Specifications

20 IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction
The Power 770 and Power 780 have memory features in 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, and
256 GB capacities. Table 1-7 summarizes the capacities of the memory features and
highlights other characteristics.
Table 1-7 Summary of memory features
None of the memory in these features is active. Feature number #8212 or #8213 must be
purchased to activate the memory. Table 1-8 outlines the memory activation feature codes
and corresponding memory capacity activations.
Table 1-8 CoD system memory activation features
Note: DDR2 DIMMs (used in POWER6®-based systems) are not supported in
POWER7-based systems.
Feature
code
Memory
technology
Capacity Access
rate
DIMMs DIMM slots
used
#5600 DDR3 32 GB 1066 MHz 4 x 8 GB DIMMs 4
#5601 DDR3 64 GB 1066 MHz 4 x 16 GB DIMMs 4
#5602 DDR3 128 GB 1066 MHz 4 x 32 GB DIMMs 4
#5564 DDR3 256 GB 1066 MHz 4 x 64 GB DIMM 4
Feature
code
Activation
capacity
Additional information OS
support
#8212 1 GB Activation of 1 GB of DDR3 POWER7 memory. Each
occurrence of this feature permanently activates 1 GB
of DDR3 POWER7 memory.
AIX
IBM i
Linux
#8213 100 GB Activation of 100 GB of DDR3 POWER7 memory.
Each occurrence of this feature permanently activate
100 GB of DDR3 POWER7 memory.
AIX
IBM i
Linux
#7954 N/A On/Off Memory Enablement: This feature can be
ordered to enable your server for On/Off Capacity on
Demand. After it is enabled, you can request memory
on a temporary basis. You must sign an On/Off
Capacity on Demand contract before this feature is
ordered. To renew this feature after the allowed
999 GB Days have been used, this feature must be
removed from the system configuration file and
reordered by placing an MES order.
AIX
IBM i
Linux
#4710 N/A On/Off 999 GB-Days, Memory Billing POWER7:
After the ON/OFF Memory function is enabled in a
system, you must report your on/off usage to IBM at
least monthly. This information, used to compute your
billing data, is provided to your sales channel. The
sales channel will place an order on your behalf for the
quantity of this feature that matches your reported
use. One #4710 feature must be ordered for each 999
billable days for each 1 GB increment of POWER7
memory that was used.
AIX
IBM i
Linux