IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMC, 9179-MHC) Technical Overview and Introduction

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IBM Redbooks, Dec 4, 2012 - Computers - 212 pages

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 770 (9117-MMC) and Power 780 (9179-MHC) servers supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 770 and 780 offerings and their prominent functions, including:


  • The IBM POWER7TM processor available at frequencies of 3.3 GHz, 3.44 GHz, 3.72 GHz, and 3.92 GHz, and 4.14 GHz
  • The specialized IBM POWER7TM Level 3 cache that provides greater bandwidth, capacity, and reliability
  • The 1 Gb or 10 Gb Integrated Multifunction Card provides two USB ports, one serial port, and four Ethernet connectors for a processor enclosure and does not require a PCI slot
  • The new Active MemoryTM Mirroring (AMM) for Hypervisor feature that mirrors the main memory used by the firmware
  • IBM PowerVMTM virtualization including PowerVM Live Partition Mobility and PowerVM Active MemoryTM Sharing
  • Active Memory Expansion that provides more usable memory than what is physically installed on the system
  • IBM EnergyScaleTM technology that provides features such as power trending, power-saving, capping of power, and thermal measurement
  • Enterprise-ready reliability, serviceability, and availability

Professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products should read this paper.

This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the 770 and 780 systems.

This paper does not replace the latest marketing materials and configuration tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, can be used to enhance your knowledge of IBM server solutions.

 

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IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMB, 9179-MHB) Technical Overview and Introduction
Scott Vetter,Giuliano Anselmi,Bruno Blanchard,Younghoon Cho,Christopher Hales,Marcos Quezada,IBM Redbooks
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12X I/O Drawer 19-inch rack 2-socket 770 and Power Active Memory Expansion backplane CEC enclosure chip client components connected cores DDR3 DDR3 DIMM Deduplication devices DIMM slots Dual DVD-RAM Dynamic eDRAM enabled error Ethernet Adapter Expansion Drawer Feature code Fibre Channel Fibre Channel adapters Figure firmware Gbps GX++ Hardware Management Console IBM Power IBM Power 770 IBM Power Systems IBM System Storage installed interface L3 cache Linux logical partition LPAR maximum MB of L3 Memory Controller Memory Mirroring micro-partitions On/Off Processor operating system options PCI Express PCI-X PCIe PCle Power 780 servers POWER Hypervisor POWER7 processor POWER7 processor-based servers POWER7 processor-based systems PowerVM processor card provides Quad rack RAID redundant RPM SAS SAS Adapter service processor Shared Processor Pool subsystem System firmware Table upgrade virtual Ethernet Virtual I/O Server workload Yes Yes Yes

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TitleIBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMC, 9179-MHC) Technical Overview and Introduction
AuthorsScott Vetter, Alexandre Bicas Caldeira, Carlo Costantini, Steve Harnett, Volker Haug, Craig Watson, Fabien Willmann, IBM Redbooks
PublisherIBM Redbooks, 2012
ISBN0738451185, 9780738451183
Length212 pages
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