IBM POWER 730 - Manual

IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement
ZG10-0214, dated August 17, 2010
IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG10-0214
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IBM Power 710 and 730 Express servers offer IBM
POWER7 technology in 2U rack-mount configuration
Table of contents
1 Overview 25 Publications
3 Key prerequisites 27 Technical information
4 Planned availability date 38 Terms and conditions
4 Description 43 Prices
19 Statement of general direction 44 Announcement countries
19 Product number
At a glance
The Power® 710 and 730 Express® servers are fueled by the outstanding
performance and energy efficiency of the POWER7
TM processor with a choice of
AIX®, IBM® i, or Linux® operating systems and solutions from thousands of ISVs
that can set your business apart from the competition -- all in a 2U rack-mount
package.
• Powerful 64-bit 4-core, 6-core, and 8-core POWER7 processor modules
– 4-core, 6-core, and 8-core configurations on the Power 710
– 8-core, 12-core, and 16-core configurations on the Power 730
• Up to 64 GB of memory on the Power 710 and 128 GB of memory on the
Power 730 with optional memory riser cards, optionally augmented with Active
Memory
TM Expansion
• Rich I/O options in the system unit:
– Four PCIe Low Profile slots
– Six disk/solid-state drives (SSD) SAS SFF (small form-factor) bays -- up to 1.8
TB
– Slimline DVD-RAM
– Bay for tape or removable drive (with #5263)
– Integrated SAS/SATA controller for disk/SSD/DVD
– Host Ethernet Adapters (four 1 Gb or two 10 Gb)
• EnergyScale TM technology
Overview
The Power 710 Express server is a high-performance, energy-efficient, reliable,
and secure infrastructure and application server in a dense form factor. As a high-
performance infrastructure or application server, the Power 710 Express contains