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

Designed for virtualized consolidation of business-critical workloads, delivers on performance, availability, efficiency and virtualization in a way that is unique in the industry. PowerVM® virtualization enables continuous, dynamic resource adjustments across all partitions and operating environments to optimize performance and enable higher utilization levels while optimizing energy usage. Supported environments include AIX®, IBM i, Linux for Power applications, all on the same system.


HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Cloud enabled for fast implementation of new workloads
  • Designed for secure, application availability
  • Modular, economically efficient design
  • Virtualized from within for better integration
  • Supports your growth, without disrupting your business
Features Benefits
Industry-leading POWER7+ performance
  • Better customer satisfaction due to improved response time to your customers
  • Infrastructure cost savings from a reduction in the number of servers and software costs
  • Improved efficiency in operations from consolidating multiple workloads on fewer systems
Exceptional PowerVM virtualization capability
  • Improves system efficiency, which lowers operational expense
  • Provides flexibility in responding to changing business requirements
  • Enables energy savings and maintains application availability
  • Provides ability to handle unexpected workload peaks by sharing resources
  • Enables consolidation of multiple AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads
Mainframe-inspired availability features
  • Better customer satisfaction due to improved application availability
  • Get more work done with less disruption to your business
  • Faster repair when required due to sophisticated system diagnostics
Nondisruptive growth options
  • Enables your system to change with your business without forcing everything to stop
  • Aligns expense with usage without sacrificing performance or future growth options
Frugal EnergyScale™ technology
  • Helps lower energy costs without sacrificing performance or business flexibility
  • Allows business to continue operations when energy is limited
Innovative Active Memory™ Expansion
  • Enables more work to be performed with existing resources
  • Partition level control enables flexibility and optimization for workload
Broad business application support
  • Allows clients the flexibility to select the right application to meet their needs
  • Helps keep you in the mainstream and off the bleeding edge
 
 

Configuration Options

Power 9117-MMB

Power 9117-MMC
Processor Technology

6 Cores @ 3.55 GHz 8 Cores @ 3.1 GHz

6 cores@3.7 GHz,8 Cores@3.3 GHz
L2 cache

256 KB per core

256 KB per core
L3 cache

4 MB per core(eDARM)

4 MB per core(eDARM)
Redundant Power & Cooling

YES

YES
Redundant Server Processor

Yes/Two Enclosure minimum

Yes/Two Enclosure minimum

Redundant Clock

Yes/Two Enclosure minimum

Yes/Two Enclosure minimum

Concurrent Add Support

YES

YES
Concurrent Service

YES

YES

System Unit

Single Enclosure

4 Enclosures
Processors

2 Sockets

8 Sockets

DDR3 Memory(Buffered)

Up to 1 TB

Up to 4 TB
SAS/SSD SFF Bays(CEC)

6

24
DVD-RAM Media Bays

1 Slim-line

4 Slim-line

SAS/SATA Controller

2/1

8/4

(CEC) PCIe bays

6 PCIe Gen2

24 PCIe Gen2
GX++ Slots(12X DDR)

2

8
Integrated Ethernet

Std: Quad 1GB
Opt: Dual 10Gb + Dual 1 Gb

Std: Four Quad 1 GB
Opt:Four x Dual 10Gb + Dual 1 Gb

USB

3

12 / 9
12X I/O Drawers w/PCI slots

Max: 4 PCIe, 8 PCI-X

Max: 16 PCIe, 32 PCI-X

PowerVM™ technologies
PowerVM Virtualization

Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition
Capacity on Demand Processor or Memory CUoD, ON/OFF, Trial, Utility
Operating System AIX, IBM i and Linux for Power
High Availability Integrated RAS design, IBM PowerHA Solution support
Power requirements Operating voltage: 200 V ac to 240 V ac
Power consumption: 1,925 watts maximum per enclosure
System dimensions

Power 770 rack drawer building block:
6.9 in. H (4U) × 19.0 in. W × 34.0 in. D (174 mm × 483 mm × 863 mm)
Weight 155 lbs (70.3 kg)6
Warranty 3 years