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

The Power 730 Express server is a two-socket high-performance, reliable and energy-efficient server supporting up to sixteen POWER7 cores and a choice of AIX®, IBM i or Linux operating systems. Combine the outstanding performance with PowerVM and the workload-optimizing capabilities of POWER7 and you are now ready to run multiple application and infrastructure workloads in a virtualized environment while driving higher utilization and reducing costs.


HIGHLIGHTS:

  • High-performance, dense and energy-efficient server ideal for running multiple application and infrastructure workloads in a virtualized environment.
  • Consolidation of UNIX and x86 Linux workloads.
    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.

    PowerVM 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.
    RAS Features Keep applications up and running so you can focus on growing your business.
    Light Path Diagnostics Easily and quickly diagnose hardware problems reducing service time.
    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 system 8-core 3.0 GHz or
8-core 3.7 GHz or
12-core 3.7 GHz or
16-core 3.55 GHz
Sockets 2
L2 cache 256 KB per core
L3 cache

4 MB per core
Memory 8 GB to 256 GB1 of RDIMM DDR3
Active Memory Expansion
Solid-state Drives(SSD)

Up to 6 SFF drives
Disk Drives

Up to 6 SFF SAS drives

Disk Capacity

Up to 3.6 TB
Media Bays Slimline for DVD-RAM
Half height for tape drive2 or removable disk

I/O

 Model 8231-E2B Model 8231-E2C
PCI Adapter slots Four PCI Express 8x low profile Five PCI Express 8x Generation2 low profile
Standard Ethernet Four virtual Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
(or)
Two virtual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports		 Two Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
Integrated SAS controller One controller for SAS DASD/SSD and DVD-RAM
Optional protected 175 MB cache with RAID 5, 6		 One controller for SAS DASD/SSD w/ RAID 10 and DVD-RAM
Optional protected 175 MB cache with RAID 5, 6
High-Performance PCI adapters 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel
10 Gigabit Ethernet
10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet		 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel
Dual port 10 Gigabit Ethernet
10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Expansion Features(optional) Storage Expansion up to 102 total SFF bays Storage Expansion up to 378 total SFF bays
Up to 20 PCIe slots
Other Integrated ports Three USB, two HMC, two system ports, two SPCN Three USB, two HMC, two system ports, two SPCN
GX slots Two GX++ Two GX++
PowerVM™ technologies
POWER Hypervisor™

LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Virtual LAN (Memory-to-memory interpretation 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 systems3 AIX, IBM i, Linux for POWER®
High availability IBM PowerHA™ family
Power requirements 200 V to 240 V ac, single phase
System dimensions Rack Drawer: 3.4 in. H × 17.6 in. W × 28.6 in. D (86 mm × 447 mm × 728 mm); weight 65 lbs (29.5 kg)4
Warranty 3 years