Power 770 server: Overview
| Configuration Options | Per building block | System maximum |
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| Processors | Two 3.1 GHz POWER7 processor modules with eight cores each or Two 3.5 GHz POWER7 processor modules with six cores each |
Eight 3.1 GHz POWER7 processor modules with eight cores each or Eight 3.5 GHz POWER7 processor modules with six cores each |
| Sockets | Two | Eight |
| Level 2 (L2) cache | 256 KB L2 cache per core | 256 KB L2 cache per core |
| Level 3 (L3) cache | 4 MB L3 cache per core (eDRAM) | 4 MB L3 cache per core (eDRAM) |
| Memory | Up to 256 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 or Up to 5121 GB of 800 MHz DDR3 Active Memory Expansion2 |
Up to 1 TB of 1066 MHz DDR3 or Up to 2 TB1 of 800 MHz DDR3 Active Memory Expansion2 |
| Solid-state Drives (SSD) | Up to six SFF drives | Up to 24 SFF drives |
| Disk drives | Up to six SFF SAS drives | Up to 24 SFF SAS drives |
| Media bays | One slimline for SATA DVD-RAM | Four slimline for SATA DVD-RAMs |
| PCI adapter slots | Six PCI Express 8x slots | 24 PCI Express 8x slots |
| Integrated Virtual Ethernet | Choice of one per enclosure: - Quad 1 Gb Ethernet - Dual 10 Gb + Dual 1 Gb (Optical) - Dual 10 Gb + Dual 1 Gb (Copper) |
Choice of four per system: - Quad 1 Gb Ethernet - Dual 10 Gb + Dual 1 Gb (Optical) - Dual 10 Gb + Dual 1 Gb (Copper) |
| Integrated SAS controllers | Two SAS DASD/SSD controllers One SATA media controller |
Eight SAS DASD/SSD controllers Four SATA media controllers |
| Other integrated ports | Three USB; two HMC; two SPCN | Nine USB; four HMC; four SPCN |
| GX slots (12X) | Two | Eight |
| Expansion features (optional operating system dependencies) | ||
| I/O expansion | Up to 4 PCIe 12X I/O drawers Up to 8 PCI-X DDR 12X I/O drawers |
Up to 16 PCIe 12X I/O drawers Up to 32 PCI-X DDR 12X I/O drawers |
| High-performance PCI adapters | 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet | |
| Other PCI adapters supported | SAS, SCSI, WAN/Async, USB, Crypto, iSCSI | |
| PowerVM virtualization technologies | ||
| POWER Hypervisor | LPAR, Dynamic LPAR; Virtual LAN (Memory to memory inter-partition communication) | |
| PowerVM Standard Edition (optional) | Micro-Partitioning with up to 10 micropartitions per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools; Virtual I/O Server; Shared Dedicated Capacity; PowerVM Lx86 | |
| PowerVM Enterprise Edition (optional) | PowerVM Standard Edition plus Live Partition Mobility (LPM)3 and Active Memory Sharing (AMS)4 | |
| Capacity on Demand features (optional) | Processor and/or Memory CUoD On/Off Processor and/or Memory CoD Trial Processor and/or Memory CoD Utility CoD |
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| Operating systems | AIX, IBM i and Linux for Power5 | |
| High availability | IBM PowerHA family | |
| Power requirements | Operating voltage: 200 V to 240 V ac Power consumption: 1,600 watts maxzimum per enclosure |
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| System dimensions | 770 rack drawer building block: 6.9"H (4U) x 19.0"W x 34.0"D (174 mm x 483 mm x 863 mm) weight 155 lb (70.3 kg)6 |
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| Warranty (limited) | 9 hours per day, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), next business day for one year at no additional cost; on-site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country). Warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available. | |
1 Requires 32 GB DIMM, which is planned for general availability in 4Q 2010
2 Optional. Requires AIX 6.1 or later
3 Live Partition Mobility not supported on IBM i 6.1
4 Active Memory Sharing requires AIX 6.1 TL3, IBM i 6.1, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for Power or later
5 See Facts and Features for specific supported operating system levels
6 Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are installed.
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