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PowerLinux 7R2 server

Configuration options
POWER7 processor modules—one per system 8-core 3.55 GHz or
8-core 3.3 GHz
Sockets 2
Level 2 (L2) cache 256 KB per core
Level 3 (L3) cache 4 MB per core
Memory 8 GB to 256 GB of RDIMM DDR3
Active Memory Sharing
Solid State Drives (SSD) Up to 6 SFF drives or
Disk drives Up to 6 SFF SAS drives
Disk capacity Up to 3.6 TB
Media bays Slimline for DVD-RAM
Half height for tape drive* or removable disk
PCI Adapter slots Five PCI Express 8x Gen2 low profile
Standard I/O adapters
Standard Ethernet Four Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps ports
Integrated SAS controller One controller for SAS DASD/SSD with RAID 10 and DVD-RAM
Optional protected 175 MB cache with RAID 5, 6
Other integrated ports Three USB, two HMC, two system ports, two SPCN
GX slots Two GX++
Expansion features (optional) External storage drawers
High-performance PCI adapters 8 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Dual port QDR Infiniband
PowerVM technologies
POWER Hypervisor™ Supports multiple virtual machines (partitions) on a single system; Dynamic partitioning; Virtual LAN (memory-to-memory interpartition communication)
PowerVM for PowerLinux Micro-Partitioning® with up to 10 virtual machines per processor; Multiple Shared Processor Pools; virtualized disk and optical devices (VIOS); Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM); Shared Dedicated Capacity; Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and Active Memory Sharing (AMS)
RAS features ECC memory with Chipkill
Processor Instruction Retry
Alternate Processor Recovery
Service processor with fault monitoring
Hot-plug disk bays
Hot-plug and redundant power supplies and cooling fans
Dynamic component Deallocation
Operating systems The following commercial Linux Operating System releases are supported:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
High availability IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatform
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension
Power requirements 200 V to 240 V ac, single phase
System dimensions Rack Drawer: 3.4"H × 17.6"W × 28.6"D (86 mm × 447 mm × 728 mm); weight 65 lbs (29.5 kg)
Warranty (limited) 3 year Limited Warranty, on site for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country), Next Business Day 9x5 (excluding holidays), warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available.

* Tape support results in 3 SFF bays, 1 tape bay and 1 DVD
† See facts and features document for detailed OS level support
‡ Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are added

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