IBM Power 750 Express Hardware Announcement

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IBM United States Hardware Announcement110-009IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4016 GB 1066 MHz 4527 0 16(2 x 8 GB RDIMMs)32 GB 1066 MHz 4528 0 16(2 x 16 GB RDIMMs)Drawer/Tower attachment:• 7314-G30 (#5796) PCIX Expansion Drawer– Maximum of four drawers per GX adapter (#5609, #5616, or follow-ons) or per12X loop– Maximum of two 12X loops per server (maximum of one loop per server withone processor card installed in the system)– Maximum of eight drawers per Power 750 system• 7031-D24/T24 (#5786/#5787) EXP4 SCSI DASD Drawer/Tower– EXP24 drawers/towers are attached to a PCI-X SCSI adapter via one or moreSCSI cables.– The system maximum is 24.• Feature number 5886 EXP12S SAS DASD Expansion Drawer– Feature number 8340 supports one feature number 5886 drawer directly off thesystem unit's SAS port.– EXP12S drawers are attached to a PCI-X or PCIe SAS adapter via SAS cables.– The system maximum is 48.• Feature number 5802 12X I/O Drawer PCIe SFF Disk and feature number 587712X I/O Drawer PCIe No Disks– A maximum of two per 12X loop is allowed.– A maximum of four is supported on the Power 750.– No mixing of features 5802 and 5877 is allowed with other drawers on the sameloop.Note: A configuration with two or three feature 5802 or 5877 drawers will not beavailable until April 30, 2010.The following list shows I/O drawers that are supported or available on the 8233machine type and the correct interface to use for each of the drawers.OrderFeature Description Status Interface5786 EXP24 SCSI Disk Drawer Supported SCSI5787 EXP24 SCSI Disk Tower Supported SCSI5796 PCI-X DDR 12X Exp Drawer Available 12X5802 PCIe 12X I/O Drawer (W/Disk Bays) Available 12X5877 PCIe 12X I/O Drawer (No Disk Bays) Available 12X5886 Exp 12S SAS Disk Drawer Available SAS7031-D24/T24 EXP24 SCSI Disk Drawer/Tower Supported SCSI7214-1U2 Tape and DVD Enclosure Available SCSI/SAS7314-G30 PCI-X DDR 12X I/O Drawer Supported 12XMaximum number of attached I/O drawers per system:Power 750Feature (32-core)O/S AIX Linux IBM i5786 24 24 245787 24 24 245796 8 8 85802 4 4 45877 4 4 45886 48 48 48