Specifications
4 IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction
The Power 780 has two new integrated POWER7 I/O controllers that enhance I/O
performance while supporting a maximum of six internal PCIe adapters and six internal small
form-factor SAS DASD bays.
The Power 780 features AMM for Hypervisor, which is available as a standard feature.
AMM guards against system-wide outages due to any uncorrectable error associated with
firmware. Also available as an option is Active Memory Expansion, which enhances
memory capacity.
1.2 Operating environment
Table 1-1 lists the operating environment specifications for the servers.
Table 1-1 Operating environment for Power 770 and Power 780 (for one enclosure only)
Power 770 and Power 780 operating environment
Description Operating Non-operating
Temperature 5 - 35 degrees C
(41 to 95 degrees F)
5 - 45 degrees C
(41 - 113 degrees F)
Relative humidity 20 - 80% 8 - 80%
Maximum dew point 29 degrees C
(84 degrees F)
28 degrees C
(82 degrees F)
Operating voltage 200 - 240 V ac Not applicable
Operating frequency 50 - 60 +/- 3 Hz Not applicable
Power consumption Power 770:
1,600 watts maximum (per
enclosure with 16 cores active)
Power 780:
1,900 watts maximum (per
enclosure with 24 cores active)
Not applicable
Power source loading Power 770:
1.649 kVA maximum (per
enclosure with 16 cores active)
Power 780:
1.959 kVA maximum (per
enclosure with 24 cores active)
Not applicable
Thermal output Power 770:
5,461 Btu/hr maximum (per
enclosure with 16 cores active)
Power 780:
6,485 Btu/hr maximum (per
enclosure with 24 cores active)
Not applicable
Maximum altitude 3048 m
(10,000 ft)
Not applicable