IBM Power Systems S922, S914, and S924 Technical Overview and Introduction Featuring PCIe Gen 4 Technology

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IBM Redbooks, Apr 18, 2022 - Computers - 164 pages

This IBM® Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System S914 (9009-41G), IBM Power System S922 (9009-22G), and IBM Power System S924 (9009-42G) servers that use the latest IBM POWER9TM processor-based technology and support the IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems (OSs). The goal of this paper is to provide a hardware architecture analysis and highlight the changes, new technologies, and major features that are being introduced in these systems, such as:


  • The latest IBM POWER9 processor, which is available in various configurations for the number of cores per socket
  • More performance by using industry-leading Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Gen 4 slots
  • Enhanced internal disk scalability and performance with up to 11 NVMe adapters
  • Introduction of a competitive Power S922 server with a 1-socket configuration that is targeted at IBM i customers

This publication is for professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of IBM Power SystemsTM products. The intended audience includes the following roles:

  • Clients
  • Sales and marketing professionals
  • Technical support professionals
  • IBM Business Partners
  • Independent software vendors (ISVs)

This paper expands the current set of IBM Power Systems documentation by providing a desktop reference that offers a detailed technical description of the Power S914, Power S922, and Power S924 systems.

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

 

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10K RPM SAS 19-inch rack 3.8 GHz maximum 387 GB Enterprise 4k SFF-2 SSD 4k SFF-3 SSD 775 GB Enterprise AIX and Linux AIX/Linux AIX CBU system configuration DDR4 DIMM DDR4 DIMM DDR4 DIMM Disk Drive AIX/Linux eDRAM Enterprise SAS 4k Feature code Fibre Channel firmware GB Enterprise SAS GB SAS 4k GBps Gen 4 switch hypervisor IBM Power Systems IBM System Storage InfiniBand installed L3 cache Linux 600 GB LPAR Mainstream SAS 4k Maximum OS support Mbps MCU Group NVMe U.2 drive PCIe Gen PCIe slots PCIe3 PCIe4 Peripheral Component Interconnect Power S924 servers POWER9 processor POWER9 processor-based processor cores processor module Quantity 150 rack RAID RDIMMs RPM SAS SFF-2 SAS 4k SFF-2 SAS SFF-2 Disk SAS Storage Enclosure SFF-2 Disk Drive SFF-2 SSD SFF-3 bays SFF-3 SSD SSD for AIX/Linux SSD for IBM Storage Backplane Table TB 10K RPM TB Mainstream SAS

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TitleIBM Power Systems S922, S914, and S924 Technical Overview and Introduction Featuring PCIe Gen 4 Technology
AuthorsScott Vetter, Bartlomiej Grabowski, Mauro Minomizaki, Armin Röll, IBM Redbooks
PublisherIBM Redbooks, 2022
ISBN0738458880, 9780738458885
Length164 pages
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