Technical information

IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG14-0098
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• IBM i 7.1, 7.2, or later
Refer to the Hardware requirements section and Software requirements section for
details.
Planned availability date
• June 10, 2014, for all features except ESDS, ELSS, ESDU, ELSU, and EJ12
• July 25, 2014, for the following features:
– ESDS (283 GB 10k RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive (IBM i))
– ELSS (#ESDS Load Source Specify (283 GB 10k SAS SFF3 for IBM i))
– ESDU (139 GB 15k RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive (IBM i))
– ELSU (#ESDU Load Source Specify (139 GB 15k SAS SFF3 for IBM i))
– EJ12 (PCIe3 FPGA Accelerator Adapter)
Note: Feature EJ0N is required to be combined with feature EJ0S (Split #EJ0N to
6+6 SFF-3 Bays: Adds Second SAS Controller).
Description
Summary of standard features for Power S824:
• Power Systems server built with POWER8 processor modules
– 6-core or 12-core 3.89 GHz
– 8-core or 16-core 4.15 GHz
– 24-core 3.52 GHz
• High-performance 1600 Mbps DDR3 ECC memory
– 16 GB (#EM8B), 32 GB (#EM8C), or 64 GB (#EM8D) memory features
– Up to 1 TB memory with two Power System processor DCMs
– Up to 512 GB memory with one Power System processor DCM
• Choice of two storage features
– Choice one: twelve SFF bays, one DVD bay, one integrated SAS controller
without cache, and JBOD, RAID 0, 5, 6, or 10
-- Optionally, split the above SFF bays and add a second integrated SAS
controller without cache.
– Choice two: eighteen SFF bays; one DVD bay, a pair of integrated SAS
controllers with cache, RAID 0, 5, 6, 10, 5T2, 6T2, and 10T2; and a 8-bay 1.8-
inch SSD cage
-- Optionally, attach an EXP24S SAS HDD/SSD Expansion Drawer to the dual
IOA.
• Hot-swap PCIe Gen 3 Slots
–
Eleven
1
slots with two Power Systems processor DCMs: four x16 slots and
seven
2
x8 slots
–
Seven
1
slots with one Power Systems processor DCM: two x16 slots and five
2
x8 slots
• Integrated:
– Service processor
– EnergyScale technology
– Hot-swap and redundant cooling
– Four USB 3.0 ports for general use
– Two USB 2.0 ports for non-general use
– Two HMC 1GbE RJ45 ports