6 3 I O drawers and usable PCI slots 17 1 6 4 EXP30 Ultra SSD I O Drawer 18 1 6 5 EXP24S SFF Gen2 bay drawer 18 1 6 6 EXP12S SAS drawer 19 1 7 Comparison between models 20 1 8 Build to order 21 1 9 IBM Edition 21 1 9 1 Express Editions for IBM i 23 1 ...

Страница 6: ... 4 Capacity on Demand and Capacity Backup offering 60 2 5 System bus 61 2 6 Internal I O subsystem 61 2 6 1 Slot configuration 62 2 6 2 System ports 62 2 7 PCI adapters 63 2 7 1 PCIe Gen1 and Gen2 63 2 7 2 PCIe adapter form factors 64 2 7 3 LAN adapters 66 2 7 4 Graphics accelerator adapters 68 2 7 5 SCSI and SAS adapters 68 2 7 6 PCIe RAID and SSD SAS Adapter 69 2 7 7 iSCSI adapters 71 2 7 8 Fibr...

Страница 7: ...iple shared processor pools 130 3 4 4 Virtual I O Server 134 3 4 5 PowerVM Live Partition Mobility 139 3 4 6 Active Memory Sharing 141 3 4 7 Active Memory Deduplication 142 3 4 8 Dynamic Platform Optimizer 145 3 4 9 Dynamic System Optimizer 146 3 4 10 Operating system support for PowerVM 146 3 4 11 Linux support 147 3 5 System Planning Tool 149 3 6 New PowerVM Version 2 2 2 features 150 Chapter 4 ...

Страница 8: ...e maintenance 178 4 4 3 Concurrent firmware update improvements with POWER7 180 4 4 4 Electronic Services and Electronic Service Agent 181 4 5 POWER7 RAS features 182 4 6 Power On Reset Engine 183 4 7 Operating system support for RAS features 183 Related publications 187 IBM Redbooks 187 Other publications 188 Online resources 189 Help from IBM 189 ...

Страница 9: ...do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those websites The materials at those websites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those websites is at your own risk IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled envi...

Страница 10: ...ER6 POWER7 POWER7 PowerHA PowerPC PowerVM pSeries PureFlex Rational Rational Team Concert Real time Compression Redbooks Redpaper Redpapers Redbooks logo RS 6000 Storwize System p System Storage System x System z Tivoli XIV The following terms are trademarks of other companies Intel Intel Xeon Intel logo Intel Inside logo and Intel Centrino logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Cor...

Страница 11: ...r Professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power Systems products can benefit from reading this publication The intended audience includes the following roles Clients Sales and marketing professionals Technical support professionals IBM Business Partners Independent software vendors This paper complements the available set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a de...

Страница 12: ...us on Power Systems and AIX John T Schmidt is an Accredited IT Specialist for IBM and has 12 years of experience with IBM and Power Systems He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri Rolla and an MBA from Washington University in St Louis In addition to contributing to eight other Power Systems IBM Redpapers publications in 2010 he completed an assignment with the IB...

Страница 13: ...elcome Your comments are important to us We want our papers to be as helpful as possible Send us your comments about this paper or other IBM Redbooks publications in one of the following ways Use the online Contact us review Redbooks form found at ibm com redbooks Send your comments in an email to redbooks us ibm com Mail your comments to IBM Corporation International Technical Support Organizatio...

Страница 14: ...xii IBM Power 720 and 740 Technical Overview and Introduction ...

Страница 15: ...ibuted application server the IBM Power 720 offers capabilities to deliver leading edge application availability and enable more work to be processed with less operational disruption for branch office and in store applications As a consolidation server PowerVM Editions provide the flexibility to use leading edge AIX IBM i Linux applications and offer comprehensive virtualization technologies to ag...

Страница 16: ...itional disk I O drawers can be attached to the system unit providing large storage capacity and multiple partition support The Power 720 includes five Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI Express PCIe Gen2 full height profile slots for installing adapters in the system Optionally an additional riser card with four PCIe Gen2 low profile LP slots can be installed in a GX slot available on the back...

Страница 17: ...server are 64 bit 6 core and 8 core modules with 10 MB of L3 cache per core and 256 KB of L2 cache per core The Power 740 server supports a maximum of 32 DDR3 DIMM slots with eight DIMM slots included in the base configuration and 24 DIMM slots available with three optional memory riser cards A system with three optional memory riser cards installed has a maximum memory of 1024 GB The Power 740 sy...

Страница 18: ...O drawers can be attached to the system The Power 740 also implements Light Path diagnostics which provides an obvious and intuitive means to positively identify failing components With Light Path diagnostics system engineers and administrators can more easily and quickly diagnose hardware problems The Capacity Backup CBU designation offered for the Power 740 system can help meet your requirements...

Страница 19: ...Power consumption 995 Watts maximum 1630 Watts maximum N A Power source loading 1 015 kVa maximum 1 664 kVa maximum N A Thermal output 3395 Btu hour maximum 5562 Btu hour maximum N A Maximum altitude 3050 m 10 000 ft N A Noise level reference point Tower system 5 6 bels operating 5 5 bels idle Rack system 5 6 bels operating 5 5 bels idle Rack system 6 0 bels operating 5 9 bels idle N A Note The ma...

Страница 20: ...al dimensions of the Power 720 tower chassis 1 3 2 Rack mount model The Power 720 and Power 740 can be configured as 4U 4 EIA rack mount models by selecting the features shown in Table 1 4 Table 1 4 Features for selecting rack mount models Cover set Power 720 8202 E4D IBM Tower Cover Set FC 7567 OEM Tower Cover Set FC 7568 Dimension Power 720 8202 E4D Width without tip plate 183 mm 7 2 in Width wi...

Страница 21: ...sor module is either 4 core 6 core or 8 core for the Power 720 and 6 core or 8 core for the Power 740 Each of the POWER7 processor chips in the server has a 64 bit architecture up to 2 MB of L2 cache 256 KB per core and up to 80 MB of L3 cache 10 MB per core Dimension Power 720 8202 E4D Power 740 8205 E6D Width 440 mm 17 3 440 mm 17 3 in Depth 610 mm 24 0 in 610 mm 24 0 in Height 173 mm 6 81 in 17...

Страница 22: ...nergyScale technology Hot swap and redundant cooling Three USB ports and two system ports Two HMC ports and two SPCN ports Optional redundant 1925 Watt AC hot swap power supplies 1 4 2 Power 740 system features The standard features are as follows Tower 4U chassis Processors Configuration of 6 core or 12 core with one or two 4 2 GHz 6 core processor modules Configuration of 8 core or 16 core with ...

Страница 23: ...upply FC 5532 is required for the Power 720 A second power supply is optional Two 1925 Watt A C power supplies are required for the Power 740 The second power supply provides redundant power for enhanced system availability To provide full redundancy the two power supplies must be connected to separate power distribution units PDUs The server continues to function with one working power supply A f...

Страница 24: ... 32 GB at 1066 MHz and are installed in pairs Table 1 8 lists available memory features on the systems Table 1 8 Summary of memory features For performance optimization install memory evenly across all memory riser cards in the system Balancing memory across the installed memory riser cards allows memory access in a consistent manner and typically results in the best possible performance for your ...

Страница 25: ...torage configurations for the Power 720 and Power 740 Table 1 9 Available storage configurations for Power 720 and Power 740 Table 1 10 shows the available disk drive feature codes for the installation a Power 720 and Power 740 server Table 1 10 Disk drive feature code description Remember No additional PCIe SAS adapter is required for split backplane functionality FC 5618 is not supported with IB...

Страница 26: ... 177 GB SSD Module with eMLC IBM i 1956 283 GB 10K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive IBM i 1911 283 GB 10K RPM SFF SAS Disk Drive IBM i 1879 283 GB 15K RPM SAS SFF Disk Drive IBM i 1948 283 GB 15K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive IBM i ES0B 387 GB SFF 1 SSD eMLC IBM i ES0D 387 GB SFF 2 SSD eMLC IBM i 1916 571 GB 10K RPM SAS SFF Disk Drive IBM i 1962 571 GB 10K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive IBM i 1909 69 GB SFF SAS SSD ...

Страница 27: ...66 Quantity 150 of FC 1917 146 GB 15K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive 1868 Quantity 150 of FC 1947 139 GB 15K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive 1869 Quantity 150 of FC 1925 300 GB 10K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive 1887 Quantity 150 of FC 1793 177 GB SFF 2 SSD with eMLC 1927 Quantity 150 of FC 1948 283 GB 15K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive 1929 Quantity 150 of FC 1953 300 GB 10K RPM SAS SFF 2 Disk Drive 1958 Quantity 150 of ...

Страница 28: ...EXP12S Expansion Drawer FC 5886 or EXP24S SFF Gen2 bay Drawer FC 5887 is supported to connect to the external SAS port of the system When an SSD is placed in a EXP12S Expansion Drawer FC 5886 or EXP24S SFF Gen2 bay Drawer FC 5887 the drawer is not allowed to connect to external SAS port of the system A maximum of eight SSDs per EXP12S Expansion Drawer FC 5886 is allowed No mixing of SSDs and HDDs ...

Страница 29: ... Gen2 bay drawer FC 5887 holds SAS hard disk drives The EXP12S SAS drawer FC 5886 holds a 3 5 inch SAS disk or SSD The 7031 D24 holds a 3 5 inch SCSI disk supported but not orderable The Power 720 provides one GX slot offering one connection loop The Power 740 has one GX slot if one processor module is installed and two GX slots when two processor modules are installed Therefore the Power 740 prov...

Страница 30: ...nt hot swappable power and cooling units The FC 5877 drawer is the same as FC 5802 except that it does not support any disk bays A maximum of two FC 5802 or FC 5877 drawers can be placed on the same 12X loop The FC 5877 I O drawer can be on the same loop as the FC 5802 I O drawer A FC 5877 drawer cannot be upgraded to a FC 5802 drawer 1 6 2 PCI X DDR 12X Expansion Drawer The PCI X DDR 12X Expansio...

Страница 31: ...model types can be intermixed on a single server within the appropriate I O loop Depending on the system configuration the maximum number of I O drawers supported can vary Table 1 14 summarizes the maximum number of supported I O drawers and the total number of available PCI slots when expansion consists of a single drawer type Table 1 14 Maximum number of I O drawers supported and total number of...

Страница 32: ...er 740 The EXP30 attaches to the Power 720 or Power 740 server with a GX adapter FC EJ03 Figure 1 6 show the EXP30 Ultra SSD I O Drawer Figure 1 6 EXP30 Ultra SSD I O Drawer 1 6 5 EXP24S SFF Gen2 bay drawer The EXP24S SFF Gen2 bay drawer FC 5887 is an expansion drawer that supports up to twenty four 2 5 inch hot swap SFF SAS HDDs on POWER6 POWER7 and POWER7 servers in 2U of 19 inch rack space The ...

Страница 33: ...wer FC 5886 is a 2 EIA drawer and mounts in a 19 inch rack The drawer can hold either SAS disk drives or SSD The EXP12S SAS drawer has twelve 3 5 inch SAS disk bays with redundant data paths to each bay The SAS disk drives or SSDs contained in the EXP12S are controlled by one or two PCIe or PCI X SAS adapters connected to the EXP12S with SAS cables FC 5886 can also be directly attached to the SAS ...

Страница 34: ...Ms 4 8 16 32 GB 4 GB to 512 GB 4 8 16 32 GB 4 GB to 1 TB Disk bays Up to six or eight SFF or SSD PCIe Gen2 expansion slots Five x8 FH Base One x4 FH Base Ethernet adapter Four x8 LP optional Integrated SAS Standard RAID 0 1 10 Optional RAID 5 6 Integrated ports Three USB two serial two HMC Ethernet 4 Port 10 100 1000 Mbps Media bays One slimline and one half height I O drawers Maximum of two FC 58...

Страница 35: ...BM Edition is available only as an initial order If you order an IBM Edition as defined here you can qualify for half the initial configuration s processor core activations at no additional charge The total memory based on the number of cores and the quantity and size of disk SSD drives Fibre Channel adapters or Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE adapters shipped with the server are the only feature...

Страница 36: ... processor entitlements at no additional charge However selection of total memory HDD SSD Fibre Channel or FCoE adapter quantities that are smaller than the totals defined as the minimum amounts disqualifies the order as an IBM Edition and the no charge processor activations are then removed Consider the following minimum definitions for IBM Edition For Power 720 a minimum of 2 GB of memory per co...

Страница 37: ...mum memory 1 x 8 GB FC EM08 2 x 4 GB DIMMs Minimum of two HDDs or two SSDs drives or two Fibre Channel adapters or two FCoE adapters You must meet only one of these disk SSD FC or FCoE criteria Partial criteria cannot be combined If the requirements are met the following items are included Two no charge activations 2 x FC EPEK Five IBM i user entitlements no charge One IBM i Access Family license ...

Страница 38: ...C EPCL or one 8 core 3 6 GHz FC EPCM processor card Two 8 GB memory features 2 x FC EM08 Two 139 5 GB SAS SFF 15K RPM disk drives FC 1888 One PCIe2 4 Port 1 Gb Ethernet Adapter FC 5899 One storage backplane with external SAS port FC EJ01 One SATA DVD RAM FC 5771 One 1 5 TB 3 0 TB LTO 5 SAS tape drive FC 5638 Two 1925 Watt AC power supplies 2 x FC 5532 Two power cords 2 x FC 6xxx Three FC EPDL or f...

Страница 39: ...qualifying server can also be provided Proof of purchase of the solution with a participating ISV must be provided to IBM on request The proof must be dated within 90 days before or after the date of order of the qualifying server 1 11 IBM i for Business Intelligence Business Intelligence BI remains top priority of mid market companies but budgets staff and skills to support enterprise BI solution...

Страница 40: ...th a one year warranty to a system 8202 E4D with a three year warranty However like the B or C model Power 720 same serial number upgrades of existing POWER6 feature codes or model numbers converted to POWER7 feature codes retain the one year warranty Likewise new or additional features that are ordered with the POWER6 to POWER7 upgrade have a one year warranty New or additional features that are ...

Страница 41: ...porting POWER7 processor technology based servers The IBM Power 720 and IBM Power 740 servers require HMC V7R7 7 0 Service Pack 1 Note In the Power 720 system unit SAS bays only the SAS SFF hard disks or SFF SSDs are supported internally Any 3 5 inch HDD or SSD can be attached to the Power 720 but must be located in a EXP12S drawer FC 5886 One OS If you do not use an HMC or IVM the Power 720 and P...

Страница 42: ...FC 0551 or 42U 7014 T42 FC 0553 rack These racks are built to the 19 inch EIA standard If a system is to be installed in a rack or cabinet that is not from IBM ensure that the rack meets the requirements that are described in 1 14 10 OEM rack on page 39 1 14 1 IBM 7014 Model S25 rack The 1 3 meter 49 inch Model S25 rack has the following features Twenty five EIA units Weights Base empty rack 100 2...

Страница 43: ...ce The perforation pattern extends from the bottom to the top of the door to enhance ventilation and provide some visibility into the rack 1 8 m Rack Acoustic Door FC 6248 This front and rear rack door is designed to reduce acoustic sound levels in a general business environment 1 8 m Rack Trim Kit FC 6263 If no front door is used in the rack this decorative trim kit is for the front Ruggedized Ra...

Страница 44: ...orated flat front surface The perforation pattern extends from the bottom to the top of the door to enhance ventilation and provide some visibility into the rack This door is non acoustic and has a depth of about 25 mm 1 in The 2 0 m Rack Acoustic Door feature FC 6249 consists of a front and rear door to reduce noise by about 6 dB A It has a depth of about 191 mm 7 5 in Important If additional wei...

Страница 45: ...ter powersys v3r1m5 index jsp topic iphad_p5 iphade xchangeroverview html 1 14 4 Feature code 0555 rack The 1 3 meter rack FC 0555 is a 25 EIA unit rack The rack that is delivered as FC 0555 is the same rack that is delivered when you order the 7014 S25 rack The included features can vary The FC 0555 is supported but it is no longer orderable 1 14 5 Feature code 0551 rack The 1 8 meter rack FC 055...

Страница 46: ... the rack two additional PDUs can be installed horizontally in the T00 rack and three in the T42 rack The four vertical mounting locations will be filled first in the T00 and T42 racks Mounting PDUs horizontally consumes 1U per PDU and reduces the space that is available for other rack components When mounting PDUs horizontally the best approach is to use fillers in the EIA units that are occupied...

Страница 47: ...tails see Planning for power at the IBM Power Systems Hardware information center http pic dhe ibm com infocenter powersys v3r1m5 topic p7had p7hadrpower htm Feature code Wall plug Rated voltage V ac Phase Rated amperage Geography 6653 IEC 309 3P N G 16A 230 3 16 Amps Internationally available 6489 IEC309 3P N G 32A 230 3 24 Amps EMEA 6654 NEMA L6 30 200 208 240 1 24 Amps US Canada LA Japan 6655 R...

Страница 48: ...r Systems 19 inch rack The enclosure can be configured with one or two tape drives or one or two Slim DVD RAM or DVD ROM drives in the right side bay Table 1 22 shows the supported tape or DVD drives for IBM Power servers in the 7214 1U2 Table 1 22 Supported feature codes for 7214 1U2 IBM System Storage 7216 Multi Media Enclosure The IBM System Storage 7216 Multi Media Enclosure Model 1U2 is desig...

Страница 49: ...r the PCIe LP Dual x4 Port SAS Adapter 3 Gb FC 5278 Attachment by a USB adapter The Removable RDX HDD Docking Station features on 7216 only support the USB cable that is provided as part of the feature code Additional USB hubs add on USB cables or USB cable extenders are not supported For each RDX Docking Station feature installed in the 7216 the appropriate external USB cable will be included The...

Страница 50: ... the 7216 Multi Media Enclosure Figure 1 11 The 7216 Multi Media Enclosure In general the 7216 1U2 is supported by the AIX IBM i and Linux operating systems IBM i from Version 7 1 now fully supports the internal 5 25 inch RDX SATA removable HDD docking station including boot support no VIOS support This support provides a fast robust high performance alternative to tape backup restore devices IBM ...

Страница 51: ... with most standard DVD disks RDX removable disk drives The RDX USB docking station is compatible with most RDX removable disk drive cartridges when used in the same operating system The 7226 offers the following RDX removable drive capacity options 320 GB FC EU08 500 GB FC 1107 1 0 TB FC EU01 1 5 TB FC EU15 Removable RDX drives are in a rugged cartridge that inserts in an RDX Removable USB disk d...

Страница 52: ... IBM i and Linux operating systems For a complete list of host software versions and release levels that support the 7226 see the following System Storage Interoperation Center SSIC website http www ibm com systems support storage config ssic index jsp Flat panel display options The IBM 7316 Model TF3 is a rack mountable flat panel console kit consisting of a 17 inch 337 9 mm x 270 3 mm flat panel...

Страница 53: ...points are mentioned in the information center The front rack opening must be 451 mm wide 0 75 mm 17 75 in 0 03 in and the rail mounting holes must be 465 mm 0 8 mm 18 3 in 0 03 in apart on center horizontal width between the vertical columns of holes on the two front mounting flanges and on the two rear mounting flanges Figure 1 13 shows a top view of the specification dimensions Figure 1 13 Top ...

Страница 54: ...acing 44 45 mm 1 75 in apart on center Rail mounting holes must be 7 1 mm 0 1 mm 0 28 in 0 004 in in diameter Figure 1 14 shows the top front specification dimensions Figure 1 14 Rack specification dimensions top front view Hole Diameter 7 1 0 1mm Rack Mounting Holes Center to Center Rack Front Opening 450 0 75mm 465 0 8mm EIA Hole Spacing 6 75mm min 15 9mm 15 9mm 12 7mm 15 9mm 15 9mm 12 7mm 6 75m...

Страница 55: ...page 43 The bandwidth numbers that are provided throughout the section are theoretical maximums values that are used for reference The speeds shown are at an individual component level Multiple components and application implementation are key to achieving the best performance Always perform sizing at the application workload environment level and evaluate performance by using real world performan...

Страница 56: ...OT 1 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 2 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 3 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 4 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 5 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 1 P7 IOC Optional Expansion Optional PCIe Gen2 Riser PCIe Gen2 x4 FH HL SLOT 6 DIMM 5 DIMM 7 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 Buffer Buffer DIMM 1 DIMM 3 DIMM 6 DIMM 8 DIMM 5 DIMM 7 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 TPMD Memory Controller SAS Controller RAIDs 0 1 10 Optional RAID 5 6 Expansion Card DASD M...

Страница 57: ...Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 4 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 5 PCIe Gen2 x8 FH HL SLOT 1 P7 IOC Optional Expansion Optional PCIe Gen2 Riser PCIe Gen2 x4 FH HL SLOT 6 DIMM 5 DIMM 7 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 Buffer Buffer DIMM 1 DIMM 3 DIMM 6 DIMM 8 DIMM 5 DIMM 7 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 Buffer Buffer Buffer Buffer DIMM 1 DIMM 3 DIMM 6 DIMM 8 DIMM 5 DIMM 7 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 DIMM 1 DIMM 3 DIMM 6 DIMM 8 DIMM 5 DIMM 7 DIMM 2 DIMM 4 TPMD Memory ...

Страница 58: ...d systems is one of system wide balance in which the POWER7 processor plays an important role IBM uses innovative technologies to achieve required levels of throughput and bandwidth Areas of innovation for the POWER7 processor and POWER7 processor based systems include but are not limited to the following items On chip L3 cache implemented in embedded dynamic random access memory eDRAM Cache hiera...

Страница 59: ...r overview The POWER7 processor chip is fabricated with IBM 32 nm Silicon On Insulator SOI technology that use copper interconnects and implements an on chip L3 cache that use eDRAM The POWER7 processor chip is 567 mm2 and has 2 1 billion components transistors Up to eight processor cores are on the chip each with 12 execution units 256 KB of L2 cache per core and up to 80 MB of shared on chip L3 ...

Страница 60: ...R7 processor has a set of 12 execution units Two fixed point units Two load store units Four double precision floating point units One vector unit One branch unit One condition register unit One decimal floating point unit The following caches are tightly coupled to each POWER7 processor core Instruction cache 32 KB Data cache 32 KB L2 cache 256 KB implemented in fast SRAM Technology POWER7 proces...

Страница 61: ...ct the threading technology that meets an aggregation of objectives such as performance throughput energy use and workload enablement Intelligent Threads The POWER7 processor features Intelligent Threads that can vary based on the workload demand The system automatically selects or the system administrator can manually select whether a workload benefits from dedicating as much capability as possib...

Страница 62: ...kthrough in material engineering and microprocessor fabrication enabled IBM to implement the L3 cache in eDRAM and place it on the POWER7 processor die L3 cache is critical to a balanced design as is the ability to provide good signaling between the L3 cache and other elements of the hierarchy such as the L2 cache or SMP interconnect Buffer Port A Port B DDR3 RDIMM Slot 7 DDR3 RDIMM Slot 8 DDR3 RD...

Страница 63: ...The innovation of using eDRAM on the POWER7 processor die is significant for several reasons Latency improvement A six to one latency improvement occurs by moving the L3 cache on chip compared to L3 accesses on an external on ceramic ASIC Bandwidth improvement A 2x bandwidth improvement occurs with on chip interconnect Frequency and bus sizes are increased to and from each core No off chip driver ...

Страница 64: ...Energy Manager to dynamically optimize processor speed based on thermal conditions and system utilization 2 1 7 Comparison of the POWER7 POWER7 and POWER6 processors Table 2 2 shows comparable characteristics between the generations of POWER7 POWER7 and POWER6 processors Table 2 2 Comparison of technology for the POWER7 processor and the prior generations Characteristics POWER7 POWER7 POWER6 Techn...

Страница 65: ...h processor module can be a 6 core 4 2 GHz or an 8 core 3 6 GHz or 4 2 GHz All of the installed processors must be activated unless they are factory deconfigured using FC 2319 2 2 1 Modules and cards Figure 2 7 shows the system planar highlighting the POWER7 processor modules and the memory riser cards Figure 2 7 Power 740 planar with processor modules and memory riser cards highlighted Note All P...

Страница 66: ...x FC EPDK or 2 x FC EPDK and 2 x FC EPEK 4 4 1 1 EPCL 6 3 6 The 6 core 3 6 GHz requires that six processor activation codes be ordered available as 6 x FC EPDL or 3 x FC EPDL and 3 x FC EPEL 6 6 1 1 EPE7 8 3 6 The 8 core 3 6 GHz requires that eight processor activation codes be ordered available as 8 x FC EPDM or 4 x FC EPDM and 4 x FC EPEM 8 8 1 1 Feature Cores per POWER7 processor Frequency GHz ...

Страница 67: ...s of 1066 MHz A system with three installed optional memory riser cards has a maximum memory of 1024 GB 2 3 1 Registered DIMM Industry standard DDR3 Registered DIMM RDIMM technology is used to increase reliability speed and density of memory subsystems by putting a register between the DIMM modules and the memory controller This register is also referred to as a buffer 2 3 2 Memory placement rules...

Страница 68: ...ur memory riser cards 1 x 4 core 1 x 6 core 1 x 8 core 256 GB 512 GB Not available Not available 2 x 4 core 2 x 6 core 2 x 8 core 256 GB 512 GB 768 GB 1024 GB POWER7 SCM MC0 Channel D MC0 Channel C MC0 Channel B MC0 Channel A MC Memory Controller BC Memory Buffer Memory Card 2 DDR3 RDIMM Slot 2 DDR3 RDIMM Slot 1 DDR3 RDIMM Slot 8 DDR3 RDIMM Slot 7 BC B DDR3 RDIMM Slot 4 DDR3 RDIMM Slot 3 DDR3 RDIM...

Страница 69: ...can be different from the Quad A DIMMs A quad does not have to be filled before putting another pair of DIMMs into another quad Mixing features FC EM08 FC EM4B FC EM4C or FC EM4D is supported on the same memory riser card while there is only one type of memory DIMM in the same quad Generally the best way is to install memory evenly across all memory riser cards in the system Balancing memory acros...

Страница 70: ...tion orders of the DIMMs that use one two three or four memory riser cards Figure 2 10 Memory DIMM installation sequence for one processor with two riser cards Pair 2 Pair 4 Pair 2 Pair 4 Pair 3 Pair 1 Pair 3 Pair 1 POWER7 P1 C11 Memory Card 1 P1 C18 P1 C18 C1 P1 C18 C2 P1 C18 C3 P1 C18 C4 P1 C18 C7 P1 C18 C8 P1 C18 C9 P1 C18 C10 ...

Страница 71: ...ds Pair 3 Pair 7 Pair 3 Pair 7 Pair 5 Pair 1 Pair 5 Pair 1 Memory Card 2 P1 C17 Pair 4 Pair 8 Pair 4 Pair 8 Pair 6 Pair 2 Pair 6 Pair 2 POWER7 P1 C11 P1 C17 C1 P1 C17 C2 P1 C17 C3 P1 C17 C4 P1 C17 C7 P1 C17 C8 P1 C17 C9 P1 C17 C10 Memory Card 1 P1 C18 P1 C18 C1 P1 C18 C2 P1 C18 C3 P1 C18 C4 P1 C18 C7 P1 C18 C8 P1 C18 C9 P1 C18 C10 ...

Страница 72: ...Pair 8 Pair 6 Pair 2 Pair 6 Pair 2 Memory Card 3 P1 C16 P1 C16 C1 P1 C16 C2 P1 C16 C3 P1 C16 C4 P1 C16 C7 P1 C16 C8 P1 C16 C9 P1 C16 C10 POWER7 P1 C10 Pair 4 Pair 10 Pair 4 Pair 10 Pair 7 Pair 1 Pair 7 Pair 1 Memory Card 2 P1 C17 Pair 6 Pair 12 Pair 6 Pair 12 Pair 9 Pair 3 Pair 9 Pair 3 POWER7 P1 C11 P1 C17 C1 P1 C17 C2 P1 C17 C3 P1 C17 C4 P1 C17 C7 P1 C17 C8 P1 C17 C9 P1 C17 C10 Memory Card 1 P1 ...

Страница 73: ... P1 C17 C1 P1 C17 C2 P1 C17 C3 P1 C17 C4 P1 C17 C7 P1 C17 C8 P1 C17 C9 P1 C17 C10 Memory Card 1 P1 C18 P1 C18 C1 P1 C18 C2 P1 C18 C3 P1 C18 C4 P1 C18 C7 P1 C18 C8 P1 C18 C9 P1 C18 C10 Pair 6 Pair 14 Pair 6 Pair 14 Pair 10 Pair 2 Pair 10 Pair 2 Memory Card 4 P1 C15 Pair 8 Pair 16 Pair 8 Pair 16 Pair 12 Pair 4 Pair 12 Pair 4 P1 C15 C1 P1 C15 C2 P1 C15 C3 P1 C1 C4 P1 C15 C7 P1 C15 C8 P1 C15 C9 P1 C15...

Страница 74: ...width formula is calculated as follows 1 memory controller 4 ports 8 bytes 2 DIMMs 1066 MHz 68 224 GBps 2 4 Capacity on Demand and Capacity Backup offering The only available Capacity on Demand feature for Power 720 and Power 740 systems is Capacity Backup CBU for IBM i For Power 720 and Power 740 systems used with AIX or Linux Capacity on Demand is not supported The Power 720 and Power 740 system...

Страница 75: ...ard FC 5685 to add four short 8x PICe Gen2 low profile slots Table 2 8 lists the I O bandwidth configuration of Power 720 and Power 740 processors Table 2 8 I O bandwidth 2 6 Internal I O subsystem The internal I O subsystem resides on the system planar that supports the PCIe slot PCIe slots on the Power 720 and Power 740 are not hot pluggable However PCIe and PCI X slots on the I O drawers are ho...

Страница 76: ... be installed in a PCI slot The integrated system ports do not support IBM PowerHA configurations Configuration of the two integrated system ports including basic port settings baud rate and so on modem selection call home and call in policy can be performed with the Advanced Systems Management Interface ASMI Slot number Description Location code PCI Host Bridge PHB Maximum card size Slot 1 PCIe G...

Страница 77: ...th of 4 GBps simplex on an x8 interface PCIe Gen1 slots support Gen1 adapter cards and also most of the Gen2 adapters In this case where a Gen2 adapter is used in a Gen1 slot the adapter operates at PCIe Gen1 speed PCIe Gen2 slots support both Gen1 and Gen2 adapters In this case where a Gen1 card is installed into a Gen2 slot it operates at PCIe Gen1 speed with a slight performance enhancement Whe...

Страница 78: ...er 755 Power 760 Power 770 Power 780 Power 795 PCIe slots of external I O drawers such as FC 5802 and FC 5877 Low profile PCIe adapter cards are supported only in low profile PCIe slots full height cards are supported only in full height slots Remember The PCIe2 4 port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter FC 5899 is the only PCIe adapter that is allowed at the P1 C7 PCIe x4 slot in the Power 720 and Power 740 se...

Страница 79: ...3B 5271 5271 4 Port 10 100 1000 Base TX PCI Express adapter 5717 5271 5272 5272 10 Gigabit Ethernet CX4 PCI Express adapter 5732 5732 5273 577D 8 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel adapter 5735 577D 5274 5768 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet SX PCI Express adapter 5768 5768 5275 5275 10 Gb ENet Fibre RNIC PCIe 8x adapter 5769 5275 5276 5774 4 Gigabit PCI Express Dual Port Fibre Channel adapter 577...

Страница 80: ...codes and custom card identification number CCIN is not applicable A blank CCIN indicates CCIN not available Table 2 11 Available LAN adapters IBM i For the IBM i operating system Table 2 11 on page 66 shows the native support of the card All Ethernet cards can be supported by IBM i through the VIOS server Feature code CCIN Adapter description Slot Size OS support 5260 576F PCIe2 LP 4 port 1 Gb Et...

Страница 81: ...Ie Full height short AIX IBM i Linux 5768 5768 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet SX PCI Express adapter PCIe Full height short AIX IBM i Linux 5769 5769 10 Gigabit Ethernet SR PCI Express adapter PCIe Full height short AIX Linux 5772 576E 10 Gigabit Ethernet LR PCI Express adapter PCIe Full height short AIX IBM i Linux 5899 576F PCIe2 4 port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter PCIe Full height AIX IBM i Linux EC27 EC27 P...

Страница 82: ...2 x4 port SAS adapter 3 Gb PCIe Low profile short AIX IBM i Linux 5736 571A PCI X DDR Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI adapter PCI X Full height AIX IBM i Linux 5805b 574E PCIe 380 MB Cache Dual x4 3 Gb SAS RAID adapter PCIe Full height short AIX IBM i Linux 5900a a Supported but no longer orderable 572A PCI X DDR Dual x4 SAS adapter PCI X Full height short AIX Linux 5901 57B3 PCIe Dual x4 SAS adapter P...

Страница 83: ...otprint compared to disk enclosure based SSD assuming equivalent capacity This benefit is dependant on the configuration required Feature Parallel SCSI SAS Architecture Parallel all devices connected to shared bus Serial point to point discrete signal paths Performance 320 MBps Ultra320 SCSI performance degrades as devices added to shared bus 3 Gbps roadmap to 12 Gbps performance maintained as mor...

Страница 84: ...availability two adapters must be installed and the data mirrored across the adapters Under AIX and Linux the 177 GB modules can be reformatted as JBOD disks providing 200 GB of available disk space This way removes RAID error correcting information so it is best to mirror the data using operating system tools to prevent data loss in case of failure Feature code CCIN Adapter description Slot Size ...

Страница 85: ...ice or switch with an SC type fibre connector an LC SC 50 Micron Fiber Converter Cable FC 2456 or an LC SC 62 5 Micron Fiber Converter Cable FC 2459 is required Table 2 17 Available Fibre Channel adapters Feature code CCIN Adapter description Slot Size OS support 5713 573B 1 Gigabit iSCSI TOE PCI X on Copper Media adapter PCI X Full height short AIX IBM i Linux Feature code CCIN Adapter descriptio...

Страница 86: ...pter PCIe Low profile AIX IBM i Linux a A Gen2 PCIe slot is required to provide the bandwidth for all four ports to operate at full speed b Use within IBM i it is not supported Instead use it with the Virtual I O server Note The usage of NPIV through the Virtual I O server requires a NPIV capable Fibre Channel adapter such as the FC 5729 FC 5735 FC 5273 FC EN0A and FC EN0B Feature code CCIN Adapte...

Страница 87: ...virtual communication channels IBM offers the GX 12X DDR Adapter FC EJ04 that plugs into the system backplane GX slot One GX slot is available on the Power 720 One or two GX slots are available on the Power 740 if used with one or two processor cards Detailed information can be found in 2 5 System bus on page 61 By attaching a 12X to 4X converter cable FC 1828 FC 1841 or FC 1842 to FC EJ04 a suppo...

Страница 88: ...t operate in parallel for higher reliability Supports IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture or PKCS 11 standard Ability to configure adapter as coprocessor or accelerator Note The FC 5283 adapter has two 40 Gb ports and a PCIe Gen2 slot has the bandwidth to support one port This means that the benefit of two ports will be for redundancy rather than additional performance Feature code CCIN Adapter ...

Страница 89: ...rm factor SFF disk drive bays depending on the backplane option One of the following options must be selected as the backplane FC 5618 provides a backplane that supports up to six SFF SAS HDDs SSDs a SATA DVD and a half high tape drive for either a tape drive or USB removable disk This feature does not provide RAID 5 RAID 6 a write cache or an external SAS port Split backplane functionality 3x3 is...

Страница 90: ...shows an internal topology overview for the FC EJ01 backplane Figure 2 19 FC EJ01 DASD backplane Internal topology overview Disk 6 Disk 5 Disk 4 Disk 3 Disk 2 Disk 1 Slim DVD Tape Drive Integrated SAS Adapter P7IOC Disk 6 Disk 5 Disk 4 Disk 3 Disk 2 Disk 1 Slim DVD Tape Drive Integrated SAS Adapter SAS Port Exp P7IOC Integrated SAS Adapter SAS Port Exp SAS External Port BACKUP BATTERY BACKUP BATTE...

Страница 91: ...nd Power 740 system unit It can be optionally augmented by RAID 5 and RAID 6 capability when storage backplane FC EJ01 is added to the configuration In addition to these protection options mirroring of drives by the operating system is supported AIX or Linux supports all of these options IBM i does not use unprotected disks and uses embedded functions instead of RAID 10 IBM i does use the RAID 5 o...

Страница 92: ...te the additional parity data which makes it less cost effective than RAID 5 for equivalent storage capacity This version provides data resiliency in the case of one or two drives failing in a RAID 6 array RAID 10 is also known as a striped set of mirrored arrays It is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 A RAID 0 stripe set of the data is created across a two disk array for performance benefits A d...

Страница 93: ... External I O subsystems This section describes the external 12X I O subsystems that can be attached to the Power 720 and Power 740 listed as follows PCI DDR 12X Expansion Drawer FC 5796 12X I O Drawer PCIe small form factor SFF disk FC 5802 12X I O Drawer PCIe No Disk FC 5877 Each processor module feeds one GX adapter slot On the Power 720 there is one GX slot available and on the Power 740 there...

Страница 94: ...n the FC 5796 drawer Dual Port 12X Channel Attach Adapter Long Run FC 6457 Dual Port 12X Channel Attach Adapter Short Run FC 6446 The adapter selection is based on how close the host system or the next I O drawer in the loop is physically located FC 5796 attaches to a host system unit with a 12X adapter in a GX slot through SDR or DDR cables or both SDR and DDR cables A maximum of four FC 5796 dra...

Страница 95: ...up to 16 2 TB of storage The adapter slots within the I O drawer use Gen3 blind swap cassettes and support hot plugging of adapter cards The 12X I O Drawer PCIe No Disk FC 5877 is the same as FC 5802 except that it does not support any disk bays A maximum of two 12X I O Drawer PCIe SFF disk drawers can be placed on the same 12X loop Within the same loop FC 5877 and FC 5802 can be mixed An upgrade ...

Страница 96: ... following cable lengths 0 6 meters 12X DDR Cable FC 1861 1 5 meters 12X DDR Cable FC 1862 3 0 meters 12X DDR Cable FC 1865 8 0 meters 12X DDR Cable FC 1864 The physical dimensions of the drawer measure 444 5 mm 17 5 in wide by 177 8 mm 7 0 in high by 711 2 mm 28 0 in deep for use in a 19 inch rack Figure 2 22 shows the front view of the 12X I O Drawer PCIe FC 5802 Figure 2 22 Front view of the 12...

Страница 97: ...ous configurations depending on the operating system used the type of SAS adapter card and the position of the mode switch Each disk bay set can be attached to its own controller or adapter Feature PCIe 12X I O drawer has four SAS connections to drive bays It connects to PCIe SAS adapters or controllers on the host systems Disk drive bays in the 12X I O drawer PCIe can be configured as one two or ...

Страница 98: ... of the FC 5802 I O drawer Figure 2 25 FC 5802 I O drawer from view location codes Tools and CSP The IBM System Planning Tool supports disk bay partitioning Also the IBM configuration tool accepts this configuration from IBM System Planning Tool and passes it through IBM manufacturing using the Customer Specified Placement CSP option MODE SWITCH 1 2 4 FC 5802 12X I O Drawer AIX Linux One set 18 ba...

Страница 99: ...more detailed information about cabling and other switch modes see the Power Systems enclosures and expansion units documentation http pic dhe ibm com infocenter powersys v3r1m5 topic ipham ipham pdf Location code Mappings Number of bays P4 T1 P3 D1 to P3 D5 5 bays P4 T2 P3 D6 to P3 D9 4 bays P4 T3 P3 D10 to P3 D14 5 bays P4 T4 P3 D15 to P3 D18 4 bays P1 C1 P1 C2 P1 C3 P1 C4 P1 T2 P1 C5 P1 C6 P1 C...

Страница 100: ...wers across two busses for better performance Figure 2 27 shows configuration examples to attach 12X I O Drawers to a Power 720 Other options are also available Figure 2 27 12X I O Drawer configuration for a Power 720 with one GX slot PCIe 720 One I O Drawer PCIe 720 Two I O Drawers PCIe PCI X 720 One I O Drawer PCI X 720 Four I O Drawers PCI X PCI X PCI X ...

Страница 101: ...or the FC 5802 and FC 5877 I O drawers The first 12X I O drawer that is attached to the I O drawer loop requires two data transfer cables An additional second drawer requires one additional data transfer cable Consider the following information A 12X I O loop starts at a system unit adapter port 0 and attaches to port 0 of an I O drawer The I O drawer attaches from port 1 of the current unit to po...

Страница 102: ...e I O drawer SPCN cables connect all AC powered expansion units Figure 2 30 on page 89 shows an example for a Power 720 or Power 740 connecting to two I O drawers Other connection options are available 1 Start at SPCN 0 T1 of the system unit to J15 T1 of the first expansion unit 2 Cable all units from J16 T2 of the current unit to J15 T1 of the next unit 3 To complete the cabling loop connect J16 ...

Страница 103: ...rawer providing 30 hot swap SSD bays and a pair of integrated large write caches high performance SAS controllers without using any PCIe slots on the POWER7 server The two high performance integrated SAS controllers each physically provide 3 1 GB write cache Working as a pair they provide mirrored write cache data and controller redundancy The cache contents are designed to be protected by built i...

Страница 104: ...ver but each controller can be assigned to a separate server or a logical partition Table 2 27 lists the RAID levels for the AIX IBM i Linux operating system which are supported by the controller Table 2 27 Supported RAID levels The EXP30 Ultra SSD I O drawer FC EDR1 delivers up to 480 000 IOPS read only up to 410 000 IOPS 60 read and 40 write or up to 325 000 IOPS 100 write and has up to 30 perfo...

Страница 105: ...one of the logical sets With proper software if one of the controller fails the other controller can run both sets of bays FC ES02 and FC ES04 are identical SSD drives but have separate feature codes for use with the AIX IBM i and Linux operating systems FC ES02 is used for AIX and Linux FC ES04 is used for IBM i EXP30 connection to a Power Systems server The GX 2 port PCIe2 x8 adapter FC EJ03 CCI...

Страница 106: ...dancy as shown on Figure 2 32 Figure 2 32 Connection between one or two FC EJ03 cards and a single FC EDR1 drawer Power 740 ERM C1 T1 T3 ERM C2 PSU P2 PCIe Gen2 8X cable PCIe Gen2 8X cable FC EDR1 FC EJ03 T2 8X 8X T3 PSU P1 T2 T1 T2 ERM C1 T1 ERM C2 PSU P2 FC EDR1 PSU P1 T2 T1 T2 T3 T3 FC EJ03 T2 8X 8X T1 FC EJ03 T2 8X 8X T1 PCIe Gen2 8X cable Power 720 or Power 740 PCIe Gen2 8X cable T1 ...

Страница 107: ...th T1 connectors locations of the EXP30 drawer to connect an EX SAS cable to the two T1 connectors locations of the first EXP24S drawer If you want to attach a second EXP24S drawer connect both T2 connector locations of the EXP30 drawer with the two T1 connector location of the second EXP24S drawer Power 720 or Power 740 ERM C1 T1 ERM C2 PSU P2 FC EDR1 PSU P1 T2 T1 T2 ERM C1 T1 T3 ERM C2 PSU P2 PC...

Страница 108: ...e Gen1 or SFF 1 bays of the POWER7 or POWER7 system unit or of the 12X PCIe I O Drawers or vice versa The drawer can be attached to the Power 720 and Power 740 either using the FC EJ01 storage backplane providing an external SAS port or using the following PCIe SAS adapters or pair of adapters PCIe LP Dual x4 Port SAS adapter 3 Gb FC 5278 CCIN 57B3 PCIe 380 MB Cache Dual x4 3 Gb SAS RAID adapter F...

Страница 109: ...are six SAS connectors on the rear of the EXP24S drawer to which the SAS adapters or controllers are attached They are labeled T1 T2 and T3 there are two T1 two T2 and two T3 Figure 2 35 on page 96 In mode 1 two or four of the six ports are used Two T2 are used for a single SAS adapter and two T2 and two T3 are used with a paired set of two adapters or dual adapters configuration In mode 2 or mode...

Страница 110: ...un by one SAS controller or one pair of SAS controllers it has two SAS attachment ports and two service managers for redundancy The EXP12S takes up a 2U space in a 19 inch rack the SAS controller can be a SAS PCIe adapter or pair of adapters The drawer can be attached to the Power 720 and Power 740 either by using the FC EJ01 storage backplane providing an external SAS port or using the following ...

Страница 111: ...torage disk storwize_v3700 index html IBM System Storage DS3500 IBM System Storage DS3500 combines best of its kind development with leading 6 Gbps host interface and drive technology With its simple efficient and flexible approach to storage the DS3500 is a cost effective fully integrated complement to IBM System x servers IBM BladeCenter and IBM Power Systems By offering substantial improvements...

Страница 112: ...ing For more information see the following website http www ibm com systems storage disk xiv index html IBM System Storage DS8000 The IBM System Storage DS8000 series is designed to manage a broad scope of storage workloads that exist in today s complex data center doing it effectively and efficiently The proven success of this flagship IBM disk system is a direct consequence of its extraordinary ...

Страница 113: ... support level to IBM on site support to be consistent with other Power Systems servers If you want to use an existing HMC to manage any POWER7 processor based server the HMC must be a model CR3 or later rack mounted HMC or model C05 or later deskside HMC HMC V7R7 7 0 is the last release to be supported on models 7310 C04 7315 CR2 and 7310 CR2 Future HMC releases will not be supported on the C04 o...

Страница 114: ...1 is also offered on both the 7042 CR6 and the 7042 CR7 if the feature was removed from the initial order as an MES upgrade option Blade management The HMC gives systems administrators a tool for planning virtualizing deploying and managing IBM Power System servers With the introduction of HMC V7R760 the HMC can now manage IBM BladeCenter Power Blade servers This management includes support for du...

Страница 115: ...ts Figure 2 36 shows a simple network configuration to enable the connection from the HMC to the server and to enable dynamic LPAR operations For more details about HMC and the possible network connections see Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide SG24 7491 previous edition was named Hardware Management Console V7 Handbook SG24 7491 Figure 2 36 HMC to service processor and LPARs network...

Страница 116: ...n environment with a mixture of POWER5 POWER5 POWER6 POWER6 POWER7 and POWER7 processor based servers The HMCs provide a locking mechanism so that only one HMC at a time has write access to the service processor Both HMCs should be available on a public subnet to allow full synchronization of functionality Depending on your environment you have multiple options to configure the network Notes The s...

Страница 117: ... server using PowerVM Live Partition Mobility consider how the source server is managed If the source server is managed by one HMC and the destination server is managed by another HMC ensure that the HMC that is managing the POWER6 processor based server is at a minimum level of V7R7 3 5 or later and that the HMC that is managing the POWER7 processor based server is at minimum level of V7R7 6 0 or...

Страница 118: ... Version 5 3 is not supported with the Power 720 and Power 740 IBM AIX Version 6 1 The following minimum levels of AIX Version 6 1 support the Power 720 and Power 740 AIX V6 1 with the 6100 08 Technology Level and Service Pack 2 or later AIX V6 1 with the 6100 07 Technology Level and Service pack 7 or later planned availability March 29 2013 AIX V6 1 with the 6100 06 Technology Level and Service p...

Страница 119: ...implementation like UNIX across many computer architectures The supported versions of Linux on the Power 720 and Power 740 servers are as follows SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 or later with current maintenance updates available from Novell to enable all planned functionality For Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL consult the following Statements of Direction RHEL 6 4 support for Power ...

Страница 120: ...t the following location http www ibm com developerworks java jdk aix service html 2 12 6 Boosting performance and productivity with IBM compilers IBM XL C XL C C and XL Fortran compilers for AIX and for Linux use the latest POWER7 processor architecture Release after release these compilers continue to help improve application performance and capability exploiting architectural enhancements that ...

Страница 121: ...plications ILE RPG ILE COBOL C and C compilers Heritage RPG and COBOL compilers The latest release includes performance improvements and XML processing enhancements for ILE RPG and ILE COBOL improved COBOL portability with a COMP 5 data type and easier Unicode migration with relaxed USC2 rules in ILE RPG Rational also released a product named Rational Open Access RPG Edition This product opens the...

Страница 122: ...n collected from the system to implement policies that can lead to better performance or better energy utilization IBM EnergyScale has the following features Power trending EnergyScale provides continuous collection of real time server energy consumption It enables administrators to predict power consumption across their infrastructure and to react to business and processing needs For example admi...

Страница 123: ...frequency to about 95 of nominal values If performance is favored over energy consumption the maximum frequency can be increased to up to 111 6 of nominal frequency for extra performance Table 2 30 shows the maximum frequency increases of the various processor options Table 2 30 Maximum frequency increase values for Power 720 and Power 740 Dynamic power saver mode is mutually exclusive with power ...

Страница 124: ...ode allows the hardware to turn the clock off on most of the circuits inside the processor core Reducing active energy consumption by turning off the clocks allows the temperature to fall which further reduces leakage static power of the circuits causing a cumulative effect Nap mode saves 10 15 of power consumption in the processor core Processor core sleep mode To be able to save even more energy...

Страница 125: ... the decision to consolidate and power off As with many of the features that are available in IBM Systems Director and AEM this function is scriptable and can be automated Partition power management Available with Active Energy Manager 4 3 1 or later and POWER7 systems with the 730 firmware release or later is the capability to set a power savings mode for partitions or the system processor pool A...

Страница 126: ...Thermal power management device TPMD card is a separate micro controller that is installed on some POWER6 processor based systems and available on all POWER7 and POWER7 processor based systems It runs real time firmware whose sole purpose is to manage system energy The TPMD card monitors the processor modules memory environmental temperature and fan speed Based on this information it can act upon ...

Страница 127: ...and server specifications For example for the Power 740 system search for 8205 E6D server specifications An estimation of the energy consumption for a certain configuration The calculation of the energy consumption for a certain configuration can be done in the IBM Systems Energy Estimator http www 912 ibm com see EnergyEstimator In that tool select the type and model for the system enter various ...

Страница 128: ...114 IBM Power 720 and 740 Technical Overview and Introduction ...

Страница 129: ...ke better use of IT assets Improve business responsiveness and operational speed by dynamically re allocating resources to applications as needed to better match changing business needs or handle unexpected changes in demand Simplify IT infrastructure management by making workloads independent of hardware resources so you can make business driven policies to deliver resources based on time cost an...

Страница 130: ...d if it detects the loss of the service processor notifying the operating system if the problem is not corrected The POWER Hypervisor is always active regardless of the system configuration and also when not connected to the managed console It requires memory to support the resource assignment to the logical partitions on the server The amount of memory that is required by the POWER Hypervisor fir...

Страница 131: ...r PowerVM on page 146 The virtual Ethernet is part of the base system configuration Virtual Ethernet has the following major features The virtual Ethernet adapters can be used for both IPv4 and IPv6 communication and can transmit packets with a size up to 65 408 bytes Therefore the maximum transmission unit MTU for the corresponding interface can be up to 65 394 or 65 390 if VLAN tagging is used T...

Страница 132: ...le Tasks such as operating system installation network setup and various problem analysis activities require a dedicated system console The POWER Hypervisor provides the virtual console by using a virtual TTY or serial adapter and a set of Hypervisor calls to operate on them Virtual TTY does not require the purchase of any additional features or software such as the PowerVM Edition features Depend...

Страница 133: ...n mode is compatible with Version 2 05 of the Power Instruction Set Architecture ISA For more information see the documentation http power org wp content uploads 2012 07 PowerISA_V2 05 pdf POWER6 compatibility mode This mode is similar to POWER6 with eight additional Storage Protection Keys POWER7 mode This mode is the native mode for POWER7 and POWER7 processors implementing the v2 06 of the Powe...

Страница 134: ...Overview and Introduction The selection of the mode is made on a per partition basis from the managed console by editing the partition profile Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Configuring partition profile compatibility mode from the managed console ...

Страница 135: ... 1 Technology Level 4 with SP2 or later Active Memory Expansion uses the CPU resource of a partition to compress and decompress the memory contents of this same partition The trade off of memory capacity for processor cycles can be an excellent choice but the degree of expansion varies based on how POWER6 and POWER6 mode POWER7 mode Customer value 2 thread SMT 4 thread SMT Throughput performance p...

Страница 136: ...n each partition to help control the amount of CPU that is used by the Active Memory Expansion function An initial program load IPL is required for the specific partition that is turning memory expansion on or off After turned on monitoring capabilities are available in standard AIX performance tools such as lparstat vmstat topas and svmon For specific POWER7 hardware compression the tool amepat i...

Страница 137: ...cate 13 of processing power 2 13 physical processors in this setup to benefit from 119 extra memory capacity Figure 3 4 Output from Active Memory Expansion planning tool Active Memory Expansion Modeled Statistics Modeled Expanded Memory Size 52 00 GB Achievable Compression ratio 4 51 Expansion Modeled True Modeled CPU Usage Factor Memory Size Memory Gain Estimate 1 40 37 25 GB 14 75 GB 40 0 00 0 1...

Страница 138: ... provided when the enablement feature is ordered that is applied to the server Rebooting is not required to enable the physical server The key is specific to an individual server and is permanent It cannot be moved to a separate server This feature is ordered per server independent of the number of partitions using memory expansion Active Memory Expansion Modeled Statistics Modeled Expanded Memory...

Страница 139: ...ion Logical Partitioning IBM Micro Partitioning POWER Hypervisor Virtual I O Server Live Partition Mobility Workload Partitions and more As with Advanced Power Virtualization in the past PowerVM is a combination of hardware enablement and value added software The licensed features of each of the three separate editions of PowerVM are described in 3 4 1 PowerVM editions on page 126 Moving an LPAR I...

Страница 140: ...Rs and virtualization increase utilization of system resources and add a new level of configuration possibilities This section provides details and configuration specifications about this topic Logical partitioning Logical partitioning was introduced with the POWER4 processor based product line and the AIX Version 5 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 0 operating syst...

Страница 141: ...indow Shared processor partitions use the default shared processor pool called DefaultPool by default See 3 4 3 Multiple shared processor pools on page 130 for details about multiple shared processor pools Whether the partition will be able to access extra processing power to use its virtual processors above its capacity entitlement selecting either to cap or uncap your partition If spare processi...

Страница 142: ... virtual processors run at the same speed as the physical processor Each partition s profile defines CPU entitlement that determines how much processing power any given partition should receive The total sum of CPU entitlement of all partitions cannot exceed the number of available physical processors in a shared processor pool The number of virtual processors can be changed dynamically through a ...

Страница 143: ...e dedicated partitions to become processor donors for idle processors that they own allowing for the donation of spare CPU cycles from dedicated processor partitions to a shared processor pool The dedicated partition maintains absolute priority for dedicated CPU cycles Enabling this feature can help to increase system utilization without compromising the computing power for critical workloads in a...

Страница 144: ...onsumed from the physical shared processor pool To implement MSPPs there is a set of underlying techniques and technologies Figure 3 8 shows an overview of the architecture of multiple shared processor pools Figure 3 8 Overview of the architecture of multiple shared processor pools Micropartitions are created and then identified as members of either the default shared processor pool0 or a user def...

Страница 145: ...ey have fixed values Table 3 4 Table 3 4 Attribute values for the default shared processor pool SPP0 Creating multiple shared processor pools The default shared processor pool SPP0 is automatically activated by the system and is always present All other shared processor pools exist but by default are inactive By changing the maximum pool capacity of a shared processor pool to a value greater than ...

Страница 146: ...ar shared processor pool is heavily loaded and several of the uncapped micropartitions within it require additional processor capacity above the entitled pool capacity then the POWER Hypervisor redistributes some of the extra capacity to the uncapped micropartitions This level of processor capacity management is sometimes referred to as Level1 capacity resolution POWER Hypervisor SPPn SPP2 SPP1 SP...

Страница 147: ...pool capacity The maximum pool capacity of a shared processor pool other than the default shared processor pool0 can be adjusted dynamically from the managed console using either the graphical interface or the command line interface CLI Dynamic adjustment of reserved pool capacity The reserved pool capacity of a shared processor pool other than the default shared processor pool0 can be adjusted dy...

Страница 148: ...nt utilization for example consolidation In this case the Virtual I O Server owns the physical resources SCSI Fibre Channel network adapters and optical devices and allows client partitions to share access to them thus minimizing the number of physical adapters in the system The Virtual I O Server eliminates the requirement that every partition owns a dedicated network adapter disk adapter and dis...

Страница 149: ...ting the internal hypervisor VLANs with the VLANs on the external switches Because the Shared Ethernet Adapter processes packets at layer 2 the original MAC address and VLAN tags of the packet are visible to other systems on the physical network IEEE 802 1 VLAN tagging is supported The Shared Ethernet Adapter also provides the ability for several client partitions to share one physical adapter Wit...

Страница 150: ...dcast or multicast such as Address Resolution Protocol ARP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Boot Protocol BOOTP and Neighbor Discovery Protocol NDP can work on an SEA IP address A Shared Ethernet Adapter does not need to have an IP address configured to be able to perform the Ethernet bridging functionality Configuring IP on the Virtual I O Server is convenient because the Virtual I O Serv...

Страница 151: ...rces is provided by the Virtual I O Server Physical disks presented to the Virtual O Server can be exported and assigned to a client partition in several ways The entire disk is presented to the client partition The disk is divided into several logical volumes which can be presented to a single client or multiple clients As of Virtual I O Server 1 5 files can be created on these disks and file bac...

Страница 152: ...al I O Server functions The Virtual I O Server has several features including monitoring solutions Support for Live Partition Mobility starting on POWER6 processor based systems with the PowerVM Enterprise Edition For more information about Live Partition Mobility see 3 4 5 PowerVM Live Partition Mobility on page 139 Support for virtual SCSI devices backed by a file which are then accessed as stan...

Страница 153: ...d maintenance activities Avoid downtime for a server upgrade by moving logical partitions to another server and then performing the upgrade This approach allows your users to continue their work without disruption Avoid unplanned downtime With preventive failure management if a server indicates a potential failure you can move its logical partitions to another server before the failure occurs Part...

Страница 154: ...rtition to the POWER7 processor based server Both the current and preferred modes remain unchanged for the logical partition until you restart the logical partition 3 Restart the logical partition on the POWER7 processor based server The hypervisor evaluates the configuration Because the preferred mode is set to default and the logical partition now runs on a POWER7 processor based server the high...

Страница 155: ...ng Active Memory Sharing is an IBM PowerVM advanced memory virtualization technology that provides system memory virtualization capabilities to IBM Power Systems allowing multiple partitions to share a common pool of physical memory Active Memory Sharing is available only with the Enterprise edition of PowerVM The physical memory of an IBM Power System can be assigned to multiple partitions in eit...

Страница 156: ...bled on its Active Memory Sharing shown as AMS in the figure shared memory pool Identical pages within the same or different LPARs each require their own unique physical memory page consuming space with repeated information Figure 3 13 Active Memory Sharing shared memory pool without Active Memory Deduplication enabled Active Memory Deduplication allows the hypervisor to dynamically map identical ...

Страница 157: ...h as frequently referenced read only code pages are particularly good for deduplication To perform deduplication the hypervisor cannot compare every memory page in the Active Memory Sharing pool with every other page Instead it computes a small signature for each page that it visits and stores the signatures in an internal table Each time that a page is inspected a look up of its signature is done...

Страница 158: ...y configure the size of the deduplication table ranging from 1 8192 to 1 256 of the configured maximum Active Memory Sharing memory pool size Having this table be too small might lead to missed deduplication opportunities Conversely having a table that is too large might waste a small amount of overhead space The management of the Active Memory Deduplication feature is done through a managed conso...

Страница 159: ...mory and CPU affinity on the POWER7 processor based servers thus improve performance under some workload scenarios On a nonuniform memory access NUMA context the main goal of the DPO is to assign a local memory to the CPUs thus reducing the memory access time because a local memory access is much faster than a remote access Accessing remote memory on a NUMA environment is expensive although common...

Страница 160: ...mmarizes the PowerVM features that are supported by the operating systems compatible with the POWER7 processor based servers Table 3 5 Virtualization features supported by AIX IBM i and Linux TIP While the DPO process is running the affected LPARs can have up to 20 performance degradation To explicitly protect partitions from DPO use the x or xid options of the optmem command Note Single socket sy...

Страница 161: ... Yes Live Partition Mobility Yes Yes Yes No Yesi Yes Yes Yes Yes Simultaneous multithreading SMT Yesj Yesk Yes Yesl Yes Yesj Yes Yesj Yes Active Memory Expansion No Yesm Yes No No No No No No Capacity on Demandn Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX Workload Partitions No Yes Yes No No No No No No a This version can only support 10 virtual machines per core b Need RHEL 6 3 Errata upgrade to supp...

Страница 162: ...R7 and POWER7 features Strong Access Ordering No Yes No Yes Can improve Lx86 performance Scale to 256 cores and 1024 threads No Yes No Yes Base OS support is available Four way SMT No Yes No Yes Better hardware usage VSX support No Yes No Yes Full exploitation requires Advance Toolchain Distro toolchain mcpu mtune p7 No Yes No Yes SLES11 GA toolchain has minimal POWER7 and POWER7 enablement necess...

Страница 163: ...oth the Workload Estimator WLE and IBM Performance Management PM allows you to create a system that is based on performance and capacity data from an existing system or that is based on new workloads that you specify You can use the SPT before you order a system to determine what you must order to support your workload You can also use the SPT to determine how you can partition a system that you a...

Страница 164: ...eate pools of storage for virtualized workloads and can improve storage utilization simplify administration and reduce SAN infrastructure costs The enhancements capabilities enable 16 nodes to participate in a Shared Pool configuration which can improve efficiency agility scalability flexibility and availability Shared Storage Pools flexibility and availability improvements include the following i...

Страница 165: ...ccessive generation of IBM servers is designed to be more reliable than the previous server family POWER7 processor based servers have new features to support new levels of virtualization help ease administrative burden and increase system utilization Reliability starts with components devices and subsystems designed to be fault tolerant POWER7 uses lower voltage technology improving reliability w...

Страница 166: ...dual core processor design Not only does this case reduce the total number of system components it reduces the total amount of heat generated in the design resulting in an additional reduction in required power and cooling components POWER7 processor based servers also integrate L3 cache into the processor chip for a higher integration of parts Parts selection also plays a critical role in overall...

Страница 167: ...on and memory failures Redundant and hot swap cooling Redundant and hot swap power supplies For maximum availability be sure to connect power cords from the same system to two separate power distribution units PDUs in the rack and to connect each PDU to independent power sources Tower form factor power cords must be plugged into two independent power sources to achieve maximum availability 4 2 Ava...

Страница 168: ... monitored to determine whether there is a pattern of errors If these components reach a predefined error limit the service processor initiates an action to deconfigure the faulty hardware helping to avoid a potential system outage and to enhance system availability Persistent deallocation To enhance system availability a component that is identified for deallocation or deconfiguration on a POWER ...

Страница 169: ... POWER Hypervisor when a processor core reaches its predefined error limit The POWER Hypervisor then dynamically deconfigures the failing core and notifies the system administrator that a replacement is needed The entire process is transparent to the partition owning the failing instruction Single processor checkstop As in the POWER6 processor the POWER7 processor provides single core check stoppi...

Страница 170: ...ta between the processor and the memory uses CRC error detection with a failed operation retry mechanism and the ability to dynamically retune the bus parameters when a fault occurs In addition the memory bus has spare capacity to substitute a data bit line whenever it is determined to be faulty POWER7 memory subsystem The POWER7 processor chip contains two memory controllers with four channels pe...

Страница 171: ...tched off If the service processor detects a memory fault at boot time it marks the affected memory as bad so that it is not used on subsequent reboots If the service processor identifies faulty memory in a server that includes CoD memory the POWER Hypervisor attempts to replace the faulty memory with available CoD memory Faulty resources are marked as deallocated and working resources are include...

Страница 172: ...he is never modified within the cache itself Therefore an uncorrectable error discovered in the cache is treated like an ordinary cache miss and correct data is loaded from the L2 cache The L2 and L3 cache of the POWER7 processor based systems can hold an unmodified copy of data in a portion of main memory In this case an uncorrectable error simply triggers a reload of a cache line from main memor...

Страница 173: ...more significant problem PCI adapters are generally complex designs involving extensive on board instruction processing often on embedded microcontrollers They tend to use industry standard grade components with an emphasis on product cost relative to high reliability In certain cases they might be more likely to encounter internal microcode errors or many of the hardware errors described for the ...

Страница 174: ...tion MES system upgrades or downgrades and system maintenance repair Depending upon the system and warranty contract service may be performed by the customer an IBM representative or an authorized warranty service provider The serviceability features delivered in this system provide a highly efficient service environment by incorporating the following attributes Design for customer setup CSU custo...

Страница 175: ...ain instruction processing complex The service processor provides the capabilities for the following items POWER Hypervisor system firmware and HMC connection surveillance Several remote power control options Reset and boot features Environmental monitoring The service processor monitors the servers built in temperature sensors sending instructions to the system fans to increase rotational speed w...

Страница 176: ...icantly reduces exposure to both hard logic and soft transient errors in the processor core Soft failures in the processor core are transient intermittent errors often because of cosmic rays or other sources of radiation and generally are not repeatable When an error is encountered in the core the POWER7 processor will first automatically retry the instruction If the source of the error was truly ...

Страница 177: ...rther operation without requiring a reboot An ECC uncorrectable error detected in the cache can also trigger a purge and delete of the cache line This results in no loss of operation if the cache line contained data unmodified from what was stored in system memory Modified data would be handled through Special Uncorrectable Error handling L1 data and instruction caches also have a retry capability...

Страница 178: ...f each unique failure Ability to initiate a wide variety of recovery mechanisms designed to correct the problem The POWER processor based systems include extensive hardware and firmware recovery logic Fault isolation registers Error checker signals are captured and stored in hardware fault isolation registers FIRs The associated logic circuitry is used to limit the domain of an error to the first ...

Страница 179: ...exceeded a pre determined threshold or was unrecoverable Based on the isolation analysis recoverable error threshold counts can be incremented No specific service action is necessary when the event is recoverable When the event requires a service action additional required information is collected to service the fault For unrecoverable errors or for recoverable events that meet or exceed their ser...

Страница 180: ...routines include the following items Built in self tests BISTs for both logic components and arrays ensure the internal integrity of components Because the service processor assists in performing these tests the system is enabled to perform fault determination and isolation whether or not the system processors are operational Boot time BISTs can also find faults undetectable by processor based pow...

Страница 181: ...are fault also illuminates the amber system fault LED located on the system unit to alert the user of an internal hardware problem On POWER7 processor based servers hardware and software failures are recorded in the system log When a management console is attached an ELA routine analyzes the error forwards the event to the Service Focal Point SFP application running on the management console and h...

Страница 182: ... Management Console providing a redundant error reporting path in case of errors in the Remote Management and Control subsystem network The first occurrence of each failure type is recorded in the Manage Serviceable Events task on the management console This task then filters and maintains a history of duplicate reports from other logical partitions on the service processor It then looks at all ac...

Страница 183: ...refers to an automatic or manual call from a customer location to IBM support structure with error log data server status or other service related information The call home feature invokes the service organization for the appropriate service action to begin Call home can be done through HMC or most systems that are not managed by HMC Although configuring the call home function is optional clients ...

Страница 184: ...ches levers thumb screws pop Nylatches U clips and cables are included to help prevent loose connections and aid in installing seating parts correctly These positive retention items do not require tools Light Path The Light Path LED feature is for low end systems including Power Systems through models 720 and 740 that can be repaired by clients In the Light Path LED implementation when a fault con...

Страница 185: ...on and serviceability direction of components Various serviceable parts such as latches levers and touch points must be pulled or pushed in a certain direction and order so that the mechanical mechanisms can engage or disengage Arrows generally improve the ease of serviceability The operator panel The operator panel on a POWER processor based system is an LCD display four rows by sixteen elements ...

Страница 186: ...ystem is managed by a management console you use the management console for firmware updates By using the management console you can to take advantage of the Concurrent Firmware Maintenance CFM option when concurrent service packs are available CFM is the IBM term used to describe the IBM Power Systems firmware updates that can be partially or wholly concurrent or nondisruptive With the introducti...

Страница 187: ...If the FRU to be replaced is a PCI adapter or an internal storage device the service action is always performed from the operating system of the partition owning that resource Clients can subscribe through the subscription services to obtain the notifications about the latest updates available for service related documentation The latest version of the documentation is accessible through the Inter...

Страница 188: ...e following information Both Ethernet ports are only visible to the service processor and can be used to attach the server to an HMC or to access the ASMI The ASMI options can be accessed through an HTTP server that is integrated into the service processor operating environment Both Ethernet ports support only auto negotiation Customer selectable media speed and duplex settings are not available B...

Страница 189: ... Internet Explorer Version 10 0 9200 16439 Mozilla Firefox Version 17 0 2 and Opera Version 9 24 Later versions of these browsers might work but are not officially supported The JavaScript language and cookies must be enabled The web interface is available during all phases of system operation including the initial program load IPL and run time However several of the menu options in the web interf...

Страница 190: ...or panel Error Information Generate dump View machine type model and serial number Limited set of repair functions Operating system service menu The system diagnostics consist of IBM i service tools stand alone diagnostics that are loaded from the DVD drive and online diagnostics available in AIX Online diagnostics when installed are a part of the AIX or IBM i operating system on the disk or serve...

Страница 191: ... accessed on the ASMI menus You can also access the system diagnostics from a Network Installation Management NIM server The IBM i operating system and associated machine code provide dedicated service tools DST as part of the IBM i licensed machine code Licensed Internal Code and System Service Tools SST as part of the IBM i operating system DST can be run in dedicated mode no operating system lo...

Страница 192: ...epetitive call home information by recognizing that these are repeated errors and consolidating them into one error In addition you can use the Manage Serviceable Events task to initiate service functions on systems and logical partitions including the exchanging of parts configuring connectivity and managing dumps 4 4 2 IBM Power Systems firmware maintenance The IBM Power Systems Client Managed M...

Страница 193: ...ownload and install Each IBM Power Systems server has the following levels of server firmware and power subsystem firmware Installed level This level of server firmware or power subsystem firmware has been installed and will be installed into memory after the managed system is powered off and then powered on It is installed on the temporary side of system firmware Activated level This level of ser...

Страница 194: ...R7 Entry Systems Firmware for 8202 E4D and 8205 E6D An installation is disruptive if the following statements are true The release levels SSS of currently installed and new firmware differ The service pack level FFF and the last disruptive service pack level DDD are equal in new firmware Otherwise an installation is concurrent if the service pack level FFF of the new firmware is higher than the se...

Страница 195: ...tance in resolving technical problems Electronic Service Agent The Electronic Service Agent is software that resides on your server It monitors events and transmits system inventory information to IBM on a periodic client defined timetable The Electronic Service Agent automatically reports hardware problems to IBM Early knowledge about potential problems enables IBM to deliver proactive service th...

Страница 196: ...rts are available for any system associated with the customers IBM ID Premium Search combines the function of search and the value of Electronic Service Agent information providing advanced search of the technical support knowledge base Using Premium Search and the Electronic Service Agent information that has been collected from your system your clients are able to see search results that apply s...

Страница 197: ...to a processor core chiplet by loading new initialization values into memory and then forcing it to go in and out of winkle mode This step happens all without causing disruption to the workloads or operating system all occurring in a few milliseconds In the same fashion PORE can initiate an L3 cache dynamic bit line repair operation if the POWER Hypervisor detects too many recoverable errors in th...

Страница 198: ...l repair X X X X X X X Processor memory controller memory scrubbing X X X X X X X Memory page deallocation X X X X X X X Chipkill memory X X X X X X X L1 instruction and data array protection X X X X X X X L2 L3 ECC and cache line delete X X X X X X X Special uncorrectable error handling X X X X X X X Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisorb X X X X X X X Fault detection and isolation Platform FFDC...

Страница 199: ...rmware update with management console X X X X X X X PORE Core Inizialization without reboot X X X X X X X Service processor support for BIST X X X X X X X Electronic Service Agent Call Home Application X X X X Guiding light LEDs X X X X X X X System dump for memory POWER Hypervisor SP X X X X X X X Information center Systems Support Site service publications X X X X X X X System Support Site educa...

Страница 200: ...ns and blower for system enclosure X X X X X X X Redundant hot swap power for system enclosure X X X X X X X TPMD for system power and thermal management X X X X X X X System enclosure power thermal sensor CPU and memory X X X X X X X Redundant power for I O drawersa X X X X X X X a Not available on Power 710 and Power 730 b Need mid tier and large tier POWER7 systems or later including Power 770 ...

Страница 201: ...50 and 760 8408 E8D 9109 RMD Technical Overview and Introduction REDP 4985 IBM Power 750 and 755 8233 E8B 8236 E8C Technical Overview and Introduction REDP 4638 IBM Power 770 and 780 9117 MMD 9179 MHD Technical Overview and Introduction REDP 4798 IBM Power 795 Technical Overview and Introduction REDP 4640 IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide SG24 7491 IBM Power Systems SDMC to HMC ...

Страница 202: ... public dhe ibm com common ssi ecm en pod03034usen POD03034USEN PDF IBM Power 755 server data sheet http public dhe ibm com common ssi ecm en pod03035usen POD03035USEN PDF IBM Power 760 server data sheet http public dhe ibm com common ssi ecm en pod03080usen POD03080USEN PDF IBM Power 770 server data sheet http public dhe ibm com common ssi ecm en pod03031usen POD03031USEN PDF IBM Power 780 server...

Страница 203: ...al website http www ibm com support fixcentral Power Systems Capacity on Demand website http www ibm com systems power hardware cod Support for IBM Systems website http www ibm com support entry portal Overview brandind Hardware Systems Power IBM Power Systems website http www ibm com systems power IBM Storage website http www ibm com systems storage IBM Systems Energy Estimator http www 912 ibm c...

Страница 204: ...190 IBM Power 720 and 740 Technical Overview and Introduction ...

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Страница 206: ...jor functions The IBM POWER7 processor is available at frequencies of 3 6 GHz and 4 2 GHz The larger IBM POWER7 Level 3 cache provides greater bandwidth capacity and reliability The 4 port 10 100 1000 Base TX Ethernet PCI Express adapter is included in base configuration and installed in a PCIe Gen2 x4 slot The integrated SAS SATA controller for HDD SSD tape and DVD supports built in hardware RAID...

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