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IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059,datedApril28,2014IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation1IBMPowerSystemS824serverdeliversimprovedperformanceandunmatchedprice/performancevalueforintegratedLinuxapplicationsTableofcontents2Overview21Productnumber3Keyprerequisites29Publications3Plannedavailabilitydate31Technicalinformation3Description37Termsandconditions18Productpositioning41Prices20Statementofgeneraldirection54Ordernow55CorrectionsAtaglanceTheIBMPowerS824(8286-42A)serverisapowerful2-socketserverthatshipswithupto24activatedcoresandI/Oconfigurationflexibilitytomeettoday'sgrowthandtomorrow'sprocessingneeds.
Theserverfeatures:ThefollowingfullyactivatedIBMPOWER8TMdual-chipmodule(DCM)processorconfigurationsina4Urack-mountformfactor:–6-coreor12-core3.
89GHz–8-coreor16-core4.
15GHz–24-core3.
52GHzHigh-performance1600MbpsDDR3ECCmemory–16GB(#EM8B),32GB(#EM8C),or64GB(#EM8D)memoryfeatures–Upto1TBmemorywithtwoPowerSystemsTMprocessorDCMs–Upto512GBmemorywithonePowerSystemsprocessorDCMChoiceofstoragefeatures:–TwelveSFF-3Bays/DVDBay–EighteenSFF-3Bays/eight1.
8-inchSSDbays/DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCache–Splitfeatureto6+6SFF-3Bays:AddasecondSASControllerHot-swapPCIeGen3SlotsIntegrated:–Serviceprocessor–EnergyScaleTMtechnology–Hot-swapandredundantcooling–FourUSB3.
0portsforgeneraluse–TwoUSB2.
0portsfornon-generaluse–TwoHMC1GbERJ45ports–OnesystemportwithRJ45connectorFourhotplug,redundantpowersupplies19-inchrack-mounthardware(4U)IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation2Forordering,contactyourIBMrepresentative,anIBMBusinessPartner,orIBMAmericasCallCentersat800-IBM-CALL(Reference:YE001).
OverviewThenewIBMPowerS824serverisdesignedtoputdatatowork.
WithastrongcommitmenttooptimizingAIXandIBMiworkloads,thesenewsystemsdeliverimprovedperformancecomparedtothepriorgenerationofsystemsandadditionallyofferunmatchedprice/performancevalueforintegratedLinuxTMapplications.
IBMPowerSystemsbased1-socketand2-socketserversprovidetheidealfoundationforprivateandpubliccloudinfrastructure.
ThenewPowerS824server,basedonPOWER8processors,deliverssuperiorthroughputcomparedtoIntelTMbasedofferingsforcomparableworkloadsandprovidessuperioreconomicsforscale-outdeployments.
Forcustomerslookingtodeployadvancedanalytics,Powercannowdeliversuperiorresponsetimeforsortingandqueryingunstructuredbigdatasetsandcandeliverasuperiornumberofbusinessreportsperhourfortypicalbusinessanalyticsovercompetingsolutions.
ForJavaTMworkloads,thenewsystemsdeliverunprecedentedperformance.
OtherscenariosforuseofthePowerS824include:ConsolidatingofUNIXTM,IBMi,andLinuxworkloadsRunninganalyticsandsmalltomidsizedatabaseapplicationsonthesameserverGainingfasterinsightswiththePOWER8processorandsmartaccelerationenabledbyCoherentAcceleratorProcessorInterface(CAPI)technologiesReducingenergyconsumptionbyutilizingadvancedenergycontrolThePowerS824server(8286-42A)supportstwoprocessorsockets,offering6-coreor12-core3.
89GHz,8-coreor16-core4.
15GHz,or24-core3.
52GHzconfigurationsina19-inchrack-mount,4U(EIAunits)drawerconfiguration.
Allthecoresareactive.
ThePowerS824serversupportsamaximumof16DDR3CDIMMslots.
Memorysupportedare16GB,32GB,and64GBandrunatspeedsof1600Mbps,allowingforamaximumsystemmemoryof1024GB.
RichI/Ooptionsinthesystemunitinclude:–FourPCIeG3x16full-height,full-lengthslots(oneCAPIcontrollerpersocketatdirectPCIex16slotfromeachsocket)–SixPCIeG3x8full-height,half-lengthslots(1of4PCIeG3x8LPslotswillnotbeavailableifthehigh-functionRAIDcontrollerinstalled.
)–Eighteen2.
5-in.
HDDSFFbaysandeight1.
8-in.
SSDs–RAID0,5,6,10,5T2,6T2,and10T2support–OneDVD–OnePCIeG3x8slotfor1GbE4-portLANcontrollerintegratedTwofrontandtworearUSB3.
0ports;onerearsystemportServiceprocessor2+2Redundanthot-swapacpowersuppliesineachenclosure19-inchrack-mount4UconfigurationPowerVMRedHatEnterpriseLinux(RHEL)6.
5,orlater;SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer(SLES)11ServicePack3,orlater;AIX6.
1,7.
1,orlater;orIBMi7.
1,7.
2,orlater,operatingsystemsupportIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation3KeyprerequisitesRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.
5,orlaterSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11ServicePack3,orlaterAIX6.
1,7.
1,orlaterIBMi7.
1,7.
2,orlaterRefertotheHardwarerequirementssectionandSoftwarerequirementssectionfordetails.
PlannedavailabilitydateJune10,2014,forallfeaturesexceptESDS,ELSS,ESDU,ELSU,andEJ12July25,2014,forthefollowingfeatures:–ESDS(283GB10kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(IBMi))–ELSS(#ESDSLoadSourceSpecify(283GB10kSASSFF3forIBMi))–ESDU(139GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(IBMi))–ELSU(#ESDULoadSourceSpecify(139GB15kSASSFF3forIBMi))–EJ12(PCIe3FPGAAcceleratorAdapter)Note:FeatureEJ0NisrequiredtobecombinedwithfeatureEJ0S(Split#EJ0Nto6+6SFF-3Bays:AddsSecondSASController).
DescriptionSummaryofstandardfeaturesforPowerS824:PowerSystemsserverbuiltwithPOWER8processormodules–6-coreor12-core3.
89GHz–8-coreor16-core4.
15GHz–24-core3.
52GHzHigh-performance1600MbpsDDR3ECCmemory–16GB(#EM8B),32GB(#EM8C),or64GB(#EM8D)memoryfeatures–Upto1TBmemorywithtwoPowerSystemprocessorDCMs–Upto512GBmemorywithonePowerSystemprocessorDCMChoiceoftwostoragefeatures–Choiceone:twelveSFFbays,oneDVDbay,oneintegratedSAScontrollerwithoutcache,andJBOD,RAID0,5,6,or10--Optionally,splittheaboveSFFbaysandaddasecondintegratedSAScontrollerwithoutcache.
–Choicetwo:eighteenSFFbays;oneDVDbay,apairofintegratedSAScontrollerswithcache,RAID0,5,6,10,5T2,6T2,and10T2;anda8-bay1.
8-inchSSDcage--Optionally,attachanEXP24SSASHDD/SSDExpansionDrawertothedualIOA.
Hot-swapPCIeGen3Slots–Eleven1slotswithtwoPowerSystemsprocessorDCMs:fourx16slotsandseven2x8slots–Seven1slotswithonePowerSystemsprocessorDCM:twox16slotsandfive2x8slotsIntegrated:IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation4–Serviceprocessor–EnergyScaletechnology–Hot-swapandredundantcooling–FourUSB3.
0portsforgeneraluse–TwoUSB2.
0portsfornon-generaluse–TwoHMC1GbERJ45ports–OnesystemportwithRJ45connectorFourhotplug,redundantpowersupplies19-inchrack-mounthardware(4U)1OnefewerPCIeslotisavailablewiththedualIOAstoragebackplanefeatureEJ0U.
2Onex8PCIeslotisusedforintegratedLANadapter.
PowerVMIBMPowerVM,whichdeliversindustrial-strengthvirtualizationforIBMAIX,IBMi,andLinuxenvironmentsonIBMPOWERprocessor-basedsystems,hasbeenenhancedwithavirtualization-orientedperformancemonitorandperformancestatisticsareavailablethroughtheHMC.
Theseperformancestatisticscanbeusedtounderstandtheworkloadcharacteristicsandtoprepareforcapacityplanning.
CapacitybackupThePowerS824server'sCBUdesignationenablesyoutotemporarilytransferIBMiprocessorlicenseentitlementsandIBMiuserlicenseentitlementspurchasedforaprimarymachinetoasecondaryCBU-designatedsystemforHA/DRoperations.
Temporarilytransferringtheseresourcesinsteadofpurchasingthemforyoursecondarysystemmayresultinsignificantsavings.
Processoractivationscannotbetransferred.
TheCBUspecifyfeature0444isavailableonlyaspartofanewserverpurchase.
CertainsystemprerequisitesmustbemetandsystemregistrationandapprovalarerequiredbeforetheCBUspecifyfeaturecanbeappliedonanewserver.
StandardIBMitermsandconditionsdonotalloweitherIBMiprocessorlicenseentitlementsorIBMiuserlicenseentitlementstobetransferredpermanentlyortemporarily.
Theseentitlementsremainwiththemachinetheywereorderedfor.
Whenyouregistertheassociationbetweenyourprimaryandon-orderCBUsystem,youmustagreetocertaintermsandconditionsregardingthetemporarytransfer.
AfteranewCBUsystemisregisteredalongwiththeproposedprimaryandtheconfigurationisapproved,youcantemporarilymoveyouroptionalIBMiprocessorlicenseentitlementandIBMienterpriseenablement(#5250)entitlementsfromtheprimarysystemtotheCBUsystemwhentheprimarysystemisdownorwhiletheprimarysystemprocessorsareinactive.
TheCBUsystemcanthensupportfailoverandroleswappingforafullrangeoftest,disasterrecovery,andhighavailabilityscenarios.
TemporaryentitlementtransfermeansthattheentitlementisapropertytransferredfromtheprimarysystemtotheCBUsystemandmayremaininuseontheCBUsystemaslongastheregisteredprimaryandCBUsystemareindeploymentforthehighavailabilityordisasterrecoveryoperation.
TheintentoftheCBUofferingistoenableregularrole-swapoperations.
Beforeyoucantemporarilytransfer5250entitlements,youmusthavemorethanone5250EnterpriseEnablemententitlementontheprimaryserverandatleastone5250EnterpriseEnablemententitlementontheCBUsystem.
Youcanthentransfertheentitlementsthatarenotrequiredontheprimaryserverduringthetimeoftransferandthatareabovetheminimumofoneentitlement.
TheminimumnumberofpermanententitlementsontheCBUisonehoweveryouarerequiredlicenseallpermanentworkloadsuchasreplicationworkload.
Ifforexample,thereplicationworkloadconsumesfourprocessorcoresatpeakworkload,thenyouarerequiredtopermanentlylicensefourcoresontheCBU.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation5Forexample,ifyouhavea12-corePower740asyourprimarysystemwithsixIBMiprocessorlicenseentitlements(fiveabovetheminimum)andtwo5250EnterpriseEnablemententitlements(oneabovetheminimum),youcantemporarilytransferuptofiveIBMientitlementsandone5250EnterpriseEnablemententitlement.
Duringthetemporarytransfer,theCBUsystem'sinternalrecordsofitstotalnumberofIBMiprocessorentitlementsarenotupdated,andyoumayseeIBMilicensenoncompliancewarningmessagesfromtheCBUsystem.
TheCBUspecifyfeature0444isavailableonlyaspartofanewserverpurchase.
CertainsystemprerequisitesmustbemetandsystemregistrationandapprovalarerequiredbeforetheCBUspecifyfeaturecanbeappliedonanewserver.
StandardIBMitermsandconditionsdonotalloweitherIBMiprocessorlicenseentitlementsor5250enterpriseenablemententitlementstobetransferredpermanentlyortemporarily.
Theseentitlementsremainwiththemachinetheywereorderedfor.
Whenyouregistertheassociationbetweenyourprimaryandon-orderCBUsystem,youmustagreetocertaintermsandconditionsregardingthetemporarytransfer.
TheserverswithP20orhighersoftwaretiersdonothaveuserentitlementsthatcanbetransferred,andonlyprocessorlicenseentitlementscanbetransferred.
760(9109-RMD)770(9117-MMB)770(9117-MMC)770(9117-MMD)750(8408-E8D)740(8205-E6B)740(8205-E6C)740(8205-E6D)750(8233-E8B)730(8231-E2D)S824(8286-42A)PowerS824systemconfigurationTheminimumPowerS824initialordermustincludeaprocessormodule,32GBofmemory,astoragebackplane,oneHDDorSSDDASDdevice,aPCIe24-port1GbEcontroller,fourpowersuppliesandlinecords,anoperatingsystemindicator,acoversetindicator,andaLanguageGroupSpecify.
Theminimumdefinedinitialorderconfiguration,ifnochoiceismade,whenAIXorLinuxistheprimaryoperatingsystem,isasfollows:FeaturenumberDescriptionEPXE6-core3.
89GHzPOWER8ProcessormoduleEPYEProcessorcoreentitlementactivationsforEPYEtoequaltotalprocessorcoresorderedEM8Bx216GBDDR3MemoryEJ0NStorageBackplane:12SFF-3BaysandDVDBay,JBOD,RAID0,5,6,10ESDTx1146GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDriveforAIX/LinuxEB2Lx4CECACPowerSupply-900W5899x1PCIe24-port1GbEAdapter6458x4PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/IBMPDU(250V/10A)9300/97xxLanguageGroupSpecifyEJTCFrontBezelfor12-BayBackPlane2146PrimaryOperatingSystemIndicator-AIX2147PrimaryOperatingSystemIndicator-LinuxIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation6Notes:Therackingapproachfortheinitialordermustbeeithera7014-T00,7014-T42,or7953-94Y.
IfanadditionalrackisrequiredforI/OexpansiondrawersasanMEStoanexistingsystem,eitherafeature0551,0553,orER05rackmustbeordered.
NointernalHDDorSSDisrequirediffeature0837(BootfromSAN)isselected.
AFibreChanneladaptermustbeorderediffeature0837isselected.
FeatureEJ0NisrequiredtobecombinedwithfeatureEJ0S.
AIXissmalltierlicensingTheminimumdefinedinitialorderconfiguration,ifnochoiceismade,whenIBMiistheprimaryoperatingsystem,is:FeaturenumberDescriptionEPXE6-core3.
89GHzPOWER8ProcessorcardEPYEProcessorcoreentitlementactivationsforEPYEtoequaltotalprocessorcoresorderedEM8Bx216GBDDR3MemoryEJ0NStorageBackplane:12SFF-3BaysandDVDBay,JBOD,RAID0,5,6,10ESDUx2139GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDriveforIBMiEB2Lx4CECACPowerSupply-900W5899x1PCIe24-port1GbEAdapter6458x4PowerCord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/IBMPDU(250V/10A)9300/97xxLanguageGroupSpecifyEJTCFrontBezelfor12-BayBackPlane2145PrimaryOperatingSystemIndicator-IBMi0040MirroredSystemDiskLevelSpecifyCode0567orEB72IBMi7.
1indicatororIBMi7.
2indicator5550or5557SystemConsoleonHMCIndicatororSystemConsole-EthernetNoIOPNotes:Therackingapproachfortheinitialordermustbeeithera7014-T00,7014-T42,or7953-94Y.
IfanadditionalrackisrequiredforI/OexpansiondrawersasanMEStoanexistingsystem,eitherafeature0551,0553,orER05rackmustbeordered.
NointernalHDDorSSDisrequirediffeature0837(BootfromSAN)isselected.
AFibreChanneladaptermustbeorderediffeature0837isselected.
WhenIBMiistheprimaryoperatingsystem(#2145),aDVDdeviceisnotrequiredtobeordered.
ADVDdevicewillbeneededfornormalsystemoperations,butnotrequiredonallsystems.
FeatureEJ0NisrequiredtobecombinedwithfeatureEJ0S.
IBMioperatingsystemperformance:Clientswithwrite-sensitivedisk/HDDworkloadsshouldupgradefromtheEJ0NbackplanetotheEJ0Pbackplanetogaintheperformanceadvantageofwritecache.
IBMiistier20licensing,whichdoesnothaveuserbasedlicensingandincludesthe5250features.
ProcessormodulesAminimumofoneprocessorisrequiredonanorderwithsix,eight,ortwelveprocessorcoresontheprocessor.
Amaximumoftwoprocessorsisallowedonanorder.
AquantityofoneortwooftheprocessorfeaturesEPXE,EPXF,orEPXHcanbeordered.
Allprocessorcoresmustbeactivated.
Thefollowingdefinestheallowedquantitiesofprocessoractivationentitlements:–One6-core,3.
89GHzprocessor(#EPXE)requiresthatsixprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumofsixprocessoractivationcodefeatureEPYEisrequired.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation7–Two6-core,3.
89GHzprocessors(#EPXE)requirethattwelveprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumoftwelveprocessoractivationcodefeatureEPYEisrequired.
–One8-core,4.
15GHzprocessor(#EPXF)requiresthateightprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumofeightprocessoractivationcodefeatureEPYEisrequired.
–Two8-core,4.
15GHzprocessors(#EPXF)requirethatsixteenprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
AmaximumofsixteenprocessoractivationcodefeatureEPYEisrequired.
–Two12-core,3.
52GHzprocessor(#EPXH)requiresthattwenty-fourprocessoractivationcodesbeordered.
Amaximumoftwenty-fourprocessoractivationcodefeatureEPYEisrequired.
SystemmemoryAminimum32GBofmemoryisrequiredonthePowerS824system.
Memoryisrequiredtobeorderedinpairs.
Basememoryistwo16GB,1600MbpsDDR3memorymodules(#EM8B).
Plansforfuturememoryupgradesshouldbetakenintoaccountwhendecidingwhichmemoryfeaturesizetouseatthetimeofinitialsystemorder.
MemoryfeaturesFeatureMinimumDIMMMaximumDIMMFeaturenumberquantityquantity16GB1600MbpsEM8B01632GB1600MbpsEM8C01664GB1600MbpsEM8D016PowersupplyFourpowersupplies:2+2900Watt100-127Vacor200-240Vacoptions(4x#EB2L)RedundantfansRedundantfansarestandard.
PowercordsFourpowercordsarerequired.
Amaximumoffourfeature6458cordsareallowedonthesystemunlessavalidI/Odrawerortowerisattachedtothesystem.
ThePowerS824supportspowercord4.
3m(14-ft),DrawertoWall/IBMPDU(250V/10A)inthebaseshipmentgroup.
Refertothefeaturelistingforotheroptions.
I/OsupportPCIeslotsThePowerS824hasupto11PCIehotplugGen3slots,providingexcellentconfigurationflexibilityandexpandability.
ForevenmorePCIeslots,seetheStatementofgeneraldirectionsectionforanI/OdrawerwithPCIeslots.
WithtwoPOWER8processorDCMs,11PCIeGen3slotsareavailable.
Fourarex16full-heightandfull-lengthslots.
Sevenarex8Gen3full-height,half-lengthslots.
WithonePOWER8processorDCM,sevenPCIeGen3slotsareavailable.
Twoarex16full-heightandfull-lengthslots.
Fivearex8Gen3full-height,half-lengthslots.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation8FourotherPCIeslotsarephysicallypresent,butarenotavailableforuseuntilasecondprocessorDCMisinstalled.
Thex16slotscanprovideuptotwicethebandwidthofx8slotsbecausetheyoffertwiceasmanyPCIelanes.
PCIeGen3slotscansupportuptotwicethebandwidthofaPCIeGen2slotanduptofourtimesthebandwidthofaPCIeGen1slot,assuminganequivalentnumberofPCIelanes.
AtleastonePCIeEthernetadapterisrequiredontheserverbyIBMtoensurepropermanufacture,test,andsupportoftheserver.
Oneofthex8PCIeslotsisusedforthisrequiredadapter,identifiedastheC10slot.
ThenewserversaresmarteraboutenergyefficiencyforcoolingthePCIeadapterenvironment.
TheysensewhichIBMPCIeadaptersareinstalledintheirPCIeslots,andifanadapterrequireshigherlevelsofcooling,theyautomaticallyspeedupfanstoincreaseairflowacrossthePCIeadapters.
Incontrast,POWER7serversrequiredtheusertoentera"non-acousticmode"commandtospeedupthefans.
Notethatfasterfansincreasethesoundleveloftheserver.
HigherwattagePCIeadaptersincludethePCIe3SASadapters,PCIe2SASadapters,andSSD/flashPCIeadapters(#EJ0J,#EJ0M,#EL3B,#EJ0L,#ESA1,#ESA2,#ESA3,and#5913).
IBMisalsointroducingagzipaccelerationadapter(#EJ12).
ThisPCIeadapterincorporatesthelatestinFPGAtechnologytoprovidesignificantperformanceimprovementsforcustomersrunningworkloadssuchasIBMWebSphere,whichrequirefrequentgzipcompressionsanddecompressions.
CustomersrunningJavaworkloadsusingjava/util/gzipwillalsoseeimpressiveperformanceimprovements.
Thisfeatureisparticularlyeffectiveforworkloadsrequiringtransferoflargebuffers.
Utilizingthisadaptercanreducebothstoragerequirementsandnetworkcongestioninacustomer'senvironment.
ThisfeatureisonlysupportedinAIX.
SASbaysandstoragebackplaneoptionsThreebackplaneoptionsprovideagreatdealofflexibilityandcapability.
Oneofthesethreemustbeconfigured:StorageBackplane12SFF-3Bays/DVDBay(#EJ0N)FeaturesEJ0NandEJ0S(splitbackplane)StorageBackplane18SFF-3Bays/eight1.
8-inchSSDbays/DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCacheandEasyTierfunctionality(#EJ0P)EachofthethreebackplaneoptionsprovidesSFF-3SASbaysinthesystemunit.
These2.
5-inchorsmallformfactor(SFF)SASbayscancontainSASdrives(HDDorSSD)mountedonaGen3trayorcarrier.
ThusthedrivesaredesignatedSFF-3.
SFF-1orSFF-2drivesdonotfitinanSFF-3bay.
AllSFF-3bayssupportconcurrentmaintenanceor"hotplug"capability.
Eachofthethreebackplaneoptionsusesleading-edge,integratedSASRAIDcontrollertechnologydesignedandpatentedbyIBM.
Acustom-designedPowerPCbasedASICchipisthebasisoftheseSASRAIDcontrollersandprovidesindustry-leadingRAID5andRAID6performancelevels,especiallyforSSD.
Internally,13(nocache)or16(withcache)6GbSASportsareimplementedandprovideplentyofbandwidth.
SimilarSASRAIDtechnologywasfirstintroducedwiththePCIeGen3SAScontrollers,featuresEJ0JandEJ0L.
TheintegratedSAScontrollersareplacedindedicatedslotsanddonotreducethenumberofavailablePCIeslots.
ThefeatureEJ0NstoragebackplaneoptionprovidestwelveSFF-3bays,oneSAScontrollerwithzerowritecache,andaDVDdrivebay.
ByoptionallyaddingthefeatureEJ0Ssplitbackplanefeature,asecondintegratedSAScontrollerwithnowritecacheisprovidedandthetwelveSSF-3baysarelogicallydividedintotwosetsofsixbays.
EachSAScontrollerindependentlyrunsoneofthesix-baysetsofdrives.
ThefeatureEJ0PstoragebackplaneoptionhasexpandedfunctioncomparedtothefeatureEJ0Nbackplane.
FeatureEJ0PprovideseighteenSSF-3bays;apairIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation9ofintegratedSAScontrollers,eachwith1.
8GBphysical(effectivelyupto7.
2GBwithcompression)writecache;aDVDbay;twoSASportsenabledforattachinganexternalfeature5887EXP24SDiskDrawer;aneight-bay,1.
8-inchSSDCage;andEasyTierfunctionality.
TheSASportsareindicatedbytheEJ0ZfeatureandmustbeorderedwithfeatureEJ0P.
TheSASportsarephysicallymountedontherearoftheserveranduseuponePCIex8slot.
TheSSDcageisindicatedbyfeatureEJTMfeatureandmustalsobeorderedwithfeatureEJ0P.
ThedualSAScontrollersprovidebothperformanceandprotectionadvantages.
PatentedActive-Activecapabilitiesenhanceperformancewhenthereismorethanonearrayconfigured.
EachofthedualcontrollershasaccesstoallthebackplaneSASbaysandcanbackuptheothercontrollerifthereweretobeaproblemwiththeothercontroller.
Eachcontrollermirrorstheother'swritecache,providingredundancyprotection.
Integratedflashmemoryforthewritecachecontentprovidesprotectionagainstelectricalpowerlosstotheserverandavoidstheneedforwritecachebatteryprotectionandbatterymaintenance.
AllthreeofthesebackplaneoptionssupportHDDsorSSDsoramixtureofHDDsandSSDsintheSFF-3bays.
IfmixingHDDsandSSDs,theymustbeinseparatearrays(unlessusingEasyTierfunction).
Allthreeofthesebackplaneoptionscanofferdifferentdriveprotectionoptions:RAID0,RAID5,RAID6,orRAID10.
RAID5requiresaminimumofthreedrivesofthesamecapacity.
RAID6requiresaminimumoffourdrivesofthesamecapacity.
RAID10requiresaminimumoftwodrives.
HotsparecapabilityissupportedwithRAID5orRAID6.
Thehigh-performance,expanded-functiondual-IOAbackplanealsoprovesEasyTierfunctionality,whichisalsocalledRAID5T2(2-tieredRAID5),RAID6T2(2-tieredRAID6),andRAID10T2(2-tieredRAID10).
Note:I/Operformance-sensitiveworkloadswithanappreciablepercentageofwritesshouldstronglyconsiderusingthefeatureEJ0PbackplanewithSAScontrollerswithwritecacheorusePCIeSAScontrollerswithwritecache,especiallyforHDD.
NotealsothatRAID5andRAID6resultinmoredrivewriteactivitythanmirroringorthanunprotecteddrives.
AllthreeofthesebackplaneoptionsaresupportedbyAIX,IBMi,Linux,andVIOS.
IfusedbyIBMi,tobeasupportedconfiguration,thedrivesmustbeprotectedbymethodssuchasRAID5,RAID6,ormirroring.
IfusedbyAIX,Linux,orVIOS,itishighlyrecommendedthatthedrivesbeprotected,butnotrequired.
Iftheclientneedsachangeaftertheserverisalreadyinstalled,thebackplaneoptioncanbechanged.
Forexample,thefeatureEJ0SsplitbackplanecanbeaddedtoanexistingfeatureEJ0Nbackplane.
OrthefeatureEJ0Ncanberemovedandreplacedbytheexpanded-functiondualIOAfeatureEJ0Pbackplane.
OrafeatureEJ0PbackplanecouldbereplacedbyafeatureEJ0NandEJ0Sbackplane.
UnlikethehotplugPCIeslotsandSASbays,concurrentmaintenanceisnotavailablefortheintegratedSAScontrollers.
Scheduleddowntimeisrequiredifaserviceactionisrequiredfortheseintegratedresources.
SSDcageInadditiontosupportingHDDsandSSDsintheSFF-3SASbays,theexpanded-functionfeatureEJ0Psupportsamandatory8-bay,1.
8-inchSSDCage(#EJTM).
AlleightbaysareaccessedbybothoftheintegratedSAScontrollers.
Thebayssupportconcurrentmaintenance(hotplug).
SSD1.
8-inchdrivessuchasthe387GBcapacityfeatureES16orES17aresupported.
DVDdrivebayIncludedinthefeatureEJ0NorEJ0PbackplanesisaslimlinemediabaythatcanoptionallyhouseaSATADVD-RAM(#5771).
TheDVDdriveisrunbytheintegratedSAScontrollers,andaseparatePCIecontrollerisnotrequired.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation10StorageBackplaneIntegratedEasyTierfunctionTheEasyTierfunctionisprovidedwiththedualIOA,high-performancestoragebackplane(#EJ0P).
Conceptually,thisfunctionisliketheEasyTierfunctionfoundintheIBMStorageproductssuchastheDS8000,StorwizeV7000,orSVC,butimplementedjustwithintheintegratedPowerSystemsSAScontrollers,theintegratedSASbays,and,optionally,anEXP24SI/Odrawer.
HotdataisautomaticallymovedtoSSDs,andcolddataisautomaticallymovedtodisk(HDD)inanAIX,Linux,orVIOSenvironment.
Nouserapplicationcodingisrequired.
Clientscommonlyhavethishot/coldcharacteristicfortheirdata.
Itistypicalfor10%-20%ofthedatatobeaccessed80%-90%ofthetime.
Thisiscalledthehotdata.
IfyoucangetthehotdataontoSSDs,itcandramaticallyimprovetheperformanceofI/O-boundapplications.
AndbykeepingthecolddataonHDDs,thetotalcostpergigabyteofthesolutioncanbeminimized.
YoucanendupwithhighI/Operformanceataveryreasonableprice.
ByavoidingtheneedforlotsofHDDarmsforperformance,youcanreducethenumberofI/Odrawers,maintenance,rack/floorspace,andenergy.
Ona4Userver,upto26internalHDD/SSDSASbays,and,optionally,withtheEXP24Sdrawer,anadditional24SASbaysaresupportedwiththeintegratedEasyTierfunction.
Inadditionoralternativelyon4Uservers,thepreviouslyannouncedPCIeGen3largecacheSAScontrollers(#EJOL)canprovideadditionalcapacityorconfigurationoptionsfortheEasyTierfunction.
EasyTierfunctionisconfiguredusingRAID5T2(2-tieredRAID5),RAID6T2(2-tieredRAID6),orRAID10T2(2-tieredRAID10).
HDDandSSDarecombinedinthesamearrayandthecontrolleroradapterswaps1Mor2MbandsofdatabetweenHDDandSSD,automaticallymovingthehotdatatoSSDandthecolddatatoSSD.
TheHDDandSSDcanbedifferentcapacitiesinthisarray.
Ifanarrayhasmultiplecapacitypoints,forexample,300GBHDDand600GBHDD,only300GBofthelarger600GBHDDwillbeused.
Similarly,ifthearrayhas387GBSSDand775GBSSD,only387GBofthe775GBwillbeused.
Notethattheblocksizeofthedrivesinthearraymustmatch.
Alldrivesmustbe5xxbytesectorsorallmustbe4kbytesectors.
EasyTierfunctionrequiresAIXV7.
1TL3SP3,orlater;AIXV6.
1TL9SP3,orlater;RHEL6.
5,orlater;SLES11SP3,orlater;orVIOS2.
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3,orlater.
I/OdrawerattachmentTheEXP24SSASHDD/SSDExpansionDrawer(#5887)isattachedtoSASportsoneitheraPCIeSASadapterlocatedintheserverortotheSASportsontherearoftheserver.
TwoSASportsontherearoftheserverareenabledwiththeexpanded-functionstoragebackplanewithdualIOAsupport.
Onefeature5887EXP24Sdrawerinmode1canbeattachedtothetwoSASportsontherearoftheserverusingtwoSASYOcablessuchasfeatureECBT,ECBU,ECBV,orECBW.
EitherSSDsorHDDscanbeplacedinthisdrawer,butSSDsandHDDscannotbemixedinthisdrawer.
Thefeature5887EXP24SdrawercanbeattachedtoSASportsofPCIeSASadaptersusingSASYOorXcables.
Upto14EXP24Sdrawerscanbeattached.
ThespecificSAScablesusedwilldependonthespecificadapterselectedanddrawermodeselected.
EitherSSDsorHDDscanbeplacedinthedrawer,dependingonthecapabilitiesoftheadapterrunningthebays.
NotethatlongerdistanceSAScablesarethickerandcanfilltheCableManagementArmmorequickly.
ClientsmigratingfromearliergenerationserversmayhavebeenusingI/OdrawerssuchastheGX++attachedfeature5802or5877PCIe12XI/ODrawerswithPCIeGen1slots.
ThoughmostPCIeadaptersinthefeature5802or5877drawerscanbemovedtothisserver,anditsdiskdrivesconvertedandmovedtothefeature5887EXP24Sdrawer,thefeature5802and5877drawersarenotsupportedonthisnewerPowerSystemstechnology-basedserver.
Similarly,theGX++attachedEXP30UltraSSDDrawer(#EDR1or#5888)isnotsupported.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation11Theolder3.
5-inch-basedfeature5886EXP12SSASDiskDrawerandfeature5786EXP24SCSIDiskDrawerarenotsupported.
IBMoffersa1UmultimediadrawerthatcanholdoneormoreDVDs,tapedrive,orRDXdockingstations.
The7226-1U3isthemostcurrentoffering.
Theearlier7216-1U2and7214-1U2arealsosupported.
Uptosixofthesemultimediadrawerscanbeattached.
CablemanagementarmAfoldingarmisattachedtotheserver'srailsattherearoftheserver.
Theserver'spowercordsandthecablesfromthePCIeadaptersorintegratedportsrunthroughthearmandintotherack.
ThearmenablestheservertobepulledforwardonitsrailsforserviceaccesstoPCIeslots,memory,processors,andsoonwithoutdisconnectingthecablesfromtheserver.
Approximately1meteror3feetofcord/cablelengthisneededforthearm.
IntegratedI/OportsInadditiontotheintegratedSAScontrollersandSASportsassociatedwiththestoragebackplane,therearetwoHMCports,onesystemport,andsixUSBports.
ThetwoHMCportsareRJ45supporting1GbEthernetconnections.
TheonesystemportisRJ45andissupportedbyAIXandLinuxforattachingserialdevicessuchasanasynchronousdevicelikeaconsole.
IfthedevicedoesnothaveaRJ45connection,aconvertercablesuchasfeature3930canprovidea9-pinD-shellconnection.
Notethatserialdevicescanhaveveryindividualcharacteristics(differentpinouts)andthefeature3930maynotbeappropriateforallpossibledevices.
Inthiscase,theusershouldacquireanOEMconvertercableappropriatefortheirdevice.
FourUSB-3portsavailableforgeneralclientuseandtwoUSB-2portsareavailableforlimitedclientuse.
TwoUSB-3portsarelocatedonthefrontoftheserver,andtheotherfourUSBports(twoUSB-3andtwoUSB-2)areontherear.
TheUSB-2portsareontheserviceprocessorcardandthereprimarilyforIBMuse;however,IBMicanuseoneoftheUSB-2portsforcommunicatingthestatusofaUPS(uninterruptiblepowersupply).
Aconvertercable,featureECCF,providesaUSB-to-9-pinD-Shellconnectionforthisfunction.
ConnectiontoaserialportforthisUPScommunicationfunctionforIBMiisnotsupported.
AccessibilitybypeoplewithdisabilitiesAUSSection508VoluntaryProductAccessibilityTemplate(VPAT)containingdetailsonaccessibilitycompliancecanberequestedathttp://www.
ibm.
com/able/product_accessibility/index.
htmlSection508oftheUSRehabilitationActIBMPowerS824serveriscapableasofJune10,2014,whenusedinaccordancewithassociatedIBMdocumentation,ofsatisfyingtheapplicablerequirementsofSection508oftheRehabilitationAct,providedthatanyassistivetechnologyusedwiththeproductproperlyinteroperateswithit.
AUSSection508VoluntaryProductAccessibilityTemplate(VPAT)canberequestedathttp://www-03.
ibm.
com/able/product_accessibility/index.
htmlReliability,Availability,andServiceabilityReliability,faulttolerance,anddatacorrectionThereliabilityofsystemsstartswithcomponents,devices,andsubsystemsthataredesignedtobehighlyreliable.
Duringthedesignanddevelopmentprocess,IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation12subsystemsgothroughrigorousverificationandintegrationtestingprocesses.
Duringsystemmanufacturing,systemsgothroughathoroughtestingprocesstohelpensurethehighestlevelofproductquality.
MemorysubsystemRASThememoryhaserrordetectionandcorrectioncircuitrydesignedsuchthatthefailureofanyonespecificmemorymodulewithinanECCwordbyitselfcanbecorrectedabsentanyotherfault.
Inaddition,aspareDRAMperrankoneachmemoryportprovidesfordynamicDRAMdevicereplacementduringruntimeoperation.
Also,dynamiclanesparingontheDMIlinkallowsforrepairofafaultydatalane.
Othermemoryprotectionfeaturesincluderetrycapabilitiesforcertainfaultsdetectedatboththememorycontrollerandthememorybuffer.
Memoryisalsoperiodicallyscrubbedtoallowforsofterrorstobecorrectedandforsolidsingle-cellerrorsreportedtothehypervisor,whichsupportsoperatingsystemdeallocationofapageassociatedwithahardsingle-cellfault.
MutualsurveillanceTheserviceprocessormonitorstheoperationofthefirmwareduringthebootprocessandalsomonitorsthehypervisorfortermination.
Thehypervisormonitorstheserviceprocessorandreportsservicereferencecodewhenitdetectssurveillanceloss.
InthePowerVMenvironment,itwillperformareset/reloadifitdetectsthelossoftheserviceprocessor.
EnvironmentalmonitoringfunctionsThePowerSystemsfamilydoesambientandovertemperaturemonitoringandreporting.
AvailabilityenhancementfunctionsThePowerSystemsfamilycontinuestoofferandintroducesignificantenhancementsdesignedtoincreasesystemavailability.
POWER8processorfunctionsAsinPOWER6,POWER7,andPOWER7+TM,thePOWER8processorhastheabilitytodoprocessorinstructionretryforsometransienterrorsandalternateprocessorrecoveryforanumberofcore-relatedfaults.
Thissignificantlyreducesexposuretobothhard(logic)andsoft(transient)errorsintheprocessorcore.
Softfailuresintheprocessorcorearetransient(intermittent)errors,oftenduetocosmicraysorothersourcesofradiation,andgenerallyarenotrepeatable.
Whenanerrorisencounteredinthecore,thePOWER8processorwillfirstautomaticallyretrytheinstruction.
Ifthesourceoftheerrorwastrulytransient,theinstructionwillsucceedandthesystemwillcontinueasbefore.
OnIBMsystemspriortoPOWER6,thiserrorwouldhavecausedacheckstop.
Hardfailuresaremoredifficult,beingtruelogicalerrorsthatwillbereplicatedeachtimetheinstructionisrepeated.
Retryingtheinstructionwillnothelpinthissituation.
AsinPOWER6,POWER7,andPOWER7+technology,processorshavetheabilitytoextractthefailinginstructionfromthefaultycoreandretryitelsewhereinthesystemforanumberoffaults,afterwhichthefailingcoreisdynamicallydeconfiguredandcalledoutforreplacementinthePowerVMenvironment.
Thesefeaturesaredesignedtoavoidafullsystemoutage.
AsinPOWER6andPOWER7+,thePOWER8processorincludessingleprocessorcheckstoppingforcertainfaultsthatcannotbehandledbytheavailabilityenhancementsdescribedintheprecedingsection.
Thissignificantlyreducestheprobabilityofanyoneprocessoraffectingtotalsystemavailability.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation13PartitionavailabilitypriorityAlsoavailableistheabilitytoassignavailabilityprioritiestopartitions.
InthePowerVMenvironmentifanalternateprocessorrecoveryeventrequiresspareprocessorresourcesinordertoprotectaworkload,whennoothermeansofobtainingthespareresourcesisavailable,thesystemwilldeterminewhichpartitionhasthelowestpriorityandattempttoclaimtheneededresource.
OnaproperlyconfiguredPOWER8processor-basedserver,thisallowsthatcapacitytobefirstobtainedfrom,forexample,atestpartitioninsteadofafinancialaccountingsystem.
CacheavailabilityTheL2andL3cachesinthePOWER8processorandL4cacheinthememorybufferchipareprotectedwithdouble-bitdetect,single-bitcorrecterrordetectioncode(ECC).
Inaddition,athresholdofcorrectableerrorsdetectedoncachelinescanresultinthedatainthecachelinesbeingpurgedandthecachelinesremovedfromfurtheroperationwithoutrequiringarebootinPowerVMenvironment.
Inaddition,theL3cachehastheabilitytodynamicallysubstituteasparebit-lineforafaultybit-lane,allowinganentirefaulty"column"ofcache,impactingmultiplecachelines,toberepaired.
AnECCuncorrectableerrordetectedinthesecachescanalsotriggerapurgeanddeleteofcachelines.
Thisresultsinnolossofoperationifthecachelinescontaineddataunmodifiedfromwhatwasstoredinsystemmemory.
ModifieddatawouldbehandledthroughSpecialUncorrectableErrorhandling.
L1dataandinstructioncachesalsohavearetrycapabilityforintermittenterrorsandacachesetdeletemechanismforhandlingsolidfailures.
SpecialUncorrectableErrorhandlingSpecialUncorrectableError(SUE)handlingpreventsanuncorrectableerrorinmemoryorcachefromimmediatelycausingthesystemtoterminate.
Rather,thesystemtagsthedataanddetermineswhetheritwilleverbeusedagain.
Iftheerrorisirrelevant,itwillnotforceacheckstop.
Ifthedataisused,terminationmaybelimitedtotheprogram/kernelorhypervisorowningthedata;ortheI/OadapterscontrolledbyanI/OhubcontrollerwouldfreezeifdataweretransferredtoanI/Odevice.
PCIextendederrorhandlingPCIextendederrorhandling(EEH)-enabledadaptersrespondtoaspecialdatapacketgeneratedfromtheaffectedPCIslothardwarebycallingsystemfirmware,whichwillexaminetheaffectedbus,allowthedevicedrivertoresetit,andcontinuewithoutasystemreboot.
ForLinux,EEHsupportextendstothemajorityoffrequentlyuseddevices,althoughsomethird-partyPCIdevicesmaynotprovidenativeEEHsupport.
PredictivefailureanddynamiccomponentdeallocationServerswithPowerprocessorshavelonghadthecapabilitytoperformpredictivefailureanalysisoncertaincriticalcomponentssuchasprocessorsandmemory.
Whenthesecomponentsexhibitcertainsymptomsthatmayindicateafailureisimminent,thesystemcandynamicallydeallocateandcallhome,whenenabled,aboutthefailingpartbeforetheerrorispropagatedsystem-wide.
Inmanycases,thesystemwillfirstattempttoreallocateresourcesinsuchawaythatwillavoidunplannedoutages.
Intheeventthatinsufficientresourcesexisttomaintainfullsystemavailability,theseserverswillattempttomaintainpartitionavailabilitybyuser-definedpriority.
UncorrectableerrorrecoveryWhentheauto-restartoptionisenabled,thesystemcanautomaticallyrestartfollowinganunrecoverablesoftwareerror,hardwarefailure,orenvironmentallyinduced(acpower)failure.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation14ServiceabilityThepurposeofserviceabilityistoefficientlyrepairthesystemwhileattemptingtominimizeoreliminateimpacttosystemoperation.
Serviceabilityincludessysteminstallation,MES(systemupgrades/downgrades),andsystemmaintenance/repair.
Dependinguponthesystemandwarrantycontract,servicemaybeperformedbythecustomer,anIBMrepresentative,oranauthorizedwarrantyserviceprovider.
Theserviceabilityfeaturesdeliveredinthissystemprovideahighlyefficientserviceenvironmentbyincorporatingthefollowingattributes:DesignforCustomerSetUp(CSU),CustomerInstalledFeatures(CIF),andCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRU)DetectionandFaultIsolation(ED/FI)FirstFailureDataCapture(FFDC)Lightpathserviceindicators:–ServicelabelsandservicediagramsavailableonthesystemanddeliveredthroughIBMKnowledgeCenter–Step-by-stepserviceproceduresdocumentedinIBMKnowledgeCenteroravailablethroughtheHardwareManagementConsole–CRUvideosplannedtobeavailableonthewebatgeneralavailability–MobileaccesstoimportantcustomerservicefunctionsavailablebyscanningaQRlabelServiceenvironmentInthePowerVMenvironment,theHMCisadedicatedserverthatprovidesfunctionsforconfiguringandmanagingserversforeitherpartitionedorfull-systempartitionusingaGUIorcommand-lineinterface(CLI).
AnHMCattachedtothesystemallowssupportpersonnel(withclientauthorization)toremotelylogintoreviewerrorlogsandperformremotemaintenanceifrequired.
ThePOWER8processor-basedplatformssupporttwomainserviceenvironments:AttachmenttooneormoreHMCsisasupportedoptionbythesystemwithPowerVM.
ThisisthedefaultconfigurationforserverssupportinglogicalpartitionswithdedicatedorvirtualI/O.
Inthiscase,allservershaveatleastonelogicalpartition.
NoHMC.
Therearetwoservicestrategiesfornon-HMCsystems.
–Full-systempartitionwithPowerVM:Asinglepartitionownsalltheserverresourcesandonlyoneoperatingsystemmaybeinstalled.
–PartitionedsystemwithPowerVM:Inthisconfiguration,thesystemcanhavemorethanonepartitionandcanberunningmorethanoneoperatingsystem.
Inthisenvironment,partitionsaremanagedbytheIntegratedVirtualizationManager(IVM),whichprovidessomeofthefunctionsprovidedbytheHMC.
ServiceinterfaceTheserviceinterfaceallowssupportpersonneltocommunicatewiththeservicesupportapplicationsinaserverusingaconsole,aninterface,oraterminal.
Deliveringaclear,conciseviewofavailableserviceapplications,theserviceinterfaceallowsthesupportteamtomanagesystemresourcesandserviceinformationinanefficientandeffectiveway.
Applicationsavailablethroughtheserviceinterfacearecarefullyconfiguredandplacedtogiveserviceprovidersaccesstoimportantservicefunctions.
Differentserviceinterfacesareused,dependingonthestateofthesystem,hypervisor,andoperatingenvironment.
Theprimaryserviceinterfacesare:LEDsOperatorPanelServiceProcessormenuIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation15OperatingsystemservicemenuServiceFocalPointontheHMCwithPowerVMServiceFocalPointLiteonIVMwithPowerVMInthelightpathLEDimplementation,thesystemcanclearlyidentifycomponentsforreplacementbyusingspecificcomponent-levelLEDs,andcanalsoguidetheservicerdirectlytothecomponentbysignaling(turningonsolid)theambersystemfaultLED,enclosurefaultLED,andcomponentFRUfaultLED.
TheservicercanalsousetheidentifyfunctiontoblinktheFRU-levelLED.
Whenthisfunctionisactivated,aroll-uptotheblueenclosurelocateandsystemlocateLEDswilloccur.
TheseLEDswillturnonsolidandcanbeusedtofollowthelightpathfromthesystemtotheenclosureanddowntothespecificFRUinthePowerVMenvironment.
FirstFailureDataCaptureanderrordataanalysisFirstFailureDataCapture(FFDC)isatechniquethathelpsensurethatwhenafaultisdetectedinasystem,therootcauseofthefaultwillbecapturedwithouttheneedtore-createtheproblemorrunanysortofextendingtracingordiagnosticsprogram.
Forthevastmajorityoffaults,agoodFFDCdesignmeansthattherootcausecanalsobedetectedautomaticallywithoutservicerintervention.
FFDCinformation,errordataanalysis,andfaultisolationarenecessarytoimplementtheadvancedserviceabilitytechniquesthatenableefficientserviceofthesystemsandtohelpdeterminethefailingitems.
IntherareabsenceofFFDCandErrorDataAnalysis,diagnosticsarerequiredtore-createthefailureanddeterminethefailingitems.
DiagnosticsGeneraldiagnosticobjectivesaretodetectandidentifyproblemssotheycanberesolvedquickly.
ElementsofIBM'sdiagnosticsstrategyinclude:ProvideacommonerrorcodeformatequivalenttoasystemreferencecodewithPowerVM,systemreferencenumber,checkpoint,orfirmwareerrorcode.
Providefaultdetectionandproblemisolationprocedures.
SupportremoteconnectionabilitytobeusedbytheIBMRemoteSupportCenterorIBMDesignatedService.
ProvideinteractiveintelligencewithinthediagnosticswithdetailedonlinefailureinformationwhileconnectedtoIBM'sback-endsystem.
AutomaticdiagnosticsBecauseoftheFFDCtechnologydesignedintoIBMservers,itisnotnecessarytoperformre-creatediagnosticsforfailuresorrequireuserintervention.
Solidandintermittenterrorsaredesignedtobecorrectlydetectedandisolatedatthetimethefailureoccurs.
Runtimeandboot-timediagnosticsfallintothiscategory.
Stand-alonediagnosticswithPowerVMAsthenameimplies,stand-aloneoruser-initiateddiagnosticsrequiresuserintervention.
Theusermustperformmanualsteps,including:BootingfromthediagnosticsCD,DVD,USB,ornetworkInteractivelyselectingstepsfromalistofchoicesConcurrentmaintenanceThedeterminationofwhetherafirmwarereleasecanbeupdatedconcurrentlyisidentifiedinthereadmeinformationfilethatisreleasedwiththefirmware.
AnHMCisrequiredfortheconcurrentfirmwareupdatewithPowerVM.
Inaddition,hotpluggingofPCIeadaptersissupportedwithPowerVM.
ConcurrentmaintenanceoftheOperatorPanelissupportedthroughASMI.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation16ServicelabelsServiceprovidersusetheselabelstoassisttheminperformingmaintenanceactions.
Servicelabelsarefoundinvariousformatsandpositionsandareintendedtotransmitreadilyavailableinformationtotheservicerduringtherepairprocess.
Followingaresomeoftheseservicelabelsandtheirpurpose:Locationdiagrams:Locationdiagramsarelocatedonthesystemhardware,relatinginformationregardingtheplacementofhardwarecomponents.
Locationdiagramsmayincludelocationcodes,drawingsofphysicallocations,concurrentmaintenancestatus,orotherdatapertinenttoarepair.
LocationdiagramsareespeciallyusefulwhenmultiplecomponentssuchasDIMMs,CPUs,processorbooks,fans,adaptercards,LEDs,andpowersuppliesareinstalled.
Remove/replaceprocedures:Servicelabelsthatcontainremove/replaceproceduresareoftenfoundonacoverofthesystemorinotherspotsaccessibletotheservicer.
Theselabelsprovidesystematicprocedures,includingdiagrams,detailinghowtoremoveorreplacecertainserviceablehardwarecomponents.
Arrows:Numberedarrowsareusedtoindicatetheorderofoperationandtheserviceabilitydirectionofcomponents.
Someserviceablepartssuchaslatches,levers,andtouchpointsneedtobepulledorpushedinacertaindirectionandinacertainorderforthemechanicalmechanismstoengageordisengage.
Arrowsgenerallyimprovetheeaseofserviceability.
PackingforserviceThefollowingserviceenhancementsareincludedinthephysicalpackagingofthesystemstofacilitateservice:Colorcoding(touchpoints):Terracotta-coloredtouchpointsindicatethatacomponent(FRU/CRU)canbeconcurrentlymaintained.
Blue-coloredtouchpointsdelineatecomponentsthatarenotconcurrentlymaintained--thosethatrequirethesystemtobeturnedoffforremovalorrepair.
Tool-lessdesign:SelectedIBMsystemssupporttool-lessorsimpletooldesigns.
Thesedesignsrequirenotoolsorsimpletoolssuchasflatheadscrewdriverstoservicethehardwarecomponents.
Positiveretention:Positiveretentionmechanismshelptoassureproperconnectionsbetweenhardwarecomponentssuchascablestoconnectors,andbetweentwocardsthatattachtoeachother.
Withoutpositiveretention,hardwarecomponentsruntheriskofbecominglooseduringshippingorinstallation,preventingagoodelectricalconnection.
Positiveretentionmechanismslikelatches,levers,thumb-screws,popNylatches(U-clips),andcablesareincludedtohelppreventlooseconnectionsandaidininstalling(seating)partscorrectly.
Thesepositiveretentionitemsdonotrequiretools.
ErrorhandlingandreportingIntheeventofsystemhardwareorenvironmentallyinducedfailure,thesystemruntimeerrorcapturecapabilitysystematicallyanalyzesthehardwareerrorsignaturetodeterminethecauseoffailure.
TheanalysisresultwillbestoredinsystemNVRAM.
Whenthesystemcanbesuccessfullyrestartedeithermanuallyorautomatically,orifthesystemcontinuestooperate,theerrorwillbereportedtotheoperatingsystem.
Hardwareandsoftwarefailuresarerecordedinthesystemlog.
WhenanHMCisattachedinthePowerVMenvironment,anELAroutineanalyzestheerror,forwardstheeventtotheServiceFocalPoint(SFP)applicationrunningontheHMC,andnotifiesthesystemadministratorthatithasisolatedalikelycauseofthesystemproblem.
TheServiceProcessoreventlogalsorecordsunrecoverablecheckstopconditions,forwardsthemtotheSFPapplication,andnotifiesthesystemadministrator.
ThesystemhastheabilitytocallhomethroughOStoreportplatformrecoverableerrorsanderrorsassociatedwithPCIadapters/devices.
IntheIVMenvironment,callhomeissupportedthroughanIVMpartition.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation17IntheHMCmanagedenvironment,acallhomeservicerequestwillbeinitiatedandthepertinentfailuredatawithservicepartsinformationandpartlocationswillbesenttoanIBMserviceorganization.
Customercontactinformationandspecificsystem-relateddatasuchasthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber,alongwitherrorlogdatarelatedtothefailure,aresenttoIBMService.
LivePartitionMobilityWithLivePartitionMobility,userscanmigrateanAIX,Linux,orIBMipartitionrunningononePOWERpartitionsystemtoanotherPOWERsystemwithoutdisruptingservices.
Themigrationtransferstheentiresystemenvironment,includingprocessorstate,memory,attachedvirtualdevices,andconnectedusers.
Itprovidescontinuousoperatingsystemandapplicationavailabilityduringplannedpartitionoutagesforrepairofhardwareandfirmwarefaults.
ServiceprocessorTheserviceprocessorprovidesthecapabilitytodiagnose,checkthestatusof,andsensetheoperationalconditionsofasystem.
Itrunsonitsownpowerboundaryanddoesnotrequireresourcesfromasystemprocessortobeoperationaltoperformitstasks.
UnderPowerVMtheserviceprocessorsupportssurveillanceoftheconnectiontotheHMCandtothesystemfirmware(hypervisor).
Italsoprovidesseveralremotepowercontroloptions,environmentalmonitoring,reset,restart,remotemaintenance,anddiagnosticfunctions,includingconsolemirroring.
Theserviceprocessorsmenus(ASMI)canbeaccessedconcurrentlywithsystemoperation,allowingnondisruptiveabilitiestochangesystemdefaultparameters.
CallhomeCallhomereferstoanautomaticormanualcallfromacustomerlocationtotheIBMsupportstructurewitherrorlogdata,serverstatus,orotherservice-relatedinformation.
Callhomeinvokestheserviceorganizationinorderfortheappropriateserviceactiontobegin.
CallhomecanbedonethroughHMCormostnon-HMCmanagedsystemsthroughElectronicServiceAgentTMrunningontopofoperatingsystem.
Whileconfiguringcallhomeisoptional,clientsareencouragedtoimplementthisfeatureinordertoobtainserviceenhancementssuchasreducedproblemdeterminationandfasterandpotentiallymoreaccuratetransmittaloferrorinformation.
Ingeneral,usingthecallhomefeaturecanresultinincreasedsystemavailability.
TheElectronicServiceAgentapplicationcanbeconfiguredforautomatedcallhome.
Refertothenextsectionforspecificdetailsonthisapplication.
IBMElectronicServicesElectronicServiceAgentandtheIBMElectronicServiceswebportalcomprisetheIBMElectronicServicessolution,whichisdedicatedtoprovidingfast,exceptionalsupporttoIBMcustomers.
IBMElectronicServiceAgentisano-chargetoolthatproactivelymonitorsandreportshardwareeventssuchassystemerrors,performanceissues,andinventory.
ElectronicServiceAgentcanhelpfocusonthecustomer'scompanybusinessinitiatives,savetime,andspendlesseffortmanagingday-to-dayITmaintenanceissues.
SystemconfigurationandinventoryinformationcollectedbyElectronicServiceAgentalsocanbeviewedonthesecureElectronicServiceswebportalandusedtoimproveproblemdeterminationandresolutionbetweenthecustomerandtheIBMsupportteam.
AspartofanincreasedfocustoprovideevenbetterservicetoIBMcustomers,ElectronicServiceAgenttoolconfigurationandactivationcomesstandardwiththesystem.
Insupportofthiseffort,anewHMCExternalConnectivitysecuritywhitepaperhasbeenpublished,whichdescribesdataexchangesbetweentheHMCandtheIBMServiceDeliveryCenter(SDC)andthemethodsandprotocolsforthisexchange.
ToreadthewhitepaperandprepareforElectronicServiceAgentinstallation,gotothe"Security"sectionathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/esaIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation18Selectyourcountry.
Click"IBMElectronicServiceAgentConnectivityGuide.
"Benefits:increaseduptimeElectronicServiceAgentisdesignedtoenhancethewarrantyandmaintenanceservicebyprovidingfasterhardwareerrorreportinganduploadingsysteminformationtoIBMSupport.
Thiscanoptimizethetimemonitoringthesymptoms,diagnosingtheerror,andmanuallycallingIBMSupporttoopenaproblemrecord.
And24x7monitoringandreportingmeansnomoredependencyonhumaninterventionoroff-hourscustomerpersonnelwhenerrorsareencounteredinthemiddleofthenight.
Security:TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtobesecureinmonitoring,reporting,andstoringthedataatIBM.
TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtosecurelytransmiteitherviatheInternet(HTTPSorVPN)ormodemtoprovidecustomersasinglepointofexitfromtheirsite.
Communicationisoneway.
ActivatingElectronicServiceAgentdoesnotenableIBMtocallintoacustomer'ssystem.
Foradditionalinformation,refertoIBMElectronicServiceAgenthttp://www-01.
ibm.
com/support/esa/MoreaccuratereportingBecausesysteminformationanderrorlogsareautomaticallyuploadedtotheIBMSupportCenterinconjunctionwiththeservicerequest,customersarenotrequiredtofindandsendsysteminformation,decreasingtheriskofmisreportedormisdiagnosederrors.
OnceinsideIBM,problemerrordataisrunthroughadataknowledgemanagementsystemandknowledgearticlesareappendedtotheproblemrecord.
CustomizedsupportUsingtheIBMIDenteredduringactivation,customerscanviewsystemandsupportinformationinthe"MySystems"and"PremiumSearch"sectionsoftheElectronicServiceswebsite.
TheElectronicServiceswebportalisasingleInternetentrypointthatreplacesthemultipleentrypointstraditionallyusedtoaccessIBMInternetservicesandsupport.
ThiswebportalenablesyoutogaineasieraccesstoIBMresourcesforassistanceinresolvingtechnicalproblems.
ThenewlyimprovedMySystemsandPremiumSearchfunctionsmakeiteveneasierforElectronicServiceAgent-enabledcustomerstotracksysteminventoryandfindpertinentfixes.
MySystemsprovidesvaluablereportsofinstalledhardwareandsoftwareusinginformationcollectedfromthesystemsbyIBMElectronicServiceAgent.
Reportsareavailableforanysystemassociatedwiththecustomer'sIBMID.
PremiumSearchcombinesthefunctionofsearchandthevalueofElectronicServiceAgentinformation,providingadvancedsearchofthetechnicalsupportknowledgebase.
UsingPremiumSearchandtheServiceAgentinformationthathasbeencollectedfromthesystem,customersareabletoseesearchresultsthatapplyspecificallytotheirsystems.
FormoreinformationonhowtoutilizethepowerofIBMElectronicServices,visitthefollowingwebsiteorcontactanIBMSystemsServicesRepresentativehttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicProductpositioningIBMPowerS824serversolutionsandservices,designedformidsizedbusinesses,helpyourbusinesscapitalizeonnewopportunities,managebusinessriskwhilemeetinghighservicelevels,andkeepwithintightbudgetconstraints.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation19MobileWorklightonPowerprovidesamobileapplicationplatformtospeeddevelopmentandongoingmanagementofmobileapplications,enablingourclientstoextendtheirbusinesstomobiledevices.
Itincludesacomprehensivedevelopmentenvironment,mobile-optimizedruntimemiddleware,aprivateenterpriseapplicationstore,andanintegratedmanagementandanalyticsconsole.
WorklightonPowerenablesclientsto:Simplifyoperationsandreducecomplexitybyco-locatingapplicationsonamorescalableandreliableserverStreamlineaccesstodataandapplications,withsecure,high-performancevirtualnetworkingGrowseamlesslyandacceleratedeploymentofnewapplicationsandservicesReduceoverheadbyleveragingexistingproductionanddisasterrecoveryinfrastructureAnalyticsIBMPowerAnalyticssolutionsgiveorganizationswithhighvolumesofdatathebuildingblockstheyneedtoimplementcapabilitiesthatenablethemtoquicklymakedata-drivenbusinessdecisions.
Eachsolutioncanbeimplementedseparatelyorincombinationtodeliverareliableandhigh-performanceinfrastructureforbusinessintelligence(BI)andpredictiveanalytics.
Thesoftwareisinstalledandconfiguredontheserverbeforebeingshipped,reducingthetimeandeffortrequiredtogainthebenefitsofthesolution.
TheseanalyticssolutionsareavailableforanynewPOWER8processor-basedsystem:IBMSolutionforAnalyticsPowerSystemsEditionIBMBLUAccelerationPowerSystemsEditionIBMSolutionforAnalyticsPowerSystemsEditionisaflexible,integratedsolutionthatprovidesoptionstopreloadandconfigureoneormoreIBManalyticsapplicationswithdatawarehouseacceleration.
IBMSolutionforAnalyticsPowerSystemsEditiondeliversCognosBusinessIntelligencecapabilitiesonPOWER8processor-basedserversrunningAIXorLinux.
CognosBusinessIntelligenceisdesignedtohelpbusinessusers,executives,andanalystsinanorganizationunderstandthebusinessandmakesmarterdecisions.
ThesolutionoffersafullrangeofBIcapabilities,includingreports,analysis,dashboards,scorecards,mobileBI,andmore.
IBMSolutionforAnalyticsPowerSystemsEditionalsodeliversSPSSpredictiveanalyticscombinedwithbusinessrulescapabilitiesonaPowerserverplatformrunningAIX.
SPSSModeler,SPSSCollaborationandDeploymentServices,andAnalyticalDecisionManagementhelpempowerorganizationstomaketherightdecisioneachtimeforhigh-demand,mission-criticalbusinessrequirements.
Thissolutioncombinesandintegratespredictiveanalytics,rules,scoring,andoptimizationtechniquesintoanorganization'sprocessestodeliverrecommendedactionsatthepointofimpact.
BLUAccelerationPowerSystemsEditionisupdatedtodeliverDB2dynamicin-memory,columnardatawarehouseaccelerationonaPOWER8processor-basedserverrunningAIX.
BLUAccelerationisanintegralpartofDB2AdvancedWorkgroupEditionandAdvancedEnterpriseEdition,enablingorganizationstousebothrow-basedandcolumnardatastoragesimultaneously.
WithBLUAcceleration,organizationscandramaticallyreducethetimetogetanalyticqueryresultsandreportsfromexistingdatawarehouses.
Timeandefforttosetupanalyticsisreducedbyeliminatingtheneedforaggregates,indexes,tuning,andpartitions.
InfoSphereDataStageisalsoapreloadoptionforprovidingextract,transform,andload(ETL)capabilitiesfromanexistingdatawarehousetotheBLUAccelerationwarehouse.
AseparatepurchaseoftheDB2andInfoSpheresoftwareisrequiredtomeetlicenseuserequirements.
Fordetails,refertoSoftwareAnnouncement114-057,datedApril28,2014.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation20StatementofgeneraldirectionPOWER8I/OPlanningInsights:IBMplanstointroduceanI/OdrawerwhichwillexpandthenumberofPCIeGen3/Gen2slotsavailableonPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemsFPGACAPICapability:IBMplanstoenableCoherentAcceleratorProcessorInterface(CAPI)technologycapabilitiesforallPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemsusingindustrystandardacceleratortechnologiesasapricedfeature.
IBMintendstobuildsolutionswithitspartnersinordertofurtherincreaseperformancethroughfastercomputationalefficiencyandbyrequiringfewerresourcestoaccomplishtasksthroughdirectintegrationofworkloadaccelerator(s)inthesystem.
IBMintendstocontinueworkingwithRedHattosupportthePowerS822,PowerS814,PowerS824,PowerS822L,andPowerS812LserverswithanupcomingRedHatEnterpriseLinux7release.
ForadditionalquestionsabouttheavailabilityofthisreleaseandsupportedPowerservers,consulttheRedHatHardwareCatalogathttps://hardware.
redhat.
comIBMintendstocontinueworkingwithSUSEtosupportthePowerS822,PowerS814,PowerS824,PowerS822L,andPowerS812LserverswithanupcomingSUSELinuxEnterpriseServerV12release.
ForadditionalquestionsabouttheavailabilityofthisreleaseandsupportedPowerservers,consulthttps://www.
suse.
com/EnterprisePower:IBMplanstobringPOWER8capabilitytothefullPowerSystemsportfolio,withtheintenttodeliverthemostscalable,highestperformingenterprise-classPowerSystemwithanadvancedversionofthePOWER8processor.
Theseenterprisesystemsaredesignedtodelivertheindustry'sbestper-coreperformanceandwillsupportAIX,LinuxandIBMiapplications,concurrently.
ThenewsystemarchitectureincorporatestheresiliencycharacteristicsofIBM'sPower795withtheintenttodrivesubstantialimprovementsinenergyefficiencyandfloorspaceutilizationformid-sizedandlargeenterprises.
ThesesystemswilluseIBM'smodulardesigntoenableclientstoleveragetheinnovationsinPOWER8processortechnologyandthelatestadvancementsinenterprise-classsystemsandCapacityonDemand,tohelpenablegrowthseamlesslyandaffordably.
IBMalsoplanstoprovideupgradepathsfromthecurrentPOWER7+Power770and780serverstoenterprise-classPOWER8processor-basedservers.
ItisintendedthatclientswithmultiplesystemscanleveragePowerVMLivePartitionMobilitytohelpmaintainapplicationavailabilityduringtheupgradeprocess.
IBMplanstopreserveclientinvestmentinPowerSystemsbyenablingPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemstointeroperateandshareMobileCapacityonDemand(COD)resourceswithPOWER7andPOWER7+processor-basedPowerSystemsserversinasinglePowerEnterprisePool,atnoadditionalcharge.
IBMalsoplanstoofferclientsanoptiontopermanentlytransfertheirMobileCoDprocessorandmemoryactivationfeaturesfromaPower770,780or795toadesignatedPOWER8processor-basedPowerSystemwithinthesamePowerEnterprisePool.
StandardRedHatDisclaimerInformationconcerningRedHatEnterpriseLinuxwasobtainedfromRedHat.
QuestionsconcerningRedHatEnterpriseLinuxshouldbedirectedtoRedHat,asRedHatEnterpriseLinuxisnotanIBMproduct.
RedHatEnterpriseLinuxissoldorlicensed,asthecasemaybe,tousersunderRedHat'stermsandconditions.
AvailabilityandsupportistheresponsibilityofRedHat.
IBMISNOTLIABLEIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation21ANDMAKESNOWARRANTIES,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,REGARDINGREDHATENTERPRISELINUX,INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOANYIMPLIEDWARRANTIESORCONDITIONOFMERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.
Moreover,allstatementsregardingIBM'sorRedHat'sfuturedirectionandintentaresubjecttochangeorwithdrawalwithoutnotice,andrepresentsgoalsandobjectivesonly.
Informationregardingpotentialfuturethird-partyproductsthatmayworkwithanIBMproductshouldnotbereliedoninmakingapurchasedecision.
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IBMISNOTLIABLEANDMAKESNOWARRANTIES,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,REGARDINGSUSELINUXENTERPRISESERVER,INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOANYIMPLIEDWARRANTIESORCONDITIONOFMERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.
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8-inchSSDCage828642AEJTMFullWidthKeyboard--USB,USEnglish,#103P828642AEK51FullWidthKeyboard--USB,French,#189828642AEK52FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Italian,#142828642AEK53FullWidthKeyboard--USB,German/Austrian,#129828642AEK54FullWidthKeyboard--USB,UKEnglish,#166P828642AEK55FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Spanish,#172828642AEK56FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Japanese,#194828642AEK57FullWidthKeyboard--USB,BrazilianPortuguese,#275828642AEK58FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Hungarian,#208828642AEK59FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Korean,#413828642AEK60FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Chinese,#467828642AEK61FullWidthKeyboard--USB,FrenchCanadian,#445828642AEK62FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Belgian/UK,#120828642AEK64FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Swedish/Finnish,#153828642AEK65FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Danish,#159828642AEK66FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Bulgarian,#442828642AEK67FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Swiss/French/German,#150828642AEK68FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Norwegian,#155828642AEK69FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Dutch,#143828642AEK70FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Portuguese,#163828642AEK71FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Greek,#319828642AEK72FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Hebrew,#212828642AEK73FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Polish,#214828642AEK74FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Slovakian,#245828642AEK75FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Czech,#243828642AEK76FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Turkish,#179828642AEK77FullWidthKeyboard--USB,LASpanish,#171828642AEK78FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Arabic,#253828642AEK79FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Thai,#191828642AEK80FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Russian,#443828642AEK81FullWidthKeyboard--USB,Slovenian,#234828642AEK82FullWidthKeyboard--USB,USEnglishEuro,#103P828642AEK83PDUAccessCord0.
38m828642AELC0#ESD4LoadSourceSpecify(571GB10KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi)828642AELS4#ES17LoadSourceSpecify(387GB1.
8"SSDforIBMi)828642AELS7#ESD8LoadSourceSpecify(1.
1TB10KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi)828642AELS8#ESDALoadSourceSpecify(283GB15KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi)828642AELSA#ES0HLoadSourceSpecify(775GBSSDSFF-2)828642AELSH#ES0MLoadSourceSpecify(387GBSFF-3SSDforIBMi)828642AELSM#ES0PLoadSourceSpecify(775GBSFF-3SSDforIBMi)828642AELSP#ESDSLoadSourceSpecify(283GB10kSASSFF3forIBMi)828642AELSS#ESDULoadSourceSpecify(139GB15kSASSFF3forIBMi)828642AELSU#ESFALoadSourceSpecify(283GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4224)828642AELTA#ESFELoadSourceSpecify(571GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4224)828642AELTE#ESFNLoadSourceSpecify(571GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4224)828642AELTN#ESEYLoadSourceSpecify(283GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4224)828642AELTY16GBDDR3Memory828642AEM8B32GBDDR3Memory828642AEM8C64GBDDR3Memory828642AEM8D1m(3.
3-ft),10GbE'NetCableSFP+ActTwinaxCopper828642AEN013m(9.
8-ft),10GbE'NetCableSFP+ActTwinaxCopper828642AEN025m(16.
4-ft),10GbE'NetCableSFP+ActTwinaxCopper828642AEN03IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation28PCIe216Gb2-portFibreChannelAdapter828642AEN0APCIe24-port(10GbFCoE&1GbE)SR&RJ45828642AEN0HPCIe24-Port(10Gb+1GbE)SR+RJ45Adapter828642AEN0SPCIe24-port(10Gb+1GbE)CopperSFP+RJ45Adapter828642AEN0UPCIe22-port10/1GbEBaseTRJ45Adapter828642AEN0WPCIe1-portBisyncAdapter828642AEN136-core3.
89GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard828642AEPXE8-core4.
15GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard828642AEPXF12-core3.
52GHzPOWER8ProcessorCard828642AEPXHOneProcessorCoreActivationfor#EPXE828642AEPYEOneProcessorCoreActivationfor#EPXF828642AEPYFOneProcessorCoreActivationfor#EPXH828642AEPYHQuanity150of#3452SASYOCable6m-HD6GbAdaptertoEnclosure828642AEQ02Quantity150of#3453SASYOCable10m-HD6GbAdaptertoEnclosure828642AEQ03Quantityof150#ES0C828642AEQ0CQuantityof150#ES0D828642AEQ0DQuantity150of#ES0G(775GBSSDSFF-2)828642AEQ0GQuantity150of#ES0H(775GBSSDSFF-2)828642AEQ0HQuantity150of#ES19(387GBSSDSFF-2)828642AEQ19Quantity150of#ES1A(387GBSSDSFF-2)828642AEQ1AQuantity150of#1738(856GBSFF-2disk)828642AEQ38Quantity150of#1752(900GBSFF-2disk)828642AEQ52Quantity150of#ESD2(1.
1TB10kSFF-2)828642AEQD2Quantity150of#ESD3(1.
2TB10kSFF-2)828642AEQD3Quantity150of#ESEY(283GBSFF-2)828642AEQEYQuantity150of#ESEZ(300GBSFF-2)828642AEQEZQuantity150of#ESFN(571GBSFF-2)828642AEQFNQuantity150of#ESFP(600GBSFF-2)828642AEQFP42USlimRack828642AER05RFIDTagsforServers,ComputeNodes,Chassis,Racks,andHMCs828642AERF1387GBSFF-2SSDforAIX/LinuxwitheMLC828642AES0C387GBSFF-2SSDforIBMiwitheMLC828642AES0D775GBSFF-2SSDforAIX/Linux828642AES0G775GBSFF-2SSDforIBMi828642AES0H387GBSFF-3SSDforAIX/Linux828642AES0L387GBSFF-3SSDforIBMi828642AES0M775GBSFF-3SSDforAIX/Linux828642AES0N775GBSFF-3SSDforIBMi828642AES0P387GB1.
8"SSDforAIX/Linux828642AES16387GB1.
8"SSDforIBMi828642AES17387GBSFF-2SSDforAIX/Linux828642AES19387GBSFF-2SSDforIBMi828642AES1AS&H-NoCharge828642AESC0S&H-b828642AESC61.
1TB10KRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(IBMi)828642AESD21.
2TB10KRPMSASSFF-2DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)828642AESD3571GB10KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(IBMi)828642AESD4600GB10KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)828642AESD51.
1TB10KRPMSASSFF-3DIskDrive(IBMi)828642AESD81.
2TB10KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)828642AESD9283GB15KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(IBMi)828642AESDA300GB15KRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)828642AESDB300GB10kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)828642AESDR283GB10kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(IBMi)828642AESDS146GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(AIX/Linux)828642AESDT139GB15kRPMSASSFF-3DiskDrive(IBMi)828642AESDU283GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4224DiskDrive828642AESEY300GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4096DiskDrive828642AESEZ283GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4224DiskDrive828642AESFA300GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4096DiskDrive828642AESFB571GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4224DiskDrive828642AESFE600GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4096DiskDrive828642AESFF571GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4224DiskDrive828642AESFNIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation29600GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4096DiskDrive828642AESFP1TBRemovableDiskDriveCartridge828642AEU01RDXUSBExternalDockingStationforRemovableDiskCartridge828642AEU04RDX320GBRemovableDiskDrive828642AEU081.
5TBRemovableDiskDriveCartridge828642AEU15BLUAccelerationSolutionEditionIndicator828642AEU2BSoftwarepreloaddefine828642AEUC0Softwarepreloaddefine828642AEUC1Softwarepreloaddefine828642AEUC2Softwarepreloaddefine828642AEUC3CoreUseHWFeature828642AEUC6CoreUseHWFeature10X828642AEUC7FeatureconversionsTheexistingcomponentsbeingreplacedduringamodelorfeatureconversionbecomethepropertyofIBMandmustbereturned.
Featureconversionsarealwaysimplementedona"quantityofoneforquantityofone"basis.
Multipleexistingfeaturesmaynotbeconvertedtoasinglenewfeature.
Singleexistingfeaturesmaynotbeconvertedtomultiplenewfeatures.
Thefollowingconversionsareavailabletocustomers:Featureconversionsfor8286-42AvirtualizationenginefeaturesReturnFromFC:ToFC:parts5227-PowerVMStandard5228-PowerVMEnterpriseNoEditionEditionBusinessPartnerinformationIfyouareaDirectReseller-SystemReselleracquiringproductsfromIBM,youmaylinkdirectlytoBusinessPartnerinformationforthisannouncement.
APartnerWorldIDandpasswordarerequired(useIBMID).
https://www.
ibm.
com/partnerworld/mem/sla.
jspnum=114-059PublicationsIBMPowerSystemshardwaredocumentationprovidesclientswiththefollowingtopicalinformation:Licenses,notices,safety,andwarrantyinformationPlanningforthesystemInstallingandconfiguringthesystemTroubleshooting,service,andsupportInstalling,configuring,andmanagingconsoles,terminals,andinterfacesInstallingoperatingsystemsCreatingavirtualcomputingenvironmentEnclosuresandexpansionunitsGlossaryYoucanaccesstheproductdocumentationathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation30ProductdocumentationisalsoavailableonDVD(SK5T-7087).
Thefollowinginformationisshippedwiththe8286-42A:PowerHardwareInformationDVDSK5T-7087Installingthe8286-42AImportantNoticesWarrantyInformationLicenseAgreementforMachineCodeHardwaredocumentationsuchasinstallationinstructions,user'sinformation,andserviceinformationisavailabletodownloadorviewathttp://www.
ibm.
com/systems/supportYoucanaccessIBMidocumentationathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i/welcomeYoucanaccessAIXdocumentationathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix/welcomeYoucanaccessdocumentationaboutLinuxonIBMsystemsathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaab/ic-homepage.
htmTheIBMSystemsInformationCenterprovidesyouwithasingleinformationcenterwhereyoucanaccessproductdocumentationforIBMsystemshardware,operatingsystems,andserversoftware.
Throughaconsistentframework,youcanefficientlyfindinformationandpersonalizeyouraccess.
VisittheIBMSystemsInformationCenter,athttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/knowledgecenter/ServicesGlobalTechnologyServicesIBMservicesincludebusinessconsulting,outsourcing,hostingservices,applications,andothertechnologymanagement.
Theseserviceshelpyoulearnabout,plan,install,manage,oroptimizeyourITinfrastructuretobeanon-demandbusiness.
Theycanhelpyouintegrateyourhigh-speednetworks,storagesystems,applicationservers,wirelessprotocols,andanarrayofplatforms,middleware,andcommunicationssoftwareforIBMandmanynon-IBMofferings.
IBMisyourone-stopshopforITsupportneeds.
Fordetailsonavailableservices,contactyourIBMrepresentativeorvisithttp://www.
ibm.
com/services/FordetailsonavailableIBMBusinessContinuityandRecoveryServices,contactyourIBMrepresentativeorvisithttp://www.
ibm.
com/services/continuityIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation31TechnicalinformationSpecifiedoperatingenvironmentPhysicalspecificationsWidth:443mm(17.
5in.
)Depth:756mm(29.
8in.
)Height:173mm(6.
9in.
)Weight:43.
8kg(97lb)Toassureinstallabilityandserviceabilityinnon-IBMindustry-standardracks,reviewtheinstallationplanninginformationforanyproduct-specificinstallationrequirements.
OperatingenvironmentTemperature:(nonoperating)5°to45°C(41°to113°F);recommendedtemperature(operating)18°to27°C(64°to80°F);allowableoperatingtemperature5°to35°C(41°to95°F)Relativehumidity:Nonoperating8%to80%;recommended5.
5°C(42°F)dewpointto60%RHand15°C(59°F)dewpointMaximumdewpoint:28°C(84°F)(operating)Operatingvoltage:900WPSU:100-127Vacor200-240VacOperatingfrequency:47/63HzMaximummeasuredpowerconsumption:2,300watts(maximum)Powerfactor:0.
98Thermaloutput:(7,848Btu/hour)(maximum)Power-sourceloading–2.
38kVa(maximumconfiguration)–Maximumaltitude:3,050m(10,000ft)Note:Themaximummeasuredvalueistheworstcasepowerconsumptionexpectedfromafullypopulatedserverunderanintensiveworkload.
Themaximummeasuredvaluealsoaccountsforcomponenttoleranceandnon-idealoperatingconditions.
Powerconsumptionandheatloadvarygreatlybyserverconfigurationandutilization.
TheIBMSystemsEnergyEstimatorshouldbeusedtoobtainaheatoutputestimatebasedonaspecificconfigurationhttp://www-912.
ibm.
com/see/EnergyEstimatorNoiselevelandsoundpowerRack-mountsystem:6.
8belsoperating;6.
8belsidlingEMCconformanceclassification:ThisequipmentissubjecttoFCCrulesandshallcomplywiththeappropriateFCCrulesbeforefinaldeliverytothebuyerorcentersofdistribution.
US:FCCClassAEurope:CISPR22ClassAJapan:VCCI-AKorea:KoreanRequirementClassAChina:People'sRepublicofChinacommodityinspectionlawClassAIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation32Homologation--Telecomenvironmentaltesting(SafetyandEMC):HomologationapprovalforspecificcountrieshasbeeninitiatedwiththeIBMHomologationandTypeApproval(HT&A)organizationinLaGaude,France.
ThisPowerSystemsmodelandapplicablefeaturesmeettheenvironmentaltestingrequirementsofthecountrytelecomandhavebeendesignedandtestedincompliancewiththeFullQualityAssuranceApproval(FQAA)processasdeliveredbytheBritishApprovalBoardforTelecom(BABT),theUKTelecomregulatoryauthority.
Thisproductisnotcertifiedforconnectionbyanymeanswhatsoevertointerfacesofpublictelecommunicationsnetworks.
Certificationmayberequiredbylawpriortomakinganysuchconnection.
ContactanIBMrepresentativeorresellerforanyquestions.
Productsafety/Countrytesting/CertificationUL60950UnderwritersLaboratory,SafetyInformationCSAC22.
2No.
60950-00,CanadianStandardsAssociationEN60950EuropeanNormIEC60950,Edition1,InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission,SafetyInformationNordicdeviationstoIEC60950-11stEditionGeneralrequirementsTheproductisincompliancewithIBMCorporateBulletinC-B0-2594-000StatementofConformityofIBMProducttoExternalStandard(SuppliersDeclaration).
HomologationThisproductisnotcertifiedfordirectconnectionbyanymeanswhatsoevertointerfacesofpublictelecommunicationsnetworks.
Certificationmayberequiredbylawpriortomakinganysuchconnection.
ContactanIBMrepresentativeorresellerforanyquestions.
HardwarerequirementsThePowerS824offers6-core,8-core,and12-coreconfigurationswithoneortwoprocessormodules.
Thesystemcancontainupto1024GBofsystemmemory,storagebackplaneoptionsoftwelveoreighteenSFF-3disk/SSDbaysandeight1.
8-inchSSDmodules,fourPCIex16Gen3adapters(full-height,full-lengthslots),sixPCIex8Gen3adapters(full-height,half-lengthslots),andmultiplemediadevices,asdesired.
ThisflexibilityismadeavailablethroughthemanyoptionalfeaturesforthePowerS824.
Onesystemcentralelectronicscomplex(CEC)enclosurewiththefollowingitems:Chooseoneortwoprocessormodulesfrom:–Oneortwo6-core3.
89GHzProcessormodule(#EPXE)–Oneortwo8-core4.
15GHzProcessormodule(#EPXF)–Two12-core3.
52GHzProcessormodule(#EPXH)Notes:–Iftwoprocessormodulesareordered,theymustbethesamefeaturenumber.
–Thetotalnumberofprocessoractivationfeaturesmustequaltothetotalnumberofcoresonthesystem.
Choose32GBminimummemoryfrom:–16GBCDIMM,1600Mbps,4GbDDR3DRAM(#EM8B)–32GBCDIMM,1600Mbps,4GbDDR3DRAM(#EM8C)–64GBCDIMM,1600Mbps,4GbDDR3DRAM(#EM8D)IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation33Choosestoragebackplanefrom:–TwelveSFF-3Bays/DVDBay(#EJ0N).
–EighteenSFF-3Bays/eight1.
8-inchSSDbays/DVDBay/DualIOAwithWriteCache(#EJ0P).
–SplitfeatureEJ0Nto6+6SFF-3Bays:AddasecondSASController(#EJ0S).
OnePCIe24-port1GbEAdapter(#5899).
Note:TheadaptertakesuponePCIeslot.
ChooseHDDsandSSDsfromanyorderableSFFHDDorSSD.
Thedefaultsare283GB15KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi(2x#ESDA)and300GB15KRPMSASSFF-3forAIX/Linux(#ESDB).
Notes:–Whenfeature2145,theIBMioperatingsystem,isselected,aminimumoftwoHDDsorSSDsisrequired.
–NointernalHDDorSSDisrequirediffeature0837(BootfromSAN)isselected.
Inthiscase,aFibreChannelorFibreChanneloverEthernetadaptermustalsobeordered.
ChoosethePrimaryOperatingSystemIndicatorfrom:–IBMi(#2145--requires#0566or#0567,and#0040)–AIX(#2146)–Linux(#2147)OneLanguageGroup,Specify(#9300or#97xx)Four900wattACpowersupplies(4x#EB2L)FourPDUpowercords(#6665,#6458,#6672,#6671,#6577,#6660,#6460,#6469,or6669)Chooseacoversetfrom:–IBMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTC,usedwith#EJ0Nbackplane)–IBMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTD,usedwith#EJ0Pbackplane)–OEMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTE,usedwith#EJ0Nbackplane)–OEMRack-mountDrawerBezelandHardware(#EJTF,usedwith#EJ0Pbackplane)HardwareManagementConsole(HMC)machinecodeAnHMCorIVMisrequiredtomanagethePowerS824(8286-42A)implementingpartitioningwithPowerVM.
MultiplePOWER6,POWER7,andPOWER8processor-basedserverscanbesupportedbyasingleHMC.
IfanHMCisusedtomanagethePowerS824,theHMCcodelevelV8.
810canonlybeloadedonarack-mountmodelCR5,orlater,ordesksidemodelC08.
IfyouareattachinganHMCtoanewserveroraddingfunctiontoanexistingserverthatrequiresafirmwareupdate.
TheHMCmachinecodemayneedtobeupdatedbecauseHMCcodemustalwaysbeequaltoorhigherthanthemanagedserver'sfirmware.
AccesstofirmwareandmachinecodeupdatesisconditionedonentitlementandlicensevalidationinaccordancewithIBMpolicyandpractice.
IBMmayverifyentitlementthroughcustomernumber,serialnumber,electronicrestrictions,oranyothermeansormethodsemployedbyIBMatitsdiscretion.
TodeterminetheHMCmachinecodelevelrequiredforthefirmwarelevelonanyserver,gotothefollowingwebpagetoaccesstheFixLevelRecommendationTool(FLRT)onoraftertheplannedavailabilitydateforthisproduct.
FLRTwillidentifythecorrectHMCmachinecodefortheselectedsystemfirmwarelevelhttps://www14.
software.
ibm.
com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/home.
htmlIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation34IfasingleHMCisattachedtomultipleservers,theHMCmachinecodelevelmustbeupdatedtobeatorhigherthantheserverwiththemostrecentfirmwarelevel.
AllpriorlevelsofserverfirmwarearesupportedwiththelatestHMCmachinecodelevel.
TheHMCcodelevelV8.
810containsthefollowing:SupportformanagingIBMPowerSystemS824,S822,S814,S812LandS822Lsystems.
SupportforthenewHMCmodel7042-CR8.
SupportforPowerVMfunctionssuchasnewHMCGUIinterfaceforVIOSmanagement.
GUIforHMC'sPerformanceandCapacityMonitoringfunction.
AnewHMCcommandtoinitiateaRemoteRestartoperation.
ThisremovestherequirementofVMControlforthePowerVMRemoteRestartfunction.
ForPowerVMGUIfunctions,VIOSV2.
2.
3.
3isrecommended.
SoftwarerequirementsThePowerS824supports:RedHatEnterpriseLinux6.
5,orlaterSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11ServicePack3,orlaterAIXVersion7.
1withthe7100-03TechnologyLevelandServicePack3,withAPARIV56367,orlaterAIXVersion6.
1withthe6100-09TechnologyLevelandServicePack3,withAPARIV56366,orlaterTheseadditionalAIXlevelsaresupportedinanLPARusingvirtualizedI/Oonly:–AIXVersion7.
1withthe7100-03TechnologyLevelandServicePack1,orlater–AIXVersion7.
1withthe7100-02TechnologyLevelandServicePack1,orlater–AIXVersion7.
1withthe7100-01TechnologyLevelandServicePack6,orlater–AIXVersion6.
1withthe6100-09TechnologyLevelandServicePack1,orlater–AIXVersion6.
1withthe6100-08TechnologyLevelandServicePack1,orlater–AIXVersion6.
1withthe6100-07TechnologyLevelandServicePack6,orlaterIBMi7.
1withTR8,orlater,7.
2,orlaterVIOS2.
2.
3.
3withinterimfixIV56366,orlaterSystemlimitationsIntegratedsystemportisnotsupportedunderAIXorLinuxwhentheHMCportsareconnectedtoanHMC.
EithertheHMCportsortheintegratedsystemportscanbeused,butnotboth.
FSP2USB2.
0portisusedforcommunicationtoaUPS.
TheintegratedsystemportissupportedformodemandTTYterminalconnectionsbyAIXorLinux.
AnyotherapplicationusingserialportsrequiresaserialportadaptertobeinstalledinaPCIslot.
TheintegratedsystemportdoesnotsupportHACMPTMconfigurations.
BootrequirementsIfIBMi(#2145)isselectedastheprimaryoperatingsystemandSANbootisnotselected(#0837),oneofthefollowingLoadSourcespecifycodesmustbespecified.
#0871LoadSourceSpecifyfor139GB15kRPMSASSFF-2DiskDriveforIBMi(#1947)#0872LoadSourceSpecifyfor283GB15kRPMSASSFF-2Disk(#1948)#0874LoadSourceSpecifyfor283GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk(#1956)#0875LoadSourceSpecifyfor571GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk(#1962)#0880LoadSourceSpecifyfor856GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk(#1738)IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation35#0894LoadSourceSpecifyfor387GBSFF-2SSDforIBMi(#ES0D)#0911LoadSourceSpecifyfor1.
1TB10KRPMSASSFF-2Disk(#ESD2)#ELS4LoadSourceSpecifyfor571GB10KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi(#ESD4)#ELS8LoadSourceSpecifyfor1.
1TB10KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi(#ESD8)#ELSALoadSourceSpecifyfor283GB15KRPMSASSFF-3forIBMi(#ESDA)#ELSKLoadSourceSpecifyfor387GB1.
8"SSDforIBMi(#ES0K)#ELSMLoadSourceSpecifyfor387GBSFF-3SSDforIBMi(#ES0M)#ELSPLoadSourceSpecifyfor775GBSFF-3SSDforIBMi(#ES0P)#ELTALoadSourceSpecifyfor283GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4224(#ESFA)#ELTELoadSourceSpecifyfor571GB15KRPMSASSFF-34KBlock-4224(#ESFE)#ELTNLoadSourceSpecifyfor571GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4224(#ESFN)#ELTYLoadSourceSpecifyfor283GB15KRPMSASSFF-24KBlock-4224(#ESEY)IfIBMi(#2145)isselectedandtheloadsourcediskunitisnotintheCEC(systemunit),oneofthefollowingspecifycodesmustalsobeselected:#0719LoadSourceNotinCECandaretobeplacedinI/OdrawersorinexternalSAN-attacheddisk.
#0728LoadSourceSpecifiesDASDareplacedinanEXP24SSFFGen2bayDrawer(#5887or#EL1S)#0837SANOperatingSystemLoadSourceSpecifyIfIBMi(#2145)isselected,oneofthefollowingsystemconsolespecifycodesmustbeselected:#5550--SystemConsoleonHMC#5557--SystemConsole-InternalLANPlanninginformationCableordersNoadditionalcablesarerequired.
Security,auditability,andcontrolThisproductusesthesecurityandauditabilityfeaturesofhostsoftwareandapplicationsoftware.
Thecustomerisresponsibleforevaluation,selection,andimplementationofsecurityfeatures,administrativeprocedures,andappropriatecontrolsinapplicationsystemsandcommunicationsfacilities.
IBMElectronicServicesElectronicServiceAgentandtheIBMElectronicSupportwebportalarededicatedtoprovidingfast,exceptionalsupporttoIBMSystemscustomers.
TheIBMElectronicServiceAgenttoolisano-additional-chargetoolthatproactivelymonitorsandreportshardwareevents,suchassystemerrors,performanceissues,andinventory.
TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolcanhelpyoustayfocusedonyourcompany'sstrategicbusinessinitiatives,savetime,andspendlesseffortmanagingday-to-dayITmaintenanceissues.
SystemconfigurationandinventoryinformationcollectedbytheElectronicServiceAgenttoolalsocanbeviewedonthesecureElectronicSupportwebportal,andusedtoimproveproblemdeterminationandresolutionbyyouandtheIBMsupportteam.
Toaccessthetoolmainmenu,simplytype"smittyesa_main",andselect"ConfigureElectronicServiceAgent.
"Inaddition,ESAnowincludesapowerfulwebuserinterface,givingtheadministratoreasyaccesstostatus,toolsettings,IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation36probleminformation,andfilters.
FormoreinformationanddocumentationonhowtoconfigureanduseElectronicServiceAgent,refertohttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicTheIBMElectronicSupportportalisasingleInternetentrypointthatreplacesthemultipleentrypointstraditionallyusedtoaccessIBMInternetservicesandsupport.
ThisportalenablesyoutogaineasieraccesstoIBMresourcesforassistanceinresolvingtechnicalproblems.
TheMySystemsandPremiumSearchfunctionsmakeiteveneasierforElectronicServiceAgenttool-enabledcustomerstotracksysteminventoryandfindpertinentfixes.
BenefitsIncreaseduptime:TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtoenhancetheWarrantyorMaintenanceAgreementbyprovidingfasterhardwareerrorreportinganduploadingsysteminformationtoIBMSupport.
Thiscantranslatetolesswastedtimemonitoringthe"symptoms,"diagnosingtheerror,andmanuallycallingIBMSupporttoopenaproblemrecord.
Its24x7monitoringandreportingmeannomoredependenceonhumaninterventionoroff-hourscustomerpersonnelwhenerrorsareencounteredinthemiddleofthenight.
Security:TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtobesecureinmonitoring,reporting,andstoringthedataatIBM.
TheElectronicServiceAgenttoolisdesignedtosecurelytransmiteitherviatheInternet(HTTPSorVPN)ormodemtoprovidecustomersasinglepointofexitfromtheirsite.
Communicationisoneway.
ActivatingElectronicServiceAgentdoesnotenableIBMtocallintoacustomer'ssystem.
Foradditionalinformation,refertoIBMElectronicServiceAgenthttp://www-01.
ibm.
com/support/esa/Moreaccuratereporting:SincesysteminformationanderrorlogsareautomaticallyuploadedtotheIBMSupportcenterinconjunctionwiththeservicerequest,customersarenotrequiredtofindandsendsysteminformation,decreasingtheriskofmisreportedormisdiagnosederrors.
OnceinsideIBM,problemerrordataisrunthroughadataknowledgemanagementsystemandknowledgearticlesareappendedtotheproblemrecord.
Customizedsupport:UsingtheIBMIDenteredduringactivation,customerscanviewsystemandsupportinformationinthe"MySystems"and"PremiumSearch"sectionsoftheElectronicSupportwebsiteathttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicMySystemsprovidesvaluablereportsofinstalledhardwareandsoftwareusinginformationcollectedfromthesystemsbyElectronicServiceAgent.
Reportsareavailableforanysystemassociatedwiththecustomer'sIBMID.
PremiumSearchcombinesthefunctionofsearchandthevalueofElectronicServiceAgentinformation,providingadvancedsearchofthetechnicalsupportknowledgebase.
UsingPremiumSearchandtheElectronicServiceAgentinformationthathasbeencollectedfromyoursystem,customersareabletoseesearchresultsthatapplyspecificallytotheirsystems.
FormoreinformationonhowtoutilizethepowerofIBMElectronicServices,contactyourIBMSystemsServicesRepresentative,orvisithttp://www.
ibm.
com/support/electronicIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation37TermsandconditionsVolumeordersContactyourIBMrepresentative.
IBMGlobalFinancingYesProducts--termsandconditionsWarrantyperiodThreeyears.
AlternativewarrantyoptionsareavailableonaspecialbidbasisfromyourIBMrepresentativeorBusinessPartner.
AnIBMpartorfeatureinstalledduringtheinitialinstallationofanIBMmachineissubjecttoafullwarrantyeffectiveonthedateofinstallationofthemachine.
AnIBMpartorfeaturethatreplacesapreviouslyinstalledpartorfeatureassumestheremainderofthewarrantyperiodforthereplacedpartorfeature.
AnIBMpartorfeatureaddedtoamachinewithoutreplacingapreviouslyinstalledpartorfeatureissubjecttoafullwarrantyeffectiveonitsdateofinstallation.
Unlessspecifiedotherwise,thewarrantyperiod,typeofwarrantyservice,andservicelevelofapartorfeaturearethesameasthoseforthemachineinwhichitisinstalled.
WarrantyserviceIfrequired,IBMprovidesrepairorexchangeservicedependingonthetypesofwarrantyservicespecifiedforthemachine.
IBMwillattempttoresolveyourproblemoverthetelephone,orelectronicallythroughanIBMwebsite.
IBMmayrequestElectronicServiceAgent(ESA)activationandyoumustfollowtheproblemdeterminationandresolutionproceduresthatIBMspecifies.
Schedulingofservicewilldependthetimeofyourcallandissubjecttopartsavailability.
Ifapplicabletoyourproduct,partsconsideredCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)willbeprovidedaspartofthemachine'sstandardwarrantyservice.
Servicelevelsareresponse-timeobjectives,maybelimitedinsomeareas,andarenotguaranteed.
Thespecifiedlevelofwarrantyservicemaynotbeavailableinallworldwidelocations.
AdditionalchargesmayapplyoutsideIBM'snormalservicearea.
ContactyourlocalIBMrepresentativeoryourresellerforcountry-specificandlocation-specificinformation.
CRUServiceIBMprovidesreplacementCRUstoyouforyoutoinstall.
CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyourmachineandareavailablefromIBMuponyourrequest.
CRUsaredesignatedasbeingeitheraTier1(mandatory)oraTier2(optional)CRU.
Tier1(mandatory)CRUInstallationofTier1CRUs,asspecifiedinthisannouncement,isyourresponsibility.
IfIBMinstallsaTier1CRUatyourrequest,youwillbechargedfortheinstallation.
Tier2(optional)CRUYoumayinstallaTier2CRUyourselforrequestIBMtoinstallit,atnoadditionalcharge.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation38Baseduponavailability,CRUswillbeshippedfornext-business-day(NBD)delivery.
IBMspecifies,inthematerialsshippedwithareplacementCRU,whetheradefectiveCRUmustbereturnedtoIBM.
Whenreturnisrequired,returninstructionsandacontainerareshippedwiththereplacementCRU.
YoumaybechargedforthereplacementCRUifIBMdoesnotreceivethedefectiveCRUwithin15daysofyourreceiptofthereplacement.
ThefollowingpartshavebeendesignatedasTier1CRUs:DASDSFFDriveDASDSSDDriveDVDDriveFanFanCageAllPCIAdaptersHigh-FunctionRAIDCardCableMemoryDIMMsNativeUSBSerialCardOperatorPanelOperatorPanelCablePowerSupplyLine/powercordKeyboardMouseExternalcablesPowerBusSignalCableDisplayGXPadapterTimeofDay(TOD)BatteryOn-siteServiceAtIBM'sdiscretion,youwillreceivespecifiedCRUservice,orIBMwillrepairthefailingmachineatyourlocationandverifyitsoperation.
YoumustprovideasuitableworkingareatoallowdisassemblyandreassemblyoftheIBMmachine.
Theareamustbeclean,well-lit,andsuitableforthepurpose.
Servicelevelis:9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,next-business-dayresponse.
Callsmustbereceivedby5:00p.
m.
localtimeinordertoqualifyfornext-business-dayresponse.
WarrantyserviceIBMisnowshippingmachineswithselectednon-IBMpartsthatcontainanIBMfieldreplaceableunit(FRU)partnumberlabel.
ThesepartsaretobeservicedduringtheIBMmachinewarrantyperiod.
IBMiscoveringtheserviceontheseselectednon-IBMpartsasanaccommodationtotheircustomers,andnormalwarrantyserviceproceduresfortheIBMmachineapply.
WarrantyserviceupgradesDuringthewarrantyperiod,warrantyserviceupgradesprovideanenhancedlevelofOn-siteServiceforanadditionalcharge.
Servicelevelsareresponse-timeobjectivesandarenotguaranteed.
SeetheWarrantyservicessectionaboveforadditionaldetails.
IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation39IBMwillattempttoresolveyourproblemoverthetelephoneorelectronicallybyaccesstoanIBMwebsite.
Certainmachinescontainremotesupportcapabilitiesfordirectproblemreporting,remoteproblemdetermination,andresolutionwithIBM.
YoumustfollowtheproblemdeterminationandresolutionproceduresthatIBMspecifies.
Followingproblemdetermination,ifIBMdetermineson-siteserviceisrequired,schedulingofservicewilldependuponthetimeofyourcall,machinetechnologyandredundancy,andavailabilityofparts.
CRUandOn-siteServiceAtIBM'sdiscretionyouwillreceiveCRUserviceorIBMwillrepairthefailingmachineatyourlocationandverifyitsoperation.
YoumustprovideasuitableworkingareatoallowdisassemblyandreassemblyoftheIBMmachine.
Theareamustbeclean,welllit,andsuitableforthepurpose.
Thefollowingon-siteresponse-timeobjectivesareavailableaswarrantyserviceupgradesforyourmachine.
Availableofferingsare:9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,4-houraverage,samebusinessdayresponse24hoursperday,7daysaweek,4-houraverageresponse,sameday24hoursperday,7daysaweek,2-houraverageresponse,samedayCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)maybeprovidedaspartofthemachine'sstandardwarrantyCRUServiceexceptthatyoumayinstallaCRUyourselforrequestIBMinstallation,atnoadditionalcharge,undertheCRUandOn-siteServicelevelspecifiedabove.
ForadditionalinformationontheCRUService,seethewarrantyinformation.
MaintenanceservicesIfrequired,IBMprovidesrepairorexchangeservicedependingonthetypesofmaintenanceservicespecifiedforthemachine.
IBMwillattempttoresolveyourproblemoverthetelephoneorelectronically,viaanIBMwebsite.
Certainmachinescontainremotesupportcapabilitiesfordirectproblemreporting,remoteproblemdetermination,andresolutionwithIBM.
YoumustfollowtheproblemdeterminationandresolutionproceduresthatIBMspecifies.
Followingproblemdetermination,ifIBMdetermineson-siteserviceisrequired,schedulingofservicewilldependuponthetimeofyourcall,machinetechnologyandredundancy,andavailabilityofparts.
Servicelevelsareresponse-timeobjectivesandarenotguaranteed.
Thespecifiedlevelofmaintenanceservicemaynotbeavailableinallworldwidelocations.
AdditionalchargesmayapplyoutsideIBM'snormalservicearea.
ContactyourlocalIBMrepresentativeoryourresellerforcountry-specificandlocation-specificinformation.
Thefollowingserviceselectionsareavailableasmaintenanceoptionsforyourmachinetype.
On-siteServiceIBMwillrepairthefailingmachineatyourlocationandverifyitsoperation.
YoumustprovideasuitableworkingareatoallowdisassemblyandreassemblyoftheIBMmachine.
Theareamustbeclean,well-lit,andsuitableforthepurpose.
Servicelevelsare:9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,next-business-dayresponse9hoursperday,MondaythroughFriday,excludingholidays,4-houraverageresponse,samebusinessday24hoursperday,7daysaweek,4-houraverageresponse,sameday24hoursperday,7daysaweek,2-houraverageresponse,samedayCustomerReplaceableUnit(CRU)ServiceIfyourproblemcanberesolvedwithaCRU(forexample,keyboard,mouse,speaker,memory,orharddiskdrive),anddependinguponthemaintenanceserviceofferingsinyourgeography,IBMwillshipthereplacementCRUtoyouforyoutoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation40install.
CRUinformationandreplacementinstructionsareshippedwithyourmachineandareavailablefromIBMuponyourrequest.
Baseduponavailability,CRUswillbeshippedfornext-business-daydelivery.
IBMspecifies,inthematerialsshippedwithareplacementCRU,whetheradefectiveCRUmustbereturnedtoIBM.
Whenreturnisrequired,1)returninstructionsandacontainerareshippedwiththereplacementCRU,and2)youmaybechargedforthereplacementCRUifIBMdoesnotreceivethedefectiveCRUwithin15daysofyourreceiptofthereplacement.
CRUsmaybeprovidedaspartofthemachine'sstandardmaintenanceserviceexceptthatyoumayinstallaCRUyourselforrequestIBMinstallation,atnoadditionalcharge,underanyoftheOn-siteServicelevelsspecifiedabove.
Non-IBMpartsserviceUndercertainconditions,IBMprovidesservicesforselectednon-IBMpartsatnoadditionalchargeformachinesthatarecoveredunderwarrantyserviceupgradesormaintenanceservices.
Thisserviceincludeshardwareproblemdetermination(PD)onthenon-IBMparts(forexample,adaptercards,PCMCIAcards,diskdrives,memory)installedwithinIBMmachinesandprovidesthelabortoreplacethefailingpartsatnoadditionalcharge.
IfIBMhasaTechnicalServiceAgreementwiththemanufacturerofthefailingpart,orifthefailingpartisanaccommodationspart(apartwithanIBMFRUlabel),IBMmayalsosourceandreplacethefailingpartatnoadditionalcharge.
Forallothernon-IBMparts,customersareresponsibleforsourcingtheparts.
Installationlaborisprovidedatnoadditionalcharge,ifthemachineiscoveredunderawarrantyserviceupgradeoramaintenanceservice.
UsageplanmachineNoIBMhourlyservicerateclassificationTwoWhenatypeofserviceinvolvestheexchangeofamachinepart,thereplacementmaynotbenew,butwillbeingoodworkingorder.
GeneraltermsandconditionsField-installablefeaturesYesModelconversionsNoMachineinstallationCustomersetup.
CustomersareresponsibleforinstallationaccordingtotheinstructionsIBMprovideswiththemachine.
GraduatedprogramlicensechargesapplyYes.
Theapplicableprocessortieris:SmallIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation41LicensedmachinecodeIBMMachineCodeislicensedforusebyacustomerontheIBMmachineforwhichitwasprovidedbyIBMunderthetermsandconditionsoftheIBMLicenseAgreementforMachineCode,toenablethemachinetofunctioninaccordancewithitsspecifications,andonlyforthecapacityauthorizedbyIBMandacquiredbythecustomer.
YoucanobtaintheagreementbycontactingyourIBMrepresentativeorvisitinghttp://www.
ibm.
com/servers/support/machine_warranties/machine_code.
htmlMachineusingLMCTypeModel:8286-42AAccesstoMachineCodeupdatesisconditionedonentitlementandlicensevalidationinaccordancewithIBMpolicyandpractice.
IBMmayverifyentitlementthroughcustomernumber,serialnumber,electronicrestrictions,oranyothermeansormethodsemployedbyIBMinitsdiscretion.
Ifthemachinedoesnotfunctionaswarrantedandyourproblemcanberesolvedthroughyourapplicationofdownloadablemachinecode,youareresponsiblefordownloadingandinstallingthesedesignatedmachinecodechangesasIBMspecifies.
Ifyouwouldprefer,youmayrequestIBMtoinstalldownloadablemachinecodechanges;however,youmaybecharged.
MachineCodeLicenseAcceptanceRequirementAcceptance-By-UseMachine:No,theLIClicenserequiressignedacceptancebythemachine'senduserdirectlywithIBM,applicabletoordersforanewmachine,machinetypeconversionMES,andtomachinestransferredtoanotheruser.
EducationalallowanceAreducedchargeisavailabletoqualifiededucationcustomers.
Theeducationalallowancemaynotbeaddedtoanyotherdiscountorallowance.
Theeducationalallowanceis8%fortheproductsinthisannouncement.
PricesForadditionalinformationandcurrentprices,contactyourlocalIBMrepresentative.
ThefollowingarenewlyannouncedfeaturesonthespecificmodelsoftheIBMPowerSystems8286machinetype:MinimumInitial/MonthlyMES/ModelFeaturePurchaseMaint.
Both/RPDescriptionnumbernumberPriceChargeSupportCSUMESIBMPowerSystemS82442AYesOneCSCBillingUnit42A0010BothYesNoTenCSCBillingUnits42A0011BothYesNoMirroredSystemDiskLevel,Sp42A0040BothYesNoDeviceParityProtectionAll42A0041BothYesNoMirroredSystemBusLevel42A0043BothYesNoDeviceParityRAID6All42A0047BothYesNoRISCtoRISCDataMigration42A0205InitialN/ANoAIXPartitionSpecifyIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation4242A0265BothYesNoLinuxPartitionSpecify42A0266BothYesNoIBMiPartitionSpecify42A0267BothYesNoSpecifyCustomDataProtection42A0296BothYesNoMirroredLevelSystemSpecify42A0308BothYesNoRAIDHotSpareSpecify42A0347BothYesNoV.
24/EIA2326.
1m(20Ft)PCIC42A0348BothYesNoV.
356.
1m(20Ft)PCICable42A0353BothYesNoX.
216.
1m(20Ft)PCICable42A0359BothYesNoCBUSpecify42A0444InitialN/ANoCustomerSpecifiedPlacement42A0456InitialN/ANoSSDPlacementInd5887,EL1S42A0465InitialN/ANo19inch,1.
8meterhighrack42A0551MESYesNo19inch,2.
0meterhighrack42A0553MESYesNoIBMi7.
1SpecifyCode42A0567BothYesNoRackFillerPanelKit42A0599BothYesNoLoadSourceNotinCEC42A0719BothYesNo#5887/EL1SLoadSourceSpecify42A0728BothYesNoSANLoadSourceSpecify42A0837BothYesNo#1947LoadSourceSpecify42A0871BothYesNo#1948LoadSourceSpecify42A0872BothYesNo#1956LoadSourceSpecify42A0874BothYesNo#1962LoadSourceSpecify42A0875BothYesNo#1738LoadSourceSpecify42A0880BothYesNo#ES0DLoadSourceSpecify42A0894MESYesNo#ESD2LoadSourceSpecify42A0911BothYesNoUSTAAComplianceIndicator42A0983BothYesNoModemCableUS/CanadaandGU42A1025BothYesNoUSB500GBRemovableDiskDr42A1107BothYesNoCustomServ.
Specify,Roch42A1140BothYesNo856GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1738BothYesNo900GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1752BothYesNoQuantity150of#196242A1817BothYesNoQuantity150of#196442A1818BothYesNoQuantity150of#195642A1844BothYesNoQuantity150of#191742A1866BothYesNoQuantity150of#194742A1868BothYesNoQuantity150of#1925IBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation4342A1869BothYesNo146GB15kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1917BothYesNo300GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1925BothYesNoQuantity150of#194842A1927BothYesNoQuantity150of#195342A1929BothYesNo139GB15kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1947BothYesNo283GB15kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1948BothYesNo300GB15kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1953BothYesNo283GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1956BothYesNo571GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1962BothYesNo600GB10kRPMSASSFF-2Disk42A1964BothYesNoPrimaryOS-IBMi42A2145BothYesNoPrimaryOSAIX42A2146BothYesNoPrimaryOSLinux42A2147BothYesNoFactoryDeconfigurationof1c42A2319InitialN/ANoLC-SC50MicronFiberConvCab42A2456BothYesNoLC-SC62.
5Mic.
Fib.
Conv.
Cable42A2459BothYesNoPCIe2LineWANw/Modem42A2893BothYesNoAsynch.
Termin/Print.
CblEIA23242A2934BothYesNoAsynchronousCableEIA232/V42A2936BothYesNoSertoSerPortCabDraw/Draw42A3124BothYesNoSerialtoSe.
PortCblRack8M42A3125BothYesNo1m,QDRIBCopperCable42A3287BothYesNo3m,QDRIBCopperCable42A3288BothYesNo5mQDRIB/E'NetCopperCable42A3289BothYesNo10mQDRIBOpticCable42A3290BothYesNo30mQDRIBOpticCable42A3293BothYesNoNOTE:Themonitorordisplayfeaturesaresubjecttoa$8ElectronicWasteRecyclingFee(15-INCHTO34-INCHVIDEODEVICE.
)WidescreenLCDMonitor42A3632BothYesNoSASCable(X)AdaptertoSASE42A3661BothYesNoSASCblXAdpSASEnclosure6M42A3662BothYesNoSASCblXAdpSASEncl15M42A3663BothYesNo3MSASCABLE,ADPTRTOADPTR(42A3681BothYesNoSASCab(YO)AdaptertoSAS1.
5M42A3691BothYesNoSASCab(YO)AdaptertoSAS3M42A3692BothYesNoSASCab(YO)AdaptertoSAS6M42A3693BothYesNoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation44SASCab(YO)AdaptertoSAS15M42A3694BothYesNo0.
3MSerialPrtConverterCbl42A3925BothYesNoSerialPortNullModCab3.
7M42A3927BothYesNoSer.
PortNullModemCable,10M42A3928BothYesNoSystemSerialPortConverterC42A3930BothYesNo6FootExtend.
CblforDisplays42A4242BothYesNoExtenderCableUSBKeybo1.
8M42A4256InitialN/ANoVGAtoDVIConnectionConverte42A4276BothYesNoRackIntegrationServices:BP42A4648InitialN/ANoRackIntegrationServices42A4649InitialN/ANoOneandonlyonerackindicatorfeatureisrequiredonallorders(#4650to#4666).
NoFactoryIntegrationInd.
42A4650InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack142A4651InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack242A4652InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack342A4653InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack442A4654InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack542A4655InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack642A4656InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack742A4657InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack842A4658InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack942A4659InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1042A4660InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1142A4661InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1242A4662InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1342A4663InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1442A4664InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1542A4665InitialN/ANoRackIndicator,Rack1642A4666InitialN/ANoPowerActiveMemoryExpansion42A4794BothYesNoPCIeCryptoCoprocessorNoB42A4807BothYesNoOneProcessorof5250Enterpri42A4970BothYesNoFull5250EnterpriseEnablemen42A4974BothYesNoSoftwarePreloadRequired42A5000InitialN/ANoPowerVMStandardEdition42A5227BothYesNoPowerVMEnterpriseEdition42A5228BothYesNoPCIe2-Port4XIBQDRAdapt42A5285BothYesNoPCIe22-port10GbESRAdapterIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation4542A5287BothYesNo2PortAsyncEIA232PCIeAdap42A5289BothYesNo(NoLongerAvailable)SysConsoleOnHMC42A5550BothYesNoSysConsole-EthernetNoIOP42A5557InitialN/ANoPCIe28Gb4-portFibreChannel42A5729BothYesNo8GigabitPCIExpressDualPor42A5735BothYesNoPCIe24-Port10GbE&1GbESR&RJ442A5744BothYesNoPOWERGXT145PCIExpressGraph42A5748BothYesNoSATASlimlineDVD-RAMDrive42A5771BothYesNo10GigabitEthernetLRPCI42A5772BothYesNoEXP24SSFFGen2-bayDrawer42A5887BothYesNoPCIe24-port1GbEAdapter42A5899BothYesNoPCIeDualx4SASAdapter42A5901BothYesNoSASAACable3m-HD6GbAdapt42A5915BothYesNoSASAACable6m-HD6GbAdapt42A5916BothYesNoSASAACable1.
5m-HD6GbAda42A5917BothYesNoSASAACbl0.
6m-HD6GbAdapt42A5918BothYesNoOptFrontDoorfor1.
8mRack42A6068MESYesNoOptFrontDoorfor2.
0mRack42A6069MESYesNo1.
8mRackAcousticDoors42A6248MESYesNo2.
0mRackAcousticDoors42A6249MESYesNo1.
8mRackTrimKit42A6263MESYesNo2.
0mRackTrimKit42A6272MESYesNoPwrCrd4.
3m14ftWallIBMPDU42A6458BothYesNoPwrCrd(14FT),Drwr-OEMPDU42A6460BothYesNoPwrCrd4.
3m14ftWallOEMPDU42A6469BothYesNoPwrCrd1.
8m6ftWall125V/15A42A6470BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6471BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6472BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6473BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6474BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6475BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6476BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6477BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6478BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6488BothYesNo4.
3m(14Ft)3PH/24APowerCor42A6489MESYesNo4.
3m(14Ft)1PH/48APwrCordIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation4642A6491MESYesNo4.
3m(14Ft)1PH/4860APwrCo42A6492MESYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6493BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6494BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWall250V,10A42A6496BothYesNoPowerCableDrawertoIBMPD42A6577BothYesNoOptionalRackSecurityKit42A6580MESYesNoModemTrayfor19-InchRack42A6586MESYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWall125V,15A42A6651BothYesNo4.
3m3PH/16APowerCord42A6653MESYesNo4.
3m1PH/24-30APwrCord42A6654MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/2430AWRPwr42A6655MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/24APowerCord42A6656MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/24APowerCord42A6657MESYesNo4.
3m14Ft1PH/24APwrCdKor42A6658MESYesNoPwr.
Cord(9ft),ToWall/OEMPDU42A6659BothYesNoPwrCrd14ft4.
3mWallOEMPDU42A6660BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
8m9.
2ftWallPDU42A6665BothYesNo4.
3m14Ft3PH/32APwrCdAus42A6667MESYesNoPwrCrd4.
3M,Drwr-OEMPDU42A6669BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m,Drwr-IBMPDU42A6671BothYesNoPwrCrd1.
5M,Drwr-IBMPDU42A6672BothYesNoPwrCrd2.
7m9ftWallOEMPDU42A6680BothYesNoIIntelligentPDU+1EIAUnit42A7109MESYesNoEnvironmentalMonitoringProbe42A7118BothYesNoPowerDistributionUnit42A7188MESYesNoAAPSoftwarePre-Inst.
Indic.
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0Adapter42AEC46BothYesNoSASXCable3m-HDNarrow42AECBJBothYesNoSASXCable6m-HDNarrow42AECBKBothYesNoSASXCable10m-HDNarrow42AECBLBothYesNoSASXCable15m-HDNarrow3Gb42AECBMBothYesNo5mPassiveQSFP+toQSFP+Cbl42AECBNBothYesNoSASYOCable1.
5m-HDNarrow42AECBTBothYesNoSASYOCable3m-HDNarrow42AECBUBothYesNoSASYOCable6m-HDNarrow42AECBVBothYesNoSASYOCable10m-HDNarrow42AECBWBothYesNoSASYOCable15m-HDNarrow3Gb42AECBXBothYesNoSASAE1Cable4m-HDNarrow42AECBYBothYesNoSASYE1Cable3m-HDNarrow42AECBZBothYesNoSASAACable0.
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89GHzProcCard42AEPXEBothNoNo8-core4.
15GHzProcCard42AEPXFBothNoNo12-core3.
52GHzProcCard42AEPXHBothNoNoOneProcActivationfor#EPXE42AEPYEBothYesNoOneProcActivationfor#EPXF42AEPYFBothYesNoOneProcActivationfor#EPXH42AEPYHBothYesNoQuantity150of#3452SASCabl42AEQ02BothYesNoQuantity150of#3453SASYO42AEQ03BothYesNoQuantityof150#ES0C42AEQ0CSupportYesNoQuantityof150#ES0D42AEQ0DSupportYesNoQuantity150#ES0G775GSSD42AEQ0GBothYesNoQuantity150#ES0H775GBSSD42AEQ0HBothYesNoQuantity150#ES19387GBSSD42AEQ19BothYesNoQuantity150#ES1A387GBSSD42AEQ1ABothYesNoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation52Quantity150of#173842AEQ38BothYesNoQuantity150of#175242AEQ52BothYesNoQuantity150#ESD21.
1TBDisk42AEQD2BothYesNoQuantity150#ESD31.
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8"SSDforAIX/Linux42AES16BothYesNo387GB1.
8"SSDforIBMi42AES17BothYesNo387GBSFF-2SSDforAIX/Linux42AES19BothYesNo387GBSFF-2SSDforIBMi42AES1ABothYesNoS&H-NoCharge42AESC0InitialN/ANoS&H-b42AESC6InitialN/ANo1.
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2TB10KRPMSASSFF3Disk42AESD9BothYesNo283GB15KRPMSASSFF-3Disk42AESDABothYesNo300GB15KRPMSASSFF-3Disk42AESDBBothYesNo300GB10KRPMSASSFF-3Disk42AESDRBothYesNo283GB10KRPMSASSFF-3Disk42AESDSBothYesNo146GB15KRPMSASSFF-3Disk42AESDTBothYesNo139GB15KRPMSASSFF-3Disk42AESDUBothYesNo283GB15KSASSFF-24KBLKHDD42AESEYBothYesNoIBMUnitedStatesHardwareAnnouncement114-059IBMisaregisteredtrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation53300GB15KSASSFF-24KBLKHDD42AESEZBothYesNo283GB15KSASSFF-34KBLKHDD42AESFABothYesNo300GB15KSASSFF-34KBLKHDD42AESFBBothYesNo571GB15KSASSFF-34KBLKHDD42AESFEBothYesNo600GB15KSASSFF-34KBLKHDD42AESFFBothYesNo571GB15KSASSFF-24KBLKHDD42AESFNBothYesNo600GB15KSASSFF-24KBLKHDD42AESFPBothYesNo1TBRemovableDiskCartridge42AEU01BothYesNoRDXUSBExternalDocking42AEU04BothYesNoRDX320GBRemovableDiskDriv42AEU08BothYesNo1.
5TBRemovableDiskCartridge42AEU15BothYesNoBLUAccelerationiSolutionEd42AEU2BInitialN/ANoSoftwarepreloaddefine42AEUC0InitialN/ANoSoftwarepreloaddefine42AEUC1InitialN/ANoSoftwarepreloaddefine42AEUC2InitialN/ANoSoftwarepreloaddefine42AEUC3InitialN/ANoCoreUseHWFeature42AEUC6MESYesNoCoreUseHWFeature1042AEUC7MESYesNoFeatureconversionsFeatureconversionsfor8286-42Avirtualizationenginefeatures:PartsPurchaseFromFC:ToFC:returnedprice5227-PowerVMStandard5228-PowerVMNoEditionEnterpriseEditionPricingtermsPricesinthefollowingPDFpriceslinkaresuggestedlistpricesondayofannouncementfortheU.
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