Technical information

IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG14-0098
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• AIX is small tier licensing
The minimum defined initial order configuration, if no choice is made, when IBM i is
the primary operating system, is:
Feature number Description
EPXE 6-core 3.89 GHz POWER8 Processor card
EPYE Processor core entitlement activations for EPYE
to equal total processor cores ordered
EM8B x 2 16 GB DDR3 Memory
EJ0N Storage Backplane: 12 SFF-3 Bays and DVD Bay,
JBOD, RAID 0, 5, 6, 10
ESDU x 2 139 GB 15k RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive for IBM i
EB2L x 4 CEC AC Power Supply - 900W
5899 x 1 PCIe2 4-port 1GbE Adapter
6458 x 4 Power Cord 4.3m (14-ft), Drawer to Wall/IBM
PDU (250V/10A)
9300/97xx Language Group Specify
EJTC Front Bezel for 12-Bay BackPlane
2145 Primary Operating System Indicator - IBM i
0040 Mirrored System Disk Level Specify Code
0567 or EB72 IBM i 7.1 indicator or IBM i 7.2 indicator
5550 or 5557 System Console on HMC Indicator or
System Console-Ethernet No IOP
Notes :
• The racking approach for the initial order must be either a 7014-T00, 7014-T42,
or 7953-94Y.
• If an additional rack is required for I/O expansion drawers as an MES to an
existing system, either a feature 0551, 0553, or ER05 rack must be ordered.
• No internal HDD or SSD is required if feature 0837 (Boot from SAN) is selected.
A Fibre Channel adapter must be ordered if feature 0837 is selected.
• When IBM i is the primary operating system (#2145), a DVD device is not
required to be ordered. A DVD device will be needed for normal system
operations, but not required on all systems.
• Feature EJ0N is required to be combined with feature EJ0S.
• IBM i operating system performance: Clients with write-sensitive disk/HDD
workloads should upgrade from the EJ0N backplane to the EJ0P backplane to
gain the performance advantage of write cache.
• IBM i is tier 20 licensing, which does not have user based licensing and includes
the 5250 features.
Processor modules
• A minimum of one processor is required on an order with six, eight, or twelve
processor cores on the processor. A maximum of two processors is allowed on
an order. A quantity of one or two of the processor features EPXE, EPXF, or EPXH
can be ordered.
• All processor cores must be activated. The following defines the allowed
quantities of processor activation entitlements:
– One 6-core, 3.89 GHz processor (#EPXE) requires that six processor activation
codes be ordered. A maximum of six processor activation code feature EPYE is
required.
– Two 6-core, 3.89 GHz processors (#EPXE) require that twelve processor
activation codes be ordered. A maximum of twelve processor activation code
feature EPYE is required.
– One 8-core, 4.15 GHz processor (#EPXF) requires that eight processor
activation codes be ordered. A maximum of eight processor activation code
feature EPYE is required.
– Two 8-core, 4.15 GHz processors (#EPXF) require that sixteen processor
activation codes be ordered. A maximum of sixteen processor activation code
feature EPYE is required.