"An economical, high performance, reliable, and energy efficient server"
 

Cheap distributed UNIX® and Linux® applications, compact database server, or IBM i operating system, which can be complete using integrated business systems and propose business value.


HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Reliable, secure distributed application server or consolidation server for UNIX, IBM i and Linux workloads
  • IBM i delivers a highly scalable and virus-resistant architecture with a stable database and middleware foundation for efficiently deploying business processing applications
    Features Benefits
    Leadership POWER7 performance

    Access data faster and improve response time.
    Do more work with fewer servers and benefit from infrastructure cost savings from a reduction in the number of servers and software licenses.

    RAS Features Keep applications up and running so you can focous on growing your bsiness.
    Light Path Diagnostics Easily and quickly diagnose hardware problems, reducing service time.
    Power VM Virtualization
    • Easily add workloads as your business grows
    • Utilize the full capability of the system to reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating workloads running the AIX, IBM i or Linux operating
    • Provides ability to handle unexpected workload peaks by sharing resources
    Intelligent Threads Optimize performance by selecting the suitable threading mode for your application.
    Active Memory Expansion Enables more work to be done with existing server resources.
    Flexibility and choice of AIX, IBM i and Linux operating systems Choose the operating environment that best suits your application and business needs
    IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager with EnergyScale Technology Dramatically and dynamically improve energy efficiency and lower energy costs with innovative energy management capabilities.
    Enables businesses to continue operations when energy is limited.
 
   
Configuration Options
POWER7 Processor modules-one per processor card 3.0GHz 4/6/8 Cores
Sockets Single socket
L2 cache 256 KB per core
L3 cache

4 MB per core
Memory 4 GB to 256 GB1 of RDIMM DDR3
Active Memory Expansion
Disk Drive

Up to 8 SFF SAS drives

Disk Capacity

Up to 4.8 TB
Media Bays Slimline for DVD-RAM
Half height for tape drive2 or removable disk

I/O Interface

8202-E4C Model
PCI Adapter slots Five PCI Express 8x Generation 2 plus optional four PCI Express Generation 2 low profile)
Standard Ethernet 10/100/1,000 Mbps 2ports
Integrated SAS Controller One controller for SAS DASD/SSD with RAID 10, and DVD-RAM
Optional protected 175 MB cache with RAID 5, 6
High-Perfomance PCI adaptors (optional)

4-port 8Gbps FC
2-port 10GbE
2-port 10Gbps FCoE£¨Fibre Channel over Ethernet£©
2-port Infiniband QDR
I/O Expansion (Optional)
  • Up to 2 PCIe 12X I/O drawers – 20 PCIe slots
  • Up to 4 PCI-X DDR 12X I/O drawers – 24 PCIx slots
  • Up to 380 SFF disk slots
Other Integrated Ports Three USB, two HMC, two system ports, two SPCN
GX Slots (12X) One GX++2
Other PCI adapters supported included SAS, SCSI, WAN/Async, USB, Crypto, iSCSI
PowerVM™ technologies
POWER Hypervisor™

LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN (memory-to-memory interpartition communication)
PowerVM Express Edition (optional) Up to three partitions on the server; virtualized disk and optical devices (VIOS); Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM); Shared Dedicated Capacity
PowerVM Standard Edition (optional) PowerVM Express Edition plus Micro-Partitioning® with up to 10 micropartitions per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools
PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) PowerVM Standard Edition plus Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory Sharing (AMS)
RAS features ECC memory with Chipkill
Processor Instruction Retry
Alternate Processor Recovery
Service processor with fault monitoring
Hot-plug disk bays
Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Dynamic component Deallocation
Operating system AIX, IBM i, Linux for POWER®
High availability IBM PowerHA™ family
Power requirements 100 V to 240 V ac, single phase
System dimensions Tower: 21.3 in. H × 7.2 - 12.9 in. W × 27.0 in. D (541 mm × 183 - 328.5 mm × 688 mm); weight: 106 lbs (48.2 kg)4
Rack Drawer: 6.9 in. H × 17.3 in. W × 24.0 in. D (173 mm × 440 mm × 610 mm); weight: 82 lbs (37.3 kg)4
Warranty 3 years