IBM POWER 710 User Manual

Also see for POWER 710: Overview Manual Technical overview and introduction

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IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware AnnouncementZG10-0214, dated August 17, 2010IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa HardwareAnnouncement ZG10-0214IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1IBM Power 710 and 730 Express servers offer IBMPOWER7 technology in 2U rack-mount configurationTable of contents1 Overview 25 Publications3 Key prerequisites 27 Technical information4 Planned availability date 38 Terms and conditions4 Description 43 Prices19 Statement of general direction 44 Announcement countries19 Product numberAt a glanceThe Power® 710 and 730 Express® servers are fueled by the outstandingperformance and energy efficiency of the POWER7TM processor with a choice ofAIX®, IBM® i, or Linux® operating systems and solutions from thousands of ISVsthat can set your business apart from the competition -- all in a 2U rack-mountpackage.• Powerful 64-bit 4-core, 6-core, and 8-core POWER7 processor modules– 4-core, 6-core, and 8-core configurations on the Power 710– 8-core, 12-core, and 16-core configurations on the Power 730• Up to 64 GB of memory on the Power 710 and 128 GB of memory on thePower 730 with optional memory riser cards, optionally augmented with ActiveMemoryTM Expansion• Rich I/O options in the system unit:– Four PCIe Low Profile slots– Six disk/solid-state drives (SSD) SAS SFF (small form-factor) bays -- up to 1.8TB– Slimline DVD-RAM– Bay for tape or removable drive (with #5263)– Integrated SAS/SATA controller for disk/SSD/DVD– Host Ethernet Adapters (four 1 Gb or two 10 Gb)• EnergyScaleTM technologyOverviewThe Power 710 Express server is a high-performance, energy-efficient, reliable,and secure infrastructure and application server in a dense form factor. As a high-performance infrastructure or application server, the Power 710 Express contains